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22–25 SEPTEMBER  PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA

T122. Insights from Microfossils and Their T126. Geoarchaeological Insights into
Modern Analogs: From Traditional to Emerging Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and
Approaches (Posters) Cultural Dynamics
Cosponsors: Cushman Foundation; Paleontological Research Cosponsors: GSA Geoarchaeology Division; GSA Quaternary
Institution Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Soils and Soil
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Processes Division
Geochemistry, Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy Disciplines: Archaeological Geology, Geomorphology, Soils
Advocates: Miriam E. Katz; Chiara Borrelli; Megan K. Fung Advocates: Laura R. Murphy; Brendan Fenerty
Traditional applications of microfossils are central to many This session is a forum for those using geoarchaeological
studies, while novel approaches (especially geochemistry) approaches to understand the relationship between landscapes,
utilizing microfossils have expanded recently. This session paleoenvironments, and the archaeological record. We welcome
highlights traditional and innovative microfossil applications in papers concerning human-landscape interactions, site formation
terrestrial and marine environments, including modern analogs. processes, and paleoclimate and paleohydrology reconstructions.
T123. Cushman Foundation Symposium: LIMNOGEOLOGY
Addressing Coastal Concerns with Micro-
paleontological Applications to Environmental T127. The Importance of Minerals in Recording
Proxies, Reconstructions, and Deep-Time Paleoenvironmental Conditions and Governing
Analogs the Biogeochemistry of Lacustrine Systems
Cosponsors: Cushman Foundation; Paleontological Society Cosponsors: GSA Limnogeology Division; Mineralogical
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Marine/ Society of America
Coastal Science, Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy Disciplines: Limnogeology, Mineralogy/Crystallography,
Advocates: Laurel S. Collins; Zoë R.F. Verlaak; Maria N. Sider Geochemistry
Natural and anthropogenic changes to marine coastlines will be Advocates: Jason R. Price; David W. Szymanski
investigated with micropaleontology that develops paleoclimate Detrital and diagenetic minerals in lake-bottom sediments
analogs and environmental proxies for problems such as extreme provide paleoenvironmental proxy data, and present-day mineral
storm events, pollution, acidification, and sea-level rise. weathering provides sources and sinks of solutes to lake water.
This session highlights cutting-edge research at the nexus of
T124. Advances in Ocean and Climate mineralogy and limnogeology.
Reconstructions from Environmental Proxies
Cosponsors: Paleontological Society; GSA Karst Division; GSA T128. Lakes of the World through Time
Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geoarchaeology Division; and Space
Geochemical Society Cosponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Disciplines: Limnogeology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology,
Geochemistry, Karst Paleoecology/Taphonomy
Advocates: Meghan Zulian; Natasha Leclerc; Bryan Black Advocates: Scott W. Starratt; Michelle F. Goman
This will be a common forum for sclerochronologists, dendro- This session celebrates lacustrine research across the globe.
chronologists, and others using increment-yielding proxies to Lakes contain important historical records because their
share recent methodological advancements and multidisciplinary sediments are archives of global change, local human impact,
applications of paleoenvironmental reconstructions, including and ecological succession.
proxies such as tree rings, corals, mollusk shells, and speleothems.
T129. From Snowy Peaks to Desert Floor:
ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY Paleohydrological Connections between West
Coast Mountain Lakes and the Lakes of the
T125. The Geologic Substrate on Which Maya Western Great Basin
Civilization Developed Cosponsor: GSA Limnogeology Division
Cosponsor: GSA Geoarchaeology Division Disciplines: Limnogeology, Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography,
Disciplines: Archaeological Geology, Karst, Hydrogeology Stratigraphy
Advocates: Eugene C. Perry; Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach; Timothy Advocate: Scott W. Starratt
P. Beach; Nicholas P. Dunning; David T. King Jr. This session will highlight the effect of precipitation vari-
What we can learn from the Maya, who built a civilization ability in West Coast watersheds on the paleohydrological
that lasted more than two millennia in a land ill-suited for records in the terminal lakes of the western Great Basin using
conventional agriculture, lacking common metal resources, geochemical, physical, biological proxies and their integration
with a problematic climate. into modeling studies.

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