{"id":3699,"date":"2012-03-29T20:07:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2021-01-18T01:39:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T09:39:06","slug":"large-ucla-turn-out-at-lpsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?p=3699","title":{"rendered":"Large UCLA turnout at LPSC 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), held March 19\u201323, 2012 in Woodlands, Texas, was a memorable one. In the face of disheartening news of a proposed 20% cut to NASA&#8217;s planetary science budget, it was very encouraging to see a huge turnout from UCLA at this year&#8217;s LPSC. Highlights included new results from DAWN at Vesta and Messenger at Mercury, as well as new isotopic studies of extraterestrial samples and theoretical work concerning Enceladus&#8217; plumes.\u00a0 Not only did we have more than 20-25 people (counting recent graduates) presenting work on topics ranging from Vesta, the Moon, Mars, Earth impacts and the early solar system, but UCLA was also a dominant force in starting the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/232052633560745\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Scientists for Planetary Exploration<\/a>&#8221; movement, which was set up as a means of lobbying congress to restore planetary funding. Here are this year&#8217;s UCLA LPSC Abstracts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>K. Ziegler, M. Zolensky, E. D. Young, A. Ivanov <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2414.pdf\">Oxygen Isotope Compositions of the Kaidun Meteorite \u2014 Indications for Aqueous Alteration of E-Chondrites<\/a><\/li>\n<li>E. A. Bell, T. M. Harrison <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2736.pdf\">Trace Elements Reveal a Possible Link Between Jack Hills Detrital Zircons and the Late Heavy Bombardment<\/a><\/li>\n<li>V. S. Heber, A. J. G. Jurewicz, P. Janney, M. Wadhwa, K. D. McKeegan, D. S. Burnett <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2921.pdf\">Magnesium Isotopic Composition of Solar Wind as Test for Sun-Solar Wind Isotopic Fractionation: A Progress Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li>P. H. Warren <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2941.pdf\">Constraints on the Impact-Accreted Carapace Hypothesis for the Lunar Farside Highlands<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. A. Paige, J. K. Harmon, D. E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, S. C. Solomon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2875.pdf\">Thermal Stability of Frozen Volatiles in the North Polar Region of Mercury<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. R. Lyons <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2818.pdf\">CO Self-Shielding by Various Stellar Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li>L. P. Keller, K. D. McKeegan, Z. D. Sharp <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2065.pdf\">The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of MIL 090001: A CR2 Chondrite with Abundant Refractory Inclusions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>P. O. Hayne, O. Aharonson, J. L. Bandfield, B. T. Greenhagen, D. A. Paige <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2829.pdf\">The Surface Roughness of the Moon from Diviner Infrared Observations<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. W. Boyce, C. Ma, J. M. Eiler, M. B. Baker, Y. Liu, E. M. Stolper, L. A. Taylor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2675.pdf\">Sulfur Speciation in Lunar and Terrestrial Apatite<\/a><\/li>\n<li>G. A. Neumann, J. F. Cavanaugh, X. Sun, E. Mazarico, D. E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, S. C. Solomon, D. A. Paige <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2651.pdf\">Dark Material at the Surface of Polar Crater Deposits on Mercury<\/a><\/li>\n<li>P. H. Warren, A. E. Rubin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2528.pdf\">The Miller Range 090340 Dunite: Not a Uniquely Ferroan Ureilite, not even a Ureilite<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A. Shahar, L. A. Kaufman, M. F. Horan, T. D. Mock, L. Deng, C. A. Macris <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2049.pdf\">Iron Isotope Fractionation During Planetary Differentiation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>F. Zambon, M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, M. T. Capria, F. Capaccioni, F. Carraro, S. Fonte, A. Frigeri, G. Magni, S. Marchi, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, D. T. Blewett, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell, T. N. Titus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1964.pdf\">Classification of Dawn VIR hyperspectral Data of Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. Roatsch, E. Kersten, K.-D. Matz, F. Preusker, F. Scholten, R. Jaumann, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1765.pdf\">High Resolution Vesta HAMO Atlas Derived from Dawn FC Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. Marin-Carbonne, K. D. McKeegan, A. D. Davis, G. J. MacPherson, R. A. Mendybaev, F. M. Richter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1687.pdf\">O, Si and Mg Isotopic Compositions of FUN Inclusion Vigarano 1623-5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. G. Luhmann, M. Villarreal, Y. J. Ma, C. T. Russell, H. Y. Wei, T. L. Zhang <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1521.pdf\">The Venus Solar Wind Interaction \u2014 Is It Purely Ionospheric?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. L. Bandfield, E. Song, P. O. Hayne, R. R. Ghent, D. A. Paige <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1487.pdf\">Lunar &#8220;Cold Spots&#8221;: A New Class of Thermophysically and Morphologically Distinct Craters<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. Isa, A. E. Rubin, J. T. Wasson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2809.pdf\">Bulk Compositions of CV and CK Chondrites: Support for a Close Relationship<\/a><\/li>\n<li>S. C. Ingalls, E. D. Young, M. Gounelle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2665.pdf\">Do Magnesium Isotope Systematics of Al-Rrich Chondrules Offer Insights into the History of Chondrule Formation in General?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Y.-D. Jia, C. T. Russell, K. K. Khurana, T. I. Gombosi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2620.pdf\">Constraining Seasonal Changes of the Enceladus Plume<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. E. C. Scully, C. T. Russell, A. Yin, D. A. Williams, D. T. Blewett, D. L. Buczkowski, E. Ammannito, T. Roatsch, F. Preusker, L. Le Corre, R. A. Yingst, W. B. Garry, R. Jaumann, C. M. Pieters, C. A. Raymond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2368.pdf\">Geologic Mapping of the Av-4 Domitia Quadrangle of Asteroid 4 Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. E. Moser, K. R. Chamberlain, K. T. Tait, A. K. Schmitt, I. R. Barker, B. C. Hyde, J. R. Darling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2173.pdf\">Microstructure and U-Pb Dates of Martian Baddeleyite Rimmed by Zircon Indicate a &#8216;Young&#8217; Igneous and Metamorphic History for Shergottite NWA 5298<\/a><\/li>\n<li>E. D. Young, A. Shahar<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1693.pdf\">Magnesium, Silicon, and Oxygen Isotopic Consequences of CAI Evaporation and Inversion for Primordial Melt Compositions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C. C. Allen, B. T. Greenhagen, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, D. Z. Oehler, D. A. Paige <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1504.pdf\">Derivation of FeO Abundances in Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits Using LRO Diviner<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M. E. Walker, J. L. Mitchell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1099.pdf\">A Model for the Elastic Libration of Europa&#8217;s Ice Shell<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A. E. Rubin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1058.pdf\">Impact-Induced Aqueous Alteration of CM and CV Carbonaceous Chondrites<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. R. Lyons <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2858.pdf\">Isotope Signatures in Organics due to CO and N_2 Self-Shielding<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C. J. Snead, K. D. McKeegan, M. Burchell, A. T. Kearsley <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2238.pdf\">Oxygen Isotope Measurements of Simulated Wild 2 Impact Crater Residues<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M. M. Wielicki, T. M. Harrison, P. Boehnke, A. K. Schmitt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2912.pdf\">Modeling Zircon Saturation Within Simulated Impact Events: Implications on Impact Histories of Planetary Bodies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.-P. Williams, A. V. Pathare <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2881.pdf\">Scaling Effective Diameters of Small Impact Crater Clusters on Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.-P. Williams <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2847.pdf\">Stagnant Lid Heterogeneity on Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C. J. Budney, L. L. Lowes, A. M. Sohus, A. S. Wessen, T. D. Stelzner, A. Urban <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2721.pdf\">NASA Planetary Science Summer School: Preparing the Next Generation of Planetary Mission Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B. J. Travis, G. Schubert <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2695.pdf\">Hydrothermal Flow Within Enceladus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>R. A. Mendybaev, F. M. Richter, J. Marin-Carbonne, K. D. McKeegan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2482.pdf\">Crystallization of Evaporating Forsterite-Rich Melts: Texture and Magnesium and Silicon Isotopic Compositions of the Evaporation Residues<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J.-Ph. Combe, T. B. McCord, E. Palomba, M. C. De Sanctis, T. H. Prettyman, C. M. Pieters, E. Ammannito, F. Capaccioni, M. T. Capria, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2463.pdf\">Water and Other Volatiles on Vesta After the Lunar Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. B. McCord, J.-Ph. Combe, C. Taffin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2449.pdf\">Composition of a Comet Nucleus: Preparing for Rosetta Observations<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M. A. Siegler, B. G. Bills, D. A. Paige<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2376.pdf\">Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Lunar Polar Cold Traps<\/a><\/li>\n<li>E. J. Foote, D. A. Paige, M. K. Shepard, J. R. Johnson, W. M. Grundy, S. F. Biggar, B. T. Greenhagen, C. C. Allen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2357.pdf\">Laboratory and Diviner Bidirectional Reflectance Measurements of Apollo Soils<\/a><\/li>\n<li>W. B. Garry, M. V. Sykes, D. L. Buczkowski, D. A. Williams, R. A. Yingst, S. C. Mest, R. Jaumann, C. M. Pieters, T. Roatsch, F. Preusker, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond, G. Filacchione, Dawn Science Team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2315.pdf\">Geologic Mapping of Av-10 Oppia Quadrangle of Asteroid 4 Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>F. Capaccioni, M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, J. Y. Li, A. Longobardo, D. W. Mittlefehldt, E. Palomba, C. M. Pieters, S. E. Schroeder, F. Tosi, H. Hiesinger, D. T. Blewett, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2217.pdf\">Spectral Characterization of Bright Materials on Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. Hoogenboom, P. Schenk, O. L. White, D. Williams, H. Heisinger, W. B. Garry, R. A. Yingst, D. L. Buczkowski, T. B. McCord, R. Jaumann, C. M. Pieters, R. W. Gaskell, G. Neukum, N. Schmedemann, S. Marchi, A. Nathues, L. LeCorre, T. Roatsch, F. Preusker, M. C. De Sanctis, G. Fillacchione, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2179.pdf\">Geologic Mapping of the Av-11 Pinaria Quadrangle of Asteroid 4 Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M. D. Hopkins, S. J. Mojzsis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2109.pdf\">Early Thermal Events Recorded in Zircon U-Th-Pb Depth Profiles from Eucrite Meteorites and Lunar Impact Breccias<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. P. Greenwood, S. Itoh, N. Sakamoto, P. H. Warren, L. A. Taylor, H. Yurimoto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/2089.pdf\">Towards a Wetter Moon: Implications of High Volatile Abundances in Lunar Apatite<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A. Morschhauser, M. Grott, V. Lesur <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1963.pdf\">A New Model of the Lithospheric Field of Mars Using MGS-MPO Data and L1-Regularization<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M. C. De Sanctis, A. Nathues, E. Ammannito, F. Capaccioni, A. Frigeri, L. Le Corre, R. Jauman, E. Palomba, C. M. Pieters, V. Reddy, K. Stephan, F. Tosi, A. Yingst, F. Zambon, M. A. Barucci, D. T. Blewett, M. T. Capria, J.-Ph. Combe, B. W. Denevi, H. U. Keller, S. Marchi, T. B. McCord, L A. McFadden, H. McSween, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell, J. Sunshine, M. Toplis, J. Y. Li <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1902.pdf\">First Mineralogical Maps of 4 Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>K. Krohn, R. Jaumann, K. Stephan, C. M. Pieters, R. Wagner, R. A. Yingst, D. A. Williams, P. Schenk, G. Neukum, N. Schmedemann, T. Kneissl, M. C. De Sanctis, A. Nathues, D. L. Buczkowski, T. Roatsch, F. Preusker, E. Kersten, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1901.pdf\">Geologic Mapping of the Av-12 Sextlia Quadrangle of Asteroid 4 Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>J. Watkins, A. Yin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1719.pdf\">Spatial and Temporal Relationships of Landslides in Valles Marineris, Mars: Constraints on Their Triggering Mechanisms<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. W. Mittlefehldt, J.-Y. Li, C. M. Pieters, M. C. De Sanctis, S. E. Schroder, H. Hiesinger, D. T. Blewett, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond, R. A. Yingst, Dawn Science Team<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1680.pdf\">Types and Distribution of Bright Materials on 4 Vesta<\/a><\/li>\n<li>D. L. Domingue, F. Vilas, P. M. Travnicek, M. Benna, D. Schriver, M. Sarantos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1646.pdf\">A Search for Latitudinal Variation in Space Weathering on Mercury&#8217;s Surface<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C. A. Crow, K. D. McKeegan, J. D. Gilmour, S. A. Crowther, D. J. Taylor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1639.pdf\">Are Apollo Zircons Witness to a Lunar Cataclysm?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>K. D. Runyon, D. M. Blair, M. Lemelin, D. Nowka, C. E. Roberts, D. A. Paige, P. Spudis, D. A. Kring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1619.pdf\">Volatiles at the Lunar South Pole: A Case Study for a Mission to Amundsen Crater<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C. E. Roberts, D. M. Blair, M. Lemelin, D. Nowka, K. D. Runyon, D. A. Paige, P. D. Spudis, D. A. Kring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1371.pdf\">The Potential for Volatiles in the Intercrater Highlands of the Lunar North Pole<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. B. McCord, J.-Ph. Combe, R. Jaumann, E. Palomba, V. Reddy, D. T. Blewett, H. Y. McSween Jr., C. A. Raymond, D. Williams, Dawn Team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1352.pdf\">Dark Material on Vesta: Synthesis and Interpretations from Dawn Observations<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A. Yin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lpi.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2012\/pdf\/1309.pdf\">High Mantle Viscosity Controls the Enormous Size of Martian Volcanoes: A Hypothesis Based on Inferences from Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Theory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), held March 19\u201323, 2012 in Woodlands, Texas, was a memorable one. In the face of disheartening news of a proposed 20% cut to NASA&#8217;s planetary science budget, it was very encouraging to see a huge turnout from UCLA at this year&#8217;s LPSC. Highlights included new results from DAWN &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/?p=3699\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Large UCLA turnout at LPSC 2012&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3699"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13221,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3699\/revisions\/13221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/planets.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}