Southeastern Section - 73rd Annual Meeting - 2024

Session No. 18
Monday, 15 April 2024: 1:30 PM-3:35 PM
Swannanoa (Renaissance Asheville)

T8. Geoscience Investigations of the Caribbean: Fundamental Science, Socioeconomic and Environmental Issues

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Liannie Velazquez Santana and Mark Krekeler, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
NEW GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GREATER ANTILLES AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
WILSON, Frederic, Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
1:55 PM
THE LONG-TERM UPLIFT HISTORY OF BARBADOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND SEA LEVEL RECONSTRUCTIONS
SANDSTROM, Michael, Department of Earth, Marine and Enviromental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Rd, CB 3315, Mitchel Hall - 107, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, POIRIER, Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, DUMITRU, Oana A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, GOLDSTEIN, Steven L., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, DYER, Blake C., University of Victoria, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada, CASHMAN, Miranda, Solstice Power Technologies, LLC, Cambridge, MA 02138, PRECHT, William F., Marine and Coastal Programs, Dial Cordy & Associates, Inc., Miami, FL 33179 and RAYMO, Maureen E., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
2:15 PM
UPDATES ON ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SANDS FROM PLAYA LAS GOLONDRINAS IN ISABELA, PUERTO RICO
ALLEN, Audrey1, ZIMMERER, Madalyn2, LYTLE, Marion1, VELAZQUEZ SANTANA, Liannie3, VENTURA-VALENTIN, Wilnelly1, VEST, Jordan1, KREKELER, Ethan1, SHAULIS, Barry J.4, MCLEOD, Claire1 and KREKELER, Mark1, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Department Biology & Environmental Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Jasper Canyon Research Inc., 4100 Campana Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94306
2:35 PM
FIELD, LABORATORY, AND REMOTE SENSING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS RELATED TO DEEP WEATHERING IN THE GREATER ANTILLES AND VIRGIN ISLANDS
HUBBARD, Bernard1, LEDERER, Graham2, GRAY, Floyd3, WILSON, Frederic4, ORRIS, Greta J.3 and COCKER, Mark D.3, (1)US Geological SurveyEastern Mineral Resources MS 954, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192-0002, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, GMEG, 520 N. Park Avenue Ste 355, Tucson, AZ 85719, (4)Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
2:55 PM
ONGOING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND BULK CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ROAD SEDIMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A PETROCHEMICAL PLANT IN PENUELAS, PUERTO RICO
WUDKE, Hannah1, LYTLE, Marion1, VELAZQUEZ SANTANA, Liannie2, VENTURA-VALENTIN, Wilnelly1, KREKELER, Ethan1, VEST, Jordan1, MCLEOD, Claire1 and KREKELER, Mark1, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 118 Shideler Hall 250 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH 45056
3:15 PM
CHARACTERIZING PALEOCLIMATIC DATA USING PUERTO RICAN STALAGMITES AS ARCHIVES
NEYDON, Kali, Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, 801 Carrier Dr, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, GARCÍA JR Jr., Ángel, Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, 801 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, ACOSTA-COLON, Angel, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, Arecibo, PR 00614, PUERTO RICO, SEKHON, Natasha, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, IBARRA, Daniel, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI 02912 and GERALDES VEGA, Monica, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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