Session No. 2
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

P1. 125 Anniversary Pardee Symposium: 125 Years of Exploration and Geoscience with GSA and the National Geographic Society: Celebrating the Rich History of Geoscientist Explorers Who Have Broadened Our Horizons and Knowledge of Our World

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Karst Waters Institute (KWI); GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI); GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Cory W. Blackeagle, George Veni and Barbara EchoHawk, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
 
8:05 AM
Welcoming Remarks on behalf of GSA
 
8:10 AM
Welcoming Remarks, Dr. Paul Baker, National Geographic Society
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8:15 AM
FIELD GEOLOGY ON THE MOON WITH APOLLO 17: RESULTS
SCHMITT, Harrison H., Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, P.O. Box 90730, Albuquerque, NM 87199, hhschmitt@earthlink.net
 
8:40 AM
Dr. Harrison Schmitt Q&A
2
8:45 AM
A HALF CENTURY OF ANTARCTIC GEOSCIENCE EXPLORATION, 1957-2013
BEHRENDT, John C., INSTAAR, University of Colorado (also USGS Denver), Boulder, CO 80309-0450, john.behrendt@colorado.edu
 
9:10 AM
Dr. John Behrendt Q&A
3
9:15 AM
INTO THE DARKLANDS: BALANCING EXPLORATION AND SCIENCE IN SPELEOLOGY
BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, pboston@nmt.edu
 
9:40 AM
Dr. Penny Boston Q&A
 
9:45 AM
Break
4
10:00 AM
EARTH’S CLIMATE HISTORY AS RECORDED IN GLACIERS AND ICE CAPS ON THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
THOMPSON, Lonnie G., Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH 43210, thompson.3@osu.edu
 
10:25 AM
Dr. Lonnie Thompson Q&A
5
10:30 AM
FOLLOW THE WIND: CAVES, MICROBES AND THE POWER OF EXPLORATION
BARTON, Hazel A., Departments of Biology and Geosciences, University of Akron, 185 E. Mill St, University of Akron - Biology, Akron, OH 44325-3908, bartonh@uakron.edu
 
10:55 AM
Dr. Hazel Barton Q&A
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11:00 AM
EXPLORING MARS’ EARLIEST AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS
EHLMANN, Bethany, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91104, ehlmann@caltech.edu
 
11:25 AM
Dr. Bethany Ehlmann Q&A
 
11:30 AM
Discussion
 
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks