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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T185. Geomorphology of Human-Altered Landscapes T189. Landscapes in the Anthropocene
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary
Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Soils Geology Division
and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Hydrogeology
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Archaeological Geology, Soils
Advocates: Rónadh Cox; José Antonio Constantine;
Advocates: Anne J. Jefferson; Stephanie S. Day J. Wesley Lauer
Throughout history humans have shaped landscapes around Advances in understanding landscape evolution are paving the
them. This session explores human influences on geomorphic way to successfully coupling hydrological and climate-change
processes and landforms, across land uses, from pre-history models with predictions of landscape adjustment. We seek
to today, with the goal of identifying the fingerprints of abstracts investigating the relationships between various earth
human activity. systems and landscape response.
T186. Heterogeneity in Landscape Evolution: Geomorphic T190. Linking Physical and Ecological Processes
Response to Spatially and Temporally Variable Forcings from Source-to-Sink to Investigate Multi-Scale
Response to Restoration
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Geology and Tectonics Division; Future of Tectonics Initiative Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental and
Engineering Geology Division
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Sediments,
Clastic Disciplines: Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, Environmental
Geoscience
Advocates: Sarah A. Schanz; Charles M. Shobe
Advocates: Andrew C. Wilcox; Amy East; Jon Major
Landscapes adjust to spatial and temporal heterogeneity in rock
and sediment properties as well as climatic and tectonic variabil- This session will provide a forum for sharing emerging research
ity. We welcome field, modeling, and experimental studies that on ecogeomorphic processes and watershed-scale response to
explore transient landscape response to heterogeneous drivers. restoration from source-to-sink, and to look ahead at future direc-
tions in this field.
T187. How, and Under What Conditions, Does Weathering
Influence Surface Processes? T191. Looking to the Past to Understand the Future: Glacial
Chronology and Process
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Interest Group Division; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Soils, Sediments, Clastic Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology,
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Advocates: Martha Cary Eppes; Gregory S. Hancock; Greg M.
Stock; Bernard Hallet Advocates: Lee B. Corbett; Paul R. Bierman; P. Thompson Davis
Physical and chemical weathering strongly influence subse- This session focuses on understanding Earth’s glaciers through
quent landscape evolution. We request work that explores the lens of chronology and/or process, with an emphasis on using
(1) mechanistic links/feedbacks between weathering and surface past glacier behavior to illuminate possible future glacier behavior
processes, and/or (2) driving/limiting factors (climate, rock- in the face of modern climate change.
type, regolith thickness, etc.) controlling weathering–surface-
process linkages. T192. Mountain Glaciation and Climate Change of the Past
and Present in the Western Americas
T188. Interrelationship between Tectonic Uplift and
Quaternary Glaciations on the Tibetan Plateau and Its Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Surrounding Mountains Division
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology,
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Advocates: Zhijiu Cui; Yingkui Li; Jonathan M. Harbor; Chaolu Yi Advocates: Benjamin J. Laabs; Eric M. Leonard; Mitchell Plummer
This session focuses on recent advances in Quaternary glacia- Investigations of mountain glaciation in the western Americas
tions and landscape evolution research on the Tibetan Plateau and span a broad range of latitudes and yield valuable insights into
its surrounding mountains, and aims to discuss the interrelation- climatic change. This session brings together studies of past and
ship between tectonic uplift and Quaternary glaciations. present mountain glaciation.
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