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GSA TODAY | SEPTEMBER 2016Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS
SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION Abstract deadline: 6 Dec. 2016
51st Annual Meeting of the South-Central Submit online: www.geosociety.org/sections/sc/2017mtg/.
Section, GSA
San Antonio, Texas, USA Abstract submission fee: US$18 for students and US$30
13–14 March 2017 for all others.
www.geosociety.org/Sections/sc/2017mtg/
For additional information, please contact the Technical
Aerial overview of the Canyon Lake spillway of south-central Texas. Photo by Larry Walther. Program Chair, David Turner, dturner2@stmarytx.edu.
Geosciences in the Heart of Texas Theme Sessions
LOCATION T1. Advances in Understanding Precambrian to Cenozoic
San Antonio is a vibrant, multicultural city with scenic water- Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes and their Bearing
on Lithospheric Evolution of Southern Laurentia.
ways, culinary treasures, and easy access to geology ranging from Elizabeth Catlos, Univ. of Texas at Austin; ejcatlos@gmail
urban caves to Precambrian rocks of the Llano Uplift. The city .com; Michael DeAngelis, Univ. of Arkansas Little Rock,
boasts a wide range of local attractions, including the Spanish mtdeangelis@ualr.edu; Richard Hansen, Texas Christian
Missions National Historic Park, the Riverwalk, Six Flags Fiesta Univ., r.hanson@tcu.edu.
Texas, world-class museums, and a thriving culinary scene
ranging from street food to five-star fare. We have developed a T2. Advances in the Application and Development of
technical program that explores a wide range of geologic processes Terrestrial Paleoclimate Proxies. Cosponsored by Soils and
and related topics, and our meeting coincides with some of the Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Geobiology
best weather of the year, providing opportunities for spectacular and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Karst Division. Marina
field trips across the south Texas region. Suarez, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, Marina.Suarez@
40 utsa.edu; Steven Driese, Baylor Univ., Steven_Driese@baylor
.edu; Dan Breeker, Univ. of Texas at Austin, breecker@
jsg.utexas.edu.
T3. Advances in Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and
Geochemistry of Carbonates and Mixed Carbonate Clastic
Systems. Cosponsored by GSA Karst Division; GSA
Sedimentary Geology Division. Dan Lehrmann, Trinity Univ.,
dlehrmann@trinity.edu; Andre Droxler, Rice Univ., andre@
rice.edu.
T4. The Impact of Oceanographic Conditions, Oaes, and
Volcanism on an Unconventional Reservoir System: The
Late Cretaceous Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk Groups of
the Gulf Coast. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology
Division. Alexis Godet, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, Alexis
.Godet@utsa.edu; Michael Pope, Texas A&M Univ.,
mcpope@tamu.edu; Robert Stern, Univ. of Texas at Dallas,
rjstern@utdallas.edu; Jon Snow, Univ. of Houston, jesnow@
uh.edu; Steve Bergman, Shell International Exploration and
Production (Houston), scbergman@sbcglobal.net.
T5. Micro- to Macroscopic Evidence of Life and its Implications
for the Evolution and Interpretation of the Biosphere in
Earth Systems. Cosponsored by GSA Geobiology and
Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Karst Division. Stephen
Hasiotis, Univ. of Kansas, hasiotis@ku.edu; Thomas Adams,
Witte Museum, thomasadams@wittemuseum.org; William
Foster, Univ. of Texas at Austin, wfoster@jsg.utexas.edu;
Sophie Warny, Louisiana State Univ., swarny@lsu.edu.
T6. Karst: From Sinkholes to Springs and Everything in
Between. Cosponsored by GSA Karst Division. Geary
Schindel, Edwards Aquifer Authority, gschindel@
edwardsaquifer.org; Jon Sumrall, Sam Houston State Univ.,
karst@shsu.edu; Brian Hunt, Barton Springs/Edwards
Aquifer Conservation District, brianh@bseacd.org.
T7. Planetary Geology. Cosponsored by GSA Karst Division.
Danielle Wyrick, Southwest Research Institute, danielle
.wyrick@swri.org.
