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GSA 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
KARST
hypogene processes, carbonate mineralogy, structural controls,
T130. Understanding Caribbean Karst and other related topics are included.
Processes and Speleology
Cosponsor: GSA Karst Division T134. Karst Hydrology and Hydrogeology
Disciplines: Karst, Geochemistry Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division;
Advocates: Angel A. Garcia Jr.; Angel A. Acosta Colón GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Karst
This session will focus on the processes and development Waters Institute; National Cave and Karst Research Institute
of Caribbean karst. Processes include evolution of karst Disciplines: Karst, Hydrogeology
landscapes, speleothem development, and cave survey. Advocates: Andrew J. Luhmann; Jason S. Polk
This session will include abstracts themed around the funda-
T131. Pseudo-Karst Processes and Features mental aspects of fluid-rock interactions within karst land-
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; National Cave and Karst scapes, including geologic, hydrogeologic, and hydrologic inves-
Research Institute tigations. Appropriate topics range from dye tracing and aquifer
Discipline: Karst processes to surface-subsurface hydrologic interactions and
Advocates: Andrew J. Luhmann; Jason S. Polk quantitative modeling.
This session will address the origin, development, depositional
processes, biogeology, and management of landscapes and features T135. Karst Hazards and Monitoring
that morphologically or in other ways resemble karst; examples Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Environmental and
include caves formed by wave action, fracturing, gravitation move- Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics
ment, melting or cooling of materials, and exotic chemistries. Division; National Cave and Karst Research Institute
Disciplines: Karst, Engineering Geology
T132. Karst Sedimentary, Paleoclimate, and Advocates: Andrew J. Luhmann; Jason S. Polk
Historical Records This session will cover hazards (sinkholes, groundwater
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology pollution, radon, development, urbanization) and monitoring
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology approaches (data collection, data logging, GIS applications,
Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and historical data analyses) in karst landscapes, including technical
Volcanology Division; GSA Geochronology Division; National applications (e.g., LiDAR, 3D scanning, geodatabase
Cave and Karst Research Institute development) and management implications (resource manage-
Disciplines: Karst, Stratigraphy, Paleoclimatology/ ment, education, policy, regulation).
Paleoceanography
Advocates: Andrew J. Luhmann; Jason S. Polk T136. Evaporite Karst in the
This session will cover cave deposits (sediments, speleothems, Greater Permian Evaporite Basin of Texas,
tufa, etc.), karst environmental records (sedimentary, underwater New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado
deposits, carbonate stratigraphy, etc.), and geoarchaeological and Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division;
historical investigations to reconstruct or interpret past climates, GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
landscapes, extreme events, land-use histories, and similar phe- Disciplines: Karst, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience
nomena and model or predict future changes. Advocates: Kenneth S. Johnson; Lewis Land; David D. Decker
Natural and human-induced evaporite-karst processes are signifi-
T133. Karst Processes and Speleology cant features and potential geohazards in the Greater Permian
Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Quaternary Geology Evaporite Basin region. We encourage submissions related to evap-
and Geomorphology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, orite-karst phenomena in Permian strata in the five-state region.
Petrology, and Volcanology Division; National Cave and Karst
Research Institute T137. Biogeochemical Interactions in Caves
Disciplines: Karst, Geomorphology, Geochemistry and Karst
Advocates: Andrew J. Luhmann; Jason S. Polk Cosponsors: GSA Karst Division; GSA Geobiology &
This session will cover the myriad of cave-and-karst forming Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA
processes, geomorphic evolution of karst landscapes, and cave Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
system development, including geochemical, morphological, and Disciplines: Karst, Geomicrobiology, Environmental Geoscience
cave survey studies. Carbonate weathering, diagenesis, Advocates: Daniel Jones; Laura Rosales Lagarde

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