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General Discipline Sessions


Sunday, 5 October 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
117 Engineering Geology I - Natural Hazard Assessment, 3-D Modeling, and Site Characterization
Presiding: Abdul Shakoor and Norman Levine

Oral Session
118 Hydrogeology I - Precipitation, Lakes, Streams, Springs and Wetlands
Presiding: A.E. Springer and Donald I. Siegel

8:00 AM-4:45 PM


Poster Session
141 Geochemistry; Geochemistry, Organic (Posters)

Poster Session
142 Geoinformatics (Posters)

Poster Session
143 Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology (Posters)

Poster Session
144 Paleontology (Posters) I - Diversity, Evolution, and Biogeography

Poster Session
145 Precambrian Geology (Posters)

Poster Session
146 Quaternary Geology (Posters)

Poster Session
147 Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology (Posters)

1:30 PM-4:45 PM


Oral Session
159 Geoscience Education II: Best Practices for Teaching Geoscience
Presiding: Paul Baldauf , Iris Totten and Anne Ewing Rassios

Oral Session
160 Marine/Coastal Science
Presiding: Terra J. George and Kyle M. Straub

Oral Session
161 Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology I
Presiding: Roberto S. Molina-Garza , Richard M. Engelkemeir and Steven J. Whitmeyer

Monday, 6 October 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


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

8:00 AM-6:00 PM


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)

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


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

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
222 Geochemistry; Geochemistry, Organic
Presiding: Amy Kelly , Emily Peterman and Saugata Datta

Oral Session
223 Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology II
Presiding: Timothy L. Clarey and Jonathan E. Snow

8:00 AM-6:00 PM


Poster Session
246 Archaeological Geology (Posters)

Poster Session
247 Environmental Geoscience (Posters)

Poster Session
248 Geoscience Education (Posters)

Poster Session
249 Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Oral Session
255 Archaeological Geology
Presiding: Patricia Fanning

Oral Session
256 Economic Geology
Presiding: Kenneth Johnson and J. Richard Kyle

Oral Session
257 Environmental Geoscience II
Presiding: Curtis Hollabaugh and Timothy Green

Oral Session
258 Geoscience Education I: Learning Geoscience in the Outdoor Classroom
Presiding: Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman , Joseph T. Hannibal and Bruce F. Rueger

Oral Session
260 Paleontology II - Organismal and Morphological Paleontology
Presiding: David W. Bapst and Sylvain Gerber

Oral Session
261 Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic
Presiding: Frank R. Ettensohn , Julie K. Bartley and Mark A. Kulp

3:00 PM-5:30 PM


Oral Session
259 MSA Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting
Presiding: Peter J. Heaney

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
277 Paleontology III - Paleoecology, Geochronology, and Education
Presiding: G.L. Wingard and Trisha A. Smrecak

Oral Session
278 Quaternary Geology
Presiding: Johanna Kieniewicz , Alan Kehew and Don J. Easterbrook

8:00 AM-6:00 PM


Poster Session
299 Geomorphology (Posters)

Poster Session
300 Geoscience Information/Communication (Posters)
Presiding: Lisa Johnston

Poster Session
301 Hydrogeology (Posters)

Poster Session
302 Paleontology (Posters) III - Sclerochronology: Geoarchaeology, Climate and Environment

Poster Session
303 Paleontology (Posters) IV - Stratigraphy and Morphology

Poster Session
304 Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic (Posters)

Poster Session
305 Stratigraphy (Posters)

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Oral Session
310 Coal Geology
Presiding: Ronald H. Affolter and Sharon M. Swanson

Oral Session
311 Geoscience Education III: Research on Learning in the Geosciences
Presiding: Alison Stokes , Daniel Murray and Kevin Svitana

Oral Session
312 History of Geology
Presiding: Stephen M. Rowland and Julie Newell

Oral Session
313 Hydrogeology II - Groundwater, Non-Darcian Flow, and Nomenclature
Presiding: Hongbin Zhan and Guanhua Huang

Oral Session
314 Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Presiding: Lawrence Krissek and Scott W. Lepley

Oral Session
315 Paleontology IV - Exceptional Preservation and Taphonomy
Presiding: David L. Rodland and Christopher R. Noto

Thursday, 9 October 2008

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
330 Hydrogeology III - Uranium, Metals, and Other Contaminants in Groundwater
Presiding: Raymond H. Johnson , L. Rick Arnold and Tanya J. Gallegos

Oral Session
331 Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology, Experimental; Igneous; Metamorphic
Presiding: Aaron S. Yoshinobu and William Evans