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

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

6:30 AM-8:00 AM


Extension Agronomists Breakfast
(Events: Food Functions/Socials)

6:45 AM-5:00 PM


711 Rice Tec and Oilfields to Cornfields and a Lot More Tour
(A07 Agricultural Research Station Management)
Presiding: O. Steven Norberg

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

7:00 AM-4:00 PM

7:55 AM-12:45 PM


Oral Session
722 Symposium--Advanced Statistical Procedures for Production Agronomists
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality; A04 Extension Education, A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems, A09 Professional Practitioners, A11 Biometry (Provisional) )
Presiding: Palle Pedersen

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
72 J6. Developments in Aeolian Research: Bridging the Interface between Soil, Sediment, and Atmosphere I
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; International Society of Aeolian Research (ISAR); S05 Pedology; GSA Geology and Health Division)
Presiding: Thomas E. Gill and Ted M. Zobeck

Oral Session
73 J11. Agriculture, Aquifers, and Climate Change
(A04 Extension Education; GSA Hydrogeology Division)
Presiding: Hans Kok , Ken Rainwater , Mark Tomer and William W. Simpkins

Oral Session
74 J16. Scaling Methods in Hydrological Research
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; S01 Soil Physics)
Presiding: Jianting Zhu , Michael Young , Robert Lascano , Steve Evett and David I. Stannard

Oral Session
75 J24. Variably Saturated Flow in Soil and Rock: What's the Same, What's Different?
(S01 Soil Physics; S05 Pedology; GSA Hydrogeology Division)
Presiding: John R. Nimmo , Boris A. Faybishenko and Henry Lin

Oral Session
Presiding: G.L. Wingard and Trisha A. Smrecak

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

Oral Session
282 T1. Response of Coastal Environments to Accelerated Sea Level Rise
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: John B. Anderson and Antonio B. Rodriguez

Oral Session
283 T12. Channel Networks as a Template for Earth and Environmental Processes: Toward an Integrative Process Model for Landscape Evolution
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; National Center for Earth Dynamics)
Presiding: David Mohrig and Frank Pazzaglia

Oral Session
Presiding: Anna M. Cruse

Oral Session
285 T41. Recoveries from Mass Extinction: Patterns, Processes, and Comparisons I
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Peter J. Harries and Richard J. Twitchett

Oral Session
Presiding: David H. Goodwin , David P. Gillikin and David H. Kesler

Oral Session
287 T48. Exploring the Role of Endobenthic Organisms in Enhancing Porosity and Permeability of Sedimentary Aquifers and Reservoirs
(Paleontological Society; National Ground Water Association; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Kevin J. Cunningham and H. Allen Curran

Oral Session
288 T56. Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Transform Faults
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Alexander Robinson , Michael Murphy , Gary Axen and John Dewey

Oral Session
289 T64. Lithospheric Structure and Geologic Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Passive Margin
(GSA Geophysics Division; GSA South-Central Section; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Elizabeth Y. Anthony , Stephen S. Gao and Robert Stern

Oral Session
290 T68. Brittle Deformation and Diagenesis as Coupled Processes
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Stephen Laubach and Peter Eichhubl

Oral Session
291 T76. Gondwana-Laurentia Terrane Transfers During the Pangean and Rodinian Supercontinent Cycles
(GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Paul A. Mueller , David A. Foster and William A. Thomas

Oral Session
Presiding: Ronald Frost and Donna L. Whitney
Recording files available
Oral Session
293 T105. Preparations for the New Era of Lunar Science: Laboratory Measurements and New Insights into the Moon
(GSA Planetary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Noah Petro , Rachel Klima and Ryan Zeigler

Oral Session
294 T127. Geochemical Tracers of Changes in Seawater Chemistry
(Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: E. Troy Rasbury and Franco Marcantonio

Oral Session
Presiding: Maria Dittrich and Andreas Luttge

Oral Session
296 T138. New Strategies for Survival and Transport of Pathogens in Soils, Surface Waters, and Aquifers
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Melissa Lenczewski , Jean McLain and Kimberly Cook

Oral Session
297 T149. Groundwater Arsenic: A Global Environmental Health Problem and Sustainable Mitigation I
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA International Division; Geochemical Society; International Association of Hydrogeologists; International Society of Groundwater Sustainable Development)
Presiding: Prosun Bhattacharya , Abhijit Mukherjee , D. Kirk Nordstrom , Jochen Bundschuh and Mohammad Alauddin

Oral Session
298 T192. Professional Society, Organization, Institution, and Federal Agency Achievements Supporting K–12 Teachers and Students
(GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Earth Science Teacher Association; GSA Geology and Society Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Michael J. Passow

8:00 AM-12:20 PM


Oral Session
762 Symposium --Not Only Skin Deep: Does Soil C Exist and Change Below 20 cm?
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils; S05 Pedology )
Presiding: Daniel Richter , Robert Harrison and Thomas Fox

8:00 AM-1:00 PM


Oral Session
714 From Oilfields to Cornfields, and a Lot More Tour
(A09 Professional Practitioners)

8:00 AM-2:00 PM


704 Educational Materials Display: III
(A04 Extension Education)

8:00 AM-6:00 PM


Poster Session
76 J20. Soils through Time: Critical Zone Studies of Processes and Their Effects (Posters)
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Geochemical Society; S05 Pedology)
Presiding: Marjorie Schulz , David Stonestrom and Daniel Richter Jr

Poster Session

Poster Session
Presiding: Lisa Johnston

Poster Session

Poster Session

Poster Session
306 T7. The Mississippi River Delta as a Natural Laboratory for Evaluating Coastal Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise and Innovations in Transgressive Coastal Management (Posters): Shea Penland Memorial Session
(U.S. Geological Survey; Louisiana Department of Natural Resources; Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences; New Orleans Geological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: James G. Flocks and Michael D. Miner

Poster Session
307 T122. Soil Geochemistry: Databases and Applications at Regional to Continental Scales (Posters)
(Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; GSA Geology and Health Division)
Presiding: David Smith , Andrew Rencz and Juan Carlos Salinas

Poster Session
308 T182. Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century (Posters)
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; On the Cutting Edge; Geoscience Education Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Barbara J. Tewksbury and Jeffrey Ryan

Poster Session
309 T185. Teaching with New Tools: Visualizations, Models, Online Data, Games, and More (Posters)
(National Association of Geoscience Teachers)
Presiding: Cathryn A. Manduca , Karin B. Kirk , Susan Buhr and R. Mark Leckie

8:10 AM-10:25 AM


Oral Session
Presiding: Dick Auld

8:10 AM-11:30 AM


Oral Session
Presiding: Thea Wilkins

8:10 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
744 Soil Carbon Dynamics
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; NCERA-59 Regional Committee on Soil Organic Matter )
Presiding: Harold Collins

8:10 AM-12:25 PM

8:10 AM-12:30 PM


Oral Session
712 Managing Spatial Variability/Div. A08 Business Meeting
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)
Presiding: John Schmidt

8:15 AM-1:00 PM

8:25 AM-9:45 AM


Oral Session
726 Leguminous Forages for a Nitrogen-Starved World
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)
Presiding: Twain Butler

8:25 AM-10:30 AM


Oral Session
753 Soil Water (includes Graduate Student Competition)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)
Presiding: Grant Cardon

8:25 AM-10:45 AM


Oral Session
754 Erosion Assessment and Control (includes Graduate Student Competition)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)
Presiding: W. Bart Stevens

8:25 AM-11:00 AM


Oral Session
Presiding: Theodore Hartsig

Oral Session
747 Crop Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition)
Presiding: Michael Russelle

8:25 AM-11:25 AM


Oral Session
723 Symposium --The Future of Water
(C05 Turfgrass Science)
Presiding: J. Scott McElroy

8:25 AM-11:30 AM


Oral Session
Presiding: Jorge Hernandez and John Sloan

8:25 AM-11:45 AM


Oral Session
702 Models and Processes in Agronomy
(A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling)
Presiding: Dennis Timlin

8:25 AM-12:00 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: Jim Wang

8:40 AM-11:30 AM


Oral Session
720 Stress Physiology
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)
Presiding: Mary Beth Kirkham

8:55 AM-11:40 AM


Oral Session
769 Symposium --Defining Success in Nutrient Management Plans
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )
Presiding: John Lory

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

9:00 AM-11:00 AM


A532 Agronomy Certification Board
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Poster Session

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

9:25 AM-10:45 AM


Oral Session
700 Unique Environmental Aspects of Military Land Management
(A02 Military Land Use & Management)
Presiding: Timothy Cary

9:25 AM-11:15 AM


Oral Session
705 Extension Education Methodology
(A04 Extension Education)
Presiding: Chad Godsey

9:25 AM-11:40 AM


Oral Session
Presiding: John White

9:25 AM-11:45 AM

9:25 AM-12:15 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: Ty Ferre and Dani Or

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Poster Session
727 Forage Ecology and Environmental Science (Posters)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Poster Session
728 Forage Systems (Posters)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Poster Session
729 Forage Legumes (Posters)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Poster Session
730 Forage Microbiology (Posters)
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Poster Session
748 Manures, Cover Crops, and Soil Amendments (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition)

Poster Session
749 Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems - Monograph (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition)

10:30 AM-11:30 AM


CSSA Div. C01 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

CSSA Div. C07 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

10:40 AM-11:40 AM


SSSA Div. S10 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


SSSA Div. S02 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

11:00 AM-12:30 PM


ASA Div. A08 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

11:10 AM-12:10 PM


ASA Div. A06 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM


Manuscript Tracker
(Events: Committee Meetings)

SSSA-ASA-CSSA Branch Leadership Lunch
(Events: Committee Meetings)

12:55 PM-4:00 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: Shad Nelson

12:55 PM-4:15 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: Jack Morgan

12:55 PM-4:30 PM

12:55 PM-5:30 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: Robert Lascano and John Angus

12:55 PM-6:30 PM

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

1:00 PM-3:00 PM


CSSA Div. C05 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

USDA-ARS Scientists Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

1:05 PM-3:40 PM


Oral Session
717 Genetic Improvement of Cotton and Peanut
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)
Presiding: Steve Hague

1:05 PM-4:45 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: James McLaughlin

1:10 PM-2:45 PM


Oral Session
770 Measurement and Management of Soil Potassium and Phosphorus Availability
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )
Presiding: Rebecca Gilfillen

1:10 PM-3:15 PM


Oral Session
731 Forage-Ruminant Interface
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)
Presiding: Dariusz Malinowski

1:25 PM-2:30 PM


Oral Session
733 Responses to Stress
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology; C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism )

1:25 PM-2:55 PM


Oral Session
763 Spatial Patterns in Forest, Range, and Wildland Soils
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)
Presiding: Michael Sanclements

1:25 PM-4:00 PM


Oral Session
710 Conservation Agriculture
(A06 International Agronomy)
Presiding: Jagdish Ladha

1:25 PM-4:45 PM


Oral Session
742 Oxyanions in Soil Environments: II
(S02 Soil Chemistry)
Presiding: Samira Daroub

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


Soil Survey Horizons Editorial Board
(Events: Committee Meetings)

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

1:30 PM-5:30 PM


Oral Session
Presiding: David Stonestrom , Jean M. Bahr and Jack E. Barbash

Oral Session
78 J6. Developments in Aeolian Research: Bridging the Interface between Soil, Sediment, and Atmosphere II
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; International Society of Aeolian Research (ISAR); S05 Pedology; GSA Geology and Health Division)
Presiding: Thomas E. Gill and Ted M. Zobeck

Oral Session
79 J10. Hydrogeomorphology and Hydropedology: Emerging Disciplines that Embrace Earth and Soil Sciences
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S01 Soil Physics; S05 Pedology; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)
Presiding: Roy Sidle , David Montgomery and Henry Lin

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

Oral Session
Presiding: Alison Stokes , Daniel Murray and Kevin Svitana

Oral Session
Presiding: Stephen M. Rowland and Julie Newell

Oral Session
Presiding: Hongbin Zhan and Guanhua Huang

Oral Session
Presiding: Lawrence Krissek and Scott W. Lepley

Oral Session
Presiding: David L. Rodland and Christopher R. Noto

Oral Session
317 T15. Trends in Geomorphology: Advances and Innovations in Measurement and Analysis
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Chris Houser

Oral Session
318 T41. Recoveries from Mass Extinction: Patterns, Processes, and Comparisons II
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Peter J. Harries and Richard J. Twitchett

Oral Session
319 T50. Quantifying the Early Evolution of Life: Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Precambrian-Cambrian Animals and Ecosystems
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Marc Laflamme and Stephen Q. Dornbos

Oral Session
320 T81. Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts I
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; IUGS Task Group on Structural Geology and Tectonics; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Luke A. Jensen , Hermann Lebit , Terry Pavlis and Rob Butler

Oral Session
321 T82. Southwest Pacific Cenozoic Tectonics and Comparisons with Other Orogenic Belts
(GSA International Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: John Wakabayashi and Yildirim Dilek

Oral Session
322 T83. Mid- to Lower Crustal Deformation Processes: Strain, Kinematics and Relationships to Upper Crustal Structures
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: Sharon Mosher and Richard D. Law

Oral Session
Presiding: Ronald Frost and Donna L. Whitney
Recording files available
Oral Session
324 T106. Current Research Issues in Lunar Stratigraphy
(GSA Planetary Geology Division; AAPG Astrogeology Committee)
Presiding: William A. Ambrose and David A. Williams

Oral Session
325 T122. Soil Geochemistry: Databases and Applications at Regional to Continental Scales
(Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; GSA Geology and Health Division)
Presiding: David Smith , Andrew Rencz and Juan Carlos Salinas

Oral Session
326 T144. Geochemical and Geoarchaeological Analysis of Shell Middens: Climate, Ecology, and Culture
(GSA Archaeological Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)
Presiding: C. Fred T. Andrus and Bernd Schöne

Oral Session
327 T149. Groundwater Arsenic: A Global Environmental Health Problem and Sustainable Mitigation II
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA International Division; Geochemical Society; International Association of Hydrogeologists; International Society of Groundwater Sustainable Development)
Presiding: Prosun Bhattacharya , Abhijit Mukherjee , D. Kirk Nordstrom , Jochen Bundschuh and Mohammad Alauddin

Oral Session
Presiding: Lisa Johnston

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Poster Session
764 Spatial Patterns at Multiple Scales (Posters)
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Poster Session
Presiding: Daniel Richter , Robert Harrison and Thomas Fox

Poster Session
766 Responses to Climate Change and Disturbance (Posters)
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Poster Session
767 Soil Nitrogen and Water Dynamics (Posters)
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

2:30 PM-3:30 PM


The Opening: Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
(Events: Committee Meetings)

2:30 PM-5:00 PM

3:00 PM-5:30 PM

3:10 PM-5:30 PM


Oral Session
750 Phosphorus and Potassium Management
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )
Presiding: Glendon Harris

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


SSSA Div. S01 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM


Poster Session
699 National Science Foundation Poster Session
(Z01 SSSA-ASA-CSSA Special Programs--Invited Abstracts Only)

Poster Session

Poster Session
713 Crop Management (Posters)
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

Poster Session

Poster Session
721 Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance (Posters)
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Poster Session
734 Genetics of Abiotic and Biotic Resistance (Posters)
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)

Poster Session
743 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: V. BC and SOM (Posters)
(S02 Soil Chemistry; Geochemical Society, International Humic Substances, S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S09 Soil Mineralogy, S11 Soils & Environmental Quality )

Poster Session
745 Soil Biology and Diversity (Posters)
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry)

Poster Session

Poster Session
751 Phosphorus, Potassium, and Soil Acidity (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Poster Session

Poster Session
756 Dynamic Soil Properties (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session
757 Soil Water Management (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session
758 Soil Erosion (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session
759 Soil Amendments (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session
760 Soil Hydraulic Properties (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session
761 Water Quality (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Oral Session
768 Poster Discussion/Cash Bar/Div. S07 Business Meeting
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)
Presiding: Kathryn Piatek

Poster Session
771 Assessment of Soil Properties and Nutrient Status with In-Field Measurement (Posters)
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Poster Session
772 Soil Test Method Development, Calibration and Utilization (Posters)
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis)

Poster Session

4:30 PM-5:15 PM


Oral Session
736 Calvin Sperling Biodiversity Memorial Lectureship
(C08 Plant Genetic Resources)
Presiding: Stephen Smith

4:30 PM-5:30 PM


ASA Div. A03 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM


SSSA Div. S07 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


ASA Div. A11 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

5:30 PM-10:30 PM

7:00 PM-9:00 PM