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GSA CONNECTS 2022
We encourage researchers using multidisciplinary approaches Advocates: Joseph Colgan; William Andrews Jr.; Samuel
to investigating deep-time critical zones and terrestrial sedimen- Johnstone; Barbara A. Lusardi
tary systems from a broad range of records, in order to constrain This session highlights the questions, implications, and out-
the dynamics and feedbacks operating during Late Paleozoic comes encountered when blending or using multiple geologic
climate transitions. maps. We encourage submissions on the practical and technical
challenges, emerging methodologies, applications, and findings
SOILS of geologic map syntheses.
T17. Emerging Voices in Soil and Paleosol Science T21. Mountains, Rivers, and Lakes: Integrated
Endorsers: GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Records of Paleogene Landscape Evolution, Western
Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology United States
and Society Division; Geoscience Division of the Council on Endorsers: GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Geochronology
Undergraduate Research Division
Disciplines: Soils, Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Limnogeology, Geochronology
Advocates: Lauren A. Michel; Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad; Advocates: Michael Smith; Alan Carroll
William E. Lukens This session focuses on new perspectives on tectonics, land-
This session highlights undergraduate and graduate students’ scape evolution, paleoelevation, sediment dispersal, and paleoen-
research related to soils or paleosols. We encourage submissions vironmental change across the U.S. Intermountain West during
of any soil related topics including Critical Zone science, geo- the Cenozoic.
chemistry, soil physics, mineral weathering and soil formation,
and paleoclimatology. T22. Sedimentary Geology Division/SEPM Student
Research Poster Competition: Dynamics of Stratig-
T18. Recent Advances in Soil and Paleosol Science raphy and Sedimentation (Posters)
Endorsers: GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; Geochemical Endorsers: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Energy
Society; Mineralogical Society of America Geology Division
Disciplines: Soils, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Sediments, Clastic, Sediments, Carbonates
Advocates: Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad; Lauren A. Michel Advocates: Brian Hampton; Amy Weislogel
This session encourages submissions from all scales of labora- Students may present posters of original research on any topics
tory, field, and modeling studies that encompass a wide range of within sedimentary geology: carbonates, clastics, chemical sedi-
soil and paleosol research, such as Critical Zone studies, stable ments, ancient and/or modern systems. Posters are judged for
isotopes, biogeochemistry, micromorphology, and soil physics. monetary awards distributed at the “Seds and Suds” reception.

T19. Soils and Paleosols across Space and Time: T23. The Geological Evolution of Northern
A Celebration of Steven G. Driese Alaska: A Session in Honor of Charles “Gil” Mull
Endorsers: GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Endorsers: GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Structural
Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology
Geoarchaeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Division
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Energy
Disciplines: Soils, Sediments, Clastic, Paleoclimatology/ Geology
Paleoceanography Advocates: Justin V. Strauss; Dave Houseknecht; Marwan Wartes
Advocates: William Lukens; Lauren Michel; Gary Stinchcomb; Charles “Gil” Mull spent decades mapping the Brooks Range,
Emily Beverly while enthusiastically mentoring the next generation of geoscien-
This session highlights the contributions of Steven G. Driese to tists. In the spirit of Gil’s passion for research, we encourage con-
(paleo)pedology, critical zone science, clastic sedimentology, tributions that advance our understanding of northern Alaska.
paleoclimatology, micromorphology, geoarchaeology and geo-
chemistry from across the geologic time scale. Photomicrographs T24. Unconformities and Global Hypsometry:
are encouraged in all presentations. Integrating Constraints on Lateral and Vertical
Continental Lithospheric Dynamics
STRATIGRAPHY Endorser: GSA Geochronology Division
Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Geophysics/Geodynamics,
T20. Geology across Geographic Boundaries: Geochronology
Identifying Challenges and Opportunities Related Advocates: Adrian Tasistro-Hart; Barra Peak
to the Creation of a Digital Geologic Map of the This session focuses on applications of diverse types of data
United States by the End of This Decade such as sequence stratigraphy, geochronology, thermochronology,
Endorsers: Association of American State Geologists; GSA seismic tomography, and geodynamic modeling, to constrain lat-
Geoinformatics and Data Science Division; GSA Quaternary eral and vertical lithospheric motions through time and their
Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary implications for sea level and paleogeography.
Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Disciplines: Stratigraphy, Quaternary Geology, Structural Geology

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