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GSA CONNECTS 2022
This session links how we teach and learn about the solar sys- PALEOCLIMATOLOGY/PALEOCEANOGRAPHY
tem to how we have gained that information (i.e., space missions).
Descriptions of outreach efforts to bring planetary science to the T102. Comings and Goings of Proterozoic
public are encouraged. Global Glaciations
Endorsers: Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology and
T98. Planetary Geology Division’s G.K. Gilbert Session Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society
Endorser: GSA Planetary Geology Division Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology,
Discipline: Planetary Geology Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Geochemistry
Advocates: Nicholas Patrick Lang; Marisa Palucis; Jennifer Advocates: Bing Shen; Maoyan Zhu; Xianguo Lang
Piatek; Samuel Birch This session focuses on global glaciations and geology-geobiology
This session honors the Planetary Geology Division’s winner of in the Proterozoic.
the G.K. Gilbert Award for this year.
T103. Cushman Foundation Symposium:
T99. The Interplay of Volcanism, Tectonism, and Latest Advances on Foraminiferal Research: From
Impacts across the Solar System Paleo–Sea-Level Reconstructions and Paleoecological
Endorsers: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Interpretations to Applications to Environmental
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Science. A Tribute to the Extraordinary Lives of
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division John Haynes, John Murray, and David Scott
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Volcanology, Tectonics/ Endorsers: GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division;
Tectonophysics Geochemical Society; Paleontological Research Institution;
Advocates: Mallory Kinczyk; Kelsey Crane Paleontological Society
We solicit contributions that compare volcanic, tectonic, and Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology,
impact landforms and processes on Solar System bodies, includ- Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, Environmental Geoscience
ing how specific studies can help understand the complex inter- Advocates: Lizette Leon-Rodriguez; Kenneth G. Miller; Scott
play between these phenomena across the Solar System in general. Ishman; Benjamin P. Horton
The Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
T100. Tiny Worlds with Big Potential: Exploring Symposium will showcase recent advances and applications
Small Bodies throughout the Solar System of foraminifera to the understanding of sea-level fluctuations,
Endorser: GSA Planetary Geology Division ecological reconstructions, and environmental science.
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Geophysics/
Geodynamics T104. Do Carbon Sources or Sinks Drive the
Advocates: Kynan Hughson; Jennifer Scully; David A. Williams; Phanerozoic Carbon Cycle?: Understanding
Debra Buczkowski Geobiologic Forcings and Feedbacks
We welcome abstracts regarding the geological, geophysical, Endorser: GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division
geochemical, and/or geotechnical analysis of small worlds through Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Geochemistry,
the use of spacecraft data, telescopic observations, modeling stud- Tectonics/Tectonophysics
ies, laboratory studies, astromaterial studies, resource utilization Advocates: Jeremy Rugenstein; Kimberly Lau; Daniel Ibarra;
studies, and/or future exploration. Matthew Winnick
Recent research has focused on new carbon cycle processes and
T101. Venus: Second Rock from the Sun underappreciated feedbacks between the solid Earth, climate, and
Endorsers: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, biology; new approaches are necessary to integrate these findings
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division into understanding the geologic carbon cycle and climate.
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Structural Geology, Volcanology
Advocates: Debra Buczkowski; Nicholas Patrick Lang T105. Dynamics of Earth’s Climate System and
This session solicits abstracts on the volcanism, tectonism, impact Biogeochemical Cycles in Deep Time
cratering, and geologic mapping of Venus. It encompasses surface Endorsers: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA
geology, interior evolution, and comparative planetary studies with Limnogeology Division
observational, experimental, or theoretical approaches. Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Geochemistry,
Stratigraphy

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