GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 96
Monday, 26 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4D (Colorado Convention Center)

T71. A Centennial Celebration of Geology and Hydrology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Bruce Heise, F. Edwin Harvey and Jason P. Kenworthy, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks by Session Chairs
 
8:05 AM
Introduction of GSA President's Medalist, by Jon Price
8:10 AM
GSA PRESIDENT'S MEDAL: AN ESSENTIAL STATE OF WONDER: INTERPRETING SCIENCE IN THE PARKS
ANDREWS, Sarah, P.O. Box 1521, Sebastopol, CA 95473, Sarah.Andrews@ebagroup.com
8:30 AM
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE SIGNIFICANCE AND VULNERABILITY IN THE GRAND CANYON AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE TRANSCANYON PIPELINE REPLACEMENT
MILLER, Anne E.1, TOBIN, Benjamin W.1, SCHENK, Edward R.2 and HENDEREK, Robyn L.3, (1)National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, 1824 S Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service, 1824 S Thompson St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (3)National Park Service, Grand Canyon NP, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, anne_miller@nps.gov
8:45 AM
AN OVERVIEW OF SURFACE WATER STUDIES OF DESERT SPRING FED STREAMS RELATED TO THE LARGE-SCALE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSCANYON PIPELINE IN GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK
SCHENK, Edward R.1, TOBIN, Benjamin W.2, THORNTON, Richard3, STILLMAN, Jennifer3, CHILDRES, Hampton1 and VALLE, Cynthia M.4, (1)Grand Canyon National Park, National Park Service, 1824 S Thompson St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, 1824 S Thompson St., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (3)HDR Inc, 419 Canyon Ave, Suite 316, Fort Collins, CO 80521, (4)National Park Service, Grand Canyon NP, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, edward_schenk@nps.gov
9:00 AM
USING LIDAR-DERIVED DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS TO DETERMINE NATURAL STREAM CHANNELS AT GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE, COLORADO
VALDEZ, Andrew D., Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, National Park Service, 11500 Hwy 150, Mosca, CO 81146, andrew_valdez@nps.gov
Handouts
  • 2016 GSA Valdez - GRSA stream channels.pptx (29.2 MB)
  • 9:15 AM
    MONITORING ACTIVE SAND DUNES AT GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, COLORADO
    ZIMBELMAN, James R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, PO Box 37012, Museum MRC 315, Washington, DC 20013-7012, VALDEZ, Andrew D., Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, National Park Service, 11500 Hwy 150, Mosca, CO 81146, CARTWRIGHT, Samuel, Dept of Geology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, SIERLEJA, Michael, Dept of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, 325 S. Lincoln St, Kent, OH 44242, JOHNSON, Molly B., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, MRC 315, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and THOMAS, Mikayla M., Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, SMC#2322, Canton, NY 13617, zimbelmanj@si.edu
    Handouts
  • Zimbelman_GSA16.pptx (7.1 MB)
  • 9:30 AM
    GEOLOGIC CONTEXT OF LARGE KARST SPRINGS AND CAVES IN THE OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS (ONSR), SOUTHERN MISSOURI
    WEARY, David J., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and ORNDORFF, Randall C., U.S. Geol. Survey, MS 908, Reston, VA 20192, dweary@usgs.gov
    9:45 AM
    A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CAVE AND KARST PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
    PATE, Dale L., National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, dale_pate@nps.gov
    10:00 AM
    CARBONATE ROCKS AND CIVIL WAR INFANTRY TACTICS:  CASE STUDIES FROM CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS PRESERVED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
    HIPPENSTEEL, Scott P., Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, shippens@uncc.edu
    10:15 AM
    WHAT DRIVES EXTENSION IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CA
    CALZIA, James P., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and RÄMÖ, O. Tapani, Dept Geoscience and Geography, Division of Geology and Geochemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland, jcalzia@usgs.gov
    10:30 AM
    AN UPDATED INVENTORY OF PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S MOJAVE DESERT INVENTORY & MONITORING NETWORK
    TWEET, Justin S., Tweet Paleo-Consulting, 9149 79th Street S, Cottage Grove, MN 55016, SANTUCCI, Vincent L., National Park Service, Geologic Resources Division, The Pennsylvania State University, 801 Ford Building (Room 813), University Park, PA 16802 and CONNORS, Tim, Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, PO Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225, justin_tweet@nps.gov
    10:45 AM
    UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF THE MOJAVE: AN INNOVATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ECOSYSTEM UNDERSTANDING
    PARDO, Justin R.1, PELAEZ, Jess2, MCCLURE, Sheila2 and BAUGHMAN, Jenna T.3, (1)Department of Geosciences & Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90032, (2)Blueprint Earth, 340 S Lemon Ave #7879, Walnut, CA 91789, (3)Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 3040 Valley Life Science Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720, justin@blueprintearth.org
    11:00 AM
    DATING THE DEGLACIATION OF TUOLUMNE MEADOWS AND LYELL CANYON IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK WITH 10BE
    BECKER, Richard A., TIKOFF, Basil and MARCOTT, Shaun A., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, rabecker2@wisc.edu
    11:15 AM
    NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO ADDRESS PARK RESOURCE CONCERNS THROUGH APPLICATION OF GEOSPATIAL IMAGERY
    WEEKS, Don P., U.S. National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Natural Resource Division, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228, don_weeks@nps.gov
    11:30 AM
    APPALACHIAN TRAIL: TECTONICS AND GEO-POETRY (Invited Presentation)
    WISE, Donald, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, dwise@geo.umass.edu
    Handouts
  • Geopoetry Abstract GSA Sept - 2016.doc (30.0 kB)
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