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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
GSA TODAY | MAY 2015 GSA GeoCorps™ America participant.
T37. Origins and Early Evolution of Life at the Mineral/
Water Interface
Disciplines: Geochemistry; Mineralogy/Crystallography;
Precambrian Geology
Advocates: Charlene F. Estrada; Punam Dalai; Nita Sahai
This session encourages studies that explore prebiotic organic
molecule interactions with minerals that may have influenced
the origins of life on early Earth and, potentially, on other terres- T43. IS-GEO: Intelligent Systems Research to Support Geosciences
trial bodies.
T38. Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Disciplines: Geochemistry; Paleontology, Biogeography/
Biostratigraphy; Environmental Geoscience
Advocate: Erika R. Elswick
The goal of this session is to highlight recent and ongoing
undergraduate research in a student-friendly forum. The session
is open to students and faculty co-authors working in any area
of the geosciences.
T39. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements
and Organics in the Environment
Disciplines: Geochemistry; Environmental Geoscience; Geology
and Health
Advocates: LeeAnn Munk; David T. Long; W. Berry Lyons
Basic and applied research on trace elements and organics in the
environment are encouraged. Topics include those that relate to
understanding and modeling sources, transport and fate; human
and ecosystem health; environmental assessment and remediation.
T40. Tracing Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes in
Urban Landscapes
Disciplines: Geochemistry; Hydrogeology; Soils
Advocates: Joel Moore; Elizabeth Herndon
Although more than 50% of humans are urban dwellers,
biogeochemical processes in urban landscapes are understudied.
We encourage studies that use geochemical tools to trace water
and solute fluxes and biogeochemical reactions in urban settings.
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Geoinformatics
T41. Digital Dirt: Evaluating and Minimizing Discrepancies
that Accrue between Digital Data and the Natural World
They Represent
Disciplines: Geoinformatics; Paleontology, Paleoecology/
Taphonomy; Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns
Advocates: Walton A. Green; Benjamin Kotrc; Luke Mander
This session is intended to attract case studies in digital data
acquisition and quality control from any area of the geological
sciences in which data accuracy critically affects theories about
the natural world.
T42. Geoscience Data Repositories and Data Management Services
Disciplines: Geoinformatics; Geoscience Information/
Communication; Public Policy
Advocates: M. Lee Allison; Bruce Herbert
This session is intended to examine options and examples of
design and implementation of geoscience data repositories along
with data management services that can meet the emerging
federal requirements and community needs.
Disciplines: Geoinformatics; Geoscience Information/
Communication; Geoscience Education
Advocates: Suzanne A. Pierce; Basil Tikoff
Intelligent Systems for Geosciences (IS-GEO) is an emerging
field of inquiry that advances understanding of Earth systems
using cyberinfrastructure and analytical techniques to collect,
mine, visualize, and communicate information and then trans-
form data into new insights.
T44. Our Data Belong in Our Hands: 3-D Printing—The Future
of Geoscience Research and Education (Posters)
Disciplines: Geoinformatics; Geoscience Education
Advocates: Franciszek Hasiuk; Ian Saginor
Three-dimensional printing is a novel technology that allows
highly accurate, customized, and tangible models to be printed at
low cost. This session will allow researchers and educators to
comingle, sharing research results, workflows, and curriculum.
T45. Transforming the Life of the Geoscientist from Planning to
Post-Submission: Cyberinfrastructure as an Agent of Change
Disciplines: Geoinformatics; Geoscience Information/
Communication; Public Policy
Advocates: Simon Goring; Noah McLean
This end-user focused session will showcase the ways that
science supported by EarthCube and other large-scale cyberinfra-
structure projects will help shape and advance the research and
outreach activities of geoscientists now and in the future.