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2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Sunday, 28 October 2007

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

6
T1. Denver Then and Now: From Paleontology to Public Policy on the Front Range Urban Corridor
7
T2. Sourcing Techniques in Archaeology
8
T7. The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation I
9
T17. Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts I
10
T26. Field-Based Quantitative Studies of Chemical and Physical Weathering
11
T38. Springs and Spring Deposits
12
T39. Hydrogeology of Mountainous Terrains
13
T49. Groundwater Mining and Population Growth
14
T76. Three-Dimensional Geological Mapping for Engineering and Environmental Geology Applications I
15
T85. Combining Geophysics and Geology to Solve Geoscience Problems I
16
T90. Geology of the Northern Plains of Mars: New Tectonic, Petrologic, and Geomorphic Perspectives
17
T108. Reservoirs to Ruptures: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Studying Fault Rock Distribution and Evolution in the Seismogenic Crust
18
T113. Regional Tectonics of Basement-Cored Foreland Shortening: Integrating Geological and Geophysical Insights from Laramide and Analogous Orogens
19
T124. Medical Geology
20
T129. Teaching Climate Change and Energy Issues in the Classroom: An Imperative for Educated Citizens and Geoscientists I
21
T145. Challenges in Geoscience Publishing: The Use of Nomenclature
28
T54. Late Paleozoic Glacial-interglacial Climate Changes: Analogs for Present and Future Climate Changes (Posters)

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

50
T129. Teaching Climate Change and Energy Issues in the Classroom: An Imperative for Educated Citizens and Geoscientists II

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

35
T3. Alluvial Cycles, Climate, and Human Prehistory
36
T7. The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation II
37
T13. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment I
38
T17. Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts II
39
T21. Episodic Landscape Change
40
T27. Inverse Methods in Practice: Perspectives and Future Directions
41
T31. Innovations and New Technologies for Measuring and Characterizing Groundwater–Surface Water Interaction
42
T33. Innovative Uses of Environmental Isotopes in Hydrology
43
T60. Esker Systems: Processes, Deposits, and Models for Aquifer Development
44
T76. Three-Dimensional Geological Mapping for Engineering and Environmental Geology Applications II
45
T85. Combining Geophysics and Geology to Solve Geoscience Problems II
46
T95. Techniques for Studying the Development of Fields of Small Basaltic Vents on Earth and Mars
47
T102. The Solar Stew: The Search for Ingredients of Life and Biomarkers in Our Solar System: Past or Present
48
T110. Combining Kinematics and Mechanics in Understanding Deformation Processes
49
T114. Mantle Dynamics and Crust-Mantle Interactions in Collisional Orogens
51
T148. The Science of Groundwater Recharge, Coal Mine Hydrology/Geochemistry, Stream Restoration and its Application to the Public Good: In Honor of Mary W. Stoertz
56
T119. The Impact of Geoinformatics on Geoscience Research and Education (Posters)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

57
T75. Tsunamis: Monitoring, Notification, Geology, Modeling, Education and Outreach; The State of the Art (Posters)
58
T146. Geologic Mapping: Innovations and Interoperability (Posters)

Monday, 29 October 2007

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

61
T4. From Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology to Sedimentary Geology and Geochemistry I: A Memorial to Richard L. Hay
62
T5. Materials Flow in Coal Utilization
63
T13. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment II
64
T18. Hydrogeomorphic Responses of Convulsive Events
65
T19. Geomorphology and Ecology: Interactions and Feedbacks
66
T25. Deformation and the Landscape: Quantitative Approaches to Tectonic Geomorphology I
67
T34. Regional Groundwater Flow I: In Honor of Jozsef Toth
68
T50. Hydrogeology in the Desert: A Tribute to Ronit Nativ and Mahdi Hantush
69
T51. The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Recharge
70
T53. Evidence for Paleoenvironmental Change during the Paleogene from the Interior Basins of Western North America
71
T55. Landscape Evolution and Land Use Practices in Western Colorado
72
T70. Au-Ag-Te-Se Deposits and Other Precious Metal Deposits
74
T82. The Structure, Composition and Evolution of the Lithosphere of Western North America I
75
T87. A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry I: A Session in Honor of Gordon E. Brown, Jr.
76
T97. Trace Fossils, Mass Extinctions, and Event Boundaries: Endobenthic and Fossorial Responses to Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Perturbations
77
T115. The Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington: Recent Advances in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic History of an Enigmatic Accretionary Province I
78
T123. Geoscience Data for Geoinformatics
79
T128. Charting the Future of Geological and Environmental Science Undergraduate Programs
80
T144. GeoScience Information: Making the Earth Sciences Accessible for Everyone
84
T9. Identifying America’s Most Vulnerable Oceanfront Communities: A Geological Perspective (Posters)
85
T17. Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts (Posters)
86
T103. Pulse of the Earth: Geochronology and Paleomagnetism of Large Igneous Provinces, the Key to Reconstructing Precambrian Supercontinents (Posters)
87
T135. Early Undergraduate Research Experiences (Posters)

8:00 AM-12:20 PM

73
T77. Forensic and Engineering Geology Case Studies: A Tribute to James E. Slosson

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

106
T115. The Blue Mountains Region of Oregon, Idaho and Washington: Recent Advances in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic History of an Enigmatic Accretionary Province II

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

91
T6. Microbial Origin of Hydrocarbon Gases in Coal Beds and Sedimentary Basins
92
T14. Innovative Approaches to Uranium Mining and Groundwater Restoration
93
T22. Evidence of Climatic and Tectonic Change Recorded in Alluvial Fans
94
T25. Deformation and the Landscape: Quantitative Approaches to Tectonic Geomorphology II
95
T30. Ecohydrology of Riparian Zones
96
T34. Regional Groundwater Flow II: In Honor of Jozsef Toth
97
T42. Remote Sensing and Geophysical Approaches for Regional Aquifer Characterization and Monitoring
98
T58. Long Records of Paleoclimate in the Southern Deserts of North America
99
T62. Teaching Sedimentary Geology in the Twenty-First Century
100
T65. Metallogeny and Isotope Geochemistry—New Approaches, New Perceptions, New Paradigms
101
T82. The Structure, Composition and Evolution of the Lithosphere of Western North America II
102
T87. A Retrospective and Prospective Look at Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry II: A Session in Honor of Gordon E. Brown, Jr.
103
T91. Wet Mars: Understanding The Red Planet's Aqueous History through Terrestrial Fieldwork
104
T103. Pulse of the Earth: Geochronology and Paleomagnetism of Large Igneous Provinces, the Key to Reconstructing Precambrian Supercontinents
105
T107. Recognition and Implications of Coseismic Fault-Zone Structures I
107
T117. The Track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot I: What Do Neotectonics, Climate Indicators, Volcanism, and Petrogenesis Reveal about Subsurface Processes?
108
T120. Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Best Practices
109
T127. Positive and Beneficial Aspects of Earth Sciences in Public Health
112
T53. Evidence for Paleoenvironmental Change during the Paleogene from the Interior Basins of Western North America (Posters)
113
T55. Landscape Evolution and Land Use Practices in Western Colorado (Posters)
114
T59. Explorations in Sedimentary Geology: Student Research (Posters)
115
T104. Impact Craters and Events: From the Field to the Laboratory (Posters)
116
T105. The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results from the 2005–2006 ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project (Posters)
117
T118. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
118
T137. Involvement in Geological Research: Close Collaboration among the Faculty and Undergraduate and K–12 Students (Posters)
119
T148. The Science of Groundwater Recharge, Coal Mine Hydrology/Geochemistry, Stream Restoration and its Application to the Public Good (Posters): In Honor of Mary W. Stoertz

Tuesday, 30 October 2007

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

125
T4. From Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology to Sedimentary Geology and Geochemistry II: A Memorial to Richard L. Hay
126
T15. Perspectives in Redox Geochemistry and Microbial Processes
127
T32. Numerical Modeling of Hydrothermal Fluids
128
T35. Solute Plume Conceptual Models: Processes, Predictions, and Paradigms
129
T45. Advances in Understanding and Detection of Groundwater–Stream Water Interactions across Temporal and Spatial Scales
130
T54. Late Paleozoic Glacial-interglacial Climate Changes: Analogs for Present and Future Climate Changes
131
T63. Gas Shales of North America
132
T68. Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry, and Genesis
133
T79. Landslide Processes, Case Studies and Issues: A Tribute to James E. Slosson
134
T86. New Perspectives on the Rio Grande Rift: From Tectonics to Groundwater
135
T92. Up Close and Personal: Geology on Mars and Earth at the Handlens Scale
136
T98. Selectivity of Ancient and Modern Extinctions: Bridging the Gap Between Neontological Prediction and Paleontological Observation
137
T104. Impact Craters and Events: From the Field to the Laboratory
138
T107. Recognition and Implications of Coseismic Fault-Zone Structures II
139
T141. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management
140
T143. Geoscience and the Community: An Exploration of Ways to Become Involved
141
T147. Exemplars and Exceptions: Using Individual and Group Biography to Understand Critical Issues in the History of Geology
145
T7. The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation (Posters)
146
T88. Geochemistry of Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes: In Honor of the Contributions of Joseph L. Wooden (Posters)
147
T101. Emerging New Methods in Early Earth Studies: Unraveling the Co-Evolution of Earth and Life (Posters)
148
T134. Professional Development for the Professional Developers: Aspects of Effective Teacher Professional Development Programs in the Earth Sciences (Posters)

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

156
T10. Afghanistan Reconstruction—USGS Activities in Afghanistan
157
T11. Combined Ecological and Geologic Perspectives in Modern Terrestrial Ecosystems
158
T12. The Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor: Paleoenvironmental and Geoarchaeological Context for the Past 30 k.y.
159
T46. Climate Change Hydrology
160
T52. Inland Waters, Playas and Saline Lakes: More than Mini-Oceans
161
T64. The Sedimentary Tape Recorder: Characterizing and Quantifying the Dynamics of Geomorphic-Sedimentologic Coupled Systems
162
T72. Debris Flow, Landslide, and Rockfall: Initiation, Prediction, and Warning
163
T80. Active Faulting and Government Response to Geohazards: A Tribute to James E. Slosson
164
T89. Geophysics of the Terrestrial Planets: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
165
T99. Environmental Change and Evolution: Micropaleontological Case Studies
166
T101. Emerging New Methods in Early Earth Studies: Unraveling the Co-Evolution of Earth and Life
167
T105. The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results from the 2005–2006 ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project I
168
T109. Mélanges: Processes of Formation and Societal Significance
169
T117. The Track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot II: What do Neotectonics, Climate Indicators, Volcanism, and Petrogenesis Reveal about Subsurface Processes?
170
T130. Forensic Geoscience: Research and Case Studies
171
T142. Geology of Parks and Public Lands: Effective and Innovative Informal Earth Science Education for the Masses
175
T28. Geologic Controls on Chemical Migration in Fractured and Carbonate Aquifers (Posters)
176
T31. Innovations and Advances for Measuring and Characterizing Groundwater–Surface Water Interaction (Posters)
177
T33. Innovative Uses of Environmental Isotopes in Hydrology (Posters)
178
T35. Solute Plume Conceptual Models: Processes, Prediction, and Paradigms (Posters)
179
T38. Springs and Spring Deposits (Posters)
180
T40. The Role of Sediments in Hydrology and Hydrogeology: Streams, Springs, Karst Systems, and Hyporheic Zones (Posters)
181
T84. Active and Ancient Tectonics along the Northern Cordillera Margin—Magmatism, Deformation, Metamorphism, and Basin Development (Posters)
182
T86. New Perspectives on the Rio Grande Rift: From Tectonics to Groundwater (Posters)

Wednesday, 31 October 2007

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

188
T8. Role of Geology in Planning and Mitigation of Natural Hazards
189
T16. Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Environmental Studies in Big Bend National Park and the Trans-Pecos Region, Texas
190
T23. Using Geochronology to Build Better Records and Solve Geomorphic and Paleoclimate Questions—Recent Advances and Findings
191
T28. Geologic Controls on Chemical Migration in Fractured and Carbonate Aquifers I
192
T29. Arsenic: From Nature to Human I
193
T41. High-Resolution Geophysical Methods for Hydrogeologic Site Characterization
194
T43. Hydrogeological Research, Capacity Building, and Teaching in the Developing World I
195
T47. Models and Other Tools for Managing Surface and Groundwater Resources and Informing Policy Makers I
196
T88. Geochemistry of Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes I: In Honor of the Contributions of Joseph L. Wooden
197
T94. Advanced Remote Sensing of the Earth, Moon, and Mars: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Other Platforms
198
T100. Whole-Organism Paleoecology and the Relationship of Form, Function, and Ecological Interactions I: In Memory of Richard Alexander
199
T105. The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results from the 2005–2006 ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project II
200
T106. Geologic Structures, Fluid Flow, and Ore Deposits
201
T116. Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita Salients and Recesses from Reentrants [Embayments] and Promontories in the Continental Margin I: Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of Advances Derived from Bill Thomas’ 1977 American Journal of Science Paper
202
T134. Professional Development for the Professional Developers: Aspects of Effective Teacher Professional Development Programs in the Earth Sciences
203
T138. Learning in the Field: Effective Strategies for Teaching Undergraduate Geology Outside the Classroom
204
T139. The Future of Geoscience Field Courses I
210
T12. The Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor: Paleoenvironmental and Geoarchaeological Context for the Past 30 k.y. (Posters)

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

227
T88. Geochemistry of Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes II: In Honor of the Contributions of Joseph L. Wooden

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

220
T24. New Developments in Glaciation
221
T28. Geologic Controls on Chemical Migration in Fractured and Carbonate Aquifers II
222
T29. Arsenic: From Nature to Human II
223
T43. Hydrogeological Research, Capacity Building, and Teaching in the Developing World II
224
T47. Models and Other Tools for Managing Surface and Groundwater Resources and Informing Policy Makers II
225
T57. Quaternary Deposits in Arid Lands: Rates and Processes
226
T81. Diversity in Crustal Fluid Compositions: Geological Origins and Consequences
228
T100. Whole-Organism Paleoecology and the Relationship of Form, Function, and Ecological Interactions II: In Memory of Richard Alexander
229
T112. A Synoptic Crustal Section from the Cascadia Margin to the Southern Appalachians: Focusing EarthScope Research on Crustal Domains, their Boundaries, and Fundamental Processes of the U.S. Continent
231
T122. Growing the Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences: New Tools, New Research, New Partnerships
232
T132. Innovative, Inquiry-Based Approaches that Bring the Field into the Classroom: Moving from Virtual Tour to Virtual Fieldwork
233
T139. The Future of Geoscience Field Courses II
236
T16. Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Environmental Studies in Big Bend National Park and the Trans-Pecos Region, Texas (Posters)
237
T23. Using Geochronology to Build Better Records and Solve Geomorphic and Paleoclimate Questions—Recent Advances and Findings (Posters)

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

230
T116. Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita Salients and Recesses from Reentrants [Embayments] and Promontories in the Continental Margin II: Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of Advances Derived from Bill Thomas’ 1977 American Journal of Science Paper