2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

19 October | 20 October | 21 October | 22 October |

Sunday, 19 October 2014

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

1
Apatites I Have Known: From Man to Mars
Sarah W. Keenan and Lawrence A. Taylor
2
The Structure of Faults from Top to Bottom: Implication for Fluid Flow, Ore Deposits, and Seismic Hazard I
W. Ashley Griffith, Christie D. Rowe, Joseph Clancy White, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
3
Pan-Pacific Subduction Zone Hazards: Tectonic and Gravitational Effects
Peter Bobrowsky, Yujiro Ogawa, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
4
Tectonics of the Northwest Cordillera I: A Session in Honor of the Career Contributions of Ned Brown, Jim Monger, and Glenn Woodsworth
Robert B. Miller, George E. Gehrels, Margaret E. Rusmore, Elizabeth R. Schermer, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
5
Aeolian Processes and Landscapes: From Dust to Dunes I
Ian J. Walker, Derek W.T. Jackson, Nicholas Lancaster, Alan F. Halfen, Karen E. Kohfeld, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
6
Soil Development: Its Role in Geological Processes
Michael Young, Steven G. Driese, Todd G. Caldwell, David A. Stonestrom, Henry Lin and Michael Young
7
Geology and Hydrology of the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management I
Bruce A. Heise, Jason P. Kenworthy, F. Edwin Harvey, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
8
Place-Based Approaches to Geoscience Education I
Sadredin C. Moosavi, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
9
Ushering in a New Era in K–16 Geoscience Education
Michael J. Passow, Glenn R. Dolphin, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
10
International Field Experiences in the Geological Sciences I
Miriam Barquero-Molina, Robert L. Bauer, Julie C. Libarkin, Randall M. Richardson, Aida Awad and Christopher L. Atchison
11
Transdisciplinary Thinking in Geoscience Education at Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges: Innovations in Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment in Introductory Geoscience Courses
Benjamin A. Wolfe, Merry Wilson, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
12
The Archaeological Record as a Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Archive
Alice R. Kelley, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Cynthia M. Fadem and Katherine A. Adelsberger
13
Asbestos, Fibrous Zeolites, and Other Elongate Mineral Particles (EMP) of Environmental Concern: Where Mineralogy and Geology Meet Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene, and Public Policy
Sean M. Fitzgerald, William J. Burns, Matthew M. Crawford and Diane R. Smith
14
Magmas and Their Sources I: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of Fred Frey
Michael O. Garcia, J. Michael Rhodes, Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
15
Magnetic Surveys for Imaging the Geology of Earth and Other Planetary Bodies: A Session Honoring the Legacy of Isidore Zietz
Michael Purucker, J. Wright Horton, Anjana K. Shah, Samantha E. Hansen and Nicholas C. Schmerr
16
Geoscience for the Public Good: Toward a Sustainable Future
Gregory R. Wessel, Jeffrey K. Greenberg, R. Laurence Davis and Suzanne B. O'Connell
17
Assessing Vulnerability of Water Supply Wells from Wastewater: Sources, Contaminants, Tracers, and Pathways
Christopher A. Gellasch, Kenneth R. Bradbury, Madeline B. Gotkowitz, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
18
Groundwater in Cold Environments: Current Understanding and Challenges
Rene Therrien, Jean-Michel Lemieux, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
19
Satellite Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Geology
Adam Milewski, Richard Becker, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
20
What Do We Know about Fluids Produced from Unconventional Reservoirs?
Robert C. Burruss, Leslie F. Ruppert and Marc L. Buursink
21
Fossil Mammalian Communities across Periods of Pronounced Climate Change
Anne Weil, Jessica M. Theodor, Craig Scott, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
22
Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems I
Amelinda E. Webb, Darrin J. Molinaro, Ben M.J. Collins, Austin J.W. Hendy, Gary J. Motz, Michael E. Burns, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
23
Echinoderm Paleobiology: Phylogenetics, Morphology, and Evolutionary Paleoecology
Jeffrey R. Thompson, David F. Wright, Selina R. Cole, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
24
Mechanisms, Rates, and Timescales of Texture Formation in Metamorphic Rocks I
Thomas Mueller, John M. Ferry, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
25
Tectonics and Volcanism in the Solar System
William H. Farrand, Debra L. Buczkowski, Danielle Y. Wyrick, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick
26
The Ediacaran-Cambrian Ecosphere (R)evolution: Emerging Records from Central and East Asia
Christoph E. Heubeck, Francis A. Macdonald and Kent C. Condie
27
Precambrian Sedimentology: From the Field to the Laboratory I
Christopher M. Fedo, John Grotzinger, Edward L. Simpson, Greg A. Ludvigson, Edward L. Simpson and Neil J. Tabor

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

28
Digital Geology Sandpit I (Digital Posters)
Declan G. De Paor, Steve Whitmeyer, Callan Bentley, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
29
Archaeological Geology (Posters)
Cynthia M. Fadem and Katherine A. Adelsberger
30
Frontiers in Environmental and Engineering Geology (Posters)
Dennis M. Staley, William H. Schulz, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
31
Recent Advances in Geochemistry (Posters)
William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
32
Apatites I Have Known: From Man to Mars (Posters)
Sarah W. Keenan, Lawrence A. Taylor, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
33
Advances in Nuclear Forensics (Posters)
Sara Mana, Patrick H. Donohue, Antonio Simonetti, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
34
Geological and Geomorphological Applications of Digital Terrain Analysis (Posters)
Carlos Henrique Grohmann, Christopher J. Crosby, Edwin Nissen, Kerstin A. Lehnert, M. Lee Allison and Michael Young
35
Urban Pollutants and Their Effects on Environmental and Human Health (Posters)
Dibyendu Sarkar, Saugata Datta, Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin and Saugata Datta
36
Geoscience for the Public Good: Toward a Sustainable Future (Posters)
Gregory R. Wessel, Jeffrey K. Greenberg, R. Laurence Davis and Suzanne B. O'Connell
37
Supporting Student Success in Colleges and Universities (Posters)
Robert H. Blodgett, Norlene R. Emerson, Bruce E. Herbert, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
38
Undertaking Environmental- and Geoscience-Related Research Investigation as Part of Experiential Learning, Comprehension, and Critical Thinking Aspects: Involvement of K12–16 Students (Posters)
Nazrul I. Khandaker, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
39
Recent Advances in Hydrogeology (Posters)
Michael Young, Christopher A. Gellasch and Benjamin J. Rostron
40
The Interaction of Geophysics, Geochemistry, and Hydrogeology with Ground-Source and Other Geothermal Systems (Posters)
Carolyn B. Dowling, Lee J. Florea, Klaus Neumann, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
41
Recent Advances in the Exploration, Characterization, and Development of Geothermal Resources in the Pacific Northwest (Posters)
Owen A. Callahan, Trenton T. Cladouhos, Pete Stelling and Marc L. Buursink
42
Paleoclimatology/Paleooceanography (Posters)
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
43
High-Resolution Geochemical Proxies of Global Change: Progress, Problems, and Utility (Posters)
David P. Gillikin, David H. Goodwin, Alan D. Wanamaker Jr. and Claude Hillaire-Marcel
44
Paleontology: The Ediacaran to Early Paleozoic World (Posters)
Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
45
Fossil Mammalian Communities across Periods of Pronounced Climate Change (Posters)
Anne Weil, Jessica M. Theodor, Craig Scott, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
46
Major Evolutionary Events of the Early Mesozoic— Paleontology and Paleoecology from the Middle Triassic to the Late Jurassic (Posters)
Lydia S. Tackett, Rowan C. Martindale, David Bottjer, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
47
Paleontology: Topics in Paleoecology (Posters)
Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
48
Echinoderm Paleobiology: Phylogenetics, Morphology, and Evolutionary Paleoecology (Posters)
Jeffrey R. Thompson, David F. Wright, Selina R. Cole, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
49
Mechanisms, Rates, and Timescales of Texture Formation in Metamorphic Rocks (Posters)
Thomas Mueller, John M. Ferry, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
50
Tectonics and Volcanism in the Solar System (Posters)
William H. Farrand, Debra L. Buczkowski, Danielle Y. Wyrick, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick
51
The Ediacaran-Cambrian Ecosphere (R)evolution: Emerging Records from Central and East Asia (Posters)
Christoph E. Heubeck, Francis A. Macdonald and Kent C. Condie
52
Sea-Level Changes from Minutes to Millennia (Posters)
Jessica Pilarczyk, Adam D. Switzer, Andrea D. Hawkes, Benjamin P. Horton, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
53
Modern and Ancient Continental Depositional Environments: Linking Landscape Evolution with Fluvial Systems and Lacustrine Basins through the Cenozoic (Posters)
Eric C. Carson, Jeffrey T. Pietras, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
54
Sediments, Carbonates (Posters)
G. Michael Grammer, Greg A. Ludvigson and Edward L. Simpson
55
Soil Development: Its Role in Geological Processes (Posters)
Michael Young, Steven G. Driese, Todd G. Caldwell, David A. Stonestrom, Henry Lin and Michael Young
56
Stratigraphy (Posters)
G. Michael Grammer, Greg A. Ludvigson and Edward L. Simpson
57
Structural Geology and Tectonics: Faults, Folds, and Structural Models (Posters)
Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
58
Deformation Localization throughout the Crust (Posters)
Nicholas Perez, Graham Lederer, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

59
Geophysics/Geodynamics
Catherine M. Snelson, Robert Mellors, Samantha E. Hansen and Nicholas C. Schmerr
60
Paleontology: Temporal and Stratigraphic Resolution in the Fossil Record
Meaghan M. Emery, Patricia A. Holroyd, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
61
Recent Advances in Economic Geology
Murray W. Hitzman, E.E. Marsh, Shaun L.L. Barker, Andrew H. Wulff and Nigel Kelley
62
Recent Advances in Hydrogeology
Brandon M. Bartkowiak, Ratan Dhar, Michael Young, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
63
Mass Extinctions: Volcanism, Impacts, and Catastrophic Environmental Changes
David P.G. Bond, Gerta Keller and Thierry Adatte
64
The Structure of Faults from Top to Bottom: Implication for Fluid Flow, Ore Deposits, and Seismic Hazard II
W. Ashley Griffith, Christie D. Rowe, Joseph Clancy White, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
65
Tectonics of the Northwest Cordillera II: A Session in Honor of the Career Contributions of Ned Brown, Jim Monger, and Glenn Woodsworth
Robert B. Miller, George E. Gehrels, Margaret E. Rusmore, Elizabeth R. Schermer, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
66
Feedbacks among Tectonics and Surface Process during Cenozoic Growth of Topography in Asia
Eric Kirby, Peter D. Clift, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
67
Sea-Level Changes from Minutes to Millennia
Jessica Pilarczyk, Andrea D. Hawkes, Benjamin P. Horton, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
68
Aeolian Processes and Landscapes: From Dust to Dunes II
Ian J. Walker, Derek W.T. Jackson, Nicholas Lancaster, Alan F. Halfen, Karen E. Kohfeld, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
69
Geomorphic Dynamics in Glacial and Periglacial Mountain Landscapes
Francesco Brardinoni, Olav Slaymaker, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
70
Geology and Hydrology of the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management II
Bruce A. Heise, Jason P. Kenworthy, F. Edwin Harvey, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
71
Place-Based Approaches to Geoscience Education II
Sadredin C. Moosavi, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
72
Supporting Student Success in Colleges and Universities I
Robert H. Blodgett, Norlene R. Emerson, Bruce E. Herbert, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
73
International Field Experiences in the Geological Sciences II
Miriam Barquero-Molina, Robert L. Bauer, Julie C. Libarkin, Randall M. Richardson, Aida Awad and Christopher L. Atchison
74
Global Challenges and Human Health
Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Suzette A. Morman, Saugata Datta and Saugata Datta
75
Magmas and Their Sources II: A Tribute to the Distinguished Career of Fred Frey
Michael O. Garcia, J. Michael Rhodes, Rosemary Hickey-Vargas, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
76
Critical Earth-Life Transitions: The Terrestrial Perspective
Nathan D. Sheldon, Noah Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard, Jocelyn A. Sessa and Frank A. Corsetti
77
Transport of Micropollutants in Groundwater
Traugott J. Scheytt, Carol J. Ptacek, William W. Woessner, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
78
The Role of Groundwater in the Eutrophication of Surface Waters
James W. Roy, Kerry T.B. MacQuarrie Sr, Clare E. Robinson, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
79
The Interaction of Geophysics, Geochemistry, and Hydrogeology with Ground-Source and Other Geothermal Systems
Carolyn B. Dowling, Lee J. Florea, Klaus Neumann, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
80
Terminal Lakes—In Honor of Blair Jones
Michael R. Rosen, Scott W. Starratt, Daniel M. Deocampo and Amy Myrbo
81
Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems II
Amelinda E. Webb, Darrin J. Molinaro, Ben M.J. Collins, Austin J.W. Hendy, Gary J. Motz, Michael E. Burns, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
82
Unearthing the History of Life: The Application of Phylogenetic Methods to the Fossil Record
James C. Lamsdell, Curtis R. Congreve, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
83
Mechanisms, Rates, and Timescales of Texture Formation in Metamorphic Rocks II
Thomas Mueller, John M. Ferry, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
84
Ice in the Solar System: Mars to Pluto and Icy Worlds in Between
Robert T. Pappalardo, Louise Prockter, D. Alex Patthoff, Emily S. Martin, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick
85
Precambrian Sedimentology: From the Field to the Laboratory II
Christopher M. Fedo, John Grotzinger, Edward L. Simpson, Greg A. Ludvigson, Edward L. Simpson and Neil J. Tabor