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T: 650.493.4400/800.523.8635 (us/can) E: [email protected] gsa_spring2015_BW.indd 1 9/11/2015 10:19:27 AM Table of Contents 10 2016 Section Meetings 311 Index of Authors 11 Accessibility for Special Needs 11 Information Pages 56 Alphabetical Listing of Events by Group or Organization 12 Internet 46 Alumni Receptions (Group and Private) 104 Joint Technical Program Committee Representatives 11 Annual Meeting Offices 42 Local Tours & Activities 102 Associated Societies 12 Lodging Information Desk 25 Awards & Lectures Calendar 12 Lost & Found 16 Awards & Medals 16 Medal & Award Recipients 19 Award Lectures 39 Membership at GSA 11 Badge Ribbons 7 Message from GSA Executive Director and GSA President 15 Baltimore Meeting App 5 Message from the Annual Meeting Chair 11 Beer Receptions 12 Mother’s Room/Special Needs 43 Best Student Geologic Map Competition 12 Newsroom 35 Book Signings 22 NOVA: Making North America 38 Bridging Two Continents, Joint GSA/GSC Meeting 34 On To the Future 11 Business Centers 104 Organizing Committees 48 Call for Proposals—GSA 2016: Denver 36 Pardee Keynote Symposia 11 Campus Connection 13 Penrose Guest Hospitality Suite 11 Childcare 15 Poster Presentations 68 Chronological Listing of Events 19 Presidential Address 11 City and Visitors Information Desk 19 President’s Medal Lecture 11 Coat and Luggage Check 13 Recycling and Sustainability 11 Coffee Breaks 13 Registration Desk 11 Concessions 9 Safety Tips 12 Continuing Education Credits 50 Scientific Field Trips 47 Council Meetings 106 Sessions by Category 12 Council Office 122 Sessions Calendar 34 EarthCacheTM Sites 53 Short Course Program 35 Educator Events 35 Social Media 12 Exhibit Hall Hours 15 Speaker Ready Room 76 Exhibit Hall Opening Reception 21 Special Earthquake Session 76 Exhibitor Descriptions & Booth Locations 21 Special Lecture: John Holdren 20 Feed Your Brain (Lunchtime Enlightenment) 24 Special Lectures & Addresses 12 First Aid & Emergency Services 105 Sponsor Recognition—Session Cosponsor Organizations 45 Future GSA Annual Meetings 14 Sponsors—Thank You! 32 GeoCareers 43 Student Pub Crawl 33 GeoCareers Interview Services (formerly known as the 13 Student Volunteer Office Employment Service Center) 143 Technical Sessions—Speakers, Times & Titles 33 GeoCorpsTM America 13 Transportation 44 Geology & Public Policy Events 18 WebsEdge—GSA Conference TV 19 Gold Medal Lectures 34 What’s Your Problem, What’s Your Point? 16 GSA Awards Ceremony 23 William Smith Map Anniversary 17 GSA Division Primary Awards for 2015 18 GSA Fellows (newly elected) 47 GSA Foundation Booth 22 GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecturer: Floorplans Simon Winchester 90 GSA Headquarters (including Bookstore and Membership 347 Floorplan—Exhibit Hall Booths) 346 Floorplan—Poster Hall 19 GSA Presidential Address & Awards Ceremony 344 Map—Baltimore Convention Meeting Rooms 40 Guest Program 348 Map—Hilton Baltimore 11 Headquarters Hotel 343 Map—Hotel/Streets 12 Icebreaker 350 Map—Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel
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Dear 2015 GSA Annual Meeting Participant, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we welcome you to Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It’s been nearly a century since GSA last held its Annual Meeting in Baltimore, so we’re pleased to have this opportunity to host several thousand geoscience professionals and students in the city by the Chesapeake Bay. Preparing to host the Annual Meeting this year has been most enjoyable, primarily because of all the wonderful people one meets and gets to work with. Patrick Burkhart from Slippery Rock University performed the huge task of building the technical program. Field trips were organized thanks to three key folks from the Maryland Geological Survey: Director, Rich Ortt; past Director, Jeff Halka; and Senior Geologist, Dave Brezinski. Mike Passow from Lamont-Doherty and Mike Kelley from NASA contributed their expertise in K–12 education and outreach. And Hannah Susorney and Sophie Lehmann, both from Johns Hopkins, were our student committee members. I thank all of the Organizing Committee members for their support. The GSA staff members who work on our Annual Meetings are incredible. Because they begin working with the visitors bureau and the local meeting venues more than a year in advance of the meeting, the staff’s behind-the-scenes efforts are critical to making this meeting so successful each and every year. We should remember to thank our colleagues from all the GSA Divisions and associated societies who volunteer countless hours as they prepare their many contributions to the Annual Meeting. Annual Meetings don’t happen without financial support, and we should thank and support all of our sponsors and exhibitors. I’d especially like to thank Towson University and the Johns Hopkins University, representing Baltimore’s two geoscience degree–granting programs, for their sponsorships. Finally, the GSA Foundation provides significant support for a number of activities at the Annual Meeting. The GSA Foundation relies on donations from corporations and GSA members, and certainly deserves our continued support. All of us on the Organizing Committee hope that every visitor to Baltimore and the GSA Annual Meeting has an enjoyable and useful experience. David A. Vanko, Towson University
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 5 Visit the AAPG Bookstore
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Message from GSA President Jonathan G. Price and GSA Executive Director Vicki S. McConnell
Jonathan G. Price, GSA President Vicki S. McConnell, Executive Director
The Geological Society of America (GSA) returns to the East The short courses offered at GSA annual meetings have been Coast this year with another excellent scientific meeting, to be held highly popular, and this year’s offerings should be well worth the at the convention center and hotels in the Inner Harbor area of time and minimal expense. Topics include several courses on downtown Baltimore. Thanks to the participation of GSA’s 18 groundwater–surface water interactions, a variety of GIS subject Divisions, an Interest Group, and 70+ Associated Societies, we areas, 3-D printing, geologic and geophysical modeling, and have an outstanding set of technical sessions and many additional teaching tools. opportunities to advance our science and enjoy the company of Several local tours highlight Baltimore’s rich history, and colleagues and friends. Washington, D.C., with its memorials, museums, and famous We will be celebrating the bicentennial of the publication of buildings is a short ride to the south. GSA also offers fun William “Strata” Smith’s A Delineation of the Strata of England and opportunities for guests and childcare for kids through age 12. Wales with part of Scotland, a landmark in our science. A Pardee The GSA annual meeting provides many opportunities for keynote symposium will be dedicated to Smith’s contributions and geoscience students: to present research and to see the latest the frontiers of science in some of the areas in which he was a research results of top scientists across the globe; to interact with pioneer. Four additional Pardee keynote symposia will cover new one another and discover mentors from various employment research on Appalachian geomorphology, the rise of animals near sectors; to learn about graduate schools and career opportunities; the end of the Precambrian, and impacts of climate change, plus a and to go on any of the field trips (some with discounted student session on emerging issues regarding hydraulic fracturing for oil rates) and/or attend any of the short courses. All students are and gas production. invited to the alumni receptions on Monday evening. Please join us as we make presentations of GSA’s highest awards for This year’s meeting will highlight the GSA Gold Medal Lectures scientific accomplishments. This year we will be presenting the first (by the Penrose, Arthur L. Day, and Donath medalists) as keynote GSA Geologic Mapping Award in Honor of Florence Bascom. The speeches in appropriate technical sessions. The exhibit hall will award will recognize a geologist whose mapping led to publications feature publishers, geoscience organizations, vendors of laboratory about fundamental geologic processes and concepts and contributed and field equipment, graduate schools, and all the poster to societal needs in such areas as resources, hazards, and the presentations. Be sure to visit each day, including during the late environment. Dr. Bascom was an expert geologic mapper who afternoon and early evening receptions. A special meeting within a unraveled the geologic history of the southeastern Pennsylvania–New meeting “Bridging Two Continents” offers a focus on the geology of Jersey–Maryland–Delaware area in the early 1900s. Her work was China and a chance to meet geologists working and living in China. critical in protecting water resources in the area. The first woman Baltimore was the center of the U.S. chromium industry, with geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), she was the first chromite first mined in the mid-1800s from ore bodies in woman to serve as an officer of GSA, vice president in 1930. This serpentinite along the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. The year’s Presidential Address, in conjunction with the Awards chromium was used to tan leather, make stainless steel, plate metal Ceremony, will include perspectives on how the world is changing, in aircraft engines and munitions, and create yellow and green from the rising demand for mineral and energy resources to changes pigments. Over a century later, after the Baltimore Works ceased within our profession and changes within GSA. operation in 1986, geoscientists have been helping to document The Organizing Committee for the Annual Meeting, chaired by and clean up the related chromium pollution in the soil and David A. Vanko at Towson University, has arranged for stimulating harbor. One of the one-day pre-meeting field trips will visit the field trips, short courses, and tours. Baltimore Mafic Complex. Great field trips are a hallmark of GSA meetings, and this year’s Please enjoy the meeting and all that GSA and Baltimore have opportunities are outstanding, led by experts on the geology of the to offer. Appalachians, Piedmont Plateau, and coastal regions. Many of the Jonathan G. Price, President, The Geological Society of America trips are inexpensive one-day trips, including classic geological sites and visits to the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum, to Vicki McConnell, Executive Director, The Geological Society Capitol Hill (with a focus on geology in public policy), and to the of America USGS headquarters.
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 7 SCIENCE EDITOR OPENINGS GSA is soliciting applications and nominations for science co-editors for the journals Geology and Lithosphere with four-year terms beginning 1 January 2017. Geology has been ranked by the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) as the #1 FOR geology journal for the ninth year in a row, and up-and-coming Lithosphere’s impact factor has increased 4 out of the 5 years it has been ranked by the JCR. 2017
POSITIONS AVAILABLE Geology position 1 The research interests listed would best complement those of the } continuing editors. Note that candidates should not feel they must have expertise in every area listed; however, editors may need to handle papers outside of their main disciplines. Geology } position 2
GEOLOGY (position 1) geomorphology/surface processes, Lithosphere } 1 position neotectonics, tectonophysics, geodynamics, planetary geology, volcanology
GEOLOGY (position 2) seismology, structural geology, tecton- ics, numerical modeling of earth processes, microstructure, rock mechanics, geofl uids, planetary geology
LITHOSPHERE deformation, geodynamics, geophysics, paleo- A SUCCESSFUL magnetism, Precambrian geology, structural geology, tectonics, EDITOR WILL HAVE neotectonics, tectonophysics, geochronology } a broad interest and experience in geosciences, including familiarity with new trends;
INTERESTED? } international recognition and familiarity with many } Please submit a curriculum vitae and a letter describing why you are suited geoscientists and their for the position to Jeanette Hammann, [email protected]. work; } a progressive attitude } To nominate another, submit a nomination letter and the person’s written and a willingness to take permission and CV. risks and encourage innovation; Editors work out of their current locations at work or at home. The positions are considered voluntary, but GSA provides an annual stipend and funds for } experience with online offi ce expenses. manuscript systems and the ability to make timely decisions; and DEADLINE Nominations or applications received by 15 February 2016 will be given fi rst consideration. } a sense of perspective and humor.
FUTURE OPENINGS (terms begin January 2018): One position each for GSA Bulletin, Geology, Geosphere, and GSA Today The following are suggestions for how you can protect yourself in situations Safety Tips that may occur during the meeting.
MEDICAL SAFETY STREET SAFETY While at the Convention Center: If you feel ill or see someone When Leaving the Convention Center or Other Meeting Venue: who needs medical assistance, use a house phone (near meeting • Take off and stow your meeting badge. rooms and in central locations) to call the central Security office • Don’t walk through isolated areas; at extension 7055. Do not dial 911 in the convention center (especially from your cell phone) because precious time may be • Keep alert for potentially dangerous situations; lost while emergency responders try to contact the convention • Find others to walk with you; center to verify that there truly is an emergency. If you require • Take a cab if you have had too much to drink (don’t make minor medical assistance, please visit the Baltimore Convention yourself an easy target). Center first aid office located in the Exhibits Hall, phone 7409, or +1-410-649-7409 when using a cell phone. If You Are Accosted: While at Your Hotel: If you feel ill or see someone who needs • Comply with attacker demands as calmly as possible, but do medical assistance, call the hotel operator or the front desk not allow yourself to be moved to a secondary location; clerk. The hotel staff should be able to help you or arrange for • Get a good description of your attacker; emergency aid. • Call the police. Also Recommended: If you have a cell phone, create an emergency contact entry and list it under “ICE” (In Case of Emergency). • Please notify Melissa Cummiskey (GSA Director of Meetings) On the back of your meeting ID badge, please write an emergency in the Baltimore Convention Center, Room 330, +1-410- contact name and number for someone who is attending the 649-7401, or +1-303-357-1058, as soon as possible after meeting with you. any incidents. GSA is happy to provide these reminders to help make your meeting FIRE SAFETY safer, but please remember: You are responsible for your own safety. While at the Convention Center: Study the floor plans in the meeting program book for the exits nearest your session room as QUICK SAFETY CHECKLIST well as to other rooms you plan to visit, including the Exhibit Hall. Call 7055 on a convention center house phone in case of While at Your Hotel: Locate the fire exits on your floor, put your an emergency, do not call 911. room key close to where you sleep, and check the windows to see Write the name and phone number of an emergency if they open. contact on the back of your meeting badge. Should you In case of fire: become incapacitated, this will facilitate getting the help you need. • Keep your room key with you; When outside of the convention center or headquarters • Never open a door without first checking for smoke or heat hotels, stow your badge. (if the door feels warm, don’t open it); Try to find other meeting attendees to walk with you, • If smoke is present, keep low to the floor; especially at night. • Do not use elevators; Take a cab if you are not comfortable walking or using • If smoke is in a stairwell, avoid it—choose another route or other public transportation. The numbers for taxis are return to your room if there no accessible way out. Yellow Cab, +1-410-685-1212; Baltimore City Taxi, +1- If you must remain in your room during a fire: 410-287-7777; Diamond Cab, +1-410-947-3333; and Arrow Cab, +1-443-575-4110. • Let someone know you are in the room—if the phone works, call for help; Fire safety includes being aware of all exits in your vicinity; note that elevators are not fire exits; • Open or break (if necessary) the window for fresh air, but not if you see smoke outside; Leave the building immediately (do not stop for personal items) should a fire alarm sound. • Hang a bed sheet out the window to signal firefighters; In your hotel, do not leave your room if your door feels • Fill the tub and sink with water; warm; stay low to the floor and cover your mouth and • Soak towels and sheets (and blankets if necessary) and use nose with a wet cloth. them to keep smoke out of your room by blocking door cracks If the hotel phones are not working, use your cell phone and ventilation grills; or computer to advise someone that you are trapped in • If your room is smoky, place a wet cloth over your nose and your room. mouth.
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 9 2016 GSA Section Meetings
SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTHEASTERN 21–22 March 21–23 March Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, Albany Convention Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA Albany, New York, USA
SOUTHEASTERN CORDILLERAN 31 March–1 April 4–6 April Columbia Metropolitan Convention Ontario Convention Center, Center, Ontario, California, USA Columbia, South Carolina, USA
NORTH-CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN 18–19 April 18–19 May I-Hotel and Conference Center, University of Idaho, Champaign, Illinois, USA Moscow, Idaho, USA www.geosociety.org/sections (in alphabetical order) Information Pages BCC—Baltimore Convention Center
ACCESSIBILITY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDCARE Annual Meeting Office, BCC, Room 330 BCC, Room 301 +1-410-649-7401 +1-410-649-7409 The Geological Society of America strives to create a pleasant and Sat.–Wed., 7 a.m.–6 p.m. rewarding experience for every attendee and is committed to Fees: $9 per hour, per child; consecutive 2 hour min. providing universal access to our meeting. If you or your guests Age range: 6 months to 12 years need auxiliary aids or services because of special needs, please Please check at the childcare office for availability. come to or call the Annual Meeting Office. CITY AND VISITORS INFORMATION DESK ANNUAL MEETING OFFICES BCC, Pratt Street Lobby Baltimore Convention Center, Room 330 +1-410-649-7403 One West Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA Sat.–Wed., 10 a.m.–5 p.m. +1-410-649-7401 Hours: Fri.–Wed., 7 a.m.–6 p.m. COAT AND LUGGAGE CHECK HEADQUARTERS HOTEL BCC, Pratt Street Lobby The Hilton Baltimore, Coat Check Room, Second Floor Sat.–Wed., 7:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m., US$3 fee for each item checked. 401 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA +1-303-357-1041 COFFEE BREAKS Hours: Fri.–Wed., 7 a.m.–6 p.m. BCC, Exhibit Hall BADGE RIBBONS Coffee (while it lasts): Sun., 9:30 a.m. (adjacent to the Poster Sessions); Mon.–Wed., 9:30 a.m. (adjacent to the GSA If you have been notified that you should receive a ribbon for your Headquarters booth). Coffee will also be available for purchase at badge, please pick it up at the Information Desk in the registration the Market Fresh Café and at Starbucks, located off of the Pratt area. Street Lobby on the 300 Level.
BEER RECEPTIONS CONCESSIONS Sun., 5:30–7 p.m. Exhibit Hall BCC, Exhibit Hall Mon.–Wed., 4:30–6:30 p.m., Exhibit Hall (Vegetarian options available) BUSINESS CENTERS Center Market Sun., 1:30–7 p.m. ABC Imaging, BCC, adjacent to room 334 Mon.–Wed., 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. +1-410-649-7194 Center Bakery Mon.–Fri., 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Mon.–Wed., 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Hilton Baltimore Business Center–UPS Center Grill 401 West Pratt Street Mon.–Tues., 11 a.m.–3 p.m. +1-443-220-0280 Mon.–Sat., 7 a.m.–6 p.m. BCC, 300 Level Sun., 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Market Fresh Café Sun., 8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. CAMPUS CONNECTION Mon–Wed., 8 a.m.–3 p.m. BCC, Exhibit Hall Starbucks Sun.–Wed., 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun., 2–7 p.m. Mon.–Tues., 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Grab and Go Cart (near room 327/328/329) Wed., 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Mon.–Tues., 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Wed., 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS ICEBREAKER GSA’s Annual Meeting offers an excellent opportunity to earn BCC, Ballroom III &IV CEUs toward your general continuing education requirements for Saturday, 5–7 p.m. your employer or K–12 school. Please contact William Cox at The most popular event at the Annual Meeting is the Icebreaker. [email protected] for a meeting evaluation form. Once you’ve Join thousands of industry professionals, students, academics, completed and returned that form, we’ll mail you your CEU divisions, and associated societies to kick off the Annual Meeting certificate. in Baltimore with beer and great company.
COUNCIL OFFICE INTERNET Hilton, 401 West Pratt Street, Blake Room Wireless Internet will be available in various lobby areas of the +1-303-357-1060 Convention Center. Seating for networking will be provided The Council office does not have regular hours; it will be staffed throughout the Convention Center in lobby areas and the main and open by appointment only. Those picking up awards, concourse. Access to electrical power is not guaranteed in all areas. certificates, and ribbons are asked to contact Sharon Hollister to arrange for a pick-up time. Sharon can be reached at shollister@ LODGING INFORMATION DESK geosociety.org. It is highly recommended that you contact her well in advance of your award event during the meeting. BCC, Pratt Street Lobby +1-410-649-7403 EXHIBIT HALL HOURS Sat.–Mon., 10 a.m.–2 p.m Sun., 2–7 p.m. Exhibits Opening Reception: Sun., 5:30–7 p.m. LOST & FOUND Mon.–Tues., 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. BCC, Registration Area, Pratt Street Lobby Wed., 9 a.m.–2 p.m. +1-410-649-7402 Sat., 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
FIRST AID & EMERGENCY SERVICES Mon.–Tues., 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. First Aid Room, BCC Exhibit Hall Wed., 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sun.–Wed., 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Each year, many items are left at the Convention Center after the To contact the first aid room, call 7409 using a house phone or meeting ends. We encourage you to check at the Lost & Found +1-410-649-7409 when using a cell phone. Any emergency Desk if you lose something or find something that’s not yours. requiring medical, police, or fire assistance at the Baltimore After the Lost & Found Desk closes each day, items will be Convention Center should be directed to central security at transferred to the Security Office. After the meeting, items come 7055 using a house phone or +1-410-649-7055 if you are using home to the GSA Headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, USA; we’d a cell phone. Please do not call 911. For further safety like to return your things to you before then! information, see page 9. MOTHER’S ROOM/SPECIAL NEEDS GEOCAREERS INTERVIEW SERVICE BCC, Room Pratt Street West Show Office, Lobby Level (formerly known as the Employment Service Center) If you are a nursing mother or have special needs, this room will be Exhibit Hall available for use. Please contact a GSA representative at the Mon., 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Registration Desk on the 300 Level (Pratt Street Lobby) or in the Tues., 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Annual Meeting Office, room 330.
GSA HEADQUARTERS NEWSROOM BCC, Room 312 Exhibit Hall, Bookstore–Foundation–Membership +1-303-357-1093 Sun., 2–7 p.m. Sun.–Wed., 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Tues., 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. The GSA newsroom will provide workspace for registered media Wed., 9 a.m.–2 p.m. representatives and public information officers only. Members of
12 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (in alphabetical order) Information Pages BCC—Baltimore Convention Center the media should register and pick up badges abstract books, programs, and related information at the main registration desk. SPEAKER READY ROOM Meeting-related press releases and media coverage will be posted in BCC, Room 333 the online newsroom at community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/press/pr. +1-410-649-7407 Saturday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. PENROSE GUEST HOSPITALITY SUITE Sunday–Tuesday, 6:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. BCC, Pratt Street Lobby Wednesday, 6:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. +1-410-649-7406 If your Presentation is on Upload no later than Sun.–Wed., 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Sunday 8 p.m., Saturday Monday 6:30 p.m., Sunday POSTER PRESENTATIONS Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Monday BCC, Exhibit Hall Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Sun., 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and Exhibits Opening Reception, 5:30–7 p.m. STUDENT VOLUNTEER OFFICE Mon.–Wed., 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with authors present 3:30–5:30 p.m. BCC, Room 311 Phone: +1-410-649-7404 RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABILITY Fri., 7 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat.–Wed., 6:30 a.m.–6 p.m. In furtherance of GSA’s mission to promote Earth stewardship, GSA works continuously to minimize the environmental impact TRANSPORTATION associated with the planning and execution of all our meetings. You can participate in this effort by recycling all paper, organic Annual Meeting Office, BCC, Room 330 matter, and recyclable material at the Convention Center. Please Phone: +1-410-649-7401 consider contributing to the GSA Foundation’s Energy and GSA will not be providing shuttle service from the hotels to the Conservation Fund at www.gsafweb.org/makeadonation.html if Convention Center. GSA will provide alternative arrangements to you want to make a carbon offset donation for your attendance at and from GSA hotels and the Convention Center for the elderly or the meeting. This fund is used to support sustainability projects at others with mobility concerns. Contact the Annual Meeting Office GSA Headquarters. to make these arrangements.
REGISTRATION DESK Getting Around Baltimore BCC, Pratt Street Lobby Amtrak: Baltimore is served by Amtrak at Penn Station, located at 1515 North Charles Street (+1-800-872-7245). For destinations and +1-410-649-7402 schedules, go to www.amtrak.com. • Badges are required for access to all activities beginning on Saturday, 31 Oct. Charm City Circulator: The City of Baltimore offers free • A guest registration fee of US$90 per person is available transportation on the Circulator, which has four routes. The for non-geologist spouses or friends of professional and/or Circulator runs every 10 minutes, seven days a week, and connects student meeting registrants. to Amtrak, MARC, Light Rail, and Metro Subway. For routes and • Check in at the on-site registration desk to purchase tickets more information, go to www.charmcitycirculator.com. for local tours, special events, and ticketed functions. Maryland Transit Administration: Ride MTA and make • The Abstracts with Programs book can be purchased at the sightseeing easier. MTA operates Local Bus, Light Rail, MARC onsite registration desk. Train, and Metro Subway services throughout Baltimore and • GSA cannot provide refunds for on-site registration, on- surrounding Maryland counties. Call +1-410-539-5000, +1-866- site purchase of the Abstract with Programs book, or ticket/ 743-3682, or visit www.mta.maryland.gov. The fare from the special event sales. airport to the Inner Harbor is US$1.70. Taxis: Yellow Cab, +1-410-685-1212; Baltimore City Taxi, +1-410- 287-7777; Diamond Cab, +1-410-947-3333; Arrow Cab, +1-443- 575-4110. The average fare from the convention center to the airport is US$45–US$50, not including gratuity.
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14 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Speaker Ready Room Baltimore Convention Center, Room 333 Saturday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. Sunday–Tuesday, 6:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 6:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. We strongly recommend that all speakers visit the speaker ready room for an opportunity to run through their presentations and get comfortable with the equipment. Highly qualified technicians Baltimore are on-hand to offer assistance. If you uploaded your presentation to the Conference Exchange Meeting App website (http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/extra.cgi) prior to the meeting, you should be able to run through your presentation as soon as you GSA has a new meeting app that can be used in two ways: get to the conference center. You will need to know your abstract (1) Install it as a native app on iOS or Android phones and tablets, ID (see your abstract acceptance notification) and password. You and you can browse and search the entire meeting even without an can also withdraw your presentation via this site. Internet connection; (2) As a Web app, this responsively designed If you were unable to upload your presentation prior to the application will run on any Web browser and work well on screens meeting, please do so in the speaker ready room the day before of any size. The app will help you build your own schedule for the your presentation. meeting, and that schedule will sync with all of the devices on which you run the app. This way, you can start planning for the If your Presentation is on Upload no later than meeting using the Web app and then continue using the app on Sunday 8 p.m., Saturday, 31 Oct. your smartphone or tablet while in Baltimore. Monday 6:30 p.m., Sunday, 1 Nov. The Web app is available now. Native apps are available in the Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Monday, 2 Nov. Apple Store and Play Store. If you would prefer not to install the Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, 3 Nov. native app, and if you have a good cellular data plan just in case you encounter Wi-Fi problems at the meeting, we recommend that If you have a Sunday presentation and are unable to get to the you use the Web app on your phone. For more information and speaker ready room on Saturday, please take your presentation download links go to https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/ directly to your session room at least 30 minutes before the session meetingapp.cgi. is scheduled to begin.
Includes the Entire Technical Program Acceptable file types: PowerPoint (.ppt or .pps), Microsoft Word (.doc), or PDF (.pdf). If your presentation was created on a • Locate the sessions and individual talks you want to hear, and Mac and converted to run on a PC, please test it in the Speaker add them to your personal schedule; Ready Room as far ahead of your scheduled talk as possible. If your • See who is exhibiting and add them as favorites; presentation includes embedded video, your video may not play • Find speakers and add them as contacts; automatically on the PC platform. You will need to either convert your .mov files to .avi format or create a link in your slide show to • Select events to attend and add them to your calendar; and an external .mov file. If you choose the latter, your animation will • View uploaded presentations. play in a separate QuickTime window. Still, if you are unable to run your Mac presentation from a PC, Speaker Ready Room Everything you need to know about the meeting, always at your technicians will be able to accommodate you. fingertips! Poster Presentations Posters are located in the Exhibit Hall during the following hours: Sunday, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with authors present 3:30–5:30 p.m. Monday–Wednesday, 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m., with authors present during the afternoon beer reception, 4:30–6:30 p.m. Presenters are also encouraged to be present for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon.
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 15 Awards & Medals 2015 GSA MEDAL & AWARD RECIPIENTS
James W. Head Jerry X. Mitrovica Brandon Schmandt Steven Squyres Naomi Oreskes
Dawn J. Wright Jack Hess Priya Ganguli John M. Proffett Rodney C. Ewing
PENROSE MEDAL RANDOLPH W. “BILL” AND CECILE T. BROMERY James W. Head, Brown University AWARD FOR MINORITIES Dawn J. Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL Jerry X. Mitrovica, Harvard University GSA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD John W. “Jack” Hess, Geological Society of America Foundation YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (DONATH MEDAL) Brandon Schmandt, University of New Mexico DORIS M. CURTIS OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN SCIENCE AWARD PRESIDENT’S MEDAL OF THE Priya Ganguli, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Steven Squyres, Cornell University GEOLOGIC MAPPING AWARD IN HONOR OF FLORENCE BASCOM GSA PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD John M. Proffett, Independent Consulting Geologist Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University AGI MEDAL IN MEMORY OF IAN CAMPBELL Rodney C. Ewing, Stanford University GSA Awards Ceremony Please join GSA President Jonathan Price and GSA Vice President/ President-Elect Claudia Mora to honor and greet the 2015 GSA Medal & Award recipients at the GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony on Sun., 1 Nov, noon–1:30 p.m., at the Baltimore Convention Center, Room 327/328/329. At this year’s combined event, you will also have the privilege of hearing Price give his Presidential Address, “The World is Changing.” Following his address, PRESIDENT Vicki McConnell, Executive Director of GSA, will provide a VICE PRESIDENT/ Jonathan G. Price presentation on the state of the Society, and Jack Hess will provide a PRESIDENT ELECT GSA Foundation update. All are welcome; no reservations, tickets, Claudia Mora or meeting registration required.
16 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition GSA Division Primary Awards for 2015
RIP RAPP ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY AWARD ISRAEL C. RUSSELL AWARD Archaeological Geology Division Limnogeology Division Francis (Frank) H. Brown, University of Utah Andrew S. Cohen, The University of Arizona
GILBERT H. CADY AWARD DISTINGUISHED GEOLOGIC CAREER AWARD Energy Geology Division Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division Claus F.K. Diessel, University of Newcastle, Australia David A. Clague, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
E.B. BURWELL, JR., AWARD G.K. GILBERT AWARD Engineering and Environmental Geology Division Planetary Geology Division George R. Priest, William H. Schulz, William L. Ellis, Matthew P. Golombek, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jonathan A. Allan, Alan R. Niem, and Wendy A. Niem for Landslide stability: Role of rainfall-induced, laterally propagating, pore-pressure waves: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 2011, KIRK BRYAN AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE v. XVII, no. 4, p. 315–335, doi: 10.2113/gseegeosci.17.4.315. Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, R. Randall Schumann, Lindsey T. Groves, Jerry X. Mitrovica, and DeAnna Laurel for Sea-level history during the Last Interglacial OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD complex on San Nicolas Island, California: Geoinformatics Division Implications for glacial isostatic adjustment processes, Lesley Wyborn, Australian National University paleozoogeography and tectonics: Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012, v. 37, p. 1–25, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.010.
GEORGE P. WOOLLARD AWARD Geophysics Division David A.D. Evans, Yale University LAURENCE L. SLOSS AWARD Sedimentary® Geology Division Joanne Bourgeois, University of Washington
BIGGS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARTH SCIENCE TEACHING Geoscience Education Division CAREER CONTRIBUTION AWARD Kyle Gray, University of Northern Iowa Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Tanya Atwater, University of California, Santa Barbara
MARY C. RABBITT HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AWARD History and Philosophy of Geology Division Léo F. Laporte, University of California, Santa Cruz
O.E. MEINZER AWARD Hydrogeology Division Brian Berkowitz, Weizmann Institute of Science
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 17 Awards & Medals GSA FELLOWS Newly Elected in 2015
Society Fellowship is an honor bestowed on the best of our profession. GSA members are nominated by existing GSA Fellows in recognition of their distinguished contributions to the geosciences through such avenues as publications, applied research, teaching, administration of geological programs, contributing to the public awareness of geology, leadership of professional organizations, and taking on editorial bibliographic, and library responsibilities. Learn more at www.geosociety.org/members/fellow.htm. GSA’s newly elected Fellows will be recognized at the GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony on Sunday, 1 Nov., noon–1:30 p.m. in the Baltimore Convention Center, Room 327/328/329.
Emmit Calvin Alexander Jr. Tracy D. Frank Francis A. Macdonald Mark C. Quigley Yemane Asmerom Henry Robert Frankel Franco Marcantonio Jahandar Ramezani Greg Balco Frederick A. Frey Anthony Martin Lothar Ratschbacher Susan L. Beck Anke Friedrich Bill McKinnon Loren A. Raymond Alan I. Benimoff G. Robert Ganis Charles E. Mitchell Peter W. Reiners Timothy J. Bralower Laura A. Guertin Aberra Mogessie John C. Ridge Don W. Byerly Gregory S. Hancock Maureen A. Muldoon Susan G. Stover John F. Casey Charles F. Harvey Jean-Philippe Nicot Glenn B. Stracher William W. Chadwick Frank C. Hawthorne Suzanne O’Connell Douglas M. Thompson Michelle L. Coombs Robert M. Hazen Yoshihide Ogasawara Robert M. Thorson Kari M. Cooper Brian T. Huber Charles G. Oviatt Martyn Unsworth Isaac J. Crumbly Linda C. Ivany Jon D. Pelletier Avner Vengosh Frederick D. Day-Lewis Anne E. Jennings Stephen F. Personius Yang Wang John E. Ebel Cari L. Johnson Stephen J. Piercey Stephen R.H. Worthington Yehouda Enzel Joe Kirschvink Jeffrey S. Pigati Shuhai Xiao Sonia Esperanca Stephen A. Leslie Geoffrey S. Plumlee R. Aileen Yingst David A.D. Evans Julie C. Libarkin Robert J. Poreda Timothy G. Fisher Rosaly M.C. Lopes Christopher J. Potter Gillian R. Foulger Michelle M. Lorah Jay Quade
GSA Conference TV
GSA is partnering again this year with the international film and broadcasting company, WebsEdge, to bring GSA TV to the Annual Meeting. Look for screens around the Baltimore Convention Center (BCC), and tune in to selected conference hotels’ dedicated TV channels for thought-leadership films highlighting scientific excellence and case studies from the global geoscience community; a daily program with behind the scenes interviews; on- the-spot- coverage of conference events; and reactions from attendees each day. This venture serves to raise the visibility of the hard work of earth scientists and to provide an opportunity to learn about leading-edge research and development that is advancing our understanding of Earth’s systems. Stop by the WebsEdge studio in the BCC’s Pratt Street Lobby to catch a piece of the action!
18 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition The following awardees will be recognized at the Presidential Address & Awards Award Lectures Ceremony, and will lecture on their chosen topics on separate dates and times (see below).
GSA Presidential Address and President’s Medal Awards Ceremony Lecture Baltimore Convention Center (BCC), Room 327/328/329 Steven W. Squyres Sunday, noon–1:30 p.m. Tuesday 8–8:30 a.m. Please join us for GSA President Jonathon G. Price’s BCC, Room 344 Presidential Address (see below). Following his address, Vicki Robotic Field Geology McConnell, Executive Director of GSA, will provide a Technological advances now allow robotic geologic exploration presentation on the state of the Society and Jack Hess will of a planet’s surface. Robotic systems on distant planets have provide a GSA Foundation update. several limitations, including limited mobility, tightly constrained Citations and responses for the 2015 recipients of the Penrose data bandwidth to Earth, modest capabilities for manipulating Medal, the Arthur L. Day Medal, the Young Scientist Award geologic materials, and long operational latencies. The challenge of (Donath Medal), the President’s Medal, the GSA Public Service robotic field geology is to overcome these limitations; its strengths Award, the Bromery Award for the Minorities, the GSA include scientific instrumentation not normally available to field Distinguished Service Award, the Outstanding Woman in geologists coupled with the efforts of a large and experienced team Science Award, the Geologic Mapping Award in Honor of of scientists to make operational decisions. The Mars Exploration Florence Bascom, and the American Geological Institute (AGI) Rover Project has developed a set of techniques and procedures Medal in Memory of Ian Campbell will be presented. that have enabled effective field geology there. This talk will review The John C. Frye Environmental Geology Awardee, the how these techniques and procedures were developed and describe ExxonMobil Field Camp Awardee, the GSA Division and Section how they have been put to use for more than 11 years of awardees, the International Honorary Fellows, and the newly exploration by the robots Spirit and Opportunity. elected GSA Fellows will also be recognized. All are welcome; no reservations, tickets, or meeting registration required.
GSA Presidential
Address James W. Head Jerry X. Mitrovica Brandon Schmandt Jonathon G. Price Gold Medal Lectures Sunday, noon–1:30 p.m. GSA continues the celebration with lectures by our three gold BCC, Room 327/328/329 medalists: James W. Head, Penrose Medal; Jerry Mitrovica, Day The World is Changing Medal; and Brandon Schmandt, Donath Medal. These lectures The future is bright for the geosciences from many perspectives. will be held in the Baltimore Convention Center in appropriate Our science is increasingly global as we recognize the challenges of technical sessions. Each medalist will present a 20-minute talk understanding interconnected Earth systems—meeting the rising reflecting the science of their careers: global demand for mineral and energy resources, handling Head: “Planetary Evolution: A Geologic Perspective”; Monday, tradeoffs regarding sustainable development, and reducing risks of 8–8:25 a.m., BCC, Room 344 natural disasters that impact the global economy. The geosciences are vital to meeting these societal challenges. We geoscientists are Mitrovica: “Sea-Level Change from the Paleozoic to the 21st changing demographically, and GSA’s world is changing as well, to Century: A Record of Controversy”; Tuesday, 3:30–3:55 p.m., the benefit of our members, authors, the general public, and BCC, Room 345/346 science. Our rigorously peer-reviewed and edited journals are Schmandt: “Multi-Scale Mapping of the North America Mantle becoming freely accessible on the Web. GSA’s dimensions are and Crust with Seismology”; Tuesday, 1:30–1:55 p.m., BCC, Room growing! 347/348
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 19 LUNCHTIME ENLIGHTENMENT Bring your lunch!
Baltimore Convention Center, Room 327–329 Mon.–Wed., 2–4 Nov., 12:15–1:15 p.m. Grab your lunch at a nearby convention center vendor and enjoy a little lunchtime enlightenment during GSA’s Feed Your Brain series.
MONDAY TUESDAY
The Art & Science of Chasing Ice Deepwater Horizons: Lessons Learned for Better Disaster Preparedness James Balog, Founder & President, Earth Vision Institute & Extreme Ice Survey Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief of Science, former USGS director, and 2015 Michel T. For three decades, James Balog [“BAY-log”] Halbouty Lecturer and GSA Geology and has been a leader in photographing and Society Division Distinguished Lecturer. interpreting the natural environment. He is an avid mountaineer with a graduate degree in The Deepwater Horizon explosion and geography and geomorphology and the author of eight books. resulting oil spill were a human and an environmental tragedy. Marcia McNutt will To reveal the impact of climate change, James founded the share insights based on her experiences participating in the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), the most wide-ranging, ground-based, response to the event. Understanding this disaster will help photographic study of glaciers ever conducted. The project is companies, scientists, and policy makers better prepare for future featured in the 2012 internationally acclaimed, Emmy® award- oil spills, such as fostering a community of disaster professionals, winning documentary, Chasing Ice, and in the 2009 PBS/NOVA establishing more formal processes for delivering actionable special, Extreme Ice. science, and improving the communication of scientific information during emergencies. In this visually stunning presentation, Balog shares the latest photography and image sequences from the EIS. Balog and his McNutt (BA in physics, Colorado College; Ph.D. in earth team braved treacherous conditions—crevasses, rockslides, sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) is a geophysicist avalanches, temperatures down to −40 °F, and frigid river who became the 19th Editor-in-Chief of Science in June 2013. crossings—and the images they captured provide the “smoking From 2009 to 2013, McNutt was director of the U.S. Geological gun” of climate change—evidence that every audience can Survey, which responded to a number of major disasters during understand. His show provides a fascinating exploration of her tenure, including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. For her humanity’s relationship with nature and a profound work to help contain that spill, McNutt was awarded the U.S. understanding of how climate change is affecting our planet. It is Coast Guard’s Meritorious Service Medal. She is a fellow of AGU, nothing short of a call to arms to one of the greatest challenges of GSA, AAAS, and the International Association of Geodesy, and our generation. has recently been elected president of the National Academy of Sciences, to begin her term in July 2016. Her honors and awards Balog has been honored with many awards, including an include honorary doctoral degrees from Colorado College, the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of University of Minnesota, Monmouth University, and the Alberta, the American Geophysical Union Presidential Citation Colorado School of Mines. McNutt was awarded the Macelwane for Science and Society, the Duke University LEAF Award, the Medal by AGU in 1988 for research accomplishments by a young Sam & Julie Walters Prize for Environmental Activism, the scientist and the Maurice Ewing Medal in 2007 for her significant International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) contributions to deep-sea exploration. League Award, and the Heinz Award. He is the author of ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers and seven other books.
Balog will sign copies of his book (ICE) on Tues., 3 Nov., 9–10:30 a.m. in the onsite GSA Bookstore. Continued on next page…
20 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Feed Your Brain continued… Special WEDNESDAY
Science at NASA: Exploring Planets in This Solar System Earthquake and Beyond Session Ellen Stofan was appointed NASA chief scientist in 2013, serving as principal advisor to the Nepal (Gorkha) Earthquake NASA Administrator on the agency’s science programs and science-related strategic planning Mon., 2 Nov., 8 a.m.– noon, BCC, Room 345/346. and investments. Her research has focused on Conveners: Anke M. Friedrich; Elizabeth J. Catlos. the geology of Venus, Mars, Titan, and Earth. Cosponsored by GSA; GSA Geology and Society Division; Stofan is an associate member of the Cassini GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Radar Team, a co-investigator on the Mars Express Mission’s Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics MARSIS sounder, and was honorary professor in the Department Division; GSA International. of Earth Sciences at University College London. She was principal investigator on the Titan Mare Explorer, a proposed mission to This session has been organized in response to the devastating send a floating lander to a sea on Titan. MW 7.8 earthquake in the Nepal Himalayas on 25 April 2015 and subsequent catastrophic mass movements and aftershocks. Talk highlights: From the most recent results from Mars and A number of invited, internationally recognized geoscience and Pluto to the latest detection of exoplanets, NASA spacecraft results hazard researchers from diverse fields will address what is known are changing the way we think about how planets evolve and their about the event and its aftermath. Please schedule time to attend potential for habitability. The 22 spacecraft in orbit around Earth this session. You’ll learn about the role this earthquake plays in are monitoring the planet to document and quantify how it is transforming geoscientists’ understanding of the dynamics of changing. Efforts to expand citizen science at NASA will bring the India-Asia collision and best-practices forward to minimize scientific process and the excitement of discovery to an ever destruction and fatalities during inevitable future earthquakes broader, more diverse, and global audience. in the region.
Special Lectures
John P. Holdren, Director of the France A. Córdova, Director of the White House Office of Science and National Science Foundation Technology Policy Sunday, 1 Nov., 4–5 p.m., BCC, Room 309 Tues. 3 Nov., 2–3 p.m., BCC, Room 309 Córdova leads the only government In addition to serving as Director of the science agency charged with advancing all White House OSTP, Holdren is Assistant to fields of scientific discovery, technological the President for Science and Technology innovation, and science, technology, and co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. She will and Technology (PCAST). Prior to joining the Obama discuss the current status of the National Science Foundation administration, Holdren was the Teresa and John Heinz and share her vision for its future. Córdova also has the Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program distinction of having served as the first woman chief scientist on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Harvard for NASA (from 1993 to 1996). University’s Kennedy School of Government.
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21 GSA Geology and Soiety Division Distinguished Lecturer: Simon Winchester “William Smith: The Man, His Map and the Democratization of Geology”
Sun., 1 Nov., 4–5 p.m. After spending just a year as a geologist in East Africa, Oxford Baltimore Convention Center, graduate Simon Winchester turned to journalism and spent 30 Room 327/328/329 years as a foreign correspondent working around the world for The Guardian and The Sunday Times of London. In 1998, following the To pluck William Smith from two centuries unexpected success of his book about nineteenth-century of dusty obscurity and place him, quite rightly, lexicography, The Professor and the Madman, Winchester became a on a pedestal as one of the truly great men of full-time writer, and has now published 27 books, many of them Simon Winchester his time was the task confronting Simon New York Times best-sellers. In 2006, for services to literature, he Winchester when, in 2000, he decided to write was awarded officership of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) the remarkable story of the so-called Father of English Geology. by Her Majesty the Queen. The saga he uncovered was poignant and inspiring: The manner in Book signing: Winchester will also be on-hand in the Exhibit which he—nearly forty years after graduating with a geology Hall, GSA Headquarters area, on Sunday, 5:45–7 p.m., to sign degree from Oxford, but in no sense a practitioner of the science— copies of his newly released book, Pacific, as well as The Map That came to the tale in the first place, turns out to be every bit as Changed the World, both of which will be available for purchase. amusing as it is instructive.
Making North America Episode 1: “ORIGINS”
About Making North America
Hosted by Kirk Johnson, Sant Director, Mighty, elemental forces molded North America. Fiery Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of eruptions, titanic floods, the grinding of great ice sheets, and Natural History massive impacts from space all shaped our land. Now, for the first time, NOVA—a production of WGBH Boston—presents a bold Tuesday, 3 Nov., 5:45–7:30 p.m., Baltimore and sweeping three-billion–year biography of our continent and Convention Center, Ballroom III how it came to be in an epic new three-hour series. This Join Johnson and NOVA’s Paula Apsell and Julia Cort for a pre- spectacular road trip through our nation’s tumultuous deep past premier showing of Episode 1 of NOVA’s new 3-part series, Making sets out to answer three fundamental questions: How was the North America. Johnson, Apsell, and Cort will have a Q&A session continent built? How did life evolve here? And how has its following the 45-minute film. spectacular landscape shaped human lives and destinies?
Photo credit Forrest Gibson
22 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition William Smith Map Anniversary
2015 marks the bicentennial anniversary of the William Smith Map, which BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos calls “one of the most significant maps in the history of science.” Activities are planned to honor this anniversary, including one of five Pardee Keynote Symposia featuring noted authority on William Smith, Hugh Torrens. Look for displays, sessions, and fun activities throughout the meeting. Pardee Session 1, Celebrating the Genius of William “Strata” Smith: Bicentennial Anniversary of Smith’s Revolutionary Map, will be held on Sunday from 8–11 a.m. and 2–4 p.m. and Monday from 8 a.m.–noon in room 327/328/329. In the Exhibit Hall: View a newly rediscovered, high-quality facsimile, pristine first edition of Smith’s 1815 Geological Map of England and Wales from the Geological Society of London’s Library. The map will be available for viewing in the GSA Headquarters booth on Sun., 5:45–6:45 p.m.; Mon., 4:30–6:30 p.m.; and Tues., 10–11 a.m. and 4:30–6:30 p.m. See pages 38–40 of the September 2015 issue of GSA Today to learn more about Smith and to view a full- page color copy of the map.
A Special Thank You…
… to the following committee members for their part in assisting with the William Smith Map Anniversary: Marjorie A. Chan, University of Utah Renee M. Clary, Mississippi State University George H. Davis (Chair), The University of Arizona Robert W. Krantz, ConocoPhillips Peter T. Lyttle, Middleburg, Virginia Edmund Nickless, Geological Society of London Suzanne O’Connell, Wesleyan University Jonathan G. Price, University of Nevada-Reno Daniel B. Stephens, Daniel B Stephens & Associates, Inc. Roger Thomas, Franklin & Marshall College Harvey Thorleifson, University of Minnesota David A. Vanko, Towson University
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 23 Special Lectures & Addresses
GSA, GSA Divisions, and GSA Associated Societies encourage you to attend these events. For talk titles, please see the alphabetical Awards & Lectures listing on pages 25–31. BCC—Baltimore Convention Center.
2015 November
1 2 3 Marith Reheis SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Jonathan G. Price James William Head III Steven Squyres Research Lecture, 3:30–4 p.m., GSA Presidential Address, Penrose Medal Lecture, 8:05– GSA President’s Medal Lecture, BCC, Room 331/332 noon–1:30 p.m., BCC, Room 8:35 a.m., BCC, Room 344 8–8:30 a.m., BCC, Room 344 327/328/329 Nicholas J. Tosca James Hansen George Denton MSA Award Lecture, 3:30–4 Gregory J. Retallack Bridging Two Continents GSA QG&G Division p.m., BCC, Room 317 Ingerson Lecture, 2:30–2:45 Featured Keynote, noon–1:30 Distinguished Career Award p.m., BCC, Room 338 p.m., BCC, Ballroom III Lecture, 8:45–9:15 a.m., BCC, Jerry X. Mitrovica Room 340 Arthur L. Day Medal Lecture, David A. Clague James Balog 3:30–3:55 p.m., BCC, Room GSA MGPV Division Feed Your Brain, 12:15–1:15 Marcia McNutt 345/346 Distinguished Geologic Career p.m., BCC, Room 327/328/329 Michel T. Halbouty Award Lecture, 3:10–3:40 p.m., Distinguished Lecture and GSA Steven B. Shirey BCC, Room 319/320 Rainer Helmig Geology & Society Division MSA Presidential Address, Henry Darcy Distinguished Distinguished Lecture and Feed 4–4:30 p.m., BCC, Room 317 Simon Winchester Lecture, 5:30–6:30 p.m., BCC, Your Brain, 12:15–1:15 p.m., GSA Geology & Society Ballroom IV BCC, Room 327/328/329 Clifford I. Voss Division Distinguished Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture, 4–5 p.m., BCC, Room David A.D. Evans Matthew P. Golombek Lecture, 4:30–5:30 p.m., BCC, 327/328/329 George P. Woollard Award G.K. Gilbert Award Lecture, Ballroom IV Lecture, 4:30–5:30 p.m., BCC, 1:35–1:55 p.m., BCC, France A. Córdova Room 340 Room 344 Eldon Gath GSA Special Lecture, Richard Jahns Distinguished 4–5 p.m., BCC, Room 309 Daniel R. Muhs Lecturer, 4:55–5:30 p.m., BCC, Kirk Bryan Award Lecture, Room 339 1:35–2:05 p.m., BCC, Room 345/346 Kirk Johnson, Paula Apsell, and Julia Cort Brandon Schmandt NOVA Special: Making North Young Scientist Award (Donath America, Episode 1: ORIGINS, Medal) Lecture, 1:35–1:55 p.m., 5:45–7:30 p.m., BCC, BCC, Room 347/348 Ballroom III
John Holdren GSA Special Lecture, 2–3 p.m., BCC, Room 309 4 WEDNESDAY Rodney C. Ewing MSA Roebling Medal Lecture, Ellen Stofan 3–3:30 p.m., BCC, Room 317 Feed Your Brain, 12:15–1:15 p.m., BCC, Room 327/328/329
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AWARD/LECTURE NAME AWARDEE/ SPEAKER/TALK LOCATION/DAY/TIME BCC—Baltimore Convention Center; Hilton—Hilton Baltimore
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., & LECTURESAWARDS Arthur L. Day Medal Jerry X. Mitrovica 12–1:30 p.m. Jerry X. Mitrovica, “Sea Level Change from Arthur L. Day Medal Lecture the Paleozoic to the 21st Century: A Record BCC, Room 345/346, 3 Nov., 3:35–3:55 p.m. of Controversy” James Hansen, “Ice Melt, Sea-Level Rise & Bridging Two Continents Featured Superstorms: Finding a Realistic Pathway BCC, Ballroom III, noon–1:30 p.m. Keynote to Clean Energy” BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Distinguished Service Award John W. Hess 12–1:30 p.m. GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Excellence Paulo Jose Hidalgo-Odio, Georgia State BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Award University Field Geology Camp 12–1:30 p.m. James Balog, “The Art & Science of BCC, Room 327/328/329, 2 Nov., GSA Feed Your Brain, Mon. Chasing Ice” 12:15–1:15 p.m. Marcia McNutt, “Deepwater Horizons: BCC, Room 327/328/329, 3 Nov., GSA Feed Your Brain, Tues. Lessons Learned for Better Preparedness” 12:15–1:15 p.m. Ellen Stofan, “Science at NASA: Exploring BCC, Room 327/328/329, 4 Nov., GSA Feed Your Brain, Wed. Planets in this Solar System and Beyond” 12:15–1:15 p.m. GSA Special Lecture France A. Córdova BCC, Room 309, 1 Nov., 4–5 p.m. GSA Special Lecture John Holdren BCC, Room 309, 3 Nov., 2–3 p.m. BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Honorary Fellow Manfred Strecker 12–1:30 p.m. BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Honorary Fellow Brian Windley 12–1:30 p.m. Tyler R. Knudsen, Paul Inkenbrandt, William R. Lund, Mike Lowe, Steve D. John C. Frye Memorial Award in Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 2, 3 Nov., Bowman, “Investigation of Land Environmental Geology 7 a.m.–noon Subsidence and Earth Fissures in Cedar Valley, Iron County, Utah” Michel T. Halbouty Distinguished Marcia McNutt, “Deepwater Horizons: BCC, Room 327/328/329, 3 Nov., Lecture: GSA Feed Your Brain, Tues. Lessons Learned for Better Preparedness” 12:15–1:15 p.m. NOVA Special: Making North America, Kirk Johnson, Paula Apsell, and Julia Cort BCC, Ballroom III, 3 Nov., 5:45–7:30 p.m. Episode 1: ORIGINS BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Outstanding Woman in Science Award Priya M. Ganguli 12–1:30 p.m. BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Penrose Medal James William Head III 12–1:30 p.m. James William Head III, “Planetary Penrose Medal Lecture BCC, Room 344, 2 Nov., 8:05–8:35 a.m. Evolution: A Geologic Perspective” Jonathan G. Price, “The World is BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Presidential Address Changing” 12–1:30 p.m. BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., President’s Medal Steven Squyres 12–1:30 p.m.
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AWARD/LECTURE NAME AWARDEE/ SPEAKER/TALK LOCATION/DAY/TIME BCC—Baltimore Convention Center; Hilton—Hilton Baltimore
President’s Medal Lecture Steven Squyres, “Robotic Field Geology” BCC, Room 344, 3 Nov., 8–8:30 a.m. BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Public Service Award Naomi Oreskes 12–1:30 p.m. Randolph W. “Bill” and Cecile T. Bromery BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Dawn J. Wright Award for Minorities 12–1:30 p.m. BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) Brandon Schmandt 12–1:30 p.m. Brandon Schmandt, “Multi-Scale Mapping Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) BCC, Room 347/348, 3 Nov., of the North America Mantle and Crust Lecture 1:30–1:55 p.m. with Seismology”
GSA DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS Archaeological Geology Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award Francis (Frank) H. Brown BCC, Room 318, 2 Nov., 5:45–8 p.m. Claude C. Albritton, Jr., Scholarship Award Rachel Cajigas BCC, Room 318, 2 Nov., 5:45–8 p.m.
Energy Geology Antoinette Lierman Medlin Scholarship Marisa Earll, Severin Presswood BCC, Room 321, 3 Nov., 5:45–7:45 p.m. Award Gilbert H. Cady Award Claus F.K. Diessel BCC, Room 321, 3 Nov., 5:45–7:45 p.m.
Environmental and Engineering Geology George R. Priest, William Schulz, William E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award L. Ellis, Jonathan C. Allan, Alan R. Niem, Pratt Street Ale House, 3 Nov., 6–11 p.m. and Wendy A. Niem Distinguished Practice Award Jeff Keaton Pratt Street Ale House, 3 Nov., 6–11 p.m. Meritorious Service Award Dennis Staley Pratt Street Ale House, 3 Nov., 6–11 p.m. Eldon Gath, “The Engineering Geological Richard Jahns Distinguished Lecturer BCC, Room 339, 3 Nov., 4:55–5:30 p.m. Assessment of a Landslide Event” Corina Cerovski-Darriau, Stefanie Gugolz, Roy J. Shlemon Scholarship Award Pratt Street Ale House, 3 Nov., 6–11 p.m. David Korte
Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Outstanding Contributions to Arpita Bose, Tim Lyons, Elizabeth Raff, Hilton Baltimore, Calloway, 2 Nov., Geomicrobiology Award and Rudolf Raff noon–1:30 p.m.
Geoinformatics Outstanding Contributions in Hilton, Poe B Room, 3 Nov., Lesley Wyborn Geoinformatics Award 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Geology and Society BCC, Room 327/328/329, 3 Nov., Best Student Presentation Award Genevieve Kidman, Stephanie Wong 5:30–6:30 p.m.
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Simon Winchester: “William Smith: The Distinguished Lecture Man, His Map, and the Democratization of BCC, Room 327/328/329, 1 Nov., 4–5 p.m. Geology”
Geophysics & LECTURESAWARDS Allen V. Cox Student Research Award Henok Kiflu BCC, Room 340, 2 Nov., 5:45–7 p.m. George P. Woollard Award and Technical David A.D. Evans BCC, Room 340, 2 Nov., 4:30–5:30 p.m. Lecture Student Research Award Abigail Maxwell, Bradley Sparks BCC, Room 340, 2 Nov., 5:45–7 p.m.
Geoscience Education Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov., Kyle Gray Teaching 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
History and Philosophy of Geology Gerald M. and Sue T. Friedman History of Kennard Baker Bork Hilton, Ballroom 1, 3 Nov., noon–2 p.m. Geology Distinguished Service Award Mary C. Rabbitt History of Geology Award Léo F. Laporte Hilton, Ballroom 1, 3 Nov., noon–2 p.m. Student Award John A. Sime Hilton, Ballroom 1, 3 Nov., noon–2 p.m.
Hydrogeology Clifford I. Voss, “Simple Modeling of Large Aquifers, Variable-Density Groundwater- Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture BCC, Ballroom IV, 3 Nov., 4:30–5:30 p.m. Flow, and Permafrost Interaction with Groundwater” George Burke Maxey Distinguished BCC, Ballroom IV, 3 Nov., Williams W. Simpkin Service Award 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Rainer Helmig, “Evaluating the Competitive Use of the Subsurface: Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture BCC, Ballroom IV, 2 Nov., 5:30–6:30 p.m. The Influence of Energy Storage and Production in Groundwater” BCC, Ballroom IV, 3 Nov., Kohout Early Career Award Michael Cardiff 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. BCC, Ballroom IV, 3 Nov., O.E. Meinzer Award Brian Berkowitz 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Alec Gierzynski, Michael O’Connor, BCC, Ballroom IV, 3 Nov., Student Research Awards Madeyn Percy, Jonathan Reeves, 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Brady Ziegler
Limnogeology Israel C. Russell Award Andrew S. Cohen BCC, Room 307, 3 Nov., 6–8 p.m. Kerry Kelts Research Award Ann Elisabeth Morey (Ross) BCC, Room 307, 3 Nov., 6–8 p.m.
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology BCC, Sharp Street Lobby, 3 Nov., Distinguished Geologic Career Award David A. Clague 5:45–7:30 p.m.
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AWARD/LECTURE NAME AWARDEE/ SPEAKER/TALK LOCATION/DAY/TIME BCC—Baltimore Convention Center; Hilton—Hilton Baltimore
David A. Clague, “Summit Overflow Distinguished Geologic Career Award Periods, Caldera Formation, Explosive BCC, Room 319/320, 1 Nov., Lecture Eruption Periods, and Varying Magma 3:10–3:40 p.m. Flux at Basaltic Volcanoes” John Buchanan, Nicholas Levitt, Chelsea BCC, Sharp Street Lobby, 3 Nov., Student Research Awards MacKaman-Lofland, Madison Myers, 5:45–7:30 p.m. William Nachlas, Demian Nelson
Planetary Geology Eugene M. Shoemaker Impact Crater Patrick Boehnke Phillips Seafood, 3 Nov., 6:30–9:30 p.m. Award G.K. Gilbert Award Matthew P. Golombek Phillips Seafood, 3 Nov., 6:30–9:30 p.m. Matthew P. Golombek, “The Selection of G.K. Gilbert Award Lecture BCC, Room 344, 3 Nov., 1:30–1:55 p.m. Landing Sites on Mars” Ronald Greeley Award for Distinguished Michael Kelley Phillips Seafood, 3 Nov., 6:30–9:30 p.m. Service
Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Arthur D. Howard Student Research Grant Mariah Richards BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. Distinguished Career Award George Denton BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. George Denton, “A Remarkable Climate Distinguished Career Award Lecture BCC, Room 340, 3 Nov., 8:45–9:15 a.m. Change in the Southern Hemisphere” Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research Marith Reheis BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. Marith Reheis, “Modern Dust in the Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert Research Southwestern U.S.: Comparison to Soils BCC, Room 331/332, 3 Nov., 3:30–4 p.m. Technical Lecture and Desert Loess” Gladys W. Cole Award Lyman Persico BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. J. Hoover Mackin Student Research Grant Marina Foster BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. John Montagne Research Award Jotautas Baronas BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. Daniel R. Muhs, Jerry X. Mitrovica, R. Kirk Bryan Award Randall Schumann, DeAnna Jean Laurel, BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. Kathleen R. Simmons, Lindsey T. Groves Daniel R. Muhs, “Quaternary Sea-Level History on the Pacific Coast of North Kirk Bryan Award Lecture America: Effects of Low Uplift Rate and BCC, Room 345/346, 3 Nov., 1:30–2:05 p.m. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Processes on the Marine Terrace Record” Marie Morisawa Research Award Sarah Schanz BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m. Robert K. Fahnestock Memorial Award Charles Shobe BCC, Room 310, 3 Nov., 7–11 p.m.
Sedimentary Geology Laurence L. Sloss Award Joanne Bourgeois BCC, Room 307, 3 Nov., 6–8 p.m. Stephen E. Laubach Research in Structural TBA BCC, Room 307, 3 Nov., 6–8 p.m. Diagenesis Award
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Student Research Award John Chesley BCC, Room 307, 3 Nov., 6–8 p.m.
Structural Geology and Tectonics Career Contribution Award Tanya Atwater BCC, Room 308, 3 Nov., 5:30–9 p.m. Konstanze Stübner, Lothar Ratschbacher, & LECTURESAWARDS Daniel Rutte, Klaus Stanek, Vladislav Minaev, Maria Wiesinger, Richard Gloaguen, Carsten Weise, Judy Chow, Outstanding Publication Award BCC, Room 308, 3 Nov., 5:30–9 p.m. Jakob Hofmann, Jahanzeb Khan, Daniel Rutte, Blanka Sperner, Jörg A. Pfänder, Bradley R. Hacker, István Dunkl, Marion Tichomirowa, Michael A. Stearns Cody Colleps, Michael Eddy, Brittany Student Research Award BCC, Room 308, 3 Nov., 5:30–9 p.m. Huerta, Calvin Mako, Louis Wersan
OTHER GROUPS American Geosciences Institute (AGI) AGI Medal in Memory of Ian Campbell Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 31 Oct., Award for Superlative Service to the Rodney C. Ewing 6–9 p.m. Geosciences AGI Award for Outstanding Contribution Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 31 Oct., Scott F. Burns to Public Understanding of the Geosciences 6–9 p.m. William B. Heroy Jr. Award for Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 31 Oct., Gail M. Ashley Distinguished Service to AGI 6–9 p.m.
Association for Women Geologists (AWG) Brunton Award Chelsea Krieg BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Emily Elliott, Cathleen Doherty, Bridget Chrysalis Scholarship BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Lee, Souyeon Nam Crawford Field Camp Scholarship Kelly Sanks, Diana Snyder BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Outstanding Educator Award Jo Laird BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Professional Excellence Award (in Academia) Cathy Whitlock BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Professional Excellence Award (in Joan Gomberg BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Government) Professional Excellence Award (in Industry) Janell Edman BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m. Winifred Goldring Award Kaydee Jo West BCC, Ballroom III, 2 Nov., 6:30–8:30 a.m.
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) GeoCUR (Geosciences Division) GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Mark A. Wilson Hilton, Poe Room, 1 Nov., 3–5 p.m. Award
Cushman Foundation Johanna M. Resig Foraminiferal Research Catherine Davis, Natasha Mendez-Ferrer, Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 3 Nov., Fellowship Kate Salmon 7–11 p.m. Joseph A. Cushman Award for Excellence Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 3 Nov., Pamela Hallock Muller in Foraminiferal Research 7–11 p.m.
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AWARD/LECTURE NAME AWARDEE/ SPEAKER/TALK LOCATION/DAY/TIME BCC—Baltimore Convention Center; Hilton—Hilton Baltimore
Joseph A. Cushman Awards for Student Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 3 Nov., Sean Beckwith, Jennifer Walker Research 7–11 p.m. Loeblich and Tappan Student Research Megan Fung, Christian Haller, Sarah Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 3 Nov., Award White 7–11 p.m. William V. Sliter Awards for Student Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 3 Nov., Janet Burke, Marissa Davies Research 7–11 p.m. Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6, 3 Nov., W. Storrs Cole Award Soma Baranwal 7–11 p.m.
Geochemical Society Gregory J. Retallack, “Archean (3.35 Ga) Ingerson Lecture BCC, Room 338, 1 Nov., 2:30–2:45 p.m. Life on Land in Western Australia”
Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) Kate Zeigler, J. Michael Timmons, Stacy Best Guidebook Award Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 2, noon–1:30 p.m. Timmons, and Steve Semken Best Paper Award Jeremy Kenyon, Nancy Sprague Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 2, noon–1:30 p.m. Roger Putnam, Allen F. Glazner, Drew S. Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Reference Coleman, Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark, Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 2, noon–1:30 p.m. Work Award Tamlin Pavelsky, and Miquela I. Abbot Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Michael Noga Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 2, noon–1:30 p.m. Award Outstanding Geologic Field Trip Mountain Press Publishing Co. Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 2, noon–1:30 p.m. Guidebook Series
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Nicholas J. Tosca, “Mineralogy as a Bridge Mineralogical Society of America Award BCC, Room 317, 3 Nov., 3:30–4 p.m. between Geochemistry and Earth History” Steven B. Shirey, “Diamond—Premier Presidential Address Mineral for Understanding the Geology of BCC, Room 317, 3 Nov., 4–4:30 p.m. the Deep Earth” Rodney C. Ewing, “The Science-Policy Roebling Medal Lecture BCC, Room 317, 3 Nov., 3–3:30 p.m. Interface” Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 4, 3 Nov., Distinguished Public Service Medalist J. Alex Speer 12:15–2:30 p.m.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Melissa Hage, Angela Shankle, Robin Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov, Dorothy LaLonde Stout Award Wilson 11:30–1 p.m. Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov, James H. Shea Award Nick Zentner 11:30–1 p.m. Katrien van der Hoeven Kraft, Roger Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov, JGE Outstanding Reviewers Levine 11:30–1 p.m.
30 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition AWARD/LECTURE NAME AWARDEE/ SPEAKER/TALK LOCATION/DAY/TIME BCC—Baltimore Convention Center; Hilton—Hilton Baltimore
Carol J. Ormand, Cathryn Manduca, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff, Cara L. Harwood, Kinnari Atit, and Alexander P. Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov, JGE Outstanding Paper Boone, “Evaluating Geoscience Students’ 11:30–1 p.m. Spatial Thinking Skills in a Multi- Institutional Classroom Study” & LECTURESAWARDS Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov, Neil Miner Award Bob Butler 11:30–1 p.m. Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 5, 3 Nov, Bob Christman Award Andrew Buddington 11:30–1 p.m.
Paleontological Society Charles Schuchert Award Jonathan Payne BCC, Ballroom IV, 1 Nov, 6:30–11 p.m. Harrell L. Strimple Award Jack M. Wittry BCC, Ballroom IV, 1 Nov, 6:30–11 p.m. Paleontological Society Medal Derek Briggs BCC, Ballroom IV, 1 Nov, 6:30–11 p.m.
Visit the GSA Bookstore in Baltimore, Maryland! 1–4 November 2015
Sunday: Exhibits open: 2–7 p.m.; Exhibit Hall opening reception: 5:30–7 p.m. Monday & Tuesday: 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Aah, th at ne w-b Daily drawings ook smell! Browse as long as you like Geosphere tech demos: Be dynamic, never dull!
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 31 SATURDAY Evening Reception *Invitation Only* Workshop: The Pathways to a Successful Career: Building Value 4:30–5:30 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Camden Lobby 1–4 p.m., Hilton, Holiday Ballroom 6 This is an informal networking event for participating Instructor: Patrick McAndless companies and students who presented their research during the Whether you are just beginning your career or changing your morning GeoCareers in Industry: Research Poster Session and path, learn how to showcase your potential value to employers and invited students (at the companies’ discretion). build marketing tools to help you succeed. This workshop will feature industry professionals who will offer tips and suggestions Women in Geology Career Pathways Reception for navigating their company hiring process and is highly Sunday, 5–6:30 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Ballroom III recommended for any student or recent grad attending the This informal gathering begins with remarks from key women GeoCareers in Industry events. speakers who will address issues faced by women in geology. A reception follows, providing time for sharing ideas and networking SUNDAY with other women geoscientists.. Connecting Students and Industry: GeoCareers in Industry If you are interested in a career pathway in industry, consider Résumé Clinic attending this full day of events where you will have a chance to 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Exhibits Hall interact one-on-one with company representatives. Plan to attend Plan to sign-up on-site for a private consultation with a all events in sequence, if possible. Preregistration is required for the geoscience professional to review your résumé and discuss Research Poster Session and Evening Reception; however, we will strategies to better market yourself to potential employers. be accepting some students based on space availability.
Research Poster Session MONDAY 9–11 a.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Geology in Government Career Pathways Luncheon This session provides students an opportunity to showcase and 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Ballroom IV discuss their research, begin dialogues with, and get to know A panel of representatives from a variety of government agencies sponsoring industry representatives and hiring managers. will offer advice about preparing for a career in government and Preregistration is suggested. Some students will be accepted on a comment on job opportunities with their agencies. space-available basis. The Paleontological Society Mentors in Paleontology Careers Geology in Industry Career Pathways Luncheon Luncheon 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Ballroom IV Noon–1 p.m., Hilton, Key Ballroom 9-10 Company representatives will offer advice about preparing for a This student luncheon features a panel of mentors representing a career in industry and comment on the prospects for current and variety of colleges, universities, museums, and government future job opportunities with their companies. agencies. They will offer advice about preparing for a career in paleontology and comment on the prospects for current and future Company Info Session job opportunities. 1:30–4 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Exhibit Hall Stop by the Exhibit Hall to hear presentations from sponsoring companies Anadarko, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Newmont Mining, TUESDAY SS Papadopulos & Associates, and others to learn about their Student Networking Luncheon company cultures and recruitment and hiring timelines. Open to 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Ballroom III all registered meeting attendees. This light luncheon provides students and early career scientists with an exciting opportunity to network with more than 40 geoscience professionals. Mentors will answer questions, offer advice about career plans, and comment on job opportunities within their fields.
32 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Are You an Early- Career Professional? Come network, have a cup of coffee, (Formerly the Employment Service Center) and learn about programs and events that will help you enhance your career. INTERVIEW SERVICE Sunday, 9–10 a.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Room 302. Employers: The GeoCareers Interview Service offers hiring employers an opportunity to conduct in-person interviews during GSA Annual Meetings.
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ON TO THE FUTURE On To the Future Gatherings EVENTS Monday–Wednesday, 7:30–8 a.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Camden Lobby GSA welcomes the 2015 On To the Future (OTF) Scholars. During these morning sessions, OTF students will learn about The OTF program supports students from underrepresented future internship, research, and other GSA opportunities. Coffee groups to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting. Stop by the and a light breakfast will be provided. OTF booth in the Exhibit Hall to learn more about this program. Diversity in the Geosciences and On To the Future Alumni Reception On To the Future Welcome Gathering Tuesday, 5:30–7 p.m., Saturday, 4:45–5:45 p.m., Baltimore Convention Center, Camden Lobby Baltimore Convention Center , Camden Lobby The GSA Diversity in the Geosciences Committee invites you OTF Scholars are invited to meet and get to know one another to attend this forum to socialize and share ideas with other and meet key GSA representatives. geoscience community members interested in diversity issues. The 2015 On To the Future Scholars and ExxonMobil Minority Scholarship Awardees will be recognized with a special presentation by Dr. Antonia Franco, Executive Director of SACNAS. Appetizers and cash bar provided.
What’s Your Problem; What’s Your Point?
When: Sunday, 1 Nov., TM 11:30 –2 p.m. FREE and lunch is provided. TM EARTHCACHE SITES Publishing your work is important, but how do you go about it? GSA Annual Meeting attendees are invited to visit This workshop, led by experienced GSA science editors, will focus EarthCacheTM sites in the Baltimore area. EarthCaching is a GPS-based outdoor activity that brings people to sites of on the process of preparing your research for submission to geological interest. To find EarthCache sites in Baltimore, go scholarly journals. Presentations by editors will be followed by to www.geocaching.com and enter “Baltimore, MD” into roundtable discussions. Three stages are covered in detail: (1) the search box, or enter any of the following GC-codes: before you begin; (2) writing and revising; and (3) reviewing— GC2N3CD (“Cockeysville Marble”) GC2Q4RT (“Woodstock Granite”) becoming a part of the scholarly community. GC2FMJ2 (“Seneca Red Sandstone”) GC2X75C (“Fort McHenry EarthCache”) For more information on the GSA EarthCache program, see www.earthcache.org.
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K–12 Teachers Short Courses Morning Courses BLOG ROLL—Blogging from the Annual Meeting? Let 524 Teaching Controversial Issues 1: Climate and Energy everyone know about your meeting-related blog posts by adding your information to our Blog Roll at community.geosociety.org/ Afternoon Courses gsa2015/press/socialmedia. Also, be sure to visit GSA’s guest 529. Teaching Controversial Issues 2: Evolution of Life and Earth blog, Speaking of Geoscience, at https://geosociety.wordpress.com 533. Welcome to the Anthropocene: Teaching Resources for a to learn how YOU can add to the discussion. New Epoch
Educators’ Reception FACEBOOK—Visit GSA’s vibrant Facebook page and join more than 175,000 fans worldwide at www.facebook.com/ Sunday, 7–9 p.m., Camden Lobby GSA.1888. This fun and informal reception is a great way for you to network with educators. Appetizers and a cash bar are provided. TWITTER—GSA is @geosociety on Twitter. Get up-to- Town Hall the-minute meeting news by joining our global audience of more Wednesday, 12:15–1:15 p.m., BCC, Room 321 than 20,000 geoscientists, students, and organizations, and by Join educators for a discussion on the Next Generation Science following this year’s Annual Meeting hashtag #GSA2015. Standards (NGSS). This town hall meeting is great for anyone who wants to learn more about the new science standards being implemented in K–12 schools across the country. GSA’S CONNECTED COMMUNITY—Annual Meeting attendees are listed in a special directory, powered by GSA’s Connected Community, which is visible only to other meeting participants, at community.geosociety.org/gsa2015/ Book Signings attendeeinfo/network/directory. You can use this networking tool to search for and connect with colleagues, old and new, and to keep the experience alive well after the meeting through GSA’s Simon Winchester: Connected Community discussion forums. New to the Connected Sun., 5:45–7 p.m. Winchester will Community? If you are logging in for the first time, please follow sign copies of his newly released the links at community.geosociety.org to get started. We book, Pacific, as well as The Map encourage you to activate your profile now so others can connect that Changed the World, both of with you. which will be available for purchase Simon Winchester in the GSA on-site bookstore (brought to you by GSA’s Geology in and Society Division). LINKEDIN—GSA manages an active LinkedIn group (and 18 topical subgroups) to help you network and stay connected to your professional peers at http://linkd.in/1HsYwni. James Balog: Tues., 9–10:30 a.m. Balog will sign copies of his book ICE: Portraits of INSTAGRAM—GSA is “geosociety” on Instagram. Vanishing Glaciers, which will also Submit your Annual Meeting photos with meeting hashtag be available for purchase on site. #GSA2015. Please note that meeting policy prohibits the use of cameras or sound-recording equipment in technical sessions. James Balog
—Let us know about your favorite geoscience-related videos and learn more about GSA and careers in the geosciences at www.youtube.com/user/geosociety.
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 35 Pardee Keynote Symposia
Joseph T. Pardee
All Pardee Keynote Sessions, listed here is chronological order, take place in Room 327/328/329 at the Baltimore Convention Center. These symposia are named after Joseph T. Pardee, and esteemed geoscience and GSA benefactor. Read symposia descriptions and featured speakers at http://community .geosociety.org/gsa2015/science/sessions/pardee.
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1 SUNDAY 2 MONDAY 3 TUESDAY 4 WEDNESDAY P1. Celebrating the Genius P1. Celebrating the Genius P3. Earth-Life Systems at the P5. Appalachian of William ‘Strata’ Smith: of William “Strata” Smith: Dawn of Animals. Geomorphology Bicentennial Anniversary of Bicentennial Anniversary of Time: 8 a.m.–noon Time: 8 a.m.–noon and Smith’s Revolutionary Smith’s Revolutionary 1:30–5:30 p.m. Map, Parts I and II. Map, Part III. Conveners: James D. Schiffbauer, Marc Laflamme, Conveners: Frank J. Pazzaglia, Time: 8–11 a.m. and 2–4 p.m. Time: 8 a.m.–noon Simon A.F. Darroch Gregory S. Hancock, Sean F. Conveners: George H. Davis, Conveners: George H. Davis, Cosponsors: Paleontological Gallen Renee Clary, Suzanne O’Connell Renee Clary, Suzanne O’Connell Society; GSA Geobiology & Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Cosponsors: GSA History and Cosponsors: GSA History and Geomicrobiology Division Geology and Geomorphology Philosophy of Geology Division; Philosophy of Geology Division; Division GSA Sedimentary Geology GSA Sedimentary Geology P4. Similar Information, Division; GSA Geology and Division; GSA Geology and Different Results: Fracking Society Division; Association of Society Division; Association of from State to State American State Geologists; American State Geologists; Geological Society of London; Geological Society of London; Time: 1:30–5:30 p.m. History of Earth Sciences Society; History of Earth Sciences Society; Conveners: R. Laurence Davis, Paleontology Society; GSA Paleontology Society; GSA Christopher P. Carlson Karst Division Karst Division Cosponsors: GSA Geology and Society Division; Oil/Gas/ P2. Savor the Cryosphere. Alternative Energy Discipline; Time: 1:30–5:30 p.m. GSA Geoinformatics Division Conveners: Patrick Burkhart, Greg Baker, Paul Baldauf Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; The Extreme Ice Survey; Earth Vision Institute
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A joint meeting between the Geological Society of China and the Geological Society of America held in conjunction with the GSA 2015 Annual Meeting
You are invited to join the Bridging Two Continents sessions (T1–T8) on Sunday and Monday, 1–2 Nov., in rooms 347/348 and 349/350. This presented research, and continuation of a larger discussion from the 2013 joint meeting, Roof of the World, held in Chengdu, China, brings together many world-class geoscientists to discuss a wide range of topics in tectonics, resources, earthquakes, climate, and many other fields. Moving toward global earth science, China is an ideal geologic test-bed with a large population, vast natural resources, and a rapid pace of industrialization, urbanization, and economic growth, with consequential impacts on ecological environments and public health. Moreover, more than 50% of international students at U.S. universities are from China, and many U.S. students have their thesis projects in China. In order to continue to enhance bi-national educational and scientific exchanges, these two leading geological societies would continue to promote such scientific joint meetings in years to come.
BRIDGING TWO CONTINENTS LUNCHEON FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JAMES HANSEN Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise & Superstorms: Finding a Realistic Pathway to Clean Energy and Stable Climate Mon., 2 Nov., noon–1:30 p.m., BCC, Ballroom III This luncheon is open to any attendee who purchases a ticket James Hansen (US$50). Thanks to a generous contribution, the first 25 students to register will only need to pay US$25 each. James Hansen retired as director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in 2013. He now serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, where he directs the “Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions” program. His talk will cover the current understanding of the human-made climate change that is now underway and the most important implications of that change for humanity and other species. He will also evaluate the changes in the global energy pathway required to stabilize climate and the economically realistic pathways to achieving carbon-free energy soon enough to avoid disastrous consequences for young people. Hansen notes that the present situation constitutes a global crisis that calls for international scientific and engineering cooperation, most particularly between China and the United States.
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A Special Thank-You to the Organizing Committee
Geological Society of America (GSA) An Yin (UCLA) Juhn G. Liou (Stanford University) I-Ming Chou (USGS) Larry Brown (Cornell University) Paul Kapp (University of Arizona) Allen Glazner (University North Carolina) Brendan Murphy (St. Francis Xavier University) Joe Meert (University of Florida) Mike Oskin (UC Davis) John Wakabayashi (California State University, Fresno) Laura Webb (University of Vermont) Yildirim Dilek (Miami University) Jane Gilotti (University of Iowa)
Geological Society of China (GSC) Xianlai Meng (GSC) Lixin Zhu (GSC) Ziguo Hao (GSC) Shuwen Dong (Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences) Jingsui Yang (Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences) Xianhua Li (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Lin Ding (Institute of Tibetan Plateau, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Chengshan Wang (China University of Geosciences–Beijing) Di-Cheng Zhu (China University of Geosciences–Beijing) Ming-Guo Zhai (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Jing Liu-Zeng (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Earthquake Administration) Chengshan Wang (China University of Geosciences–Beijing) Wenjiao Xiao (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Yongfei Zheng (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China) Lifei Zhang (Peking University)
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 39 Guest Program
Penrose Guest Hospitality Suite Guest Seminars Sun.–Wed., 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Join us for the following seminars, provided free of charge for Baltimore Convention Center (BCC), Pratt Street Lobby registered guests and Penrose Circle Invitees only. All seminars take place in the Penrose Guest Hospitality Suite, BCC, Pratt Street Badges: Be sure to wear your meeting badge for access to the Lobby. Penrose Guest Hospitality Suite, the Baltimore Convention Center and the Exhibit Hall. The Art of Crab Cracking We welcome all registered Guests and Penrose Circle Invitees Mon., 2 Nov., 10 a.m. and hope you will stop by the Hospitality Suite for rest and If there is one thing that Marylanders are universally proud of, relaxation while technical sessions are going on. The Suite will it’s Maryland blue crabs. Crab cracking is really an art in offer complimentary refreshments, educational seminars, and Baltimore. Wielding a mallet and a knife, watch and learn from local experts ready to answer your questions about Baltimore. local crab crackers on the art of getting to the succulent meat of a Local tours will also be offered for an additional fee. Please take Maryland blue crab. advantage of the tours and learn about the area from our The Life & Writings of Edgar Allan Poe knowledgeable tour guides. Wed., 4 Nov., 10 a.m. The guest or spouse registration fee of US$90 per person is for a non-geologist accompanying professional or student meeting Famed American writer Edgar Allan Poe came from a Baltimore registrants. This fee does not include access to technical sessions. family and lived part of his life in and around the city. He Any guest wishing to see a specific presentation should go to the published his second volume of poetry in 1829 and launched a On-Site Registration desk at the BCC, Pratt Street Lobby, to literary career after winning a contest sponsored in 1833 by the request a special badge for access to the presentation. Baltimore Saturday Visitor for the best short story. During this seminar, you will learn all about the life and writings of Poe as well as his influence in Baltimore—the most recognizable being the NFL Ravens! Various traces of Poe’s life and death can still be found throughout the city of Baltimore.
Inner Harbor skyline. Photo Courtesy of Visit Baltimore.
40 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition • Local Restaurant Cards Gift Memberships GSA • Certificates• GSA Bookstore Gift • GSA 2016 Annual Meeting Registrations Tickets Aquarium • • Visit Baltimore Passes VIP Sunday–Tuesday, 6:15 p.m.; Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. GSA Booth Membership DAILY DRAWINGS! Journal Subscriptions GSA Membership Renew Your 2016 www.geosociety.org/members • Division Memberships • Section Affiliations • GSA Foundation Support
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Eastward-Dipping Turbidites, Magallanes Foreland Basin, Chile. Photo by Zoltan Sylvester. Local Tours & Activities Everyone’s Invited!
All annual meeting attendees and guests are welcome to Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church, you can view the participate in the following tours. Fees for these event cover the beautiful Tiffany windows for which the church is famous. Time costs of professional tour guides/facilitators, transportation, permitting; the last stop will be Corpus Christi, home to five admission, materials, and gratuities. If you did not pre-register for Florentine mosaics on glass. When visiting these rich historical one of these tours, please check at the registration desk in the Pratt locations, you will be accompanied by our knowledgeable tour Street Lobby of the Baltimore Convention Center (BCC) for ticket guide who can cover the historical and cultural significance of the availability as far in advance as possible. On the day of the event, churches not usually found in guidebooks. please check for ticket availability with the hostess in the Penrose Guest Hospitality Suite (BCC, Pratt Street Lobby). All fees are in 103. Foodie Tour of Little Italy U.S. dollars. Tours will depart from and return to the Baltimore When: 1–4 p.m. Fee: US$88. Walking tour, no transportation Convention Center. Check-in Location: Baltimore Convention provided. Center, Pratt Street Lobby. Please check in 20 minutes before the A short walk from the Baltimore Convention Center is Little scheduled departure time. GSA is unable to refund tour costs if Italy, Baltimore’s own charming neighborhood, rich with history you miss the scheduled departure time. and authentic Italian culture and cuisine. Orchestrated by our personal guide, you will meet the shop owners and restauranteurs and hear their stories about what make this neighborhood culturally significant. You will also sample Italian specialties, from limoncello to cannoli, as you meander from shop to shop. Our guide will also take you to Jonestown, a once predominately Jewish enclave, and still home to Baltimore’s corn-beef row and numerous historic sights. TUESDAY 104. Whirlwind Tour of Washington D.C. with Lunch at the Occidental When: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Fee: US$150. This tour will take you to a part of our nation’s most historic landscape. Experience the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Korean War Veterans Memorial. Stop for lunch SUNDAY at the Occidental, the epitome of Washingtonian culture and style, for a two-course lunch. After lunch, the tour will continue with a 101. Baltimore Art Museums with City Tour viewing of the World War II Memorial. Your professional tour When: 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Fee: US$135. A boxed lunch is guide will tell you the history of the parks, memorials, and many included. famous buildings that will surround you on this tour. An exceptional tour guide will lead our small group through the Baltimore Art Museums. This personalized tour will introduce 105. Baltimore Architecturally Speaking you to the American Visionary Art Museum, dedicated to the self- When: 1–5 p.m. Fee: US$60. taught or “outsider” artist. The museum is home to seven galleries On this tour of Baltimore’s architectural wonders is the Peabody full of the most outstanding creations born of intuition and self- Library. Within the library is the six-story chamber, which includes styled imagination. Our guide will also take you to the Baltimore five stories of ornamental cast-iron balconies and 250,000 volumes Museum of Art, which includes works by Henri Matisse as well as dated from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. If you have ever nineteenth-century, modern, and contemporary art. This tour also wondered with a 23-karat-gold bathroom would look like you will includes an overview of the city of Baltimore, and our guide will be find out in the 48-room Evergreen House. Built in the 1850s, the able to answer questions you have about the city and the museums. Evergreen House includes an extensive collection of post- impressionist paintings, Japanese art, and Tiffany glass. MONDAY Comfortable walking shoes are strongly recommended. 102. Baltimore’s Historic Churches When: 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Fee: US$50. Discover the charm of Baltimore as reflected by its neighborhoods and traditions. The Baltimore Basilica was built from 1806 to 1821 and underwent a major renovation in 2005. The Basilica is considered America’s First Cathedral. At the Brown Photos courtesy of Visit Baltimore.
42 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Best Student Geologic Map Competition
WEDNESDAY 106. Star Spangled Baltimore When: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Fee: US$165. A boxed lunch is included. On this tour you will get a realistic glimpse into the lives of early American soldiers and what they endured for our freedom. You Tuesday, 5–6:30 p.m., will visit Fort McHenry National Monument, where Francis Scott Baltimore Convention Center Exhibit Hall Key wrote the historic words, “Oh say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light.” As the tour winds along Charles Street, with its art The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Cooperative galleries and mansions, your guide will offer insight into Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP) in partnership with The Baltimore’s history and social life. This tour includes a visit to the Geological Society of America (GSA), GSA Foundation, Association Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and the Maryland Historical of American State Geologists (AASG), American Geosciences Society, where you will see the original manuscript of Key’s Star- Institute (AGI), American Institute of Professional Geologists Spangled Banner. (AIPG), and the Journal of Maps invite you to stop by to view the Best Student Geologic Map Competition. 107. Jewel of the Chesapeake This year marks the third annual Best Student Geologic Map When: 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Fee: US$165. Lunch provided at a Competition. The competition will highlight student research from local restaurant. around the world that utilizes field mapping and the creation of Annapolis is the charming, waterfront capital of Maryland. Your geologic maps as a major component. guide will conduct a walking tour of the narrow, tree-lined streets The top three student geologic maps will be selected for of this colonial area. You will visit the Maryland State House, the recognition and awards at a special judging reception at the GSA oldest Capitol building still standing in America today, followed by Annual Meeting. Students will post their maps (Session Posters) on a stop at St. John’s College, one of the oldest colleges in the United States. Your guide will give you an up-close-and-personal tour of Tuesday, as early as 9 a.m., and will be present from 5–6:30 p.m. for the U.S. Naval Academy. Following lunch you will have free time review and evaluation by the judges. to browse through unique shops along the city’s cobblestone streets, time permitting.
Student Pub Crawl Monday, 7 p.m. Get together with other students and make the round of pubs at Power Plant Live! in the Inner Harbor, where discounts will be offered for students with official wristbands. Maps and wristbands can be picked up outside the Student Volunteer office (Room 311) on Monday beginning at noon and ending when all the wristbands are gone. Be prepared to show your ID.
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 43 Geology & Public Policy Events
Be Heard and Be Interesting: Rocks and Hops Soiree Science communication strategies for Sun., 1 Nov., 7–9 p.m., Pratt Street Ale House interacting with the public, policy The members of GSA’s Geology and Society Division and Geology makers, and social media and Public Policy Committee encourage you to drop by, have some food and drink at this hosted event, and engage in discussions of Sat., 31 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon, Baltimore Convention Center (BCC), geology, philosophy, and policy. Refreshments provided. Room 312 Have you struggled to explain your research to a friend? Would you like to be able to tell your Senator your views on policy? Are you interested in using Twitter but aren’t sure how? At this Geology in Government Career workshop, you will learn (1) strategies to create clear and concise Pathways Luncheon messages targeted to your audience; (2) how to prepare for a media Mon., 2 Nov., 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., BCC, Ballroom IV interview; (3) best practices for using social media; and (4) gain an A panel of representatives from a variety of government agencies understanding of how to approach policy makers on scientific will offer advice about preparing for a career in government and issues. Registration required. comment on job opportunities with their agencies.
Geology and Public Policy Policy Fellowships Information Committee (GPPC) Meeting and Reception Sat., 31 Oct., 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Hilton, Latrobe Room Mon., 2 Nov., 6–7:30 p.m., BCC, Room 305 Sun., 1 Nov., 8 a.m.–noon, Hilton, Latrobe Room Put your expertise to work helping shape science and technology Interested GSA members are invited to observe this committee policy in Washington D.C.! The GSA-USGS Congressional Science meeting. Fellow spends a year working on staff for a member of Congress or congressional committee. The GSA Science Policy Fellow spends a year in GSA’s Washington D.C. office working to bring science and Geology and Society scientists into the policy process. Come learn more about these Distinguished Lecture opportunities and meet others interested in policy at this informal reception. Appetizers provided. Simon Winchester, William Smith: The Man, His Map, and the Democratization of Geology Sun., 1 Nov., 4–5 p.m., BCC, Room 327/328/329 To pluck William Smith from two centuries of dusty obscurity GSA 2015 Michel T. Halbouty and place him, quite rightly, on a pedestal as one of the truly great Lecturer and GSA Geology & men of his time, was the task confronting Simon Winchester when, Society Division Distinguished in 2000, he decided to write the remarkable story of the so-called Father of English Geology. After spending just a year as a geologist Lecture in East Africa, Oxford graduate Winchester turned to journalism Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief, Science: Deepwater Horizons: and spent 30 years as a foreign correspondent working around the Lessons Learned for Better Disaster Preparedness world for The Guardian and The Sunday Times of London. In 1998, Tues, 3 Nov., 12:15–1:15 p.m., BCC, Room 327/328/329 following the unexpected success of his book about nineteenth- The Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill were a century lexicography, The Professor and the Madman, Winchester human and an environmental tragedy. Insights based on became a full-time writer and has now published 27 books, many experiences participating in the response to the event might help of them New York Times best-sellers. In 2006, for services to better prepare for future oil spills, such as fostering a community literature, he was awarded officership of the Order of the British of disaster professionals, establishing more formal processes for Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. delivering actionable science, and improving communication of scientific information during emergencies. Marcia McNutt (B.A. in
44 2015 GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition physics, Colorado College; Ph.D. in earth sciences, Scripps FUTURE Institution of Oceanography) is a geophysicist who became the GSA ANNUAL MEETINGS 19th Editor-in-Chief of Science in June 2013. From 2009 to 2013, McNutt was the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, which 2016 responded to a number of major disasters during her tenure, Denver, Colorado, USA (25–28 Sept.) including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 2017 Seattle, Washington, USA (22–25 Oct.) Special Lecture: John P. Holdren 2018 Tues., 3 Nov., 2–3 p.m., BCC, Room 309 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (4–7 Nov.) 2019 Geology & Society Division Annual Denver, Colorado, USA (13–16 Oct.) Meeting of the Membership 2020 Montréal, Québec, Canada (25–28 Oct.) Tues., 3 Nov., 5:30–6:30 p.m., BCC, Room 327/328/329 All GSA members are invited to join members of G&S Division 2021 for a brief business meeting. Portland, Oregon, USA (10–13 Oct.) 2022 Denver, Colorado, USA (9–12 Oct.) Stop by the Geology & Public Policy Committee, Geology & 2023 Society Division, and GSA Foundation Exhibit Booths to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (15–18 Oct.) learn more about these events, policy activities, and how you can get involved. Denver Skyline. Penrose Conference—Snake River, Twin Falls, Idaho, USA. 9–13 September 2009. Photo by Kea Giles.
The Next Step for Your Annual Meeting Science: PENROSE CONFERENCES and THOMPSON FIELD FORUMS
You’ll be networking with 6,000+ colleagues in Baltimore, and this Thompson Field Forums are designed to capture the essence of March 2012 Penrose Conference location: Castelvecchio Pascoli, Lucca, Italy. can be a great catalyst for generating intriguing scientific discussions exciting discoveries or controversial topics via forays into the field for and field study ideas. That’s what GSA’s Penrose Conferences and on-the-spot discussions of a particular geologic feature or area. This is Thompson Field Forums are for. both an opportunity to get out into the field and to bring together Penrose Conferences have a long history of bringing together multi- experts on the topic at hand to exchange current knowledge, ideas, disciplinary groups of geoscientists to facilitate open and frank discus- and theories. sions of ideas in an intimate, informal atmosphere and to inspire individual and collaborative research. Learn more at: www.geosociety.org/meetings/ penrose-thompson.htm or contact Becky Sundeen at [email protected].
1–4 November • Baltimore, Maryland, USA 45 Alumni Receptions Group Reception Private Receptions Monday, 7–9:30 p.m., Hilton Baltimore, Key Ballroom 7–8 These individual receptions (listed in alphabetical order as received The alumni of the following schools (as of the program print before the program print deadline; check the onsite alumni flyer for deadline; please check the onsite alumni flyer for a final listing) a final listing) will take place at the Hilton Baltimore, unless will gather by their respective signs on Monday night for the lively otherwise noted. Reception rooms can be found on the hotel floor group reception. plan, p. 348. Bar Locations: Alewife Baltimore: 21 N. Eutaw Street; Leinenkugel’s Beer Garden: 34 Market Place; Pratt Street Ale House: 206 W. Pratt Street. Sunday Dickinson College Alumni Reception in Honor of Jeff Niemitz, Albion College 7–9 p.m., Pratt Streeet Ale House
Bucknell University Monday Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception, Hilton Pickersgill, Colby College 5–7 p.m. Carleton College Alumni Reception, Hilton Key Ballroom 4, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Franklin & Marshall College Colgate University, Hilton Holiday Ballroom 3, 7–9 p.m.
Grand Valley State University College of William and Mary–Virginia Tech–James Madison University–University of Virginia–Ireland Field Course Joint Alumni Reception, Hilton Key Ballroom 12, 7:30–9:30 p.m. Middlebury College Indiana University, Hilton Key Ballroom 9, 8:30–10:30 p.m. Frontiers Abroad/Univ. of Caterbury, Hilton Tilghman Room, Northern Arizona University 6:30–8:30 p.m. Oregon State University, Hilton Peale A Room, 7–9 p.m. Oberlin College Penn State Geosciences Alumni Reception, Pratt Street Ale House, 7–10 p.m. Smith College Princeton University–Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association, Hilton Holiday Ballroom 2, 7–9:30 p.m. Southern Illinois University Carbondale Purdue EAPS Alumni & Friends Reception, Hilton Peale B Room, 7–9 p.m. The College of Wooster Rio Grande Universities Alumni Reception (Cosponsored by New Mexico State University, New Mexico Tech, University of Texas El Paso), Hilton Key Ballroom 5, 7–10 p.m. Trinity University Stanford Alumni Reception, Hilton Chase Room, 5:30–7 p.m.
Tufts University UMass–Amherst Alumni Reception, Hilton Holiday Ballroom 5, 8–11 p.m. UNC Chapel Hill, Hilton Key Ballroom 3, 6–8 p.m. University of Washington University of Arizona Geosciences Alumni and Friends Reception, Hilton Armistead, 6–8 p.m. Western Michigan University University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception, Hilton Key Ballroom 2, 6:30–9 p.m. University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Alumni Reception, Hilton, Latrobe Room, 6–9 p.m. University of Illinois, Hilton Douglass Room, 5:30–7:30 p.m. continued on next page…
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University of Kansas Alumni Reception, Hilton Key Ballroom 6, Notice of GSA 6:30–8:30 p.m. University of Maryland Alumni Party, Alewife Baltimore, Council Meetings 6:30–8:30 p.m. University of Michigan, Hilton Key Ballroom 11, 6–8 p.m. GSA 2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION University of Minnesota (Cosponsored by UMN-Duluth, UMN- BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, USA Morris, UMN-Twin Cities, Minnesota Geological Survey), Hilton Two meetings of GSA’s Council will be held at the Hilton Key Ballroom 1, 7–10 p.m. Baltimore during the meeting.
University of Tennessee Alumni Reception, Hilton Peale C DAY 1: Sat., 31 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon, Holiday Ballroom 4 Room, 7–9 p.m. (2nd floor) University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences Friends and Alumni Reception, Pratt Street Ale House, 6–8 p.m. DAY 2: Wed., 4 Nov., 8 a.m.–noon, Johnson Room (1st Floor) Williams College Alumni Reception, Leinenkugel’s Beer Garden, All GSA members are invited to attend the open portions 5:30–7:30 p.m. of these meetings. Yale/Harvard Joint Alumni Reception, Hilton Key Ballroom 10, 7–9:30 p.m.
Tuesday MIT/CalTech Joint Alumni Reception, Hilton Peale B Room, 9 p.m.–1 a.m.
Visit the GSA Foundation Booth to Learn about the GSA Programs We Support The GSA Foundation invites you to a new experience at our booth. Talk with representatives and hear inspiring presentations and research by program participants fulfilling GSA’s mission of science, service and stewardship. • Field Opportunities: GeoCorps™ America
• Building Diversity: On To the Future
• Public Policy: GSA’s voice in Washington D.C.
• Grants and Awards: Supporting Research and Discovery
Listen for exhibit hall announcements about drawings, see the schedule of presentations, or drop in any time to meet with GSA Foundation and program staff. We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore! www.gsafweb.org
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Denver, Colorado, USA
Field Trip Proposals Deadline:1 December 2015 Technical Session & Short Course Proposal Deadline:1 February 2016 Abstracts Submission Deadline:12 July 2016 (See details on the next page.)
www.geosociety.org/meetings/2016 Photos courtesy of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. continued from p. 46 Call for Proposals GSA 2016: Denver
Technical Sessions Deadline: 1 Feb. 2016 Help ensure that your area of research and expertise is represented in next year’s technical program. Individuals and geoscience organizations are welcome to suggest topics and submit proposals for both Topical Sessions and Pardee Keynote Symposia. Pardee Symposia are high-profile sessions on significant scientific developments, with invited speakers only. Topical Sessions are a combination of invited and volunteered papers. Unique formats are allowed, but must be outlined in the proposal along with the technical support needs. Sessions that promote discussion are encouraged. Upload your proposal at https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/cfs.cgi.
Short Courses Deadline: 1 Feb. 2016 Have something that your peers need to know? Then lead a Short Course at the GSA Annual Meeting in Denver in 2016. Courses can be run to develop professional, teaching, and research skills at all levels. Proposal guidelines are available at www.geosociety.org/meetings/scProposals.htm or by contacting Jennifer Nocerino at [email protected].
Field Trips Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015 Know of a great geoscience excursion in the Denver area? Teach your colleagues and peers about the ground- breaking research in this region. Trips can be anywhere from a half day to five days long. Submit your idea for a fun, interesting, and educational field trip for the 2016 Annual Meeting at https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2016AM/ fieldtrip.htm. NOTE: One of the trip leaders must have a current certification in basic first aid. All trip leaders who are taking participants into wilderness/off-trail areas should have a higher-level of field-based certification, such as wilderness first aid. Leaders need to be aware of the location of the nearest medical facility while on the trip. Questions? Please contact Lindsey Henslee, +1-303-357-1006, [email protected].
Denver skyline with the convention center in the foreground. Photo courtesy of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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