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Preliminary Announcement and Call for PapersGSA TODAY | SEPTEMBER 2015Symposium
SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION S1. Fossil Vertebrates from the Gulf Coastal Plain.
Judith Schiebout, Louisiana State University, jschie@lsu.edu;
50th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Gary Stringer, University of Louisiana at Monroe, stringer@
Section, GSA ulm.edu.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
21–22 March 2016 Theme Sessions
www.geosociety.org/Sections/sc/2016mtg/
T1. Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region: Past, Present,
The Horace Wilkinson Bridge in Baton Rouge. and Future. Brian Schubert, University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, schubert@louisiana.edu; Grant Harley, University
Baton Rouge is located on the banks of the Mississippi River of Southern Mississippi, grant.harley@usm.edu.
just upstream from the famous delta that is building out into
the Gulf of Mexico. The region is a classic area for the study of T2. Flow through Carbonate Aquifers and Reservoirs. Carol
fluvial sedimentology, coastal geology, as well as hydrocarbon Wicks, Louisiana State University, cwicks@lsu.edu.
systems and salt tectonics. The region is strongly affected by
hurricane systems from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as by recent T3. Big Geoscientific Problems in the South-Central Region.
sea-level rises that endanger fragile wetlands in the delta and Robert J Stern, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, rjstern@utdallas.edu;
lower river reaches. Kevin Mickus, Missouri State University, kevinmickus@
CALL FOR PAPERS missouristate.edu; Raphael Gottardi, University of
Abstract deadline: 15 Dec. 2015 Louisiana at Lafayette, rxg0121@louisiana.edu.
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/sections/sc/2016mtg/.
T4. The Geochemistry of Sedimentary Systems. David Borrok,
Abstract submission fee: US$15 for students and US$20 for all University of Louisiana at Lafayette, dborrok@louisiana.edu;
others. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Achim Hermann, Louisiana State University, aherrmann@
Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. Please lsu.edu.
check www.geosociety.org/sections/sc/2016mtg/ for descrip-
tions and the most current listing of technical sessions. T5. Petroleum Geology of the Gulf of Mexico. Peter D. Clift,
42 Louisiana State University, pclift@lsu.edu.
T6. Geochemistry and Water Quality of Gulf Coast
Groundwaters. Karen Johannesson, Tulane University,
kjohanne@tulane.edu; Ningfang Yang, Tulane University,
nyang@tulane.edu.
T7. Subsidence, Accretion: Coastal Depletion? Christopher
Esposito, Tulane University, cesposit@tulane.edu; Elizabeth
L. Chamberlain, Tulane University, echambe1@tulane.edu;
Krista L. Jankowski, Tulane University, kjankows@tulane.edu.
T8. Hazards Related to Induced Earthquakes. Randel T. Cox,
University of Memphis, randycox@memphis.edu; Arleen A.
Hill, University of Memphis, aahill@memphis.edu; Jian Chen,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, jchen@louisiana.edu.
T9. Coastal and Shelf Sediment Transport Processes and
Products of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Sam Bentley,
Louisiana State University, sjb@lsu.edu; Kehui Xu,
Louisiana State University, kxu@lsu.edu; Jeff Obelcz,
Louisiana State University, jobelc1@lsu.edu; Jiaze Wang,
Louisiana State University, jwang72@lsu.edu; Crawford
White, Louisiana State University.
T10. Fluvial Forms and Processes with Special Focus on Gulf
Coast Rivers. Kory Konsoer, Louisiana State University,
kkonsoer@lsu.edu; Jeff Nittrouer, Rice University,
nittrouer@rice.edu; Inci Güneralp, Texas A&M, iguneralp
@geos.tamu.edu.
T11. Toward Sustainable Water Systems: Impacts of Climate
Variability and Changing Demands. Emad Habib,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, habib@louisiana.edu;
Ning Zhang, McNeese State University, nzhang.mcneese@
gmail.com; Robert Miller, C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates,
robert@fenstermaker.com.
T12. Computational Geosciences and Data Visualization.
Margarete Jadamec, University of Houston, mjadamec@
central.uh.edu; Matthew Knepley, Rice University, kneply@
rice.edu; M. Burak Yikilmaz, University of California Davis,
mbyikilmaz@ucdavis.edu.
