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GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

                         Pardee Keynote Symposia

                         Joseph Thomas Pardee (1871–1960)

GSA TODAY | AUGUST 2016    Pardee Keynote Symposia are named in honor of GSA Fellow               Geoscientists have faced questions from the public for many
                         and benefactor Joseph Thomas Pardee (1871–1960) via a bequest          years about the potential impacts of oil and gas production on the
                         from Mary Pardee Kelly. Pardee is perhaps best known for his           environment. This has been ratcheted up with the advent of shale
                         work on Glacial Lake Missoula. These symposia consist of invited       gas development and high volume hydraulic fracturing. Sparse
                         presentations covering a broad range of topics. All symposia take      data and few studies initially caused a great deal of uncertainty,
                         place at the Colorado Convention Center (CCC).                         but an avalanche of investigations in recent years has been
                                                                                                providing solid information. Researchers will present findings on
                         Sunday, 25 Sept.                                                       the future development of oil and gas resources, advances in
                                                                                                extraction, and improvements in understanding the potential
                         P1. Mastery of the Subsurface: The Challenge to Improve                human and environmental health impacts.
                         Subsurface Energy Systems
                                                                                                Tuesday, 27 Sept.
                         When/Where: 1:45–5:30 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
                         Conveners: Claudia I. Mora, George Guthrie, Susan S. Hubbard,          P5. The High Plains Aquifer: Can It be Managed for Today
                         Marianne Walck                                                         and the Future?
                         Cosponsors: Department of Energy; GSA Environmental
                         & Engineering Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and             When/Where: 8 a.m.–noon, CCC, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
                         Tectonics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA                   Conveners: Susan Stover, Rex C. Buchanan
                         Hydrogeology Division                                                  Cosponsors: GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and
                                                                                                Public Policy Committee; GSA Hydrogeology Division; National
                           Subsurface energy sources satisfy more than 80% of total U.S.        Ground Water Association; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division;
                         energy needs. The economic, sustainable, and environmentally           Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); GSA Soils and Soil
                         sound utilization of our subsurface resources poses crosscutting       Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group
                         research and technology challenges: Can we understand, monitor,
                         image, and ultimately predict the behavior of subsurface injected        The High Plains aquifer provides water to portions of eight
                         fluids, the state of stress and seismicity in the subsurface, and the  states, supporting irrigation, feedlots, dairies, ethanol plants, and
                         integrity of a well bore? Can we build the knowledge and tools         communities. For decades, geoscientists have measured, modeled,
                         needed to allow us adaptive control of subsurface fractures and        and communicated the declines of this primary source of water to
                         fluid flow? Speakers will present geological challenges, state of the  help society make informed decisions on its use and management.
                         art, and research goals to meet the subsurface energy challenge.       The documentary examines the conflicts, politics, economics,
                         An open discussion will explore how research activities across         and scarcity that irrigators and residents of west Texas are facing.
                         federal labs, universities, and industry can be integrated to          Are we making an impact?
                         resolving these key challenges in subsurface science.
                                                                                                P3. Exploring the Third Zone: The Geology of Pluto, Charon,
                         Monday, 26 Sept.                                                       and the Kuiper Belt

                         P2. When Oil and Water Mix: Understanding the                          When/Where: 1:30–5:30 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
                         Environmental Impacts of Shale Development                             Conveners: William B. McKinnon, S. Alan Stern, Jeffrey M.
                                                                                                Moore
                         When/Where: 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom                  Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; AGU Planetary
                         2A/3A                                                                  Sciences Section
                         Conveners: Daniel J. Soeder, Michael Focasio, Douglas B. Kent
                         Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental and             NASA’s New Horizons mission has revealed surprisingly
                         Engineering Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA         complex geology on the surfaces of Pluto and Charon. This
                         Geology and Health Division                                            symposium explores the geological diversity and ongoing activity
                                                                                                on present members of the Kuiper belt (the Solar System’s “Third

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