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GSA 2020 ANNUAL MEETING
This session explores how extreme events including forest fires, Research investigating feedbacks between water, sediment, and
hurricanes, seismic events, and floods alter surface processes. biota along river corridors provides understanding about how fluvial
We welcome field, laboratory, or modeling studies that focus on systems will respond to changes in climate, land use, water demand,
impacts and recovery from extreme events. and landscape disturbances from wildfire and insect infestation.

T131. Changes in Coastal Geomorphology from T135. Military Geosciences: Past Lessons and
Hurricane Dorian and Extreme Storms Modern Challenges
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Geology
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Marine/Coastal Science, and Society Division
Environmental Geoscience Disciplines: Geomorphology, Soils, Environmental Geoscience
Advocates: Phillipe A. Wernette; Chris Houser; Alex Smith Advocates: Eric V. McDonald; Sally A. Shoop; Brad D. Sion;
Extreme storms, such as Hurricane Dorian and nor’easters, J. Bruce J. Harrison; Steven N. Bacon
significantly alter coastal geomorphology and communities over The goal of this session is to bring together earth scientists who
relatively short time periods. This session focuses on identifying, apply geomorphic, hydrologic, remote sensing, soil, infrastructure
monitoring, modeling, and understanding coastal changes in assessment, computational, and environmental methods to support
response to extreme storms. a wide range of military activities.

T132. Bedrock Landslide and Rock Fall T136. Geomorphic Processes and Change at High
Deposits and Processes: Insights from the Geologic Latitudes
Record to Today Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division;
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Canadian Permafrost Association; Canadian Geomorphology
Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Research Group; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Disciplines: Geomorphology, Environmental Geoscience, Soils
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Engineering Geology, Sediments, Advocates: James King; Duane Froese; Stephen A. Wolfe
Clastic This session examines modern and past geomorphic processes
Advocates: Daniel M. Sturmer; Jason M. Dortch; Nicholas C. Barth at high latitudes. Student and collaborative studies are encour-
We seek presentations on modern and ancient bedrock land- aged, examining geomorphic processes and ancient analogues
slides and rock falls, including, but not limited to, field descrip- with relevance to climate change, physical and ecological func-
tion, remote sensing and monitoring, modeling, mitigation, and tioning and society.
advances in techniques and analysis.
T137. Advances in Tectonic Geomorphology:
T133. What’s in a Name? New Developments in Building It up and Tearing It Down
the Ontological Work of Naming, Describing, and Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Quantifying Landscape Attributes Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Disciplines: Geomorphology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Geoinformatics, Environmental Advocates: Karl W. Wegmann; Emerson M. Lynch; Christine
Geoscience Regalla
Advocates: Sean M.C. Smith; Joseph M. Wheaton This session focuses on the relationship between the building
In this session, we focus on advancements in detection of distin- of topography by tectonics and its erosion by surface processes
guishable landscape attributes at varied scales in association with through the application of advancing technologies in imaging
hillslopes, streams, lakes, watersheds, and mountain formations. Earth’s surface and dating its deposits and landforms for improved
geologic hazard characterization.
T134. Fluvial Geomorphic Interactions between
Water, Sediment, and Biota QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division T138. Sea Level and Ice-Sheet Changes, Glacial
Disciplines: Geomorphology, Environmental Geoscience, Isostatic Adjustment, and Landscape Evolution
Quaternary Geology Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Advocates: Lyman P. Persico; Nicholas A. Sutfin Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division;
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

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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