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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
GSA TODAY | MAY 2016 T170. Sedimentary Records in the Solar System We encourage abstract submissions related to geomorphic,
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary geophysical, and topographic studies of Ceres, including analyses
Geology Division of Dawn data, telescopic observations, and/or numerical models.
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Sediments, Clastic, Stratigraphy
Advocates: R. Aileen Yingst; Melissa S. Rice; Sanjeev Gupta QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
This session explores analysis of sedimentary records to deci- T175. Aeolian Processes in Time and Space: Evidence from
pher surface processes and geological evolution to better under- Landforms and Sediments
stand how reading the sediment record can inform on particulate
and fluid flow on planetary surfaces. Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division;
International Society for Aeolian Research; GSA Sedimentary Geology
T171. Small-Scale Records of Impact Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Sediments,
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Petrology, Igneous, Petrology, Clastic
Metamorphic
Advocate: Aaron J. Cavosie Advocates: Alan F. Halfen; Nicholas Lancaster; William C.
Johnson; Tammy M. Rittenour; Ryan Ewing
Microstructural and geochemical investigations of impact
records at microscopic and smaller scales are providing unprec- This session will explore research focused on all aspects of
edented insights on impact histories. This session welcomes aeolian processes and landforms including, but not limited to,
contributions describing new approaches to unraveling small- geochronological studies and other empirical, theoretical, and
scale records of impact processes. applied perspectives.
T172. Tectonic, Volcanic, and Volcanotectonic Processes on T176. Hydrologic Response to Abrupt Climate Change in the
Rocky Planetary Bodies Southwestern U.S.
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division Cosponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics,
Volcanology Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimatology/
Advocates: Paul K. Byrne; Christian Klimczak Paleoceanography
This session solicits abstracts on tectonic, volcanic, or volcano- Advocates: Jeffrey S. Pigati; Kathleen B. Springer
tectonic landforms or processes on Solar System rocky bodies, and
encompasses surface geology, interior and thermal evolution, and This session focuses on the response of various hydrologic
comparative planetary studies with observational, experimental, systems, including lakes, rivers, wetlands, and caves, to episodes
or theoretical approaches. of abrupt climate change during the late Quaternary.
T173. The Evolution of Mars from Mantle through Crust: New T177. Insights and Challenges for Geomorphic, Geologic, and
Views from Petrology and Geochemistry Paleoseismic Investigations in the Rocky Mountain–Central
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, U.S. Transition Region (New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division and Montana)
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Petrology, Igneous, Geochemistry
Advocates: Arya Udry; Juliane Gross Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA
This session solicits abstracts addressing magmatic processes Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Association of
involving the evolution of the martian mantle and crust through Environmental and Engineering Geologists; Association of
petrological and geochemical analyses of martian meteorites, Environmental and Engineering Geologists–Rocky Mountain
laboratory experiments, and spacecraft data. Section; Colorado Geological Survey; Colorado Scientific Society
T174. The Geology of Dwarf Planet Ceres Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Tectonics/
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division Tectonophysics
Discipline: Planetary Geology
Advocates: Debra L. Buczkowski; Jennifer E.C. Scully; Thomas B. Advocates: Mark S. Zellman; Dean Ostenaa; Richard W. Briggs;
McCord; David A. Williams Will Levandowski
We look for submissions to highlight new findings and
approaches related to the Quaternary tectonics and geomor-
phology in the Rocky Mountain–CEUS transition region of inher-
ited structure, neo-tectonic transition, low fault-slip rates, and
geomorphic diversity.
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