2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

October 1 – October 9, 2008 · Houston, Texas · Meeting Code: 2008AM
Sessions (626)
# Title Program Type Papers
1 Climate Change through Time: Evidence in the Geologic Record Overarching Sessions — 6
2 The Impending Global Water Crisis: Geology, Soils, Agronomy, and International Security Overarching Sessions — 5
3 Energy and the Global Market—Betty Klepper CSSA Endowed Lectureship and Michael T. Halbouty GSA Distinguished Lectureship Overarching Sessions — 6
4 Globalization of Biogeochemical Cycles Overarching Sessions — 4
5 Pardee Keynote Symposia: River Restoration: Environmental Success or Strategic Failure? Overarching Sessions — 7
6 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Reducing Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Communities to Hurricane Impacts and Sea-Level Rise: Are Large Scale Restoration and Engineering the Answer? Overarching Sessions — 8
7 Geobiology and Biomineralization: From the Origins of Life to the Origins of Cities Overarching Sessions — 6
8 Emerging Trace Contaminants in Surface and Ground Water Generated from Waste Water and Solid Waste Application Overarching Sessions — 6
9 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Carbon Sequestration: Methods, Markets and Policy Overarching Sessions — 7
10 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Human Influences on the Stratigraphic Record Overarching Sessions — 6
51 Gains and Losses: Soil Nutrients and Moisture in Aridic Soils Under Changing Climates JOINT SESSIONS — 13
52 Characterization and Interpretation of Soils and Geologic Formations with Carbonates, Gypsum, and Other Soluble Salts JOINT SESSIONS — 12
53 Land Subsidence Attributable to Subsurface Fluid Extraction in Coastal Lowlands: Contributions to Relative Sea-Level Rise JOINT SESSIONS — 15
54 Natural Zeolite Utilization in Agriculture, Environmental Science, and Industry: Characterization, Properties, and Applications JOINT SESSIONS — 13
55 Organic Contaminants in Water, Soil and Sediments: Sources, Interactions and Ecological Impacts I JOINT SESSIONS — 16
56 Soils through Time: Critical Zone Studies of Processes and Their Effects JOINT SESSIONS — 15
57 Biologically Induced Dissolution and Precipitation of Minerals in Soils and Sediments (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 18
58 Desert Pavements and Vesicular A Horizons (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 8
59 Natural Zeolite Utilization in Agriculture, Environmental Science, and Industry: Characterization, Properties, and Applications (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 10
60 Land Use and Short-Term Erosion Processes JOINT SESSIONS — 11
61 Organic Contaminants in Water, Soil and Sediments: Sources, Interactions and Ecological Impacts II JOINT SESSIONS — 15
62 Soil Hydrology JOINT SESSIONS — 15
63 Soil Respiration: From Human to Geologic Time Scales JOINT SESSIONS — 14
64 Subsurface Fate and Transport of Agricultural Contaminants JOINT SESSIONS — 14
65 Digital Detection, Interpretation, and Mapping of Soil, Sediments and Bedrock (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 9
66 Organic Contaminants in Water, Soil and Sediments: Sources, Interactions and Ecological Impacts (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 12
67 Subsurface Fate and Transport of Agricultural Contaminants (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 11
68 U.S. Agriculture’s Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (GRACEnet) (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 19
69 Digital Detection, Interpretation, and Mapping of Soil, Sediments and Bedrock JOINT SESSIONS — 10
70 U.S. Agriculture’s Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (GRACEnet) JOINT SESSIONS — 16
71 Urban Geochemistry and Associated Human and Ecological Health Issues JOINT SESSIONS — 16
72 Developments in Aeolian Research: Bridging the Interface between Soil, Sediment, and Atmosphere I JOINT SESSIONS — 12
73 Agriculture, Aquifers, and Climate Change JOINT SESSIONS — 16
74 Scaling Methods in Hydrological Research JOINT SESSIONS — 13
75 Variably Saturated Flow in Soil and Rock: What's the Same, What's Different? JOINT SESSIONS — 16
76 Soils through Time: Critical Zone Studies of Processes and Their Effects (Posters) JOINT SESSIONS — 14
77 A Celebration of Soil Science, Solute Transport, and National-Scale Water-Quality Research: In Honor of Jacob Rubin JOINT SESSIONS — 16
78 Developments in Aeolian Research: Bridging the Interface between Soil, Sediment, and Atmosphere II JOINT SESSIONS — 16
79 Hydrogeomorphology and Hydropedology: Emerging Disciplines that Embrace Earth and Soil Sciences JOINT SESSIONS — 15
80 Biofuels Production: Environmental Challenges for Soil and Water JOINT SESSIONS — 8
81 Energy from Renewables Using Soil Microbes and Microbial Processes JOINT SESSIONS — 9
82 Soil Physics and Vadose Zone Hydrology: Our Future Contributions JOINT SESSIONS — 14
101 The Southern Extension of the Western Interior Seaway: Geology of Big Bend National Park and Trans-Pecos, Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
102 CANCELED: Platform-Basin Transition and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Permian Rocks, Guadalupe Mountains, west Texas, and southeastern New Mexico FIELD TRIPS — 0
103 CANCELED: Fluvial Systems of East-Central Texas: Responses to Climate and Sea-Level Change over the Last 2 Glacial-Interglacial Cycles FIELD TRIPS — 0
104 CANCELED: Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characteristics of the Booch Sandstones, McAlester Formation (Desmoinesian), Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma FIELD TRIPS — 0
105 Characterization and Interpretation of Soils and Geologic Formations with Carbonates, Gypsum and Other Soluble Salts FIELD TRIPS — 0
106 Sedimentology and Structure of Terrestrial to Shallow Marine Outcrops of the Pennsylvanian Mingus Formation, Mineral Wells, Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
107 The Texas Grenville Orogen, Llano Uplift, Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
108 CANCELED: Short Course 510: Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies Other Daily Events — 0
109 CANCELED: Examination of a Vertisol Climosequence across the Texas Coast Prairie and its implications for interpreting vertic paleosols in the geologic record FIELD TRIPS — 0
110 CANCELED: Fault Zone Deformation in Cretaceous Carbonates of Central Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
111 GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee Other Daily Events — 0
112 CANCELED: Short Course 510: Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies Other Daily Events — 0
113 Short Course 512: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students Other Daily Events — 0
114 Short Course 533: More! Rocks in Your Head: Earth Science Professional Development for Teachers Grades 3-8 (K-12 welcome) Other Daily Events — 0
115 Short Course 535: AAPG Short Course: Intro to Petroleum Geology for Students Other Daily Events — 0
116 GSA Audit Committee Lunch and Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
117 Engineering Geology I - Natural Hazard Assessment, 3-D Modeling, and Site Characterization Technical Sessions — 14
117 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Executive Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
118 Hydrogeology I - Precipitation, Lakes, Streams, Springs and Wetlands Technical Sessions — 16
118 Short Course 534: Discovering Plate Boundaries for Middle and High School Teachers Other Daily Events — 0
119 Birding the Upper Texas Coast FIELD TRIPS — 0
120 CANCELED: Geology of and Hurricane Rita effects on the Chenier Plain, southwestern Louisiana FIELD TRIPS — 0
121 Geomorphic and hydrochemical history of the Edwards aquifer at Inner Space Cavern FIELD TRIPS — 0
121 Perspectives on an Emerging Workforce Crisis in Geology: Assessing a Looming Irony Technical Sessions — 13
122 CANCELED: Hands On at IODP's Gulf Coast Repository -- Authentic Scientific Ocean Drilling Samples and Data for Earth Systems Science Inquiry FIELD TRIPS — 0
123 CANCELED: History of Oil and Gas Exploration in Southeast Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
124 The Formation and Future of the Galveston/Follets/Bolivar Barrier System FIELD TRIPS — 0
125 The Origin of the Sandy Mantle and Mima Mounds of the East Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: Geomorphological, Pedological, and Geoarchaeological Perspectives FIELD TRIPS — 0
126 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)/Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Council & Executive Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
127 American Geological Institute (AGI) Workforce Committee Other Daily Events — 0
128 Geoscience Information Network Workshop on System Requirements (cosponsored by U.S. Geological Survey and Arizona Geological Survey) Other Daily Events — 0
129 GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Advisory Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
130 GSA Council Meeting - Day 1 Other Daily Events — 0
131 GSA Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
132 GSA Limnogeology Division Core Workshop: “Lake Cores: Climate Change and Tectonics (cosponsored by GSA Limnogeology Division and ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company) Other Daily Events — 0
133 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Breakfast Other Daily Events — 0
134 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
135 National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting (Day 1) Other Daily Events — 0
136 Short Course 501: Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge Other Daily Events — 0
137 CANCELED: Short Course 502: Geopressure and Pore Pressure Prediction Fundamentals Other Daily Events — 0
138 CANCELED: Short Course 503: How to QC and Interpret What Your Petrophysicist Gives You Other Daily Events — 0
139 CANCELED: Short Course 504: Seismic Amplitude Interpretation Other Daily Events — 0
140 Short Course 505: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGis for Geological and Environmental Science Applications Other Daily Events — 0
141 Geochemistry; Geochemistry, Organic (Posters) Technical Sessions — 37
141 Short Course 506: Seal Analysis Workshop Day 1 (cosponsored by Gulf Coast Association of Geological Sciences) Other Daily Events — 0
142 CANCELED: Short Course 510: Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies Other Daily Events — 0
142 Geoinformatics (Posters) Technical Sessions — 9
143 Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 10
143 Short Course 512: Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students Other Daily Events — 0
144 Paleontology (Posters) I - Diversity, Evolution, and Biogeography Technical Sessions — 25
144 Short Course 513: Education Research I: Conducting Qualitative Geoscience Education Research Other Daily Events — 0
145 CANCELED: Short Course 514: Hands-on Tools for Earth Science Inquiry: The Learning with Data Workshop Other Daily Events — 0
145 Precambrian Geology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 26
146 Quaternary Geology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 21
146 Short Course 515: Teaching Darwin Other Daily Events — 0
147 Short Course 516: Using Authentic Earth and Planetary Science Data for Inquiry in Courses for Future Science Teachers (cosponsored by NASA) Other Daily Events — 0
147 Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 46
148 CANCELED: Short Course 517: Multi- and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Geologic Applications Other Daily Events — 0
149 Short Course 518: Starting out in Undergraduate Research and Education: A Professional Development Workshop for Young Faculty Other Daily Events — 0
150 Short Course 519: Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century Other Daily Events — 0
151 CANCELED: Short Course 520: Beyond the Content: Teaching Scientific and Citizenship Literacies in the Geosciences Other Daily Events — 0
152 Short Course 521: Making the Case for Tenure: A Workshop for Early Career Faculty (cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division and National Association for Geoscience Teachers) Other Daily Events — 0
153 Short Course 522: The Use of GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR Data to Learn about Plate Tectonics, Crustal Deformation, Isostasy, and Ice Flow: A Short Course for Faculty at Two- and Four-Year Institutions Other Daily Events — 0
154 Short Course 523: Writing and Evaluating Geoscience Concept Inventory Questions (cosponsored by the National Science Foundation) Other Daily Events — 0
155 CANCELED: Short Course 528: Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deepwater Settings Other Daily Events — 0
156 CANCELED: Short Course 536: Epigenic and Hypogenic Karst: Recognizing Each and Their Implications in Research and Management (cosponsored by National Cave and Karst Research Institute) Other Daily Events — 0
157 Short Course 537: Paleontological Society Centennial Short Course: From Evolution to Geobiology: Research Questions Driving Paleontology at the Start of a New Century Organized by Patricia H. Kelley and Richard K. Bambach Other Daily Events — 0
158 Short Course 538: AAPG Short Course Intro to Petroleum Geology for Faculty Day 1 Other Daily Events — 0
159 Geoscience Education II: Best Practices for Teaching Geoscience Technical Sessions — 13
159 Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
160 Evolution in the Classroom Teacher Forum Other Daily Events — 0
160 Marine/Coastal Science Technical Sessions — 9
161 GSA Division Chairs Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
161 Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology I Technical Sessions — 12
162 GSA Editor Summit Other Daily Events — 0
162 Return to the Moon: A New Era of Lunar Exploration Technical Sessions — 9
163 GSA Geoscience Educators' Social Reception (cosponsored by National Association of Geoscience Teachers and GSA Geoscience Education Division) Other Daily Events — 0
164 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Council Lunch Other Daily Events — 0
165 Short Course 507A: Ethics for Geoscientists (with lunch) Other Daily Events — 0
166 Short Course 507B: Ethics for Geoscientists (without lunch) Other Daily Events — 0
167 Short Course 524: An Introduction to Improving Your Teaching by Conducting Science Education Research in Your Classroom (cosponsored by NASA) Other Daily Events — 0
168 Short Course 525: Education Research II: Conducting Quantitative Geoscience Education Research Other Daily Events — 0
169 CANCELED: Short Course 526: Visualization in Geoscience Education: the Power of Immersive Environments (cosponsored by Experiential Learning in Environmental and Natural Sciences, GSA Geoscience Education Division and Higher Education Academy Subject Cent Other Daily Events — 0
170 CANCELED: Short Course 527: Your First Steps in the Profession and the Future (cosponsored by the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the Northeast Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists) Other Daily Events — 0
171 Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Seds & Suds Other Daily Events — 0
172 Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 1) Other Daily Events — 0
173 Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 1) Other Daily Events — 0
174 GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Executive Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
175 GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony Other Daily Events — 0
176 GSA Presidential Address and Awards Reception Other Daily Events — 0
177 Engineering Geology II - Landslides: Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring Technical Sessions — 11
177 Keck Geology Consortium Representatives Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
178 Geomorphology Technical Sessions — 13
178 Paleontological Society Centennial Reception and Dinner **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
179 Paleontology I - Macroevolution, Diversity, and Biogeography Technical Sessions — 16
180 Breakthroughs in Paleontology: The Paleontological Society Centennial Symposium Technical Sessions — 12
181 A Field Exercise on Groundwater Flow Using Seepage Meters and Mini-piezometers FIELD TRIPS — 0
182 CANCELED: Texas Coastal Systems: K-12 Teachers Trip to Galveston Island and The Brazos River FIELD TRIPS — 0
184 American Geological Institute (AGI) Executive Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
185 GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Business Meeting (cosponsored by Gemological Institute of America) Other Daily Events — 0
186 GSA Foundation's Pardee Coterie **By Invitation Only** Other Daily Events — 0
187 GSA Geology and Health Division Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
188 GSA History of Geology Division Executive Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
189 GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting I Other Daily Events — 0
190 GSA Leadership Training for Committees, Divisions and Sections Other Daily Events — 0
191 GSA Publications Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
192 Guest/Destination Tour: 101. Motorcoach Orientation Tour: Downtown Houston and Gateway to the Museum District Other Daily Events — 0
193 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
193 Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology, Experimental; Igneous; Metamorphic (Posters) Technical Sessions — 42
194 National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) and GSA Geoscience Education Division Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
194 Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography (Posters) Technical Sessions — 20
195 National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee Meeting (Day 2) Other Daily Events — 0
195 Planetary Geology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 19
196 Presidents' Student Breakfast (cosponsored by ExxonMobil) Other Daily Events — 0
196 Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Systems (Posters) Technical Sessions — 11
197 Short Course 505: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGis for Geological and Environmental Science Applications Other Daily Events — 0
197 Volcanology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 4
198 Short Course 506: Seal Analysis Workshop Day 2 (cosponsored by Gulf Coast Association of Geological Sciences) Other Daily Events — 0
199 CANCELED: Short Course 508: The WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources)--An International Soil Classification System Other Daily Events — 0
200 CANCELED: Short Course 528: Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deepwater Settings Other Daily Events — 0
201 Short Course 529: Teaching Field Methods in Geology Using Rugged Tablet Computers, GPS, and Digital Data Other Daily Events — 0
202 Short Course 538: AAPG Short Course Intro to Petroleum Geology for Faculty Day 2 Other Daily Events — 0
203 Environmental Geoscience I - Natural Hazard Assessment, 3D Modeling, and Site Characterization Technical Sessions — 12
204 Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Technical Sessions — 16
205 Critical Zone Studies of Soils and Weathering: Implications for Interpreting Climate and Landscapes of the Past Technical Sessions — 15
222 Geochemistry; Geochemistry, Organic Technical Sessions — 15
223 Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology II Technical Sessions — 16
244 American Geological Institute (AGI) Foundation Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
245 American Geological Institute (AGI) Government Affairs Advisory Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
246 American Geological Institute (AGI) Past Presidents Reception and Dinner Other Daily Events — 0
246 Archaeological Geology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 9
247 Communicating with Congress (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee) Other Daily Events — 0
247 Environmental Geoscience (Posters) Technical Sessions — 50
248 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Geoscience Division Fall Meeting and Reception (cosponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research) Other Daily Events — 0
248 Geoscience Education (Posters) Technical Sessions — 38
249 Cushman Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
249 Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces Technical Sessions — 29
250 GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Collection Development Forum Other Daily Events — 0
251 GSA Bulletin and Geosphere Associate Editor Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
252 GSA Education Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
253 GSA Engineering Geology Division Annual Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
254 GSA Geology Editorial Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
255 Archaeological Geology Technical Sessions — 8
255 CANCELED: GSA Lithosphere Editorial Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
256 Economic Geology Technical Sessions — 13
256 Guest Seminar #1 - Welcome to Houston by Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau Other Daily Events — 0
257 Environmental Geoscience II Technical Sessions — 12
257 Micropaleontology Project Board of Directors Other Daily Events — 0
258 Geoscience Education I: Learning Geoscience in the Outdoor Classroom Technical Sessions — 14
258 Paleontological Society Hosting Association of North American Paleontological Societies, Committee (ANAPS) Other Daily Events — 0
259 MSA Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting Technical Sessions — 3
259 Short Course 530: Teaching Introductory Geoscience Using Lecture Tutorials (cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division) Other Daily Events — 0
260 Paleontology II - Organismal and Morphological Paleontology Technical Sessions — 16
260 Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 2) Other Daily Events — 0
261 Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic Technical Sessions — 13
261 Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 2) Other Daily Events — 0
262 U.S. Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists - Annual Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
263 Large Scale Continental Deformation at Plate Boundaries Technical Sessions — 13
263 Women in Geology Mentor Reception (sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.) Other Daily Events — 0
277 Paleontology III - Paleoecology, Geochronology, and Education Technical Sessions — 16
278 Affiliation of Christian Geologists Reception and Discussion Other Daily Events — 0
278 Quaternary Geology Technical Sessions — 13
279 Albion College Geology Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
280 GSA Bookstore Author Book Signing Other Daily Events — 0
281 GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
282 Paleontological Society: Centennial Pardee Symposium Speakers' Reception Other Daily Events — 0
283 St. Lawrence University Geology Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
288 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Delegates Breakfast Other Daily Events — 0
289 American Geological Institute (AGI) Member Society Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
290 Association for Women Geologists (AWG) Breakfast and Awards Presentation **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
291 Geology in Government Mentor Program (sponsored by GSA Foundation) Other Daily Events — 0
292 GSA Archaeological Geology Division Management Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
293 GSA Campus Representatives Appreciation Breakfast (by Invitation only) Other Daily Events — 0
294 GSA Engineering Geology Division Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture Other Daily Events — 0
295 GSA Geology and Society Division Management Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
296 GSA JTPC Round Table Breakfast Other Daily Events — 0
297 GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Management Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
298 Guest Seminar #2 - Permaculture by Cas Vanwoerden Other Daily Events — 0
299 Geomorphology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 23
299 Guest/Destination Tour: 102. Up, Down, and All Around-Downtown Walking Tour Other Daily Events — 0
300 Geoscience Information/Communication (Posters) Technical Sessions — 8
300 Guest/Destination Tour: 103. Chinatown Dim Sum Lunch & Chinese Supermarket Tour Other Daily Events — 0
301 Hydrogeology (Posters) Technical Sessions — 36
301 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Presidents Breakfast Other Daily Events — 0
302 National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Past President's Breakfast Other Daily Events — 0
302 Paleontology (Posters) III - Sclerochronology: Geoarchaeology, Climate and Environment Technical Sessions — 7
303 Paleontology (Posters) IV - Stratigraphy and Morphology Technical Sessions — 29
303 Society Presidents' Guest Breakfast **For Registered Guests Only** Other Daily Events — 0
304 Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic (Posters) Technical Sessions — 21
305 Stratigraphy (Posters) Technical Sessions — 20
310 Coal Geology Technical Sessions — 8
311 Geoscience Education III: Research on Learning in the Geosciences Technical Sessions — 16
312 History of Geology Technical Sessions — 12
313 Hydrogeology II - Groundwater, Non-Darcian Flow, and Nomenclature Technical Sessions — 15
314 Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography Technical Sessions — 11
315 Paleontology IV - Exceptional Preservation and Taphonomy Technical Sessions — 16
329 All Convention Luncheon **Ticketed Event** (sponsored by American Shoreline; speaker hosted by the U.S. National Committee for IYPE) Other Daily Events — 0
330 American Quaternary Association Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
330 Hydrogeology III - Uranium, Metals, and Other Contaminants in Groundwater Technical Sessions — 12
331 Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
331 Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology, Experimental; Igneous; Metamorphic Technical Sessions — 13
332 Colgate University Geology Alumni/James McLelland Reception (cosponsored by Colgate University) Other Daily Events — 0
333 Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
334 Earth Science Literacy Initiative Townhall (sponsored by the National Science Foundation) Other Daily Events — 0
335 Friends of PRI Reception Other Daily Events — 0
336 GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Users Meeting: Tricks & Tips for Researchers & Students Other Daily Events — 0
337 Getting into Geoscience Policy: Careers and Avocations (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee) Other Daily Events — 0
338 GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee Other Daily Events — 0
339 GSA Archaeological Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony Other Daily Events — 0
340 GSA Coal Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception Other Daily Events — 0
341 GSA Engineering Geology Division Annual Luncheon & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
342 GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
343 GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture, Reception and Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
344 GSA Geophysics Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony Other Daily Events — 0
345 GSA Geoscience Education Division Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
346 GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
347 GSA History of Geology Division Luncheon and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
348 GSA Hydrogeology Division Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer (cosponsored by GSA Hydrogeology Division and National Ground Water Association) Other Daily Events — 0
349 GSA Joint Sedimentary Geology and Limnogeology Divisions Business Meeting and Award Reception Other Daily Events — 0
350 GSA Student Research Grant Award Ceremony (sponsored by the GSA Foundation) Other Daily Events — 0
351 Louisiana State University (LSU) Geology Alumni & Friends Reception Other Daily Events — 0
352 Mid-Career Faculty: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities Other Daily Events — 0
353 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Associate Editors Lunch Other Daily Events — 0
354 North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Annual Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
355 Paleontological Society 2008 Awards Reception Other Daily Events — 0
356 Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 3) Other Daily Events — 0
357 Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 3) Other Daily Events — 0
359 University of Oklahoma, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
360 Food for Thought: Educating the Public About Food, Water and Biofuels (cosponsored by the Council for Biotechnology Information) Other Daily Events — 0
361 2008 George P. Woollard Award Technical Lecture - Dr. Gene Humphreys - Delamination, Drips, and other forms of small-scale convection: What's going on down there? Other Daily Events — 0
378 Bucknell University Other Daily Events — 0
379 Centenary College of Louisiana Other Daily Events — 0
380 Colby College - Geology Alumni Other Daily Events — 0
381 College of William and Mary-Department of Geology Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
382 Dhaka University (Bangladesh) Geology Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
383 Duke University Nicholas School Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
384 Franklin & Marshall College Other Daily Events — 0
385 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) President's Reception Other Daily Events — 0
386 James Madison University & Ireland Field Camp Alumni Group Reception Other Daily Events — 0
387 CANCELED: Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
388 Keck Geology Consortium Other Daily Events — 0
389 Miami University Other Daily Events — 0
390 Middlebury College Other Daily Events — 0
391 Missouri University of Science and Technology Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
392 Montana, The University of Other Daily Events — 0
393 Northern Illinois University Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
394 Northwestern University/University of Chicago Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
395 Oberlin College Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
396 Ohio Wesleyan University Other Daily Events — 0
397 Oklahoma State University Other Daily Events — 0
398 Penn State University - Reception for the Alumni of the Department of Geosciences and the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences (cosponsored by Penn State Geosciences and Penn State Crop & Soil Sciences) Other Daily Events — 0
399 Purdue Univ -Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) Alumni & Friends Reception Other Daily Events — 0
400 Rice University Department of Earth Science Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
401 Rio Grande Universities Private Alumni Reception (cosponsored by University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, New Mexico State and University of Texas El Paso) Other Daily Events — 0
402 San Diego State University Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
403 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Members Reception Other Daily Events — 0
404 Smith College Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
405 Stanford Earth Sciences Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
406 Subaru Outdoor Life Keynote Alexander Klimchouk: In a Search for the Deepest Cave on Earth: The Blend of Exploration, Adventure and Science Other Daily Events — 0
407 Syracuse University Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
408 Texas A&M University Department of Geology and Geophysics Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
409 The College of Wooster Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
410 The Ohio State Univ. - School of Earth Sciences Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
411 The University of Kansas Department of Geology Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
412 Tufts University Other Daily Events — 0
413 University at Buffalo (SUNY) Department of Geology Alumni Event Other Daily Events — 0
414 University of Alabama Private Alumni Reception (cosponsored by The University of Alabama, Geological Sciences) Other Daily Events — 0
415 University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
416 University of Arkansas Geosciences Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
417 University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception (cosponsored by University of Cincinnati Dept. of Geology) Other Daily Events — 0
418 University of Houston Geosciences Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
419 University of Iowa Other Daily Events — 0
420 University of Kentucky Geological Alumni Private Reception Other Daily Events — 0
421 University of Maine Group Alumni Event Other Daily Events — 0
422 University of Massachusetts Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
423 University of Michigan Private Alumni Event Other Daily Events — 0
424 University of Minnesota - Alumni Reception (all campuses) Other Daily Events — 0
425 University of Missouri Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
426 University of Nebraska Alumni Group Reception Other Daily Events — 0
427 University of Nevada Las Vegas-Geoscience Department Alumni Reception (cosponsored by UNLV Geoscience Dept.) Other Daily Events — 0
428 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Geological Sciences Alumni Other Daily Events — 0
429 University of Southern California (USC) Department of Earth Sciences Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
430 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
431 University of Utah/Utah State University Alumni Event (cosponsored by University of Utah, Dept. of Geology and Utah State University, Dept. of Geology) Other Daily Events — 0
432 University of Washington Other Daily Events — 0
433 University of Wisconsin Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
434 University of Wyoming - Geology & Geophysics Department Other Daily Events — 0
435 Western Michigan University, Department of Geosciences Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
436 Williams College Other Daily Events — 0
437 Yale University Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
440 Come Look at the Rocks: The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geologies Houston Research Center FIELD TRIPS — 0
441 CANCELED: Kirk Bryan Trip - Coastal Geomorphology and Change along the Upper Texas Coast FIELD TRIPS — 0
442 Turf Grass Tour of Houston FIELD TRIPS — 0
443 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)/Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Lunch **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
444 American Geological Institute (AGI) Environment Geoscience Advisory Committee Other Daily Events — 0
445 Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Mid Year Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
446 Geology in Industry Mentor Program (cosponsored by Chevron, Foundation Coal and ExxonMobil) Other Daily Events — 0
447 GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) E-Resources Forum Other Daily Events — 0
448 GSA Annual Program Committee (APC) Breakfast Other Daily Events — 0
449 GSA Associated Societies Breakfast Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
450 GSA Division Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, & Webmaster Reception Other Daily Events — 0
451 GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Management Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
452 Guest Seminar #3 - The Power of Reading People by Alice Weiser Other Daily Events — 0
453 CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 104. Religious Diversity in Multi-Cultural Houston-Hindu & Buddhist Temples, Islamic Mosque Other Daily Events — 0
454 Gulf Coast Society of Society for Sedimentary Geology (GCSSEPM) Luncheon **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
455 International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) U.S. National Committee Other Daily Events — 0
456 National Academy of Sciences, Sections 15 and 16, Breakfast Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
492 Geological and Geophysical R&D in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Tour of ExxonMobil and Shell Research Labs FIELD TRIPS — 0
494 AGI/NAGT Leadership Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
495 Association for Women Geologists (AWG) Discussion: Issues Facing Women Chairs, Deans, and other Academic Leaders Other Daily Events — 0
496 Congressional Science Fellows Panel Discussion and Reception (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee) Other Daily Events — 0
497 Field Exploration Analysis Team (FEAT) Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
498 Friends of the Corals and Sponges Other Daily Events — 0
499 Geoscience Education Research and Geocognition Interest Group (cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division and National Association of Geoscience Teachers) Other Daily Events — 0
500 GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Luncheon **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
501 GSA Foundation Sr. Fellow's Reception **By Invitation Only** Other Daily Events — 0
502 GSA History of Geology Division Student and Friends Reception Other Daily Events — 0
503 GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture Other Daily Events — 0
504 GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards, and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
505 GSA Hydrogeology Division Student Reception Other Daily Events — 0
506 GSA International Division Business Meeting and Reception Other Daily Events — 0
507 GSA Planetary Geology Division Awards Reception Other Daily Events — 0
508 GSA Planetary Geology Division Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
509 GSA Research Grant Proposal Writing Workshop Other Daily Events — 0
510 GSA Section Meeting Chairs Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
511 GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Business Meeting & Awards Presentation Other Daily Events — 0
512 Guest/Destination Tour: 105. Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens--Plus the Grand Homes of River Oaks Other Daily Events — 0
513 International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) Board of Officers - Day 1 Other Daily Events — 0
514 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
515 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lunch **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
516 Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)-Geochemical Society (GS) Joint Reception **Ticketed Event** Other Daily Events — 0
517 Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
518 NAGT/USGS Summer Internship Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
519 Paleontological Society, Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
520 Paleontological Society, Education and Outreach Committee Other Daily Events — 0
521 Reception in Honor of H. Allen Curran and Don and Kathy Gerace (cosponsored by Smith College, Gerace Research Centre, Eastern Section of the Society of Sedimentary Geology) Other Daily Events — 0
522 Special Lecture: Dr. James E. Hansen Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? (sponsored by Geological Society of America) Other Daily Events — 0
523 Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 4) Other Daily Events — 0
524 Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 4) Other Daily Events — 0
525 Texas A&M University Mixer, Soil and Crop Sciences Department Other Daily Events — 0
539 American Geological Institute (AGI) Friends of AGI Awards Reception Other Daily Events — 0
540 Cushman Foundation Awards Ceremony and Reception Other Daily Events — 0
541 Dartmouth Earth Sciences Other Daily Events — 0
542 Friends of the Cambrian Other Daily Events — 0
543 Friends of the Cephalopods Other Daily Events — 0
544 GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Reception, Awards, and Silent Auction (cosponsored by ProQuest/CSA) Other Daily Events — 0
545 GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Reception Other Daily Events — 0
546 GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Annual Awards Ceremony Other Daily Events — 0
547 GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Division and GSA Geophysics Division Joint Reception Other Daily Events — 0
548 MIT/CalTech Cocktail Party Other Daily Events — 0
549 NSF EarthScope Reception (cosponsored by EarthScope National Office) Other Daily Events — 0
550 Understanding Evolution: A Public Forum (sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.) Other Daily Events — 0
553 Dealing with Active Gulf Coast Growth Faults FIELD TRIPS — 0
554 From Oil Fields to Cornfields, and A Lot More FIELD TRIPS — 0
555 Rice Tec and Oilfields to Corn Fields and a Lot More FIELD TRIPS — 0
556 American Geological Institute (AGI) GeoRef Advisory Committee Other Daily Events — 0
557 GSA Committee on Professional Development Other Daily Events — 0
558 GSA Council Meeting - Day 2 Other Daily Events — 0
559 GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting II Other Daily Events — 0
560 CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 107. Galveston Tour--Ocean Star, The Strand, and Haak Vineyards Other Daily Events — 0
561 International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) Board of Officers - Day 2 Other Daily Events — 0
596 Upper Cambrian through lower Ordovician rocks of the Llano Region FIELD TRIPS — 0
597 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Audit Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
598 GSA Geoinformatics Division Business Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
599 CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 106. Art Tour Extraordinaire--Rice University Gallery and the Menil Complex Other Daily Events — 0
600 International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) National Committees Other Daily Events — 0
601 National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
614 CANCELED: The Edwards Aquifer of South-Central Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
617 CANCELED: Environments of Deposition of Texas Lignites: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly FIELD TRIPS — 0
618 CANCELED: Soils and Geomorphology of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain and Texas Shoreline with Special Emphasis on Hydrology, and Coastal Erosion FIELD TRIPS — 0
619 CANCELED: The Sierra Madera Astrobleme, Pecos County, Texas FIELD TRIPS — 0
620 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Executive Committee Lunch Other Daily Events — 0
621 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Executive Committee Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
622 GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Board of Directors Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
623 Short Course 531: Fundamentals of Seismic Structural Analysis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Analysis for Graduate Students Day 1 (cosponsored by ExxonMobil, Conoco Phillips and GSA Structural and Tectonics Division) Other Daily Events — 0
624 Short Course 532: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration Day 1 (cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Corp.) Other Daily Events — 0
639 Re-visiting Central Texas Late Cambrian Wilberns Stromatolites and Thrombolites FIELD TRIPS — 0
640 CANCELED: Short Course 509: Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis Course Day 1 (cosponsored by California Groundwater Resources Association) Other Daily Events — 0
641 CANCELED: Searching for the Mojave-Sonora Megashear in Northeastern Mexico FIELD TRIPS — 0
642 CANCELED: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Modern Coastal Plain Depositional System FIELD TRIPS — 0
643 CANCELED: Short Course 509: Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis Course Day 2 (cosponsored by California Groundwater Resources Association) Other Daily Events — 0
644 CANCELED: Short Course 511: 3-D Visualization in Teaching and Research Other Daily Events — 0
645 Short Course 531: Fundamentals of Seismic Structural Analysis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment Analysis for Graduate Students Day 2 (cosponsored by ExxonMobil, Conoco Phillips and GSA Structural and Tectonics Division) Other Daily Events — 0
646 Short Course 532: Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration Day 2 (cosponsored by ExxonMobil Exploration Corp.) Other Daily Events — 0
801 Visualization of Depositional Systems GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 15
802 GCAGS Poster Session (Posters) GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 14
803 Integrated Pore Pressure Predictions: Case Studies GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 7
804 Advances in Seismic Imaging—Impact on Exploration through Production: Case Studies GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 5
805 Environmental Geology I and Hydrology GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 15
806 Applied Micropaleontology: Tools and Techniques for the 21st Century GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 15
807 The Geology of the GOM Coastal Plain: Insights into Offshore GOM Exploration GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 8
808 Old Fields-New Life: How New Technologies or New Ideas Have Made a Difference GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 8
809 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 6
810 Risk Management and Uncertainty GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 6
811 Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Paleontology GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 16
812 Environmental Geology II GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES — 2
— Ad Hoc Committee on e-Communications Other Daily Events — 0
T129 Advances in Discontinuum Numerical Modeling in the Study of Earth Structure and Deformation Technical Sessions — 14
T242 Advances in Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions: Investigations of Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands Technical Sessions — 15
T254 Advances in Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions: Investigations of Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands (Posters) Technical Sessions — 6
T243 Advances in Using Recent and Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Learning of the Geosciences in the Classroom, Laboratory, and Field Technical Sessions — 12
T231 After the Last Ammonite and before the First Horse: Patterns of Ecological and Climatic Change during the Paleocene Technical Sessions — 15
T245 Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought Technical Sessions — 16
— American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science Week Planning Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
T214 Analog Sites and Field Exercises for Training Planetary Field Geologists Technical Sessions — 15
T164 Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Environments: Proxies for Understanding Climate Change and Global Warming Technical Sessions — 12
T235 Antarctic Science in the International Polar Year—Geologic Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula: Changes in Tectonics, Biota, and Climate over Time Technical Sessions — 15
T166 Assessment of Speleothem Paleoenvironment Proxies Using Studies in Modern Karst Systems Technical Sessions — 9
T215 Biofilms and Biomineralization: Evidence from Ancient and Modern Systems Technical Sessions — 16
— Bowling Green State University Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
T232 Breaking the Curve: Historical Development, Current State, and Future Prospects for Understanding Local and Regional Processes Governing Global Diversity I Technical Sessions — 14
T267 Breaking the Curve: Historical Development, Current State, and Future Prospects for Understanding Local and Regional Processes Governing Global Diversity II Technical Sessions — 15
T290 Brittle Deformation and Diagenesis as Coupled Processes Technical Sessions — 16
— BYU Geological Sciences Private Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
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T283 Channel Networks as a Template for Earth and Environmental Processes: Toward an Integrative Process Model for Landscape Evolution Technical Sessions — 13
T122 Coastal and Aeolian Geomorphology Processes and Landforms Technical Sessions — 16
T148 Coastal and Aeolian Geomorphology Processes and Landforms (Posters) Technical Sessions — 18
T163 Coastal Tectonics of the Pacific Rim: Geomorphology, Structure, and Hazards Technical Sessions — 12
T219 Combined Use of Groundwater and Optimization Models to Address Groundwater Management Challenges: Case Studies and Innovative Solution Approaches Technical Sessions — 11
T320 Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts I Technical Sessions — 16
T343 Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts II Technical Sessions — 14
T207 Crises on the Reefs? Anticipating the Effects of Global Warming on Reefs by Reference to the Fossil Record—Is the Past Really the Key to the Present in the New Field of Conservation Paleobiology? Technical Sessions — 8
T324 Current Research Issues in Lunar Stratigraphy Technical Sessions — 11
T125 Deep Time Earth Life Observatories (DETELOs): Focusing on Critical Transitions in the History of Life Technical Sessions — 15
T292 Discovering Petrologic Truth in Minerals I: In Honor of Bernard W. Evans Technical Sessions — 13
T323 Discovering Petrologic Truth in Minerals II: In Honor of Bernard W. Evans Technical Sessions — 12
T158 Disseminating Hands-on Geological Knowledge and Creating a Greater Awareness for the Environment: Emphasis on the Involvement of Undergraduates and K–12 Students (Posters) Technical Sessions — 15
T233 EarthScope: Bringing Geology and Geophysics Together to Study the 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere Technical Sessions — 14
T251 EarthScope: Bringing Geology and Geophysics Together to Study the 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere (Posters) Technical Sessions — 11
— Enhanced Geothermal Systems, the Earth's Non-fossil-fuel Energy Bounty by Doone Wyborn Other Daily Events — 0
T132 Environmental Mineralogy Technical Sessions — 16
T181 Estuarine and Fjord Sedimentary Processes in Modern and Holocene Systems Technical Sessions — 16
T236 Evolution of Simple Granite Systems (Haplogranites) and Rhyolites: A 50th Anniversary Perspective of the Tuttle and Bowen Studies Technical Sessions — 15
T341 Evolution of the Lithosphere and Upper Mantle in the Western U.S. Technical Sessions — 15
T344 Exhumation of Continental Ultrahigh-Pressure Terranes Technical Sessions — 15
T287 Exploring the Role of Endobenthic Organisms in Enhancing Porosity and Permeability of Sedimentary Aquifers and Reservoirs Technical Sessions — 14
T138 Fault Seals or Conduits? Insights from Hydrologic and Petroleum Systems Technical Sessions — 15
T339 Field and Quantitative Paleontology, Micropaleontology, and Taxonomy: A Memorial to Roger L. Kaesler Technical Sessions — 15
T211 Foreland Basins: Their Tectonic Setting, Structural Geology, Sedimentology, and Economic Significance Technical Sessions — 16
T192 Forensic Geology Technical Sessions — 10
T284 From Mud to Mudrock: Use of Modern Depositional Settings as Analogs for the Interpretation of Ancient Mudrocks Technical Sessions — 14
T188 From Quaternary Geology and Physical Volcanology to Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology: A Memorial to Harold E. Malde Technical Sessions — 16
T273 From San Salvador and Beyond: A Tribute to Don and Kathy Gerace and the Development of the Gerace Research Centre Technical Sessions — 16
T186 From the Forearc to the Foreland: Contrasting Tectonics, Paleogeography, and Paleoenvironments of the North American Cretaceous Technical Sessions — 15
— GCSSEPM Board Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
— Generational Perspectives of Women Scientists Luncheon **Ticketed Event** (cosponsored by SSSA-ASA-CSSA Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Luncheon and GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee) Other Daily Events — 0
T326 Geochemical and Geoarchaeological Analysis of Shell Middens: Climate, Ecology, and Culture Technical Sessions — 13
T294 Geochemical Tracers of Changes in Seawater Chemistry Technical Sessions — 10
T274 Geocognition: Researching Student Learning in the Geosciences Technical Sessions — 12
T134 Geological and Geophysical Remote Sensing Applications for Earth, the Moon, and Mars Technical Sessions — 15
T139 Geology and Health Issues in Texas, Mexico, and Beyond Technical Sessions — 14
T140 Geoscience Diversity 2008: Status, Strategies, and Successful Models I Technical Sessions — 14
T176 Geoscience Diversity 2008: Status, Strategies, and Successful Models II Technical Sessions — 12
T228 Global Warming Science: Implications for Geoscientists, Educators, and Policy Makers I Technical Sessions — 13
T264 Global Warming Science: Implications for Geoscientists, Educators, and Policy Makers II Technical Sessions — 13
T291 Gondwana-Laurentia Terrane Transfers During the Pangean and Rodinian Supercontinent Cycles Technical Sessions — 14
T297 Groundwater Arsenic: A Global Environmental Health Problem and Sustainable Mitigation I Technical Sessions — 16
T327 Groundwater Arsenic: A Global Environmental Health Problem and Sustainable Mitigation II Technical Sessions — 16
T218 Groundwater Flow in Coastal Ecosystems Technical Sessions — 14
— GSA Foundation's Pardee Coterie **By Invitation Only** Other Daily Events — 0
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T276 History of the Influence of Religion on Geology and Geology on Religion Technical Sessions — 13
T190 Hydrogeophysics: Characterization and Monitoring of Subsurface Parameters and Processes Technical Sessions — 11
T240 Hypogenic Karst: Shedding Light on Once Poorly Understood Hydrologic and Morphologic Features Technical Sessions — 16
T241 In Situ Approaches for Measuring Biodegradation Potential and Rates in Subsurface Environments Technical Sessions — 16
T253 Innovative Methods for Investigating Flow and Transport in Karst Systems (Posters) Technical Sessions — 14
T189 Innovative Methods for Investigating Flow and Transport in Karst Systems I Technical Sessions — 15
T217 Innovative Methods for Investigating Flow and Transport in Karst Systems II Technical Sessions — 15
T335 Integration of Soils and Geomorphology in Deserts: A Tribute to the 50 Years of Soil Research of Dan Yaalon Technical Sessions — 16
T340 Integrative Systematic Paleontology for a New Century: Advancing Evolutionary, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Ecologic Theory with Specimen-Based Studies Technical Sessions — 16
T136 Isotopic Tracers in Deep Groundwater Basins Technical Sessions — 15
T151 Lake Cores: Climate Change and Tectonics (Posters) Technical Sessions — 17
T265 Lakes in Extreme Environments: Earth and Beyond Technical Sessions — 12
T208 Lakes, Playas, and Soils Technical Sessions — 12
T155 Landslide Inventories, Landslide Hazards, Databases, and Mapping: Status of Information and Progress toward a Shared Standard (Posters) Technical Sessions — 12
T128 Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region Technical Sessions — 15
T154 Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region (Posters) Technical Sessions — 14
T206 Late Quaternary of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Margin: Climate Change, Sea-Level Change, and the Depositional Record Technical Sessions — 15
T183 Leaving Traces—Making Marks I: In Honor of H. Allen Curran Technical Sessions — 15
T210 Leaving Traces—Making Marks II: In Honor of H. Allen Curran Technical Sessions — 8
T328 Libraries in Transformation: Exploring Topics of Changing Practices and New Technologies Technical Sessions — 15
T289 Lithospheric Structure and Geologic Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Passive Margin Technical Sessions — 16
T345 Living on a Dusty Moon Technical Sessions — 16
T336 Loess and Loess Soils Technical Sessions — 12
— Mackay School of Earth Sciences & Engineering Group Alumni Other Daily Events — 0
T131 Magnetism of Sedimentary Rocks and Sediments Technical Sessions — 13
T174 Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water Technical Sessions — 10
T173 Management and Protection of Regional Karst Aquifers Technical Sessions — 12
T137 Mercury Cycling, Fate, and Bioaccumulation in Coastal Zones: The Next Big Stage for Mercury Research? Technical Sessions — 15
T167 Mesozoic Sedimentary Basins as Archives of Mexican Magmatic History and Paleogeography Technical Sessions — 13
— Michigan State University - Spartan Reception (cosponsored by Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences and Dept. of Geological Sciences) Other Daily Events — 0
T271 Microbialites: A 3.5-Billion-Year Record of Microbe-Sediment Interactions Technical Sessions — 15
T322 Mid- to Lower Crustal Deformation Processes: Strain, Kinematics and Relationships to Upper Crustal Structures Technical Sessions — 13
— Middle-Late Pennsylvanian Working Group (Day 1 of 2) Other Daily Events — 0
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T135 Military Geology in the 21st Century Technical Sessions — 16
T268 Mineralogic and Petrologic Mapping of Planetary Surfaces: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session Technical Sessions — 15
T124 Mixed Siliciclastic-Carbonate Systems: Mixing through Time and Space Technical Sessions — 13
T270 Modeling and Simulation of Dangerous Phenomena, and Innovative Techniques for Hazard Evaluation, Mapping, and Mitigation Technical Sessions — 13
T184 Models of Folding and Structural History of Shale Basins Technical Sessions — 16
T130 Modes of Lithospheric Extension: Oceanic and Continental Core Complexes Technical Sessions — 16
T201 Nano-Phases and Nano-Structures in Earth Environments (Posters) Technical Sessions — 8
— National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Executive Committee and Council Meeting Other Daily Events — 0
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T127 Neontological Solutions to Paleontological Problems: Actualistic Studies of the Morphology, Behavior, and Ecology of Modern Analogs for Ancient Organisms Technical Sessions — 16
T296 New Strategies for Survival and Transport of Pathogens in Soils, Surface Waters, and Aquifers Technical Sessions — 13
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T149 Oceanic Geohazards: Distribution, Controls, and Risks (Posters) Technical Sessions — 14
T295 Opportunities at the Interface: Minerals, Bugs, and Aqueous Solutions Technical Sessions — 10
T348 Outdoor Classrooms for Water Resources Education Technical Sessions — 13
T168 Paleontological and Sedimentological Consequences of Calcite and Aragonite Sea Dynamics Technical Sessions — 11
T198 Paleozoic Oceanographic and Climatic Changes: Evidence from Seawater Geochemistry and Sedimentology Records (Posters) Technical Sessions — 8
T230 Paleozoic Oceanographic and Climatic Changes: Evidence from Seawater Geochemistry and Sedimentology Records I Technical Sessions — 14
T266 Paleozoic Oceanographic and Climatic Changes: Evidence from Seawater Geochemistry and Sedimentology Records II Technical Sessions — 14
T337 Permian and Triassic Terrestrial Biotic Responses to Global Perturbations Technical Sessions — 13
T169 Phylogenetic Perspectives on Assembling the Tree of Life in Deep Time Technical Sessions — 13
T187 Planetary Pummeling: Cataclysmic Bombardment of the Solar System as Catastrophe, Catalyst, Cauldron, and Crucible Technical Sessions — 13
T293 Preparations for the New Era of Lunar Science: Laboratory Measurements and New Insights into the Moon Technical Sessions — 13
T298 Professional Society, Organization, Institution, and Federal Agency Achievements Supporting K–12 Teachers and Students Technical Sessions — 15
T319 Quantifying the Early Evolution of Life: Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Precambrian-Cambrian Animals and Ecosystems Technical Sessions — 14
T156 Real-Time, In-Field Geochemical Analysis: Current Capabilities and Future Prospects (Posters) Technical Sessions — 15
T338 Recent Advances in Deepwater Sedimentology: Science Driven by the Search for Natural Resources Technical Sessions — 15
T342 Recent Advances in the Study of the Laramide Orogeny and Related Processes in Mexico and the Southern United States Technical Sessions — 15
T185 Recent Advances in the Understanding of Adirondack and Southern Grenville Province Tectonics I: In Honor of James McLelland Technical Sessions — 14
T212 Recent Advances in the Understanding of Adirondack and Southern Grenville Province Tectonics II: In Honor of James McLelland Technical Sessions — 16
T213 Reconciling Geologic and Geodetic Rates of Deformation Technical Sessions — 14
T285 Recoveries from Mass Extinction: Patterns, Processes, and Comparisons I Technical Sessions — 15
T318 Recoveries from Mass Extinction: Patterns, Processes, and Comparisons II Technical Sessions — 15
T244 Research on Geoscience Teaching and Learning in Experiential Environments Technical Sessions — 12
T282 Response of Coastal Environments to Accelerated Sea Level Rise Technical Sessions — 16
T229 River-Dominated Continental Margin Processes: Modern and Ancient Technical Sessions — 16
T347 Roles of Speciation and Molecular Structure in Soil Processes Technical Sessions — 8
T286 Sclerochronological Archives from Rivers to the Sea: Documentation, Interpretation, and Utility Technical Sessions — 15
T123 Sediment in Fluvial Systems: Production, Transport, and Storage at the Watershed Scale I Technical Sessions — 15
T165 Sediment in Fluvial Systems: Production, Transport, and Storage at the Watershed Scale II Technical Sessions — 12
T157 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters) Technical Sessions — 30
T325 Soil Geochemistry: Databases and Applications at Regional to Continental Scales Technical Sessions — 15
T307 Soil Geochemistry: Databases and Applications at Regional to Continental Scales (Posters) Technical Sessions — 9
T150 Soil Geomorphology and Chronosequences (Posters) Technical Sessions — 8
T216 Soils as Components of Archaeological Landscapes Technical Sessions — 13
T239 Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment I Technical Sessions — 16
T272 Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment II Technical Sessions — 16
— Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Dept. of Geology Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
T321 Southwest Pacific Cenozoic Tectonics and Comparisons with Other Orogenic Belts Technical Sessions — 15
T288 Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Transform Faults Technical Sessions — 16
T170 Strengthening Links between Metamorphic Conditions and Time: New Advances in High-Temperature Geochronology and Tracing P-T-t Paths of Metamorphic Terranes Technical Sessions — 13
T238 Sulfates in the Solar System Technical Sessions — 8
T175 Teaching and Learning about Complex Earth Systems: Effective Strategies in Undergraduate Classrooms and Teacher Development Programs Technical Sessions — 13
T202 Teaching and Learning about Complex Earth Systems: Effective Strategies in Undergraduate Classrooms and Teacher Development Programs (Posters) Technical Sessions — 6
T275 Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century Technical Sessions — 14
T308 Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century (Posters) Technical Sessions — 5
T309 Teaching with New Tools: Visualizations, Models, Online Data, Games, and More (Posters) Technical Sessions — 13
T269 Terrestrial Impact Structures: Origin, Structure, and Evolution Technical Sessions — 15
T252 Terrestrial Impact Structures: Origin, Structure, and Evolution (Posters) Technical Sessions — 8
T182 Terrestrial Response to Climate Variability during the Medieval Warm Period: Lakes, Tree-Rings, and Human Adaptation Technical Sessions — 15
T209 The Astronomically Forced Sedimentary Record: From Geologic Time Scales to Lunar-Tidal History Technical Sessions — 13
T199 The Astronomically Forced Sedimentary Record: From Geologic Time Scales to Lunar-Tidal History (Posters) Technical Sessions — 7
T152 The Future of Sedimentary Geology: Student Research (Posters) Technical Sessions — 18
T133 The Geology of Small Volcanic Vents and Their Associated Vent Fields throughout the Solar System Technical Sessions — 14
T220 The Gulf of Mexico as a Geologic Laboratory: Making New Links in Depositional Systems from the Coastal Plain to Deep Water Technical Sessions — 15
T234 The Himalayan Orogen and Rise of the Tibetan Plateau: An Earth Systems Approach to the Tectonic and Landscape Evolution of Asia Technical Sessions — 16
T191 The Human Connection with Planet Earth: What is it and Why is it Important? Technical Sessions — 14
T306 The Mississippi River Delta as a Natural Laboratory for Evaluating Coastal Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise and Innovations in Transgressive Coastal Management (Posters): Shea Penland Memorial Session Technical Sessions — 12
T227 The Mississippi River Delta as a Natural Laboratory for Evaluating Coastal Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise and Innovations in Transgressive Coastal Management: Shea Penland Memorial Session Technical Sessions — 14
T172 The Origin of Mima Mounds and Similar Micro-Relief Features: Multidisciplinary Perspectives Technical Sessions — 12
T237 The Role of Field Geology and Geophysics in the Return to the Moon Technical Sessions — 14
T346 The Science of Oil Shale Technical Sessions — 10
T250 The Western Interior Seaway (Posters) Technical Sessions — 20
T317 Trends in Geomorphology: Advances and Innovations in Measurement and Analysis Technical Sessions — 13
— U.S. Geological Survey Group Alumni Reception Other Daily Events — 0
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T171 Water-Rock Interaction on Mars: Spacecraft Data, Meteorites, Models, and Analogs Technical Sessions — 11
T126 What Good Are (Fossil) Plants Anyway? New Methods for Investigating Old Problems Technical Sessions — 15
T153 What Good Are (Fossil) Plants Anyway? New Methods for Investigating Old Problems (Posters) Technical Sessions — 8
T221 What Should Students be Learning in Our Geology Classrooms? Technical Sessions — 14
T200 Whole Earth Systems Science: New Perspectives on the “Rock Cycle” from the Deep Earth to the Atmosphere to Life (Posters) Technical Sessions — 9