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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Advocates: Barrett T. Dixon; Jacob A. Covault; Brian W. Romans; Soils
Steve M. Hubbard
T200. Hillslope Dynamics: Integrating Soils, Hydrology, and
The North American Atlantic continental margin has a Climatic Processes to Understand Weathering and Sediment
complex geological history. As governments, academia, and Transport on Drainage Basin Slopes
industry refocus on this margin, this session will highlight Disciplines: Soils; Hydrogeology; Geomorphology
research characterizing this geographically vast and geologically Advocates: Eric V. McDonald; J. Bruce J. Harrison; Michael Young
diverse area.
Hillslope dynamics: integrating soils, hydrology, and climatic
T197. Sedimentary Basins processes to understand weathering and sediment transport on
Disciplines: Sediments, Clastic; Sediments, Carbonates; drainage basin slopes.
Stratigraphy
Advocate: D. Jeffrey Over T201. Modifications to the Pedosphere during the Holocene
and Anthropocene: Examination of Past, Present, and Future
This section will cover current research associated with the Soil Dynamics
sedimentation and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins. Disciplines: Soils; Environmental Geoscience; Archaeological
Geology
T198. Shale Gas Basins: Their Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Advocates: Phillip P. Allen; Philip Greenwood
Environments, Tectonics, and Structural Evolution (Posters)
Disciplines: Sediments, Clastic; Structural Geology; Tectonics/ Soil formation, transformation, and erosion are essential
Tectonophysics; Oil/Gas/Alternative Energy components of the geological cycle and have fundamental societal
Advocates: Ibrahim Çemen; Jack C. Pashin; James O. Puckette; significance. The current debate about pedological resilience and
Denise J. Hills sustainability benefits from studies of soil-climate-human inter-
actions in the recent past.
This forum will facilitate discussion and exchange of ideas and
encourage collaboration to help design research methods to test T202. Paleosol Case Studies: Resurrecting Ancient Critical
important questions related to different geological problems asso- Zones through Space and Time
ciated with shale-gas basins throughout the world. Disciplines: Soils; Sediments, Clastic; Paleoclimatology/
Paleoceanography
T199. Tracks in the Mud: Advances and Techniques in Advocates: Emily J. Beverly; R. Hunter Harlow;
Vertebrate Ichnology William E. Lukens
Disciplines: Sediments, Clastic; Paleontology, Paleoecology/
Taphonomy; Archaeological Geology Paleosols record dynamic processes operating on past land-
Advocates: Matthew R. Bennett; Peter L. Falkingham scapes. We welcome case studies focusing on terrestrial paleo
climatology, particularly those utilizing paleosols to understand
Vertebrate tracks, whatever the substrate or track-maker spatial and temporal changes in Critical Zones of the past.
(ancient human or extinct dinosaur), catch the imagination.
The community of engaged researchers is interdisciplinary, T203. Soil Water in the Hydrosphere and Biosphere
and this session will reflect this sharing knowledge, experi- Disciplines: Soils; Hydrogeology; Quaternary Geology
ence, and best practice. Advocates: Michael Young; Todd G. Caldwell
Soil water content is a vital determinant of critical zone GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
processes, influencing climate, evapotranspiration, runoff, and
recharge processes. We solicit research that highlights the impor-
tance of soil water on hydrological processes.
T204. The Reactive Soil: Processes at the Bio-Geo Interface in
the Rhizosphere
Disciplines: Soils; Geochemistry; Geomicrobiology
Advocates: Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad; Marjorie Schulz;
Megan Andrews
Biogeochemical reactions of the rhizosphere control soil
development, sediment formation, nutrient and water avail-
ability, and carbon cycling. We seek to better understand these
processes. We seek submissions from any laboratory, field, and/
or modeling studies.
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