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This session will bring together researchers from across taxo- awarded for top presentations. Employers and graduate advisers
nomic groups and geologic time periods to answer questions of are encouraged to attend.
morphology in novel and cross-disciplinary ways.
T128. Advances in Simulating Groundwater
T124. Phylogenetic Approaches in Paleobiology and Flow and Transport
Paleoecology Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Environmental Geoscience,
Endorsers: Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Geoscience and Public Policy
Institution; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Advocates: James Berglund; Madeline Gotkowitz; Andrew T. Leaf
GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division This session explores applications of numerical models to geo-
Disciplines: Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns, logically complex and hydrologically dynamic systems. Techniques
Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Paleontology, used to simulate groundwater–surface water interactions, effects
Paleoecology/Taphonomy of pumping or agricultural processes, recharge mechanisms, and
Advocates: William Gearty; Katherine Jordan climate cycles are of interest.
This session highlights recent advances integrating phylogenet-
ics with fossil data to address evolutionary and ecological ques- T129. Arsenic, Fluoride, and Other Geogenic
tions through deep time. Topics include, but are not limited to, Contaminants in Groundwater Systems: Advances
macroevolutionary trends, diversification dynamics, trait evolu- in Data Science for Monitoring Long-Term Risks
tion, macroecology, and paleobiogeography. and Mitigation
Endorsers: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Health
GEOMICROBIOLOGY Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA International;
International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development
T125. New Advances in Geobiology (ISGSD); International Medical Geology Association (IMGA);
Endorsers: Paleontological Society; GSA Soils and Soil International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group Metals and
Processes Division Related Substances in Drinking Water (METRELS); Geochemical
Disciplines: Geomicrobiology, Paleontology, Diversity, Society; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division;
Extinction, Origination, Geochemistry GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division
Advocates: Trinity Hamilton; Victoria A. Petryshyn; David Gold; Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Geology and Health, Geoinformatics
Lydia Schiavo Tackett; Rowan Martindale; Zoe Havlena; Alison Advocates: Prosun Bhattacharya; Abhijit Mukherjee; Arslan
Cribb; Lucy Webb Ahmad; Julian Ijumulana; Joseline Tapia; Saugata Datta; Kazi
This session will focus on new research at the intersection Matin Ahmed; Ines Tomašek; Jyoti Prakash Maity
between geologic and biologic processes with special emphasis The growing trend of data aggregation in recent years enables
on novel materials and methods, new field sites, and advances at us to consolidate our understanding through machine learning on
the intersections of scientific fields. the water quality perspectives in groundwater basins for direct
consumption and/or treatment for groundwater supplies.
T126. New Voices in Geobiology
Endorsers: GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; T130. Coastal and Marine Hydrogeology in an
GSA Limnogeology Division; Paleontological Society; GSA Soils Age of Rising Seas: From the Shore to the Oceanic
and Soil Processes Division Ridge
Disciplines: Geomicrobiology, Paleontology, Biogeography/ Endorsers: GSA Hydrogeology Division; American Geophysical
Biostratigraphy, Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy Union; Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of
Advocates: Trinity Hamilton; Victoria A. Petryshyn; David Gold; Hydrologic Science, Inc; International Association of
Lydia Schiavo Tackett; Rowan Martindale; Zoe Havlena; Lucy Hydrogeologists; Soil Science Society of America: Soil Physics
Webb; Alison Cribb and Hydrology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering
This session will bring together new research focusing on the Geology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology
interplay between geologic and biologic processes with a special Division; GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division;
emphasis on work by early-career scientists exploring new ques- GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division; National Ground
tions and hypotheses. Water Association; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division;
GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Karst Division; GSA
HYDROGEOLOGY Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Soils
and Soil Processes Division
T127. A Showcase of Undergraduate Research in Disciplines: Hydrogeology, Marine/Coastal Science, Engineering
Hydrogeology (Posters) Geology
Endorsers: GSA Hydrogeology Division; Geoscience Division of Advocates: Michael Sukop; Christopher Russoniello; Martina
the Council on Undergraduate Research Rogers; Shellie Habel; Kevin M. Befus
Discipline: Hydrogeology As sea levels rise, hydrogeology is crucial in coastal areas.
Advocates: Jordan Caylor; Miguel Valencia; Jobel Y. Villafane- Seawater intrusion can lead to loss of potable or agricultural water
Pagan; Laura K. Rademacher; Tyler V. King supplies. Water-table rise from sea-level rise can increase flooding
This session is designed for undergraduates presenting research and affect infrastructure.
and senior theses in the field of hydrogeology. Prizes will be

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