Technical Sessions - Geological Society of America

163-12 10:50 AM Raub, Timothy D.*: STraTigraPhic conTeXT
reViTaliZeS Solar inTerPreTaTion For The
neoProTeroZoic Deglacial elaTina rhYThmiTeS
11:05 AM introduction of 2010 Woollard award recipient -
Dr. Tim Dixon
163-13 11:15 AM Dixon, Timothy*: george P. WoollarD Technical
lecTUre: aPPlicaTionS oF SaTelliTe geoDeSY To
gloBal change reSearch
SeSSion no. 164
T95. High Country of the Geological Mind: Philosophy of
Geohistory (GSA History of Geology Division)
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 703
Victor R. Baker and Gary Rosenberg, Presiding
8:00 AM introductory remarks
164-1 8:15 AM Rosenberg, Gary D.*: meDieVal TheologY anD The
renaiSSance concePT oF lanDScaPe
164-2 8:30 AM Parcell, William C.*: eVolUTion oF creaTion:
aThanaSiUS Kircher’S recogniTion oF a
changing earTh ThroUgh Time
164-3 8:45 AM Hansen, Jens Morten*: logic FoUnDaTion oF
naTUral hiSTorY: From STeno To emPiric
geologiSTS SUch aS lYell, DarWin anD
Wegener anD PragmaTic PhiloSoPherS SUch
aS KanT, Peirce anD PoPPer
164-4 9:00 AM Taylor, Kenneth L.*: imPeDimenTS To geohiSTorical
ThinKing in The eighTeenTh cenTUrY
164-5 9:15 AM Clary, Renee M.*; Wandersee, James H.: geologY For
The common gooD: henrY De la Beche anD
geological liTeracY
164-6 9:30 AM Şengör, A.M. Celâl*: TWo WaYS oF ThinKing in
TecTonicS: geo-JUriSTS anD geo-arTiSTS
9:45 AM Break
164-7 10:00 AM Baker, Victor R.*: PhiloSoPherS anD geologY
164-8 10:15 AM Cleland, Carol E.*: hiSTorical Science anD The
ScienTiFic meThoD
164-9 10:30 AM Onan, Senem*; Şengör, A.M. Celâl: hiSTorical
PerSPecTiVe in The ScienceS
164-10 10:45 AM Newcomb, Sally*: moDeling geologY
164-11 11:00 AM Rowland, Stephen M.*: The SYnchronoUS DiScoVerY
oF DeeP Time anD DeeP SPace, anD The reSUlTing
ShiFT in FUnDamenTal reSearch QUeSTionS in
geologY anD aSTronomY
164-12 11:15 AM Alvarez, Walter*: conTingencY anD conTinUiTY in
earTh hiSTorY anD Big hiSTorY
11:30 AM Discussion
SeSSion no. 165
T98. African Lakes and Paleolakes: Processes,
Paleoenvironments, and Paleoclimate (GSA Limnogeology
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA
Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA
Archaeological Geology Division; GSA International Section;
Paleontological Society)
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 107/109
Daniel Deocampo, Presiding
8:00 AM introductory remarks
165-1 8:05 AM McHenry, Lindsay J.*: elemenT DiSTriBUTion
BeTWeen coeXiSTing aUThigenic mineral
PhaSeS in argillic anD ZeoliTic alTereD
TePhra, olDUVai gorge, TanZania
165-2 8:20 AM Jagniecki, Elliot*; Lowenstein, Tim K.; Jenkins, David:
SoDiUm carBonaTeS: TemPeraTUre anD pco2
inDicaTorS For ancienT anD moDern alKaline
Saline laKeS
SESSION NO. 166
165-3 8:35 AM Deocampo, Daniel*; Behrensmeyer, Anna K.; Potts, Richard:
SeDimenTarY geochemiSTrY oF DiaTomaceoUS
riFT-ValleY Fill: eXamPleS From The
PleiSTocene olorgeSailie FormaTion, KenYa
165-4 8:50 AM Cruse, Anna M.*; Atekwana, Eliot A.; Molwalefhe,
Loago N.: PreliminarY geochemical analYSeS
oF SeDimenTS From The oKaVango DelTa,
norThWeSTern BoTSWana To FUrTher
conSTrain The Paleolimnological hiSTorY oF
The PaleolaKe maBaBe SYSTem
9:05 AM Discussion
165-5 9:20 AM Ashley, Gail M.*: groUnDWaTer DiScharge
DePoSiTS (gWD) aS a recorD oF climaTe change
in ariD TroPical conTinenTal SeTTingS
165-6 9:40 AM Maxwell, Ted A.*; Issawi, Bahay; Haynes, Vance Jr.: large
Scale PleiSTocene laKeS oF egYPT’S WeSTern
DeSerT
165-7 9:55 AM Cohen, Andrew S.*; Todd, Jonathan; McGlue, Michael M.;
Michel, Ellinor; Nkotagu, Hudson; Grove, A.T.:
PaleoBiogeograPhic connecTionS BeTWeen
The aFrican riFT laKeS: an eXamPle From The
laKe rUKWa BaSin anD imPlicaTionS For The
inTralacUSTrine DiSPerSal oF SPecieS FlocKS
165-8 10:10 AM Parizek, Katarin A.*; Parizek, Richard R.; Walters,
Elizabeth J.: WaDi el Sa’aYDa lanD DeVeloPmenT
ProJecT: local eXamPle oF egYPT’S larger
naTional enVironmenTal challenge
10:25 AM Discussion
10:40 AM Break
165-9 10:55 AM Campisano, Christopher J.*; Wynn, Jonathan G.;
Arrowsmith, J. Ramón; DiMaggio, Erin N.; Dupont-Nivet,
Guillaume; Sier, Mark: The haDar BaSin lacUSTrine
recorD: TecTonic anD climaTic inFlUenceS on
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS haBiTaTS
165-10 11:15 AM Feibel, Craig S.*: lacUSTrine DYnamicS in a highaggraDaTion
riFT SeTTing, The neogene
TUrKana BaSin oF eaST aFrica
165-11 11:35 AM Hargrave, Jennifer E.*; Hicks, Melissa; Scholz,
Christopher A.: lacUSTrine carBonaTe
STraTigraPhY oF SoUTheaSTern laKe TUrKana,
KenYa
11:50 AM Discussion
SeSSion no. 166
T109. Online Citizen Science: Engaging the Public to Solve
Real Science Challenges in Planetary Geology and Terrestrial
Geoscience (GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geoscience
Education Division; GSA Geology and Society Division)
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 710/712
Cassie Bowman, Jayne C. Aubele, and Eric J. Pyle, Presiding
166-1 8:00 AM Bowman, Cassie*: an oVerVieW oF The STaTe oF
online ciTiZen Science anD croWDSoUrcing
166-2 8:15 AM West, Susan*; Cavalier, Darlene; Gold, Michael: ciTiZen
Science From The ciTiZen’S PoinT oF VieW
166-3 8:30 AM Lawrence, Jesse F.*; Cochran, Elizabeth S.; Chung,
Angela I.; Christensen, Carl M.; Saltzman, Jennifer: The
QUaKe-caTcher neTWorK: Bringing SeiSmologY
To homeS anD SchoolS
166-4 8:45 AM Earle, Paul S.*; Guy, Michelle; Horvath, Scott R.: hoW
TWiTTer can imProVe earThQUaKe reSPonSe
166-5 9:00 AM Lewis, Gary B.*: earthTrek - a neW gloBal ciTiZen
Science PorTal ThaT helPS ScienTiSTS To
engage The PUBlic in real reSearch
166-6 9:15 AM Reges, Henry W.*; Doesken, Nolan J.; Newman, Noah;
Schwalbe, Zach; Turner, Julian: cocorahS (The
commUniTY collaBoraTiVe rain, hail anD SnoW
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