ES322 Geomorphology Field Trip to 2009 Geological Society of America Meeting Portland Oregon We will be taking a class field trip to the 2009 GSA Meeting at the Portland Convention Center on Tuesday October 20 2009 The van will depart from the Jackson St entrance of Natural Science Building at 8 45 AM Please start assembling the team members at 8 30 AM I will already be in Portland at the meeting the student group with approved driver will be independently heading to the Portland Convention Center I will meet you at the GSA meeting registration area at 10 00 AM We will get everyone registered for the meeting as a group then off for a day of adventure and learning I will need to register you and pay the admission fee so that we can properly get it covered by university funds What to bring backpack basic day gear for exploring the city good walking shoes raingear as needed notebooks pens pencils this exercise sheet and a willingness to have fun and learn something about geoscience You can bring you own lunch or alternatively be prepared to enjoy fine Portland restaurant offerings There will be over 6000 geologists from around the world attending this meeting The exhibition hall will have 100 s of vendors including book sellers gem mineral vendors grad School information booths etc There will be dozens of presentations and seminars going on simultaneously throughout the convention center Attached is a schedule of theme sessions for Tuesday October 20 I have marked 16 sessions with a pound sign that are relevant to the geomorphology and hydrology subdisciplines Some of the sessions involve individual oral presentations each lasting 15 minutes Other sessions are poster style where an exhibition hall is set up with 100 s of poster presentations on scientific topics Directions to Portland Convention Center and Parking See attached maps directions Taylor Cell Phone 541 760 9216 Class Assignment Your job is to attend 5 oral and 5 poster presentations in one of the marked sessions on the following pages Take notes on each presentation and write a 1 2 paragraph summary of the main points In each of your summaries include statements about the main points the types of data used for the science and the conclusions and how they relate to geomorphology and hydrology Extra Credit 3 addition points will be available for each of any other talks and posters that you choose to check out and write up 1 2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting 18 21 October 2009 Tuesday 20 October 2009 8 00 AM 12 00 PM 145 Hydrogeology II Physical Oregon Convention Center E141 142 146 Paleontology Predation Diet Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom 256 147 Sediments Clastic New Insights to Old Problems Oregon Convention Center E145 8 15 AM 12 00 PM 148 P3 Earth et al Our Planets from the Hadean to Today GSA International Division GSA Sedimentary Geology Division GSA Planetary Geology Division Society for Sedimentary Geology SEPM Paleontological Society American Geological Institute NASA Astrobiology Institute Mineralogical Society of America Geochemical Society Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom 254 8 00 AM 12 00 PM 149 T33 The Subterranean Estuary Examining the Geochemical and Physical Processes of These Subsurface Mixing Zones GSA Hydrogeology Division Oregon Convention Center D137 138 150 T34 Toward Integrating Cave and Karst Science GSA Hydrogeology Division National Cave and Karst Research Institute GSA Geobiology Geomicrobiology Division Oregon Convention Center D139 140 151 T41 High Resolution Terrestrial and Marine Geochemical Proxies of Global Change Progress Problems and Utility I Paleontological Society Geochemical Society GSA Geobiology Geomicrobiology Division Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballrooms 251 258 152 T56 The Franciscan Assemblage and Tectonostratigraphic Terranes of the Western United States I A Tribute to M C Blake Jr GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division GSA Cordilleran Section Friends of the Franciscan Oregon Convention Center B110 111 112 153 T58 The Zagros Collision Zone Past and Present GSA International Division GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Oregon Convention Center B113 154 T61 Paleogeodesy at Subduction Zones GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division GSA Geophysics Division Oregon Convention Center A107 108 109 155 T63 Hydrothermal Systems and Volatile Emissions of Volcanic Arcs GSA Hydrogeology Division Oregon Convention Center B117 118 119 156 T71 Fault and Fracture Studies in the Solar System GSA Planetary Geology Division GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Oregon Convention Center A106 157 T72 Geofluids and Deformation Integrated Studies for the 21st Century GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Oregon Convention Center A105 158 T80 Magmas and Volatiles Linking Granites Volcanoes Geothermal Systems and Mineral Deposits I Society of Economic Geologists Oregon Convention Center E143 144 159 T84 Volcanism Impacts Mass Extinctions and Global Environmental Change III Paleontological Society GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom 253 160 T97 EARTHTIME From Developing Tools to Teaching about Time GSA Sedimentary Geology Division GSA Geobiology Geomicrobiology Division Geochemical Society Paleontological Society GSA Geoscience Education Division Oregon Convention Center C123 2 161 T105 Interactions and Interdependencies of Academic and Applied Geosciences Advantages Challenges and Ways Forward GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee Oregon Convention Center C124 162 T121 Pacific Rim Influence on Geological Thought and History GSA History of Geology Division GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division GSA International Division GSA Geophysics Division Oregon Convention Center B116 163 T125 Geochemical Approaches to Sedimentary Provenance Studies I Geochemical Society GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom 252 164 T134 Risks and Realities Current Advances in Understanding Societal Risk and Resilience to Natural Hazards II GSA Geology and Health Division GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee GSA Geoinformatics Division GSA Engineering Geology Division GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division GSA Geology and Society Division Oregon Convention Center D135 136 165 T145 Use of High Resolution LiDAR DEMs for Geologic Geomorphic and Geohazards Mapping Oregon Convention Center E147 148 166 T151 Clean Coal Can It Be a Reality GSA Coal Geology