CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Start |Author Index | View Uploaded Presentations | Meeting Information
Session No. 8
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 101DE (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Special Session: Crossing the Digital Divide: Availability of Geoscience Knowledge for Resolving Environmental and Societal Challenges

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; American Association of State Geologists; U.S. Geological Survey; British Geological Survey

 

A. Keith Turner, Donald A. Keefer and Holger Kessler, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:10 AM
OneGeology - SHARING DATA AND KNOW HOW GLOBALLY
JACKSON, Ian, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, ij@bgs.ac.uk, ij@bgs.ac.uk
2
8:35 AM
DUTCH EXPERIENCES WITH INTEGRATED GEOSCIENCE MODELING
VAN DER MEULEN, Michiel, Geological Survey of the Netherlands, TNO, Princetonplein 6, PO box 85467, Utrecht, NL-3508 AL, Netherlands, michiel.vandermeulen@tno.nl, michiel.vandermeulen@tno.nl
3
9:00 AM
GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK MODELS FOR SOCIETAL DECISION MAKING IN THE METRO-CHICAGO URBAN FRINGE
MCKAY III, E. Donald, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, KEEFER, Donald A., Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, THOMASON, Jason F., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and BROWN, Steven E., Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, mckay@illinois.edu, mckay@illinois.edu
4
9:25 AM
DYNAMIC DIGITAL GEOSCIENCE FOR A CHANGING WORLD: RECENT EXAMPLES FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GUNDERSEN, Linda C.S., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 911 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, JACOBSEN, Linda, U.S. Geological Survey, 908 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and GALLAGHER, Kevin T., Core Science Systems, U.S. Geological Curvey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 108 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, lgundersen@usgs.gov, lgundersen@usgs.gov
 
9:50 AM
Break
5
10:10 AM
GENERATING SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND BENEFITS FROM GEOSCIENCE DATA AND MODELS
HUGHES, Richard, British Geological Survey, Sir Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, rah@bgs.ac.uk, rah@bgs.ac.uk
6
10:30 AM
WISSDOM: A WEB-BASED EARTH-SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE PORTAL AND COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT
D'AGNESE, Frank A., Earth Knowledge, Inc, 500 N. Tucson Blvd, Suite 150, Tucson, AZ 85716, frank@earthknowledge.net, frank@earthknowledge.net
7
10:50 AM
VISUALIZATION OF LARGE DATA SETS USING HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-D TOOLS FOR IMPROVED GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND MODELING
O'KEEFFE, Andrew, Virtalis, 79 Dane Rd, Sale, Cheshire, M33 7BP, United Kingdom, NAPIER, Bruce, British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom and KEEFER, Donald A., Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, a.okeeffe@virtalis.com, a.okeeffe@virtalis.com
8
11:10 AM
PUBLISHING OF INTEGRATED SUBSURFACE MODELS
SOBISCH, Hans-Georg, INSIGHT GmbH, Hochstadenstr. 1-3, Köln, 50674, Germany, Hans-Georg.Sobisch@gmx.de, Hans-Georg.Sobisch@gmx.de
 
11:30 AM
panel discussion
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
See more of: Special Sessions
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>
Meeting Home page GSA Home Page