Primary Convener:
Catherine Walker, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Convener:
Steven D. Vance, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Kevin Trinh, California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Chair:
Catherine Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus
Steven D. Vance, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Kevin Trinh, California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

This annual session brings together studies of icy and ocean worlds in our solar system (Earth, Europa, Enceladus, Titan, Ganymede, Triton, etc.) and possibilities in extra-solar systems to understand processes that may be occurring within such worlds from a multi-/inter-disciplinary perspective. This session highlights several overarching (but not exhaustive) questions: What geological, geochemical and/or oceanographic processes contribute to their evolution? How does interior composition, geophysical structure, and thermal state affect past and present habitability? What do surfaces of ocean worlds tell us about the interior? How might current studies relate to, or be tested by, past/ongoing/upcoming missions? We seek to bridge Earth and planetary sciences through studies spanning from Mercury to Pluto, and all in between. We encourage cross-disciplinary contributions on topics relating to the icy/ocean world theme, including geophysics, geodynamic and seismic modeling, hydrogeology, geochemistry, microbiology, in-situ/remote sensing observations, planetary astronomy, theoretical/modeling/laboratory work, analog investigations, and more.

Index Terms
0799 General or miscellaneous
4299 General or miscellaneous
6297 Instruments and techniques
6299 General or miscellaneous

Cross-Listed:
C - Cryosphere
OS - Ocean Sciences

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth