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GSA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T60. Revolutions in Remote Sensing: Applications of UAVs GEOPHYSICS/GEODYNAMICS
to Field Mapping and Surface Analytics
T63. Earthquakes and Deformation in Eastern North
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology America and Other Continental Interiors: What We Know,
Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; What We Don’t, What We Think, and Which Is Which?
GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division;
GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Geoinformatics Cosponsors: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division;
Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Environmental Geoscience, Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Tectonics/
Archaeological Geology Tectonophysics, Geoscience and Public Policy
Advocates: Dylan Blumentritt; Toby Dogwiler Advocates: Leah Salditch; James S. Neely
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionizing remote We encourage papers especially from early career scientists
sensing and field mapping. Geoscientists can quickly and inex- exploring longstanding but unresolved questions about continental
pensively acquire aerial photos, orthoimages, high-resolution intraplate earthquakes, both induced and naturally occurring—
DEMs, and other data sets. We encourage submissions that dem- why, where, and when they happen and the resulting hazards.
onstrate innovative methodologies, applications, and analyses of
UAV-acquired data. T64. Beyond EarthScope in the Eastern U.S.—What
We’ve Learned and What Needs Doing Next
T61. Fluvial Geomorphology of Post-Glacial Rivers
Cosponsors: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division;
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Tectonics/
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Tectonophysics, Structural Geology
Environmental Geoscience
Advocates: Seth Stein; G. Randy Keller; Reece P. Elling;
Advocates: Karen B. Gran; Amanda Henck Schmidt; Matthew Stephen Marshak
Cross Jungers
The EarthScope program “to understand the growth and modi-
This session will explore ongoing fluvial responses to glacia- fication of North America” is ending. We encourage papers that
tion and deglaciation. We welcome submissions focusing on field assess what EarthScope has learned about eastern North America,
data, modeling results, and physical experiments on any kind of and what major new scientific questions and research directions
fluvial response to Pleistocene glaciation. should be addressed next.
T62. Landscapes in the Anthropocene T65. Recent Advances in Using Near-Surface
Geophysics to Solve Geological Problems
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA International Cosponsors: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division;
Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Limnogeology Division GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division;
GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division;
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Geoscience and Public Policy, GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes
Environmental Geoscience Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Karst Division;
GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Advocates: José Antonio Constantine; Rónadh Cox
Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Hydrogeology, Karst
This session will bring together a trans-disciplinary group of
innovative thinkers who are grappling with landscape distur- Advocates: Kevin L. Mickus
bances that typify the Anthropocene, with the aim of facilitating
societally relevant predictions of environmental change. We encourage novel studies that use near-surface geophysics
(electrical, electromagnetic, seismic, gravity, magnetics) to
investigate a variety of geological problems including groundwa-
ter, karst, geomorphology, archaeology, urban geology, and
engineering geology.
INDUSTRY TRACKS—Look for these icons, which identify sessions in the following areas:
Economic Geology Energy Engineering Hydrogeology and
Environmental Geology
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