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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T201. Comparative Analyses of Small Body Geology: Dwarf Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Structural Geology
Planets, Protoplanets, Asteroids, and Comets
Advocates: Christian Koeberl; Jeffrey B. Plescia
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
This session focuses on impact cratering processes and effects
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Mineralogy/ across the solar system. We solicit contributions regarding target
Crystallography effects, shock processes, geology, melt, airbursts, and current cra-
tering-rates. Comparisons among different size and composition
Advocate: Debra L. Buczkowski bodies are encouraged.
We encourage abstracts related to geologic, spectroscopic, geo- T206. The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
physical, and compositional analyses of small bodies in the Solar
System, including comparative studies of more than one body, or Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
in-depth studies of a single body.
Discipline: Planetary Geology
T202. Experimental Planetary Geology: Using Laboratory
and Other Experiments to Advance Our Understanding of Advocates: James J. Wray; Danielle Wyrick
Geology on Planetary Bodies
This session will honor the 2017 winner of the Planetary
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Geology Division’s G.K. Gilbert Award, highlighting recent
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division contributions in the awardee’s field of research.
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, T207. Volcanism and Tectonism across the Solar System
Structural Geology
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Advocates: Devon M. Burr; Danielle Wyrick
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Volcanology, Tectonics/
This session encompasses experimental investigations that Tectonophysics
focused on geologic processes and landforms. All types of experi-
mental work across kinematic, temperature, pressure, and chemi- Advocates: Paul K. Byrne; Christian Klimczak
cal conditions are encouraged, especially investigations into
unusual or poorly understood phenomena. This session solicits abstracts on volcanic, tectonic, or volcano-
tectonic landforms and processes on Solar System bodies, and
T203. Exploring Ceres and Vesta: Continuing Discoveries of encompasses surface geology, interior and thermal evolution, and
the Dawn Mission comparative planetary studies with observational, experimental,
or theoretical approaches.
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
.STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Volcanology, Structural Geology
T208. Best Student Geologic Map Competition (Posters)
Advocates: Debra L. Buczkowski; Jennifer E.C. Scully
Cosponsors: U.S. Geological Survey–National Cooperative
We encourage abstract submissions related to geologic, spectro- Geologic Mapping Program; Association of American State
scopic, compositional, and geophysical analyses of Ceres and Vesta. Geologists; GSA Foundation; American Geosciences Institute;
Possible topics include analyses of Dawn data, telescopic observa- American Institute of Professional Geologists; Journal of Maps;
tions, and modeling of impact events and/or tectonic activity. GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
T204. Friends of Hoth: Episode II—Bodies of the Outer Disciplines: Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology
Solar System
Advocates: Michael Marketti; Darcy K. McPhee
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Students will present their research through geologic mapping
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Structural Geology, Geophysics/ projects that have a significant field component that addresses
Geodynamics scientific or societal issues. The top three geologic maps will
be awarded.
Advocates: D. Alex Patthoff; Emily S. Martin
T209. Challenges in Tectonics 1: Fault Zone Behavior through
We seek abstracts relating to surface, structural, and tectonic Time, from Earth’s Surface to the Upper Mantle
processes; interior and thermal evolution; and planetary analogs
as they pertain to solid bodies in the outer solar system. This Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
includes experimental, observational, and theoretical approaches. Future of Tectonics Initiative
T205. Impact Cratering: From Fire to Ice—Cratering across Disciplines: Structural Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics
the Solar System
Advocates: Randolph T. Williams; Alexis K. Ault; James F. Dolan
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics
Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and We solicit submissions from all disciplines that focus on the
Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics grand challenge of characterizing and understanding the behavior
Division of faults and fault systems at different spatial-temporal scales
from Earth’s surface to upper mantle.
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