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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T178. LoessFest Part II SEDIMENTS, CARBONATES / CLASTIC GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Soils, Geomorphology T182. Evolution of the Phanerozoic Carbonate Factories:
A Pan-Tropical Perspective of Environmental Change
Advocates: Randall Schaetzl; Daniel R. Muhs
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; International
This session focuses on loess and related eolian systems. Association of Sedimentologists; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary
Participants of the 2016 INQUA LoessFest are especially welcome Geology), American Association of Petroleum Geologists;
to present in this session. Paleontological Society
T179. Quaternary Geochronometers: Applications of Multi- Disciplines: Sediments, Carbonates, Paleoclimatology/
Technique Approaches in Geomorphology and Archaeology Paleoceanography, Stratigraphy
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Advocates: Juan Carlos Silva-Tamayo; Moyra Wilson; Juan Carlos
Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division Laya-Pereira; Simon Mitchell
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, We welcome contributions that investigate the effects of global
Archaeological Geology environmental change on ancient/recent carbonate systems. This
includes investigations/modeling of the effects of global environ-
Advocates: Harrison Gray; Kerry Riley; Michelle Summa Nelson mental change on the biogeochemistry/biologic activity in past,
present, and future oceans.
This session investigates the use of multiple geochronometers to
reconstruct the timing of Earth’s surface processes. We encourage T183. Microporosity—What We Know and What We Don’t
research that applies Quaternary geochronologic dating tech-
niques and discusses concordance and inconsistencies in the data. Cosponsor: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
T180. The Legacy of Herbert E. Wright Jr.: Seminal Disciplines: Sediments, Carbonates, Energy Geology, Engineering
Contributions toward Understanding Interactions among Geology
Quaternary Climate, Landscape Processes, Vegetation, and
Human Society Advocates: Franciszek Hasiuk; Stephen Kaczmarek
Cosponsors: American Quaternary Association; GSA Microporosity is an important component of carbonate pore
Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; systems that affects rock properties. This session provides a forum
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division for researchers to present their latest insights into the origin and
diagenesis of carbonate micropores.
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Limnogeology, Archaeological
Geology T184. New Insights to the Dynamics of Stratigraphy and
Sedimentation (Posters)
Advocates: Emi Ito; Daniel R. Engstrom; Cathy Whitlock; Julie
K. Stein Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society
for Sedimentary Geology)
This session honors the contributions of Herbert E. Wright Jr.
(1917–2015) to our understanding of Quaternary environments Disciplines: Sediments, Carbonates, Sediments, Clastic, Marine/
and climate. Wright helped establish Quaternary science as a Coastal Science
viable and important discipline in North American universities.
Advocates: Gary L. Gianniny; Vitor Abreu
T181. Undergraduate Research Talks: The Next Step in Student
Research Projects This session welcomes student scientific contributions on sedi-
mentary geology. Topics can range broadly from studies of ancient
Cosponsors: Council on Undergraduate Research Geosciences to modern sediments, carbonates to clastics, and sedimentary
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; processes and their products in the geologic record.
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Limnogeology
Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division T185. Autogenic and Allogenic Controls and Morphodynamic
Responses of Large Fluvial Fans (Fluvial Megafans)
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Structural Geology,
Environmental Geoscience Cosponsors: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA
Sedimentary Geology Division
Advocates: Jacqueline A. Smith; Bradley G. Johnson; Edward
C. Hansen Disciplines: Sediments, Clastic, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology
This session provides a venue for undergraduate students and Advocates: Jianqiao Wang; Andrew Leier
recent graduates to present talks on completed research projects.
Students may submit abstracts for research projects in any subdis- We welcome contributions from ancient and modern datasets as
cipline of geology, earth science, or environmental science. well as experiments and mathematical modeling to explore the rela-
tive role of autogenic and allogenic controls on formation of large
fluvial fans, their morphodynamics, and sedimentary evolution.
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