GSN Regular Membership Meeting, Reno, Nevada

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Contact: gsn@gsnv.org

The GSN regular meeting will be held in-person at the Reno Aces 250 Lounge, 250 Evans, Reno. Drinks at 6:00 pm, Dinner at 6:30 pm, Talk at 7:15 pm.

Speaker: Dr. Arya Udry, Assoc. Professor at UNLV

Title: “What can we learn from martian meteorites?”  (see abstract below)

Drinks Sponsor:  CGS MULE

Please register for dinner online by Sunday, March 13th at midnight.  If paying at the door, please send your RSVP to Laura Ruud, gsn@gsnv.org no later than Sunday, March 13th at midnight. Dinner cost is $35 per person.

Abstract:

Rovers and orbiters have allowed us to better understand Mars surficial and other geological processes. Martian meteorites, which are our only samples from this planet, can help constraining magmatic processes that occurred on Mars through precise and accurate Earth-based analyses. Although only 176 meteorites from Mars have been recovered, they have helped us unravel the martian crust and mantle using classic petrological analyses.

Bio: Arya Udry is an associate professor at UNLV. Her research program seeks to better constrain the interior composition, magmatic processes, and general evolution of the planet Mars through meteorite and rover data analyses. Her martian studies include comprehensive petrological analyses of martian samples to mimic the scale of terrestrial geological studies. She also analyzes martian rover data to understand the formation of rare martian rocks with felsic compositions. Arya is a participating scientist on the Mars 2020 mission.