GSA In The Department

The Geological Society of America annual meeting is happening all this week online. Several G&ES students and faculty are presenting, and two faculty are receiving National Awards! Join us in celebrating our Department’s achievements within this brave new world of online meetings!

21-5 CHANGES TO NEAR-STREAM GROUNDWATER IN AN URBAN FOREST WATERSHED SHOWN BY CONTINUOUS WATER TABLE MEASUREMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER WHOLE-WATERSHED STREAM RESTORATION (2013-2020)
PETITT, Destini N., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences and Infrastructure & Environmental Systems Ph.D. Program, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., McEniry 324, Charlotte, NC 28223, VINSON, David S., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, CLINTON, Sandra M., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., McEniry 324, Charlotte, NC 28223 and MCMILLAN, Sara K., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2093

22-12 SEASONAL HYDROGEOCHEMICAL LINKS AMONG BASEFLOW, SAPROLITE-HOSTED GROUNDWATER, AND WEATHERING DEPTH IN SMALL WATERSHEDS AT A CRITICAL ZONE RESEARCH SITE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT
HORGAN, Julianna S., EPPES, Martha Cary and VINSON, David S., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223

251-6 A CLIMOSEQUENCE OF CHRONOSEQUENCES: EXPLORING THE TEMPORAL EVOLUTION OF MECHANICAL WEATHERING ACROSS VARYING CLIMATES, CALIFORNIA
RASMUSSEN, Monica1, EPPES, Martha Cary1, BERBERICH, Samantha1, BRYAN-SKAGGS, Kaitlynn1, DAHLQUIST, Maxwell Philip2, FLORES, Jake P.1, HORGAN, Julianna S.1, PORSON, Steven1, SHAANAN, Uri3 and TASHNIA, Sadeya Ulfat1, (1)Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, (2)Department of Geology, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383, (3)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, 9692100, Israel

251-4 2020 KIRK BRYAN AWARD LECTURE: A NEW CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ALL MECHANICAL WEATHERING ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS – CLIMATE-DEPENDENT SUBCRITICAL CRACKING
EPPES, Martha Cary and KEANINI, Russell, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223

230-3 LATE PLEISTOCENE, PRE-LGM COLLUVIAL AND ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENTS IN THE INTERFLUVIAL UPLANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: A CASE STUDY FROM NW SOUTH CAROLINA
FERGUSON, Terry A., Environmental Studies, Wofford College, 429 N Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29303, EPPES, M.C., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, BACON, Allan R., Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, 2181 McCarty Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, FL 32611, RICHTER, Daniel D., Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke Univ, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, WILLARD, D., United States Geological Survey, National Center MS 926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, NELSON, Michelle S., USU Luminescence Laboratory, Utah State University, 1770 North Research Parkway Suite 123, North Logan, UT 84341, AUSTIN, Jason, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St., Athens, GA 30602-2501, BILLINGS, Sharon A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2041 Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS 66045, MARKEWITZ, Daniel, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Warnell 4-202, Athens, GA 30602 and CHERKINSKY, Alexander, Center for Applied Isotopic Studies, University of Georgia, 120 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602

251-5 A WORKFLOW FOR ANALYSIS OF MICROSCOPIC FRACTURES IN ROCK USING THIN SECTION MICROSCOPY
DAHLQUIST, Maxwell P., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Systems, Sewanee: The University of the South, 735 University Ave, Sewanee, TN 37383, EPPES, Martha Cary, Dept. of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, McEniry 324, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, LAMP, Jennifer L., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 and SWANGER, Kate M., Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854

30-2 G.W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH: AN EARLY PROPONENT FOR THE CAMBRIAN AND SILURIAN SYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICA
DIEMER, John A., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223

46-1 FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS AND CAUSES IN CONTRASTING LITHOLOGIES IN THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA, USA
BOBYARCHICK, Andy R., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223 and SPATZ, Andrew A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, STEPS Building, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015