Session No. 30    Sunday, October 9  9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Sediments, Carbonates (Posters)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• PETROGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND CARBONATE MINERALOGY OF MODERN SUBTIDAL SEDIMENTS FROM TWO SUBTROPICAL LAGOONS, SAN SALVADOR ISOLATED PLATFORM, BAHAMAS: GOVONI, Bonnie, Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, brgovo09@stlawu.edu and HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617   Booth 116
• FACIES STACKING PATTERN, SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND CARBON-ISOTOPE SIGNATURE OF ALBIAN PLATFORM-INTERIOR CARBONATES, SOUTHERN CROATIA: OATES, Amelia C., St. Lawrence University, SMC #598, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, acoate08@stlawu.edu, HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, and READ, J.F., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061  Booth 118

Session No. 31    Sunday,  October 9 9:00 AM-6:00 PM,
Structural Geology (Posters): Advances in Structural Geology
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• POLYGONAL PATTERNS AND DESERT EYES: RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE IMAGE STUDY OF FOLD AND FAULT STRUCTURES IN LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY TERTIARY LIMESTONES OF THE WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT: TEWKSBURY, Barbara¹, KATTENHORN, Simon A.², SAYLER, Frances¹, TEWKSBURY-CHRISTLE, Carolyn³, and SAINT-JACQUES, David⁴, (1) Dept. of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, btewksbu@hamilton.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, PO Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, (3) United States Air Force, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (4) Canadian Space Agency, 6767 Route de l'Aeroport, Saint-Hubert, QC J3Y 8Y9, Canada  Booth 137
• A PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED SYSTEM OF FOLDS AND RELATED FAULTS IN STABLE PLATFORM LIMESTONES OF THE EL RUFUF AND DRUNKA FORMATIONS, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT:TEWKSBURY, Barbara¹, DOKMAK, Asmaa A.², TARABEES, Elhamy³, MANSOUR, Ahmed Sadek M.², FATTAH, Tharwat Abdel², and RASHED, Mohamed A.², (1) Dept. of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, btewksbu@hamilton.edu, (2) Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharam Beih, Alexandria, 21511, Egypt, (3) Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, 22 Galal Street, Damanhour, 22516, Egypt  Booth 138

Session No. 32    Sunday,  October 9 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Tectonics (Posters) I: New Discoveries in Global Tectonics
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• U-PB SPHENE AND ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE TARFALA VALLEY, NORTHERN SWEDISH CALEDONIDES: DECIPHERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THRUST-STACK: BAIRD, Graham B., Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, Graham.Baird@unco.edu, CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin R., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, and KORHONEN, Fawna J., Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia Booth 149

Session No. 39    Sunday,  October 9 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• SEDIMENTARY FACIES ARCHITECTURE OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN RED RIVER FORMATION, NORTH DAKOTA: KORNECKI, Krystyna M., Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, kmkorn08@stlawu.edu and HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617 Booth 212
• MODELING THE GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE ASHOKAN WATERSHED IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS OF NEW YORK USING GIS: KISER, Karen E., Geology Dept, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, kkiser@macalester.edu, SANDSTROM, Robert M., Earth Science Dept, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, PLATSKY, Allison Lee-Ann, Geolgy Department, SUNY New Paltz, Wooster Science Building 202, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2443, RAYBURN, John A., Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, and DE SIMONE, David J., De Simone Geoscience Investigations, 957 Babcock Lake Rd, Petersburg, NY 12138  Booth 218
• THE RELATIONSHIP OF CLASTIC DIKES IN NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA TO THOSE IN BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK: HALLIGAN, Theresa¹, KORTH, Ryan¹, MAHER, Harmon Jr², and SHUSTER, Robert D.³, (1) Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182-0199, thalligan@unomaha.edu, (2) Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, (3) Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0199 Booth 240

Session No. 58    Sunday,  October 9 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
 Advances in Terrestrial Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology: Geochemical Techniques and Examples Using Inorganic and Organic Molecules in Fossil Soils, Plants, Invertebrates, and Vertebrates I (GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; GSA Archaeological Geology Division)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 200FG

• ONTOGENETIC VARIATION IN ELEMENTAL RATIOS (SR/CA AND BA/CA) OF TOOTH ENAMEL TO ASSESS DIAGENETIC ALTERATION: PEEK, Stephanie, Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. #3006, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, speek@uwyo.edu and CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071 Time 2:50

Session No. 67    Sunday,  October 9 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Time, Events, and Places: Understanding Temporal and Spatial Learning in Geoscience Education (National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 208CD

• RATES, DATES AND GEOLOGIC TIME: A JOURNAL CLUB REPORT ON TEACHING ABOUT TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF GEOSCIENCE: CERVATO, Cinzia¹, MANDUCA, Cathryn A.², MOGK, David W.³, ORMAND, Carol J.², SHIPLEY, Thomas F.⁴, and SMRECAK, Trisha A.⁵, (1) Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, cinzia@iastate.edu, (2) Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 1 North College St, Northfield, MN 55057, (3) Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, (4) Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (5) Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 Time 2:05

Session No. 91    Monday, October 10 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Honoring Maynard M. Miller, Founder of the Juneau Icefield Research Program (Foundation for Glacier and Environmental Research; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room L100A-C

• JUNEAU ICEFIELD GLACIAL REGIME APPLIED TO LAURENTIDE RETREAT FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE: FLEISHER, P. Jay, Juneau Icefield Research Program and Earth Sciences, SUNY-Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, fleishpj@oneonta.edu Time: 10:10

Session No. 94    Monday,  October 10  8:00 AM-12:00 PM
 30+ Years of Teaching about Planetary Geology: Past Lessons Learned and Future Possibilities (GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Room L100H-J

• FROM INTRO GEO TO GIS: EXAMPLES FROM CREATIVE FACULTY ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE GEOSCIENCE COURSES USING PLANETARY DATA: TEWKSBURY, Barbara, Dept. of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, btewksbu@hamilton.edu  Time: 9:05

Session No. 96    Monday, 10 October 2011 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Geomorphology (Posters)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• EIGHT DECADES OF GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE TO THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER, EAST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS, USA: BURNS, Diane M. and VIERTEL, David C., Geology and Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920, dviertel@eiu.edu Booth 35

Session No. 99    Monday,  October 10 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Paleontology (Posters) II: Extinction and Environment
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• WHEN TRACE FOSSILS ARE ACTUALLY BODY FOSSILS: MEDUSOID (CNIDARIA) TENTACLES FROM THE POTSDAM GROUP OF NEW YORK: ERICKSON, J. Mark, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, meri@stlawu.edu  Booth 129

Session No. 132    Monday,  October 10 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
 Paleoclimate, Terrestrial Ecosystems, and Human Evolution in Africa from the Pleistocene to the Present (GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 200FG

• TERRESTRIAL EVIDENCE FOR LATE QUATERNARY LAKE LEVEL CHANGES FROM THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, EQUATORIAL AFRICA: PEPPE, Daniel J.¹, FAITH, J. Tyler², TRYON, Christian³, FOX, David L.⁴, GARRETT, Nicole⁴, VAN PLANTINGA, Alexander⁵, KEEGAN, William⁶, NIGHTINGALE, Sheila⁷, OGONDO, Julian⁸, and ZAARUR, Shikma⁹, (1) Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu, (2) Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 200052, (3) Department of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, (4) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (5) Geology, Baylor University, 126 Bagby Ave, Waco, TX 76706, (6) Heritage Consultants, 877 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111, (7) Archaeology, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10016, (8) National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, (9) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CO 06511 Time 3:50

Session No. 138    Monday,  October 2010 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Glacial Lake Agassiz—Its History and Influence on North America and on Global Systems: In Honor of James T. Teller (GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; American Quaternary Association; Canadian Quaternary Association; International Union for Quaternary Research)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room L100FG

• NEW EVIDENCE FOR LAKE AGASSIZ DRAINAGE THROUGH THE ST. LAWRENCE AT YOUNGER DRYAS ONSET: RAYBURN, John A., Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, rayburnj@newpaltz.edu, CRONIN, Thomas M., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, THUNELL, Robert C., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, and FRANZI, David A., Center for Earth and Environmental Science, State University of New York, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901  Time:  4:35

Session No. 142    Monday, October 10 1:30 PM-5:30 PM,
Exploring Mercury by Spacecraft: First MESSENGER Results from Orbit (GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Room L100H-J

• WIDESPREAD AND VOLUMINOUS FLOOD VOLCANISM IN THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS OF MERCURY REVEALED BY MESSENGER: FASSETT, Caleb I.¹, DENEVI, Brett W.², WHITTEN, Jennifer L.¹, GOUDGE, Timothy A.¹, BAKER, David M.H.³, HURWITZ, Debra M.³, OSTRACH, Lillian R.⁴, XIAO, Zhiyong⁵, BYRNE, Paul K.⁶, and KLIMCZAK, Christian⁷, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, Caleb_Fassett@brown.edu, (2) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (4) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (5) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 1629 E. University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (6) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W, Washington, DC 20015, (7) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015 Time: 2:45
• SURFACE LAVA FLOW FEATURES ON MERCURY: BYRNE, Paul K.¹, KLIMCZAK, Christian¹, DENEVI, Brett W.², WATTERS, Thomas R.³, SOLOMON, Sean C.¹, ENNS, Andrew⁴, HEAD, James W.⁵, HURWITZ, Debra M.⁵, and BAKER, David M.H.⁵, (1) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, pbyrne@dtm.ciw.edu, (2) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (3) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (4) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, (5) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 Time: 3:00
• THE GEOLOGY OF MEDIUM-SIZED IMPACT BASINS ON MERCURY: PROCKTER, Louise M.¹, BAKER, David M.H.², HEAD, James W.², MURCHIE, Scott L.³, ERNST, Carolyn M.³, CHAPMAN, Clark R.⁴, DENEVI, Brett W.⁵, SOLOMON, Sean C.⁶, WATTERS, Thomas R.⁷, and MASSIRONI, Matteo⁸, (1) Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, Louise.Prockter@jhuapl.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, (4) Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (5) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (6) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (7) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (8) Department of Geoscience, University of Padova, Padova, 35137, Italy Time: 4:15
• MERCURY'S PEAK-RING BASIN POPULATION AND THE FORMATION OF PEAK RINGS: OBSERVATIONS FROM MESSENGER FLYBY AND ORBITAL DATA: BAKER, David M.H., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, david_baker@brown.edu, HEAD, James W., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, PROCKTER, Louise M., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, and SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015  Time: 4:30

Session No. 151    Tuesday,  October 11 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Whole Organism Paleoecology: Exploring Ecology through Time I (Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 205CD

• TREMATODE PARASITISM OF MODERN AND FOSSIL NORTHERN ADRIATIC BIVALVES: HUNTLEY, John W., Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, jhuntley@vt.edu and SCARPONI, Daniele, Earth Sciences, Univ of Bologna, via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy Time: 10:30AM

Session No. 163    Tuesday, October 11 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Teach Geoscience in the 21st Century (GSA Geoscience Education Division; On the Cutting Edge)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 208CD

• WHAT SHOULD WE BE TEACHING IN INTRODUCTORY GIS AND REMOTE SENSING COURSES?: TEWKSBURY, Barbara, Dept. of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323 and TEWKSBURY, David A., Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323-1218, dtewksbu@hamilton.edu Time: 11:40

Session No. 174    Tuesday,  October 11 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Sediments, Clastic (Posters)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF EARLY MIOCENE CATARRHINE LOCALITIES USING FOSSIL FOREST PALEOSOLS FROM RUSINGA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA: MICHEL, Lauren A.¹, PEPPE, Daniel J.¹, DRIESE, Steven¹, MCNULTY, Kieran P.², LEHMANN, Thomas³, DUNSWORTH, Holly M.⁴, and HARCOURT-SMITH, William E.H.⁵, (1) Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Lauren_Michel@baylor.edu, (2) Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3) Abteilung Paläoanthropologie und Messelforschung, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, D-60325, Germany, (4) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Rhode Island, 507 Chafee Building, 10 Chafee Road, Kingston, RI 02881, (5) Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 Booth 103
• A PALEOSOL ORIGIN FOR AN UNUSUAL BROWN BASALTIC INTERVAL WITHIN KOLOA VOLCANICS, POIPU BEACH, KAUAI, HAWAII: GRIFFING, David H., JOHNSON, Eric L., and HAAS, Skylar, Dept. of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, griffingd@hartwick.edu Booth 112

Session No. 183    Tuesday,  October 11 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
 Processes of Subglacial Erosion, Sediment Transport, and Deposition (Posters) (GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• TIMING AND FORMATION OF LATE QUATERNARY KAMES IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN GLACIER EROSION AND THE PRESERVATION OF GLACIAL LANDFORMS: STEWART, Alexander K., Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, astewart@stlawu.edu, OWEN, Lewis, Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, SZABO, John P., Department of Geology & Environmental Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, and LOWELL, Thomas, Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013  Booth 231

Session No. 189    Tuesday, October 2011 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Limnogeology: Interdisciplinary Studies of Lakes and Paleolakes (Posters) (GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• POST-GLACIAL RELATIVE LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SENECA LAKE BASIN, NY: CURTIN, Tara M., Geoscience Department, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, curtin@hws.edu, SPENCER, Benjamin, Geoscience Department, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney St, Geneva, NY 14456, RAYBURN, John A., Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, and PLATSKY, Allison Lee-Ann, Geolgy Department, SUNY New Paltz, Wooster Science Building 202, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2443 Booth 314

Session No. 195    Tuesday,  October 11 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Geoscience Education VI: National and International Outreach in Geoscience Education
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 211AB

• COMBINING CITIZEN SCIENCE WITH CURRICULUM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION: CRONIN, Kelly, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, SMRECAK, Trisha A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48906, ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, rmr16@cornell.edu, and CARMICHAEL, Celeste, CCE State 4-H Youth Development Office, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 Time: 3:45

Session No. 201    Tuesday, October 11 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
From Nuna to Rodinia: Proterozoic Growth and Evolution of Laurentia II (GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geological Association of Canada; Mineralogical Society of America)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 200DE

• CORONITIC METAGABBROS WITHIN THE ADIRONDACKS: A PROBE OF POST SHAWINIGAN ASTHENOSPHERIC MANTLE AND RELATED INSIGHTS INTO AMCG MAGMATISM: REGAN, Sean P., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01002, srega0@cns.umass.edu, CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R., Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, MCLELLAND, James M., Dept. of Geology, Colgate Univ, Hamilton, NY 13346-1398, and COUSENS, Brian, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada  Time: 3:00
• BASIN ANALYSIS OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC PENRHYN AND PILING GROUPS, ARCTIC CANADA:PARTIN, Camille¹, CORRIGAN, David², WODICKA, Natasha², and BEKKER, Andrey¹, (1) Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T2N2, Canada, camille.partin@gmail.com, (2) Geological Survey of Canada, 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9, Canada  Time 4:15

Session No. 216    Tuesday,  October 11 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Innovative Methods for Broadening Participation in the Geosciences through In-Service Teacher Professional Development (GSA Geoscience Education Division; American Geological Institute; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; National Earth Science Teachers Association)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 208CD

• IN-SERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AN ON-LINE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE COURSE: SHUSTER, Robert D., Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182-0199, rshuster@unomaha.edu and GRANDGENETT, Nealy F., Teacher Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182 Time 3:45
• ASSESSING PRE-COLLEGE STUDENT DEVONIAN MARINE PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA FROM A TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: SMRECAK, Trisha A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48906, smrecakt@msu.edu, ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, CAPPS, Daniel K., Education, Cornell University, 412 Kennedy Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, and CRAWFORD, Barbara A., Education, Cornell University, 407 Kennedy Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 Time 4:15

Session No. 222    Wednesday,  October 12 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Geoscience Education VIII: Effective Practices for Broader Impacts in K–12 Education
Minneapolis Convention Center: Room 208AB

• COMBINING INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE THROUGH INQUIRY: CAPPS, Daniel K.¹, CRAWFORD, Barbara A.², PATEL, Maya R.³, ROSS, Robert M.⁴, and SMRECAK, Trisha A.⁴, (1) Education, University of Maine, Shibles Hall, Orono, ME 04469, dkc39@cornell.edu, (2) Education, Cornell University, 407 Kennedy Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, (3) Biology, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14853, (4) Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 Time: 10:30

Session No. 248  Wednesday,  October 12 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Remote Sensing/Geographic Info System (Posters)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• MAPPING HISTORY: MAPS AND GIS ANALYSIS OF EVENTS RELATED TO AVALANCHE VICTIMS INTERRED AT HILLSIDE CEMETERY, SILVERTON, COLORADO:TEWKSBURY, David A., Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323-1218, dtewksbu@hamilton.edu

Session No. 254  Wednesday,  October 12 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Applications of Bio-, Chemo-, and Lithostratigraphy to Sequence Stratigraphy (Posters) (Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS FROM BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA: INSIGHTS ON NJ MARGIN ARCHITECTURE, IODP EXP. 313: KATZ, Miriam E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, katzm@rpi.edu, MILLER, Kenneth G., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Laboratories, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, MONTEVERDE, Donald, New Jersey Geological Survey, PO Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625, and MOUNTAIN, Gregory, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Labs, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Booth 215

Session No. 257    Wednesday, October 12 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Whole Organism Paleoecology: Exploring Ecology through Time (Posters) (Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)
 Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• ARE MODERN FERN LEAF ECONOMICS COHERENT ENOUGH TO USE AS A PROXY FOR FOSSIL INTERPRETATIONS?: LEMONS, Casee R., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, casee_lemons@baylor.edu, PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, ROYER, Dana L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, WRIGHT, Ian J., Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, 2109, Australia, and LUSK, Christopher B., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand Booth 238

Session No. 258    Wednesday,  October 12 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Advances in Terrestrial Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology: Geochemical Techniques and Examples Using Inorganic and Organic Molecules in Fossil Soils, Plants, Invertebrates, and Vertebrates (Posters) (GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; GSA Archaeological Geology Division)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• RECOVERING LIFE HISTORY INFORMATION FROM ONTOGENETIC VARIATION IN THE CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF TOOTH ENAMEL FROM MAMMALS: CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, mclemen1@uwyo.edu and PEEK, Stephanie, Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. #3006, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071-3006 Booth 241

Session No. 260    Wednesday, October 12 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Results from Undergraduate Research in the Geosciences (Posters) (National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics)
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• GPVPlot: SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT GRAPH GENERATION FOR GEOCHEMICAL DATA: KANDOLA, Shelley B.¹, KRATZMANN, David J.², and TORREY, Lisa¹, (1) Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, sbkand09@stlawu.edu, (2) Geology Department, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617  Booth 264

Session No. 262    Wednesday,  October 12 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Geologic Maps, Digital Geologic Maps, and Derivatives from Geologic and Geophysical Maps (Posters) (GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Association of American State Geologists; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geophysics Division) 
Minneapolis Convention Center: Hall C

• USING LIDAR TO REFINE GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND INTERPRETATIONS IN THE UPPER TANANA RIVER VALLEY, CENTRAL ALASKA: HUBBARD, Trent D.¹, REGER, Richard D.², and GALLAGHER, Patricia E.¹, (1) Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709, trent.hubbard@alaska.gov, (2) Reger's Geologic Consulting, P.O. Box 3326, Soldotna, AK 99669 Booth 272