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GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Pardee Keynote Symposia
Joseph Thomas Pardee (1871–1960)
GSA TODAY | AUGUST 2016 Pardee Keynote Symposia are named in honor of GSA Fellow
and benefactor Joseph Thomas Pardee (1871–1960) via a bequest
from Mary Pardee Kelly. Pardee is perhaps best known for his
work on Glacial Lake Missoula. These symposia consist of invited
presentations covering a broad range of topics. All symposia take
place at the Colorado Convention Center (CCC).
Sunday, 25 Sept.
P1. Mastery of the Subsurface: The Challenge to Improve
Subsurface Energy Systems
When/Where: 1:45–5:30 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
Conveners: Claudia I. Mora, George Guthrie, Susan S. Hubbard,
Marianne Walck
Cosponsors: Department of Energy; GSA Environmental
& Engineering Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and
Tectonics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA
Hydrogeology Division
Subsurface energy sources satisfy more than 80% of total U.S.
energy needs. The economic, sustainable, and environmentally
sound utilization of our subsurface resources poses crosscutting
research and technology challenges: Can we understand, monitor,
image, and ultimately predict the behavior of subsurface injected
fluids, the state of stress and seismicity in the subsurface, and the states, supporting irrigation, feedlots, dairies, ethanol plants, and
integrity of a well bore? Can we build the knowledge and tools
needed to allow us adaptive control of subsurface fractures and
fluid flow? Speakers will present geological challenges, state of the help society make informed decisions on its use and management.
art, and research goals to meet the subsurface energy challenge.
An open discussion will explore how research activities across
federal labs, universities, and industry can be integrated to
resolving these key challenges in subsurface science.
Monday, 26 Sept.
P2. When Oil and Water Mix: Understanding the
Environmental Impacts of Shale Development
When/Where: 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom
2A/3A
Conveners: Daniel J. Soeder, Michael Focasio, Douglas B. Kent
Cosponsors: GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental and
Engineering Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA
Geology and Health Division
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Geoscientists have faced questions from the public for many
years about the potential impacts of oil and gas production on the
environment. This has been ratcheted up with the advent of shale
gas development and high volume hydraulic fracturing. Sparse
data and few studies initially caused a great deal of uncertainty,
but an avalanche of investigations in recent years has been
providing solid information. Researchers will present findings on
the future development of oil and gas resources, advances in
extraction, and improvements in understanding the potential
human and environmental health impacts.
Tuesday, 27 Sept.
P5. The High Plains Aquifer: Can It be Managed for Today
and the Future?
When/Where: 8 a.m.–noon, CCC, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
Conveners: Susan Stover, Rex C. Buchanan
Cosponsors: GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and
Public Policy Committee; GSA Hydrogeology Division; National
Ground Water Association; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division;
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); GSA Soils and Soil
Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group
The High Plains aquifer provides water to portions of eight
communities. For decades, geoscientists have measured, modeled,
and communicated the declines of this primary source of water to
The documentary examines the conflicts, politics, economics,
and scarcity that irrigators and residents of west Texas are facing.
Are we making an impact?
P3. Exploring the Third Zone: The Geology of Pluto, Charon,
and the Kuiper Belt
When/Where: 1:30–5:30 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A
Conveners: William B. McKinnon, S. Alan Stern, Jeffrey M.
Moore
Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; AGU Planetary
Sciences Section
NASA’s New Horizons mission has revealed surprisingly
complex geology on the surfaces of Pluto and Charon. This
symposium explores the geological diversity and ongoing activity
on present members of the Kuiper belt (the Solar System’s “Third