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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T157. Eat, Prey, Love, and Burrow: Tracing Animal Behavior Petrology, Igneous
through Time
T162. A Lower Crustal Perspective on Magmatic Arc Processes
Disciplines: Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy; Sediments,
Clastic; Sediments, Carbonates Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous; Petrology, Metamorphic;
Tectonics/Tectonophysics
Advocates: Adiël A. Klompmaker; Devapriya Chattopadhyay;
Patricia H. Kelley Advocates: Harold H. Stowell; Keith Klepeis; Joshua J. Schwartz
Varied evidence allows interpretation of fossil animal behavior New data sets and improved tools set the stage for improved
(e.g., ichnofossils, animals “caught in the act”) geochemistry. This understanding of magmatic arc processes. We encourage submis-
session presents research on any type of behavior (e.g., feeding, sions on magma generation, mass transfer, vertical crustal
mating, locomotion, symbiosis) throughout the history of life. motion, relationships between deformation and magma emplace-
ment, and metamorphism at mid- to lower-crustal levels.
T158. Perspectives on Multi-Element Skeleton Taphonomy: T163. A Matter of Perspective: Integrating Macro- and Micro-Scale GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Case Studies, Approaches, and Advances Evidence in Investigations of Magmatic Origins and Histories
Disciplines: Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy; Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous; Volcanology; Geochemistry
Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy Advocates: Tamara L. Carley; Tenley J. Banik; Lily L. Claiborne;
Advocates: Matthew B. Vrazo; James R. Thomka Susanne McDowell
This session will explore new methods and concepts within Together we will discuss magma: its origins, emplacement, and
taphonomic studies of organisms with multi-element skeletons everything in between. We encourage dialog around creative inte-
(e.g., arthropods, echinoderms, vertebrates) for both ancient and gration of multi-scale evidence—from macro to micro perspec-
modern ecological and environmental reconstruction. tives. We also encourage broad participation, especially from
early-career scientists.
T159. The Fossil Record of Parasite-Host Interactions:
New Perspectives and Approaches T164. Magmatic Processes in Peridotites: Connection to Tectonics
Disciplines: Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous; Volcanology; Tectonics/
Advocates: John Warren Huntley; Kenneth De Baets Tectonophysics
Advocates: Gordana Garapic; John Wakabayashi; Ulrich Faul
Parasitism is ubiquitous among living organisms and there is a
growing appreciation of its role in shaping the history of life. This Melting and melt segregation influence the dynamics of
session highlights advances in the study of parasites and hosts in partially molten mantle and the chemistry of melt and residuum.
deep time. Submissions are welcome on all aspects of mantle melting,
including experimental, field, and modeling studies.
T160. Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and
Ancient Systems T165. Zen and Now: Honoring the Legacy of E-an Zen’s
Disciplines: Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy; Contributions to Geology
Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination; Paleontology, Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous; Mineralogy/Crystallography;
Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns Geoscience Education
Advocates: Darrin J. Molinaro; Carolyn M. Furlong; Amelinda Advocates: Philip M. Piccoli; Jane M. Hammarstrom; H. Catherine
E. Webb; Gary J. Motz Skinner; Guy L. Hovis
This session will highlight the diversity of paleoecological This multidisciplinary session will honor the legacy of E-an
research, organized within the framework of biotic interactions/ Zen’s contributions to geology.
predation, community/organismal ecology, and fidelity/conserva-
tion paleobiology. Petrology, Metamorphic
T161. Echinoderm Paleobiology: Diversity, Form, and Phylogeny T166. Metamorphic Petrology: New Approaches and Outcomes
Disciplines: Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns; Disciplines: Petrology, Metamorphic; Geochemistry; Tectonics/
Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination; Paleontology, Tectonophysics
Paleoecology/Taphonomy Advocates: David R.M. Pattison; Matthew J. Kohn; Frank S.
Advocates: David F. Wright; Selina R. Cole; Jeffrey R. Thompson Spear; Bernardo Cesare
This session will address broad, cutting-edge topics in the Rapid advances across the discipline of metamorphic petrology
understanding of echinoderm evolution and paleontology. This make this a timely session. We wish to make the session as broadly
complex topic will include trends in phylogeny, morphology, appealing as possible, hence the general title.
paleoecology, macroevolution, taphonomy, and systematics.
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