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

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

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

174
Paleontology: Paleoecology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions
Katherine N. Marenco, Lisa D. Boucher, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
175
Sediments (Carbonates/Clastic)
Edward L. Simpson, Scott M. Ireland, Wendy S. Simpson, G. Michael Grammer, Greg A. Ludvigson and Edward L. Simpson
176
Stratigraphy
Michael Melchin, Bradley D. Cramer, G. Michael Grammer, Greg A. Ludvigson and Edward L. Simpson
177
Structural Geology and Tectonics: Tectonic Processes Revealed through Detrital Zircon Geochronology and Thermochronology, Paleontological, Seismic and GPS Analyses
Jeffrey M. Rahl, Ashraf Uddin, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
178
Great Earthquakes, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and Society I
Andrew Meigs and Chris Goldfinger
179
Development and Destruction of Accretionary Complexes in Time and Space: Evolving Evidence from Modern Techniques and Structural Analysis of the Rock Record
Sarah M. Roeske, Terry Pavlis, John I. Garver, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
180
Continental Arcs #3: Mapping the Temporal and Compositional Evolution of Subvolcanic Magmatic Systems
Erik W. Klemetti, Lily L. Claiborne, Kathryn E. Watts, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
181
Exploring the Development of the Himalayan-Karakorum- Tibet Orogenic System from the Mantle to Mountain Peaks
Delores M. Robinson, Soumyajit Mukherjee, Barun Kumar Mukherjee, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
182
Advances in Tsunami and Storm Research
Breanyn MacInnes, Andrew Moore, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
183
Geoscience Field Education: The Implications of Research and Practice for Workforce Development
Heather L. Petcovic, Alison Stokes, Joshua L. Caulkins, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison and Randall M. Richardson
184
Enhancing the Toolkit for Karst Investigations
Douglas Gouzie, Matthew D. Covington, Joseph Myre, Cory W. Blackeagle and George Veni
185
Past Human-Environment Interactions
Catherine H. Yansa, Albert E. Fulton II, Cynthia M. Fadem and Katherine A. Adelsberger
186
Structural and Tectonic Controls on Gold Mineralization from the Roots of Mountain Belts to Hot Springs
Julie V. Rowland, David Rhys and G. Michael Grammer
187
Deconstructing Terroir: Geologic Influences on the Sensory Components of Foods and Beverages
Kevin R. Pogue, Barry I. Cameron, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
188
The Landslide Multi-Hazard Conundrum: What Primary Hazards Trigger Landslides, and How Do Landslides in Turn Cause Secondary Hazards?
Andrée Blais-Stevens, Lynn M. Highland, Marten Geertsema, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
189
Frontiers in Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes: In Honor of Fang-Zhen Teng, Recipient of the 2014 MSA Award
Roberta L. Rudnick, William F. McDonough, Nicholas Dauphas, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
190
Trace Elements and Organics in Environmental and Urban Geochemistry II
David T. Long, LeeAnn Munk, W. Berry Lyons, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
191
Harnessing “Omics” to Advance the Geosciences: New Paradigms and Platforms for Observing Earth Systems
CarriAyne Jones, Sean Crowe, Steven Hallam, Jocelyn A. Sessa and Frank A. Corsetti
192
Where in the World? Access and Availability to Geoscience Data I
Hannah Winkler, Hannah Winkler and Monica Gaiswinkler Easton
193
Joint Sustainability of Water Resources and Petroleum Energy Production
John E. McCray, Terri S. Hogue, Newsha Ajami, Brent Mooder, Jean-Philippe Nicot, Bridget R. Scanlon, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
194
Dynamics of Groundwater Temperature: From Recharge to Discharge Zones
David F. Boutt, Laura K. Lautz, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
195
Physical and Biogeochemical Measurements That Characterize Groundwater–Surface Water Interactions: Where to Go from Here?
Andrea E. Brookfield, Michelle M. Lorah, Benjamin J. Rostron and Christopher A. Gellasch
196
Evaluating Coastal Models and Transgressive Coastal Systems
Michael S. Fenster, Duncan M. FitzGerald and Michael Lewis
197
Applications of Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry
Peter Hennings, J. Steve Davis, S.E. Laubach and Marc L. Buursink
198
Extreme Environmental Conditions and Biotic Responses during the Permian-Triassic Boundary Crisis and Early Triassic Recovery II
Thomas J. Algeo, Hugo Bucher, Peter Roopnarine, Arne M.E. Winguth and Claude Hillaire-Marcel
199
Eocene Northern North America: Biotic Change and Environmental Context
S. Bruce Archibald, Kathleen B. Pigg, David R. Greenwood, Melanie L. DeVore, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
200
Mass Extinctions: Volcanism, Impacts, and Catastrophic Environmental Change II
David P.G. Bond, Gerta Keller, Thierry Adatte, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
201
Subduction Zone HP-UHP Metamorphism and Its Relation to the Coeval Magmatism II
Yilin Xiao, Yongfeng Zhu, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
202
MicroMars to MegaMars: Integration of Surface and Orbital Investigations
Nathan Bridges, Alfred McEwen, Dave Rubin, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick

9:00 AM-6:30 PM

203
Pedagogical Use of Physical Models (Digital Posters)
Jeffrey Clark, Matt Kutchta, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison and Randall M. Richardson
204
Environmental and Engineering Geology Student Research Competition (Posters)
Dennis M. Staley, Scott F. Burns, Terry R. West, Jerry Higgins, Matthew M. Crawford and William J. Burns
205
Geologic Maps and Their Derivatives (Posters)
Richard C. Berg, Ralph F. Crawford, Michael W. Higgins, Richard Haslam, Peter T. Lyttle, Hazen A.J. Russell, David R. Soller, Harvey Thorleifson, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
206
Proxies for Paleoprecipitation (Posters)
Neil J. Tabor, Greg A. Ludvigson, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and Michael Young
207
Magmatism and Geodynamics within the Cascadia Subduction Zone (Posters)
S.M. DeBari, Patricia A. McCrory, A.J. Calvert, Nathalie Vigouroux, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
208
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Erika R. Elswick, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
209
Stable and Clumped Isotope Record of Topography, Climate, and Environments: Challenges and Recent Advances (Posters)
Majie Fan, Andrew Leier, Joel E. Saylor, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
210
Critical Earth-Life Transitions: The Marine Perspective (Posters)
Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah Planavsky, Timothy W. Lyons, Gordon D. Love, Jocelyn A. Sessa and Frank A. Corsetti
211
Automated approaches to Mapping Geological Materials and Landforms (Posters)
Jerome-Etienne Lesemann, Steven Pawley, Hazen A.J. Russell, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
212
Preparing Our Workforce (POW): Increasing Students' Employability by Developing Practical Skills and Competencies (Posters)
Heather R. Houlton, Richard K. Spruill, Ann Johnson, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
213
Climate Literacy: Formal and Informal Education and Outreach Efforts to Increase Awareness and Enable Responsible Decisions (Posters)
Tamara Shapiro Ledley, Katherine K. Ellins, Frank Niepold, Susan B. Sullivan, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
214
Undergraduate Research Projects As a Way to Solve Water- Related Problems/Issues (Posters)
Solomon A. Isiorho, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison and Randall M. Richardson
215
Enhancing the Toolkit for Karst Investigations (Posters)
Douglas Gouzie, Matthew D. Covington, Joseph Myre, Cory W. Blackeagle and George Veni
216
Evaluating Coastal Models and Transgressive Coastal Systems (Posters)
Michael S. Fenster, Duncan M. FitzGerald and Michael Lewis
217
Applications of Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the Petroleum Industry (Posters)
Peter Hennings, J. Steve Davis, S.E. Laubach and Marc L. Buursink
218
Paleontology: Fossils as Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimactic Indicators (Posters)
Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
219
Advancing the Digitization of Paleontology and Geoscience Collections: Projects, Programs, and Practices (Posters)
Talia S. Karim, Gil Nelson, Russell D. White, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
220
The Tonian-Cryogenian World (Posters)
Leigh Anne Riedman, Erik A. Sperling, Phoebe Cohen, Susannah M. Porter, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
221
Paleontology: New Discoveries in Vertebrate Trace and Body Fossils (Posters)
Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
222
Continental Arcs #3: Mapping the Temporal and Compositional Evolution of Subvolcanic Magmatic Systems (Posters)
Erik W. Klemetti, Lily L. Claiborne, Kathryn E. Watts, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
223
Cenozoic Magmatism and Volcanism in the North American Cordillera (Posters)
Ben Edwards, J. Kelly Russell, Graham D.M. Andrews, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and James Beard
224
Petrology: Metamorphic/Igneous (Posters)
James Beard, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek
225
MicroMars to MegaMars: Integration of Surface and Orbital Investigations (Posters)
Nathan Bridges, Alfred McEwen, Dave Rubin, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick
226
Exploring Spatial and Temporal Variability of Latest Pleistocene and Holocene Alpine Glacier Fluctuations (Posters)
P. Thompson Davis, Douglas H. Clark, Johannes Koch, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
227
Structural Geology and Tectonics: Tectonics of Orogenic Cycles, Rift Processes and Basins (Posters)
Jeffrey M. Rahl, Ashraf Uddin, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
228
Emplacement of Upper Crustal Magmatic Intrusions: Field Studies of Laccoliths, Sills, and Subvolcanic Plugs (Posters)
Paul Wetmore, Eric Horsman, Charles Connor, Scott D. Giorgis, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
229
Ridge to Trench Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere and Its Accretion Tectonics in the Pacific Rim (Past and Present) (Posters)
Yildirim Dilek, Yujiro Ogawa, John Wakabayashi, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
230
Circum-Arctic Lithosphere-Basin Evolution (Posters)
Larry S. Lane, Keith Dewing, Victoria Pease, Gordon Neil Oakey, John Shimeld, Randell A. Stephenson, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
231
Great Earthquakes, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and Society (Posters)
Andrew Meigs, Chris Goldfinger, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
232
Continental Arcs #2: Processes at Arc to Magma Reservoir- Scale and Connections from Magma Source to Volcano (Posters)
Vali Memeti, Calvin G. Barnes, Scott R. Paterson, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
233
Exploring the Development of the Himalayan-Karakorum- Tibet Orogenic System from the Mantle to Mountain Peaks (Posters)
Delores M. Robinson, Soumyajit Mukherjee, Barun Kumar Mukherjee, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
234
Volcanology (Posters)
James Beard, Philip Brown, Diane R. Smith and Yildirim Dilek

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

235
Paleontology: Trace Fossils, Taphonomy, and Exceptional Preservation
Matthew B. Vrazo, Jesse S. Broce, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
236
Paleoclimatology/Paleooceanography
Julie Loisel, Tristan J. Horner and Claude Hillaire-Marcel
237
Great Earthquakes, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and Society II
Andrew Meigs and Chris Goldfinger
238
Reconstruction of East Asian Blocks in Pangea
Guochun Zhao, Wenjiao Xiao, Baochun Huang, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
239
The Geodynamics of Flat-Slab Subduction and Its Influence on Upper Plate Deformation, Magmatism, and Basin Evolution
Jeff Benowitz, Brian K. Horton, Meghan S. Miller, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
240
Triassic-Jurassic Tectonics and Tectonic-Structural Controls on Porphyry and Related Mineralization in the Northern Cordillera
JoAnne Nelson, James J. Ryan, Dan Gibson and Christopher Bailey
241
Quaternary History of the Pacific Northwest Using Integrated Geomorphic and Stratigraphic Records
Mark R. Sweeney, Eric V. McDonald, David R. Gaylord, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
242
Geology of Earthquakes, Faults, and Fault Systems
Kathleen M. Haller, Ryan D. Gold, Anke Friedrich, Alan R. Nelson and David P. Dethier
243
Preparing Our Workforce (POW): Increasing Students' Employability by Developing Practical Skills and Competencies
Heather R. Houlton, Richard K. Spruill, Ann Johnson, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
244
Transformative Innovations in Undergraduate Geoscience Education Supported by NSF Funding Programs: Accomplishments and Future Directions
Jeffrey Ryan, Jill Singer, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
245
Climate Literacy: Formal and Informal Education and Outreach Efforts to Increase Awareness and Enable Responsible Decisions
Tamara Shapiro Ledley, Katherine K. Ellins, Frank Niepold, Susan B. Sullivan, Julie C. Libarkin, Christopher L. Atchison, Randall M. Richardson and Aida Awad
246
North American Coal and Source Rock Geology
Jen O'Keefe, Brett J. Valentine, Jen O'Keefe and Brett J. Valentine
247
Honoring the Diverse Career of Eric S. Cheney: From Ore Deposits and Sequence Stratigraphy to Pacific Northwest Geology and Citizen Responsibility
Andrew M. Buddington, George H. Shaw, K. Brock Riedell and G. Michael Grammer
248
Landslide Hazard Analysis: Maps, Monitoring, Models, and the Future
Matthew M. Crawford, William J. Burns, Lynn M. Highland, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
249
Undergraduate Research Talks: The Next Step in Student Research Projects
Jacqueline A. Smith, Bradley G. Johnson, Edward C. Hansen, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
250
Water Contamination and Treatment in Developing Countries
Peter J. Wampler, Peter S.K. Knappett, Michael E. Campana, William J. Burns and Matthew M. Crawford
251
Proxies for Paleoprecipitation
Neil J. Tabor, Greg A. Ludvigson, William K. Hart, Brandy M. Toner, Diane R. Smith, Yildirim Dilek and Michael Young
252
Methane Seepage, Chemosynthetic Life Oases, and Carbonate Deposits
Benoit Beauchamp, Stephen E. Grasby, Jocelyn A. Sessa and Frank A. Corsetti
253
Where in the World? Access and Availability to Geoscience Data II
Hannah Winkler, Hannah Winkler and Monica Gaiswinkler Easton
254
Natural Carbon Dioxide Accumulations as Analogs for Geologic Storage
Marc L. Buursink, Matthew D. Merrill, Martin Cassidy and Marc L. Buursink
255
The Ordovician Revolution: Co-Evolution of Climate and the Biosphere
Thomas J. Algeo, Pedro J. Marenco, Matthew R. Saltzman and Claude Hillaire-Marcel
256
The Tonian-Cryogenian World
Leigh Anne Riedman, Erik A. Sperling, Phoebe Cohen, Susannah M. Porter, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
257
Ecosystem Paleobiology and Geobiology: Energy, Nutrients, and Food Webs in Deep Time
Andrew M. Bush, Sara B. Pruss, Jonathan L. Payne, Phoebe Cohen, Christy C. Visaggi and Thomas D. Olszewski
258
Curiosity on Mars—Inspiring the Young Generation
Radu H. Iacob, Cristina E. Iacob, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick
259
Geophysics across the Solar System: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick
260
Some New Gloss on Old Lips: Implications for Continental Reconstructions and Metallogeny I
Richard E. Ernst, Wouter Bleeker, Kevin R. Chamberlain and Kent C. Condie
261
The Legacy of Richard Forester: Seminal Contributions Towards Understanding Quaternary Climate, Continental Waters and Ostracodes
Alison J. Smith, Brandon Curry, Saxon E. Sharpe, Jordon Bright and Amy Myrbo

3:00 PM-5:30 PM

262
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting
Steven B. Shirey, James Beard and Philip Brown

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

263
GSA Hydrogeology Division: Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture
Benjamin J. Rostron, Christopher A. Gellasch and Benjamin J. Rostron