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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Topical Sessions
HYDROGEOLOGY Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Geoscience and Public Policy,
Engineering Geology
T1. Twenty-First Century Rock Flow Properties
and Processes: 3D Printing, Digital Rock Physics, Advocates: Randy Hunt; Henk Haitjema; Jordan Read
and Hydrogeophysics
Decision-making requires quantitative frameworks to assess
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geoinformatics cost-benefit and tradeoffs between competing societal needs. This
Division, GSA Karst Division session seeks to explore the range of applied modeling approaches
brought to bear to address today’s economic and environmental
Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Karst, Sediments, Carbonates issues.
Advocates: Michael C. Sukop; Lee J. Florea; Franciszek Hasiuk T5. Arsenic and Other Geogenic Contaminants in
Groundwater Resources: Linking Water Quality,
We encourage novel studies that employ high-tech methods (3D Food Security, and Treatment
printing, hydrogeophysics, computed tomography, high resolution
stratigraphy, etc.) to describe and interpret the processes that con- Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and
trol flow through natural groundwater pore systems. Health Division; GSA International/International Interdisciplinary
Interest Group; International Society of Groundwater for
T2. A Showcase of Undergraduate Research in Hydrogeology Sustainable Development (ISGSD); International Medical Geology
(Posters) Association; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; Council on
Undergraduate Research Geosciences Division Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Geology and Health, Environmental
Geoscience
Discipline: Hydrogeology
Advocates: Prosun Bhattacharya; Abhijit Mukherjee;
Advocates: Kallina M. Dunkle; Susan Swanson; Samuel J. Smidt; Saugata Datta; Mohammad Alauddin; Karen Johannesson;
Christopher S. Lowry Jochen Bundschuh; Arslan Ahmad
This session is designed for undergraduates presenting research The fate, transport, and effects of arsenic and other metals in
and senior theses in the field of hydrogeology. Prizes will be groundwater and other natural water systems from regional to
awarded for top presentations. Employers and graduate advisers local scales will be discussed. This encompasses occurrence,
are encouraged to attend. mobility, biogeochemical cycling, epidemiological, and sustain-
able mitigation.
T3. Advances in Ground-Source Geothermal Energy:
Monitoring and Modeling T6. Cross-Border Community Engagement Using
Geoscience Research, Education, and Outreach
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental
and Engineering Geology Division Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental
and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Karst Division
Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Energy Geology
Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience, Geology
Advocates: Dave Hart; Lee J. Florea and Health
The session includes modeling of the heat flows and sustainability Advocates: Peter S.K. Knappett; Kory Konsoer; Sarah Nagorsen;
of ground-source geothermal systems and methods to monitor Peter J. Wampler
their performance and potential impacts to groundwater.
We are calling for abstracts describing geoscience and interdis-
T4. Approaches to Applied Modeling for Industry ciplinary studies that include cross-border engagement to develop
and the Public mitigation strategies that address unsafe drinking water, poor
sanitation, and natural hazards including landslides, earthquakes,
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and floods, and hurricanes.
Society Division; National Ground Water Association (NGWA);
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
INDUSTRY TRACKS
GSA’s technical program offers sessions relevant to applied geoscientists. Look for these icons,
which identify sessions in the following areas:
Economic Geology Energy Engineering Hydrogeology and
Environmental Geology
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22–25 October 2017 • Seattle, Washington, USA
