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GSA CONNECTS 2022
The GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology We seek presentations that apply or develop modern analytical
Division honors its 2022 student research, Distinguished Geological techniques to iron oxides to study their formation conditions and/
Career (DGCA), and Early Geological Career (EGCA) awardees. or thermal history and apply these data to understand a range of
The 2020 DGCA and EGCA will also be honored in this session. environments and processes.

T81. Radiogenic Isotopes as Tracers of Geologic VOLCANOLOGY
Processes: Dates, Rates, and Proxies
Endorsers: GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Quaternary T85. Lava Flows and Their Hazards: A Session
Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Inspired by Hannah Dietterich’s Early Career
Geology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Award from the Mineralogy, Geochemistry,
Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Volcanology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Endorsers: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Division; Geochemical Society Volcanology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Disciplines: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Paleoclimatology/ Discipline: Volcanology
Paleoceanography Advocates: Mark E. Stelten; Katharine Cashman; Einat Lev;
Advocates: Alexie Millikin; Jennifer Kasbohm; Timothy Gibson; Thomas (Tom) Sisson
Alan Rooney Recent lava eruptions, imaged by drones and studied with petro-
This session aims to bring together diverse applications of radio- logic, computational, and analog approaches, enable quantitative
genic isotope geochemistry (geochemical tracers, geochronology, lava-hazard assessments. We seek presentations on lava emplace-
thermochronology) as proxies for tectonic, climatic, and biotic pro- ment, broadly, in recognition of Hannah Dietterich’s MGPV
cesses and constraining the timing and rates of earth-system changes. Division early career award.

T82. The Geology and Environmental T86. The Virtue of Fieldwork in Volcanology,
Impacts of Lithium Resources in North America Sedimentology, Structural Geology, and Tectonics:
Endorsers: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and A Session to Honor Cathy Busby, MGPV Distin-
Volcanology Division; Society of Economic Geologists; guished Geological Career Award Recipient of 2020
Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geology and Society Endorsers: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; Geochemical Society; Volcanology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Disciplines: Volcanology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Stratigraphy
Energy Geology Division Advocates: Keith Putirka; Nancy Riggs; John Wakabayashi
Disciplines: Geochemistry, Economic Geology, Hydrogeology This session honors the career of Cathy Busby, whose diverse
Advocates: Thomas Benson; Lisa Stillings field studies have impacted volcanology, sedimentology, structural
This session will focus on the geology, mineralogy, hydrogeol- geology, and tectonics. Studies within or at the boundaries of these
ogy, and origin of different types of lithium resources in North disciplines are welcome.
America and the potential environmental impacts of extracting
this energy-critical element. PETROLOGY, IGNEOUS

T83. The Role of Halogens in Crustal Processes T87. Source to Surface Magma Thermodynamics and
Endorsers: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Transport: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Document-
Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society ing the How, Where, and When of Magma Generation
Disciplines: Geochemistry, Petrology, Metamorphic, Economic and Evolution during Ascent, Storage, and Eruption
Geology Endorsers: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Advocates: Johannes Hammerli; Dave Jenkins Volcanology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics
Halogens play key roles in magmatic and metamorphic pro- Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Geochemical Society
cesses, such as mass transfer and crustal anatexis. This session Disciplines: Petrology, Igneous, Geochemistry, Volcanology
focuses on new research including analytical advances to better Advocates: Wendy A. Bohrson; Valerie Strasser; Monike Distefano;
understand the importance of halogens for crustal processes. Paula Antoshechkina; Frank J. Spera
This session will focus on research that integrates field, compu-
T84. Using Iron Oxides for Quantitative tational, experimental, and analytical approaches to document
Reconstruction of Thermal Histories, Paleoenviron- source to surface transport dynamics and thermodynamics of
ments, Hydrothermal Alteration, Planetary Evolu- magmas on Earth and other planetary bodies.
tion, and Fault Zone Processes
Endorsers: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and MINERALOGY/CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Volcanology Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Structural
Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division T88. Charting Soils at the Atomic Scale: A Tribute
Disciplines: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Environmental to the Careers of David L. Bish and Jeffrey E. Post
Geoscience Endorsers: Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy,
Advocates: Peter E. Martin; Florian Hofmann; Jordan Leo Jensen Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Clay
Minerals Society; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division

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