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Sunday, 27 October 2013

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

6
T1. Curiosity at Gale—Past and Present Environments of Mars
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
7
T27. Geomorphic Response to Quaternary Climate Change I: A Session in Memory of James C. Knox
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
8
T32. The Co-Evolution of Soils and Landscapes in the Quaternary
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
9
T42. Current Groundwater Challenges in the Rocky Mountain Region
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
10
T56. Streams and Aquifers: Integrating the Physical and Chemical I
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
11
T65. Lakes and Lake Deposits on Earth and Mars
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
12
T69. Learning from the Impacts of Superstorm Sandy
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)
13
T81. Geomorphology and Hydrology Impacts from Wildfires: Advances in Our Understanding over the Last 50 Years
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
14
T104. From Mantle to Mountains: Cenozoic Evolution of the Interior West
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)
15
T111. The Structure and Evolution of the North American Lithosphere: An Integrated Perspective
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
16
T117. Developing and Sustaining Thriving Geoscience Programs and Departments: Strategies and Examples from Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges and Universities I
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
17
T118. The New K–12 Next Generation Science Standards I
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
18
T123. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
19
T131. Stepping out of the Box to Put Rocks in the Heads of Non- Majors: Do Creative Teaching Techniques Enhance Learning in Post-Secondary Introductory Geology Courses?
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
20
T141. Geologic Mapping—A Key to Successful Management of Water and Land Resources
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)
21
T145. Great Books in Geology I
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
22
T158. Geochemistry of Flowback and Produced Waters from Hydraulically Fractured Black Shale
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
23
T179. Geological and Geophysical Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution and Resource Potential of Alaska and the Northern North American Cordillera
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
24
T202. Critical Taper and Orogenic Flow: Compatible or Incompatible Elements?
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
25
T214. Advances in Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Petrology: In Honor of Frank C. Hawthorne, 2013 Roebling Medalist
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
26
T218. Illuminating Felsic Origins: Using Novel Multiple-Method Approaches to Investigate the Birth of Silicic Magmas
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
27
T226. Geologic Process Rates—Past, Present and Future
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
28
T227. Into the Frying PAN: The Early Triassic Hothouse of Pangea and Panthalassa I
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
29
T237. Coevolution of the Earth and Life: The Role of the Physical Environment in Species Evolution
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
30
T249. Beyond Diversity Curves: Exploring Research Opportunities within the Paleobiology Database
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:30 PM

43
T1. Curiosity at Gale—Past and Present Environments of Mars (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
44
T11. Topics in Planetary Geology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
45
T16. Carbon and Landscape Dynamics (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
46
T17. Coupling Interactions between Fluvial and Aeolian Processes in Drylands: Assessment and Quantification of Their Role in Geomorphological Change and in an Era of Climatic Uncertainty (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
47
T26. 3-D Visualization in the Geological Science (Digital Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
48
T71. Capturing Variability and Uncertainty in Geology for Risk Assessment and Reliability-Based Design (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
49
T73. GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental and Engineering Geology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
50
T74. Landslide Evolution: Long-Term Studies of Landslides and the Realities (or Surprises) They Reveal (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
51
T81. Geomorphology and Hydrology Impacts from Wildfires: Advances in Our Understanding over the Last 50 Years (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
52
T88. Pyrogenic Black Carbon, or Biochar, in Soils and Sediments, Its Characterization and Fate, Its Effects on the Carbon Cycle and Carbon Sequestration, and Its Effects on Soil Properties (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
53
T130. Status of Undergraduates and K–12 Students—Involved Geoscience Research: Impact on Science and Society (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
54
T175. From Desert to Delta: Geologic Research and Applications in Egypt in the First Decade of the 21st Century (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
55
T179. Geological and Geophysical Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution and Resource Potential of Alaska and the Northern North American Cordillera (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
56
T190. The Life and Death of Mobile Belts along the North American Cordillera: Advances in Understanding the Long- Term Construction of Continental Margins (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
57
T203. Evolving Understanding of Extensional Provinces: Advancements and Challenges (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
58
T251. Advances in Describing the Critical Geologic Components of Effective Oil and Gas Reservoirs (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
59
T253. Multidisciplinary Characterization of “Unconventional” Hydrocarbon Resources: Nano- to Basin-Scale Investigations on Resource Occurrence and Potential Environmental Impacts (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
60
T255. Produced Waters: Characterization and Impacts of Subsurface Brine and Formation Water Associated with Hydrocarbon Production (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
61
T259. Paleotopography (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

67
T7. Lunar Water from Surface to the Interior: Origin and Distribution
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
68
T21. Peaks to Plains: Late Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of the Rocky Mountains and Western Great Plains
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
69
T27. Geomorphic Response to Quaternary Climate Change II: A Session in Memory of James C. Knox
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
70
T47. Founders or Leaders in Hydrogeology
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
71
T56. Streams and Aquifers: Integrating the Physical and Chemical II
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
72
T58. 125 Years Underground: A Retrospective and Prospective of Cave and Karst Research
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
73
T66. New or Improved Proxy Methodology for Enhanced Resolution and Accuracy of Climatic and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations in Sedimentary Records
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)
74
T76. A Century of Geoscience on National Forests and Grasslands — Stewardship, Education, and Research
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
75
T86. Intersections of Sustainability and Geosciences
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
76
T117. Developing and Sustaining Thriving Geoscience Programs and Departments: Strategies and Examples from Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges and Universities II
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
77
T118. The New K–12 Next Generation Science Standards II
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
78
T123. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management II
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
79
T138. Undergraduate Research Talks: The Next Step in Student Research Projects
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
80
T145. Great Books in Geology II and Parade of Past GSA Presidents
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
81
T161. Hydrochemistry and Biogeochemistry of Tropical Mountainous Rivers & Estuaries
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
82
T166. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
83
T171. Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Promise, Progress, Pitfalls, and Path Forward
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)
84
T184. Recent Advances in Thermochronology
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
85
T203. Evolving Understanding of Extensional Provinces: Advancements and Challenges
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
86
T206. Magma Transport, Emplacement, and Accommodation: Morphology, Mechanisms, and Models
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
87
T220. Processes and Timescales of Magma Evolution in the Crust: Insights from the Past Fifty Years and Approaches for the Next Fifty Years
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
88
T227. Into the Frying PAN: The Early Triassic Hothouse of Pangea and Panthalassa II
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
89
T234. Paleogeographic Synthesis: from Cyberinfrastructure to Application
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
90
T236. Biological and Environmental Feedbacks in the Colonization of the Water Column
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
91
T258. The Pulse of the Earth: Episodic and Periodic Events on Timescales of ³10 million Years
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)

Monday, 28 October 2013

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

98
T13. Celebrating Advances in Archaeological Geology: Past, Present, and Future I
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
99
T16. Carbon and Landscape Dynamics
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
100
T24. Climate Change in the Interior Western United States from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
101
T30. Past Records and Future Challenges of Glacier and Ice Sheet Response to Climate Change I: Honoring and Building on the Legacy of Mark Meier
Mile High Ballroom 4EF (Colorado Convention Center)
102
T34. Advances in Unsaturated Zone Geophysics and Process Understanding
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
103
T40. Applications and Developments of Coupled Hydrologic Models
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
104
T54. Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere—Building on the Legacy of Austin Post
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
105
T64. Lacustrine Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems: Ancient Case Studies, Modern Analogs, New Frontiers
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
106
T75. Landslide Inventories, Data Dissemination, and Risk Reduction
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)
107
T89. The Sandy Beaches of Atlantis: Success Stories and Cautionary Tales for Coastal Development
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
108
T103. Fluids, Stress, and Episodicity in Subduction Settings: What We Need to Know
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
109
T106. Geophysical/Remote Sensing Characterization of Rare Earth Element and Other Critical Mineral Deposits
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)
110
T113. 16 Years of GeoCorpsTM—Geoscience Projects Impacting America’s Public Lands and Natural Resources I
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
111
T121. Educating the Next Generation of Geoscientists: Effective Strategies That Engage Students, Invest in the Future Geoscience Workforce, and Increase Participation of Members of Historically Underrepresented Communities in the Geosciences
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
112
T136. Training, Assessment, and Outreach That Enhance Communication of Geosciences for Formal and Informal Audiences
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
113
T152. Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Kirk Nordstrom—Part 1: Acid to Neutral Mine Drainage, Geochemistry of Iron and Sulfur, Sulfate Minerals, Natural Background, and Geochemical Modeling
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
114
T164. Recent Advances in Geochronology—Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Publication of the “The Age of the Earth” by Arthur Holmes
Mile High Ballroom 1EF (Colorado Convention Center)
115
T169. Volcanology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry & Petrogenesis of Circum-Pacific Magmatism: A Tribute Session to Gerhard Wörner
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
116
T180. Gondwanan Terranes along Laurentian Margins
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
117
T192. Volcanic/Tectonic Processes and Their Interactions on Rocky Planets and Moons
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
118
T207. New Developments in Structural and Tectonic Controls on Ore Deposits
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
120
T225. Climate of the Late Paleozoic—Earth's Last Icehouse and Icehouse Collapse I
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
121
T230. Quantitative Reconstructions of the Large-Scale Cenozoic Terrestrial Climate Change
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
122
T238. New Insights into Triassic-Jurassic Transition Events and End-Triassic Mass Extinction
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
123
T243. Konservat-Lagerstätten: Morphology, Ecology, and Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Fossils I
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)
124
T256. Proterozoic Meets Archean: Amalgamation of Laurentia
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:30 PM

131
T2. From the Sahara to Mars and Beyond: The History and Future of Aeolian Research (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
132
T24. Climate Change in the Interior Western United States from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
133
T27. Geomorphic Response to Quaternary Climate Change (Posters): A Session in Memory of James C. Knox
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
134
T56. Streams and Aquifers: Integrating the Physical and Chemical (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
135
T59. Assessing Hazards and Groundwater Contamination in Karst (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
136
T61. Karst 2.0: Orogenies and Glaciers and Faulting—Oh My! The Impact of Changing Geologic Conditions on Existing Karst Terrane and the New Tools and Techniques We Have to Study It (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
137
T64. Lacustrine Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems: Ancient Case Studies, Modern Analogs, New Frontiers (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
138
T65. Lakes and Lake Deposits on Earth and Mars (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
139
T90. Digital Geosciences: A Framework for Data-Intensive, Multi-Disciplinary Research and Education (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
140
T108. Combining Geophysics and Geology: The George P. Woollard Award Session (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
141
T114. Changes in the Undergraduate Research Experience over Time: Perspectives from Individual Mentors, Departments, and Institutions (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
142
T117. Developing and Sustaining Thriving Geoscience Programs and Departments: Strategies and Examples from Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges and Universities (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
143
T119. Digital Geology Express (Digital Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
144
T121. Educating the Next Generation of Geoscientists: Effective Strategies That Engage Students, Invest in the Future Geoscience Workforce, and Increase Participation of Members of Historically Underrepresented Communities in the Geosciences (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
145
T123. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
146
T142. Geologic Maps and Their Derivatives (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
147
T143. Geoscience Across Cultures and Communities: Benefits and Challenges of Diversity (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
148
T144. Global Vision: Geoscience Information for the Future (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
149
T151. Biogeochemical Processes Affecting Metal and Metalloid Isotopes (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
150
T158. Geochemistry of Flowback and Produced Waters from Hydraulically Fractured Black Shale (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
151
T166. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
152
T169. Volcanology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry & Petrogenesis of Circum-Pacific Magmatism (Posters): A Tribute Session to Gerhard Wörner
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
153
T218. Illuminating Felsic Origins: Using Novel Multiple-Method Approaches to Investigate the Birth of Silicic Magmas (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
154
T220. Processes and Timescales of Magma Evolution in the Crust: Insights from the Past Fifty Years and Approaches for the Next Fifty Years (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
155
T222. What Can We Learn About Plutons From Volcanic Rocks and What Can We Learn About Volcanoes From Plutonic Rocks? (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

163
T4. Geologic Mapping of Planetary Bodies across the Solar System
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
164
T13. Celebrating Advances in Archaeological Geology: Past, Present, and Future II
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
165
T18. Critical Zone Evolution: Climate and Exhumation
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
166
T25. Deserts: Quaternary Hydro-Geomorphic, Climatic, and Environmental Changes in the World's Deserts: Honoring Prof. Farouk El-Baz
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
167
T30. Past Records and Future Challenges of Glacier and Ice Sheet Response to Climate Change II: Honoring and Building on the Legacy of Mark Meier
Mile High Ballroom 4EF (Colorado Convention Center)
168
T36. Impacts of Land-Use Change and Disturbances on Unsaturated-Zone Ecohydrology and Process Characterization
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
169
T44. Environmental Arsenic: The Nexus of Natural Occurrences and Human Health
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
170
T57. Understanding Contaminant Fate and Transport in Unconsolidated Aquifers—A Session on the Occasion of 30 Years of Long-Term Research at the Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology Field Site
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
171
T62. The Epikarst as a Boundary and Critical Zone
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
172
T68. World of Lakes
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)
173
T99. Sediment-Hosted Base Metal Deposits
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
174
T108. Combining Geophysics and Geology: The George P. Woollard Award Session
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
175
T113. 16 Years of GeoCorpsTM—Geoscience Projects Impacting America’s Public Lands and Natural Resources II
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
176
T120. Dual-Credit Classes and Other Collaborative Strategies for Recruiting High School Students into College Geoscience Programs
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
177
T137. Undergraduate Research Experiences at the Introductory Level in Two- and Four-Year Colleges
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
178
T147. Dinosaurs & Diamonds: Celebrating 125 Years of Geoscience in Museums
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
179
T153. Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Kirk Nordstrom—Part 2: Geochemistry of Arsenic and Antimony, Microbial Biogeochemistry, Geothermal Systems, Radioactive Waste Disposal, and Geochemical Modeling
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
180
T185. Rifting, Drifting, and Accretion of Microcontinental Terranes: A Recipe for Accretionary Orogens
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
181
T191. The Rio Grande Rift: New Insights on the Evolution of Faulting, Magmatism, Sedimentation, and Landscape
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
182
T205. From Extension to Rift to Drift: Geological, Geophysical, and Geodynamic Perspectives
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
183
T209. Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
184
T215. Frontiers in High-Pressure Research: In Honor of Wendy Li-Wen Mao, 2013 MSA Awardee
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
185
T225. Climate of the Late Paleozoic—Earth's Last Icehouse and Icehouse Collapse II
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
186
T243. Konservat-Lagerstätten: Morphology, Ecology, and Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Fossils II
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)
187
T244. Paleoclimate and Biotic Change in Africa, Mesozoic to the Present
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
188
T245. The Arthropoda: Paleoecology, Diversity, Taphonomy, and Phylogeny
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
189
T257. Regional to Global Perspectives on the Formation, Assembly, and Tectonic Evolution of Western North America from the Neoarchean through the Mesoproterozoic
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

200
T5. Impact Cratering in the Solar System: Fire to Ice—Vacuum to Atmospheres
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
201
T38. Vadose Zone Flow and Transport in Natural or Engineered Systems
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
202
T49. Groundwater Extremes: Groundwater’s Role in Drought, Floods, Depletion, Subsidence, Landslides, and Sea-Level Rise
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
203
T55. Secondary Water Quality Effects of Natural and Enhanced Attenuation of Contaminants
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)
204
T60. Caves as Deep Time Repositories of Geological, Biological, and Anthropological Information I
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
205
T72. Debris Flows
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
206
T78. Environmental Impacts of Coal Utilization
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
207
T97. Evolution of REE-Enriched Carbonatite-Alkalic Rock Systems: In Honor of Daniel R. Shawe
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)
208
T115. Climate Literacy: Formal and Informal Education and Community Outreach Efforts to Enable Responsible Decisions I
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
209
T126. Geoscience Learning and Practice Enabled through Cyberinformatics and Technology I
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
210
T139. Advancing Scientific Communication: Looking Forward on the Occasion of Our 125th Anniversary
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
211
T155. Dating the Prograde Path in Metamorphic Rocks: Methods, Advances, Limitations, and Applications
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
212
T162. Interdisciplinary Studies across the Critical Zone
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
213
T182. Paleomagnetism of the Americas and Europe and Their Surroundings: Questions Answered, Questions Remaining, and Questions to Come
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
214
T188. Tethyan Evolution and Seismotectonics of Southwest Asia: In Honor of the 40 Years of Manuel Berberian’s Research Contributions I
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
215
T197. Sevier to Laramide Tectonism along the Western Laurentian Margin: Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Constraints on Cretaceous-Tertiary Magmatism, Deformation, and Orogenic Exhumation
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
216
T211. The Rock Record of Fault Rheology and Slip Dynamics I
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
217
T212. The Role of Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Extension
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
218
T216. Gemological Research in the 21st Century: Characterizing Diamonds and other Gem Minerals
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
219
T232. Using the Past to Look to the Future: Reconstructing Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Paleoecosystems of Past Warm Worlds
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
220
T233. Celebrating Advances in Conodont Studies—134 Years of North American Conodonts
Mile High Ballroom 1CD (Colorado Convention Center)
221
T242. Conservation Paleobiology—The Microfossil Record
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
222
T246. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Conservation Paleobiology, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology I
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:30 PM

225
T4. Geologic Mapping of Planetary Bodies across the Solar System (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
226
T5. Impact Cratering in the Solar System: Fire to Ice—Vacuum to Atmospheres (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
227
T13. Celebrating Advances in Archaeological Geology: Past, Present, and Future (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
228
T22. Quantifying Mountain Evolution from the Lithosphere to the Landscape (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
229
T25. Deserts: Quaternary Hydro-Geomorphic, Climatic, and Environmental Changes in the World's Deserts (Posters): Honoring Prof. Farouk El-Baz
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
230
T30. Past Records and Future Challenges of Glacier and Ice Sheet Response to Climate Change (Posters): Honoring and Building on the Legacy of Mark Meier
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
231
T31. Recent Advances in Understanding Great Basin Paleoclimate (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
232
T34. Advances in Unsaturated Zone Geophysics and Process understanding (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
233
T44. Environmental Arsenic: The Nexus of Natural Occurrences and Human Health (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
234
T98. Recent Advances and Applications of Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology to Ore Deposit Studies (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
235
T99. Sediment-Hosted Base Metal Deposits (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
236
T100. What’s Left? Hands on with the Results of the First Global Mineral Resource Assessment (Digital Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
237
T103. Fluids, Stress, and Episodicity in Subduction Settings: What We Need to Know (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
238
T104. From Mantle to Mountains: Cenozoic Evolution of the Interior West (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
239
T105. Geophysical Investigations of Geological Hazards (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
240
T113. 16 Years of GeoCorpsTM—Geoscience Projects Impacting America’s Public Lands and Natural Resources (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
241
T125. Geoscience Education and Outreach: 50 Years of Progress (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
242
T127. Great Geological Field Trips (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
243
T136. Training, Assessment, and Outreach That Enhance Communication of Geosciences for Formal and Informal Audiences (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
244
T137. Undergraduate Research Experiences at the Introductory Level in Two- and Four-Year Colleges (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
245
T152. Celebrating the Scientific Contributions of Kirk Nordstrom—Part 1: Acid to Neutral Mine Drainage, Geochemistry of Iron and Sulfur, Sulfate Minerals, Natural Background, and Geochemical Modeling (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
246
T159. Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology: Past, Present, and Future (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
247
T165. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
248
T184. Recent Advances in Thermochronology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
249
T185. Rifting, Drifting, and Accretion of Microcontinental Terranes: A Recipe for Accretionary Orogens (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
250
T186. STAMP: Structure, Tectonics, and Metamorphic Petrology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
251
T191. The Rio Grande Rift: New Insights on the Evolution of Faulting, Magmatism, Sedimentation, and Landscape (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
252
T195. Advances in Quantitative Sediment Provenance Research: Novel Approaches from Multi-Proxy Provenance Data to Provenance Modeling (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
253
T201. Arizona Geology: A Session on All Aspects of Arizona Geology Convened to Commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the Arizona Geological Survey (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
254
T206. Magma Transport, Emplacement, and Accommodation: Morphology, Mechanisms, and Models (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
255
T213. Through the Looking Glass: Microstructural Insights into Tectonic Processes (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
256
T225. Climate of the Late Paleozoic—Earth's Last Icehouse and Icehouse Collapse (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
257
T228. Paleoclimate Proxies and Evolving Human Landscapes (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
258
T230. Quantitative Reconstructions of the Large-Scale Cenozoic Terrestrial Climate Change (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
259
T232. Using the Past to Look to the Future: Reconstructing Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Paleoecosystems of Past Warm Worlds (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
260
T242. Conservation Paleobiology—The Microfossil Record (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
261
T243. Konservat-Lagerstätten: Morphology, Ecology, and Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Fossils (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
262
T245. The Arthropoda: Paleoecology, Diversity, Taphonomy, and Phylogeny (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
263
T256. Proterozoic Meets Archean: Amalgamation of Laurentia (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
264
T257. Regional to Global Perspectives on the Formation, Assembly, and Tectonic Evolution of Western North America from the Neoarchean through the Mesoproterozoic (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

275
T6. Landscape Evolution on the Terrestrial Planets: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
276
T60. Caves as Deep Time Repositories of Geological, Biological, and Anthropological Information II
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
277
T74. Landslide Evolution: Long-Term Studies of Landslides and the Realities (or Surprises) They Reveal
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
278
T77. Environmental and Social Implications of Hydraulic-Fracturing–Driven Oil and Gas Development: Toward a More Holistic Assessment
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
279
T82. Geosciences and International Development
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
280
T90. Digital Geosciences: A Framework for Data-Intensive, Multi-Disciplinary Research and Education
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
281
T101. Celebrating 125 Years of Coal and Source Rock Science: From Fundamental Principles to Applied Technology
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
282
T107. Integrated Geologic and Geophysical Studies of Hydrothermal Systems in Extensional or Transtensional Settings
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)
283
T115. Climate Literacy: Formal and Informal Education and Community Outreach Efforts to Enable Responsible Decisions II
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
284
T126. Geoscience Learning and Practice Enabled through Cyberinformatics and Technology II
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
285
T129. Innovative Geoscience Teacher Professional Development: Design, Implementation, Evaluation
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
286
T143. Geoscience Across Cultures and Communities: Benefits and Challenges of Diversity
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
287
T160. Hot Topics: Understanding Metamorphic Processes in the Middle to Lower Crust
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
288
T168. Urban Geochemistry
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
289
T170. 125 Years of Geoscientific Leadership: Success Stories of Using Geoscience to Serve Society
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
290
T178. A Review of Old and New Concepts in Laramide Basin Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
291
T188. Tethyan Evolution and Seismotectonics of Southwest Asia: In Honor of the 40 Years of Manuel Berberian’s Research Contributions II
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
292
T193. Continental Carbonates
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
293
T208. Hinterland, Retroarc Fold- Thrust Belt, and Foreland Systems
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
294
T211. The Rock Record of Fault Rheology and Slip Dynamics II
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
295
T229. Past Climates of the Middle East From Proxy Records; Insights on Water Resources and Impacts on the People of the Region
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
296
T239. Recent Advances in the Nature of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution
Mile High Ballroom 1CD (Colorado Convention Center)
297
T246. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Conservation Paleobiology, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology II
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)
298
T248. Unlocking Lilliput: New Approaches to Microscopy in Paleontology
Mile High Ballroom 1AB (Colorado Convention Center)
299
T250. A Comprehensive Look at Hydraulic Fracturing for Hydrocarbon Recovery and Other Purposes
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

119
T222. What Can We Learn About Plutons From Volcanic Rocks and What Can We Learn About Volcanoes From Plutonic Rocks?
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
305
T12. Voyager to New Horizons and Beyond: Exploring the Icy Worlds of the Outer Solar System
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
306
T14. Geologic Hazards in Archaeological Contexts
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
307
T22. Quantifying Mountain Evolution from the Lithosphere to the Landscape I
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
308
T31. Recent Advances in Understanding Great Basin Paleoclimate
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
309
T43. Ecohydrological Impacts from Climate-Induced Changes in Land Cover and Vegetation in Mountain Environments
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
310
T46. Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of Reactive Chemical Transport in Complex Subsurface Media
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
311
T63. Transport and Transformation of Non-Solute Materials in Karst Aquifers
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)
312
T70. Advances in Principles and Practice of Engineering Geology During the Past 50 Years
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
313
T80. Geology for the Common Good: Sustainable Resources for the 21st Century
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
314
T91. Geological and Geomorphological Applications of Digital Terrain Analysis
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
315
T98. Recent Advances and Applications of Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology to Ore Deposit Studies
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)
316
T112. Use of Seismic Models in Non-Seismology Studies
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)
317
T116. Climate Literacy: Research and Evaluation Results from Informal and Formal Climate Education Efforts
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
318
T122. Geoheritage and Sense of Place in the Context of Earth Science Education
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
319
T125. Geoscience Education and Outreach: 50 Years of Progress I
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
320
T163. Pedogenic Minerals as Indicators of Ecosystems: Understanding the Critical Zone through Space and Time
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
321
T174. Societal Demand as a Driver for Geoscientific Research—What Happens after the Driver Walks Away? Yucca Mountain Geoscientists Report
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
322
T181. Modern Techniques, Models, and Interpretations of Ancient Orogens: 125 Years of Progress in Understanding the Grenville and Appalachian Orogens of Eastern North America
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
323
T186. STAMP: Structure, Tectonics, and Metamorphic Petrology I
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
324
T195. Advances in Quantitative Sediment Provenance Research: Novel Approaches from Multi-Proxy Provenance Data to Provenance Modeling I
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
325
T198. Earth Deep Time Revolution by Global Chronostratigraphic Correlation
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
326
T210. Structure and Evolution of Brittle Faults and Fault Rocks: Physical Properties, Geometry, and Geochemical Changes that Influence Water, Energy, and Mineral Resources
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
327
T228. Paleoclimate Proxies and Evolving Human Landscapes
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)
328
T240. Advances in the Application of Biogeochemical Datasets in Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Studies
Mile High Ballroom 1AB (Colorado Convention Center)
329
T246. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Conservation Paleobiology, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology III
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)
330
T255. Produced Waters: Characterization and Impacts of Subsurface Brine and Formation Water Associated with Hydrocarbon Production
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:30 PM

335
T12. Voyager to New Horizons and Beyond: Exploring the Icy Worlds of the Outer Solar System (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
336
T41. Contaminant Migration through the Groundwater–Surface- Water Interface: Processes, Impacts, and Implications for Remediation (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
337
T46. Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of Reactive Chemical Transport in Complex Subsurface Media (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
338
T48. Ground-Source Geothermal Energy Systems: A Significant Emerging Resource (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
339
T49. Groundwater Extremes: Groundwater’s Role in Drought, Floods, Depletion, Subsidence, Landslides, and Sea-Level Rise (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
340
T53. Mountain Groundwater: Recent Advancements in the New Era of Climate Change and Resource Development (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
341
T60. Caves as Deep Time Repositories of Geological, Biological, and Anthropological Information (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
342
T62. The Epikarst as a Boundary and Critical Zone (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
343
T68. World of Lakes (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
344
T77. Environmental and Social Implications of Hydraulic- Fracturing–Driven Oil and Gas Development: Toward a More Holistic Assessment (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
345
T79. Geochemical Mapping at Regional to Continental Scales (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
346
T83. Impact of Winter De-Icing Chemicals on Water Quality and the Environment (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
347
T91. Geological and Geomorphological Applications of Digital Terrain Analysis (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
348
T101. Celebrating 125 Years of Coal and Source Rock Science: From Fundamental Principles to Applied Technology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
349
T122. Geoheritage and Sense of Place in the Context of Earth Science Education (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
350
T126. Geoscience Learning and Practice Enabled through Cyberinformatics and Technology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
351
T129. Innovative Geoscience Teacher Professional Development: Design, Implementation, Evaluation (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
352
T155. Dating the Prograde Path in Metamorphic Rocks: Methods, Advances, Limitations, and Applications (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
353
T156. Forensic Geoscience: Advances and Applications (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
354
T157. Frontiers in Petrochronology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
355
T160. Hot Topics: Understanding Metamorphic Processes in the Middle to Lower Crust (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
356
T163. Pedogenic Minerals as Indicators of Ecosystems: Understanding the Critical Zone through Space and Time (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
357
T167. The Road to Recovery—The Nature of Biotic and Geochemical Cycles During the Early Triassic (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
358
T168. Urban Geochemistry (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
359
T176. Applied Volcanology: The Role of Physical Volcanology and Volcanic Facies Mapping in Mineral Deposit Studies (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
360
T181. Modern Techniques, Models, and Interpretations of Ancient Orogens: 125 Years of Progress in Understanding the Grenville and Appalachian Orogens of Eastern North America (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
361
T182. Paleomagnetism of the Americas and Europe and Their Surroundings: Questions Answered, Questions Remaining, and Questions to Come (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
362
T183. Rates and Thermomechanical Characteristics of Processes Controlling the Rheologic Evolution of Arc Systems (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
363
T188. Tethyan Evolution and Seismotectonics of Southwest Asia: In Honor of the 40 Years of Manuel Berberian’s Research Contributions (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
364
T193. Continental Carbonates (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
365
T194. Current Understanding of Dolomite, Dolomitization, and Dolomite Problems (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
366
T205. From Extension to Rift to Drift: Geological, Geophysical, and Geodynamic Perspectives (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
367
T207. New Developments in Structural and Tectonic Controls on Ore Deposits (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
368
T208. Hinterland, Retroarc Fold- Thrust Belt, and Foreland Systems (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
369
T209. Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
370
T210. Structure and Evolution of Brittle Faults and Fault Rocks: Physical Properties, Geometry, and Geochemical Changes that Influence Water, Energy, and Mineral Resources (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
371
T211. The Rock Record of Fault Rheology and Slip Dynamics (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
372
T212. The Role of Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Extension (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
373
T214. Advances in Mineralogy, Crystallography, and Petrology: In Honor of Frank C. Hawthorne, 2013 Roebling Medalist (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
374
T215. Frontiers in High-Pressure Research (Posters): In Honor of Wendy Li-Wen Mao, 2013 MSA Awardee
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
375
T216. Gemological Research in the 21st Century: Characterizing Diamonds and other Gem Minerals (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
376
T233. Celebrating Advances in Conodont Studies—134 Years of North American Conodonts (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
377
T240. Advances in the Application of Biogeochemical Datasets in Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Studies (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)
378
T246. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Conservation Paleobiology, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology (Posters)
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

383
T10. The Surprising Innermost Planet
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
384
T22. Quantifying Mountain Evolution from the Lithosphere to the Landscape II
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
385
T33. The Snowmastodon Project: A Multi-Proxy Approach to Understanding the Response of Alpine Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Colorado Rockies
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
386
T41. Contaminant Migration through the Groundwater–Surface-Water Interface: Processes, Impacts, and Implications for Remediation
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
387
T48. Ground-Source Geothermal Energy Systems: A Significant Emerging Resource
Room 302 (Colorado Convention Center)
388
T52. Innovative Teaching of Hydrogeology
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
389
T53. Mountain Groundwater: Recent Advancements in the New Era of Climate Change and Resource Development
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
390
T73. GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Environmental and Engineering Geology
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
391
T79. Geochemical Mapping at Regional to Continental Scales
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)
392
T124. Geoscience Alliance: Moving Toward Earth Systems Planning for Seven Generations through Broadening the Participation of Native Americans in the Geosciences
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
393
T125. Geoscience Education and Outreach: 50 Years of Progress II
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
394
T127. Great Geological Field Trips
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)
395
T135. The Future of the Geoscience Workforce: Preparing for Traditional and Non-Traditional Geoscience Careers
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
396
T148. The Colorado Scientific Society & 150 Years of Geologic Research in Colorado: Development of Geological Concepts and Studies in Colorado Geology
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
397
T154. Coupling Colloid-Water Interfacial Geochemical Processes with Contaminant Transport: Micro Vehicles for Big Problems
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
398
T157. Frontiers in Petrochronology
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
399
T167. The Road to Recovery—The Nature of Biotic and Geochemical Cycles During the Early Triassic
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
400
T186. STAMP: Structure, Tectonics, and Metamorphic Petrology II
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)
401
T187. Tectonics and Paleoenvironments of Western Pangaea—New Perspectives on the Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
402
T195. Advances in Quantitative Sediment Provenance Research: Novel Approaches from Multi-Proxy Provenance Data to Provenance Modeling II
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
403
T199. Impact of GSSPs on The Evolution of North American Chronostratigraphy
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
404
T213. Through the Looking Glass: Microstructural Insights into Tectonic Processes
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
405
T219. Microanalysis of Trace Elements and Isotopes in Igneous Petrology: Applications to Genesis, Storage, Evolution, Transport, and Eruption of Magma
Room 303 (Colorado Convention Center)
406
T241. Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Climate History in Deep Time
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)
407
T247. Tracking Life History: New Developments in Ichnological Research
Mile High Ballroom 1CD (Colorado Convention Center)