2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008)

53 J12. Land Subsidence Attributable to Subsurface Fluid Extraction in Coastal Lowlands: Contributions to Relative Sea-Level Rise
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; National Ground Water Association, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers; Harris-Galveston Subsidence District; USGS Subsidence Interest Group; Gulf Coast Association)

Presiding: Devin L. Galloway , Stanley A. Leake , Keith R. Prince and Thomas J. Burbey

Oral Session

54 J14. Natural Zeolite Utilization in Agriculture, Environmental Science, and Industry: Characterization, Properties, and Applications
(Mineralogical Society of America; S02 Soil Chemistry; S09 Soil Mineralogy; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Robert Bowman and Philip S. Neuhoff

Oral Session

55 J15. Organic Contaminants in Water, Soil and Sediments: Sources, Interactions and Ecological Impacts I
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Ground Water Association–Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers; A05 Environmental Quality; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality; S02 Soil Chemistry; S03 Soil B)

Presiding: Joseph Pignatello , Hui Li , Thomas Moorman , Brian Katz and Patrick J. Phillips

Oral Session

56 J20. Soils through Time: Critical Zone Studies of Processes and Their Effects
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Geochemical Society; S05 Pedology)

Presiding: Marjorie Schulz , David Stonestrom and Daniel Richter Jr

Oral Session

177 Engineering Geology II - Landslides: Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring

Presiding: Paul Santi and A. Keith Turner

Oral Session

178 Geomorphology

Presiding: Todd Caldwell and doug clark

Oral Session

179 Paleontology I - Macroevolution, Diversity, and Biogeography

Presiding: Sarah Greene and Lee Hsiang Liow

Oral Session

180 P1. Breakthroughs in Paleontology: The Paleontological Society Centennial Symposium
(Paleontological Society; Cushman Foundation; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology; GSA Geoscience Education; GSA History of Geology; Paleontologic Research Institute)

Presiding: Jere H. Lipps and J. William Schopf

Oral Session

181 T6. Estuarine and Fjord Sedimentary Processes in Modern and Holocene Systems
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Gulf Coast SEPM; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Timothy Dellapenna and Julia Wellner

Oral Session

182 T25. Terrestrial Response to Climate Variability during the Medieval Warm Period: Lakes, Tree-Rings, and Human Adaptation
(GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division)

Presiding: Kenneth D. Adams , David M. Miller and Edward R. Cook

Oral Session

183 T46. Leaving Traces—Making Marks I: In Honor of H. Allen Curran
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Neil Tibert and Bosiljka Glumac

Oral Session

184 T74. Models of Folding and Structural History of Shale Basins
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: John H. Shaw , Stuart Hardy , Chris A. Guzofski , David D. Pollard , Julia F. W. Gale and Terry Engelder

Oral Session

185 T77. Recent Advances in the Understanding of Adirondack and Southern Grenville Province Tectonics I: In Honor of James McLelland
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Graham B. Baird , Catherine Shrady and Bruce Selleck

Oral Session

186 T78. From the Forearc to the Foreland: Contrasting Tectonics, Paleogeography, and Paleoenvironments of the North American Cretaceous
(GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Claudia Schroder-Adams and James Haggart

Oral Session

187 T96. Planetary Pummeling: Cataclysmic Bombardment of the Solar System as Catastrophe, Catalyst, Cauldron, and Crucible
(GSA Planetary Geology Division)

Presiding: Stephen Mojzsis and Barbara Cohen

Oral Session

188 T145. From Quaternary Geology and Physical Volcanology to Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology: A Memorial to Harold E. Malde
(GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; U.S. Geological Survey; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Joshua M. Feinberg , Robert Jarrett and Joseph Liddicoat

Oral Session

189 T147. Innovative Methods for Investigating Flow and Transport in Karst Systems I
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Barbara Mahler and Pierre-Yves Jeannin

Oral Session

190 T160. Hydrogeophysics: Characterization and Monitoring of Subsurface Parameters and Processes
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geophysics Division)

Presiding: Kamini Singha , Fred Day-Lewis and Adam Pidlisecky

Oral Session

191 T176. The Human Connection with Planet Earth: What is it and Why is it Important?
(National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Suzanne M. Smaglik and Edward Nuhfer

Oral Session

192 T209. Forensic Geology

Presiding: Cherukupalli E. Nehru

Oral Session

801 GC9. Visualization of Depositional Systems

Presiding: Jim Thomson and Kevin Bradford

American Geological Institute (AGI) Member Society Council Meeting

Poster Session

57 J3. Biologically Induced Dissolution and Precipitation of Minerals in Soils and Sediments (Posters)
(S09 Soil Mineralogy; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; The Clay Minerals Society; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; S05 Pedology; S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils; S10 Wetland Soils; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Deborah Soukup and Amy Brock-Hon

Poster Session

58 J5. Desert Pavements and Vesicular A Horizons (Posters)
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology)

Presiding: Robert Graham , Eric V. McDonald and Leslie McFadden

Poster Session

59 J14. Natural Zeolite Utilization in Agriculture, Environmental Science, and Industry: Characterization, Properties, and Applications (Posters)
(Mineralogical Society of America; S02 Soil Chemistry; S09 Soil Mineralogy; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Robert Bowman and Philip S. Neuhoff

Poster Session

193 Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology, Experimental; Igneous; Metamorphic (Posters)

Poster Session

194 Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography (Posters)

Poster Session

195 Planetary Geology (Posters)

Poster Session

196 Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Systems (Posters)

Poster Session

197 Volcanology (Posters)

Poster Session

198 T35. Paleozoic Oceanographic and Climatic Changes: Evidence from Seawater Geochemistry and Sedimentology Records (Posters)
(Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Ganqing Jiang and Uwe Brand

Poster Session

199 T36. The Astronomically Forced Sedimentary Record: From Geologic Time Scales to Lunar-Tidal History (Posters)
(GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Linda A. Hinnov and James G. Ogg

Poster Session

200 T90. Whole Earth Systems Science: New Perspectives on the “Rock Cycle” from the Deep Earth to the Atmosphere to Life (Posters)
(Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Cin-Ty Lee , Andreas Luttge , Adrian Lenardic and Gerald Dickens

Poster Session

201 T94. Nano-Phases and Nano-Structures in Earth Environments (Posters)
(Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Huifang Xu and Yifeng Wang

Poster Session

202 T174. Teaching and Learning about Complex Earth Systems: Effective Strategies in Undergraduate Classrooms and Teacher Development Programs (Posters)
(GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Karen McNeal and Bruce Herbert

Poster Session

536 Educational Materials Display: I
(A04 Extension Education)

Poster Session

802 GC4. GCAGS Poster Session (Posters)

Presiding: Elizabeth Fisher

Oral Session

560 Seed Production, Germination and Utilization/Div. C04 Business Meeting
(C04 Seed Physiology, Production & Technology)

Presiding: Janet Spears

Oral Session

589 Soil Genesis and Classification
(S05 Pedology)

Presiding: Wendy Greenberg

Oral Session

591 Howard M. Taylor Memorial Lecture/Div. S06 Business Meeting
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Presiding: Bobbie McMichael and Brian Wienhold

Oral Session

582 Soil Biology and Soil Nitrogen
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry)

Presiding: Ronald Turco

Oral Session

557 Management of Grassy Crops: Corn, Wheat, Sorghum, and Switchgrass
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

Presiding: Roger Elmore

Oral Session

578 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: I. Classification, Formation, and Occurrence
(S02 Soil Chemistry; Geochemical Society, International Humic Substances, S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S09 Soil Mineralogy, S11 Soils & Environmental Quality )

Presiding: James Amonette

Oral Session

550 Symposium --Training the Next Generation of Plant Breeders
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics; A01 Resident Education )

Presiding: Herbert Ohm

Oral Session

544 Symposium --The Changing Face of Fertilizer BMPs
(A09 Professional Practitioners; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Presiding: William Stewart

Oral Session

565 Symposium--Assessing the Multi-Functionality of Grasslands: Future Research Priorities to Address Global Change
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Presiding: Dirk Philipp

Oral Session

573 Symposium--Non-Traditional Uses for Plant Genetic Resources
(C08 Plant Genetic Resources)

Presiding: Gary Pederson

Society Presidents' Guest Breakfast **For Registered Guests Only**

Oral Session

540 Experiment Station Management Issues/Div. A07 Business Meeting
(A07 Agricultural Research Station Management)

Presiding: Jerry Michael Phillips

Oral Session

585 Soil Nitrogen and Nitrogen Management (Graduate Student Oral Competition)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Presiding: Michael Wagger

Oral Session

541 Improving Production Management
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

Presiding: Michael Russelle

Oral Session

554 Agro-Ecophysiology (includes Div. C02/C04 Graduate Student Competition)
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Presiding: Diane Rowland

Oral Session

570 Symposium--Medical Agriculture
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)

Presiding: Lynn Dickey

Oral Session

575 Symposium --Measurements and Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Solute Transport: To Honor the Many Contributions of Jacob Dane: I
(S01 Soil Physics)

Presiding: Jasper Vrugt , Mart Oostrom and Jan Hopmans

Committee on Sustainable Agriculture Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

e-Journal Editors
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Guest Seminar #2 - Permaculture by Cas Vanwoerden

NAPT-PAP
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

522 Advancing Soils in the 21st Century
(Z01 SSSA-ASA-CSSA Special Programs--Invited Abstracts Only)

Poster Session

530 Teaching Innovations (Posters)
(A01 Resident Education)

Poster Session

562 Graduate Student Poster Competition: I. Ecology and Management (Posters)
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Oral Session

523 Historical Links Between Soil Science and Geology
(Z04 S205.1 Council on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soils; GSA Archaeological Geology, GSA History of Geology, IUSS Commission 4.5 )

Presiding: Edward Landa and Benjamin Cohen

Oral Session

599 Assessment of Manure Nutrient Availability and Environmental Risk
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Presiding: Steven Harrold

Oral Session

596 Forest Soil P Dynamics
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Presiding: Deoyani Sarkhot

ASA Div. A07 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

SSSA Div. S06 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

Agronomy Journal Manuscript Central
(Events: Committee Meetings)

e-Journal Editors Breakout Session: I
(Events: Committee Meetings)

e-Journal Editors Breakout Session: II
(Events: Committee Meetings)

e-Journals Editorial Board Breakout Session: III
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Poster Session

538 Symposium --Biogeochemistry of Relationships Among Soil Nutrients, Organic Carbon, and Water Quality: I (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(A05 Environmental Quality)

Poster Session

586 Sulfur, Selenium, and Germanium (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition)

Poster Session

592 Soil Analysis (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session

593 Waste Management (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Guest/Destination Tour: 102. Up, Down, and All Around-Downtown Walking Tour

Oral Session

590 Soil Interpretations
(S05 Pedology)

Presiding: Craig Ditzler and Sharon Waltman

Oral Session

545 Symposium --Sustainability of Bioenergy Feedstock Production Systems/Div. A10 Business Meeting
(A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional); A04 Extension Education, A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems )

Presiding: Steven Fales

GSA Engineering Geology Division Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture

CSSA Div. C04 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

Oral Session

518 SASES CCA Workshop
(Z00 Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES))

Oral Session

597 Sergei A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship on Forest Soils
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Presiding: Stephen Schoenholtz

GSA Geology and Society Division Management Board Meeting

Guest/Destination Tour: 103. Chinatown Dim Sum Lunch & Chinese Supermarket Tour

S899 Committee Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

524 Grant Writing Workshop
(Z02 ACS530 Early Career Member--Invited Abstracts Only)

Presiding: Christine Bliss

Geology in Government Mentor Program (sponsored by GSA Foundation)

Journal of Environmental Quality Technical Editors
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Digital Soil Mapping Workgroup
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Earth Science Literacy Initiative Townhall (sponsored by the National Science Foundation)

All Convention Luncheon **Ticketed Event** (sponsored by American Shoreline; speaker hosted by the U.S. National Committee for IYPE)

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) Users Meeting: Tricks & Tips for Researchers & Students

GSA History of Geology Division Luncheon and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Associate Editors Lunch

American Quaternary Association Council Meeting

GSA Engineering Geology Division Annual Luncheon & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Business Meeting

Mid-Career Faculty: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities

Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 3)

Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 3)

Oral Session

558 Management of Soybean, Canola, Lentil, Cotton, and Sugar Beet
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

Presiding: Ernest Clawson

Oral Session

576 Symposium --Measurements and Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Solute Transport: To Honor the Many Contributions of Jacob Dane: II
(S01 Soil Physics)

Presiding: Jasper Vrugt , Mart Oostrom and Jan Hopmans

Oral Session

563 Graduate Student Oral Competition: Soils and Water
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Presiding: Jason Kruse

Oral Session

551 Cereal Breeding
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Presiding: B. Todd Campbell

Oral Session

533 Agronomy and Climate Change
(A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling)

Presiding: John Angus

Oral Session

531 Symposium --K-12 Teaching Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities/Div. A01 Business Meeting/Cash Bar
(A01 Resident Education; A04 Extension Education )

Presiding: R.L. Rhykerd

ACS731 Location of Meetings Committee Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

CSSA Technical Editors
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

525 Water Availability and Use for Crop Feedstock and Biofuel Production
(Z03 Water Availability and Use for Biofuel Crop Feedstock and Production--Invited Abstracts Only; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation )

Presiding: Warren Busscher

Poster Session

555 Physiological Response to the Field Environment (Posters)
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Poster Session

564 Graduate Student Poster Competition: II. Diseases, Genetics, Physiology and Technology (Posters)
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Poster Session

583 Div. S03 Graduate Student Poster Competition (Posters)
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry)

American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science Week Planning Meeting
(2008am_ode)

GSA International Division Management Board Meeting
(2008am_ode)

Soil Fundamentals Exam
(Events: Committee Meetings)

North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Annual Meeting

Oral Session

542 Organic Crop Production
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

Presiding: Jane Johnson

Oral Session

598 Land Use Change and Soil Responses
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Presiding: Judith Turk

Oral Session

532 Balancing Military Training with Vegetation Maintenance
(A02 Military Land Use & Management)

Presiding: Dick Gebhart

Oral Session

566 Forages for a New World (includes Robert F Barnes Graduate Student Competition)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Presiding: Robert Kallenbach

Oral Session

526 Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship
(Z01 SSSA-ASA-CSSA Special Programs--Invited Abstracts Only)

Oral Session

600 Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis (Graduate Student Oral Competition)
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Presiding: Fabian Fernandez

Oral Session

579 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: II. Identification and Characteristics
(S02 Soil Chemistry; Geochemical Society, International Humic Substances, S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S09 Soil Mineralogy, S11 Soils & Environmental Quality )

Presiding: David Laird

Oral Session

594 Carbon Sequestration
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Presiding: Kelly Morgan

Oral Session

537 Symposium --Adaption of Sensor Technologies by Growers/Div. A04 Business Meeting
(A04 Extension Education; A09 Professional Practitioners )

Presiding: Drew Lyon

Oral Session

584 Symposium --History of Nitrogen Research: The Bremner Factor
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; S02 Soil Chemistry )

Presiding: Dennis Keeney

Oral Session

519 SASES Mock Interview Workshop
(Z00 Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES))

Presiding: Dudley Smith

Oral Session

4 Globalization of Biogeochemical Cycles

Presiding: Marcus Alley

Oral Session

803 GC5. Integrated Pore Pressure Predictions: Case Studies

Presiding: Marty Albertin and Phil Heppard

Food for Thought: Educating the Public About Food, Water and Biofuels (cosponsored by the Council for Biotechnology Information)

Oral Session

60 J13. Land Use and Short-Term Erosion Processes
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; A02 Military Land Use & Management)

Presiding: Gerald Matisoff , Peter Whiting and K.G. Karthikeyan

Oral Session

61 J15. Organic Contaminants in Water, Soil and Sediments: Sources, Interactions and Ecological Impacts II
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Ground Water Association–Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers; A05 Environmental Quality; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality; S02 Soil Chemistry; S03 Soil B)

Presiding: Joseph Pignatello , Hui Li , Thomas Moorman , Brian Katz and Patrick J. Phillips

Oral Session

62 J17. Soil Hydrology
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; S01 Soil Physics; S05 Pedology; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division)

Presiding: James Harrison , Brad Wilcox , Eric McDonald and Michael Young

Oral Session

203 Environmental Geoscience I - Natural Hazard Assessment, 3D Modeling, and Site Characterization

Presiding: Stanley Church and Jennifer M. Smith-Engle

Oral Session

204 Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology

Presiding: Kevin Mickus and Catherine Snelson

Oral Session

205 P2. Critical Zone Studies of Soils and Weathering: Implications for Interpreting Climate and Landscapes of the Past
(GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; S05 Pedology; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM))

Presiding: Steven Driese and Lee Nordt

Oral Session

206 T8. Late Quaternary of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Margin: Climate Change, Sea-Level Change, and the Depositional Record
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)

Presiding: Mike Blum

Oral Session

207 T9. Crises on the Reefs? Anticipating the Effects of Global Warming on Reefs by Reference to the Fossil Record—Is the Past Really the Key to the Present in the New Field of Conservation Paleobiology?
(Paleontological Society; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontologic Research Institute; Cushman Foundation; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Claudia C. Johnson , Jere Lipps , George D. Stanley and Dennis Hubbard

Oral Session

208 T21. Lakes, Playas, and Soils
(GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)

Presiding: Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-Kordesch

Oral Session

209 T36. The Astronomically Forced Sedimentary Record: From Geologic Time Scales to Lunar-Tidal History
(GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Linda A. Hinnov and James G. Ogg

Oral Session

210 T46. Leaving Traces—Making Marks II: In Honor of H. Allen Curran
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Neil Tibert and Bosiljka Glumac

Oral Session

211 T63. Foreland Basins: Their Tectonic Setting, Structural Geology, Sedimentology, and Economic Significance
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)

Presiding: Ibrahim Çemen , James Puckette and Darwin Boardman

Oral Session

212 T77. Recent Advances in the Understanding of Adirondack and Southern Grenville Province Tectonics II: In Honor of James McLelland
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Graham B. Baird , Catherine Shrady and Bruce Selleck

Oral Session

213 T86. Reconciling Geologic and Geodetic Rates of Deformation
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Kurt L. Frankel and Frank J. Pazzaglia

Oral Session

214 T110. Analog Sites and Field Exercises for Training Planetary Field Geologists
(GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: W. Brent Garry and Jacob E. Bleacher

Oral Session

215 T132. Biofilms and Biomineralization: Evidence from Ancient and Modern Systems
(GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Penelope J. Boston and Leslie A. Melim

Oral Session

216 T142. Soils as Components of Archaeological Landscapes
(GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Rolfe D. Mandel , Art Bettis III and Vance Holliday

Oral Session

217 T147. Innovative Methods for Investigating Flow and Transport in Karst Systems II
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Barbara Mahler and Pierre-Yves Jeannin

Oral Session

218 T163. Groundwater Flow in Coastal Ecosystems
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Alicia M. Wilson and William P. Anderson Jr

Oral Session

219 T167. Combined Use of Groundwater and Optimization Models to Address Groundwater Management Challenges: Case Studies and Innovative Solution Approaches
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Paul M. Barlow and David P. Ahlfeld

Oral Session

220 T171. The Gulf of Mexico as a Geologic Laboratory: Making New Links in Depositional Systems from the Coastal Plain to Deep Water
(GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Russell F. Dubiel and Angela McDonnell

Oral Session

221 T175. What Should Students be Learning in Our Geology Classrooms?
(GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Dexter Perkins and Karl Wirth

Oral Session

805 GC16. Environmental Geology I and Hydrology

Presiding: Brian Hunt and Brian Smith

Oral Session

606 Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants and Carbon Sequestration: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Nancy Cavallaro and Jay (Jianying) Gan

Oral Session

604 Wetland Soil Carbon Pools and Fluxes (includes Graduate Student Competition)
(S10 Wetland Soils)

Presiding: John White

Crop Science Editorial Board
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

571 Mining the Germplasm for Diversity and Crop Improvement
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology; C08 Plant Genetic Resources )

Presiding: Maria Gallo

GSA Geoscience Education Division Board Meeting

Poster Session

595 Assessment, Modeling, and Remote Sensing (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Oral Session

587 Symposium --Global Nutrient Cycling
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; A09 Professional Practitioners, S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Presiding: Miguel Cabrera

Oral Session

567 Forage-Ruminant Interface (includes Robert F Barnes Graduate Student Competition)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Presiding: Robert Kallenbach

Crop Science Manuscript Central
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Getting into Geoscience Policy: Careers and Avocations (cosponsored by GSA Geology & Society Division and GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee)

Soil and Plant Analysis Council
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

527 Managing People and Team Building
(Z02 ACS530 Early Career Member--Invited Abstracts Only)

Presiding: Jeffrey Edwards

Poster Session

543 Biofuel Crop Production (Posters)
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

ASA Div. A10 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

ASA Div. A04 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

SASES Business Meeting: III
(Business Meetings)

Oral Session

520 SASES Business Meeting: III/ Officer Elections/Awards/Officer Meeting
(Z00 Students of Agronomy, Soils and Environmental Sciences (SASES))

Presiding: Eric Miller

Oral Session

804 GC12. Advances in Seismic Imaging—Impact on Exploration through Production: Case Studies

Presiding: Jos Terken and Mark Williams

GSA Student Research Grant Award Ceremony (sponsored by the GSA Foundation)

National Cooperative Soil Survey Conference Steering Team (Regional Meeting)
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Poster Session

534 Climate and Crop Processes (Posters)
(A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling)

Poster Session

535 Scale and the Water Balance (Posters)
(A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling)

Poster Session

539 Advances in International Agronomy (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(A06 International Agronomy)

Poster Session

546 Agronomic Factors in Biomass Production Systems/Reception (Posters)
(A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional))

Poster Session

547 Assessment and Development of Plant Resources for Bioenergy Feedstock/Reception (Posters)
(A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional))

Poster Session

548 Extension, Outreach, and Technology Transfer of Bioenergy Related Information/Reception (Posters)
(A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional))

Poster Session

552 Cereals: Barley , Rye, and Rice Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Poster Session

553 Wheat Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Poster Session

556 Genetic and Environmental Effects on Physiology (includes Div. C02/C04 Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Poster Session

559 Graduate Student Poster Competition--Crop Ecology, Management, and Quality (Posters)
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

Poster Session

572 Genomic, Marker and Mapping Resources (Posters)
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)

Poster Session

577 Symposium --Measurements and Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Solute Transport: To Honor the Many Contributions of Jacob Dane: III (Posters)
(S01 Soil Physics)

Poster Session

580 Oxyanions in Soil Environments: I (Posters)
(S02 Soil Chemistry)

Poster Session

581 Heavy Metals in Soil Environments: I (Posters)
(S02 Soil Chemistry)

Poster Session

588 Nitrogen and Phosphorus Management (Graduate Student Poster Competition) (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Poster Session

601 Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis (Graduate Student Poster Competition) (Posters)
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Poster Session

602 Management Strategies to Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency (Posters)
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Poster Session

607 Nutrients and Soil Structure: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Poster Session

608 Emissions of Atmospheric Pollutants and Carbon Sequestration: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting

Paleontological Society 2008 Awards Reception

ASA Div. A01 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer (cosponsored by GSA Hydrogeology Division and National Ground Water Association)

Poster Session

568 Nutritional Value of Forages (Posters)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Poster Session

569 Forage Grass Performance (Posters)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)