Call for Contributed Papers:
Special Session on Planetary Permafrost
AGU Fall Meeting 2003
8-12 December 2003
Moscone Center West
San Francisco, California
For more information see: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm03/
Deadline for electronic online abstract submissions:
4 September 2003, 1400 UT
AGU special Session C03
Planetary Permafrost
Convenors: C. McKay NASA Ames & M. Mellon University of Colorado
This session would discuss permafrost on other planetary bodies and make
comparisons with permafrost on Earth. Geomorphology, permafrost and
climate, ice physics, and the role of permafrost in preserving
biological signatures over geological time would all be considered. In
addition there is growing interest in the planetary community in studies
of permafrost regions on Earth. Results from recent space missions to
Mars and the icy moons of Jupiter make this session particularly timely.
On Mars, spacecraft data have confirmed theoretical predictions
regarding the presence of ice rich ground in the polar regions.
The online abstract submission form for the 2003 Fall Meeting is now
available:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm03/
The deadline for online abstract submissions is 4 September 2003, 1400
UT.
For more information contact:
Christopher P. McKay
cmckay [at] arc.nasa.gov