2008 Joint Meeting - Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth
5-9 October 2008 | Houston, Texas, USA
Open Call for Papers - Abstract Deadline is 3 June 2008. For information and to submit an abstract go to http://www.acsmeetings.org/2008.
The Geochemical Society provides scientific programming and events annually at the GSA Meeting and Exposition.
Current Geochemical Society Members may register at the member rate!
Exhibit
Booth 956
Events
2008 F. Earl Ingerson Lecture
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) / Geochemical Society (GS) Joint Reception
Geochemical Society Sponsored Sessions
| T90. |
Whole Earth Systems Science: New Perspectives on the 'Rock Cycle' from the Deep Earth to the Atmosphere to Life
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies |
| Chairs: |
Cin-Ty Lee, Andreas Luttge, Adrian Lenardic, Gerald Dickens |
| Theme: |
This session takes a new look at the 'rock cycle' by stressing the concept of whole earth systems, wherein interdisciplinary tools (petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, biogeochemistry) are used to understand the links between Earth's deep interior, exosphere and biosphere. |
| KeyWords: |
Petrology, Igneous; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology |
| T100. |
From Magma Oceans to Basalts: Igneous Differentiation on Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies |
| Chairs: |
Justin Filiberto, Allan Treiman |
| Theme: |
This session contrasts basic magmatism among terrestrial planets from their earliest differentiation through recent volcanism. |
| KeyWords: |
Petrology, Igneous; Planetary Geology; Geochemistry |
| T122. |
Soil Geochemistry: Databases and Applications at Regional to Continental Scales
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; GSA Geology and Health Division |
| Chairs: |
David B. Smith, Andrew Rencz, Juan Carlos Salinas |
| Theme: |
This session focuses on presentations of results from soil geochemical studies being conducted at broad geographical scales (regional to continental) and the interpretation of these results in terms of processes acting at these scales. |
| KeyWords: |
Geochemistry; Environmental Geoscience; Geology and Health |
| T125. |
Fundamental Understanding of Carbonate Mineral Reactivity and Kinetics: Advances and Applications
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society |
| Chairs: |
Rolf S. Arvidson |
| Theme: |
This session encourages contributions that advance the fundamental understanding of carbonate mineral reaction kinetics and reactivity, using model, experimental, or field data, or that showcase integrated approaches to complex problems involving carbonate phases. |
| KeyWords: |
Geochemistry; Sediments, Carbonates; Environmental Geoscience |
| T126. |
Soils through Time: Critical-Zone Studies of Interacting Processes
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies |
| Chairs: |
Marjorie S. Schulz, David Stonestrom, Daniel D. Richter |
| Theme: |
This session focuses on processes shaping soil and its environs (the 'critical zone') over time scales from seasonal to multimillennial. We welcome studies exploring interactions of rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms through time. |
| KeyWords: |
Geochemistry; Quaternary Geology; Hydrogeology |
| T127. |
Geochemical Tracers of Changes in Seawater Chemistry
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies |
| Chairs: |
E. Troy Rasbury, Franco Marcantonio |
| Theme: |
This session seeks to examine processes and products from throughout the Phanerozoic and the modern to decipher the important controls on seawater chemistry and isotope ratios through time. |
| KeyWords: |
Geochemistry; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography |
| T130. |
Opportunities at the Interface: Minerals, Bugs, and Aqueous Solutions
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| Sponsors: |
Geochemical Society |
| Chairs: |
Maria Dittrich, Andreas Luttge |
| Theme: |
The session brings together colleagues interested in geochemistry, microbiology, organic chemistry, and environmental engineering to discuss new experimental and theoretical results, as well as exciting field studies in this rapidly developing interdisciplinary field. |
| KeyWords: |
Geochemistry; Geomicrobiology; Environmental Geoscience |
| T149. |
Groundwater Arsenic: A Global Environmental Health Problem and Sustainable Mitigation
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| Sponsors: |
GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Divison; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA International Division; Geochemical Society; International Association of Hydrogeologists; International Society of Groundwater Sustainable Development |
| Chairs: |
Prosun Bhattacharya, Abhijit Mukherjee, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Jochen Bundschuh, Mohammad Alauddin |
| Theme: |
The global occurrence of arsenic in groundwater in different geological settings is the most formidable environmental crises in the contemporary world. This session will deal with the occurrence, mobility, biogeochemical cycling, epidemiological, socio-economic effects, and sustainable mitigation of arsenic. |
| KeyWords: |
Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience; Geology and Health |
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