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

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

6:30 AM-8:00 AM

Fellowship Breakfast
(Events: Food Functions/Socials)

Forage & Grazinglands Breakfast
(Events: Food Functions/Socials)

Soil Testing & Plant Analysis Breakfast
(Events: Food Functions/Socials)

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

ACSESS Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

GSA Annual Program Committee (APC) Breakfast

7:30 AM-5:30 PM

226 Turf Grass Tour of Houston

7:40 AM-11:45 AM

Oral Session

646 Management and Research Techniques
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Presiding: Douglas Soldat

7:55 AM-11:00 AM

Oral Session

696 Pesticides and Contaminants in Soil: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Robert Cook and Sharon Papiernik

7:55 AM-11:05 AM

Oral Session

647 Graduate Student Oral Competition: Ecology and Management
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Presiding: Maxim Schlossberg

7:55 AM-11:40 AM

Oral Session

653 Symposium--Challenges to Transforming Forage Germplasm into Bioenergy Crops
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands; A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional), C08 Plant Genetic Resources )

Presiding: Kenneth Vogel

7:55 AM-12:20 PM

Oral Session

679 Symposium --Pedology, Soil Change, and Management Effects on Soil Quality
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, Soil Quality Working Group--S03 )

Presiding: Larry West

7:55 AM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

641 Symposium--Accelerated Yields: Meeting Increasing Demands/Div. C03 Business Meeting
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality; A04 Extension Education, A09 Professional Practitioners )

Presiding: Chad Lee

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

ASF Board of Trustees
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

807 GC6. The Geology of the GOM Coastal Plain: Insights into Offshore GOM Exploration

Presiding: Ernest A. Mancini and Dave Cooke

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

5 Pardee Keynote Symposia: River Restoration: Environmental Success or Strategic Failure?

Presiding: Jerry R. Miller , Benjamin Hayes and R. Craig Kochel

Oral Session

63 J19. Soil Respiration: From Human to Geologic Time Scales
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; S05 Pedology; S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils; S09 Soil Mineralogy; The Clay Minerals Society)

Presiding: Paul A. Schroeder and Alan Franzluebbers

Oral Session

64 J21. Subsurface Fate and Transport of Agricultural Contaminants
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; S02 Soil Chemistry; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Christopher Green , Thomas Harter and Jan Fleckenstein

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

Oral Session

227 T7. The Mississippi River Delta as a Natural Laboratory for Evaluating Coastal Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise and Innovations in Transgressive Coastal Management: 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: Michael D. Miner and James G. Flocks

Oral Session

228 T11. Global Warming Science: Implications for Geoscientists, Educators, and Policy Makers I
(GSA Geoscience Education Division; The American Quaternary Association (AMQUA); GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Gulf Coast A)

Presiding: George T. Stone and Andrew M. Buddington

Oral Session

229 T30. River-Dominated Continental Margin Processes: Modern and Ancient
(GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Section SEPM, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Janok P. Bhattacharya , Liviu Giosan , Timothy M. Dellapenna and Mead A. Allison

Oral Session

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

Presiding: Ganqing Jiang and Uwe Brand

Oral Session

231 T40. After the Last Ammonite and before the First Horse: Patterns of Ecological and Climatic Change during the Paleocene
(Paleontological Society; Denver Museum of Nature & Science)

Presiding: Kirk R. Johnson and Ian Miller

Oral Session

232 T42. Breaking the Curve: Historical Development, Current State, and Future Prospects for Understanding Local and Regional Processes Governing Global Diversity I
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Leigh M. Fall , Jocelyn Sessa , Austin J.W. Hendy and Thomas D. Olszewski

Oral Session

233 T59. EarthScope: Bringing Geology and Geophysics Together to Study the 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere
(GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Anne Trehu , G. Randy Keller and Ben van der Pluijm

Oral Session

234 T79. The Himalayan Orogen and Rise of the Tibetan Plateau: An Earth Systems Approach to the Tectonic and Landscape Evolution of Asia
(GSA International Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological )

Presiding: Paul T. Robinson and Yildirim Dilek

Oral Session

235 T80. Antarctic Science in the International Polar Year—Geologic Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula: Changes in Tectonics, Biota, and Climate over Time
(Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Eugene W. Domack and Amy Leventer

Oral Session

236 T88. Evolution of Simple Granite Systems (Haplogranites) and Rhyolites: A 50th Anniversary Perspective of the Tuttle and Bowen Studies
(Mineralogical Society of America)

Presiding: Bruce William Chappell , Francois Holtz and David London

Oral Session

237 T104. The Role of Field Geology and Geophysics in the Return to the Moon
(GSA Planetary Geology Division; Field Exploration and Analysis Team (FEAT))

Presiding: Mark Helper and Arthur Snoke

Oral Session

238 T136. Sulfates in the Solar System
(GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Stephen E. Grasby and Penny Morris

Oral Session

239 T139. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment I
(International Association of GeoChemistry; GSA Hydrogeology Division)

Presiding: LeeAnn Munk , W.B. Lyons and David Long

Oral Session

240 T146. Hypogenic Karst: Shedding Light on Once Poorly Understood Hydrologic and Morphologic Features
(National Cave and Karst Research Institute; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Lewis A. Land and Geary Schindel

Oral Session

241 T152. In Situ Approaches for Measuring Biodegradation Potential and Rates in Subsurface Environments
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Isabelle Cozzarelli and Michelle Lorah

Oral Session

242 T162. Advances in Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions: Investigations of Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: M. Bayani Cardenas , Audrey Hucks Sawyer and Brad D. Wolaver

Oral Session

243 T184. Advances in Using Recent and Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Learning of the Geosciences in the Classroom, Laboratory, and Field
(Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Thomas D. Hoisch and Mark Manone

Oral Session

244 T187. Research on Geoscience Teaching and Learning in Experiential Environments
(National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Eric M. Riggs and Joe T. Elkins

Oral Session

245 T207. Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought
(GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA International Division; GSA Geophysics Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers)

Presiding: Yildirim Dilek , W. G. Ernst and Giovanni B. Piccardo

Oral Session

335 T17. Integration of Soils and Geomorphology in Deserts: A Tribute to the 50 Years of Soil Research of Dan Yaalon
(GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Rivka Amit , Eric McDonald and Yehouda Enzel

Oral Session

806 GC2. Applied Micropaleontology: Tools and Techniques for the 21st Century
(Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontological Research Institute)

Presiding: Brian J. O'Neill , Alicia C.M. Kahn , Jere H. Lipps and Andrew Bowman

8:00 AM-12:25 PM

Oral Session

685 Symposium --Nutrient Budgets in the Balance: What Have We Learned?
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Presiding: Charles Rhoades and Jennifer Knoepp

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

CANCELED: Guest/Destination Tour: 104. Religious Diversity in Multi-Cultural Houston-Hindu & Buddhist Temples, Islamic Mosque

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

65 J7. Digital Detection, Interpretation, and Mapping of Soil, Sediments and Bedrock (Posters)
(GSA Geoinformatics Division; S05 Pedology; S09 Soil Mineralogy)

Presiding: John Galbraith and Jon Hempel

Poster Session

66 J15. Organic Contaminants in Water, Soil and Sediments: Sources, Interactions and Ecological Impacts (Posters)
(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

Poster Session

67 J21. Subsurface Fate and Transport of Agricultural Contaminants (Posters)
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; S02 Soil Chemistry; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation; S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Christopher Green , Thomas Harter and Jan Fleckenstein

Poster Session

68 J22. U.S. Agriculture’s Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (GRACEnet) (Posters)
(GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Presiding: Stuart Birnbaum , Ronald Follett and Ronald Turco

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

Poster Session

250 T37. The Western Interior Seaway (Posters)
(Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Dee Ann Cooper and Roger W. Cooper

Poster Session

251 T59. EarthScope: Bringing Geology and Geophysics Together to Study the 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere (Posters)
(GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Anne Trehu , G. Randy Keller and Ben van der Pluijm

Poster Session

252 T97. Terrestrial Impact Structures: Origin, Structure, and Evolution (Posters)
(GSA Planetary Geology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Christian Koeberl and Jared R. Morrow

Poster Session

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

Presiding: Barbara Mahler and Pierre-Yves Jeannin

Poster Session

254 T162. Advances in Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions: Investigations of Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands (Posters)
(GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: M. Bayani Cardenas , Audrey Hucks Sawyer and Brad D. Wolaver

Poster Session

620 Educational Materials Display: II
(A04 Extension Education)

8:10 AM-11:30 AM

Oral Session

657 Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Crop Germplasm/Div. C08 Business Meeting
(C08 Plant Genetic Resources)

Presiding: Marcelo Carena

Oral Session

669 Soil Microbial Diversity and Function
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry)

Presiding: Krishnaswamy Jayachandran

8:10 AM-12:15 PM

Oral Session

632 Symposium --Nitrogen Management in Cotton Production/Div. A09 Business Meeting
(A09 Professional Practitioners; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Presiding: William Stewart

8:20 AM-11:45 AM

Oral Session

627 Symposium --Meeting the Demand for Food, Feed, Fiber, and Biofuels: Impacts and Production Practices
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems; A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional), C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality, S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition, S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation )

Presiding: John Shanahan

8:20 AM-3:25 PM

Oral Session

618 Symposium --Integrating Instrumentation, Modeling, and Remote Sensing in Honor of John Norman
(A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling; A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems, S01 Soil Physics )

Presiding: John Baker and Kristofor Brye

8:25 AM-11:30 AM

Oral Session

671 Tools for Improving Nitrogen Management
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Presiding: R.S. Tubbs

8:25 AM-11:45 AM

Oral Session

625 Symposium --Biofuels in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Risks
(A06 International Agronomy; A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems (Provisional) )

Presiding: Mark Winslow

8:25 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

665 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: III. Environmental Function
(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

8:25 AM-12:25 PM

Oral Session

623 Symposium --Biogeochemistry of Relationships Among Soil Nutrients, Organic Carbon, and Water Quality: II/Div. A05 Business Meeting
(A05 Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Donald Vietor

8:40 AM-11:45 AM

Oral Session

638 Symposium --Drought Resistance and Water-Use Efficiency: Experiments and Models
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Presiding: Bjorn Martin

8:55 AM-11:40 AM

Oral Session

633 Maize Breeding
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Presiding: Wenwei Xu

8:55 AM-11:45 AM

Oral Session

661 Soil Moisture: Advances in Design and Development of Water Content, Matric Potential, and Flux Measurement Methods for the Critical Zone: I
(S01 Soil Physics)

Presiding: Scott Jones

Oral Session

680 Soil Quality and Cover Crops (includes Graduate Student Competition)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Presiding: Dana Dinnes

8:55 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

691 Symposium --Soil Testing Requirements in an Increasingly Monitored Environment
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Presiding: Randall Warden

Oral Session

694 Soil Mineralogy: Reactions and Transformations: I (includes Graduate Student Competition)/ Div. S09 Business Meeting
(S09 Soil Mineralogy)

Presiding: B.D. Lee

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Calvin Sperling Committee Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

NAPT
(Events: Committee Meetings)

S584 Soil Certification Board
(Events: Committee Meetings)

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

ACS321 Editorial Affairs Committee
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

609 Writing Manuscripts for Publication
(Z02 ACS530 Early Career Member--Invited Abstracts Only)

Presiding: Loretta Ortiz-Ribbing

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

American Geological Institute (AGI) Environment Geoscience Advisory Committee

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) E-Resources Forum

9:25 AM-10:30 AM

Oral Session

610 Career Opportunities in Professional Soil Science Consulting
(Z06 National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists--Invited Abstracts Only)

Presiding: Kari Sever

9:25 AM-10:45 AM

Oral Session

655 Genetic Mechanisms for Enhancing Yield and Quality
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)

Presiding: Gary Muehlbauer

9:55 AM-12:30 PM

Oral Session

616 Techniques and Technology in Teaching
(A01 Resident Education)

Presiding: Cary Green

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Guest Seminar #3 - The Power of Reading People by Alice Weiser

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Session

645 Seed Production, Education and Physiology (Posters)
(C04 Seed Physiology, Production & Technology)

Poster Session

672 Nitrogen Fertilizer Use and Losses (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition)

Oral Session

808 GC11. Old Fields-New Life: How New Technologies or New Ideas Have Made a Difference
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Wayne M. Ahr and Bill Hill

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) U.S. National Committee

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

CSSA Div. C08 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

10:45 AM-12:00 PM

SSSA Div. S09 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

10:55 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

611 The Business of Soil Science Consulting
(Z06 National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists--Invited Abstracts Only)

Presiding: Kari Sever

11:00 AM-2:00 PM

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)/Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Lunch **Ticketed Event**

11:15 AM-12:00 PM

GSA Division Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, & Webmaster Reception

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

ASA Div. A09 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

11:25 AM-12:25 PM

ASA Div. A05 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

612 Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Sciences Luncheon co-sponsored by SSSA, ASA, CSSA Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Science Committee, GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee
(Z01 SSSA-ASA-CSSA Special Programs--Invited Abstracts Only)

Generational Perspectives of Women Scientists Committee **Ticketed Event** (cosponsored by SSSA-ASA-CSSA Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Luncheon and GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee)
(2008am_ode)

Geology in Industry Mentor Program (cosponsored by Chevron, Foundation Coal and ExxonMobil)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Gulf Coast Society of Society for Sedimentary Geology (GCSSEPM) Luncheon **Ticketed Event**

11:30 AM-2:00 PM

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Management Board Meeting

11:45 AM-1:00 PM

CSSA Div. C03 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

GSA Research Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

Paleontological Society, Education and Outreach Committee

Special Lecture: Dr. James E. Hansen Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? (sponsored by Geological Society of America)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Luncheon **Ticketed Event**

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Using Online Databases for Research and Teaching
(2008am_ode)

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

Golden Opportunity Scholars Symposium & Luncheon
(Events: Committee Meetings)

GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards, and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Association for Women Geologists (AWG) Discussion: Issues Facing Women Chairs, Deans, and other Academic Leaders

GSA Planetary Geology Division Business Meeting

Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 4)

Technical Session Chair Orientation, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting (Day 4)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Oral Session

613 How to Become an Entrepreneur in Soil Science
(Z02 ACS530 Early Career Member--Invited Abstracts Only; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry )

Presiding: Shawn Conley

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lunch **Ticketed Event**

12:35 PM-2:40 PM

Oral Session

673 Symposium --Nutrient Cycling in the Production of Bioenergy Crops
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems, A09 Professional Practitioners, S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Presiding: Julia Gaskin

12:40 PM-4:30 PM

Oral Session

697 Pesticides and Contaminants in Soil: II (includes Graduate Student Competition)/Div. S11 Business Meeting
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)

Presiding: Baoshan Xing and Cheng Gu

12:55 PM-3:05 PM

Oral Session

634 Symposium --Breeding for Resistance to Abiotic Stress
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Presiding: Roy Cantrell

12:55 PM-3:20 PM

Oral Session

648 Graduate Student Oral Competition: Breeding and Genetics
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Presiding: Brandon Horvath

12:55 PM-3:40 PM

Oral Session

617 Invasive Plant Management on Military Lands/Div. A02 Business Meeting
(A02 Military Land Use & Management)

Presiding: Michael Denight

12:55 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

662 Emerging Soil Physical Processes and Properties: Colloid-, Water-, and Gas-Phases and Interphases: I
(S01 Soil Physics)

Presiding: Lis de Jonge and Yan Jin

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

ACS526 Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils and Environmental Sciences Committee Meeting
(Events: Committee Meetings)

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

US State Department United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
(Events: Committee Meetings)

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Poster Session

649 Turf Ecology (Posters)
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Poster Session

650 Turf and Weed Management (Posters)
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

AGI/NAGT Leadership Meeting

1:00 PM-3:35 PM

Oral Session

639 Martin and Ruth Massengale Lectureship/Div. C02 Business Meeting
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Presiding: Diane Rowland

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Guest/Destination Tour: 105. Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens--Plus the Grand Homes of River Oaks

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) Board of Officers - Day 1

1:00 PM-6:30 PM

262 Geological and Geophysical R&D in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Tour of ExxonMobil and Shell Research Labs

1:05 PM-4:45 PM

Oral Session

628 Symposium --The Role of Carbon and Energy Budgets in Organic Systems
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation )

Presiding: Kathleen Delate

1:10 PM-4:35 PM

Oral Session

654 Innovations for Forage Grasses/Div. C06 Business Meeting
(C06 Forage and Grazinglands)

Presiding: Joao Vendramini

1:25 PM-2:45 PM

Oral Session

676 The WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources)—Concept and Applicability for Different Scales from Local Soil Survey to Global Earth Observation Systems
(S05 Pedology; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (2), S09 Soil Mineralogy )

Presiding: Erika Micheli and Peter Schad

1:25 PM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

614 The National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists Ethics Seminar
(Z06 National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists--Invited Abstracts Only)

Presiding: Kari Sever

1:25 PM-3:40 PM

Oral Session

686 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Processes
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Presiding: Eduardo Arellano

1:25 PM-3:45 PM

Oral Session

621 Extension Education in Crop Management and Variety Selection: I
(A04 Extension Education)

Presiding: E. James Dunphy

Oral Session

681 Symposium --Research Needs to Improve Soil Conservation Models
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Presiding: Brian Wienhold

1:25 PM-4:30 PM

Oral Session

666 Symposium --Black Carbon in Soils and Sediments: IV. Stability and Carbon Sequestration Potential
(S02 Soil Chemistry; Geochemical Society, International Humic Substances, S05 Pedology, S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils, S09 Soil Mineralogy, S11 Soils & Environmental Quality )

Presiding: Daniel Olk

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

ACS320 Books and Multimedia Publishing Committee
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

810 GC14. Risk Management and Uncertainty

Presiding: Gary P. Citron and Katrina Withers

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Poster Session

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

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

6 Pardee Keynote Symposia: Reducing Vulnerability of Gulf Coast Communities to Hurricane Impacts and Sea-Level Rise: Are Large Scale Restoration and Engineering the Answer?

Presiding: Robert S. Young and Denise J. Reed

Oral Session

69 J7. Digital Detection, Interpretation, and Mapping of Soil, Sediments and Bedrock
(GSA Geoinformatics Division; S05 Pedology; S09 Soil Mineralogy)

Presiding: John Galbraith and Jon Hempel

Oral Session

70 J22. U.S. Agriculture’s Role in Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (GRACEnet)
(GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Presiding: Stuart Birnbaum , Ronald Follett and Ronald Turco

Oral Session

71 J23. Urban Geochemistry and Associated Human and Ecological Health Issues
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality; S02 Soil Chemistry; GSA Geology and Health Division)

Presiding: Nicholas Basta and Dibyendu Sarkar

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

Oral Session

263 P4. Large Scale Continental Deformation at Plate Boundaries
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)

Presiding: Lucy M. Flesch and Nathan Niemi

Oral Session

264 T11. Global Warming Science: Implications for Geoscientists, Educators, and Policy Makers II
(GSA Geoscience Education Division; The American Quaternary Association (AMQUA); GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Gulf Coast A)

Presiding: George T. Stone and Andrew M. Buddington

Oral Session

265 T24. Lakes in Extreme Environments: Earth and Beyond
(GSA Limnogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: David B. Finkelstein and Thomas R. Kulp

Oral Session

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

Presiding: Ganqing Jiang and Uwe Brand

Oral Session

267 T42. Breaking the Curve: Historical Development, Current State, and Future Prospects for Understanding Local and Regional Processes Governing Global Diversity II
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Leigh M. Fall , Jocelyn Sessa , Austin J.W. Hendy and Thomas D. Olszewski

Oral Session

268 T95. Mineralogic and Petrologic Mapping of Planetary Surfaces: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
(GSA Planetary Geology Division)

Presiding: Herbert V. Frey and Ronald Greeley

Oral Session

269 T97. Terrestrial Impact Structures: Origin, Structure, and Evolution
(GSA Planetary Geology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Christian Koeberl and Jared R. Morrow

Oral Session

270 T111. Modeling and Simulation of Dangerous Phenomena, and Innovative Techniques for Hazard Evaluation, Mapping, and Mitigation
(Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Michael F. Sheridan , Giulio G.R. Iovine , Manuel Pastor and Marcus Bursik

Oral Session

271 T133. Microbialites: A 3.5-Billion-Year Record of Microbe-Sediment Interactions
(GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Jack D. Farmer

Oral Session

272 T139. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements in the Environment II
(International Association of GeoChemistry; GSA Hydrogeology Division)

Presiding: LeeAnn Munk , W.B. Lyons and David Long

Oral Session

273 T170. From San Salvador and Beyond: A Tribute to Don and Kathy Gerace and the Development of the Gerace Research Centre
(Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Lisa E. Park and Thomas A. Rothfus

Oral Session

274 T179. Geocognition: Researching Student Learning in the Geosciences
(GSA Geoscience Education Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Helen L. King , Julie Libarkin , Alison Stokes and Anthony D. Feig

Oral Session

275 T182. Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century
(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

Oral Session

276 T208. History of the Influence of Religion on Geology and Geology on Religion
(GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division)

Presiding: Stephen M. Rowland and Julie Newell

Oral Session

811 GC15. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Paleontology
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Presiding: Louis G. Zachos and Ann Molineux

1:30 PM-7:00 PM

Paleontological Society, Council Meeting

1:35 PM-3:35 PM

CSSA Div. C02 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

1:55 PM-5:45 PM

Oral Session

670 Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Frontiers in Soil Biology/Div. S03 Business Meeting and Reception
(S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry)

Presiding: Cindy Nakatsu

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

GSA Section Meeting Chairs Meeting

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Poster Session

687 Fire, Black Carbon, and Biochar (Posters)
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Poster Session

688 Nutrient Budgets in the Balance: What Have We Learned? (Posters)
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Poster Session

689 Microbes and Soil Crusts (Posters)
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee Meeting

2:10 PM-3:40 PM

ASA Div. A02 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Poster Session

682 GRACEnet (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

2:55 PM-4:45 PM

Oral Session

677 Tools of Soil Survey/Div. S05 Business Meeting
(S05 Pedology)

Presiding: David Weindorf

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

674 Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lecture/Div S04/Div S08 Business Meeting
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Presiding: David Franzen

NAGT/USGS Summer Internship Meeting

3:00 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

259 MSA Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting

Presiding: Peter J. Heaney

Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Oral Session

809 GC3. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

SSSA Div. S11 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

3:30 PM-4:35 PM

CSSA Div. C06 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Biomedical and Enhanced Plants Working Group
(Events: Committee Meetings)

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

SSSA Div. S05 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

Oral Session

651 NTEP Listening Session
(C05 Turfgrass Science)

Presiding: Kevin Morris

4:00 PM-6:00 AM

Poster Session

635 Maize, Grain Sorghum, and Sugarcane Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

SSSA Div. S04 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

SSSA Div. S08 Business Meeting
(Business Meetings)

Vadose Zone Journal Editorial Board
(Events: Committee Meetings)

Oral Session

690 Poster Discussion/Cash Bar
(S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils)

Presiding: Harold Balbach and Garrett Liles

Oral Session

692 Div. S08/Div. S04 Business Meeting
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis)

Presiding: Randall Warden

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

619 Integrating Instrumentation, Modeling, and Remote Sensing (Posters)
(A03 Agroclimatology & Agronomic Modeling)

Poster Session

622 Extension Education in Crop Management and Variety Selection: II (Posters)
(A04 Extension Education)

Poster Session

626 Experiment Station Management (Posters)
(A07 Agricultural Research Station Management)

Poster Session

629 Insect Management (Posters)
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

Poster Session

630 Organic Farming (Posters)
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

Poster Session

631 Soil Carbon (Posters)
(A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems)

Poster Session

636 Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Common Bean, and Peanut for Quality and Disease Resistance (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Poster Session

637 Germplasm and Breeding for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Poster Session

640 Physiological Genotype Screening (Posters)
(C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism)

Poster Session

642 Soybean and Corn Management (Posters)
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

Poster Session

643 Wheat and Cotton Management (Posters)
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

Poster Session

644 Alternative Crops and Miscellaneous (Posters)
(C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality)

Poster Session

656 Genetics of Nutrition and Quality (Posters)
(C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)

Poster Session

658 Assessing Genetic Diversity by Molecular and Morphological Evaluation (Posters)
(C08 Plant Genetic Resources)

Poster Session

659 Abiotic and Biotic Characterization of Crop Germplasm (Posters)
(C08 Plant Genetic Resources)

Poster Session

660 Collection and Utilization of Crop Germplasm for Quality and Other Traits (Posters)
(C08 Plant Genetic Resources)

Poster Session

663 Soil Moisture: Advances in Design and Development of Water Content, Matric Potential, and Flux Measurement Methods for the Critical Zone: II (Posters)
(S01 Soil Physics)

Poster Session

664 Emerging Soil Physical Processes and Properties: Colloid-, Water-, and Gas-Phases and Interphases: II (Posters)
(S01 Soil Physics)

Poster Session

667 Nutrients in Soil Environments (Posters)
(S02 Soil Chemistry)

Poster Session

668 Contaminants in Soil Environments (Posters)
(S02 Soil Chemistry)

Poster Session

675 Nitrogen Management Tools (Posters)
(S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition; S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis )

Poster Session

678 Soil Genesis and Interpretations (Posters)
(S05 Pedology)

Poster Session

683 Soil Organic Matter (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session

684 Buffer Strips and Cover Crops (Posters)
(S06 Soil & Water Management & Conservation)

Poster Session

693 Nutrient Availability and Environmental Risk from Land Application (Posters)
(S08 Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis; S04 Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition )

Poster Session

695 Soil Mineralogy: Reactions and Transformations: II (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(S09 Soil Mineralogy)

Poster Session

698 Land Use and Soil and Water Quality (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)
(S11 Soils & Environmental Quality)