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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Advocates: Kevin L. Mickus; Cynthia J. Ebinger inventories have for landslide mapping, hazard assessment,
mitigation, and education.
We seek contributions on the lithospheric evolution of the East
African Rift system using geophysics, volcanology, petrology, T245. Subduction Zone Coseismic Landslides
geodynamics, sedimentology, and structural geology. Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
T257. Contributions of Rock- and Paleo-Magnetism to Disciplines: Engineering Geology, Geomorphology, Quaternary
Understanding Orogenic Processes Geology
Advocates: William J. Burns; Joshua Roering; Alison R. Duvall;
Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Tectonics/ Kevin M. Schmidt
Tectonophysics, Structural Geology
This session is focused on landslides triggered by subduction
Advocates: Peter A. Selkin; Daniel Pastor-Galán zone earthquakes and is intended to explore our current knowl-
edge base on this subject.
Magnetic records have been valuable tools for reconstructing
the formation of mountain belts. We request contributions that use T246. Weather-Induced Landslides, Debris Flows,
paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, and anisotropy to understand and Rock Fall
orogenic processes from a broad range of perspectives. Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division
.ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Disciplines: Engineering Geology, Geomorphology, Hydrogeology
Advocates: Benjamin B. Mirus; Mark E. Reid; Stephen L.
T242. Current Trends in Landslide Monitoring: New Slaughter; Rex L. Baum
Techniques, Methods, Successes, Failures, and Case Studies Contributions to this session may explore new insights into
landslide processes using field and instrumental observations,
Cosponsor: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division analysis, and modeling techniques, or may introduce novel tools
for assessing weather-induced landslide hazards.
Disciplines: Engineering Geology, Quaternary Geology,
Geomorphology .GEOMICROBIOLOGY
T247. Deciphering the Major Paleoenvironmental Crises of the
Advocates: Peter Bobrowsky; David H. Huntley; Michael Hendry; Earth and Their Impact on the Marine Ecosystems and
Renato Macciotta Biogeochemical Cycles
Cosponsors: Paleontological Research Institution; GSA
This session focuses on landslide monitoring techniques and Sedimentary Geology Division; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceano-
methods: ground-based, remote, space-borne, real-time, method- graphy; Paleontological Society
ological comparisons, new approaches, experimental efforts, Disciplines: Geomicrobiology, Geochemistry, Paleoclimatology/
reliability, instrumentation success and failures, and case study Paleoceanography
examples are encouraged contributions. Advocates: Marcello Natalicchio; Francesco Dela Pierre;
Elliot Jagniecki
T243. Environmental and Engineering Division
Geology Student Research Competition (Posters) This session aims to decipher the critical paleoenvironmental
crises that impacted Earth’s marine realm (salinity crises, anoxic
Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology events, and mass extinctions), bringing together different disciplines,
Division; Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists including, but not limited to, geomicrobiology, geochemistry,
paleontology, and sedimentology.
Disciplines: Engineering Geology, Environmental Geoscience
22–25 October
Advocates: Thad A. Wasklewicz; Jessica Witt; Stephen L.
Slaughter; Anne C. Witt Seattle, Washington, USA
We encourage students to submit poster presentations on topics
related to applied research in environmental and engineering geol-
ogy. Monetary awards will be given to the top presenters at the
Division dinner and awards ceremony.
T244. Landslide Inventories, Databases, Hazard Maps,
Risk Analysis, and Beyond (Posters)
Cosponsors: GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division
Disciplines: Engineering Geology, Geomorphology, Quaternary
Geology
Advocates: Stephen L. Slaughter; Matthew M. Crawford;
William J. Burns
This session will highlight landslide inventories and the
changes, advances, issues, and far reaching applications that
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