Emphasis will be on the many uses to which trees can be put. The restoration of riparian ecosystems requires an integrated understanding of geomorphic, hydrologic, and ecological processes. This session will focus on the linkages between physical and ecological systems along the riparian corridor, and the interrelated responses of these systems to natural and human-induced disturbance. The Colorado Front Range GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. Ellen E. Wohl, Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
Geologists regard a landscape as the product of processes operating across time and space.
This perspective can be broadened by integrating geological studies with the work of other scientists to better understand how landscape history and contemporary events will shape our future. The urbanizing Colorado Front Range exemplifies historic and contemporary human-landscape interactions, and is the focus of this session. Topics will include glacial geology, geolimnology, paleoceanography, paleohydrology, and general circulation modeling. John T. Andrews, University of Colorado, Boulder. This session will bring together Icelandic, North American, and European research on historical, glacial, lacustrine, and marine records.