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GSA CONNECTS 2022
The GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division is one of the T52. Convergent Margin Magmatism and Ore
oldest Divisions within GSA. We want to encourage past George Deposits to Honor the Range of Contributions by
Woollard Award winners to give presentations, with the last John H. Dilles
presentation being the current award winner. Endorsers: Society of Economic Geologists; Mineralogical
Society of America; Geochemical Society; GSA Mineralogy,
T48. Impact Ejecta Processing and Transport Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Interdisciplinary Review Disciplines: Economic Geology, Petrology, Igneous, Structural
Endorser: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division Geology
Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Geoinformatics, History Advocates: Richard Tosdal; Thomas Monecke
and Philosophy of Geology Ore deposits associated with magmatism are responsible for
Advocates: Thomas Harris; Michael Davias much of the metal supply to economies. This session seeks contri-
Familiar and unfamiliar concepts of planetary impact ejecta butions across the geosciences on the magmatic, hydrothermal,
processing and transport are up for discussion and review in an and structural evolution of deposits at convergent margins.
interdisciplinary format, covering fieldwork, lab results, numeric
and analytic treatments, etc. T53. Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine
Learning in the Geosciences. How Can We Solve
T49. Lubricating Rifting: The Roles of Fluids, Today’s Challenges through Data Mining and
Faults, and Evolving Fault Strength Artificial Intelligence?
Endorsers: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; Endorsers: Society of Economic Geologists; Society for Geology
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Applied to Mineral Deposits
Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Disciplines: Economic Geology, Energy Geology, Geophysics/
Volcanology Geodynamics
Advocates: Cynthia Ebinger; Michele Cooke; Laurent Montesi; Advocates: Katharina Pfaff; Eric D. Anderson
Craig MaGee This session aims to bring together geoscientists from a wide
This session explores the influence of aqueous and magmatic variety of fields for a series of presentations focused on artificial
fluids and volatiles on fault initiation and linkage in rifts and intelligence in the geosciences and data integration of heteroge-
back-arc basins and considers the relative importance of fluid neous data from across scales.
interactions on strength evolution.
T54. Metal Recovery and Remediation at
T50. Using Geophysics to Aid in Mineral, Hard Rock Legacy Mine Sites
Energy, or Groundwater Investigations Endorsers: Society of Economic Geologists; GSA Environmental
Endorsers: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA and Engineering Geology Division; Association of American State
Energy Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Society of Geologists; GSA Geology and Society Division; Geochemical Society
Economic Geologists; GSA Karst Division Disciplines: Economic Geology, Engineering Geology,
Disciplines: Geophysics/Geodynamics, Economic Geology, Geoscience and Public Policy
Energy Geology Advocates: Thomas Crafford; Tanya J. Gallegos
Advocate: Kevin Mickus This session will focus on the prioritization and selection of
Abstracts are requested that use geophysics to explore and legacy mine sites for work, metal recovery and remediation tech-
investigate mineral, petroleum, geothermal, coal, and groundwater nologies, and regulatory issues and societal concerns.
resources.
T55. Metals in Hydrothermal Systems: From
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY Source to Sink
Endorsers: Society of Economic Geologists; GSA Mineralogy,
T51. Assessing Critical Mineral and Rare Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Earth Element Potential from Unconventional Disciplines: Economic Geology, Geochemistry
Resources in the United States Advocate: Thomas Monecke
Endorsers: Society of Economic Geologists; Mineralogical Hydrothermal deposits are an important source of metals for
Society of America; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, modern society, including many elements required for the green
and Volcanology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division energy transition. This session examines hydrothermal metal
Disciplines: Economic Geology, Engineering Geology, transport from source to sink in diverse geological environments.
Environmental Geoscience
Advocates: Bridget Scanlon; Tristan Childress; Charles Nye PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY
This session is designed to provide information on critical min-
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erals (CMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) from unconventional T56. PC = PreCambrian Colorado: Perspec-
sources, including sources such as coal and coal byproducts, sand, tives on the Growth and Metallogeny of the North
clay, seawater, produced water, and industrial waste. American Craton in the Western USA
Endorsers: Colorado Scientific Society; Denver Regional
Exploration Geologists’ Society; Escalante Resources Group;
MagmaChem Research Institute; GSA Geochronology Division

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