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JSG meetings

GSA Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct. 22-25, 2006

Jackson School will be at the GSA 2006 Annual Meeting!

UT Austin will be represented at GSA's 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, by members of its staff, students, and alumni. JSG will be at Booth #1214.

Join us for the Alumni Dinner and meet the new dean!

Presentations

Sunday

Author(s)

Title

Session

Room

Date/Time

DAVIS, B. R.** and MOSHER, S.

COMPLEX STRUCTURAL AND FLUID FLOW EVOLUTION ALONG THE GRENVILLE FRONT, WEST TEXAS

Structural Geology I

107-AB

Sunday
08:30 a.m.

FOLK, R.L.

NANOMETER-SCALE FEATURES OF SEDIMENTARY PHOSPHATE: NANNOBACTERIAL, METAZOAN OR INORGANIC PRECIPITATION?

Whet your Apatite: Advances in Research of Natural and Biological Apatite

104 B

Sunday
8:30 a.m.

LAUBACH, S E., LANDER, R., WILSON, C.E., OZKAN, A.**, OLSON, J.E., BONNELL, L. M., GALE, J.F.W., and EICHHUBL, P.

FRACTURE OPENING, BURIAL DIAGENESIS, AND FRACTURE SEALING AS LINKED PROCESSES CONTROLLING PERMEABILITY IN UPPER CRETACEOUS MESAVERDE GROUP SANDSTONES, PICEANCE BASIN, COLORADO

Fractured Rock Characterization in Applied Geology

111-AB

Sunday
10:00 a.m.

COLLIER, S. K.** and MOSHER, S.

STRAIN PARTITIONING IN THE MOINE NAPPE, NORTHERN SCOTLAND

Structural Geology I

107-AB

Sunday
10:30 a.m.

GUILFOYLE, A. L.**, BANNER, J., and STERN, L.

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CONTROLS ON THE GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF CAVE DRIPWATERS AND MODERN SPELEOTHEM CALCITE

High Resolution Quaternary Records from Cave Environments

109-AB

Sunday
10:30 a.m.

SMYTH, R.C. and HOVORKA, S. D.

POTENTIAL OF SUBSEAFLOOR ATLANTIC UNITS FOR GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE

Environmental Geoscience

113-C

Sunday
11:15 a.m.

LAUBACH, S.E., DIAZ-TUSHMAN, K., WARD, M. E.**, OLSON, J. E., MARRETT, R.A., and LANDER, R.

USING DIAGENESIS TO UNRAVEL FRACTURE HISTORY AND SELECT SUITABLE OUTCROP ANALOGS FOR BURIED FRACTURE SYSTEMS

Outcrop Studies: Fundamental to Lithofacies and Reservoir Characterization

113-A

Sunday
2:15 p.m.

MORGAN, J.V., URRUTIA, J., GULICK, S., CHRISTESON, G., GRIEVE, R., WARNER, M., BARTON, P., REBOLLEDO, M., and MELOSH, J.

FUTURE DRILLING OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER

Impact Craters: Structures, Drilling, Ages, and Geophysics

112-A

Sunday
3:00 p.m.

GULICK, S., BARTON, P., CHRISTESON, G., MCDONALD, M.**, MENDOZA, K., MORGAN, J., URRUTIA, J., and WARNER, M.

SUB-SURFACE ASYMMETRIES OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER

Impact Craters: Structures, Drilling, Ages, and Geophysics

112-A

Sunday
3:15 p.m.

STEEL, R. J.

OUTCROP STUDIES: VITAL TO UNDERSTANDING SHELF-MARGIN GROWTH, AND FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF DELTAIC SHELF RESERVOIRS

Outcrop Studies: Fundamental to Lithofacies and Reservoir Characterization

113-A

Sunday
3:15 p.m.

BARTON, P., SURENDRA, A., MASOOMZADEH, H., GULICK, S., and MORGAN, J.

STRUCTURE OF CHICXULUB PEAK RING AND SHALLOW CRATER FLOOR FROM NEW SEISMIC DATA

Impact Craters: Structures, Drilling, Ages, and Geophysics

112-A

Sunday
3:30 p.m.

CHRISTESON, G., GULICK, S., MORGAN, J., WARNER, M., and BARTON, P.

MOHO UPWARPING BENEATH THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER

Impact Craters: Structures, Drilling, Ages, and Geophysics

112-A

Sunday
3:45 p.m.

MCDONALD, M.**, GULICK, S., MELOSH, H. J., and MENDOZA, K.

OBLIQUE IMPACT AND PEAK RING OFFSET: VENUSIAN CRATERS COMPARED TO CHICXULUB

Impact Craters: Structures, Drilling, Ages, and Geophysics

112-A

Sunday
4:00 p.m.

Monday

Author(s)

Title

Session

Room

Date/Time

CLOOS, M. and SHREVE, R.L.

TECTONIC EFFECTS OF SUBDUCTING BATHYMETRIC HIGHS: IMPLICATIONS OF THE SUBDUCTION CHANNEL MODEL

Modern to Precambrian Subduction Systems: Convergent Margin Behavior and Evolution Over Geologic Time I

103 A

Monday
9:30 a.m.

MUKHERJEE, Abhijit, VON BRÖMSSEN, M., JACKS, G., AHMED, K. M., FRYAR, A., HASAN, Md. A., and BHATTACHARYA, P.

HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO ARSENIC AFFECTED AREAS NEAR THE EASTERN AND WESTERN MARGINS OF BENGAL BASIN: SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Distribution of Arsenic and Related Metalloids in Surface and Ground Waters: Controls and Challenges I

204-B

Monday
10:25 a.m.

FISHER, D., MOSHER, D., AUSTIN, J., GULICK, S., MASTERLARK, T., AND MORAN, K.

ACTIVE DEFORMATION ACROSS THE SUMATRAN FOREARC OVER THE DECEMBER 2004 M9.3 RUPTURE

Modern to Precambrian Subduction Systems: Convergent Margin Behavior and Evolution Over Geologic Time II

103 A

Monday
2:30 p.m.

TREHU, A.M., BEAUDOIN, B.C., CLARKE, S. H., GODFREY, N., GULICK, S.P.S., HENSTOCK, T. J., HOLE, J. A., KLEMPERER, S., LEITNER, B. and LENDL, C.

PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM CALIFORNIA: SEISMIC IMAGES OF THE MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION REGION

NSF Continental Dynamics Field Laboratories II: 20 Years On

108 B

Monday
3:10 p.m.

DEMOTT, L. M.**, BANNER, J., and CHRISTIAN, L.

RECENT TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS AS RECORDS OF GROUNDWATER PROCESSES IN URBANIZING ENVIRONMENTS

New Approaches to Understanding the Cycling of Water in Urban Landscapes (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C
Booth 74

Monday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

MILLIKEN, K. AND CHOH, S.-J.

USING PETROGRAPHIC DATA FROM ELECTRON MICROBEAM INSTRUMENTATION IN THE CURRICULUM: DIGITAL RESOURCES CAN HELP

Teaching Instrumentation to Geoscience Students: Course Design, Objectives, and Presentations (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C

Monday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

SHARP, J. M., Jr, CHRISTIAN, L. N., GARCIA-FRESCA, B.***, PIERCE, S. A.***, and WILES, T. J.**

CHANGING RECHARGE AND HYDROGEOLOGY IN AN URBANIZING AREA – EXAMPLE OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA

New Approaches to Understanding the Cycling of Water in Urban Landscapes (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C
Booth 73

Monday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

ANDRING, M. J., WOLAVER, B. D.***, SHARP, John M. Jr, and BANNER, Jay L.

ANALYZING GROUNDWATER FLOWPATHS IN A KARSTIC BASIN USING CROSS-PLOTS OF MAJOR IONS: CUATRO CIENEGAS BASIN, COAHUILA, MEXICO

Epikarst to Conduits: Quantitative Methods Applied To Monitoring and Modeling of Karst Aquifers (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C

Monday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Author(s)

Title

Session

Room

Date/Time

CORMAS, P.C., BARUFALDI, J.P., and BANNER, Jay L.

SUCCESSFUL ASPECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S GK-12 PROGRAM

GK12 (Graduate-K–12) Education: Improving Understanding of Geologic Concepts at All Levels (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C

Tuesday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

MUEHLBERGER, W.R., HATCHER, R.D. Jr, DENISON, R. E., KARLSTROM, K. E., SALEEBY, J., and MARTINEZ, C. M.

TRANSCONTINENTAL GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTION

Tectonics (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C

Tuesday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

GANDLER, L. M.** and KYLE, J. R.

ORE CONTROLS FOR THE DEEP MLZ CU-AU SKARN DEPOSIT, ERTSBERG DISTRICT, PAPUA, INDONESIA

Economic Geology

104-A

Tuesday
2:00 p.m.

BALINE, L. M.** and KYLE, J. R.

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION OF THE DEEP GRASBERG PORPHYRY CU-AU DEPOSIT, PAPUA, INDONESIA

Economic Geology

104-A

Tuesday
2:30 p.m.

STEINHAUER, E.S., NEILL, M. F., DEMOTT, L. M.**, LANDRUM, J. T.**, SCHUMACHER, W.*, and BENNETT, P. C.

YDROGEOCHEMICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR BLANCO RIVER RECHARGE OF JACOB'S WELL, A KARST SPRING IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS

The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ground Water Recharge (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C

Tuesday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

WILBUR, B.C.

BUILDING A BETTER HELICOPLACOID AND THE MEANING OF “EDRIOASTEROID”

Paleontology/Paleobotany VII: Phylogeny, Systematics, and Evolution

104 B

Tuesday
4:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Author(s)

Title

Session

Room

Date/Time

EKDALE, A.A., EKDALE, E. G.**, and COLBERT, M. W.

INVERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS INSIDE VERTEBRATE SKULLS: THE WORMS CRAWL IN, AND THE WORMS CRAWL OUT

Fossil Behavior I: In Honor of Adolf Seilacher

204-A

Wednesday
10:15 a.m.

Cardenas, M. Bayani

FLUMES, FINITE-ELEMENTS, FIELD OBSERVATIONS, FOURIER-SERIES AND FRACTALS: FUNDAMENTAL LINKAGES IN HYPORHEIC STUDIES

Stream-hyporheic Interactions: Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Biology

103-A

Wednesday
10:40 a.m.

GARY, M. O.***, HALIHAN, T., SHARP, J. M. Jr, MOURI, S., and THORSTAD, J.

ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING OF TRAVERTINE-CAPPED SINKHOLES: DEEP LAKES WITH LIDS

Detection of Voids, Tunnels and Collapse Features

103-B

Wednesday
2:25 p.m.

LANDRUM, J. T.**, ENGEL, A. S., MILLIKEN, K., and BENNETT, P. C.

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF ANTIMONY AND ARSENIC IN HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS AND OPALINE DEPOSITS FROM EL TATIO GEYSER FIELD, CHILE

Geochemistry, Aqueous (Posters)

Exhibit Hall C

Wednesday
1:30-5:30 p.m.

PETTER, A.L.*** and STEEL, R.J.

HIGH- VERSUS LOW-DENSITY HYPERPYCNAL FLOW: DEPOSITS AND RELATIVE TIMING WITHIN A 4TH-ORDER GENETIC SEQUENCE, CENTRAL TERTIARY BASIN, SPITSBERGEN

Epi-continental Seas in the Geological Record: The Limitations of the Uniformitarian Paradigm II

204 C

Wednesday
4:55 p.m.

OLARIU, C.** and BHATTACHARYA, J. P.

INTERPLAY BETWEEN RIVER DISCHARGE AND LAKE BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY IN A HYPERPYCNAL LACUSTRINE DELTA, RED RIVER, LAKE TEXOMA, TEXAS/ OKLAHOMA, USA

Epi-continental Seas in the Geological Record: The Limitations of the Uniformitarian Paradigm II

204 C

Wednesday
5:10 p.m.

*** PhD student
** MS student
* Undergraduate