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GSA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction,         STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Origination, Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
                                                                       T177. Folding: Processes, Observations, and Consequences
Advocates: Christopher R. Fielding; Tracy D. Frank;                    (Posters)
Steve McLoughlin; Vivi Vajda; Arne M.E. Winguth
                                                                       Cosponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
  This session will feature new research on causes and conse-
quences of the Permian-Triassic mass-extinction event, emphasiz-       Disciplines: Structural Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics
ing work that integrates sedimentological, geochemical, paleonto-
logical, and modeling datasets from regions across the globe.          Advocates: Andreas Eckert; Amanda Hughes

     T175. Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous Geologic               We seek contributions investigating the processes and
Time Scale                                                             consequences of folding from field, analytical, and modeling
                                                                       studies in the contexts of tectonic history, crustal deformation,
Cosponsors: Cushman Foundation; Paleontological Research               rheology, landscape evolution, or fluid migration.
Institution; Paleontological Society
                                                                                   T178. Geologic Mapping in the Twenty-First
Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Biogeography/                 Century: Innovative Applications of Technology and
Biostratigraphy, Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography                     Strategies to Aid Field-Based Studies

Advocates: Selen Esmeray-Senlet; Felix M. Gradstein;                   Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
James G. Ogg                                                           GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geoinformatics
                                                                       Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division
  This session will bring researchers together to discuss the status
of the geologic time scale between M26 and M0 magnetochrons            Disciplines: Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Tectonics/
for the purpose of a revision of this time interval with geochrono-    Tectonophysics
logic and chemo-bio-chronostratigraphic information.
                                                                       Advocates: Sourav Krishna Nandi; Matthew P. McKay
        T176. Evolution of Rocky Mountain Basins—Ancestral
Rocky Mountains through the Laramide                                     Geologic mapping is an integral part of earth science investiga-
                                                                       tions. We seek contributions that integrate geophysics, remote
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA                      sensing, geochemistry, geochronology, stratigraphy, and other
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics and          analytical techniques to aid geologic mapping.
Geodynamics Division
                                                                                   T179. Best Student Geologic Mapping Competition
Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Structural        (Posters)
Geology
                                                                       Cosponsors: U.S. Geological Survey National Cooperative
Advocates: Jessica A. Thompson Jobe; Theresa M. Schwartz               Geologic Mapping Program; Geological Society of America;
                                                                       Association of American State Geologists; GSA Foundation;
  This session seeks multidisciplinary studies addressing the          American Geosciences Institute; American Institute of
Paleozoic-Cenozoic evolution of Rocky Mountain basins using the        Professional Geologists; Journal of Maps; GSA Structural
sedimentary record. We seek a range of outcrop and subsurface to       Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
modeling studies that focus on lithospheric to surface processes.      Geomorphology Division

T186. Celebrating the Sedimentary Legacy of Dr. Robert H.              Disciplines: Structural Geology, Stratigraphy, Geomorphology
Dott Jr.
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA History              Advocates: Michael Marketti; Darcy K. McPhee
and Philosophy of Geology Division
Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Sediments, Clastic, History and               Students will present their research through geologic mapping
Philosophy of Geology                                                  projects that have a significant field component that addresses
Advocates: Marjorie A. Chan; Joanne Bourgeois; Steven G. Driese        scientific or societal issues. The top three geologic maps will
                                                                       be awarded.
  We seek contributions honoring the wide-ranging influence of
the late Dr. Robert H. Dott, Jr., humanitarian, teacher, scholar, and
author. Topics include the history of science, historical geology,
sedimentary processes, petrology, geoheritage, and others.

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Economic Geology  Energy                                               Engineering     Hydrogeology and
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