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2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

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Monday, 2 November 2015

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

78
Paleontology: Limits to Life: Trends in Origination and Extinction
Room 315 (Baltimore Convention Center)
79
P1. Celebrating the Genius of William ‘Strata’ Smith: Bicentennial Anniversary of Smith’s Revolutionary Map III
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)
80
T3. Bridging Two Continents: Comparative Studies of Accretionary Orogenesis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, North American Cordillera, and Other Orogenic Belts I
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)
81
T4. Bridging Two Continents: Diamonds, Zircons and Native Elements in the Mantle: New Discoveries and Models on the Properties and Petrogenesis of Oceanic Mantle Lithosphere
Room 347/348 (Baltimore Convention Center)
82
T9. Developing Proxies for Human Impact on Soil and Sediment Mass Transfer throughout the Holocene
Room 318 (Baltimore Convention Center)
83
T18. Metals in Ore Fluids: Sources, Concentrations, Modes of Transport, and Precipitation
Room 322/323 (Baltimore Convention Center)
84
T47. Geology and Health: A Decade of Progress
Room 325/326 (Baltimore Convention Center)
85
T55. Investigating Coastal Environments: A Tribute to Derald G. Smith
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)
86
T56. Landslide Inventories and Time Series: Data Collection, Statistics, Geospatial Analysis, and Relationships to Other Geohazards
Room 307 (Baltimore Convention Center)
87
T74. Extended Geology Trips with Special Emphasis on Study Abroad
Room 337 (Baltimore Convention Center)
88
T83. Methods for Conducting Research about Teaching and Learning in the Geosciences
Room 339 (Baltimore Convention Center)
89
T84. Practical Faculty-Related Issues & Trans-Disciplinary Pedagogical Strategies Associated with Classroom Transformation
Room 321 (Baltimore Convention Center)
90
T91. Using Place-Based and/or Data Driven Approaches in Geoscience Undergraduate Teaching and Research
Room 338 (Baltimore Convention Center)
91
T105. Fate and Remediation of Organic and Metal Contaminants in Wetlands and Sediments
Room 343 (Baltimore Convention Center)
92
T120. Karst Processes and Speleogenesis: Advances in Monitoring, Modeling, and Measurements
Room 340 (Baltimore Convention Center)
93
T127. Continental Shelf and Estuarine Seafloor Mapping and Shallow Stratigraphy on the North American East Coast
Room 309 (Baltimore Convention Center)
94
T132. Mineralogy of Diagenesis on Earth and Mars: In Honor of Nicholas J. Tosca, 2015 MSA Awardee
Room 342 (Baltimore Convention Center)
95
T133. Mineralogy Writ Small: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of David R. Veblen
Room 317 (Baltimore Convention Center)
96
T145. Conodonts from Black Shales and Other Rocks: In Honor of Anita G. Harris
Room 316 (Baltimore Convention Center)
97
T147. Biotic Interactions and Their Influence on Long-Term Evolution I
Room 314 (Baltimore Convention Center)
98
T158. Perspectives on Multi-Element Skeleton Taphonomy: Case Studies, Approaches, and Advances
Room 319/320 (Baltimore Convention Center)
99
T163. A Matter of Perspective: Integrating Macro- and Micro-Scale Evidence in Investigations of Magmatic Origins and Histories
Room 341 (Baltimore Convention Center)
100
T173. Impact Cratering on Earth and in the Solar System
Room 344 (Baltimore Convention Center)
101
T184. African Environments across Space and through Time: Integrating Modern and Ancient Climate Data for Insights into Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics
Room 331/332 (Baltimore Convention Center)
102
T195. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights I
Room 324 (Baltimore Convention Center)
103
T209. Rheological Behavior of Ductile Lithosphere during Strain Localization
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)
104
T215. Novel Methods, Applications, and Data Interpretations in Thermochronology
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)
105
GSA Special Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake Session
Room 345/346 (Baltimore Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:30 PM

106
T32. Urban Geochemistry (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
107
T39. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
108
T48. Geomicrobiology: Microbes as a Geologic Force on Modern and Ancient Earth (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
109
T51. Molecular Methodology and the Heart of Geobiology (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
110
T53. Geoheritage Matters (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
111
T76. Geocorps™ America and Mosaics in Science Programs: Successful Partnerships Promoting Individual Professional Development and Application of Geoscience and Related Fields to Management of America’s Public Lands (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
112
T99. A Showcase of Undergraduate Research in Hydrogeology (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
113
T100. Advances in Groundwater Modeling (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
114
T103. Contaminant Transport, Fate, and Remediation in Fractured Rocks (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
115
T104. Delivery of Nutrients and Contaminants by Groundwater to Estuaries and Their Watersheds (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
116
T105. Fate and Remediation of Organic and Metal Contaminants in Wetlands and Sediments (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
117
T109. Reservoir Connectivity and Fluid Migration during Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Implications for Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Storage, Enhanced Oil Recovery, and Waste Water Injection (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
118
T112. Understanding Saline Fluid Flow Systems: From Saltwater Intrusion to Geologic-Scale Brine Migration (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
119
T113. Effects of Urbanization on Hydrological and Geochemical Cycling in Surface and Ground Waters (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
120
Marine/Coastal Science (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
121
T128. Field and Modeling Approaches to Understanding the Response of Coupled Barrier-Backbarrier Systems to Coastal Change (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
122
T134. Radiation Effects, Mineralogy, and Materials Science of Actinides: In Honor of Rodney C. Ewing, 2015 Roebling Medalist (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
123
Paleontology: Fossils of the Neoproterozoic (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
124
Paleontology: Life on Land and in the Oceans: Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
125
Paleontology: The Role of Collections in Diversity, Databases, and Museums (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
126
Paleontology: Under the Lens: New Insight from Microfossils (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
127
T153. Mass Extinction Causality: Records of Anoxia, Acidification, and Global Warming during Earth's Greatest Crises (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
128
T156. Earth Underfoot: New Frontiers in Ichnology and Zoogeomorphology (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
129
T157. Eat, Prey, Love, and Burrow: Tracing Animal Behavior through Time (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
130
T160. Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
131
Petrology, Igneous (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
132
T170. Experimental Investigations of Planetary Geologic Processes (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
133
T171. Exploring the Sedimentary Rock Record of Mars (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
134
T185. Coastal Hazards from Minutes to Millennia (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
135
T193. Sedimentary Environment and Process Studies: The Emerging Generation of Scientists (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
136
T195. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
137
T207. Folds and Folding: Earth’s Surface to Depth (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
138
T208. Perspectives on Orogenic Evolution, Dating Brittle Faults and Mylonitic Shear Zones, Bending Mountains, and Assembling Supercontinents: A Session to Honor the Career of Ben Van Der Pluijm (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
139
T209. Rheological Behavior of Ductile Lithosphere during Strain Localization (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
140
GSA Special Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake Session (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
141
T1. Bridging Two Continents (Posters): Active Intracontinental Tectonics in Asia and North America and the Associated Geohazards
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
142
T2. Bridging Two Continents (Posters): Advances in Crustal Subduction and Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
143
T6. Bridging Two Continents: Mid-Latitude Climate during Cretaceous Greenhouse States: Comparison between East Asia and North America (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
144
T215. Novel Methods, Applications, and Data Interpretations in Thermochronology (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)
145
T219. Intraplate and Divergent Boundary Volcanism: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of David Clague (Posters)
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM

146
T7. Bridging Two Continents: New Insights into the Mechanisms of Continental Deformation from Sinoprobe Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling And Receiver-Function Studies Of The Lithosphere
Room 347/348 (Baltimore Convention Center)

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

147
Quaternary Geology: Melting Ice, Sea-Level Change, and New Insights into Old Geomorphic Paradigms
Room 319/320 (Baltimore Convention Center)
148
P2. Savor the Cryosphere
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)
149
T3. Bridging Two Continents: Comparative Studies of Accretionary Orogenesis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, North American Cordillera, and Other Orogenic Belts II
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)
150
T10. Frontiers in Geoarchaeology
Room 318 (Baltimore Convention Center)
151
T13. Geologic Energy Research I
Room 321 (Baltimore Convention Center)
152
T15. Dimension Stone and Heritage Stone: Quarries, Building Stones, Monuments, Sculpture, Utilitarian Stones, and More
Room 339 (Baltimore Convention Center)
153
T39. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment
Room 322/323 (Baltimore Convention Center)
154
T61. Geophysical Solutions to Geological Problems: Current Research Results and the Annual George P. Woollard Award Presentation
Room 340 (Baltimore Convention Center)
155
T64. Rotations, Oroclinal Bending; Variscan-Alleghenian Nondipoles; Diagenetic Enigmatic Remagnetizations; Vignettes of Orogenies and Oceans: A Celebration of Rob Van der Voo's Career
Room 338 (Baltimore Convention Center)
156
T75. Field-Based Educational Research: Insights from Field Camps, Field Trips, and Field-Based Courses
Room 337 (Baltimore Convention Center)
157
T94. Entering Our Third Century in the Footsteps of William Smith: Status and Future of Geological Mapping
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)
158
T98. The Great Images in Geology I
Room 325/326 (Baltimore Convention Center)
159
T104. Delivery of Nutrients and Contaminants by Groundwater to Estuaries and Their Watersheds
Room 307 (Baltimore Convention Center)
160
T106. From Green Roofs and Gutters to Urban Streams: Advancing Urban Watershed Hydrology through Innovative Field and Modeling Approaches
Room 342 (Baltimore Convention Center)
161
T115. Cave Exploration, Survey, and Science: Historical to Modern Perspectives, Methods, and Techniques
Room 345/346 (Baltimore Convention Center)
162
T128. Field and Modeling Approaches to Understanding the Response of Coupled Barrier-Backbarrier Systems to Coastal Change
Room 309 (Baltimore Convention Center)
163
T147. Biotic Interactions and Their Influence on Long-Term Evolution II
Room 314 (Baltimore Convention Center)
164
T148. Cenozoic Evolution of Tropical Biota and Environments I: A Session Honoring the Contributions of Ann F. Budd
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)
165
T156. Earth Underfoot: New Frontiers in Ichnology and Zoogeomorphology
Room 316 (Baltimore Convention Center)
166
T160. Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems I
Room 315 (Baltimore Convention Center)
167
T166. Metamorphic Petrology: New Approaches and Outcomes
Room 317 (Baltimore Convention Center)
168
T168. Subduction, Fluids, Accessory Minerals, and Trace Elements: A Celebration of Sorena Sorensen's Career
Room 341 (Baltimore Convention Center)
169
T174. Microscopic Impact Records
Room 344 (Baltimore Convention Center)
170
T178. 70 Years of Geoscience at UNESCO: Past, Present, and Future
Room 331/332 (Baltimore Convention Center)
171
T195. Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Hominin Sites: New Methods, New Data, and New Insights II
Room 324 (Baltimore Convention Center)
172
T204. The Reactive Soil: Processes at the Bio-Geo Interface in the Rhizosphere
Room 343 (Baltimore Convention Center)
173
T210. Strike Slip Fault Systems Transfer Stress Inboard from the Subduction Zone Margin Leading to Basin Subsidence and Orogensis, Are Conduits for Magmatism, and Are Responsible for Far-Traveled Terrane Translation
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

3:00 PM-5:30 PM

174
T8. Bridging Two Continents: Supercontinents In Earth’s History: New Perspectives from Precambrian Geology of Asia and North America
Room 347/348 (Baltimore Convention Center)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

175
GSA Hydrogeology Division: Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture
Ballroom IV (Baltimore Convention Center)