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GSA 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

Topical Sessions

GEOMORPHOLOGY

T1. Grand Canyon, Colorado Plateau, and T4. Eolian Processes and Landscape Evolution
Rocky Mountain Debates and Their Global Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Reverberations, 150 Years after Powell Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; International
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Structural Society for Aeolian Research; GSA Soils and Soil Processes
Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Division
Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Disciplines: Geomorphology, Environmental Geoscience,
GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology
Geochronology Division Advocates: Stephen A. Wolfe; Ian J. Walker
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, This session examines contemporary and past eolian pro-
Geophysics/Geodynamics cesses within coastal, alpine, fluvial, tropical, arid, semi-arid,
Advocates: Karl E. Karlstrom; Andres Aslan; Laura J. Crossey; and cold-climate settings. Student presentations, and presenta-
Ryan Crow; Carol M. Dehler; Rebecca Dorsey; P. Kyle House; tions on landscape evolution, ecosystem form and function, and
Eugene Humphreys; G. Randy Keller; Shari Kelley environmental stressors, are encouraged.
Several sub-sessions on the Colorado Plateau–Rocky Mountain
region will look back over the past century of geoscience prog- T5. Geomorphic and Hydrologic Processes in
ress, pose and evaluate debated “hot topics,” and look forward Post-Wildfire Environments: Drivers, Impacts,
toward resolution of debates and their global reverberations. and Hazards
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
T2. Geomorphology and Climate Change in Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
Hot Deserts Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Soils
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Advocates: Luke McGuire; Ann M. Youberg; Jason Williams;
Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division Joel B. Sankey
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, This session highlights how wildfire impacts fluxes of water,
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography sediment, and pyrogenic debris across spatial and temporal
Advocates: Mark R. Sweeney; Nick Lancaster; Eric V. McDonald scales. We encourage submissions addressing geomorphology,
Geomorphic processes in hot deserts are dominated by soil, hydrology, ecohydrology, and hazards in past, present, and
extreme events. This session seeks presentations on any aspect future post-wildfire environments.
of hot deserts, including fluvial-eolian interactions and pro-
cesses, hillslope processes, geochronology, soil development, T6. Ecologic, Hydrologic, and Geomorphic
climate change, and vegetation dynamics. Connections in Alluvial River Systems
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
T3. Fluvial Responses to Perturbations at Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
Varying Spatial and Temporal Scales Disciplines: Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, Quaternary
Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Geology
Division Advocates: Lyman P. Persico; Rebekah Levine
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, We seek to integrate current knowledge of how the dynamics
Environmental Geoscience between water, sediment, and organisms control alluvial river
Advocates: Karen B. Gran; Stephanie S. Day processes and shape river channel dynamics on both short- and
This session explores fluvial response to perturbations over long-term time scales.
different temporal and spatial scales. We welcome field, labora-
tory, and modeling studies, and encourage research that integrates
how river responses to perturbations at different scales interact.

INDUSTRY TRACKS
GSA’s technical program offers sessions relevant to applied geoscientists.
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Economic Geology Energy Engineering Hydrogeology and
Environmental Geology

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