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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

T46. Using Digitized Data in Geological and Paleontological activity. We welcome laboratory and field approaches incorpo-
Research rating genomics, isotopes, geochemistry, or hydrogeology.

Disciplines: Geoinformatics; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; T51. Molecular Methodology and the Heart of Geobiology
Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination Disciplines: Geomicrobiology; Geochemistry; Geoscience
Education
Advocates: Talia S. Karim; Gil Nelson Advocates: John R. Spear; Victoria A. Petryshyn; Frank A. Corsetti

Digitization programs in paleontology and geology are producing In the past 15 years, geobiological discovery has been made
large amounts of easily accessible data. This session will present primarily through various molecular methodologies that unlock
developments in the research uses of digitized geoscience data and mysteries of the rock record. We welcome contributions that
recent advances in data-publishing and mobilization. highlight achievements and advances in geobiological research.
Interdisciplinary participation is encouraged.
Geology and Health
Geomorphology
T47. Geology and Health: A Decade of Progress
T52. From the River Channel to the Drainage Divide: Processes,
Disciplines: Geology and Health; Environmental Geoscience; Driving Mechanisms, and the Direction of Topographic Change
Hydrogeology in the Appalachians
Disciplines: Geomorphology; Quaternary Geology
Advocates: Thomas H. Darrah; Suzette A. Morman; Andrew Advocates: Gregory Hancock; Frank J. Pazzaglia; Sean F. Gallen
Hunt; Kevin E. Nick; Saugata Datta
This session will focus on landscape evolution, active processes,
Geology and health is a young but impactful discipline with and rates of landscape change in the Appalachians and the mecha-
significant contributions to critical society issues. This session nisms driving erosion in an ancient orogen (e.g., dynamic topog-
presents state-of-the-art research on the application of geological raphy, piracy, and climate).
knowledge and techniques to assess potential health risks or bene-
fits of geological materials. T53. Geoheritage Matters (Posters)
Disciplines: Geomorphology; Geoscience Education; History and
Geomicrobiology Philosophy of Geology
Advocates: Benjamin van Wyk de Vries; Tom Casadevall
T48. Geomicrobiology: Microbes as a Geologic Force on Modern
and Ancient Earth Geoheritage is the protection of geological features, and it has
strong outreach content. The session will discuss the evolution of
Disciplines: Geomicrobiology; Geochemistry; Precambrian geoheritage as geology and society advance, and its variation in
Geology time and socio-geographic location.

Advocates: Nathan Yee; Clara S. Chan

This session will feature recent advances in geomicrobiology,
focusing on the interplay between microbial and geochemical
processes, microbial life in the deep subsurface, and biosignatures
in the geologic record.

T49. Mechanistic Insights into the Biogeochemical Processes GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Controlling Phosphorus Transport and Cycling

Disciplines: Geomicrobiology; Geochemistry; Soils

Advocates: Yuanzhi Tang; Nadine Kabengi; Rixiang Huang

This session focuses on the technological advancement and
fundamental understanding of the mechanisms and kinetics of
biogeochemical processes that control the transport and transfor-
mation of phosphorus at the solid-aqueous interface.

T50. Microbial Hydrocarbon Formation and Biodegradation: Canyon at Gramada, Peru. Photo by Kevin E. Nick.
Organisms, Pathways, Environmental Limitations, and
Isotope Signatures

Disciplines: Geomicrobiology; Geochemistry; Coal Geology;
Oil/Gas/Alternative Energy

Advocates: Denise Akob; Tracy M. Quan; David S. Vinson

This session highlights findings on the role of microbes in
hydrocarbon resources, including formation/biodegradation
pathways and environmental controls on subsurface microbial

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