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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
KARST T119. Pseudokarst: “Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing…”
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; National Cave and Karst
T115. Advances in Cave and Karst: A Tribute to the Research Institute
Distinguished Career of E. Calvin Alexander Jr. Disciplines: Karst, Geomorphology, Planetary Geology
Advocates: Patricia N. Kambesis; Jason Polk; Max Cooper
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Geobiology &
Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Documentation and study of pseudokarst, a landscape resem-
Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Quaternary bling karst in morphology and sometimes function, lags behind
Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Planetary Geology that of traditional karst studies. This session provides a venue for
Division; International Association of Hydrogeologists; Karst Waters research on all aspects of pseudokarst.
Institute; Minnesota Groundwater Association; National Cave and
Karst Research Institute; National Ground Water Association T120. Sinkholes, Cave Collapses, and Closed Depressions:
Exploring the Mechanisms and Consequences of Sinkholes
Disciplines: Karst, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; NCKRI
Disciplines: Karst, Geomorphology, Geoscience and Public Policy
Advocates: Yongli Gao; J.M. Feinberg; Daniel H. Doctor Advocates: Jason Polk; Patricia N. Kambesis
This session honors Dr. Calvin Alexander Jr. and his contri- This session is intended to explore sinkholes (dolines) around
butions in many aspects of cave and karst studies, ranging the globe, including, but not limited to, cover collapses, cave
from hydrogeology, geomorphology, geochemistry, micro collapse, subsidence, urban sinkhole formation, and other
biology, resource management, hazard assessment, and extra- processes, mechanisms, and remediation techniques in karst and
terrestrial karst. non-karst terrains.
T116. Karst Critical Zone Evolution: The Rapid Responses T121. Voids and Their Resources: Intersections of Research and
of Carbonate Systems to Changes in Climate, Sea Level, Policy in Karst Terrains
Groundwater Pumping, and Land Cover/Land-Use Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Geology and Society Division;
National Cave and Karst Research Institute; U.S. Forest Service
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Environmental and Disciplines: Karst, Geoscience and Public Policy, Hydrogeology
Engineering Geology Division; Karst Waters Institute; International Advocates: Benjamin W. Tobin; Johanna Kovarik
Association of GeoChemistry
We encourage abstracts on studies illustrating the relationship
Disciplines: Karst, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology between research and policy or management in karst and pseudo-
karst terrain.
Advocates: Pamela L. Sullivan; G.L. Macpherson; Jonathan B.
Martin; René M. Price LIMNOGEOLOGY
Karst Critical Zones are governed by rapid carbonate mineral
reaction rates; as such, climatic or anthropogenic disturbances
that change salinity, vegetation, precipitation, temperature, resi-
dence time, and/or flow patterns can significantly alter their
structure and function.
T117. Karst Investigations in the Digital Age T122. A Celebration of Lakes—Past and Present GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; National Cave and Karst Cosponsors: GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary
Research Institute; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology
Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division Division; Paleontological Society
Disciplines: Karst, Geoinformatics, Engineering Geology Disciplines: Limnogeology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology,
Paleoecology/Taphonomy
Advocates: Cory W. BlackEagle; Douglas R. Gouzie
Advocates: Scott W. Starratt; Johan C. Varekamp
This session will examine the use of digital data and methods to
study karst features in scientific, engineering, planning, and cave This session celebrates lake science for and from a worldwide
exploration projects, including GIS, spatial analysis, remote audience. Lakes are important freshwater reservoirs, and
sensing, and other emerging digital methods. their sediments are archives of global change, pollution, and
ecological succession.
T118. Karst Systems in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; National Cave and Karst
Research Institute; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM
(Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Disciplines: Karst, Geomorphology, Hydrogeology 25−28 SEPTEMBER
Advocates: Lewis Land; Victor J. Polyak
Karst in arid environments is distinctly different from karst
phenomena formed in more humid regions. We welcome papers Denver, Colorado, USA
on karst-related topics including geomorphology, hydrology,
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