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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
GSA TODAY | MAY 2016 PETROLOGY, IGNEOUS / METAMORPHIC T157. Mineral Equilibria, Fluid Flow, and Metamorphism:
A Celebration of John Ferry’s Career
T153. Alkaline Rocks: In Honor and Memory of Daniel S. Barker
Cosponsor: Mineralogical Society of America
Cosponsor: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Volcanology Division Disciplines: Petrology, Metamorphic, Geochemistry, Mineralogy/
Crystallography
Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous, Mineralogy/Crystallography,
Geochemistry Advocates: Sarah Penniston-Dorland; Gregory Dipple; Douglas
Rumble III; Sarah K. Carmichael
Advocates: Don F. Parker; John C. White; Kevin M. Urbanczyk;
Leon E. Long This session will focus on mineral equilibria, the composition of
metamorphic fluids, determination of fluid fluxes in metamorphic
Daniel S. Barker was an enthusiastic and long-term contributor environments, and the pathways taken by metamorphic fluids.
to our knowledge concerning the origin, evolution, geochemistry,
and mineralogy of alkaline rocks. This session will honor his T158. Partitioning of Chlorine and Associated Halogens
achievements. between Minerals, Melts, and Brines
T154. Recent Advances in Understanding Magmatism along and Cosponsors: Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy,
within the Northern North American Cordillera Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Cosponsors: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Disciplines: Petrology, Metamorphic, Petrology, Igneous,
Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Structural Geology Planetary Geology
and Tectonics Division
Advocates: David M. Jenkins; Eric L. Johnson; James D. Webster;
Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Francis McCubbin
Structural Geology
This session encourages abstracts dealing with the interaction
Advocates: Matthew E. Brueseke; Jeff Benowitz; Jeffrey M. Trop; of chlorine and associated halogens between minerals, melts, and
Paul W. Layer brines toward understanding the concentrations, cycling, and
evolution of chlorine-bearing fluids and melts in terrestrial and
Magmatism in the northern Cordillera is the result of diverse planetary settings.
tectonic phenomena, including subduction, strike-slip, and
extensional processes along convergent and transform margins. PLANETARY GEOLOGY
This session highlights research in the northern Cordillera
aimed at understanding links between magmatism and plate T159. Ceres’ Surface Composition as an Indication of Interior
tectonic processes. Evolution
T155. Fifty Years of Innovation in Petrology and Orogenic Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy,
Systems: A Tribute to Lincoln Hollister Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics/
Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Geodynamics
Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Advocates: Jennifer E.C. Scully; Thomas B. McCord; Debra L.
Disciplines: Petrology, Metamorphic, Petrology, Igneous, Buczkowski; David A. Williams
Tectonics/Tectonophysics
The aim of this session is to weave together geochemical,
Advocates: Harold Stowell; Bernardo Cesare; Lukas Baumgartner mineralogical, geological, and geophysical studies into a coherent
evolutionary history of dwarf planet Ceres.
This session highlights new developments in metamorphic
petrology and tectonics that build on fundamental contributions T160. Friends of Hoth: Satellites of the Outer Solar System
made by Dr. Lincoln Hollister. We seek contributions that
enhance our understanding of metamorphic rocks, orogenic Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural
systems, and crustal growth. Geology and Tectonics Division
T156. Heat and Mass Transfer through Earth’s Crust during Discipline: Planetary Geology
Metamorphism
Advocates: D. Alex Patthoff; Emily S. Martin
Cosponsor: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Volcanology Division We seek abstracts relating to surface, structural, and tectonic
processes; interior and thermal evolution; and planetary analogs
Disciplines: Petrology, Metamorphic, Tectonics/Tectonophysics as they pertain to solid bodies in the outer solar system. This
includes experimental, observational, and theoretical approaches.
Advocates: Andrew J. Smye; Mark J. Caddick
This session will consider the mechanisms responsible for heat
and mass transfer through Earth’s crust during metamorphism.
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