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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
GSA TODAY | MAY 2016 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE T30. Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Cosponsor: Sigma Gamma Epsilon
T26. Biogeochemical Redox Cycling of Metals and Radionuclides Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Paleontology,
Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, Hydrogeology
Cosponsor: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Advocates: Aaron W. Johnson; James C. Walters
Volcanology Division
The goal of this session is to highlight recent and on-going
Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Geochemistry, undergraduate research in a student-friendly forum. The session
Geomicrobiology is open to students and faculty co-authors working in any area of
the geosciences.
Advocates: Karrie A. Weber; Kate M. Campbell
T31. Water Quality and Aqueous Contaminants
This session will explore natural and engineered abiotic and Cosponsor: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
biotic redox cycling of metals and radionuclides in paleo- and Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Geochemistry,
modern environments. Hydrogeology
Advocates: James Besancon; Rudolph Hon; Jessica E. Witt
T27. Find Your Park (and Other Public Lands)—One Internship at
a Time: Two Decades of Providing Career Development Water quality protection depends on knowledge of how contami-
Opportunities in Public Lands for Students and Recent Graduates nants enter the water supply. We seek contributions from those
analyzing the sources and transport of contaminants in agricul-
Cosponsor: GSA Geology and Society Division tural and public water supplies.
Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Geoscience Education, T32. Water Treatment and Beneficial Reuse of Produced Water
Geoscience Information/Communication from Oil and Gas Operations
Cosponsor: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Advocates: Elizabeth Norby; Matthew Dawson; Krista Rogers Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Geoscience and Public
Policy, Engineering Geology
The Geoscientists-in-the-Parks and GeoCorpsTM America Advocates: Andrea C. Blaine; Tzahi Y. Cath; Terri S. Hogue;
Programs provide professional development and resource Karl D. Fennessey
management opportunities on public lands for geoscience
students and others pursuing careers in STEM fields. This To help minimize the impacts of energy production on water
session highlights the scientific accomplishments of these resources, produced water from oil and gas operations can be
internship programs. treated for beneficial reuse. To achieve this, economic, liability,
regulatory, and social barriers must be addressed.
T28. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Assessing Environmental
Impact of Mining GEOCHEMISTRY
Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology T33. Beyond EARTHTIME: Accuracy and a Multi-Chronometer
Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Time Scale
Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Cosponsor: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Petrology, and Volcanology Division Volcanology Division
Disciplines: Geochemistry, Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction,
Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Hydrogeology, Origination, Volcanology
Geochemistry Advocates: Matthew T. Heizler; Brad S. Singer; Mark D. Schmitz
Advocates: JoAnn M. Holloway; Kate M. Campbell; Suzette A. EARTHTIME has entered ultra-high precision geochronology,
Morman seeking to unravel complex earth-system processes. Our challenge
is to improve the accuracy of each dating method. We will gather
This session explores interdisciplinary approaches to assessing to evaluate these challenges and highlight new opportunities.
environmental and human health effects of historical and projected
mining activity. 25−28 SEPTEMBER
T29. Intersections of Sustainability and Geosciences
Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Disciplines: Environmental Geoscience, Geoscience Education,
Geoscience Information/Communication
Advocates: Leslie North; Robert Brinkmann
Papers are sought for this session on sustainability and the
geosciences. This session seeks to highlight works that combine
the fields of sustainability and geoscience to examine or educate
about environmental and/or societal problems.
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