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JSG meetings

GSA Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado
Oct. 28-31, 2007

Jackson School will be at the GSA 2007 Annual Meeting!

UT Austin will be represented at GSA's 2007 Annual Meeting in Denver, by members of its staff, students, and alumni. Come visit us at booth 1023.

Join us Saturday evening when President John M. (Jack) Sharp Jr. gives his Presidential Address and presents the 2007 Awards and Medals at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Colorado Convention Center, Centennial Ballroom D/E from 7-9 p.m.

Friends and alumni, join us at the JSG reception, Hyatt Regency Denver, 650 15th Street, Denver, CO 80202, Capitol Ballroom 4, Monday, October 29, 2007, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

The Jackson School will also be sponsoring the first GeoScienceWorld User’s Group at the GSA on Monday, Oct, 29 from 12 noon – 1:30 pm (Mineral Hall BC, Hyatt Regency Denver). Lunch will be served – to reserve a seat email gswinfo@geoscienceworld.org or visit GeoScienceWorld’s booth at GSA (Booth #517). For more information visit www.geoscienceworld.org.

Bayani Cardenas is co-chairing the session, "T50. Hydrogeology in the Desert: A Tribute to Ronit Nativ and Mahdi Hantush," on Monday, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Room 708/710/712

Presentations

Sunday - Talks

Author(s)

Title

Session

Room

Date/Time

WOLAVER, B.D.* and SHARP, J.M., JR.

AQUIFER DELINEATION FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN A DEVELOPING ARID KARSTIC BASIN: CUATROCIÉNEGAS, COAHUILA, MEXICO

Springs and Spring Deposits

Room 708/710/712

Sunday
08:15 AM

HANSON, Richard, GOSE, Wulf, and BOWRING, Samuel

PROTEROZOIC INTRAPLATE IGNEOUS PROVINCES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE NEED FOR INTEGRATED PALEOMAGNETIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL STUDIES

Pulse of the Earth: Geochronology and Paleomagnetism of Large Igneous Provinces—The Key to Reconstructing Precambrian Supercontinents

Room 605/607

Sunday
03:50 PM

Sunday - Posters

SPRINKLE, James and GAHN, Forest J.

NEW EOCRINOIDS FROM THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN GARDEN CITY FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO

Paleontology (Posters) I: Faunas, Forms, and Phylogenies

Exhibit Hall E/F

Sunday
08:00 AM - 12:00 pm

Zachos, L.G.***

SPINES, SPLINES, AND SINES: MODELING THE GROWTH OF LIVING AND FOSSIL ECHINOIDS

Paleontology (Posters) I: Faunas, Forms, and Phylogenies

Exhibit Hall E/F

Sunday
08:00 AM - 12:00 pm

Bingham, L., King, W.*, and Mann, P.

GIS-based Active Fault Map of the Caribbean Plate Margins

The Impact of Geoinformatics on Geoscience Research and Education (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Sunday
01:30 - 5:30 pm

Hornbach, M.J., Frohlich, C., Mann, P., Mondziel, S., and Grindlay, N.

Tsunami Potential Offshore NW Puerto Rico II: Re-evaluating the Source of the 1918 Puerto Rico Tsunami

Tsunamis: Monitoring, Notification, Geology, Modeling, Education and Outreach; The State of the Art (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Sunday
06:00 pm

Mondziel, S., Grindlay, N., Mann, P., and Hornbach, M.

Tsunami Potential Offshore Northwest Puerto Rico I: Mapping Active Faults and Mass Wasting Features in the Mona Rift

Tsunamis: Monitoring, Notification, Geology, Modeling, Education and Outreach; The State of the Art (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Sunday
06:00 pm

Moscardelli, L.G., Wood, L.J., and Dunlap, D.B.

MASS TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN WORLDWIDE CONTINENTAL MARGINS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR TSUNAMIGENIC HAZARDS

Tsunamis: Monitoring, Notification, Geology, Modeling, Education and Outreach; The State of the Art (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Sunday
06:00 pm

Monday - Talks

BUDGE, Trevor J.*** and SHARP, John M., Jr

SPATIAL CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF NEXRAD PRECIPIATION AND SPRING DISCHARGE AND APPLICATION TO REGIONAL GROUNDWATER MODEL OF A KARST AQUIFER

The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Recharge

Room 705/707

Monday
08:15 AM

COWAN, Brian D.**, BANNER, Jay L., HAUWERT, Nico M., and MUSGROVE, MaryLynn

GEOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL TRACING OF RAPID RESPONSE IN THE VADOSE ZONE OF THE EDWARDS KARST AQUIFER

The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundwater Recharge

Room 705/707

Monday
08:30 AM

Milliken, K. and Barker, D.S.

Diagenesis of the Footprint Tuff (PLiocene), Laetoli, Tanzania

From Geoarchaeology and Paleoanthropology to Sedimentary Geology and Geochemistry I: A Memorial to Richard L. Hay

Room 401/402

Monday
10:55 AM

Hayman, N.W., Daniels, K.E., and Malin, P.E.

GRANULAR DEFORMATION AND SEISMICITY IN LABORATORY PHOTOELASTIC FAULT ZONES

Recognition and Implications of Coseismic Fault-Zone Structures I

Room 507

Monday
04:25 PM

Monday - Posters

REED, Robert M. and GALE, Julia F.W.

INTEGRATING ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION AND SEM-BASED CATHODOLUMINESCENCE INTO STUDIES OF CRACK-SEAL TEXTURE AND CRYSTAL GROWTH IN QUARTZ-LINED SANDSTONE MACROFRACTURES

Structural Geology and Tectonics (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Monday
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CAGLE, Margaret F.**, SHARP, John M., Jr, and SAEPIA, Dawn M.

CONTROLS OF SULFATE VARIABILITY IN GROUNDWATER AT A LIGNITE MINE, NORTHEAST TEXAS

The Science of Groundwater Recharge, Coal Mine Hydrology/Geochemistry, Stream Restoration and its Application to the Public Good (Posters): In Honor of Mary W. Stoertz

Exhibit Hall E/F

Monday
01:30 - 5:30 PM

King, W.*, Bingham, L., Mann, P., Demets, C., and Wiggins-Grandison, M.

Possible Existence of an Unidentified, Seismogenic Fault Zone Along the Southern Coast of Jamaica: A Compilation of Earthquake and Remote Sensing Data

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Monday
01:30 pm

MURRAY, Bryan P. and HORTON, Brian K.

SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF THE SYNOROGENIC PEÑAS AND ARANJUEZ FORMATIONS, CENTRAL ANDES, BOLIVIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF EASTERN CORDILLERA DENUDATION AND INITIAL BASIN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN ALTIPLANO

Explorations in Sedimentary Geology: Student Research (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Monday
01:30 - 5:30 PM

Tuesday - Talks

RUPPEL, Stephen C. and LOUCKS, Robert G.

MIDDLE PALEOZOIC, HYDROCARBON-BEARING MUDROCK SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT: RECORD OF CONTINENTAL COLLISION, PLATFORM DROWNING, AND UPWELLING

Gas Shales of North America

Room 505

Tuesday
08:35 AM

Cardenas, M.B.

POWER-LAW SCALING OF RESIDENCE TIMES: THE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SIGNATURE OF GROUND WATER-SURFACE WATER CONNECTION AT NESTED SCALES

Advances in Understanding and Detection of Groundwater–Stream Water Interactions across Temporal and Spatial Scales

Room 708/710/712

Tuesday
08:40 AM

DAY-STIRRAT, Ruarri J., LOUCKS, Robert G., MILLIKEN, Kitty L., and VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A.

FABRIC OF THE BARNETT SHALE AND ITS CONCRETIONS; A MULTI-TECHNIQUE ANALYSIS

Gas Shales of North America

Room 505

Tuesday
10:40 AM

REED, Robert M., LOUCKS, Robert G., JARVIE, Daniel M., and RUPPEL, Stephen C.

NANOPORES IN THE MISSISSIPPIAN BARNETT SHALE: DISTRIBUTION, MORPHOLOGY, AND POSSIBLE GENESIS

Gas Shales of North America

Room 505

Tuesday
11:10 AM

SCANLON, Bridget R.

BIRDSALL-DREISS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY FOR GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND WASTE DISPOSAL IN SEMIARID REGIONS – A LOOK AT ECOLOGICAL CONTROLS FROM ANNUAL TO MILLENNIAL TIMESCALES

Climate Change Hydrology

Room 708/710/712/p>

Tuesday
04:30 PM

MOLINEUX, Ann, GEORGE, Christian**, COMEAUX, Rebecca*, DUNN, Elizabeth*, and WARD, William

PALEONTOLOGY IN CYBERSPACE: MOVING MUSEUMS INTO DIGITAL AGE SPECIMEN COLLECTION

Paleontology VI: Stratigraphic and Systematic Paleontology

Room 507

Tuesday
05:00 PM

Tuesday - Posters

MCDOWELL, Fred W.

TIMING OF INTENSE MAGMATIC EPISODES IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, MEXICO

Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology; Volcanology (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Tuesday
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

RAMIREZ FERNANDEZ, Juan Alonso, VELASCO TAPIA, Fernando, VIERA DECIDA, Federico, VASCONCELOS FERNANDEZ, Jose Manuel, and GARY, Marcus***

TERTIARY INTRAPLATE MAFIC MAGMATISM IN THE EASTERN MEXICAN ALKALINE PROVINCE: VILLA ALDAMA VOLCANIC COMPLEX

Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology; Volcanology (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Tuesday
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

AL-JOHAR, Mishal M., DAVIDSON, Sarah C., LINHOFF, Benjamin S., REMPE, Daniella M., and SHARP, John M., Jr

VARIATIONS IN THE FRESHWATER/SALTWATER SYSTEM ON NORTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS: FREE CONVECTION OR GHYBEN-HERZBERG LENS?

Hydrogeology (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Tuesday
01:30 - 5:30 PM

WILES, Thomas J. and SHARP, John M., Jr

THE SECONDARY PERMEABILITY OF “IMPERVIOUS” COVER

Hydrogeology (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Tuesday
01:30 - 5:30 PM

WONG, Corinne**, BANNER, Jay L., MUSGROVE, MaryLynn, and MIHEALSICK, Christine A

CONTROLS ON THE GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF VADOSE WATER IN A KARST TERRAIN IN CENTRAL TEXAS

Innovative Uses of Environmental Isotopes in Hydrology (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Tuesday
01:30 -5:30 PM

Wednesday - Talks

MUKHERJEE, Abhijit and FRYAR, Alan E.

MECHANISMS OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATION OF DEEP GROUNDWATER OF THE WESTERN BENGAL BASIN, INDIA

Arsenic: From Nature to Human I

Room 704/706

Wednesday
09:05 AM

MCELROY, B.*** and STAIGER, J.W.

CONTINENTAL EROSION AT MILLENNIAL TIMESCALES

Using Geochronology to Build Better Records and Solve Geomorphic and Paleoclimate Questions—Recent Advances and Findings

Room 407

Wednesday
09:25 AM

BARKER, Daniel S.

INTERACTIONS OF MAGMAS WITH WATER-SATURATED HOSTS, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS

Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Environmental Studies in Big Bend National Park and the Trans-Pecos Region, Texas

Room 503

Wednesday
09:30 AM

SCANLON, Bridget R., NICOT, Jean-Philippe, REEDY, Robert C., KURTZMAN, Daniel, and MUKHERJEE, Abhijit

NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN A SEMIARID OXIDIZING SYSTEM, SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER, USA

Arsenic: From Nature to Human I

Room 704/706

Wednesday
10:10 AM

PHILLIPS, Roger, SMREKAR, Suzanne E., ZUBER, Maria T., CAMPBELL, Bruce, PLAUT, Jeffrey J., SEU, Roberto, SAFAEINILI, Ali, HOLT, John, PUTZIG, Nathaniel, and BICCARI, Daniela

SHARAD: NO FLEXURE BENEATH THE NORTHERN CAP; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE THERMAL STATE OF MARS

Advanced Remote Sensing of the Earth, Moon, and Mars: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Other Platforms

Room 406

Wednesday
10:35 AM

BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, MUKHERJEE, Abhijit, SHI, Fei, XIE, Zheng Miao, MUKHERJEE, Arun B., SRACEK, Ondra, ZHU, Yongguan, BUNDSCHUH, Jochen, and JACKS, Gunnar

HIGH ARSENIC IN ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS IN VARIED CLIMATIC REGIME: HYDROGEOCHEMICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN HUHHOT BASIN, INNER MONGOLIA, PR CHINA AND BENGAL BASIN, INDIA AND BANGLADESH

Arsenic: From Nature to Human I

Room 704/706

Wednesday
10:45 AM

GUENSBURG, Thomas E. and SPRINKLE, James

MORPHOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF A PRIMITIVE EARLY ORDOVICIAN CRINOID

Paleontology VII: Phylogeny and Morphology

Room 507

Wednesday
10:45 AM

Zachos, L.G.*** and SPRINKLE, James

AN EQUILIBRIUM THEORY OF ECHINOID PLATE GEOMETRY

Paleontology VII: Phylogeny and Morphology

507

Wednesday
11:00 AM

Dalziel, I.W.D.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARGENTINE PRECORDILLERA IN PALEOZOIC GLOBAL PALEOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita Salients...

Room 401/402

Wednesday
11:10 AM

MUKHERJEE, Abhijit, SCANLON, Bridget R., CHAUDHARY, Sunil, MISHRA, Ranjan, GHOSH, Ashok, FRYAR, Alan E., and RAMANATHAN, Al

REGIONAL HYDROCHEMICAL STUDY OF GROUNDWATER ARSENIC CONTAMINATION ALONG TRANSECTS FROM THE HIMALAYAN ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS TO THE INDIAN SHIELD, CENTRAL GANGETIC BASIN, INDIA

Arsenic: From Nature to Human I

Room 704/706

Wednesday
11:15 AM

DUTTON, Shirley P., LOUCKS, Robert G., and MILLIKEN, Kitty L.

EXTENDING FELDSPAR DIAGENETIC TRENDS WITH DATA FROM DEEP TO ULTRADEEP EOCENE WILCOX SANDSTONES OF THE NORTHERN TEXAS GULF OF MEXICO COAST

Sediments, Clastic

Room 403

Wednesday
11:30 AM

CHATTERJEE, Debashis, MUKHERJEE-GOSWAMI, A., NATH, Bibhash, JANA, Joydev, SAHU, Sudip Jyoti, CHAKRABORTY, Sudipta, SARKAR, Madhav Jyoti, JACKS, Gunnar, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, and MUKHERJEE, Abhijit

ARSENIC IN SHALLOW AND DEEP AQUIFERS OF BENGAL DELTA PLAIN: A FIELD SCALE STUDY IN WEST-BENGAL, INDIA

Arsenic: From Nature to Human I

Room 704/706

Wednesday
11:45 AM

NANCE, H.S., BANNER, Jay, SHARP, John M., Jr, and JAMES, Eric

USING BASIC HYDROCHEMICAL DATA TO INTERPRET APPARENT GROUNDWATER AGES FOR DELINEATION OF PREFERENTIAL RECHARGE AREAS AND FLOW PATHS, EDWARDS AQUIFER, WEST TEXAS

Models and Other Tools for Managing Surface and Groundwater Resources and Informing Policy Makers II

Room 708/710/712

Wednesday
03:15 PM

CARDENAS, M. Bayani, SLOTTKE, Donald T.*, KETCHAM, Richard A., and SHARP, John M., Jr

NAVIER-STOKES FLOW AND TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS USING REAL FRACTURES SHOWS HEAVY TAILING DUE TO EDDIES

Geologic Controls on Chemical Migration in Fractured and Carbonate Aquifers II

Room 705/707

Wednesday
03:25 PM

JAMES, Eric W. and BANNER, Jay L.

PRESERVATION BIAS IN SPELEOTHEM PROXY RECORDS DUE TO SEASONAL VENTILATION OF CAVES

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography II

Room 501

Wednesday
03:30 PM

ROBYR, Martin

TEXTURAL, CHEMICAL, AND MICROSTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SNOWBALL GARNET PORPHYROBLASTS

Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology; Volcanology II

Room 709/711

Wednesday
03:30 PM

SLOTTKE, Donald T.*, KETCHAM, Richard A., and SHARP, John M., Jr

COMPARISON OF FAST FLOW PATH ROUGHNESS TO SLOW FLOW PATH AND OVERALL SURFACE ROUGHNESSES MODELED IN A DISCRETE FRACTURE OF WELDED TUFF

Geologic Controls on Chemical Migration in Fractured and Carbonate Aquifers II

Room 705/707

Wednesday
03:40 PM

Carlson, W.D. and Temeng, A.F.

RATES OF INTERGRANULAR DIFFUSION OF ALUMINUM FROM CORONAL REACTION TEXTURES

Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology; Volcanology II

Room 709/711

Wednesday
04:00 PM

Wednesday - Posters

MOGK, David, CLARK, Christine E., DUTROW, Barbara, GOODGE, John, HENRY, Darrell, KETCHAM, Richard, MUELLER, Paul, SWAPP, Susan, VERVOORT, Jeff, and WIRTH, Karl

WEB RESOURCES FOR TEACHING GEOCHEMICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS

Geoscience Education (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Wednesday
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM

COLLINS, Edward W., MUEHLBERGER, William R., and DICKERSON, Patricia W

LANDSLIDES AT CHILICOTAL MOUNTAIN, GLENN SPRING QUADRANGLE, TEXAS, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Environmental Studies in Big Bend National Park and the Trans-Pecos Region, Texas (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Wednesday
01:30 - 5:30 PM

DICKERSON, Patricia Wood, MUEHLBERGER, William R., and COLLINS, Edward W.

OLIGOCENE MAGMATISM AND XENOLITHS OF ACCRETED LITHOSPHERE - GLENN SPRING AND ADJACENT INTRUSIONS, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK

Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Environmental Studies in Big Bend National Park and the Trans-Pecos Region, Texas (Posters)

Exhibit Hall E/F

Wednesday
01:30 - 5:30 PM

*** PhD student
** MS student
* Undergraduate