Technical Program

Geology and Public Policy Forum

Reclamation in the Tri-state Lead-zinc Mining District: A Trans-boundary Effort
Cosponsored by the GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee and Geology and Society Division.
Moderators: Rex Buchanan and Marcia Schulmeister
Panelists: David Drake, U.S. EPA Region 7; Gary Baumgarten, U.S. EPA Region 5; Rebecca Jim, Local Environmental Action Demanded; Cheryl Seeger, Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey

Abstracts
Submittal Form

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract deadline: 19 January 2010

Papers are invited from students and professionals for oral and poster presentations in general discipline sessions as well as all of the symposia and theme sessions listed below.

Please submit your abstract online. The abstract submission fee is US$10.

Symposia

  1. They Say That “Breaking up Is Hard to Do”: Geological, Geophysical, and Remote Sensing Investigations of Continental Rifts.
    Mohamed Abdelsalam, John Hogan, Kelly H. Liu,
    Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T)
  2. Advances in the Chronology, Correlation, and Stratigraphy of Pre-Wisconsinan Glacigenic Sediments.
    Charles Rovey, Missouri State University; Greg Balco, Berkeley Geochronology Center
  3. Geological Aspects of the Civil War.
    Sherman Lundy, BMC Aggregates;
    George Davis, Missouri Department of Transportation; Joseph T. Hannibal, Cleveland Museum Natural History
  4. Sedimentary Geology of the North American Craton and its Southern Margin.
    Cosponsored by Great Lakes Section, SEPM.
    John Groves, University of Northern Iowa
  5. Cultural Geology: Archaeological and Historic Building Stones, Sites, and Materials, Terrain, Terroir, and More.
    Joseph T. Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Andrew Bauer, University of Chicago

Theme Sessions

Tectonics, Regional Geology, Precambrian Geology, and Planetary Geology

  1. Lithospheric Structure of the Mid-Continent Region: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and What EarthScope Can Tell Us.
    Sponsored by GSA’s Geophysics Division.
    G.R. Keller, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Mickus, Missouri State University
  2. Geological Evolution of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico.
    Jose Guadalupe Lopez Oliva, Juan Alonso Ramírez Fernández, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL)
  3. Precambrian Geology of the Midcontinent: Celebrating the Career of W.R. Van Schmus.
    Renee Rohs, Northwest Missouri State University
  4. Geology of the Ozark Plateaus.
    Mark R. Hudson, U.S. Geological Survey; Angela Chandler, Arkansas Geological Survey.
  5. Earth, Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Midcontinental Perspectives on Planetary Geology Problems and Research.
    Keith Milam, Ohio University; John C. Weber, Grand Valley State University

Paleontology, Stratigraphy, and Sedimentology

  1. Current Conodont Research: A Pander Society Session in Honor of Raymond Ethington, Tom Thompson, and Jim Miller.
    Cosponsored by the Pander Society.
    Darwin Boardman, Oklahoma State University; Damon Bassett, Missouri State University; John Repetski, U.S. Geological Survey
  2. Ichnofossils: The Marriage of Sedimentology and Ecology.
    Cosponsored by the Paleontological Society.
    Katherine Bulinski, Bellarmine University; Karen Koy, Missouri Western State University
  3. Paleoecology: Variation in Fossil Communities through Space and Time.
    Cosponsored by the Paleontological Society.
    Benjamin Dattilo, Indiana University–Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Katherine Bulinski, Bellarmine University
  4. Mid-Continent Paleontology.
    Michael Morales, Emporia State University
  5. Pennsylvanian and Permian Cyclothems of Midcontinental North America.
    John Pope, Northwest Missouri State University; Tom Marshall, Iowa Geological Survey
  6. Developments in Early Paleozoic Stratigraphy in the U.S. Midcontinent.
    Robert L. Ripperdan, Saint Louis University; James D. Loch, University of Central Missouri

Engineering and Environmental Geology

  1. Environmental Microbiology: Intersections between the Biosphere and the Geosphere.
    Melissa Lenczewski, Northern Illinois University
  2. Is Mother Nature out to Get You? Medical Geology Issues in the Mid-Continent.
    Robert B. Finkelman, University of Texas–Dallas; Syed E. Hasan, University of Missouri
  3. The 2005 Taum Sauk Reservoir Breach: Failure Mechanisms, Flood Effects, Bedrock Exposures, and Current Remediation Efforts.
    Cheryl Seeger, Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources; David J. Wronkiewicz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  4. Carbon Sequestration: Research, Deployment, and Commercialization.
    Sallie Greenberg, Illinois Geological Survey
  5. Water-Rock-CO2 Interactions during Carbon Sequestering Activities.
    David Wronkiewicz, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Mélida Gutierrez, Missouri State University
  6. The Tri-State Mining District, a Decades-Long Project: Progress, Challenges, and Revelations.
    Gina Manders, Emporia State University; Rebecca Jim, Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency Inc.

Energy and Economic Geology

  1. Devonian and Mississippian Strata of the Midcontinent North America: Sequence Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Hydrocarbon Potential (Gas Shales, Carbonates, Cherts).
    Darwin R. Boardman II, Oklahoma State University; Salvatore J. Mazzullo, Wichita State University; Brian Wilhite, Woolsey Operating Co.; Jim Puckette, Oklahoma State University
  2. Ore Deposits of the Central U.S.: Origin, Mining, and Environmental Remediation.
    Martin Appold, Kevin Shelton, University of Missouri–Columbia

Geoscience Education

  1. Issues in Geoscience Education.
    Cosponsored by Central Section, National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
    Kathleen Bower, Eastern Illinois University
  2. Arts Integration in K–16 Geoscience Education.
    Cosponsored by National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
    P. Allen Macfarlane, Kansas Geological Survey; Gary Rosenberg, Indiana University–Purdue University
  3. Teaching Sustainability.
    Cosponsored by National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
    David H. Voorhees, Waubonsee Community College
  4. Easy-to-Incorporate Inquiry-Based Activities for the K–16 Classroom.
    Cosponsored by Central Section, National Association of Geoscience Teacher.
    Carrie Wright, University of Southern Indiana

Hydrogeology

  1. Water Resources Sustainability in the Deep Carbonate Aquifers of the Ozark and Midwest Regions: Will We Have Enough?
    P. Allen Macfarlane, Kansas Geological Survey; John B. Czarnecki, U.S. Geological Survey
  2. Karst Hydrogeologic Systems of the Central United States and Northern Mexico.
    Cosponsored by the Hydrogeology Division.
    Gary Marcus, Zara Environmental; Benjamin Schwartz, Texas State University–San Marcos
  3. Aquifer Management Challenges: Unsustainable, Unbounded, Undefined, or Unregulated.
    Susan Stover, Kansas Water Office; Robert Mace, Texas Water Development Board
  4. Tracers in the Environment: Tried and True or Something New — Identifying Issues with the Hydrogeologic System.
    Margaret Townsend, Kansas Geological Survey; Ralph Davis, University of Arkansas
  5. Innovative Approaches to Characterization and Remediation of Contaminated, Unconsolidated Aquifers.
    Cosponsored by GSA’s Hydrogeology Division.
    Marcia Schulmeister, Emporia State University; Joseph Dom, Kansas Department of Health & Environment; Robert Weber, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Surficial Geology

  1. Reservoir Science: Sediment and Water-Quality Studies for Effective Management.
    Kyle Juracek, U.S. Geological Survey
  2. Speleogenesis, Processes, and Records in Karst Systems.
    Kevin Stafford, Stephen F. Austin State University; Matt Covington, University of Minnesota
  3. Human Impacts on Fluvial Systems.
    Robert Pavlowsky, Marc Owen, Missouri State University
  4. Urbanization Influences on Stream Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Sediment Transport.
    Faith A. Fitzpatrick, U.S. Geological Survey; Jordan Clayton, Georgia State University

Other Sessions

  1. Undergraduate Research (Posters).
    Cosponsored by Council on Undergraduate Research, Geosciences Division.
    Jeanette Pope, DePauw University

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