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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
This session brings together mineralogic and geochemical Using similar data, different states have formulated different GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
studies of orbital and landed measurements with results from approaches to oil and gas recovery using hydrofracking. At this
field, laboratory, meteoritical, and modeling investigations that session, geologists and policy makers will outline their state’s
address aqueous processes in surface and subsurface environ- policies and discuss how they were developed.
ments throughout solar system history.
T183. Strategies to Achieve Public Policy Action to Mitigate
Public Policy Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
Disciplines: Public Policy; Environmental Geoscience; Geology
T178. 70 Years of Geoscience at UNESCO: Past, Present, and Health
and Future Advocate: George T. Stone
Disciplines: Public Policy; Environmental Geoscience
Advocates: P. Patrick Leahy; John W. Hess Effective public policy action to mitigate anthropogenic climate
disruption is imperative. The goal of this session is to focus atten-
Topics to be covered include the following: Geoheritage, U.S. tion on this historic challenge and to discuss workable strategies
involvement in the IGCP, the International Hydrologic Centre, to greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
the International Tsunami Warning System operated by the IOC,
the ICSU Future Earth initiative, and the IUGS Minerals initiative. Quaternary Geology
T179. Coordination of Civil Earth Observations: Review, T184. African Environments across Space and through Time:
Status, and Applications of Earth Observation Systems Integrating Modern and Ancient Climate Data for Insights into
Disciplines: Public Policy; Geoinformatics Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics
Advocate: Timothy Stryker Disciplines: Quaternary Geology; Paleoclimatology/
Paleoceanography; Geochemistry
The session will provide an overview of the National Plan for Advocates: David Patterson; Sophie B. Lehmann; Naomi E. Levin
Civil Earth Observations as well as technical examples of key
products and services supported by Earth observing systems This session seeks to better understand the relationship
across relevant Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs). between African climate and terrestrial ecosystem dynamics in
both modern and ancient contexts.
T180. Geoscience in the Public Square: Meeting the Challenges
and Seizing the Opportunities T185. Coastal Hazards from Minutes to Millennia
Disciplines: Public Policy; Geoscience Information/ Disciplines: Quaternary Geology; Tectonics/Tectonophysics;
Communication; Environmental Geoscience Marine/Coastal Science
Advocates: Frank Fletcher; Ivor van Heerden Advocates: Simon E. Engelhart; Andrew C. Kemp; Benjamin
P. Horton
An examination of the challenges and opportunities that are
faced by geoscientists who toil in the public square, including Reconstructions of relative sea level, coastal earthquakes, and
communicating with the general public, interfacing with political extreme inundation events (storms/tsunamis) are of local to
officials and educating geoscience students about policy issues. global interest. Devastating extreme events have placed significant
socioeconomic relevance on understanding human-land-ocean
T181. Non-Traditional Funding for Research: Opportunities interaction and coastal dynamics.
and Challenges
Discipline: Public Policy T186. Estimating the Timing and Characteristics of Continental
Advocates: Erik R. Hankin; Maeve A. Boland; Kasey S. White Earthquakes from Geologic Data
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology; Tectonics/Tectonophysics;
Non-traditional mechanisms for research funding, such as Geomorphology
Internet crowdfunding and federal prizes, are increasing, along Advocates: Mark Quigley; Timothy Stahl
with the share of research funded outside the federal government.
This session will examine advantages and limitations of this shift. We seek contributions focused on determining the timing,
source locations, magnitudes, and shaking characteristics of
T182. Similar Information, Different Results: Fracking from paleoearthquakes through careful study of landslides, rockfall
State to State (Posters) deposits, liquefaction features, sedimentary deposits, and/or other
Disciplines: Public Policy; Environmental Geoscience; Oil/Gas/ geologic, geomorphic, and biologic phenomena.
Alternative Energy
Advocates: R. Laurence Davis; Christopher P. Carlson
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