Tuesday, 27 September 2016
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
177

Geophysical Solutions to Geological Problems: Current Research Results
Room 407 (Colorado Convention Center)
179
P5. The High Plains Aquifer: Can it be Managed for Today and the Future?
Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A (Colorado Convention Center)
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T74. Climate Literacy in Formal and Informal Education, for Policy Makers and the Public, and Measures of Impact
Mile High Ballroom 4D (Colorado Convention Center)
187

T86. Supporting Geoscience Student Transfer Between Institutions and Transitions into the Workforce: Pathways for Success II
Mile High Ballroom 4EF (Colorado Convention Center)
188
T101. Can't Take the Heat? Temperature as an Indicator and Tracer of Environmental Change
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)
189
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T115. Advances in Cave and Karst: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of E. Calvin Alexander Jr.
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
191
T129. Mineralogical Evidence for the Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere: In Honor of Robert M. Hazen, 2016 Roebling Medalist
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
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T139. High-Precision Geochronological Constraints on the Geologic History of Dinosaur Evolution
Mile High Ballroom 4C (Colorado Convention Center)
194

T147. Height, the Elusive Third Dimension of Terrestrial Ecosystems: New Approaches for Determining the Structure and Complexity of Ecosystems on Land in Deep Time
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
195
T150. Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems III
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)
196

T157. Mineral Equilibria, Fluid Flow and Metamorphism: A Celebration of John Ferry's Career
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
197

T167. Mineral Spectroscopy—Harnessing Energy to Probe Solid Bodies in the Solar System: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
198
T179. Quaternary Geochronometers: Applications of Multi- Technique Approaches in Geomorphology and Archeology
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
199
T198. Beneath Da Vinci’s Feet: The Multidisciplinary World of Soil Science
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)
200

T202. Detrital Zircons on the North American Continental Interior II, and Sediment Dispersal
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)
201
T212. Multifaceted Approaches to Understanding Fluid-Fault Interactions in Natural Resources and Geologic Hazards
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
202

T218. Evidence for Neotectonic Earthquakes and Their Driving Mechanisms in the Intraplate Region of Central and Eastern North America
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
203

T221. Plate Tectonics, Arc-Trench Systems, Cordilleran Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, Sandstone Provenance, and Geoarchaeology II: A Celebration of William R. Dickinson's Career
Mile High Ballroom 2B (Colorado Convention Center)
204
T222. Proterozoic Accretion of the North American Continent – United Plates of America Revisited I
Mile High Ballroom 3B (Colorado Convention Center)
205

T224. Records of Subduction Initiation in Modern and Ancient Settings
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)
1:30 PM-5:30 PM
208

Intrusion, Accretion, Exhumation, and Collapse: Tectonics around the World
Mile High Ballroom 2B (Colorado Convention Center)
209
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P3. Exploring the Third Zone: The Geology of Pluto, Charon, and the Kuiper Belt
Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A (Colorado Convention Center)
212
T7. Mineral Resources for Society: Honoring the Career and Contributions to Economic Geology of Jean S. Cline
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)
215
T43. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)
216

T46. Advanced Information Systems and the Geosciences: Visioning the Future
Room 205 (Colorado Convention Center)
217
T48. Current Medical Geology Research on Natural Materials, Outreach, and Education Activities
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)
219
T60. Quantifying and Interpreting the Role of Climate, Tectonics, and Autogenic Processes in Landscape Dynamics
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)
220

T83. Place as an Organizing Principle in Geoscience Education
Mile High Ballroom 4D (Colorado Convention Center)
221
T87. Supporting Diverse Student Populations: Innovations and Strategies for Geo-Success
Mile High Ballroom 4EF (Colorado Convention Center)
222

T92. Open Data, Open Access: Trends in Geoscience Publications and Data Sources
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)
223
T130. Influence of Volcanism on the Evolution of Cretaceous and Paleogene Marine Ecosystems and Climate
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)
224
T143. The Early Paleozoic World: Radiations, Extinctions, and Paleoenvironmental Change I
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)
225

T144. The Permian-Triassic Crisis and Its Aftermath: Biotic, Climatic, and Environmental Upheavals
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)
226

T175. Aeolian Processes in Time and Space: Evidence from Landforms and Sediments
Room 407 (Colorado Convention Center)
227
228
T206. The Effects of Discharge Variability on Alluvial Stratigraphy: Toward a New Facies Model
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
229
230
T222. Proterozoic Accretion of the North American Continent – United Plates of America Revisited II
Mile High Ballroom 3B (Colorado Convention Center)
3:00 PM-5:30 PM
231
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
232
GSA Hydrogeology Division: Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
9:00 AM-6:30 PM
233
T2. Reconstructing Environmental Controls on Societal Change from Prehistory to Present Day III (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
234
235

T20. Advances in Data Collection and Delivery for Geohazards: Reaching Out to Stakeholders (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
236

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T30. Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
238
T33. Beyond EARTHTIME: Accuracy and a Multi-Chronometer Time Scale (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
239

T35. Contamination and Human Impact Records from Lake and Estuarine Sediment (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
240
T37. Excursions, Extinctions, and Environmental Change: New Advances in Geochemical Tools Linked to Critical Intervals of Environmental and Biotic Change in Earth History (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
241

T41. pXRF in the Geosciences: Applications to Environmental, Regional, and Exploration Geology (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
243
T65. Precambrian Evolution and Mineral Resources of the Midcontinent Rift Region (Posters): In Honor of William J. Hinze
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
244

T66. Structure and Tectonics of the South-Central United States (Posters): Craton to Gulf of Mexico and the Annual George P. Woollard Award Presentation
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
245
T71. A Centennial Celebration of Geology and Hydrology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
246
T74. Climate Literacy in Formal and Informal Education, for Policy Makers and the Public, and Measures of Impact (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
247

T86. Supporting Geoscience Student Transfer Between Institutions and Transitions into the Workforce: Pathways for Success (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
248

T102. Cycling of Arsenic and Other Associated Trace Elements in Global Geohydrological Systems and Management (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
249
T104. From Pores to Mountains, and Minutes to Millennia (Posters): Session Dedicated to the Contributions of Rob Bowman, Fred Phillips, and John Wilson
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
250
T108. Interaction of Physical and Biogeochemical Processes at Groundwater–Surface-Water Interfaces in Rivers, Lakes, Estuaries, and Coastal Marine Settings (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
251
Something for Everybody: The Many Faces of Karst Science in all its Multidisciplinary Glory (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
252

T115. Advances in Cave and Karst (Posters): A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of E. Calvin Alexander Jr.
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
253
T123. From Outcrop to Core: Integrating Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Records across Time and Space (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
254

T128. Gemological Research in the Twenty-First Century: Characterization, Exploration, and Geological Significance of Diamonds and Other Gem Minerals (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
255
T129. Mineralogical Evidence for the Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere (Posters): In Honor of Robert M. Hazen, 2016 Roebling Medalist
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
256

Recent Advances in Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
257
T155. Fifty Years of Innovation in Petrology and Orogenic Systems (Posters): A Tribute to Lincoln Hollister
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
258
T157. Mineral Equilibria, Fluid Flow and Metamorphism (Posters): A Celebration of John Ferry's Career
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
259
T163. Frontiers in Geochronology: Ancient Systems and Planetary Environments (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
260
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T198. Beneath Da Vinci’s Feet: The Multidisciplinary World of Soil Science (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
263

T203. Dynamics of Continental Margin Sedimentation (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
264
T230. Sedimentary, Paleobiologic, and Geochemical Studies of Deep Time Ocean-Climate Perturbations (Posters): Honoring the Scientific Contributions of Michael A. Arthur
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
265

Structural Geology: Active and Ancient Deformation in North America and around the World (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
266

T207. Best Student Geologic Mapping Competition (Posters)
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)
267

T221. Plate Tectonics, Arc-Trench Systems, Cordilleran Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, Sandstone Provenance, and Geoarchaeology (Posters): A Celebration of William R. Dickinson's Career
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)