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GSA 2020 ANNUAL MEETING
T147. Anthropocene Sedimentology: Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology,
Exploring Human-Sediment Interactions Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Cosponsors: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division; GSA Advocates: Richard K. Dunn; Stephen F. Wright
Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geology This session focuses on glacial hydrology processes including,
and Society Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology but not restricted to, the evolution of glacial drainage, the influ-
Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Geoarchaeology Division; ence of hydrology on ice movement, and erosional and deposi-
GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division tional processes beneath and adjacent to glaciers.
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Marine/Coastal Science,
Environmental Geoscience SOILS
Advocates: Zachary T. Sickmann; Cody C. Mason; Elisabeth Steel
Understanding human interactions with natural systems is T152. Soil Processes and Landscape Evolution
increasingly important in earth-science research. We seek studies Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
focused on examining anthropogenic perturbations to sedimentary Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division
systems to better understand the environmental and societal Disciplines: Soils, Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology
impacts of human-sediment interactions. Advocates: Brad D. Sion; Bruce J. Harrison; Maxwell Philip
Dahlquist; Bradley G. Johnson
T148. On the Edge—New Insights into Ice-Marginal This session seeks studies using soil and geomorphic data to
Conditions constrain the nature or timing of surficial process, including tec-
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology tonic activity, climatic histories, records of sediment aggradation,
Division; American Quaternary Association (AMQUA); Canadian rates and processes of erosion, and periglacial processes.
Quaternary Association (CANQUA)
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Stratigraphy T153. Soils and Long-Term Environmental Change
Advocates: Stephen A. Wolfe; Carolyn Olson; Roger C. Paulen Cosponsors: GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA
This session examines ice-marginal conditions during full gla- Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA
cial and transitional stages of the Laurentide and other ice sheets Geoarchaeology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Karst
through presentations on paleoenvironments, geomorphic pro- Division; GSA Energy Geology Division
cesses, paleogeography, and ice-sheet dynamics among others. Disciplines: Soils, Geoarchaeology, Quaternary Geology
Advocates: Timothy Beach; Samantha M. Krause; Rolfe D. Mandel
T149. From the Caspian to Mediterranean: Envi- This session integrates soils and environmental change across
ronmental Change and Human Response during the disciplines and methods from pedology to remote sensing, geo-
Quaternary (INQUA IFG POCAS, IGCP 610) chemistry, paleoecology, and archaeology. Studies could include
Cosponsors: Avalon Institute of Applied Science, Canada; GSA carbon sequestration, anthropogenic impacts, soil formation over
Geoarchaeology Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience time, and soil geoarchaeology.
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geoarchaeology, Marine/ MARINE/COASTAL SCIENCE
Coastal Science
Advocates: Valentina Yanko-Hombach; Tamara Yanina T154. Sea-Level Indicators: New Interpretations
The session provides cross-disciplinary and cross-regional cor- and Constraints for Future Projections
relation of geological, archaeological, environmental, and anthro- Cosponsors: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division; GSA
pological records to explore interrelationships between environ- Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; PASLSEA—
mental change and human adaptation in the Caspian–Black PALeo constraints of SEA level rise, a PAGES-INQUA Working
Sea–Mediterranean Corridors during the Quaternary. Group; HOLSEA—Geographic variability of HOLocene SEA
level; WARMCOASTS European Research Council Project;
T150. Cold Regions Weathering and Biogeochemical GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Cycling: Bridging Environments and Approaches Disciplines: Marine/Coastal Science, Geochronology,
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Advocates: Deirdre D. Ryan; Nicole S. Khan; Daniel M. Gilford
GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division Well-constrained sea-level indicators are critical to understand
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomicrobiology, Soils past, present, and future global and regional sea-level variability.
Advocates: Joseph A. Graly; Melissa Lafreniere; Ruth Heindel This session showcases state-of-the-art methods describing and
By exploring weathering and chemical cycling in glacial, perma- constraining sea-level indicators, and their value for improving
frost, and aqueous environments through microbiology, geochemis- sea-level modeling and projections.
try, mineralogy, and isotope approaches, we seek to understand how
the cold regions processes feedback into the broader earth system. T155. Coastal Processes and Sea-Level Change on
Paraglacial Coasts
T151. Glacial Hydrology: Processes Operating Cosponsors: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division;
within, beneath, and along the Margins of Glaciers GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division;
and Ice Sheets GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

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