2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

Sunday, 7 November 2004

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

80

GSA President's Student Breakfast Reception

7:30 AM-9:00 AM

76

Geoscience Education Division Management Board Meeting

79

GSA Leadership Training for Committees, Divisions, and Sections

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

1

Geomorphology I

2

Geoscience Education I

3

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography I

4

Paleontology I: Macroevolution from Genotype to Phenotype

5

Planetary Geology

6

Tectonics I: The Cordillera, from the Canada Basin to Southern Sierra Nevada and Basin and Range

7

P4. Medical Geology

8

T1. The Future of Hydrogeology I

9

T23. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment

10

T27. Characterization and Representation of Flow through Karst Aquifers I

11

T33. Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Rising to the Challenge of Regulatory Requirements and Environmental Protection at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Near Carlsbad, New Mexico, and the Yucca Mountain Site, Southern Nevada I

12

T44. Lacustrine Records of Landscape Evolution

13

T49. Stable Isotopes in Fossils and Paleosols: Records of Late Cenozoic Environmental Change

14

T56. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Late Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado

15

T62. Wild Coal Fires: Burning Questions With Global Consequences?

16

T71. Granitic Pegmatites: Recent Advances in Mineralogy, Petrology, and Understanding I

17

T75. A Xenolith Perspective on the Physical and Chemical Evolution of Continental Lithosphere

18

T88. Thrust Belts and Plateaus: The Anatomy of Convergent Systems

19

T92. Neotectonics and Earthquake Potential of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

20

T114. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I

21

T135. Improving Delivery in Geoscience Education (IDIG): A Session Celebrating Dorothy LaLonde Stout

22

Paleontology (Posters) I: Paleoecology

23

Quaternary Geology (Posters) I

24

Stratigraphy (Posters)

25

T119. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research (Posters)

83

K-16: Creating an Online Learning Environment with VisionLearning

8:00 AM-3:00 PM

75

AGI Executive Committee Meeting

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

77

Geoscience Information Society Executive Board Meeting

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

82

Guest Tour - Beautiful Breckenridge

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

84

K-16: Inquiry-Based Digital Laboratory Materials for Introductory Geology Courses

86

SEPM Council Meeting

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

78

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting

87

SEPM Research Committee Meeting

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

81

GSA Publications Committee Meeting

11:45 AM-2:00 PM

85

NAGT and GSA Division of Geoscience Education Luncheon **Ticketed Event**

12:00 PM-12:45 PM

128

GSA Session Chair Orientation

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

125

GSA Folk Group Meeting

126

GSA History of Geology Division Luncheon and Awards Reception **Ticketed Event**

12:00 PM-4:00 PM

118

Engineering Geology Division Management Board Meeting

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

124

GSA Earth Scientists on Capital Hill

129

GSA Student Presentation Coordination Training Session

132

Hot Topic #1: Earth's Ice on the Rocks - The Meltdown of Permafrost, Ice Sheets, and Glaciers

12:30 PM-4:00 PM

137

SEG Foundation Trustees Meeting

12:30 PM-5:30 PM

131

Guest Tour - Highlights of Boulder

12:30 PM-6:00 PM

117

Cushman Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

120

Geoscience Information Society Union List Committee Meeting

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

133

North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Annual Business Meeting

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

26

Coal Geology: Emphasis on Active Coalbed Methane Plays - Session Dedicated to Charles L. Pillmore and his Work in the Raton Basin.

27

Geochemistry I: Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface

28

Geomicrobiology: Microbe-Mineral Interactions, Life in Extreme Environments, and Early Microbial Life on Earth

29

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography II

30

Paleontology II: Biogeography and the History of Life

31

Paleontology III: Life and Climate

32

Quaternary Geology I

33

Stratigraphy I: General Stratigraphy

34

P3. Geoscientific Aspects of Human and Ecosystem Vulnerability

35

T1. The Future of Hydrogeology II

36

T5. Groundwater Depletion and Overexploitation in the Denver Basin Bedrock Aquifers

37

T27. Characterization and Representation of Flow through Karst Aquifers II

38

T33. Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Rising to the Challenge of Regulatory Requirements and Environmental Protection at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Near Carlsbad, New Mexico, and the Yucca Mountain Site, Southern Nevada II

39

T50. Marine Hard Substrates: Colonization and Evolution

40

T67. Advanced Characterization of the Structures and Behaviors of Minerals

41

T71. Granitic Pegmatites: Recent Advances in Mineralogy, Petrology, and Understanding II

42

T77. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains I and II: Surface Processes, Geodynamics, and the Roles of Neotectonics and Climate in Development of Modern Topography

43

T84. Terrane Translation, Orogenesis, and Plate Interactions in the Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic North American Cordillera, and Implications for Paleogeographic Reconstructions

44

T102. Quaternary Paleoenvironments of the Middle East: Proxy Records, Human Prehistory, and Regional Cross-Correlation

45

T114. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management II

46

T126. Teaching Geology and Human Health: Expanding the Curriculum

47

Big Bend (Posters)

48

Geoscience Information/Communication (Posters)

49

Hydrogeology (Posters) I

50

Metamorphic Petrology (Posters)

51

Neotectonics/Paleoseismology (Posters)

52

Planetary Geology (Posters)

53

Remote Sensing/Geographic Info System (Posters)

54

T7. The Occurrence, Storage, and Flow of Groundwater in Mountainous Terrain (Posters)

55

T70. Modeling Grain-Scale Processes in Metamorphic Rocks (Posters)

56

T72. Impact Geology (Posters)

57

T75. A Xenolith Perspective on the Physical and Chemical Evolution of Continental Lithosphere (Posters)

58

T85. Whence the Mountains? New Developments in the Tectonic Evolution of Orogenic Belts: Celebrating the Dynamic Career of Raymond A. Price at the 50-Year Mark (Posters)

59

T92. Neotectonics and Earthquake Potential of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (Posters)

60

T94. Geoinformatics and Geological Sciences: The Next Step (Posters)

61

T112. Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution (Posters)

63

T143. Pre-Mesozoic Impacts: Their Effect on Ocean Geochemistry, Magnetic Polarity, Climate Change, and Organic Evolution (Posters)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

119

Geoscience Information Society E-Resources Forum

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

116

Council on Undergraduate Research Geosciences Division Business Meeting

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

134

Northeastern Section GSA Management Board Meeting

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

123

GSA Coal Division Business Meeting and Awards

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

130

GSA Welcoming Party and Exhibits Opening

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

62

T124. Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach Geoscience: An Illustrated Community Discussion (Posters)

7:00 PM-7:45 PM

122

GSA Bulletin Associate Editors Meeting

7:00 PM-8:00 PM

114

AGI Past Presidents and Guests Reception

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

121

GSA Author and Editorial Board Reception

135

Paleobiology Database Annual Meeting at GSA

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

127

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Management Board Meeting

7:30 PM-10:30 PM

115

Beer and Geology

8:00 PM-9:30 PM

136

Paleontological Society, Hosting ANAPS

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

113

AGI Past Presidents and Guests Dinner