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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T193. Quantifying Geomorphic Processes and Rates of T197. No Dates: No Rates—Utilizing Geochronometers to
Landscape Evolution Quantify Rates of Geomorphic Processes or Archaeological
Development over a Wide Range of Temporal and Spatial
Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Scales
Division
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Geochemistry, Quaternary Geology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA
Karst Division
Advocates: Arjun M. Heimsath; Paul R. Bierman
Disciplines: Archaeological Geology, Quaternary Geology
This session explores how methods such as cosmogenic
nuclides, apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry, U-series geo- Advocates: Shannon A. Mahan; Ronald Counts; James K.
chemistry, luminescence, and chemical mass balances quantify Feathers; Amanda Keen-Zebert; Kenneth Lepper; Michelle
relationships between climate, tectonics, and erosion. Summa Nelson; Christina Neudorf; Joel Q.G. Spencer
T194. The Aeolian Realm: Dunes, Dust, and Loess The intent of this session is to bring together scientists and stu-
dents who have been instrumental in methodological develop-
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology ments for or applications of radiocarbon, optically stimulated
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division luminescence, and cosmogenic nuclide dating.
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Sediments, Clastic, .PLANETARY GEOLOGY
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
T198. Apatite as a Versatile Tool for Enabling Planetary Science
Advocates: Nick Lancaster; William Johnson; Mark Sweeney
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
This session will explore research focused on all aspects of aeo-
lian processes and landforms including dunes (coastal and inland), Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Petrology, Igneous, Geochemistry
dust and loess, as well as exploring Quaternary analogs of ancient
aeolian systems. Advocates: Jessica Jane Barnes; Francis McCubbin; Jeremy
W. Boyce
T195. Undergraduate Research Talks: The Next Step in
Student Research Projects This transdisciplinary session focuses on solving geological
problems now and in the future through investigations of the
Cosponsors: GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA occurrence, chronology, volatile inventories, and chemistries of
Geoinformatics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics apatite in planetary materials (including Earth) and relevant
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology petrologic experiments.
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA T199. Basalt Weathering on Earth and Mars
Hydrogeology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA
Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Karst Division Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Environmental Geoscience, Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy/
Structural Geology Crystallography
Advocates: Jacqueline A. Smith; Bradley G. Johnson; Edward C. Advocates: Melissa S. Rice; Leslie L. Baker; Michael D. Kraft
Hansen
This session explores basalt weathering processes and products
This oral session provides a venue for undergraduate students under various environmental conditions on Earth and Mars.
and recent graduates to present talks on completed research proj- Abstracts are solicited on field studies, laboratory simulations,
ects. Students may submit abstracts for research in any subdisci- geochemical modeling, and/or remote sensing observations.
pline of geology, earth science, or environmental science.
T200. Boundary-Related Impact Cratering and Volcanism
.ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; Lunar and
T196. Advances in Geoarchaeology Planetary Institute (LPI); Cushman Foundation; Paleontological
Research Institution
Cosponsors: GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Soils
and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geochemistry, Paleontology,
Sedimentary Geology Division Diversity, Extinction, Origination
Disciplines: Archaeological Geology, Geomorphology, Soils Advocates: Philippe Claeys; David A. Kring
Advocates: Laura R. Murphy; Kathleen Nicoll Emerging studies are fueling new debate about the role of
impact cratering in boundary events, such as the Triassic-
This session will serve as a forum for researchers to present Jurassic, Cretaceous-Tertiary, and Paleocene-Eocene, and,
novel approaches being developed or applied within geoarchaeol- simultaneously, the role of volcanism or impact-enhanced volca-
ogy. We welcome methodological and theoretical papers that seek nism in boundary intervals.
to push the current boundaries of the discipline.
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