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GSA CONNECTS 2021
Advocates: Daniel Jones; Patricia N. Kambesis Disciplines: Limnogeology, Stratigraphy, Continental Scientific
This session addresses origin, development, depositional pro- Drilling
cesses, biogeology, and management of landscapes and features Advocates: Scott Starratt; Michael R. Rosen
that morphologically or in other ways resemble karst; examples Lakes have played an important role in the economic and cul-
include caves formed by wave action, fracturing, gravitation tural history of western North America. This session will bring
movement, melting or cooling of materials, and exotic chemistries. together geological, biological, and modeling research on modern
lakes and lacustrine deposits across the region.
LIMNOGEOLOGY
MARINE/COASTAL SCIENCE
T68. Lacustrine Systems around the World
Endorsers: GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Geobiology and T71. Advances and New Voices in Marine and
Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Coastal Geoscience
Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Marine and Endorsers: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division;
Coastal Geoscience Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and GSA Geology and Society Division
Geomorphology Division; American Quaternary Association; Disciplines: Marine/Coastal Science
International Association of Limnogeology; SEPM (Society for Advocates: Rónadh Cox; Deirdre Ryan; Stephen C. Phillips
Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Marine and coastal geoscience embraces many topics. We are
Geology Division seeking abstracts on physical oceanography, marine geology,
Disciplines: Limnogeology, Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, geomorphology, sediment transport, marine geophysics, tectonic
Stratigraphy processes, glaciology, climate change, marine paleobiology, or any
Advocates: Scott Starratt; Bailee N. Hodelka aspect of the oceans and coasts.
Lakes contain important historical records as their sediments are
archives of climate change, local human impact, and ecological suc- T72. Coastal Geoscience: Working Together to
cession. This session explores lacustrine research across the globe. Understand Coastal Impact of Climate Change
Endorsers: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division;
T69. Out of This World Lakes GSA Geology and Society Division
Endorsers: GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Disciplines: Marine/Coastal Science, Geoscience and Public
Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Policy, Environmental Geoscience
Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Geochemical Advocates: Robert Weiss; Rónadh Cox
Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Understanding climate-change impacts in coastal zones requires
Discipline: Limnogeology interdisciplinary understanding of the human-natural system. We
Advocates: Kathleen C. Benison; Brenda B. Bowen; welcome abstracts covering geoscience, engineering, and/or the
Johan C. Varekamp social/political sciences to provide perspectives on coastal com-
This session seeks current studies of the sedimentology, miner- plexity and increasing coastal resilience.
alogy, geochemistry, and/or habitability of lakes on Mars and
other planets and moons in the Solar System, as well as extreme T73. Coastal Storm Impacts in Times of Changing
terrestrial lakes that serve as analogs for extraterrestrial lakes. Climate and Sea Levels: Geological Records,
Historic Perspectives, and Forecasting
T70. The Diversity of Cenozoic Western Endorsers: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division;
North American Lakes GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Eastern
Endorsers: GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Geobiology and Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (ES-SEPM);
Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology
Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Marine and Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Coastal Geoscience Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Disciplines: Marine/Coastal Science
Geomorphology Division; American Quaternary Association; Advocates: Bosiljka Glumac; Michael Savarese
International Association of Limnogeology; SEPM (Society for Storm impacts on coastal areas globally will be addressed in
Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society; GSA relation to climate and sea-level trends, along with exploring
Sedimentary Geology Division usefulness of multiple perspectives from the geologic record

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