Title: T1. Centennial Celebration Symposia for the Society of Economic Geologists II
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will present speakers from the 100th Anniversary Volume of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Advocate(s): Ricardo Presnell, ricardo.presnell@kennecott.com and Jean Cline, jcline@nevada.edu

Title: T2. Advances in Geophysics and New Techniques: Lithospheric and Crustal Architecture, Ore Deposit Visualization, and New Technologies in Analytical Techniques and Mineral Processing
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will present advances in our understanding of the architecture of the crust and lithosphere from imaging of geophysical and various other datasets and their application and implication to ore deposit formation.
Advocate(s): Ricardo D. Presnell, ricardo.presnell@kennecott.com and Karin O. Hoal, khoal@mines.edu

Title: T3. Advances in the Understanding of Tectonic Settings and Structural Control of Ore Deposits
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will present advances in our understanding of the tectonic setting and structural control of ore deposits.
Advocate(s): John F. Thompson, john.thompson@teckcominco.com and Richard M. Tosdal, rtosdal@eos.ubc.ca

Title: T4. Sources of Porphyry Copper Deposits: Magmas, Metals, and Fluids I
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will provide a forum for the presentation of new data on igneous rocks, fluid chemistry, and genesis from porphyry copper deposits.
Advocate(s): John H. Dilles, dillesj@geo.oregonstate.edu and Jeffrey D. Keith, jeff_keith@byu.edu

Title: T4. Sources of Porphyry Copper Deposits: Magmas, Metals, and Fluids II
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will provide a forum for the presentation of new data on igneous rocks, fluid chemistry, and genesis from porphyry copper deposits.
Advocate(s): John H. Dilles, dillesj@geo.oregonstate.edu and Jeffrey D. Keith, jeff_keith@byu.edu

Title: T5. The Evolving Earth: Implications for Ore Deposit Formation, Evolution, and Benefaction
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will explore the relationship between ore deposit formation and the evolution of the earth.
Advocate(s): Murray Hitzman, mhitzman@mines.edu

Title: T6. Borates, Uranium, Mineral Sands and Bulk Commodities: Deposit Models, Processes, and Descriptions
Sponsor: Society of Economic Geologists
Session Description: This session will provide a forum for the presentation of deposit models, processes, and descriptions of non-metallic bulk commodities such as borates, uranium, mineral sands, iron-ore, coal, and other industrial minerals.
Advocate(s): Ricardo D. Presnell, ricardo.presnell@kennecott.com and Siegfried Muessig, sig.muessig@charter.net

Title: T7. A Tribute to Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch: From Darcy to the Modern World of Environmental and Contaminant Hydrogeology I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, American Institute of Hydrology; Minnesota Ground Water Association
Session Description: Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch and his students have had a large impact on the application of hydrogeologic tools in Minnesota and the United States. Presentations will cover the history, present, and future of environmental and contaminant hydrogeology.
Advocate(s): E. Calvin Alexander Jr, alexa001@umn.edu and Martin O. Saar, saar@umn.edu

Title: T7. A Tribute to Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch: From Darcy to the Modern World of Environmental and Contaminant Hydrogeology II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, American Institute of Hydrology; Minnesota Ground Water Association
Session Description: Hans-Olaf Pfannkuch and his students have had a large impact on the application of hydrogeologic tools in Minnesota and the United States. Presentations will cover the history, present, and future of environmental and contaminant hydrogeology.
Advocate(s): E. Calvin Alexander Jr, alexa001@umn.edu and Martin O. Saar, saar@umn.edu

Title: T8. Artificial Recharge of Groundwater—Hydrogeologic Characterization and Implementation
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: Topics include the role of geologic, geophysical, and hydrologic characterization in the design and function of artificial recharge projects, and use of artificial recharge as a tool for the conjunctive management of water resources.
Advocate(s): Hugh A. Hurlow, hughhurlow@utah.gov, Mike Lowe, mikelowe@utah.gov, and Marek Matyjasik, mmatyjasik@weber.edu

Title: T9. Bedrock Infiltration: Advances in Understanding Vadose-zone Processes, Percolation through Macropores and Shallow Soils, and Recharge to Consolidated-rock Aquifers
Sponsor: International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: This session focuses on understanding bedrock infiltration and recharge in a variety of climates and geologic settings. We encourage papers on field studies, macropore flow, soil physics, plant dynamics, contaminant transport, environmental tracers, and modeling.
Advocate(s): Victor M. Heilweil, heilweil@usgs.gov and Lorraine E. Flint, lflint@usgs.gov

Title: T9. Bedrock Infiltration: Advances in Understanding Vadose-zone Processes, Percolation through Macropores and Shallow Soils, and Recharge to Consolidated-rock Aquifers (Posters)
Sponsor: International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: This session focuses on understanding bedrock infiltration and recharge in a variety of climates and geologic settings. We encourage papers on field studies, macropore flow, soil physics, plant dynamics, contaminant transport, environmental tracers, and modeling.
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Title: T10. Chemistry, Ecology, and Groundwater Hydrology of Lakes, Streams, Playas, and Springs: Observations at the Interface
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: This session will highlight the many ways in which mixing of surface water and groundwater provides a unique ecological niche and generates chemical reactions that modify the hydrochemical budget and sediment record of many surface water bodies.
Advocate(s): Alison J. Smith, alisonjs@kent.edu, Emi Ito, eito@umn.edu, and Donald Rosenberry, rosenber@usgs.gov

Title: T10. Chemistry, Ecology, and Groundwater Hydrology of Lakes, Streams, Playas, and Springs: Observations at the Interface (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: This session will highlight the many ways in which mixing of surface water and groundwater provides a unique ecological niche and generates chemical reactions that modify the hydrochemical budget and sediment record of many surface water bodies.
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Title: T11. Dissolution, Precipitation, and Redox Reaction Kinetics in Aquifers
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Aquifers are major sites of water-rock interactions, and reaction rates in aquifers are important to many geological and environmental problems. We encourage papers in field, laboratory, and modeling studies of groundwater systems.
Advocate(s): Chen Zhu, chenzhu@indiana.edu, Mark Person, maperson@indiana.edu, and Niel Plummer, nplummer@usgs.gov

Title: T12. Environmental Issues Related to Oil and Gas Exploration and Production I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, International Association of GeoChemistry [IAGC]
Session Description: Papers on past and present impacts to soil, water, and ecosystems caused by exploration and production of petroleum and coal-bed methane. We seek general presentations, case histories, and new methodologies that minimize impacts and improve site remediation.
Advocate(s): Yousif K. Kharaka, ykharaka@usgs.gov and James K. Otton, jkotton@usgs.gov

Title: T12. Environmental Issues Related to Oil and Gas Exploration and Production II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, International Association of GeoChemistry [IAGC]
Session Description: Papers on past and present impacts to soil, water, and ecosystems caused by exploration and production of petroleum and coal-bed methane. We seek general presentations, case histories, and new methodologies that minimize impacts and improve site remediation.
Advocate(s): Yousif K. Kharaka, ykharaka@usgs.gov and James K. Otton, jkotton@usgs.gov

Title: T13. Fault Zone Controls on Fluid Movement, Earth Resources and Processes: Perspectives from Field, Laboratory, and Modeling Studies (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division
Session Description: Intended to bring together people from diverse disciplines (e.g., groundwater hydrologists, geologists, petroleum engineers, numerical modelers) who face similar challenges in the geological characterization of fault zones and their impacts on fluid flow in the Earth’s upper crust.
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Title: T13. Fault Zone Controls on Fluid Movement, Earth Resources and Processes: Perspectives from Field, Laboratory, and Modeling Studies I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division
Session Description: Intended to bring together people from diverse disciplines (e.g., groundwater hydrologists, geologists, petroleum engineers, numerical modelers) who face similar challenges in the geological characterization of fault zones and their impacts on fluid flow in the Earth’s upper crust.
Advocate(s): Victor F. Bense, vbense@indiana.edu and Jonathan Caine, jscaine@usgs.gov

Title: T13. Fault Zone Controls on Fluid Movement, Earth Resources and Processes: Perspectives from Field, Laboratory, and Modeling Studies II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division
Session Description: Intended to bring together people from diverse disciplines (e.g., groundwater hydrologists, geologists, petroleum engineers, numerical modelers) who face similar challenges in the geological characterization of fault zones and their impacts on fluid flow in the Earth’s upper crust.
Advocate(s): Victor F. Bense, vbense@indiana.edu and Jonathan Caine, jscaine@usgs.gov

Title: T14. Flowpaths Integrating Terrestrial and Aquatic Components of Catchment Ecosystems
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Hydrologic and biogeochemical flowpaths connect terrestrial and aquatic environments and play important roles on the function of catchment ecosystems. Presentations on the role of these flowpaths in both natural and engineered settings are encouraged.
Advocate(s): Madeline E. Schreiber, mschreib@vt.edu and H. Maurice Valett, mvalett@vt.edu

Title: T15. Groundwater Quality and Quantity Interconnections: The Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Contamination on Groundwater Availability
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, National Ground Water Association/Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers
Session Description: This session will focus on the interconnections between groundwater quality and quantity including the effect that quality can have on the volume of groundwater that is effectively available for present and future human and ecological needs.
Advocate(s): Michael J. Moran, mjmoran@usgs.gov and Vicki Kretsinger, vkretsinger@lsce.com

Title: T15. Groundwater Quality and Quantity Interconnections: The Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Contamination on Groundwater Availability (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, National Ground Water Association/Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers
Session Description: This session will focus on the interconnections between groundwater quality and quantity including the effect that quality can have on the volume of groundwater that is effectively available for present and future human and ecological needs.
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Title: T16. Hydrogeology and Climate Change: Insights from the Past
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: Groundwater flow systems can respond to climate change on time scales of decades to millennia. This session focuses on isotopic, sedimentological, and geochemical evidence for Holocene and Pleistocene hydrogeologic change within watersheds and sedimentary basins.
Advocate(s): Vicki Remenda, remenda@geol.queensu.ca and Mark Austin Person, maperson@indiana.edu

Title: T18. Innovations and New Frontiers in Hydrologic Modeling I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, National Ground Water Association; International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: Models have grown from a mathematical curiosity to an indispensable tool for analysis of hydrologic systems. This session examines new developments in groundwater and hydrologic modeling, emphasizing innovations in theory, design, and data handling.
Advocate(s): Frank W. Schwartz, schwartz.11@osu.edu and Motomu Ibaraki, ibaraki.1@osu.edu

Title: T18. Innovations and New Frontiers in Hydrologic Modeling II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, National Ground Water Association; International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: Models have grown from a mathematical curiosity to an indispensable tool for analysis of hydrologic systems. This session examines new developments in groundwater and hydrologic modeling, emphasizing innovations in theory, design, and data handling.
Advocate(s): Frank W. Schwartz, schwartz.11@osu.edu and Motomu Ibaraki, ibaraki.1@osu.edu

Title: T19. Innovative Methods of Estimating Recharge in Humid Climates
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: We encourage papers that focus on innovative methods of estimating recharge in humid climates and examples of potential problems with current recharge estimation methods.
Advocate(s): Kenneth R. Bradbury, krbradbu@facstaff.wisc.edu, Randy J. Hunt, rjhunt@usgs.gov, and Todd W. Rayne, trayne@hamilton.edu

Title: T20. Innovative Monitoring and Modeling Techniques for Assessing the Performance of Passive Remediation Projects for Contaminated Water and Soil
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: Passive remediation methods offer low-cost alternatives to other methods for soil and water clean up. The success of these efforts is dependent on innovative techniques to monitor and assess long-term performance. This session will focus on recently developed laboratory, modeling, and monitoring techniques.
Advocate(s): David Naftz, dlnaftz@usgs.gov, Christopher Fuller, ccfuller@usgs.gov, and Terry Snyder, Terry_Snyder@blm.gov

Title: T22. Interactions of Groundwater and Surface Water at the Land-Sea Margin
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: New research related to seawater intrusion, submarine groundwater discharge, and associated geochemical processes are encouraged. Papers discussing the provenance and quantification of geochemical constituents in groundwater flow at the land-sea margin are welcome.
Advocate(s): René M. Price, pricer@fiu.edu and Jaye E. Cable, jcable@lsu.edu

Title: T22. Interactions of Groundwater and Surface Water at the Land-Sea Margin (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: New research related to seawater intrusion, submarine groundwater discharge, and associated geochemical processes are encouraged. Papers discussing the provenance and quantification of geochemical constituents in groundwater flow at the land-sea margin are welcome.
Advocate(s):

Title: T23. Nano- To Field-scale Processes Governing the Transport of Microbes and Colloids in the Subsurface I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: This session highlights advances in understanding of nanoscale to field-scale controls (e.g. physical, geochemical, biological) on the transport of microbes (viruses, bacteria, and protozoa) and colloids in the subsurface.
Advocate(s): William P. Johnson, wjohnson@mines.utah.edu and Joseph N. Ryan, joe.ryan@colorado.edu

Title: T23. Nano- To Field-scale Processes Governing the Transport of Microbes and Colloids in the Subsurface II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: This session highlights advances in understanding of nanoscale to field-scale controls (e.g. physical, geochemical, biological) on the transport of microbes (viruses, bacteria, and protozoa) and colloids in the subsurface.
Advocate(s): William P. Johnson, wjohnson@mines.utah.edu and Joseph N. Ryan, joe.ryan@colorado.edu

Title: T24. Naturally Occurring Perchlorate (and Other Oxyanions) in the Hydrologic Cycle—Origins, Accumulation, Transformations, and Transport
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Advancing analytics are revealing the chemical, isotopic, and microbial systematics of naturally occurring oxyanions. All topics are welcome, including atmospheric reactions, deposition, accumulation, transport, microbial and chemical transformations, climatic and biologic shifts, and extraterrestrial occurrences.
Advocate(s): David A. Stonestrom, dastones@usgs.gov, Scott W. Tyler, tylers@unr.edu, and Andrew W. Jackson, Andrew.Jackson@coe.ttu.edu

Title: T24. Naturally Occurring Perchlorate (and Other Oxyanions) in the Hydrologic Cycle—Origins, Accumulation, Transformations, and Transport (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Advancing analytics are revealing the chemical, isotopic, and microbial systematics of naturally occurring oxyanions. All topics are welcome, including atmospheric reactions, deposition, accumulation, transport, microbial and chemical transformations, climatic and biologic shifts, and extraterrestrial occurrences.
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Title: T25. Arsenic Occurrence and Fate in Hydrogeologic Systems (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Because of its toxicity at low concentrations and its presence in a variety of geologic settings, arsenic is a contaminant of concern in groundwater. This session will encompass sources, mobility, and cycling of arsenic.
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Title: T25. Arsenic Occurrence and Fate in Hydrogeologic Systems I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Because of its toxicity at low concentrations and its presence in a variety of geologic settings, arsenic is a contaminant of concern in groundwater. This session will encompass sources, mobility, and cycling of arsenic.
Advocate(s): Alan Fryar, afryar1@uky.edu, Abhijit Mukherjee, amukh2@uky.edu, and Alan Welch, ahwelch@usgs.gov

Title: T25. Arsenic Occurrence and Fate in Hydrogeologic Systems II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Because of its toxicity at low concentrations and its presence in a variety of geologic settings, arsenic is a contaminant of concern in groundwater. This session will encompass sources, mobility, and cycling of arsenic.
Advocate(s): Alan Fryar, afryar1@uky.edu, Abhijit Mukherjee, amukh2@uky.edu, and Alan Welch, ahwelch@usgs.gov

Title: T26. Quantifying Controls on Microbial Reaction Rates in Subsurface Environments I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, National Ground Water Association; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Accurate subsurface microbial reaction rates are central to modeling the fate of groundwater contaminants and quantifying global chemical cycles. We encourage studies investigating controls on subsurface microbial reaction rates by direct and proxy methods.
Advocate(s): Barbara Bekins, babekins@usgs.gov, Eric Roden, eroden@bama.ua.edu, and Gary P. Curtis, gpcurtis@usgs.gov

Title: T26. Quantifying Controls on Microbial Reaction Rates in Subsurface Environments II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, National Ground Water Association; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Accurate subsurface microbial reaction rates are central to modeling the fate of groundwater contaminants and quantifying global chemical cycles. We encourage studies investigating controls on subsurface microbial reaction rates by direct and proxy methods.
Advocate(s): Barbara Bekins, babekins@usgs.gov, Eric Roden, eroden@bama.ua.edu, and Gary P. Curtis, gpcurtis@usgs.gov

Title: T27. Seafloor Hydrogeology: Investigating Fluid Flow through the Oceanic Crust and Seafloor Sediments
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: This session will bring together hydrogeologists investigating fluid flow through the seafloor and will provide a forum for discussion about the nature of these systems and the effects of fluid flow on oceanic crust, seafloor sediments, and seawater chemistry.
Advocate(s): Jennifer D. Shosa, jdshosa@colby.edu and Lindsay B. Masters, lmasters@colby.edu

Title: T28. Stream-Hyporheic Interactions: Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Biology
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: An interdisciplinary session designed to synthesize and expose concepts of hyporheic zone, focusing on the "exchange flows" that link the hydrology, geochemistry, and biology of the stream with the substrate the forms the hyporheic zone.
Advocate(s): Eric W. Peterson, ewpeter@ilstu.edu and Robert A. Payne, robpayn@cc.usu.edu

Title: T28. Stream-Hyporheic Interactions: Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Biology (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: An interdisciplinary session designed to synthesize and expose concepts of hyporheic zone, focusing on the "exchange flows" that link the hydrology, geochemistry, and biology of the stream with the substrate the forms the hyporheic zone.
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Title: T29. Surface and Subsurface Geologic Characterization of the Edwards and Trinity Carbonate Aquifer Systems, Central Texas (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session will highlight the recent advances in characterizing the surface and subsurface geology (mapping, 3-D modeling, geophysics, and isotope geology) of the Edwards and Trinity aquifer systems of central Texas.
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Title: T30. The Hydrosystem of the Great Salt Lake Basin: New Frontiers for Observing and Modeling Human-impacted Hydrologic, Climatic, and Geomorphologic Processes I
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, American Geophysical Union
Session Description: Observations and modeling of climatic, hydrologic, and geomorphologic processes impacted by human activity in the rapidly urbanizing Great Salt Lake Basin provides insight, and serves as a microcosm, for understanding hydrosystems of the modern West.
Advocate(s): David Tarboton, david.tarboton@usu.edu, Craig Forster, forster@arch.utah.edu, Christopher J. Duffy, cxd11@psu.edu, and Danny Marks, danny@nwrc.ars.usda.gov

Title: T30. The Hydrosystem of the Great Salt Lake Basin: New Frontiers for Observing and Modeling Human-impacted Hydrologic, Climatic, and Geomorphologic Processes II
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, American Geophysical Union
Session Description: Observations and modeling of climatic, hydrologic, and geomorphologic processes impacted by human activity in the rapidly urbanizing Great Salt Lake Basin provides insight, and serves as a microcosm, for understanding hydrosystems of the modern West.
Advocate(s): David Tarboton, david.tarboton@usu.edu, Craig Forster, forster@arch.utah.edu, Christopher J. Duffy, cxd11@psu.edu, and Danny Marks, danny@nwrc.ars.usda.gov

Title: T31. The Role of Colloids and Semicrystalline/Amorphous Materials in Environmental Cycling of Trace Elements
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: Amorphous/semicrystalline materials composed of iron, aluminum, and manganese minerals help control trace metal(loid) cycling, transport, and mobility in environmental systems. We welcome presentations describing the nature of these materials and their interactions with trace metal(loid)s.
Advocate(s): Katherine Walton-Day, kwaltond@usgs.gov and Lisa Stillings, stilling@usgs.gov

Title: T32. Water Resource Management and Planning for Fractured and Karstic Aquifers
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division
Session Description: Spatial heterogeneity and high-permeability of karstic and fractured aquifers make them exceedingly susceptible to contamination, challenging to characterize, and difficult to model and manage. This session brings together scientists and managers to discuss these issues.
Advocate(s): Todd Halihan, halihan@okstate.edu, Maureen Muldoon, muldoon@uwosh.edu, and Stanley T. Paxton, pstanle@okstate.edu

Title: T33. Water, Solute, and Sediment Fluxes through Carbonate and Karst Aquifers
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Karst Waters Institute
Session Description: Includes field and theoretical studies of water, solute, and sediment movement through sinkholes, drip water, speleothems, matrix, fractures and conduits. Present and paleo-hydrology are appropriate. A holistic understanding is sought through varied approaches.
Advocate(s): Ira D. Sasowsky, ids@uakron.edu and Jonathan B. Martin, jmartin@geology.ufl.edu

Title: T33. Water, Solute, and Sediment Fluxes through Carbonate and Karst Aquifers (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Karst Waters Institute
Session Description: Includes field and theoretical studies of water, solute, and sediment movement through sinkholes, drip water, speleothems, matrix, fractures and conduits. Present and paleo-hydrology are appropriate. A holistic understanding is sought through varied approaches.
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Title: T34. Springs: Keys to Understanding Geochemical Processes in Aquifers
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, International Association of Hydrogeologists; Karst Waters Institute
Session Description: Springs provide unique opportunities to study geochemical processes in aquifers in natural systems and those impacted by anthropogenic inputs. This session focuses on studies that use biogeochemical, hydrologic, and geophysical methods to characterize processes affecting spring-water chemistry.
Advocate(s): Brian G. Katz, bkatz@usgs.gov and Dorothy J. Vesper, dvesper@geo.wvu.edu

Title: T34. Springs: Keys to Understanding Geochemical Processes in Aquifers (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Hydrogeology Division, International Association of Hydrogeologists; Karst Waters Institute
Session Description: Springs provide unique opportunities to study geochemical processes in aquifers in natural systems and those impacted by anthropogenic inputs. This session focuses on studies that use biogeochemical, hydrologic, and geophysical methods to characterize processes affecting spring-water chemistry.
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Title: T35. Riparian Corridors in Semi-Arid and Arid Environments: Results and Approaches of Integrative Studies in Support of Scientifically Based Management and Restoration, with Emphasis on the Great Basin
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session focuses on the results and approaches of integrative geomorphic, hydrologic, geophysical, stratigraphic, and/or ecological studies to characterize, understand, manage and/or restore riparian ecosystems in semiarid and arid environments.
Advocate(s): David Jewett, Jewett.David@epamail.epa.gov, Mark Lord, mlord@email.wcu.edu, and Dru Germanoski, germanod@lafayette.edu

Title: T35. Riparian Corridors in Semi-Arid and Arid Environments: Results and Approaches of Integrative Studies in Support of Scientifically Based Management and Restoration, with Emphasis on the Great Basin (Posters)
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session focuses on the results and approaches of integrative geomorphic, hydrologic, geophysical, stratigraphic, and/or ecological studies to characterize, understand, manage and/or restore riparian ecosystems in semiarid and arid environments.
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Title: T36. Debris Flows Initiated by Runoff and Erosion: Processes, Recognition, and Hazard Implications
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: Runoff-generated debris flows impact many regions, but are poorly understood. Initiation processes and hazards from these debris flows are significantly different from landslide-mobilized debris flows. This session promotes a discussion of runoff-generated debris flows.
Advocate(s): Jeffrey A. Coe, jcoe@usgs.gov and Susan H. Cannon, cannon@usgs.gov

Title: T37. Debris-flow Processes, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology, and Societal Response
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, GSA Geology and Society Division
Session Description: Debris-flow processes produce distinctive stratigraphy, geomorphology, and source-area features. Debris-flow velocity and runout depend on slurry and channel characteristics. Societal response depends on hazard recognition and typically involves avoidance and engineered structures.
Advocate(s): Jeffrey R. Keaton, jrkeaton@mactec.com, Richard E. Giraud, rgiraud.nrugs@state.ut.us, and John D. Kiefer, kiefer@uky.edu

Title: T40. Genesis, Behavior, Mapping, and Treatment of Collapsible Soils
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: Collapsible soils are widespread throughout arid climates and cause significant damage to structures built on them. This session will focus on identification and mapping methods, laboratory characterization, mitigation, and case studies of collapsible soils.
Advocate(s): Paul M. Santi, psanti@mines.edu and Jonathan L. White, jonathan.white@state.co.us

Title: T41. Geologic Remote Sensing
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: This session will focus on the uses of integrated remote sensing (SAR, optical, thermal and hyperspectral sensors) for studies in geological mapping, mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and geohazard assessment. Particular emphasis will be placed on new developments in InSAR, hyperspectral, and data fusion techniques.
Advocate(s): Farouk El-Baz, farouk@crsa.bu.edu and Vern Singhroy, vern.singhroy@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca

Title: T42. Mine Rock Piles and Pyritically Altered Areas: Their Slope Stability and Effect on Water Quality
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, Geochemical Society
Session Description: Presenters describe multidisciplinary characterization studies of mine rock piles, tailings dams, and naturally exposed alteration areas. Workers analyze the effects on nearby water quality and the stability of mine rock piles and hydrothermal alteration areas.
Advocate(s): Patrick Walsh, pwalsh@gis.nmt.edu, Kathleen S. Smith, ksmith@usgs.gov, and Virginia T. McLemore, ginger@gis.nmt.edu

Title: T42. Mine Rock Piles and Pyritically Altered Areas: Their Slope Stability and Effect on Water Quality (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, Geochemical Society
Session Description: Presenters describe multidisciplinary characterization studies of mine rock piles, tailings dams, and naturally exposed alteration areas. Workers analyze the effects on nearby water quality and the stability of mine rock piles and hydrothermal alteration areas.
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Title: T43. Recognition and Characterization of Neogene Faults
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: The death toll related to earthquakes since 1999 exceeds that of the previous decade. The importance of active-fault studies is self-evident. This forum includes the broad spectrum of efforts to find and characterize active faults.
Advocate(s): Vincent S. Cronin, Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu and Keith A. Sverdrup, sverdrup@uwm.edu

Title: T43. Recognition and Characterization of Neogene Faults (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: The death toll related to earthquakes since 1999 exceeds that of the previous decade. The importance of active-fault studies is self-evident. This forum includes the broad spectrum of efforts to find and characterize active faults.
Advocate(s):

Title: T44. Seismogenic Landslides
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: Both near- and far-field effects of earthquakes have included dramatic examples of slope instability. This session focuses on the distribution, characterization, and/or causal mechanisms of prehistoric and historic seismogenic landslides.
Advocate(s): Thomas C. Badger, badgert@wsdot.wa.gov

Title: T45. What Goes up Must Come Down: The Science and Policy of Dam Removal
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, Geology and Public Policy Committee
Session Description: About 200 of the 2.5 million dams in the U.S. have been removed since 1999, with more planned. The geoscience and public policy frameworks for this boom of dam busting are trying to keep pace.
Advocate(s): John F. Bratton, jbratton@usgs.gov, Walter Barnhardt, wbarnhardt@usgs.gov, and Jerome V. DeGraff, jdegraff@fs.fed.us

Title: T48. Geology in the National Forests—Stewardship, Education, and Research
Sponsor:
Session Description: Papers are encouraged on geoscience-related studies or activities conducted in the National Forests. Topics include but are not limited to paleontology, cave and karst geology, engineering geology and natural hazard mitigation, hydrogeology, interpretive and recreational geology, and geoscience education.
Advocate(s): Joseph Gurrieri, jgurrieri@fs.fed.us and Andrew H. Rorick, arorick@fs.fed.us

Title: T49. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management
Sponsor: National Park Service
Session Description: This session will address the role of geoscience in the National Parks. Presentations are encouraged on geologic research, geologic mapping, paleontology, coastal geology, glacier studies, and resource management in National Parks, Monuments, Seashores, and Historic Sites.
Advocate(s): Bruce A. Heise, bruce_heise@nps.gov, Jim Wood, jim_f_wood@nps.gov, and Tim Connors, tim_connors@nps.gov

Title: T49. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management (Posters)
Sponsor: National Park Service
Session Description: This session will address the role of geoscience in the National Parks. Presentations are encouraged on geologic research, geologic mapping, paleontology, coastal geology, glacier studies, and resource management in National Parks, Monuments, Seashores, and Historic Sites.
Advocate(s):

Title: T50. Geology of Parks and Public Lands: Effective and Innovative Informal Earth Science Education for the Masses
Sponsor: National Park Service; Bureau of Land Management; Association of Earth Science Editors
Session Description: This session will explore programs and products (e.g., displays, publications, signs, Web sites, virtual and real field trips) for effective informal earth science education about the geology of parks, monuments, open spaces, and public lands.
Advocate(s): Marion Malinowski, Marion_Malinowski@co.blm.gov, Monica Gaiswinkler Easton, monica.easton@ndm.gov.on.ca, and Jim F. Wood, Jim_F_Wood@nps.gov

Title: T51. Investigation of Sources and Fates of Anthropogenic Inputs to the Environment through Isotopic Systematics
Sponsor:
Session Description: Isotopic studies can provide valuable information on the sources and fate of contaminants and of other anthropogenic compounds. This session will highlight novel application of isotopic geochemistry and biogeochemistry to understanding human impacts on the environment.
Advocate(s): P. Evan Dresel, evan.dresel@pnl.gov and John N. Christensen, jnchristensen@lbl.gov

Title: T52. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment
Sponsor: International Association of GeoChemistry
Session Description: Papers are welcome on the study of trace elements in the environment related to sources, transport, controls on mobility, toxicological consequences, ecology (e.g., food web dynamics, as limiting nutrients) and accumulation in sediments and soils.
Advocate(s): LeeAnn Munk, aflm@uaa.alaska.edu, David Long, long@msu.edu, and W. Berry Lyons, lyons.142@osu.edu

Title: T53. The Changing Planet I: A Special Tribute Session Celebrating the Contributions of Fred T. Mackenzie
Sponsor:
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session will include past and future biogeochemical cycles, coupled experimental and field observations of mineral-fluid interaction with implications for ancient and modern systems, and impact of modern activities on atmosphere and ocean chemistry.
Advocate(s): Rolf S. Arvidson, rsa4046@ruf.rice.edu, Albert S. Colman, a.colman@gl.ciw.edu, and John W. Morse, morse@ocean.tamu.edu

Title: T53. The Changing Planet II: A Special Tribute Session Celebrating the Contributions of Fred T. Mackenzie
Sponsor:
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session will include past and future biogeochemical cycles, coupled experimental and field observations of mineral-fluid interaction with implications for ancient and modern systems, and impact of modern activities on atmosphere and ocean chemistry.
Advocate(s): Rolf S. Arvidson, rsa4046@ruf.rice.edu, Albert S. Colman, a.colman@gl.ciw.edu, and John W. Morse, morse@ocean.tamu.edu

Title: T54. This Changing Planet: Explaining Geologic Hazards to the Media, Policy Makers, and the General Public
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, GSA Geology and Society Division; Association of Earth Science Editors; National Park Service; Geology and Public Policy Committee
Session Description: Scientists need to explain volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and hydrothermal features, as well as swelling clays, radon, and asbestos, among others. This session will focus on successfully communicating information on geologic hazards to nonscientists.
Advocate(s): Monica Gaiswinkler Easton, monica.easton@ndm.gov.on.ca, Diane E. Lane, delane@pcisys.net, and Robert D. Higgins, bob_higgins@nps.gov

Title: T55. Advances and Applications of Tephrochronology and Tephrostratigraphy I: In Honor of Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki
Sponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: Tephra layers provide time-stratigraphic markers that enable regional correlations for geologic mapping and studies of climate change, geologic hazards, and Neogene stratigraphy. This session honors Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki, a pioneer in the field of tephrochronology.
Advocate(s): Janet L. Slate, jslate@usgs.gov, Michael E. Perkins, mperk@mines.utah.edu, and Jeffrey R. Knott, jknott@fullerton.edu

Title: T55. Advances and Applications of Tephrochronology and Tephrostratigraphy II: In Honor of Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki
Sponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: Tephra layers provide time-stratigraphic markers that enable regional correlations for geologic mapping and studies of climate change, geologic hazards, and Neogene stratigraphy. This session honors Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki, a pioneer in the field of tephrochronology.
Advocate(s): Janet L. Slate, jslate@usgs.gov, Michael E. Perkins, mperk@mines.utah.edu, and Jeffrey R. Knott, jknott@fullerton.edu

Title: T56. Carving the Western Landscape: The Evolution of the Colorado Drainage from Source to Sink
Sponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: New research is providing answers and raising more questions about the integration and erosion of the Colorado drainage. This session brings together old and new work to revise the history of this famous landscape.
Advocate(s): Joel L. Pederson, bolo@cc.usu.edu and Kyle House, khouse@unr.edu

Title: T56. Carving the Western Landscape: The Evolution of the Colorado Drainage from Source to Sink (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: New research is providing answers and raising more questions about the integration and erosion of the Colorado drainage. This session brings together old and new work to revise the history of this famous landscape.
Advocate(s):

Title: T57. Paleoenvironmental Records in and around the Bonneville Basin: From Glacial/Interglacial Cycles to Anthropogenic Impacts
Sponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Session Description: The session focuses on the drivers of environmental change (e.g., climate, tectonics, man) and their impacts on land surface, hydrology, and aquatic systems from all types of deposits (e.g., sediments, shorelines, fluvial and glacial deposits, soils, middens, tree-rings).
Advocate(s): Joseph G. Rosenbaum, jrosenbaum@usgs.gov and Katrina A. Moser, katrina.moser@geog.utah.edu

Title: T58. Recent Advances in Numerical Dating Techniques for Developing Quantitative Chronostratigraphies in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments
Sponsor: INQUA [International Union for Quaternary Research]: Working Group on Dryland Dating
Session Description: Advances in numerical dating techniques, including OSL, ESR, SED and U-series dating, will be presented to provide new results on the chronologies and the nature of Quaternary paleoenvironmental change and landscape evolution for dryland regions.
Advocate(s): Lewis A. Owen, Lewis.Owen@uc.edu and Ashok Singhvi, singhvi@prl.ernet.in

Title: T60. Dendrogeology: Geologic Applications of Tree-Ring Studies
Sponsor: GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Session Description: Tree-ring studies have a wide ranging role in geologic studies. Topics may include tree rings as indicators of past conditions or as evidence of the influence the trees themselves have exerted on their environment.
Advocate(s): Gregg R. Davidson, davidson@olemiss.edu

Title: T61. Glacial Geology and Lake Sedimentology: In Memory of Geoffrey O. Seltzer
Sponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division
Session Description: This session honors the scientific legacy of Geoff Seltzer. We seek papers that summarize records of environmental change based on glacial geology and lake sediment cores, especially from South America, Central America, and Alaska.
Advocate(s): Donald T. Rodbell, rodbelld@union.edu and Jacqueline A. Smith, jasmit10@syr.edu

Title: T62. Ice Free versus Cold-Based Ice: Cosmogenic Nuclides, Trimlines, and Ice Sheet History of Differentially Weathered Landscapes
Sponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: The interpretation of weathering zones and trimlines in differentially weathered landscapes has been debated for decades. This session solicits papers that address our current understanding of ice sheet history in these ubiquitous landscapes.
Advocate(s): Jason P. Briner, jbriner@buffalo.edu and Michael R. Kaplan, mkaplan@geo.ed.ac.uk

Title: T63. Timing and Nature of Mountain Glacier Advances throughout the Last Glacial Cycle
Sponsor: Mountain Glacier Working Group, International Quaternary Union
Session Description: Mountain glacier fluctuations were spatially and temporally variable during the last glacial cycle, ca. 125–10 ka. Talks in this session will explore variability in the extent and chronology of glaciation and the paleoclimatic implications thereof.
Advocate(s): Glenn D. Thackray, thacglen@isu.edu and Lewis A. Owen, Lewis.Owen@uc.edu

Title: T64. Comparative Carbonate Sedimentology I: A Tribute to the Career of R.N. Ginsburg
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session is a tribute to the pioneering work of Robert N. Ginsburg in studying the modern environment as an analogue for the ancient. The session will illustrate the impact of comparative sedimentology on our understanding of depositional systems.
Advocate(s): Peter Swart, pswart@rsmas.miami.edu, Gregor Eberli, geberli@rsmas.miami.edu, and John Holbrook, holbrook@uta.edu

Title: T64. Comparative Carbonate Sedimentology II: A Tribute to the Career of R.N. Ginsburg
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session is a tribute to the pioneering work of Robert N. Ginsburg in studying the modern environment as an analogue for the ancient. The session will illustrate the impact of comparative sedimentology on our understanding of depositional systems.
Advocate(s): Peter Swart, pswart@rsmas.miami.edu, Gregor Eberli, geberli@rsmas.miami.edu, and John Holbrook, holbrook@uta.edu

Title: T64. Comparative Carbonate Sedimentology: A Tribute to the Career of R.N. Ginsburg (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session is a tribute to the pioneering work of Robert N. Ginsburg in studying the modern environment as an analogue for the ancient. The session will illustrate the impact of comparative sedimentology on our understanding of depositional systems.
Advocate(s):

Title: T65. Establishment of an Integrated and Calibrated Chronostratigraphic Framework for High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis, Stratal Correlation, and Sedimentary Basin Geohistory Reconstruction
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session will focus on the concepts, disciplines, methods, techniques, and tools required to establish an integrated and calibrated chronostratigraphic framework for high resolution sequence stratigraphic analysis, stratal correlation, and sedimentary basin geohistory reconstruction.
Advocate(s): Ernest A. Mancini, emancini@wgs.geo.ua.edu

Title: T66. Petrographic Methods Applied to Sedimentary Rocks: To Celebrate the 80th Birthday of Bob Folk
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, Society for Sedimentary Geology [SEPM]
Session Description: This session, celebrating the 80th birthday of noted sedimentary petrologist and teacher, Bob Folk, is devoted to the technologies available for ‘looking at rocks’. Abstracts are encouraged to showcase any petrographic method applied to sedimentary systems.
Advocate(s): Kitty Milliken, kittym@mail.utexas.edu and F. Leo Lynch, claynac@ra.msstate.edu

Title: T67. Reading the Record of the Rocks: Resolving the Tectonic and Eustatic Signals in Stratigraphic Successions I: In Honor of Don Swift on his 70th Birthday
Sponsor: Society for Sedimentary Geology [SEPM]
Session Description: Resolving the eustatic and tectonic signals of sedimentary successions is central goal of stratigraphers. Growing concern with global environmental problems has lead to renewed interest in the eustatic-tectonic signals that serve as indicators for biotic and climatic components.
Advocate(s): Nora Noffke, nnoffke@odu.edu and Donald J. P. Swift, dswift@odu.edu

Title: T67. Reading the Record of the Rocks: Resolving the Tectonic and Eustatic Signals in Stratigraphic Successions II: In Honor of Don Swift on his 70th Birthday
Sponsor: Society for Sedimentary Geology [SEPM]
Session Description: Resolving the eustatic and tectonic signals of sedimentary successions is central goal of stratigraphers. Growing concern with global environmental problems has lead to renewed interest in the eustatic-tectonic signals that serve as indicators for biotic and climatic components.
Advocate(s): Nora Noffke, nnoffke@odu.edu and Donald J. P. Swift, dswift@odu.edu

Title: T68. Recent Advances in the Application of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy to Tectonic Problems
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: This session explores recent advances in tectonics and sedimentation research across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, including studies of basin architecture, growth strata, active tectonics, and the composition of syntectonic sediments.
Advocate(s): David Barbeau, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu and Andrew Leier, aleier@geo.arizona.edu

Title: T68. Recent Advances in the Application of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy to Tectonic Problems (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: This session explores recent advances in tectonics and sedimentation research across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, including studies of basin architecture, growth strata, active tectonics, and the composition of syntectonic sediments.
Advocate(s):

Title: T69. Refining the Global Neoproterozoic Geologic Record
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Emerging and existing datasets will be explored in the context of bio-, chrono-, litho- and chemostratigraphy, correlation, and basin analysis toward understanding climatic, tectonic, and biogeochemical evolution of the Neoproterozoic Earth System.
Advocate(s): Carol M. Dehler, chuaria@cc.usu.edu, Paul K. Link, linkpaul@isu.edu, Frank A. Corsetti, fcorsett@usc.edu, John Holbrook, holbrook@uta.edu, and Linda Kah, lckah@utk.edu

Title: T69. Refining the Global Neoproterozoic Geologic Record (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Emerging and existing datasets will be explored in the context of bio-, chrono-, litho- and chemostratigraphy, correlation, and basin analysis toward understanding climatic, tectonic, and biogeochemical evolution of the Neoproterozoic Earth System.
Advocate(s):

Title: T70. Resolving the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age in Time and Space: Integration of Southern and Northern Hemisphere Records I
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session aims to bring together stratigraphers, sedimentologists, and geochemists who are working on the climate record of the Carboniferous and Permian systems worldwide. Emphasis will be placed on integrating geochemical with lithostratigraphic archives.
Advocate(s): C.R. Fielding, cfielding2@unl.edu, T.D. Frank, tfrank2@unl.edu, and J.L. Isbell, jisbell@uwm.edu

Title: T70. Resolving the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age in Time and Space: Integration of Southern and Northern Hemisphere Records II
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session aims to bring together stratigraphers, sedimentologists, and geochemists who are working on the climate record of the Carboniferous and Permian systems worldwide. Emphasis will be placed on integrating geochemical with lithostratigraphic archives.
Advocate(s): C.R. Fielding, cfielding2@unl.edu, T.D. Frank, tfrank2@unl.edu, and J.L. Isbell, jisbell@uwm.edu

Title: T71. Sedimentary Basins in Transition: Stratigraphic and Structural Records of Plate Tectonic Reconfiguration (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: This session features case studies of sedimentary basins that record fundamental changes in tectonic setting over time, such as shifting plate boundary configurations or multiphase reactivation of structures in intraplate settings.
Advocate(s):

Title: T72. Sedimentology Goes to Mars
Sponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: Like Earth, Mars has a sedimentary record, one that continues today. This session will review and explore the state of Martian sedimentology revealed by recent missions and the science to be addressed by future missions.
Advocate(s): R. Aileen Yingst, yingsta@uwgb.edu and Kenneth Edgett, edgett@msss.com

Title: T72. Sedimentology Goes to Mars (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: Like Earth, Mars has a sedimentary record, one that continues today. This session will review and explore the state of Martian sedimentology revealed by recent missions and the science to be addressed by future missions.
Advocate(s):

Title: T74. Waves of Destruction: Historical and Geological Records of Tsunamis and their Effects (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: Geoscientists who have surveyed effects of the 2004 tsunami and older events are encouraged to prepare posters and video presentations illustrating their results—geological, biological and societal impacts.
Advocate(s):

Title: T75. Weathering, Sedimentation, and Diagenesis in Major Element Cycles I: In Memory of Raymond Siever
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: session in memory of Raymomd Siever, on weathering, sedimentation, and diagenesis in major element cycles, will highlight the breadth of Ray Siever's significant contributions to this broad field. The origin, evolution, and secular changes in sediments will also be emphasized.
Advocate(s): Miriam Kastner, mkastner@ucsd.edu, Robert A. Berner, robert.berner@yale.edu, and Abraham Lerman, alerman@northwestern.edu

Title: T75. Weathering, Sedimentation, and Diagenesis in Major Element Cycles II: In Memory of Raymond Siever
Sponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: session in memory of Raymomd Siever, on weathering, sedimentation, and diagenesis in major element cycles, will highlight the breadth of Ray Siever's significant contributions to this broad field. The origin, evolution, and secular changes in sediments will also be emphasized.
Advocate(s): Miriam Kastner, mkastner@ucsd.edu, Robert A. Berner, robert.berner@yale.edu, and Abraham Lerman, alerman@northwestern.edu

Title: T76. The Bureau of Land Management's National Landscape Conservation System as Outdoor Laboratories: New Research in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument and the Surrounding Area
Sponsor:
Session Description: The session is to highlight recent geological research within Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument and surrounding area. Potential topics are limited only by the regional context and all submissions are welcome.
Advocate(s): Alan L. Titus, Alan_Titus@blm.gov and John D. Powell, John_Powell@blm.gov

Title: T78. Habitat Partitioning above, on and within the Substrate
Sponsor: Paleontological Society, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Dynamics and complexity of vertical tiering and lateral partitioning of habitat space of benthic communities in hard and soft substrates in modern environments and in the geologic record.
Advocate(s): A.A. Ekdale, ekdale@mines.utah.edu and Leif M. Tapanila, ltapanila@mines.utah.edu

Title: T79. Jurassic Marine Paleobiology: Tracing the Roots of the Modern Biota
Sponsor: Paleontological Society
Session Description: During the Jurassic, many groups of organisms made their first appearances, establishing the modern fauna. This session will address the key changes that affected the evolution of marine communities and taxonomic groups during the Jurassic.
Advocate(s): Carol M. Tang, ctang@calacademy.org and Paul Taylor, pdt@nhm.ac.uk

Title: T80. Paleoenvironments and Taphonomy of Cambrian Lagerstatten
Sponsor: Paleontological Society
Session Description: This session will focus on aspects of the physical, chemical, and ecological environments associated with Burgess Shale–type deposits, and how these factors contributed to the preservation of fossils of soft-bodied organisms.
Advocate(s): Wayne Powell, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu and Robert Gaines, Robert.Gaines@pomona.edu

Title: T81. Protists in Extreme Environments: Fossil Evidence to Physiological Adaptations
Sponsor: Cushman Foundation, Paleontological Society
Session Description: Emerging and existing evidence for fossil and extant eucaryotic microorganisms in their environmental extremes, including morphological and physiological adaptations that enable their survival and proliferation.
Advocate(s): Pamela Hallock, pmuller@marine.usf.edu and Joan M. Bernhard, jbernhard@whoi.edu

Title: T82. Taphonomy: Process and Bias through Time
Sponsor: Paleontological Society
Session Description: This session will focus on the extent to which taphonomic bias has changed through time in different environments.
Advocate(s): Peter A. Allison, P.A.Allison@imperial.ac.uk and David J. Bottjer, dbottjer@usc.edu

Title: T83. The Dawn of Animal Life: Evolutionary and Paleoecological Patterns in the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Animal Fossil Record
Sponsor: Paleontological Society, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: This session will include a broad spectrum of studies on the evolution and paleoecology of early animals, providing a synthesis of the latest ideas and results in this rapidly changing field.
Advocate(s): Stephen Q. Dornbos, sdornbos@uwm.edu

Title: T84. Thinking about Fossils: The Emergence and Development of Paleontological Thought in North America from Native American Customs to the End of the Great Western Surveys
Sponsor: GSA History of Geology Division, History of Earth Sciences Society [HESS]; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; Paleontological Society; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Session Description: This session on the emergence and development of paleontological thought in North America will cover the period from Native American beliefs regarding fossils to ideas developed up to the end of the great government and institutional surveys of the western United States and Canada.
Advocate(s): Patrick Wyse Jackson, wysjcknp@tcd.ie and Stephen M. Rowland, srowland@unlv.edu

Title: T85. Traces of Life: Micro- to Macroscopic Evidence of Past and Present Biogenic Activity and their Implications
Sponsor: Paleontological Society, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Ichnofossils preserve a range of organism-substratum interactions that provide insights into physicochemical processes and behaviors of microbes to plants and animals. Submissions regarding neoichnologic-taphonomic actualistic studies, ichnodiversity, paleoenvironment, pedology, paleoecology, paleohydrology, and paleoclimate are welcomed.
Advocate(s): Stephen T. Hasiotis, hasiotis@ku.edu and Jennifer A. Roberts, jaroberts@ku.edu

Title: T85. Traces of Life: Micro- to Macroscopic Evidence of Past and Present Biogenic Activity and their Implications (Posters)
Sponsor: Paleontological Society, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: Ichnofossils preserve a range of organism-substratum interactions that provide insights into physicochemical processes and behaviors of microbes to plants and animals. Submissions regarding neoichnologic-taphonomic actualistic studies, ichnodiversity, paleoenvironment, pedology, paleoecology, paleohydrology, and paleoclimate are welcomed.
Advocate(s):

Title: T86. Collaboration for the Dissemination of Geologic Information among Colleagues
Sponsor: Geoscience Information Society
Session Description: focuses on cooperative projects and practices by faculty, students, government agencies, librarians, professional and trade organizations, or others, designed to disseminate information among the geologic community. discussion of Web pages, guides, classes, workshops, digitization projects, or any other forum
Advocate(s): Adonna Fleming, afleming@unlnotes.unl.edu

Title: T88. Does Geology Serve Society? Let’s Count the Ways!
Sponsor: Geology and Society Division; Geology and Public Policy Committee; Critical Issues Caucus
Session Description: Examples of geology being put to good use abound: protecting a community water supply, mitigating natural hazards, controlling erosion, finding and managing resources, reducing slope failure, informing legislation/education—you name it. Let’s share successes.
Advocate(s): Paul H. Reitan, preitan@eng.buffalo.edu and A.R. Palmer, allison.palmer@comcast.net

Title: T89. Efficient and Effective Practices in Using Web Sites and Technologies to Support and Manage Information, Student Learning and Recruitment, and Public Education
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: Increasingly, student learning and recruitment and public education are supported by organizational or individual Web sites, Web technologies, and online courses. This explores successful implementations that increase student/public learning or make Web technologies usable, simple, and informative.
Advocate(s): Christopher W. Thomas, chwthoma@iupui.edu

Title: T90. From Rocks to Records: Geological Preservation for the Profession and the Public Good
Sponsor: GSA Geology and Society Division
Session Description: This session highlights the timeliness of preserving geological samples, data, and sites as new developments underscore their importance in meeting the modern needs of the geological profession and the general public.
Advocate(s): Donald G. Mikulic, mikulic@isgs.uiuc.edu and Joanne Kluessendorf, jkluesse@uwc.edu

Title: T92. Keys to Opportunities with the National Park Service
Sponsor: National Park Service; Geological Society of America; American Geological Institute; Association for Women Geoscientists
Session Description: Examine lessons learned: accessing parks for research, developing partnerships, aiding or benefiting from projects, and finding volunteer and paid positions. Discover geoscience opportunities in national parks for professors, students, retirees, organizations, universities, companies.
Advocate(s): Judy Geniac, judy_geniac@nps.gov, Gary Lewis, glewis@geosociety.org, Ann Benbow, aeb@agiweb.org, and Marguerite Toscano, mtoscano@sprintmail.com

Title: T93. The National Geologic Map Database (Posters)
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey; Association of American State Geologists
Session Description: The National Geologic Map Database (http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/) is a congressionally mandated effort. This session focuses on the collaborative USGS and state geological survey advances in digital mapping, standards (map symbolization, data model, science language), and map databases that are conducted under the aegis of, or in collaboration with, this project.
Advocate(s):

Title: T94. Conservation and Management of Geoheritage Resources: National and Regional Perspectives
Sponsor: GSA International Division, GSA Geology and Society Division; National Park Service; Geology and Public Policy Committee
Session Description: This session will explore examples of managing geologic heritage resources and sites though national programs whose goals are in accordance with conservation and public enjoyment.
Advocate(s): Robert D. Higgins, bob_higgins@nps.gov, Maurice J. Terman, sigric05@aol.com, and Jim Wood, jim_f_wood@nps.gov

Title: T95. Conservation and Management of Global Geoheritage Resources: International Perspectives
Sponsor: GSA International Division, GSA Geology and Society Division; National Park Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Geology and Public Policy Committee
Session Description: This session will introduce many more American geoscientists to the UNESCO Geoparks concept and thus stimulate broader discussion of how best to conserve and manage these resources increasingly threatened by burgeoning populations and economic constraints.
Advocate(s): Maurice J. Terman, sigric05@aol.com, John D. Kiefer, kiefer@uky.edu, and Robert Higgins, bob_higgins@nps.gov

Title: T96. Geological Monitoring in National Parks
Sponsor: National Park Service
Session Description: There has been an increased recognition of the importance of geologic monitoring as national parks focus on science-based management. Presentations may include geologic monitoring protocols, results, or resource management implications.
Advocate(s): Robert S. Young, ryoung@wcu.edu and Lisa Norby, lisa_norby@nps.gov

Title: T97. Innovation, Evaluation, and Best Practices in Informal Geoscience Education
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers, GSA Geoscience Education Division; Association of Earth Science Editors
Session Description: Informal education reaches millions every year with potentially life-changing geoscience education. This session will feature best practices in informal geoscience education, for example innovative approaches, techniques for evaluation, and creation of partnerships with formal education.
Advocate(s): Robert M. Ross, rmr16@cornell.edu and Warren D. Allmon, wda1@cornell.edu

Title: T98. Innovations in Geological Mapping (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Engineering Geology Division, GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Geology and Public Policy Committee; Association of American State Geologists; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: Geological mapping is a key to environmental and water resource protection and management. This session will highlight innovative mapping products that are being used by an increasingly broad range of users.
Advocate(s):

Title: T99. Imparting Hands-on Geological Education: Reaching out to Undergraduates and K–12 Students (Posters)
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session is intended to provide an opportunity for motivated and curious undergraduates and K–12 students to present the results of their research to the geoscience community as a part of their early involvement in inquiry-based learning abilities.
Advocate(s):

Title: T100. Integrating Research into Undergraduate Geoscience Coursework
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: Research as an integral part of undergraduate coursework is a rapidly growing trend. Share your successes, failures, and ideas for future growth directions with others.
Advocate(s): C. Frederick Lohrengel II, lohrengel@suu.edu, Robert L. Eves, eves@suu.edu, and Mark Colberg, colberg@suu.edu

Title: T101. Interdisciplinary Education: Applications of GIS and the Infusion of Spatial Concepts Across the Curriculum (Posters)
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: This interdisciplinary session, emphasizing the diverse applications of GIS and educational methodologies of spatial concept instruction, showcases broad and unique applications for GIS and creates an awareness for the infusion of spatial concepts across the educational curriculum.
Advocate(s):

Title: T102. International Undergraduate Field Trips: Logistics, Challenges, and Successes
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session welcomes geoscience educators to share their experiences in leading undergraduate international field trips. The presenters will provide information to those who conduct such trips and those who wish to initiate such trips.
Advocate(s): Timothy P. Flood, tim.flood@snc.edu and Nelson R. Ham, nelson.ham@snc.edu

Title: T103. Is it Science? Strategies for Addressing Creationism in the Classroom and the Community
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers, GSA Geology and Society Division; Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Geoscience Education Division
Session Description: Creationists present their faith-based philosophy as scientifically rigorous and valid. This session will explore techniques for dealing with creationist challenges in the college classroom and present strategies for addressing efforts to add creationist content to K–12 science curricula.
Advocate(s): Michael A. Phillips, mike_phillips@ivcc.edu, Robert C. Thomas, r_thomas@umwestern.edu, and Sheila M. Roberts, s_roberts@umwestern.edu

Title: T104. It's About Time: Teaching the Temporal Aspects of Geoscience (Posters)
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers, GSA Geoscience Education Division
Session Description: Posters will demonstrate ways to enhance student understanding of all aspects of geologic time and its measurement (rates, recurrence intervals, predictions, dating techniques, teaching with temporal themes, research on learning about time). The one-abstract rule is waived for this session.
Advocate(s):

Title: T105. Let's Rock Their World: Integrating Planetary Science Data into Undergraduate Geoscience Courses
Sponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division, GSA Geoscience Education Division; On the Cutting Edge; National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: This session will present examples of innovative ideas for effectively integrating planetary science data into a variety of types of undergraduate geology courses at both the introductory and upper level.
Advocate(s): Eric B. Grosfils, egrosfils@pomona.edu and Barbara Tewksbury, btewksbu@hamilton.edu

Title: T106. Methods of Assessing Teaching and Learning in the Geosciences
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: This session will focus on effective assessment of student learning and the impact on faculty teaching in the geosciences. Papers are solicited that discuss development, implementation, and research findings from assessment studies.
Advocate(s): David N. Steer, steer@uakron.edu, David A. McConnell, dam6@uakron.edu, and Katherine Owens, kowens@uakron.edu

Title: T106. Methods of Assessing Teaching and Learning in the Geosciences (Posters)
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: This session will focus on effective assessment of student learning and the impact on faculty teaching in the geosciences. Papers are solicited that discuss development, implementation, and research findings from assessment studies.
Advocate(s):

Title: T107. Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities in the Geosciences: Avenues to Success
Sponsor: Committee on Minorities and Women in the Geosciences
Session Description: This session will highlight what resources (personal and financial) are available to minorities, women, and persons with disabilities in the geosciences and explore new and existing programs to enhance their representation.
Advocate(s): Marc A. Carrasco, carrasco@socrates.berkeley.edu and Denise A. Battles, dbattles@georgiasouthern.edu

Title: T108. Museum-College Connections: Rich Opportunities for Earth Science Education (Posters)
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: This session will profile how partnerships between museums and colleges have improved earth science education and provide blueprints for how other institutions might build similar productive educational teams.
Advocate(s):

Title: T110. REU at 25: Its Impact on Undergraduate Geoscience Education
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Council on Undergraduate Research, Geoscience Division
Session Description: In celebration of 25 years of the National Science Foundation-Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU program, this session highlights geoscience REU initiatives, examine best practices for research with undergraduates, and assess the role of REU in geoscience Bachelor's degree programs today.
Advocate(s): Jeffrey G. Ryan, ryan@chuma.cas.usf.edu, Lori Bettison-Varga, lbettison@wooster.edu, and Laura Guertin, uxg3@psu.edu

Title: T111. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research (Posters)
Sponsor: Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Session Description: All students are welcome to present their research in any area of geology.
Advocate(s):

Title: T113. Strategies for Teaching Introductory Geoscience in Large Lecture Classes
Sponsor: National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: This session will focus on strategies for teaching introductory geoscience to classes of 100+ students. Papers are solicited that illustrate effective or failed methods for improving any aspects of teaching/learning in large lecture classes.
Advocate(s): Michelle L. Stoklosa, mstoklos@boisestate.edu and Karen Viskupic, karenviskupic@boisestate.edu

Title: T114. We Can Continue to Do Better: More Alternatives to the Same Old Lab Lecture Format in the College Classroom (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Geoscience Education Division, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: There are many excellent alternative teaching tools rather than the standard lab-lecture format. Building on last year’s successful theme session, this session will provide an opportunity to continue sharing innovative teaching styles across the discipline.
Advocate(s):

Title: T114. We Can Continue to Do Better: More Alternatives to the Same Old Lab Lecture Format in the College Classroom I
Sponsor: GSA Geoscience Education Division, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: There are many excellent alternative teaching tools rather than the standard lab-lecture format. Building on last year’s successful theme session, this session will provide an opportunity to continue sharing innovative teaching styles across the discipline.
Advocate(s): Elizabeth M. King, emking@ilstu.edu and Dexter Perkins, dexter_perkins@und.edu

Title: T114. We Can Continue to Do Better: More Alternatives to the Same Old Lab Lecture Format in the College Classroom II
Sponsor: GSA Geoscience Education Division, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Session Description: There are many excellent alternative teaching tools rather than the standard lab-lecture format. Building on last year’s successful theme session, this session will provide an opportunity to continue sharing innovative teaching styles across the discipline.
Advocate(s): Elizabeth M. King, emking@ilstu.edu and Dexter Perkins, dexter_perkins@und.edu

Title: T115. Holocene Climate Change in Western North America: Spatial-Temporal Phasing of Climate Modes, Events, and Transitions
Sponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division, GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Session Description: This session will highlight recent advances in our knowledge of Holocene climate variability in western North America over annual to millennial scales from terrestrial environments, including the spatial and temporal phasing of climate modes, events, and transitions.
Advocate(s): Matthew E. Kirby, mkirby@fullerton.edu, Steve P. Lund, slund@earth.usc.edu, Larry V. Benson, lbenson@usgs.gov, and Rob Negrini, rnegrini@csub.edu

Title: T115. Holocene Climate Change in Western North America: Spatial-Temporal Phasing of Climate Modes, Events, and Transitions (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division, GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Session Description: This session will highlight recent advances in our knowledge of Holocene climate variability in western North America over annual to millennial scales from terrestrial environments, including the spatial and temporal phasing of climate modes, events, and transitions.
Advocate(s):

Title: T116. Causes and Effects of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and Other Paleogene Hyperthermal Events I
Sponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division
Session Description: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum is the best-documented geological example of sudden global warming and its effects on biotas. Authors in this session will report new results on the PETM and other, recently-discovered Paleogene hyperthermal events.
Advocate(s): Scott L. Wing, wings@si.edu

Title: T116. Causes and Effects of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and Other Paleogene Hyperthermal Events II
Sponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division
Session Description: The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum is the best-documented geological example of sudden global warming and its effects on biotas. Authors in this session will report new results on the PETM and other, recently-discovered Paleogene hyperthermal events.
Advocate(s): Scott L. Wing, wings@si.edu

Title: T117. Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments for Microbial Survival I
Sponsor: GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: The session will be dedicated to understanding the variety of microbial systems that have existed throughout geological time and how this may help us predict environments for survival in extraterrestrial systems.
Advocate(s): Stephen E. Grasby, sgrasby@gsc.nrcan.gc.ca and Penny Morris, penny.morris-smith1@jsc.nasa.gov

Title: T117. Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments for Microbial Survival II
Sponsor: GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Session Description: The session will be dedicated to understanding the variety of microbial systems that have existed throughout geological time and how this may help us predict environments for survival in extraterrestrial systems.
Advocate(s): Amanda Stone, StoneA@hartwick.edu and Susan Wentworth, susan.j.wentworth1@jsc.nasa.gov

Title: T118. The Peña Blanca Uranium District, Chihuahua: A Natural Analogue for the Transport of Radionuclides in a Nuclear Waste Repository in Unsaturated, Welded Tuff I
Sponsor: Geology and Public Policy Committee
Session Description: Studies conducted at the Peña Blanca uranium district of Chihuahua, Mexico, address features and processes analogous to those anticipated in a Yucca Mountain, Nevada, waste repository and modeling predictions relevant to total system performance assessment.
Advocate(s): Ardyth M. Simmons, asimmons@lanl.gov and Patrick F. Dobson, pfdobson@lbl.gov

Title: T118. The Peña Blanca Uranium District, Chihuahua: A Natural Analogue for the Transport of Radionuclides in a Nuclear Waste Repository in Unsaturated, Welded Tuff II
Sponsor: Geology and Public Policy Committee
Session Description: Studies conducted at the Peña Blanca uranium district of Chihuahua, Mexico, address features and processes analogous to those anticipated in a Yucca Mountain, Nevada, waste repository and modeling predictions relevant to total system performance assessment.
Advocate(s): Ardyth M. Simmons, asimmons@lanl.gov and Patrick F. Dobson, pfdobson@lbl.gov

Title: T119. Mercury in Coal: Origins to Emissions
Sponsor: GSA Coal Geology Division, GSA Geology and Society Division
Session Description: New rules will limit mercury emissions from coal-fired electric utilities. We encourage presentations on mercury in modern mires, its distribution in fossil coal, behavior during beneficiation and combustion, control strategies, and atmospheric fate.
Advocate(s): Jeffrey C. Quick, jeffreyquick@utah.gov and Allan Kolker, akolker@usgs.gov

Title: T120. Experimental, Theoretical, Stable Isotope, and Predictive Studies of Sulfide Oxidation Processes in the Field and Laboratory
Sponsor:
Session Description: Papers are welcome on experimental and modeling studies of inorganic and microbial oxidation of sulfides in mine waste and other settings, partitioning of metals among primary phases, secondary phases, aqueous environment, and use and calibration of light element and transition element stable isotopes to understand these processes.
Advocate(s): W.C. Pat Shanks, pshanks@usgs.gov and Robert R. Seal II, rseal@usgs.gov

Title: T121. Thermochronology: Techniques, Applications, and Interpretations (Posters)
Sponsor:
Session Description: Time-temperature histories of rocks from thermochronologic approaches provide unique constraints on a wide range of tectonic, geomorphic, magmatic, and other processes. This session explores recent developments in analytical and interpretation techniques, and new applications using both high and low-temperature thermochronology.
Advocate(s):

Title: T121. Thermochronology: Techniques, Applications, and Interpretations I
Sponsor:
Session Description: Time-temperature histories of rocks from thermochronologic approaches provide unique constraints on a wide range of tectonic, geomorphic, magmatic, and other processes. This session explores recent developments in analytical and interpretation techniques, and new applications using both high and low-temperature thermochronology.
Advocate(s): Todd A. Ehlers, tehlers@umich.edu and Peter W. Reiners, peter.reiners@yale.edu

Title: T121. Thermochronology: Techniques, Applications, and Interpretations II
Sponsor:
Session Description: Time-temperature histories of rocks from thermochronologic approaches provide unique constraints on a wide range of tectonic, geomorphic, magmatic, and other processes. This session explores recent developments in analytical and interpretation techniques, and new applications using both high and low-temperature thermochronology.
Advocate(s): Todd A. Ehlers, tehlers@umich.edu and Peter W. Reiners, peter.reiners@yale.edu

Title: T122. Dynamics of Metamorphic and Hydrothermal Processes: From Grain-Scale to Mountain Belt (Posters)
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session solicits field, analytical, and modeling studies that focus on the mechanisms, rates and timescales of crystal growth, mineral reaction, heat/mass transfer, and fluid fluxes in metamorphic and hydrothermal systems.
Advocate(s):

Title: T122. Dynamics of Metamorphic and Hydrothermal Processes: From Grain-Scale to Mountain Belt I
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session solicits field, analytical, and modeling studies that focus on the mechanisms, rates and timescales of crystal growth, mineral reaction, heat/mass transfer, and fluid fluxes in metamorphic and hydrothermal systems.
Advocate(s): John R. Bowman, jrbowman@mines.utah.edu and C. Tom Foster, tom-foster@uiowa.edu

Title: T122. Dynamics of Metamorphic and Hydrothermal Processes: From Grain-Scale to Mountain Belt II
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session solicits field, analytical, and modeling studies that focus on the mechanisms, rates and timescales of crystal growth, mineral reaction, heat/mass transfer, and fluid fluxes in metamorphic and hydrothermal systems.
Advocate(s): John R. Bowman, jrbowman@mines.utah.edu and C. Tom Foster, tom-foster@uiowa.edu

Title: T123. Mars Analogue Research and Instrument Field Testing
Sponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Session Description: This session will bring together those working with Mars analogue environments and remote sensing of terrestrial environments related to Mars with researchers performing new pre-flight instrument field tests.
Advocate(s): John C. Armstrong, jcarmstrong@weber.edu, Luther Beegle, Luther.Beegle@jpl.nasa.gov, and R. Glenn Sellar, R.G.Sellar@jpl.nasa.gov

Title: T123. Mars Analogue Research and Instrument Field Testing (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Session Description: This session will bring together those working with Mars analogue environments and remote sensing of terrestrial environments related to Mars with researchers performing new pre-flight instrument field tests.
Advocate(s):

Title: T124. The Lunar Exploration Initiative: Current Science Knowledge and Future Exploration
Sponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Session Description: This session will discuss opportunities afforded by the President’s Lunar Exploration Initiative, the current state of lunar science, types of data to be acquired and how these will add to our understanding of the Moon.
Advocate(s): Ben Bussey, ben.bussey@jhuapl.edu and R. Aileen Yingst, yingsta@uwgb.edu

Title: T125. 4-D Evolution of the Continents: Integrated Solutions through Cyberinfrastructure
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, GSA Structure and Tectonic Division
Session Description: Several recent initiatives and programs are focused on studies of the 4-D evolution of continents. Answering key questions about continental tectonics requires highly integrated studies. Data and model integration through cyberinfrastructure facilitates scientific discovery.
Advocate(s): A.K. Sinha, pitlab@vt.edu, Robert D. Hatcher Jr, bobmap@utk.edu, and G. Randy Keller, keller@utep.edu

Title: T126. Accretionary Orogens in Space and Time (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, International Lithosphere Program
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session focuses on the origin and evolution of accretionary orogens through time. We encourage papers on tectonics, terrane accretion, juvenile crust production, seismology, changes in tectonic settings through time, and relationship to the supercontinent cycle.
Advocate(s):

Title: T126. Accretionary Orogens in Space and Time I
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, International Lithosphere Program
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session focuses on the origin and evolution of accretionary orogens through time. We encourage papers on tectonics, terrane accretion, juvenile crust production, seismology, changes in tectonic settings through time, and relationship to the supercontinent cycle.
Advocate(s): Kent C. Condie, kcondie@nmt.edu and Peter A. Cawood, pcawood@tsrc.uwa.edu.au

Title: T126. Accretionary Orogens in Space and Time II
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, International Lithosphere Program
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session focuses on the origin and evolution of accretionary orogens through time. We encourage papers on tectonics, terrane accretion, juvenile crust production, seismology, changes in tectonic settings through time, and relationship to the supercontinent cycle.
Advocate(s): Kent C. Condie, kcondie@nmt.edu and Peter A. Cawood, pcawood@tsrc.uwa.edu.au

Title: T127. Geometry and Evolution of Extensional Basins and their Influence on Fluid Flow, Sedimentation, Seismicity, and Magmatism
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: We solicit papers that discuss how the geometry and evolution of extensional basins influence seismicity, fluid flow, magmatism, and sedimentation, particularly but not exclusively in the Basin and Range and Rio Grande Rift.
Advocate(s): Victoria E. Langenheim, zulanger@usgs.gov and V.J.S. Grauch, tien@usgs.gov

Title: T129. The Yellowstone Hotspot: Its Influence on the Magmatic and Tectonic Evolution of the Western U.S.
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: This session seeks to integrate the volcanic and tectonic history with geochemical, geophysical, and field data to understand the evolution of this and other intra-continental hotspot systems. In conjunction with session T130.
Advocate(s): Richard Carlson, carlson@dtm.ciw.edu, Robert B. Smith, rbsmith@mines.utah.edu, and John Shervais, shervais@cc.usu.edu

Title: T130. The Yellowstone Hotspot: Integrated Field, Geochemical, and Geophysical Studies
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, Geochemical Society
Session Description: This session seeks to integrate the volcanic and tectonic history with geochemical, geophysical, and field data to understand the evolution of this and other intra-continental hotspot systems. In conjunction with session T129.
Advocate(s): John Shervais, shervais@cc.usu.edu, Victor Camp, vcamp@geology.sdsu.edu, Dennis J. Geist, dgeist@uidaho.edu, and Jonathan M.G. Glen, jglen@usgs.gov

Title: T131. Geophysical Studies for Improving Management of Land, Water, Environment, and Hazards (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Geophysics Division, GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Engineering Geology Division
Session Description: This session encourages geophysical and integrated studies that are likely to have short- or long-range impact on decisions regarding management of land use, water resources, water quality, environmental cleanup, or natural hazards.
Advocate(s):

Title: T132. High-Pressure Mineral Physics: To Honor Ho-Kwang Mao, Roebling Medalist I
Sponsor: Mineralogical Society of America, Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and COMPRES; COnsortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences
Session Description: This session to celebrate Ho-Kwang Mao's receipt of the Roebling Medal covers a broad spectrum of research in mineral physics. Areas that Dr. Mao pioneered will be highlighted along with their importance to all geology.
Advocate(s): William A. Bassett, bassett@geology.cornell.edu, Russell J. Hemley, r.hemley@gl.ciw.edu, and Anne Hofmeister, hofmeist@levee.wustl.edu

Title: T132. High-Pressure Mineral Physics: To Honor Ho-Kwang Mao, Roebling Medalist II
Sponsor: Mineralogical Society of America, Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and COMPRES; COnsortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences
Session Description: This session to celebrate Ho-Kwang Mao's receipt of the Roebling Medal covers a broad spectrum of research in mineral physics. Areas that Dr. Mao pioneered will be highlighted along with their importance to all geology.
Advocate(s): William A. Bassett, bassett@geology.cornell.edu, Russell J. Hemley, r.hemley@gl.ciw.edu, and Anne Hofmeister, hofmeist@levee.wustl.edu

Title: T134. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Crustal Evolution of Alaska and Western Canada (Posters)
Sponsor:
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session integrates new studies focused on processes responsible for crustal growth in Alaska and western Canada, including collisional deformation, terrane accretion, mountain building, magmatism, accretionary wedge development, and sedimentary basin formation.
Advocate(s):

Title: T135. Orogenic Plateaus From Top to Bottom
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: Resolving the evolution of orogenic plateaus is fundamental to understanding continental mountain building and its effects on the global environment. We'll explore the growth and decay of modern and ancient plateaus using geophysics, numerical modeling, petrology, stratigraphy, structural geology, geodesy.
Advocate(s): Bradley D. Ritts, britts@indiana.edu and Brian K. Horton, horton@ess.ucla.edu

Title: T135. Orogenic Plateaus From Top to Bottom (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Session Description: Resolving the evolution of orogenic plateaus is fundamental to understanding continental mountain building and its effects on the global environment. We'll explore the growth and decay of modern and ancient plateaus using geophysics, numerical modeling, petrology, stratigraphy, structural geology, geodesy.
Advocate(s):

Title: T136. Out of the Tethys: The Making of Asia
Sponsor:
Session Description: This multidisciplinary session examines how recent geoscientific studies have contributed to our understanding of Asian mountains, plateaus, and basins resulting from the birth and demise of Tethyan oceans and the collision of the Indian and Arabian plates with Asia.
Advocate(s): Rasoul Sorkhabi, rsorkhabi@egi.utah.edu and Ezat Heydari, ezat.heydari@ccaix.jsums.edu

Title: T137. The Backbone of America from Patagonia to Alaska: Plateau Uplift, Shallow Subduction, and Ridge Collision
Sponsor: GSA International Division
Session Description: This session is a precursor to the Backbone of the Americas Meeting in 2006. We seek presentations concerning tectonic and magmatic processes related to plateau uplift, shallow subduction, and ridge collision in either North or South America.
Advocate(s): Suzanne Kay, smk16@cornell.edu and Mark Cloos, cloos@mail.utexas.edu

Title: T141. Geology and EarthScope
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Integrated Solid Earth Sciences [ISES]; Mineralogical Society of America
Session Description: EarthScope provides an unprecedented opportunity for integrated research from the Earth's surface to the lower mantle. This session provides numerous examples of how geoscientists can engage EarthScope for research and education and outreach.
Advocate(s): David W. Mogk, mogk@montana.edu, Craig H. Jones, cjones@cires.colorado.edu, and Colin A. Shaw, shawca@uwec.edu

Title: T142. Controversies, Conundrums, and Innovative Approaches in Extensional Tectonics: A Tribute to Ernie Anderson
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: This session honors Ernie Anderson, whose pioneering work on the highly extended Colorado River region 30 years ago and subsequent contributions inspired many to study extensional terranes. Contributions emphasizing existing conundrums and innovative approaches are encouraged.
Advocate(s): James E. Faulds, jfaulds@unr.edu, Robert G. Bohannon, bbohannon@usgs.gov, Keith A. Howard, khoward@usgs.gov, and L. Sue Beard, sbeard@usgs.gov

Title: T142. Controversies, Conundrums, and Innovative Approaches in Extensional Tectonics: A Tribute to Ernie Anderson (Posters)
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: This session honors Ernie Anderson, whose pioneering work on the highly extended Colorado River region 30 years ago and subsequent contributions inspired many to study extensional terranes. Contributions emphasizing existing conundrums and innovative approaches are encouraged.
Advocate(s):

Title: T143. Great Basin Tectonics and Metallogeny
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey
Session Description: Relationships between tectonics and metallogeny in the Great Basin will be elucidated via a series of synoptic presentations on geophysics, crustal structure, basement, sedimentation, deformation, magmatism, paleogeography, ore deposit types, geochemistry, fluid flow and mass transport.
Advocate(s): David A. Ponce, ponce@usgs.gov, Alan Wallace, alan@usgs.gov, Jonathan M.G. Glen, jglen@usgs.gov, and Albert H. Hofstra, ahofstra@usgs.gov

Title: T143. Great Basin Tectonics and Metallogeny (Posters)
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey
Session Description: Relationships between tectonics and metallogeny in the Great Basin will be elucidated via a series of synoptic presentations on geophysics, crustal structure, basement, sedimentation, deformation, magmatism, paleogeography, ore deposit types, geochemistry, fluid flow and mass transport.
Advocate(s):

Title: T144. The Edges of Extension: Boundaries of the Basin and Range Province as Natural Laboratories for Studying Tectonic and Structural Processes
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA Geophysics Division
Session Description: The goal of this session is to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists focused on understanding problems and processes of continental extension as expressed at the margins of the Basin and Range Province.
Advocate(s): Phillip Resor, presor@wesleyan.edu, Joseph Colgan, jcolgan@pangea.stanford.edu, and Eric Flodin, flodine@ipfw.edu

Title: T145. The Nature, Significance, and Evolution of Transtensional Tectonic Regimes
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: A session bringing together structural geologists, geophysicists, and geodeticists who have worked in obliquely divergent regimes worldwide allowing discussion of the key variables that control transtensional deformation patterns in the crust.
Advocate(s): Robert E. Holdsworth, R.E.Holdsworth@durham.ac.uk, Basil Tikoff, basil@geology.wisc.edu, and John Waldron, john.waldron@ualberta.ca

Title: T146. Young and Active Transtensional Deformation along the Western Margin of North America: Walker Lane Belt/Eastern California Shear Zone to the Gulf of California
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Session Description: This session will explore and compare strain distribution and localization and geodynamic controls on faulting patterns along the length of a linked transtensional zone extending from the Walker Lane Belt to the Gulf of California.
Advocate(s): Jeffrey Lee, jeff@geology.cwu.edu and Paul Umhoefer, paul.umhoefer@NAU.EDU

Title: T148. What is a Magma Chamber? The Role of Sheets in the Assembly of Intrusions I
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: A variety of data indicate the final shape of intrusions does not represent the shape of a single magma chamber. We solicit presentations on the structural, geochronological, petrological, and geophysical evidence concerned with understanding the dynamics of “magma sheeting.”
Advocate(s): Sven Morgan, morga1ss@cmich.edu, Basil Tikoff, basil@geology.wisc.edu, and Drew Coleman, dcoleman@email.unc.edu

Title: T148. What is a Magma Chamber? The Role of Sheets in the Assembly of Intrusions II
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: A variety of data indicate the final shape of intrusions does not represent the shape of a single magma chamber. We solicit presentations on the structural, geochronological, petrological, and geophysical evidence concerned with understanding the dynamics of “magma sheeting.”
Advocate(s): Sven Morgan, morga1ss@cmich.edu, Basil Tikoff, basil@geology.wisc.edu, and Drew Coleman, dcoleman@email.unc.edu

Title: T149. Rheological Information from Naturally Deformed Materials: New Approaches to Understanding Bulk Ductile Behavior
Sponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Session Description: This session highlights challenges in and new approaches for inferring “bulk” rheology from natural heterogeneous ductile deformation zones. We seek studies that test predictions from experimental work and consider the multiscalar factors affecting bulk mechanical behavior.
Advocate(s): Dyanna Czeck, dyanna@uwm.edu and Cheryl Waters-Tormey, cherylwt@wcu.edu

Title: T150. Fracturing and Faulting of the Clastic Rocks of the Colorado Plateau
Sponsor:
Session Description: This session encourages discussion into the diverse processes of fracturing and faulting in clastic rocks of the Colorado Plateau. Contributions combining structure with diagenesis, fluid flow, and depositional environment are welcome.
Advocate(s): Atilla Aydin, aydin@pangea.stanford.edu and James P. Evans, jpevans@cc.usu.edu

Title: T151. The Echinoderm Legacy of N. Gary Lane
Sponsor: Paleontological Society
Session Description: This session encourages submissions regarding various aspects of echioderm paleobiology including biostratigraphy, extinction, diversity, and biogeography in honor of the many contributions of N. Gary Lane.
Advocate(s): William Ausich, ausich.1@osu.edu and Gary Webster, webster@wsu.edu