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� � � � �� GEOSCIENCE in a Changing World GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition November 7–10, 2004, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado The 2004 Annual Meeting in Denver is shaping up to be an outstanding overview of hot research in both new and traditional areas of the earth sciences. With eight Pardee Symposia, more than 140 Topical Sessions, and a wide range  MEETING  of open discipline sessions, the meeting will have something for every interest HIGHLIGHTS in the earth sciences. The special sessions listed to the left will give you some idea of the diversity of the program. PARDEE SYMPOSIA In addition, the Annual Meeting is the principal forum for presentation • Medical Geology (P4) and discussion of the latest ideas in geoscience education, and this year will • Geoscientific Aspects of Human feature more than 25 sessions on education-related topics. There will also be and Ecosystem Vulnerability (P3) an evening session focusing on a subject near and dear to the hearts of many • Seeing Mars with New Eyes (P7) geoscientists: Geology and Beer! Downtown Denver is a vibrant location for a meeting, with plenty of good TECHNICAL SESSIONS restaurants and brew pubs within walking distance of the convention center. • Upcoming Revolutions in And of course, the Rocky Mountains beckon with many field trip and recre- Observing Systems: Implications ational opportunities. for Hydrogeology (T2) I would like to issue a challenge to every professional geoscientist reading • Groundwater Depletion and Overexploitation in the Denver Basin this: to encourage at least one student or junior colleague to attend the meeting. Bedrock Aquifers (T5) The Annual Meeting continues to be one of the preeminent venues for presenting and hearing about new directions in our science, and for interacting with a • Lacustrine Records of Landscape Evolution (T44) wide spectrum of geoscientists and educators. As you make your own plans for November, urge your colleagues to do likewise. • Ocean Chemistry through the Precambrian and Phanerozoic (T47) See you in Denver! • The Evolution and Expansion of C4 Plants (T54) Jane Selverstone, 2004 Technical Program Chair • Nano-Geochemistry and Nano- Structures in Earth Systems (T68) IMPORTANT DATES, EVENTS, • 1500–2500 Ma: A Period of Changing Mantle Regimes in and DEADLINES Earth History? (T74) Registration Opens: June • A Xenolith Perspective on the Abstracts Deadline: July 13 Physical and Chemical Evolution of Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 13 Continental Lithosphere (T75) Standard Registration Deadline: September 30 Cancellation Deadline: October 7 • Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains (T76–T80) Premeeting Field Trips: Tues.–Sat., Nov. 2–6 • Differentiating Climatic from Short Courses & Workshops: Fri. and Sat., Nov. 5–6 Tectonic Controls on Landscape Presidential Address & Awards Ceremony: NEW DAY—Sat., Nov. 6, 7–9 p.m. Evolution (T95) Welcoming Party & Exhibits Opening: Sun., Nov. 7, 5:30–7:30 p.m. • Geology, Decisionmakers, and Technical Program: Sun.–Wed., Nov. 7–10 the Public: Challenges in 8 a.m.–noon; 1:30–5:30 p.m. Communication (T109) Pardee Keynote Symposia: Sun.–Wed., Nov. 7–10, 8 a.m.–noon; 1:30–5:30 p.m. Private Alumni Receptions: Mon., Nov. 8, 5:30 p.m.–1 a.m. Group Alumni Reception: Mon., Nov. 8, 7–9:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Hours: Sun., Nov. 7, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Mon. and Tues., Nov. 8–9, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 10, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Annual Meeting Sponsor Hot Topics: Sun.–Wed., Nov. 7–10, 12:15–1:15 p.m. Postmeeting Field Trips: Wed.–Sat., Nov. 10–13

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GSA Presidential Address & Awards Group Alumni Party Ceremony MON., NOV. 8, 7–9:30 P.M. SAT., NOV. 6, 7–9 P.M. MARRIOTT CITY CENTER HOTEL HYATT REGENCY, GRAND BALLROOM Come join your former classmates and colleagues at this year’s Join us Saturday when President Rob Van der Voo gives his Group Alumni Party at the Marriott. Presidential Address and distributes the 2004 Awards and Medals. To include your school in the Group Alumni Party, complete the Recipients of the Penrose Medal, the Arthur L. Day Medal, the Space Request Form at www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/events, Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), the GSA Public Service or contact Melissa Cummiskey, [email protected], (303) Award, the Doris M. Curtis Women in Science Award, and the 357–1058, for details. GSA Distinguished Service Award, as well as the newly elected GSA Fellows, and Honorary Fellows, will be announced in an upcoming Private Alumni Receptions issue of GSA Today. MON., NOV. 8, 5 P.M.–1 A.M. Come honor your fellow geoscientists, the award recipients, See Annual Meeting Program for locations. the GSA Fellows, and the Honorary Fellows at the Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony, which will be followed by a cash bar Plan to join your fellow alumni for an evening of memories and reception. renewed connections. Please see the 2004 Annual Meeting Program for a listing of Exhibits Opening & Welcoming Party schools holding individual alumni receptions and locations. If you SUN., NOV. 7, 5:30–7:30 P.M. would like to hold an alumni reception, check with your department head, who may have already arranged this with GSA, or send an e- EXHIBIT HALLS A and B mail to [email protected]. COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER Come and kick off the Grand Opening of the 2004 GSA Annual Planetary and Space Art Exhibit [201] Meeting and Exposition in the Exhibit Hall Sunday night. The TUES., NOV. 9, 12:30–6 P.M. Welcoming Party proves to be a great networking time with COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER colleagues and friends and a good opportunity to view the exhibits and enjoy a beverage. This year’s Annual Meeting will have a number of out-of-this- world events sponsored by the Planetary Geology Division. Perhaps Award Luncheons and one of the more visually appealing activities will be the Planetary and Space Art Exhibit. Works by scientists and artists who specialize Other Ticketed Group Functions in heavenly works will display their original creations. These will GSA Associated and Allied Societies and GSA Divisions invite include paintings, textural art, photography, and electronic art. their members and other interested guests to join them for their Works by Bill Hartmann, Dan Durda, Leonard Wikburg, Ulrike annual meal functions, special addresses, and awards ceremonies. Arnold, and others will be on display. The cost of the event is a very Only a few tickets will be available on-site, so please register early for reasonable $2.00 per person, which will be donated to the Planetary ticketed functions using the preregistration form. Location and time Geology Division. For more information, contact Mike Kelley, of events will appear on your ticket and in the 2004 Annual Meeting [email protected], or Mary Chapman, mchapman@ Program. npgcable.com. The Colorado Symphony Orchestra FRI., NOV. 5, AND SAT., NOV. 6, 7:30 P.M. BOETTCHER CONCERT HALL, DENVER PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX The annual GSA Symphony and Dinner will change format this year due to a change in the GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony. Join us to hear the Colorado Symphony Orchestra present “Symphonic Sousa.” Sam and Nancy Adams will attend Friday night. Nancy can arrange tickets in the $40 range for anyone who is interested in Friday evening. If you are interested in organizing a group for dinner and the concert, please contact Nancy directly at (603) 783-8950 or [email protected]. Things to Do in Denver Please see our meeting Web site—www.geosociety.org—for additional things to do while in Denver. Aerial view of Continental Divide and Front Range. Range. Front and Divide Continental of view Aerial Karachewski. John by Photo

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Graduate School Information Students: Sign Up to Volunteer Forum and Reap the Rewards EXHIBIT HALL Do you ever feel the only way you can afford to go to a meeting is SUN., NOV. 7, 8 A.M.–8:30 P.M. to panhandle? Now you don’t have to! Become a student volunteer MON.–WED., NOV. 8–10, 8 A.M.–5:30 P.M. and offset your meeting costs. No upfront meeting registration fee required! Free registration if you volunteer Meet face-to-face with prospective students in a relaxed, just 10 hours of your time. informal setting by participating in the Graduate School Free Abstracts with Programs volume Information Forum (GSIF) during the GSA Annual Meeting. by volunteering 15 hours. Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to promote your Additionally, volunteers receive a stipend of $25 for each half-day school to more than 1,500 students. (5 hours) volunteered at the meeting. (Stipends can only be issued The GSIF will be located immediately as you enter the to students who have a U.S. government–issued Social Security Exhibit Hall, next to the poster sessions. The booths are in a Number, Green Card, or Student Work Visa.) New this year: optional highly visible area and will be open during the Sunday night partial food stipend available. Welcoming Reception in the Exhibit Hall. For more information, contact Kevin Ricker, [email protected], or visit www.geosociety.org/ You may choose to participate for one day to all four days. meetings/2004/students.htm. Space is limited, and Sunday and Monday will be the first to sell out. Those schools reserving multiple days will be assigned first Work fewer hours this year to earn a FREE registration! and to the most visible booths. Participating schools will be promoted in the October GSA Today (pending submittal date of reservation form), the 2004 Annual Meeting Program, and e-mail links on the GSA Web EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW site so prospective students may schedule appointments prior to the Annual Meeting. SERVICE Go online to reserve your space at BALLROOM 1, https://rock.geosociety.org/forms/xGSIF_form.asp. COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER For more information, contact Kevin Ricker, SAT., NOV. 6, NOON–5 P.M. (303) 357-1090, [email protected]. SUN.–TUES., NOV. 7–9, 8 A.M.–5 P.M. DON’T DELAY: RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW! Do you need qualified scientists to fill staff needs? Are you looking for employment in the earth sciences? L@@K STUDENTS! If so, you are invited to participate in the GSA Employment Interview Service. All organizations seeking qualified earth scientists at any level are urged to submit notices of their vacan- President’s Student Breakfast cies and requests for access to applicant profiles in advance of Reception the meeting. Interview booths at the meeting may be reserved in half-day increments for a nominal fee, and GSA staff will SUN., NOV. 7, 7–8:30 A.M. handle all interview scheduling. Many job seekers have found MARRIOTT CITY CENTER HOTEL the Employment Interview Service critical to their successful search for positions. SPONSORED BY: The registration fee for applicants is $35 for GSA members and associates, and $65 for nonmembers (includes GSA membership) and includes year-round service as well as inter- HOSTED BY: viewing at the annual meeting. To register, applicants post their own résumé-style profile online. Be sure to set up your profile early to receive maximum exposure prior to the meeting! It’s GSA President Rob Van der Voo invites all students reg- never too late, though: applicants and employers may also registered for the meeting to attend a free breakfast buffet spon- ister at the meeting. sored by ExxonMobil Corporation. Rob and members of the GSA Leadership, as well as ExxonMobil staff members, will be Profile posting for applicants and forms for employers are on hand to answer questions and address student issues. Each available in the Employment Opportunities section of GSA’s student registered for the meeting will receive a complimentary Web site at http://www.geosociety.org. For additional information, contact Pat Kilner in Membership, membership@ ticket for the breakfast buffet. This is one of the most popular geosociety.org or (303) 357–1017. events at the meeting for students, and with good reason! Take this opportunity to network with fellow students and meet the More networking opportunities: See page 9 for officers of GSA. information of GSA’s Careers Roundtable Discussions.

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Publications, Maps, Films, and Teaching Aids  2004 EXHIBITORS  Blackwell Publishing Brooks/Cole, Thomson Attention Annual Meeting attendees! Come see the exhibits and support our Cambridge University Press Columbia University Press GSA exhibitors! Join a community of over 6,000 geoscientists mingling with exhibi- Elsevier tors at the Colorado Convention Center. We have a lot of new and exciting exhibitors John Wiley & Sons this year, so stop by to visit, purchase, inquire, sign up, and catch up! Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. Kluwer Academic Publishers McGraw-Hill Higher Education (by category—as of 3/31/04) Cameca Instruments, Inc. Mountain Press Publishing Co. Campbell Scientific, Inc. Oxford University Press Computer Hardware CETAC Technologies Prentice Hall Panasonic Computer Solutions Company Forestry Suppliers, Inc. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Gatan, Inc. University of Chicago Press Computer Software Leica Microsystems W.H. Freeman & Company Beicip–Inc Meiji Techno America W.W. Norton & Co. Golden Software, Inc. New Wave Research Ward’s Natural Science iGage Mapping Panalytical Rockware, Inc. Rigaku MSC Services (Exploration, Laboratories, SPEX CertiPrep, Inc. Consulting, and others) Gems/Minerals Dealers, Jewelry/Gifts Terraplus USA, Inc. Activation Laboratories, Inc. Gems & Crystals Unlimited Thermo Electron Beta Analytic Inc. Geographics DOSECC, Inc. IKON Mining & Cal Graeber Other—Commercial Environmental Isotope Lab Komodo Dragon Armfield Geochron Laboratories Nature’s Own Subaru of America, Inc.* Geoscience Laboratories Roxy Gemstone Jewelry SGS Minerals Services Other—Educational Geographic Supplies and Related Chronos State Surveys Equipment ESRI Colorado Geological Survey Ben Meadows Company GEON Illinois State Geological Survey Rite in the Rain IRIS Consortium National Research Council of the National Universities/Schools Geological Society of America Academies Auburn University—Geology GSA Bookstore Paleontological Research Institution Baylor University, Dept. of Geology GSA Coming Attractions Colorado School of Mines GSA Education and Outreach Professional Societies and Associations Desert Research Institute GSA Foundation AAPG Bookstore Mississippi State University GSA Member Services American Geological Institute Montana State University American Geophysical Union Ohio State University—Dept. of Geological Government, Agencies (Federal, State, American Institute of Professional Sciences Local, International) Geologists University College of the University of Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping American Quaternary Association Denver Coalition Association for Women Geoscientists University of Memphis—Dept. of Earth Consejo de Recursos Minerales Association of American State Geologists Sciences Micropaleontology Project Association of Earth Science Editors University of Nevada—Las Vegas NASA’s Global Change Master Directory Association of Engineering Geologists University of Nevada—Reno NASA/EOSDIS Council on Undergraduate Research University of Texas at Austin National Park Service Cushman Foundation University of Utah—Department of National Science Foundation The Geochemical Society Geology & Geophysics Office of Surface Mining Geoscience Information Society Oklahoma Geological Survey History of the Earth Sciences Society *Title sponsor University Corporation for Atmospheric (HESS) Research Mineralogical Association of Canada U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mineralogical Society of America U.S. Dept of Energy, Yucca Mountain National Association of Geoscience Teachers Project National Earth Science Teachers Association Exhibits Opening & Welcoming Party U.S. Geological Survey National Ground Water Association Sun., Nov. 7...... 5:30–7:30 p.m. USDA Forest Service The Paleontological Society Sigma Gamma Epsilon Exhibit Hall Hours Instrumentation, Cameras, Scopes Society of Economic Geologists Advanced Geosciences, Inc. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Mon.–Tues. ASC Scientific Exploration (SME) Nov. 8–9...... 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Bruker AXS Inc. Society for Sedimentary Geology Wed., Nov. 10...... 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Brunton

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 GSA MENTOR PROGRAMS  at the 2004 Denver Annual Meeting

GSA MENTOR PROGRAMS AT THE 2004 DENVER ANNUAL MEETING CAREERS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS SAT., NOV. 6, 1–3 P.M. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AREA, BALLROOM 1 COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER Seeking Employment? PLAN TO ATTEND THE CAREERS ROUNDTABLE ATTENTION DISCUSSIONS. A new name marks this mentored event (formerly called Employment Students Services Roundtables). Mentors—all offering one-on-one career advice—hail from a broad range of geoscience-related career choices representing academ- Pursuing a ics, industry, and government agencies. If you are seeking employment, or will be in the future, join this group for networking opportunities and job-market Hydrogeology perspectives. This FREE come-and-go event is open to everyone; registration is not required. Career Path! For additional information, contact Karlon Blythe, Education and The new Mann Mentors in Applied Outreach, [email protected]. Hydrogeology Program makes it possible for up to 25 students to attend the distinguished Hydrogeology Division Luncheon and Awards Presentation without cost to the students. Eligible students will have the chance to meet Students: Check out the Geology in some of the nation’s top hydrogeologists and observe the presentations of the coveted O.E. Meinzer Award, the Government Mentor Program! Student Research Grants Awards, and MON., NOV. 8, 11:30 A.M.–1 P.M. the Distinguished Service Award from LOCATION TBA the membership of the GSA Hydro- geology Division. Eligible students are Plan to arrive early for this FREE lunch for undergraduate and graduate stu- those who have checked the box on dents to be held at GSA’s Denver Meeting. This popular annual event will feature their membership application indicat- a select panel of mentors representing various government agencies. Mentors ing their professional interest in will invite questions from students, offer advice about preparing for a career, hydrology/hydrogeology and have reg- and comment on the prospects for current and future job opportunities with istered for the Annual Meeting by their agencies. Registration not required; every student registered for the Annual September 30, 2004. FREE tickets will Meeting will receive a ticket to this event along with their badge. Attendance is be awarded to the first 25 students limited—arrive early! who respond to an e-mail invitation, based on the eligibility criteria above. Registration is required. Time and lo- For more information, contact Karlon Blythe, [email protected]. cation TBA. For more information, contact Karlon Blythe, [email protected]. Find us on the Web at www.geosociety.org.

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We extend a warm welcome to all guests at the 2004 GSA Annual tea at this beautiful teahouse. A little farther north, we’ll see how Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Colorado! the beauty and romance of the West comes alive at the Leanin’ Tree The guest registration fee of $80 per person is for nongeologist Museum of Western Art, housed in the corporate headquarters of spouses, family members, or friends of a professional or student Leanin’ Tree. It has one of the nation’s largest private collections registrant. The guest registration fee is required for those attending displaying over 200 paintings. We then invite you to a Celestial any of the guest activities, tours, or seminars, for access to the Exhibit Tea Experience. You can tour the factory and see how the beautiful Hall, and for refreshments in the Guest Hospitality Suite. The guest little boxes are made. Cost: $26. Minimum: 25 people. Lunch not registration fee will not provide technical session access; however, included. guests can sign in with the hostess or host in the Guest Hospitality Suite to get a visitor badge, allowing entrance to specific presenta- Rocky Mountain High Tour [103A]; Rocky Mountain High Tour tions. Formal guest tours, listed in the following section, are at an with optional box lunch purchase [103B] additional cost and include professional tour guides, round-trip Mon., Nov. 8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. transportation, admission fees, and gratuities. Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the most accessible National Parks in the West. Your trip up to Trail Ridge Road along Tours the Continental Divide is breathtaking. It is known for its spectacular All GSA Annual Meeting attendees and registered guests are high mountain beauty and provides some of the best watch-able wild- welcome to participate in the following guest program tours. life in Colorado, with Bighorn Sheep, Elk, and Mule Deer leading the Reservations for all tours will be accepted on a first-come, first- list. While in Estes Park, you’ll tour the famous Stanley Hotel, which served basis. The tour operator requires a final guarantee weeks in overlooks the town. The Stanley Hotel was built in 1906 of wood and advance. Most tours have attendance minimums as well as maxi- rock obtained from the nearby mountains. It has a very special con- mums. Tours may be canceled if minimum attendance is not met. nection to Stephen King and his book, The Shining. Mr. King wrote Please register early to guarantee your spot. about half his novel in room 217. He most recently returned to make Plan to arrive at the departure location 15 minutes before the the ABC mini-series, “The Shining.” Estes Park, which was founded scheduled departure time to make sure you don’t miss the bus. in 1870 and is set in the valley of Rocky Mountain National Park, is Guests should check in at the Guest Hospitality Suite and will then famous for its many jewelry and curio stores. Cost: $48 for tour only, be directed to departure location at the Marriott City Center. $58 with box lunch. Minimum: 30 people. The Denver area has a great deal to offer and the formal tours can Castle in the Sky [104] only cover a small portion of what is available for you to see and do. Mon., Nov. 8, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. You may enjoy visiting other area attractions with fellow guests or go it alone on a self-guided tour. The Guest Hospitality Suite staff can A scenic drive leads your guests to Cherokee Ranch, an exqui- provide you with more information and activity suggestions. site Scottish Castle built high on a bluff just south of Denver in 1924. This exquisite castle boasts breathtaking views of the Rocky Beautiful Breckenridge [101] Mountains, from Pikes Peak in the south to Longs Peak in the north. Sun., Nov. 7, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The ranch was owned by Tweet Kimble, a beautiful woman driven to make it big in a man’s world by breeding the highly acclaimed Santa The glitter of the gold rush that brought thousands of fortune Gertrudis cattle. You will enjoy the exquisite art collection, antique seekers to Colorado soil more than one hundred years ago still glim- furniture, and colorful, eccentric history of the life of Ms. Kimble mers in one of the Rockies wealthiest areas—Breckenridge. Your and her ranch. A knowledgeable tour guide will accompany you on scenic drive up to Breckenridge will be a sight to remember as will the motor coach to and from the ranch to provide Colorado history the interesting historical commentary from your tour guide. The highlights. Cost: $40. Minimum: 25 people. Maximum: 40 people. Victorian, tree-lined streets of this National Historic District are Lunch not included. accented with period gas lamps and colorful, 130-year-old build- ings that house more than 200 unique restaurants, bars, shops, and Western Grandeur [105] boutiques. Although the ski industry was Breckenridge’s economic Tues., Nov. 9, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. salvation, the well-preserved storefront facades reveal its second most popular activity—shopping! You’ll take a historic walking tour Old Colorado City, Manitou Springs, Glen Eyrie Castle, and The with your guide and enjoy lunch on your own at one of the many Broadmoor fine eating establishments. Cost: $40. Minimum: 30 people. Lunch Old Colorado City, an original gold supply town, has a shady not included. history, according to General Palmer, because of its many saloons, banks and boomtown life style. This restored town is a fun place to Highlights of Boulder [102] browse in the many upscale antique stores, gift shops, a chocolate Sun., Nov. 7, 12:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. factory, the Michael Garman Gallery, and Simpich Doll Factory. This tour of nearby Boulder includes time for art: Boulder boasts Just a few minutes away is Manitou Springs, nestled between over 30 galleries, representing contemporary fine arts, western, and Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak. This quaint village offers Native American arts, cooperative galleries, collectibles and fine boutique shopping, mineral springs, and the Cliff House, one of gifts as well as public galleries. A true cultural treasure, the Boulder the beautiful historic Inns in Manitou. Then it’s on to a tour of the Dushanbe Teahouse was a gift from Boulder’s Tajikistan sister city, Glen Eyrie Castle that was built by General Palmer, who founded Dushanbe, as a sign of friendship. You might want to have lunch or the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and established the city of

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Colorado Springs. You will step back in time to the turn of the century and enjoy the elegance of royalty by participating in an Butterfly Pavilion [107] English Cream Tea with finger sandwiches. Our last stop will be Wed., Nov. 10, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. an exquisite tour of the world-famous Broadmoor Resort built in The Butterfly Pavilion was created to foster an appreciation 1917 by Spencer Penrose, a Philadelphia entrepreneur who made of butterflies and other invertebrates and emphasize the need for his fortune in gold and copper mining. You will tour this beautiful conservation of threatened habitats in the tropics and around the resort and grounds, which has been the destination of hundreds world. The Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center is the only stand- of presidents, statesmen, foreign dignitaries, and celebrities. Cost: alone, nonprofit insect zoo in the nation. Many years of research $67. Minimum: 30 people. Lunch not included. helped create the crucial conservatory climate control required for the approximately 1,200 individual butterflies from over 50 different Pure Gold [106] species that fly, feed, and bask in the Pavilion’s tropical atmosphere. Here you will learn how long butterflies live, how they live, the dif- Tues., Nov. 9, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. ference between moths and butterflies, where they sleep, which part A 30-minute drive from Denver will take you back over 100 of their bodies they use for tasting, what they eat, and much, much years to the flourishing hub of Colorado’s gold country in the more. Although you are asked not to touch the butterflies (the soaps, National Historic District of Idaho Springs. Made rich by gold and oils, and lotions from your hands are not good for them), they may still rich will history, Idaho Springs is a “must see.” The Mountain land on you for closer observation. This fascinating center is fun for Ute and Arapahoe (Plains) Indians called the place “Eduhoe” mean- all ages. Cost: $35. Minimum: 25 people. Lunch is not included. ing “Gem of the Mountains”. The Phoenix Gold Mine was discov- ered in 1872 and is still a working mine today. You can pan for gold Seminars and get a history of geology as well. The Argo Gold Mine and Mill Payment of the guest registration fee entitles you to attend the is a fascinating museum and National Historic Site with the world’s guest seminars at no extra charge. Seminar names, descriptions and largest haulage tunnel. After your mine tour, browse about the locations will be listed in the October issue of GSA Today and in the quaint town and have lunch on your own. Then you will travel on Annual Meeting Program. to Mount Evans. At 12,000 feet, you’ll hit timberline. Here, intense solar radiation, high winds, and freezing temperatures prevent the Guest Hospitality Suite Hours growth of vegetation larger than a bush. Above timberline is the alpine zone, where you will see alpine tundra—wild flowers and Sun.–Wed., Nov. 7–10, 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. other small plants specially adapted to the short growing season at Denver Marriott City Center, Molly Brown Room this high elevation. The rocky alpine zone is a hospitable area for Beginning Sunday, November 7, guests are invited to visit the the ptarmigan, the sure-footed bighorn and white mountain goat. Guest Hospitality Suite in the Molly Brown Room at the Denver Please note: Weather is a major factor when driving to Mount Evans. Marriott City Center. A hostess or host will provide a resource center Cost: $37. Minimum: 30 people. Lunch not included. with abundant information about Denver and its various attractions and sightseeing opportunities, and light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Please remember to wear your GSA badge; it will be required for admission to the Hospitality Suite and Exhibit Hall.

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Student, spouses, and interested guests are cordially encouraged CANCELLATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 7, 2004 to attend these field trips. Trips are technical in nature, and some can No refunds will be given after this date. If GSA must cancel a field be physically rigorous. Participants should be prepared for cold, wet trip because of logistics or if minimum registration requirements are weather. Trips are one to five days in duration and led by active field not met, a full refund will be issued to you after the meeting. Be aware researchers. The minimum number of registrations for field trips is of flight change penalties imposed by the airlines. Plan alternatives 12 unless otherwise stated. in advance should the trip you are registered for be cancelled. If you register for only a field trip, you must pay a $40 nonregistrant fee in addition to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied FOR MORE INFORMATION toward meeting registration if you decide to attend the meeting. Contact the trip leader or the 2004 field trip co-chairs: Eric Trip fees include transportation during the trip and a guidebook. Erslev, Dept. of Earth Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Other services, such as meals and lodging, are noted by the follow- Collins, CO 80523-1482, (970) 491-6375, fax 970-491-6307, erslev@ ing symbols: B—breakfast, L—lunch, R—refreshments, D—dinner, cnr.colostate.edu, and Eric Nelson, Dept. of Geology and Geological ON—overnight lodging. Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, All trips begin and end in Denver at the Colorado Convention (303) 273-3811, fax 303-273-3859, [email protected]. Center, unless otherwise indicated. Upon return, some postmeeting PREMEETING trips can stop at the Denver International Airport to discharge participants who have evening flights or would prefer to spend the night 1. Navajo Sand Sea of Near-Equatorial Pangea: Tropical in a hotel closer to the airport. Participants are cautioned against Westerlies, Slumps, and Giant Stromatolites [401] scheduling any tight travel connections with field trip return times, Tues.–Sat., Nov. 2–6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology as those times are estimates and delays in the field can occur. For a Division. David Loope, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, list of hotels near the airport, contact Edna Collis, Program Officer, Lincoln, NE 68508, (402) 472-2647, fax 402-472-4917, GSA Headquarters, (303) 357-1034, [email protected].

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Attention Students The GSA Coal Geology Division offers a $50 scholarship to the first Division-affiliated student member who registers for a division-sponsored field trip. Student must pay the full field trip fee when registering, but will be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting by the Coal Geology Division. The GSA Hydrogeology Division will subsidize the first student registrant who is a valid division member. The student must pay the full field trip fee when registering, but will be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting by the Hydrogeology Division. The GSA Sedimentary Geology Division is cosponsor- ing several field trips and will subsidize all students who are valid Division members. (See individual trip descriptions for sponsorship information.) Students must pay the full field trip fee when registering, but will be reimbursed $100 after the GSA meeting by the Sedimentary Geology Division. To be reimbursed, students must apply by e-mail, before the Annual Meeting, to Paul K. Link, Secretary of the Sedimentary Geology Division, at [email protected]. For reimbursement, students must provide their GSA member number, certify that they are members of the Sedimentary Geology Division, and provide their social security number and address. GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division offers up to five $100 scholarships to Division-affiliated student members for division-sponsored field trips. Apply in writing, giving name, institution, class, specialty, poster or talk title, field trip title, and a one-paragraph rationale to Martha Oliver Withjack, by e-mail only at [email protected]. The deadline to apply is September 1. See the Structural Geology and Tectonics news- letter for more information. [email protected]; Len Eisenberg; Erik Waiss. Max.: 15; min.: 10. Cost: $475 (5L, R, 4ON, vans). Up-close and personal, full-day inspections of two spectacular Box 369, 2118 Main Street, Rye, CO 81069-0369, (719) 489-2282 Navajo Sandstone outcrops form the core of this trip. One outcrop (phone and fax), [email protected]; John R. Barwin; Marty lies on the Utah/Arizona border along the west edge of the Paria Horn. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $185 (2L, 1D, R, 1ON, vans). Plateau, and the other is near the crest of the Waterpocket Fold in The first day of this two-day field excursion covers the mining Capitol Reef National Park. Emphasis will be on cyclic crossbed- geology of the Silver Cliff–Rosita Hills mining district on the west ding, trace fossils, giant stromatolites, mass flows, and paleowind flank of the Wet Mountains, Colorado. We plan visits to the sites of reconstructions. the old Geyser, Bull Domingo, and Bassick mines as well as to the BP (British Petroleum) CO2 facility at Sheep Mountain. Second-day 2. Strike-Slip Tectonics and Thermochronology of Northern activities include study of the Spanish Peaks intrusives in the Raton New Mexico [402] Basin, where we will examine the following plutons: Black Hills, Thurs.–Sat., Nov. 4–6. Eric Erslev, Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado Silver (Dike) Mountain, and at least two of the radial dikes (Profile State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (970) 491-5661, fax 970- Rock and Devil’s Stairway) associated with the West Spanish Peak. 491-6307, [email protected]; Steven Cather; Seth Fankhauser; We will also visit synorogenic fanglomerates at Cordova (Apishapa) Matt Heizler; Rob Sanders. Max.: 40; min.: 12. Cost: $255 (2L, R, Pass and Laramide structures associated with the Culebra Thrust. 2ON, vans). Begins and ends in Denver or Santa Fe, New Mexico. Participants will meet in Denver or join us in historic Santa Fe for 4. Hyperpycnal Wave-Modified Turbidites of the a review of dextral faults in New Mexico and the active controversy Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation, North-Central over their age—are they Laramide, Pennsylvanian, or Precambrian? Colorado [404] Friday will be spent viewing spectacular granitic breccias and folds Fri.–Sat., Nov. 5–6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology of the Picuris-Pecos fault, the largest strike-slip fault in the south- Division. Paul M. Myrow, Dept. of Geology, Colorado College, ern Rockies. On Saturday, we will explore the thermochronologic Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (719) 389-6789, fax 719-389-6910, contrasts and metasomatic alterations in the Sangre de Cristo [email protected]; Karen Houck; Charles Kluth; Mountains and view new seismic data across their frontal faults. Michael Lamb; Claire Lukens; Jeff Parsons. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $155 (1L, R, 1ON, vans). 3. Geology of the Silver Cliff–Rosita Hills Mining District We will examine the spatial and stratigraphic distribution of and Spanish Peaks Area [403] turbidites in the Pennsylvanian Minturn Formation, north-central Fri.–Sat., Nov. 5–6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Colorado and particle hydrodynamic interpretations. The beds con- Division. Paul R. Krutak, P. Krutak Geoservices International, P.O. tain evidence for both density-induced flow and storm-generated

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waves. Successions of sedimentary structures and beds with reverse- The trip will explore the geologic framework and uplift history to-normal grading indicate deposition from hyperpycnal flows and of the Front Range by examining (1) the sedimentary and structural a direct link to the hydrograph of floods that produced these flows. record along the eastern margin near Denver, (2) the Proterozoic basement of the range and the significance of northeast-trending 5. Structural Implications of Underground Coal Mining shear zones, (3) the geologic setting of the Colorado mineral belt, in the Mesaverde Group, Somerset Coal Field, Delta and and (4) the western structural margin of the range, which contrasts Gunnison Counties, Colorado [405] significantly with the eastern margin. Fri.–Sat., Nov. 5–6. Cosponsored by GSA Coal Geology Division. Christopher J. Carroll, Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 Sherman 9. Continental Accretion, Colorado Style: Proterozoic Island St., Room 715, Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3501, fax 303- Arcs and Back Arcs of the Central Front Range [409] 866-2461, [email protected]; Greg Hunt; Wendell Koontz; Sat., Nov. 6. Lisa R. Lytle, Dept. of Geology and Geological Eric Robeck. Max.: 20; min.: 7. Cost: $240 (2L, 1D, R, 1ON, vans). Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, This trip will visit two underground coal mines: Bowie #2 and (303) 478-9427, fax 303-273-3859, [email protected]; Thomas R. West Elk Mines. Coal cleat development and open-mode fractures Fisher. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $90 (1L, R, vans). will be observed on the surface and compared to underground A trip through the Central Front Range of Colorado to examine seams there. A reverse-reactivated, penecontemporaneous fault the ca. 1.7 Ga metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary sequences exposed underground, with soft-sediment deformation and shale formed during the accretion of Colorado onto the North American diapirism in the fault plane, will be observed. We will show how craton. Island arc, back-arc, and sedimentary basin-fill sequences early faults can rotate coal cleat, providing a tool for locating hidden that comprise the so-called “Idaho Springs Formation” will be faults in advance of mining. examined. The possible origins and significance of the Coal Creek Quartzite, an amphibolite-grade meta-sandstone and meta-con- 6. A New K-T Boundary in the Denver Basin [406] glomerate, will be presented and discussed. Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Kirk Johnson, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado 10. Eco-Geo–Hike along the Dakota Hogback North of Blvd., Denver, CO 80205-5732, (303) 370-6448, fax 303-331-6492, Boulder, Colorado [410] [email protected]; Richard Barclay. Max.: 45; min.: 12. Cost: $105 Sat., Nov. 6. Peter Birkeland, Dept. of Geological Sciences (retired), (1L, R, bus). University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, [email protected]; This trip to the plains east of Denver will visit a recently dis- Ven Barclay; Edwin Larson; Ralph Shroba. Max.: 20; min.: 7. Cost: covered exposure of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. This is the $45 (1L). Begins and ends in Boulder. Instructions for public trans- only known surface section in the Denver Basin that preserves the portation from Denver to Boulder will be available upon registration K-T iridium and shocked mineral anomalies. Located on the west for this trip. side of the Bijou Creek valley on property owned by the Plains Retired and active geologists will lead an eco-geo–hike (6 mi/ Conservation Center, this site has also produced Cretaceous dino- 1200 ft vertical) to discuss work mainly mapped by others or used saurs, other vertebrates and plants, and Paleocene mammals, croco- in classes. We will traverse the Dakota hogback and discuss (1) sedi- diles, turtles, and plants. mentary rocks (Fountain Formation to Pierre Shale), (2) paleomag- netic dating of Laramide uplift, (3) various kinds of landslides on 7. Buried Paleo-Indian Landscapes and Sites in the High the hogback, (4) the erosional history and formation of Quaternary Plains of Northwestern Kansas and Eastern Colorado [407] fluvial terraces, and (5) the Boulder Creek floodplain. Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by the GSA Archaeological Geology Division. Rolfe D. Mandel, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant 11. Geological Reconnaissance of Dinosaur Ridge, Red Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (785) 864-2171, fax 785-864-5317, Rocks, and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains near [email protected]; Jack Hofman; Steve Holen. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Morrison, Colorado [411] Cost: $85 (1L, R, vans). Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division; This field trip will focus on buried Paleo-Indian landscapes and GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Norbert E. Cygan, Friends sites in the High Plains along the Kansas-Colorado border. Recent of Dinosaur Ridge, 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, CO geoarchaeological surveys in this area have recorded thick sections of 80456, (303) 697-3466, fax 303-697-8911, [email protected]; T. alluvium with buried soils dating to ~9,000–11,000 14C yr B.P. along Caneer; Harald Drewes and other volunteers from Dinosaur Ridge, small streams (draws) high in drainage networks. In addition to ex- www.dinoridge.org. Max.: 45; min.: 12. Cost: $90 (1L, bus). Also amining some of these sections, stops will be made at several buried offered as a postmeeting trip. Paleo-Indian sites, including Kanorado (Clovis and possible pre- This trip will visit classic dinosaur bones and footprints at Clovis), Powell (Clovis), and Laird (Late Paleo-Indian). Emphasis Dinosaur Ridge in the vicinity of Morrison, Colorado. Participants will be placed on the geomorphic and stratigraphic context of bur- will investigate the stratigraphy and depositional systems of the sedi- ied Paleo-Indian landscapes and sites, and late-Quaternary paleoen- mentary rocks in the foothills. A stop will be made to examine the vironmental conditions will be addressed. four lava flows at North Table Mountain with discussion of the vent area for the flows. Regional geology will be reviewed from overlooks 8. Colorado Front Range—Anatomy of a Laramide Uplift [408] in the area. Other sites will include the geologic display at the new Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by Colorado Scientific Society. Karl Kellogg, Red Rocks visitor center as well as the Precambrian unconformity U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, P.O. Box 25046, Denver Federal located nearby, selected Precambrian outcrops, an oil seep in the Center, Denver, CO 80225, (303) 236-1305, fax 303-236-0214, Dakota group, and a textbook example of a uranium roll front. [email protected]; Bruce Bryant; Jack Reed. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $100 (1L, R, vans).

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petrified forest and visitor center at Florissant Fossil Beds National 12. Glenwood Springs, Colorado Coal Fire—Observations, Monument, and to a site where fossil leaves and insects can be Discussion, and Field Data Collection Techniques [412] collected. Sat., Nov. 6. Glenn B. Stracher, Dept. of Science and Mathematics, East Georgia College, Swainsboro, GA 30401, (478) 289-2073, fax 16. Stratigraphy and Paleobiology of Mammoth Sites in the 478-289-2080, [email protected]; Gary Colaizzi; Steve Renner; Janet Denver Area [416] L. Stracher; Tammy P. Taylor. Max.: 45; min.: 12. Cost: $105 (1L, R, Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. bus, pool). Russ Graham, Director, Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum, Gas vents, ground fissures, and subsidence associated with the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (814) Glenwood Springs, Colorado, underground coal fire will be exam- 865-6427, fax 814-863-7708; Bart Weis; Jim Dixon. Max.: 36; min.: ined and discussed. Techniques for collecting mineral condensates 12. Cost: $95 (1L, R, vans). and microarthropods adjacent to gas vents, coal gas using a LaMotte This field trip will examine sites in the Denver area where mam- hand-operated sampler and Tedlar bags, and CO plus CO data by 2 moths have been found. The implications of the taxonomy and Drager tube analysis will be demonstrated. We will end the day with stratigraphic positions of the finds and how they relate to our un- a dip in the Glenwood Springs hot springs pool. derstanding of mammoth evolution will be discussed. In addition, associated taxa provide a framework for interpreting the environ- 13. Overview of Laramide Structures along the Northeastern ments these mammoths inhabited. Flank of the Front Range [413] Sat., Nov. 6. Vince Matthews, Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 HALF DAY—DURING THE MEETING Sherman St., Room 715, Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3028, fax 303-866-2461, [email protected]. Max.: 38; min.: 12. Cost: 17. Tour of U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake $120 (1L, R, bus). Information Center, Golden, Colorado [417] Laramide fold structures in the sedimentary rocks along the Wed., Nov. 10, 12:30–5 p.m. Peter J. Modreski, U.S. Geological Survey, northeastern flank of the Front Range uplift are quite varied, includ- MS 150, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, ing both symmetrical and asymmetrical anticlines and synclines, as (303) 202-4766, fax 303-202-4767, [email protected]; Lynn M. well as domes, basins, and monoclines. These structures are a micro- Highland; Lisa Ann Wald; Pamela J. Benfield; Waverly J. Person; Jill cosm of the Wyoming Province of the Rocky Mountain Foreland. McCarthy. Max.: 45; min.: 24. Cost: $25 (bus). Exceptional exposures along the flank of the Front Range make it The National Earthquake Information Center is located on the possible to observe the contrasting deformation of the Proterozoic Colorado School of Mines campus. Its mission is to rapidly deter- basement rocks and the overlying Phanerozoic rocks. This well-il- mine the location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide lustrated field trip will be a roadside overview of the variety of struc- and to immediately disseminate this information to national and in- tures found in the area and how they relate to regional lineaments ternational agencies, scientists, and the public. The tour will also visit and the structure of the adjacent Denver Basin. A short, easy walk the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Landslide Information Center will occur at the last stop. and the new Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum. 14. Paleoclimate, Paleohydrology, and Paleoecology of the POSTMEETING Morrison Formation in the Front Range of Colorado [414] Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. 18. Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Stratigraphy of Stan Dunagan, Dept. of Geology, Geography & Physics, University West Texas and Southern New Mexico [418] of Tennessee, Martin, TN 38238, (731) 587-7959, fax 731-587-1044, Wed.–Sat., Nov. 10–13. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology [email protected]; Christine Turner; Fred Peterson; Tim Demko. Division. John F. Taylor, Geoscience Dept., Indiana University of Max.: 30; min.: 10. Cost: $105 (1L, R, vans). Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, (724) 357-4469, fax 724-357-5700, New interpretations of isotopic, sedimentologic, and pa- [email protected]; Raymond L. Ethington; James D. Loch; Paul R. leoecologic data from the Morrison Formation suggest that the Myrow; Robert L. Ripperdan. Max.: 20; min.: 12. Cost: $325 (2L, R, Front Range foothills area of Colorado was the site of Late Jurassic 3ON, vans). Begins and ends in El Paso, Texas. wetland/lacustrine deposition. Visit Denver–Fort Collins area This trip transects southern New Mexico and westernmost Texas outcrops; see spectacular lacustrine stromatolite heads, charo- to examine variable lithofacies and faunas in the Bliss Formation and phyte-bearing mudstone and limestone, and paleosols. A regional El Paso Group. Improved time control from new biostratigraphic paleoclimatic/paleohydrologic framework provides context for the (trilobite and conodont) and carbon isotope data improves cor- reinterpretation of these distal Morrison deposits. relations between ranges and allows evaluation of hypotheses that link faunal changes at uppermost Cambrian and Lower Ordovician 15. Paleontology and Volcanic Setting of the Florissant Fossil stadial boundaries with paleoceanographic events. Beds [415] Sat., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; 19. Ancient Depositional Environments Control Modern Paleontological Society. Herb Meyer, National Park Service, Florissant Aquifer Quality: Stratigraphy of Groundwater Resources in Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, the Denver Area [419] (719) 748-3253, fax 719-748-3253, [email protected]; Steven Thurs., Nov. 11. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Veatch; Amanda Cook. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $125 (1L, R, bus). Robert G.H. Raynolds, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 The world-renowned site at Florissant preserves late Eocene Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, (303) 370-6047, fax 303- plants and insects in lake sediments and lahars that formed in close 331-6492, [email protected]. Max.: 22; min.: 10. Cost: $110 association with nearby volcanism. This trip will include visits to an (1L, R, vans). outcrop and overlook of the Thirtynine Mile volcanic field, to the

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On this trip we will travel south of Denver to Daniels Park, Castle Rock, and Wildcat Mountain, where we will see the rock record por- What is the term used to describe traying the evolution of the Denver Basin. We’ll take two half-mile hikes up Castle Rock and Wildcat Mountain to admire the view, see the luster of diamonds? the local rock layers, and discuss aquifer stratigraphy. Like Trivia? Get a team together and battle it out during GSA’s first Geoscience Trivia Night at the 20. Cenozoic Geology and Fossils of the Pawnee Buttes Area, GSA Annual Meeting in Denver! Northeast Colorado [420] GEOSCIENCE TRIVIA NIGHT Thurs., Nov. 11. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division TUES., NOV. 9, 8–10 P.M. and Colorado Scientific Society. Emmett Evanoff, Dept. of Geological LOCATION TBA Sciences, Campus Box 399, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, (303) 444-2644 (phone and fax), emmettevanoff@ Come along and test your knowledge of Geoscience Trivia at this earthlink.net. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $85 (1L, R, vans). evening of fun. You’ll rack your brain and test your skills over more than 100 questions! Register a team or join a mixed team. Winning Northeast Colorado has been the focus of Cenozoic vertebrate teams will be awarded fabulous prizes and the prestige of being the first paleontologists and stratigraphers since the days of Marsh and Cope. GSA Trivia Night winners! This trip will examine the geology of the Cenozoic record in the vicinity of the Pawnee Buttes, including the Eocene-Oligocene White To participate, register your team (or as an individual) with River Formation and the Miocene Ogallala Group. Ancient valley Gary Lewis, [email protected], by October 22. fills, wind and river deposits, floods of gravel from the Front Range, A cash bar will operate at the event.

and the vertebrates associated with these deposits will all be seen and Adamantine Answer: discussed on this trip.

21. Consequences of Living with Geology: A Model Field Trip 23. Laramide Horizontal Shortening in the Rockies: Faulting and for the General Public [421] Folding in Oblique Backlimb-Tightening Structures of the Northeastern Flank of the Front Range, Colorado [423] Thurs., Nov. 11. Cosponsored by GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division; American Institute of Professional Thurs., Nov. 11. Eric Erslev, Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State Geologists. David M. Abbott Jr., Consulting Geologist, 2266 University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (970) 491-6375, fax 970-491-6307, Forest St., Denver, CO 80207, (303) 394-0321, fax 303-394-0543, [email protected]. Max.: 24; min.: 10. Cost: $100 (1L, R, vans). [email protected]; David C. Noe. Max.: 40; min.: 12. Cost: $100 The northeastern flank of the Front Range exposes oblique back- (1L, R, mini-bus). limb-tightening (BLT) structures that develop in basement-involved This is an example of a trip that can be run anywhere for non- arches during horizontal compression. Moderate hikes to mul- geologists and local decision-makers. We’ll examine sites along the tiple structural levels within these Laramide fault-propagation folds Front Range affecting everyday life in Colorado, including mine will reveal the complications provided by the obliquity between the subsidence, flooding, underground gas storage, swelling soils, and N-S–trending basin margin and the SSE-plunging folds. natural-resource deposits, to discuss how such features affect us. 24. Underground Tour of Henderson Molybdenum Mine [424] Geologists can contribute to local decision making by leading similar trips. Thurs., Nov. 11. Cosponsored by Colorado Scientific Society. Eric Nelson, Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado 22. Geological Reconnaissance of Dinosaur Ridge, Red School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, (303) 273-3811, fax 303- Rocks, and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains near 273-3859, [email protected]; Robert Golden; Jim Shannon. Max.: Morrison, Colorado [422] 15; min.: 5. Cost: $140 (1L, R, vans). Thurs., Nov. 11. Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education This trip will view the underground and surface geology related Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Norbert E. Cygan, to the world-class Henderson molybdenum porphyry deposit. Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Morning: presentation of detailed geology of the deposit and un- CO 80456, (303) 697-3466, fax 303-697-8911, [email protected]; derground tour of mine operations and porphyry and vein types. T. Caneer; Harald Drewes and other volunteers from Dinosaur Ridge, Afternoon: surface tour to place the deposit in the context of re- www.dinoridge.org. Max.: 45; min.: 12. Cost: $90 (1L, bus). Also gional geology and structure, including alteration and peripheral offered as a premeeting trip. aspects of the deposit. This trip will visit classic dinosaur bones and footprints at 25. Walking with Dinosaurs along Colorado’s Front Range [425] Dinosaur Ridge in the vicinity of Morrison, Colorado. Participants will investigate the stratigraphy and depositional systems of the sedi- Thurs., Nov. 11. Joanna Wright, Dept. of Geography and mentary rocks in the foothills. A stop will be made to examine the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80217- four lava flows at North Table Mountain with discussion of the vent 3363, (303) 556-6007, fax 303-556-6157, [email protected]. area for the flows. Regional geology will be reviewed from overlooks edu. Max.: 36; min.: 12. Cost: $85 (1L, R, vans). in the area. Other sites will include the geologic display at the new Late Paleozoic to Mesozoic terrestrial paleoenvironments of Red Rocks visitor center as well as the Precambrian unconformity the Front Range west of Denver. Outcrops will include a paleo located nearby, selected Precambrian outcrops, an oil seep in the land surface and associated weathered zone beneath the Fountain, Dakota group, and a textbook example of a uranium roll front. fluvial sediments of the Morrison, the marginal marine and coastal deposits of the Dakota Sandstone, and the fluvial deposits of the latest Cretaceous Laramie Formation. Participants will visit some classic fossil bone and footprint localities, including the only known ceratopsian trackways.

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GSA-Sponsored Professional applied petroleum and mineral sciences into detailed discussion of the role of evaporites as he traces and explains the evaporate-hydro- Development Courses carbon-metal association from deposition through diagenesis to GSA short courses will be held immediately before the Annual halokinesis and metamorphism. Throughout, the emphasis is on Meeting and are open to members and nonmembers. If you register recognizing and predicting the importance of subsurface dynamics for only a short course, you must pay a $40 nonregistrant fee in ad- when working in evaporitic terrains. Designed for practicing geolo- dition to the course fee. This fee may be applied toward the meeting gists and geophysicists or anyone holding a bachelor’s degree with registration fee if you decide to attend the meeting. Preregistration is a specialization in the earth sciences and an interest in evaporates, recommended; on-site registration is an additional $30. participants will be shown how techniques of applied sedimentology can be successfully applied to the search and production of hydro- Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Service carbons and metals in evaporitic terrains. Participants encouraged All courses sponsored by GSA offer CEUs. A CEU is defined as to bring a laptop computer to this course. 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, Faculty: John Warren, University of Brunei Darussalam, Ph.D., and qualified instruction. A contact hour is defined as a typical Flinders University of South Australia. Limit: 30. Fee: $365; includes 60-minute classroom instructional session or its equivalent. Ten course manual and lunch. CEU: 1.6. instructional hours are required for one CEU. 2. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), CANCELLATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 7, 2004. Using ArcGIS9 for Geological Applications [502] Fri. and Sat., Nov. 5–6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Emily Griffith Opportunity 1. Evaporites: A Practical Approach [501] School, Denver. Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division Fri. and Sat., Nov. 5–6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. and Environmental Systems Research Institute. Cosponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. This course will introduce the use of GIS in geology-related ap- Evaporites are responsible for trapping or creating hydrocarbon plications using ArcGIS, ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and Spatial and 3D reservoirs worldwide and are associated with numerous base and Analyst extensions. Experience with ArcGIS is not necessary, but precious metal accumulations. Yet the role of evaporites in many familiarity with Windows OS would be beneficial. Focus will be studies of these systems is largely ignored. This is no longer the hands-on use of ArcGIS including ModelBuilder, data access and case. John Warren brings more than 20 years of experience in the analysis, Geoprocessing with ArcTools, and the Geodatabase. The Geodatabase GeoModel schema will be discussed. Faculty: Ann B. Johnson, Higher Education Manager, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California, Attention Students: Subsidies Available M.S., University of California, Riverside; Dave Fosdek, Federal Account Manager, Environmental Systems Research Institute, The GSA Geoscience Education Division will subsidize the Redlands, California, B.S., University of Idaho. Limit: 18. Fee: $240; first five student registrants who are valid division members. includes course manual and lunch. CEU: 1.6. The student must pay the full course fee when registering, but will be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting by the Geoscience 3. Multi-Temporal Stereo Aerial Photography [503] Education Division. Fri. and Sat., Nov. 5–6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Co- The GSA Hydrogeology Division will subsidize the first sponsored by GSA Engineering Geology Division and U.S. Army student registrant who is a valid division member. The stu- Corps of Engineers. dent must pay the full course fee when registering, but will be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting by the Hydrogeology This is a hands-on course using stereo aerial photographs and Division. includes a field trip to the study example. This course teaches a simple but highly effective method to document the various ter- The GSA Sedimentary Geology Division will subsidize all rain elements used to develop the information from analysis to students who are valid Division Members. Students must pay interpretation in all environmental and geologic investigations. the full course fee when registering but will be reimbursed $100 Applications to GIS will be discussed. The prerequisite is a curious after the GSA meeting by the Sedimentary Geology Division. mind. Stereoscopic vision is a plus. To be reimbursed, students must apply by e-mail, before the Annual Meeting, to Paul K. Link, Secretary of the Sedimentary Faculty: John C. Jens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, Geology Division, at [email protected]. They must provide Virginia, Ph.D., George Mason University; Thomas E. Eastler, their GSA member number, certify that they are members of University of Maine at Farmington, Ph.D., Columbia University. the Sedimentary Geology Division, and provide their Social Limit: 30. Fee: $420; includes course manual and lunch. CEU: 1.6. Security number and address in order for GSA to send reimbursement. 4. Calibrated Peer Review Training for Faculty and Teaching Assistants: Writing Exercises for Large and Small Classes For more information, contact Edna Collis, GSA Program without the Pile of Papers to Grade [504] Officer for Professional Development, (303) 357-1034, ecollis@ geosociety.org. For a more detailed course description, please Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cosponsored by visit www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/cwGSA.htm. GSA Geoscience Education Division and National Association of Geoscience Teachers.

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This course is intended for earth science instructors interested in 7. Hydrogeologic Field Methods [507] implementing Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) assignments in their classes. CPR is a web-based technical writing tool that facilitates Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cosponsored by learning by having students writing and reviewing essays. CPR is GSA Hydrogeology Division. suited for both large and small enrollment classes. Participants will This course will present standard methods used by the U.S. learn the mechanics of CPR and will develop a new CPR assignment Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the for use in their class. Note: Registrants must provide their own lap- American Society for Testing and Materials for planning and under- top computers (equipped with network card) in order to participate taking hydrogeologic field investigations. Conceptual models, water in this course. level measurements, well inventory, well drilling, aquifer testing, Faculty: Elizabeth Heise, University of Texas at Brownsville, sample collection, monitor wells, project planning, and report prep- Brownsville, Texas, Ph.D., Texas A&M University; Cinzia Cervato, aration will be presented. This course is designed for engineers, ge- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Ph.D., ETH–Swiss Federal ologists, entry level hydrogeologists, and environmental scientists. Institute of Technology, Zurich; Amanda Palmer-Julson, Blinn Faculty: John E. Moore, Consultant, Denver, Ph.D., University College, Bryan, Texas, Ph.D., Princeton University. Limit: 20. Fee: of Illinois. Limit: 40. Fee: $245; includes course manual and lunch. $340; includes course manual and lunch. CEU: 0.8. CEU: 0.8.

5. Characterization and Toxicity Assessment of Mine-Waste 8. Management and Leadership Skills for Academic Sites [505] Administrators in the Geosciences [508] Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cosponsored by Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cosponsored by Geochemical Society of America. GSA Geoscience Education Division and National Association of Abandoned mine-waste sites cover thousands of acres in the Geoscience Teachers. western United States. This course will provide simple and practi- This course will provide an introduction to the interpersonal cal methods for characterizing and assessing the toxicity potential tools and skills needed to effectively and efficiently manage and of mine-waste piles. These methods include quick, inexpensive field lead in an academic setting. It is designed for faculty and research leaching tests that offer an evaluation of acid and trace-metal release scientists who are either new to academic administration or wish to from mine-waste material, field techniques to determine bioacces- prepare themselves for a transition to administration. Even experi- sibility and bioavailability of metals to aquatic organisms, and a enced department chairs and institute directors wanting to improve simple decision tree to assess adverse effects from mine wastes. An their administrative skills and to network with peers sharing similar afternoon field trip is included. This course is intended for profes- responsibilities and challenges will benefit. sionals and students involved in the environmental sciences, federal Faculty: Lee J. Suttner, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ph.D., and state personnel concerned with mining wastes, waste-site man- University of Wisconsin; Sheila M. Moore, Training Concepts, agers and personnel, and/or researchers in hydrological contamina- Chattanooga, Tennessee, A.B., St. Olaf College. Limit: 25. Fee: $265; tion studies. includes course manual and lunch. CEU: 0.8. Faculty: Sharon Diehl, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; LaDonna Choate, U.S. Geological Survey, 9. Practical Geoscience Ethics: Elements and Examples [509] Denver; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; David Fey, U.S. Geological Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cosponsored Survey, Denver, B.S., University of Colorado; Philip L. Hageman, by GSA Engineering Geology Division and American Institute of U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, B.S., University of Colorado; Bruce Professional Geologists. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Ph.D., University of Utah; Kathleen S. Smith, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Ph.D., Colorado The elements of professional geoscience ethics are examined School of Mines; James Ranville, Colorado School of Mines, Ph.D., using case histories illustrating a variety of issues including the sig- Colorado School of Mines; Thomas Wildeman, Colorado School of nificant distinction between ethical rules and ethical ideals. Review Mines, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; James T. Herron, Colorado of the fundamental principles of professional ethics provides a foun- Division of Minerals and Geology, Denver, M.S., Colorado State dation for case history discussion. Teachers can use the case histories University. Limit: 30. Fee: $300; includes course manual and lunch. and other information to incorporate professional ethics discussions CEU: 0.8. in their classes. Faculty: David M. Abbott Jr., Consulting Geologist, Denver, 6. Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge [506] M.S., Colorado School of Mines. Limit: 40. Fee: $250; includes Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Cosponsored by course manual and lunch. CEU: 0.8. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Good estimates of groundwater recharge are required to ac- Other Courses curately assess water resources and evaluate aquifer vulnerability Registration and information can be obtained to contamination. This course will review theory, assumptions, from the contact person listed. uncertainties, advantages, and limitations of different approaches for estimating recharge rates. We will discuss physical, tracer, and Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students numerical modeling techniques based on surface water, unsaturated Fri. and Sat., Nov. 5–6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Free short course for gradu- zone, and saturated zone data. The course content is aimed at prac- ate students. Cosponsored by British Petroleum and ExxonMobil ticing hydrologists and advanced hydrology students. Exploration Company. Faculty: Richard W. Healy, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, This free, two-day short course is designed to teach gradu- B.S., University of Illinois; Bridget R. Scanlon, Bureau of Economic ate students the principles, concepts, and methods of sequence Geology, University of Texas, Austin, Ph.D., University of Kentucky. stratigraphy. Sequence stratigraphy is an informal chronostrati- Limit: 30. Fee: $270; includes course manual and lunch. CEU: 0.8. graphic methodology that uses stratal surfaces to subdivide the 16 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 17 2004 Denver Annual Meeting • November 7–10 2004 Denver Annual Meeting • November 7–10 stratigraphic record. This methodology allows the identification Cambrian biosphere. Research in this area routinely crosses tra- of coeval facies, documents the time-transgressive nature of classic ditional disciplinary boundaries: the course will cover topics such lithostratigraphic units, and provides geoscientists with an addi- as stromatolites and microbialites, Precambrian eukaryotes, the tional way to analyze and subdivide the stratigraphic record. Using Ediacara biota, isotope stratigraphy, genetics and developmental exercises that utilize outcrop, core, well-log and seismic data, the biology of metazoans, biogeography of the Cambrian radiation, the course provides a hands-on experience to learning sequence stra- skeletonization of the Cambrian biota, and the Cambrian history of tigraphy. The exercises include classic case studies from which many reefs. It is intended as a review for college and university instructors sequence stratigraphic concepts were originally developed. and interested geoscientists. A short course book will be available Instructors: Art Donovan, BP; Kirt Campion, ExxonMobil. for purchase. Limit: 40. No fee. Preregistration required. Information and regis- Faculty: Ben Waggoner and Jere Lipps. No fee or registration re- tration: Art Donovan, [email protected]. quired. Information: Ben Waggoner, Dept. of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR 72035–5003, (501) 450-5037, fax 501- Biological Revolutions in the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian 450-5914, [email protected]; Jere Lipps, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–4780, (510) 642-9006, Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sponsored by Paleontological Society. fax 510-642-1822, [email protected]. This free short course is designed to update paleontologists on current research on the evolution of the late Proterozoic and

 COMMUNICATING GEOSCIENCE 

Sharpen Your Skills for Communicating with Media, Colleagues, Funding Agencies, and the General Public SPONSORED BY GSA HEADQUARTERS Media Relations Workshop Give Effective Presentations WITH SARAH SIMPSON, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SAT., NOV. 6, 2–5 P.M. SAT., NOV. 6, 8 A.M.–NOON Registration Required Registration Required Cost: $40.00 professionals [651A]; $15.00 students [651B] Cost: $40.00 professionals [650A]; $15.00 students [650B] Learn how to: Learn how to:  Prepare and present a talk and presentation Identify media most receptive to your research   Prepare supporting visual aids Communicate effectively in non-technical language   Best utilize your presentation time  Pitch your own story or work with a public information officer For more information contact Gary Lewis, [email protected].  Be at ease in the interview process Practice with your own abstract. Individual coaching with Sarah Sign up for both and save! Simpson available. Cost: $65.00 professionals [652A]; $20.00 students [652B] For more information contact Ann Cairns, [email protected].

Fund Your Science BARBARA RANSOM, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION WED., NOV. 10, 8 A.M.–NOON

Learn how to: Registration Required  Develop strategies for funding success Cost: $40 professionals [653A]; $15 students [653B] Get the insider scoop on the proposal process, how it works, and  Write competitive science research proposals how to make it work for you! For more information contact Ann Cairns, [email protected].

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 K–16 EDUCATION WORKSHOPS 

College and University Faculty, K–12 Teachers, Undergraduate 3. Using the Internet in the Earth Science Classroom to and Graduate Students, Informal Educators: Please join us for an Develop Data Driven Lessons, Activities, and Lab [603] exciting and diverse series of workshops and events for education at Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–noon. Cosponsored by National Association of all levels. Annual Meeting registration and payment of the workshop Geology Teachers and GSA Geoscience Education Division. fee are required in order to participate in the K–16 workshops. GSA K–12 Teacher Members who are only attending the workshops do Intended audience: Middle and high school teachers, college and not have to pay the meeting registration fee ($40). Annual Meeting university faculty, graduate students in education. Fee: $60. registration is $40 for nonmember K–12 teachers or for others who This workshop is designed to introduce participants to uses of will participate only in the weekend workshops. A special Subaru of the Internet in the earth science classroom. Participants will be led America grant is available to Colorado graduate students and two- through interactive examples of the Internet as a file cabinet, as a year college faculty that will cover half of your registration fee. Please source of on-line information and activities, and a source of real visit www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/rSubaru.htm for informa- time data used in the design of data driven lessons, activities, and tion. Preregister to ensure your spot. labs. The workshop will culminate with each participant creating an electronically based activity, leaving the workshop with a lesson Saturday Workshops ready to use with a class, supporting resources, and access to lessons created by other workshop members via a Web site hosted by the 1. Earthquakes—A One-Day Workshop for College and workshop leaders. Information: Steve Kluge, [email protected]. University Faculty [601] ny.us; Andrew Patrick, [email protected]. Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Cosponsored by the IRIS Consortium, U.S. Geological Survey, National Science Foundation, and Purdue 4. Geoscience Classroom to Workforce: Skills and University. Partnerships for the Real World [604] Intended audience: Faculty at two-year and four-year colleges and Sat., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–noon. Cosponsored by the Council on universities teaching Earth science courses and wishing to learn Undergraduate Research. more about earthquakes, seismology and plate tectonics for their Intended audience: College and university faculty. Fee: $60. instruction. Fee: $20. In this workshop, attendees will review current data on geosci- This workshop will cover the following topics: causes of earth- ence enrollment and degree trends, as well as trends in employment quakes, plate tectonics, propagation of seismic waves, seismographs, (AGI, NSF, Dept. of Education, Dept. of Labor); faculty who have statistics and data, Earth’s structure, and earthquake hazards. developed active partnerships with industry/employers will discuss Learning activities emphasizing hands-on and inquiry-based learn- their programs and the outcomes; and representatives from employ- ing will be used to deliver content to participants. Participants are ment sectors will discuss hiring and downsizing trends and the encouraged to reflect on how these activities could be used in their workplace skills desirable in today’s market. Breakout discussion classrooms. Materials (hands-on activities, maps, earthquake book, groups will allow participants to explore their institutional scenarios posters, software and other teaching aids) will be provided to par- with presenters to begin to formulate strategies for departmental ticipants as part of the workshop. Information: Michael Hubenthal, improvement. Information: Marilyn Suiter, [email protected]; [email protected]; Larry Braile; John Lahr, [email protected]; John Richard M. Taber, [email protected]. Taber, [email protected]; Lisa Wald, [email protected]. 5. How to Establish and Sustain an Undergraduate 2. Earth Science Inquiry-Based Student-Centered Research Program [605] Curriculum Developed by the American Geological Sat., Nov. 6, 1–5 p.m. Cosponsored by the Council on Under- Institute with support from the NSF: EarthComm, IES, graduate Research. CUES, and HSES [602] Intended audience: College and university faculty, graduate stu- Sat., Nov. 6, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Cosponsored by American Geological dents. Fee: $30. Institute and National Science Foundation. This workshop will present strategies for developing and sustain- Intended audience: Middle and high school teachers, college and ing research programs at the undergraduate level. It is open to all, but university faculty. Fee: $10. is designed for new geosciences faculty, graduate students applying The American Geological Institute will showcase four major for academic positions, and faculty interested in expanding their re- NSF-funded curriculum programs for middle school and high search programs to include undergraduates. Presentations will cover school students that target key earth science and inquiry standards strategies for obtaining a job at a predominantly undergraduate in- of the National Science Education Standards. Workshop attendees stitution, funding opportunities to support undergraduate research, will receive sample curriculum materials and work through in- project selection and mentoring of undergraduates, and models of vestigations that use a student-centered, collaborative-learning ap- successful undergraduate research programs. Breakout sessions will proach and apply earth systems science principles to development be used to develop individual plans and share ideas and strategies of earth, space, and environmental science concepts. The workshop for getting started, finding money and time, and selecting projects. will also demonstrate how to integrate Web-based resources and Information: Lydia K. Fox, [email protected]; Lori Bettison-Varga, GIS applications into classroom teaching of earth and environmen- [email protected]; Jill Singer; Jeff Ryan. tal science. Information: Roderic Brame, [email protected]; Michael Smith, [email protected].

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6. Using Conceptests to Improve Teaching and Learning in room? Online instructors are invited to share techniques, strategies Large Classes [606] and successes regarding field experiences, lab exercises and analysis Sat., Nov. 6, 1–5 p.m. Cosponsored by GSA Geoscience Education of critical earth science issues in computer-based college-level Division, National Association of Geology Teachers, and National courses. Hands-on exploration of course sites provided by work- Science Foundation. shop participants is strongly encouraged. Attendees should bring Intended audience: College and university faculty. Fee: $10. their own laptop computers to the workshop to demonstrate their online course sites and sample other sites. Information: Suzanne Workshop participants will learn proven techniques to create Traub-Metlay, [email protected]. and use conceptests—short conceptual multiple-choice questions that generally require qualitative rather than quantitative answers. Conceptests have been successfully adopted by science faculty at Sunday Workshops a range of institutions and have been shown to improve student 10. Inquiry-Based Digital Laboratory Materials for achievement, raise attendance, reduce student attrition, and produce Introductory Geology Courses [610] a more active, student-centered learning environment. We will share at least 100 sample questions and associated assessment data with Sun., Nov. 7, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Cosponsored by National Science participants. Information: David McConnell, [email protected]; Foundation, GSA Geoscience Education Division, and National David Steer, [email protected]; Katharine Owens. Association of Geology Teachers. Intended audience: College and university faculty, graduate students. 7. Toward a Sustainable Future: Connecting the Dots [607] Fee: $25. Sat., Nov. 6, 1–5 p.m. This workshop introduces integrating inquiry-based instruction Intended audience: Middle and high school educators. Fee: $25. into introductory level geology courses. Participants develop inquiry-based activities, assess their effectiveness, and identify innova- An important concept to emerge from the 20th century was tive evaluations for student performance. Presenters will share best the recognition that the successful continuation of human soci- practices identified during development of software modules that ety is threatened. Earth scientists have special knowledge of some use an inquiry-based problem-solving approach to help students of the significant threats to sustainability, and they recognize the learn basic geologic concepts. The modules—based on a field course need to help educate the public on the key ideas of sustainability taught in eastern Utah—bring field experiences into the classroom and their interconnectedness. This workshop will discuss the seri- and train students to use the scientific method to solve real problems. ous challenges facing educators of today’s students because of their The modules are easily scored and can be used to supplement or re- unawareness of these connected issues, and it will develop ways to place portions of traditional laboratory instruction in introductory effectively communicate them at appropriate middle and high school courses. Information: Anne Frances Wysocki, [email protected]; grade levels. CD-ROM included. Information: A.R. (Pete) Palmer, Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Leonard C. Mankowski. [email protected]; Christine McLelland, cmclelland@ geosociety.org. 11. Creating an Online Learning Environment with Visionlearning [611] 8. Using the “Our Dynamic Planet” and “Global Ocean Data Viewer” to Implement Effective Science Writing Activities Sun., Nov. 7, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. [608] Intended audience: Middle and high school teachers, college and Sat., Nov. 6, 1–5 p.m. university faculty, graduate students, informal educators. Fee: $25. Intended audience: Middle and high school teachers, college and Web-based teaching materials can avoid the weaknesses of tradi- university faculty, and informal educators. Fee: $25. tional textbooks by offering low-cost resources that integrate concise content, interactive exercises, news, biographies, and other materi- This workshop will focus on the use of earth data to support als. Finding and using these resources effectively can be a challenge, learning about the Earth. however. In this workshop, participants will learn about the advan- Topics to be covered are (1) using “Our Dynamic Planet” to learn tages of using Web-based materials, especially in an interdisciplinary about and support the theory of plate tectonics, (2) using the “Global classroom where no appropriate textbook exists. Participants will Ocean Data Viewer” to learn about ocean structure and circulation, have the opportunity to fully explore the content and classroom (3) familiarization with a collection of Web-available data sources management resources available at the Visionlearning, an NSF- used in University of California at Santa Barbara Oceanography, (4) funded undergraduate education Web site, and use the site to set implementing effective activities that support student learning using up their own MyClassroom. Information: Anne Egger, aegger@ data, and (5) writing to learn about the Earth using earth data. For visionlearning.com; Anthony Carpi, [email protected]. more information please visit: http://oceanography.geol.ucsb.edu/. Attendees will receive a CD-ROM and materials. Information: William A. Prothero Jr., [email protected].

9. Online Geoscience Education: How to Create Meaningful Annual Meeting Sponsor Distance Learning Opportunities [609] Sat., Nov. 6, 1– 5 p.m., Front Range Community College. Title Sponsor of the 2004 GSA Annual Meeting. Intended audience: College and university faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, and informal educators. Fee: $40. How do online geoscience educators provide meaningful distance learning opportunities to students who never meet in a class-

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 REGISTRATION 

 Register online at www.geosociety.org. hostess in the Guest Hospitality Suite and get a Visitor Badge allowing them to attend a specific presentation.  Register by mail to 2004 GSA Annual Meeting, P.O. Box Students: A CURRENT student ID is required to obtain student rates. 9140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140. You will have to pay the professional fee unless you have the ID.  Register by fax at 303-357-1071 or 303-357-1072 if using Please register only one professional or student per form and a credit card. If you register by fax, please do not send an- retain a copy for yourself. other copy in the mail. All registrations received after September 30 will be considered LATE registrations and charged accordingly. Online registration will remain open until November 5. Absolutely no registrations should be mailed or faxed after November 3. After this date, we will handle NEW: Early Bird Registration registrations at the Convention Center during normal registration Deadline: July 13 hours. On-site fees for Continuing Education Courses are an addi- Standard Registration Deadline: September 30 tional $30. Cancellation Deadline: October 7 As a special consideration, GSA is offering a discount rate to our members who are 70 years of age and older. Please write your mem- The member fees apply to members of both GSA and its bership number in the space provided and be sure to bring a picture Associated Societies (listed on the form). Registrations will not be ID to ensure your discount. processed unless full payment is received. Unpaid purchase orders are NOT accepted as valid registration. The confirmation sent by GSA will be your only receipt. You should receive it within two weeks CANCELLATIONS, CHANGES, after your registration is submitted. Badges are needed for access to AND REFUNDS ALL activities, 8 a.m. Sunday through 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. All requests for additions, changes, and cancellations must be A guest registration fee of $80 per person is available for nonge- made in writing and received by October 7, 2004. Faxes are accepted. ologist spouses or family members and friends of a professional A $30 processing fee will be charged for cancellation of a full- or and/or student registrant and is required for those attending all one-day professional registration received in writing prior to guest activities, tours, and seminars, for refreshments in the Guest October 7. NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE ON CANCELLATION Hospitality Suite, and for access to the Exhibit Hall. Formal guest NOTICES RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE. Refunds will be mailed tours are at an additional cost and include professional tour guides, from GSA after the meeting. Refunds for fees paid by credit card will round-trip transportation, admission fees, and gratuities. Lunch be credited according to the card number on the registration form. included only if indicated. The guest registration fee does NOT allow There will be NO refunds for on-site registration, Abstracts with access to technical sessions. However, guests can sign in with the Programs volumes and CDs, and ticket sales.

REGISTRATION FEES Early Bird Standard Onsite/Late (by 7/13) (7/14–9/30) (after 9/30) Professional Member—full meeting $275 $295 $375 REGISTRATION HOURS Professional Member—1 day $190 $190 $200 (ONSITE) Professional Member (70 or older)—full meeting $220 $240 $315 COLORADO CONVENTION Professional Member (70 or older)—1 day $135 $135 $145 CENTER—LOBBY B Professional Nonmember—full meeting $350 $375 $465 Sat., Nov. 6 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Professional Nonmember—1 day $215 $215 $225 Sun., Nov. 7 6:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Student Member—full meeting $60 $90 $120 Mon.–Tues., Nov. 8–9 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Student Member—1 day $60 $60 $60 Wed., Nov. 10 7–11 a.m. Student Nonmember—full meeting $80 $120 $150 Student Nonmember—1 day $75 $75 $75 K–12 Professional—full meeting $35 $40 $40 Field Trip or Short Course Only $40 $40 $40 Guest or Spouse $70 $80 $80

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Are You Taking Advantage of the GSA REGISTRATION AND TRAVEL Member Rate? GRANTS AVAILABLE Not a GSA member or a member of one of the GSA Associated REGISTRATION GRANT SPONSORED BY or Allied Societies? Join GSA Now and pay significantly less for your meeting registration while gaining access to additional member benefits and services. Professional members save $80 on their registration for the full meeting (registration received by September 30), and Student mem- SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. bers save $30—membership pays for itself! Subaru of America, Inc. is once again sponsoring grants Reap the benefits of GSA membership immediately. To join, to cover one-half of the registration fee for member and non- simply visit our Web site at www.geosociety.org and go to the mem- member earth science and geology faculty of Colorado state bership section, or contact GSA Member Services at gsaservices@ community colleges and member and nonmember graduate geosociety.org, 1-888-443-4472, or 303-357-1000, option 3. students of Colorado state universities. For more information please visit: www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/rsubaru.htm. Save Money by Registering Early! GSA and GSA Associated Society Members SAVE $80 (professionals) and $30 (students) by registering by September 30, 2004. NEW: GSA Student Travel Fund GSA is pleased to offer assistance to member undergraduate Badges? Yes, You Need Them! and graduate students to help cover some of the costs associated Badges are needed for access to ALL activities, 8 a.m. Sunday with attending the GSA Annual Meeting. A fund has been set through 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. If you are located within the United up within the GSA Foundation for attendee contributions, and States and your registration form is received at GSA before October GSA and the Foundation will each contribute $1,000 for the 7, your badge will be mailed to you about two weeks before the Denver Annual Meeting. The number and amount of awards meeting. If you register after October 7, or if you are located outside will be solely based on contributions received, and 100% of the United States, you will need to pick up your badge and program the contributions received will go to help fund student travel. at the GSA registration area located in Lobby B of the Colorado For more information on this fund or to apply online for the Convention Center beginning Saturday, Nov. 6, at 7 a.m. Student Travel Fund, please visit www.geosociety.org/meetings/ 2004/sTravel.htm.

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION: Interested in improving your chances of An Appreciation Reception receiving a GSA student research grant? for GSA Campus Representatives [202] Looking for tips to improve your proposal Mon., Nov. 8, 7–9 a.m. writing for future funding? Colorado Convention Center, Room TBA GSA Campus Reps: Please join us for coffee before you head off to the technical sessions. This is an informal, come- Announcing GSA’s first research and-go event, conveniently located in the Convention Center. • Network with other Campus Reps proposal writing workshop! • Talk about GSA’s Education & Outreach programs At the annual meeting in Denver, GSA will host its first and student membership proposal-writing workshop aimed specifically at graduate • Share your ideas with GSA staff hosts students. This workshop will be led by a member of the GSA To register, check [202], “Campus Rep. Coffee Research Grant Committee and will be tailored to new and re- turning student members looking for tips on proposal writing. Recept.” on your Registration The instruction will be based on recent GSA graduate research Form. grant proposals and will put several examples into hypothesis- driven studies providing examples of the dos and don’ts to the Admission is free, but proposal-writing process. we ask that you register in order to help us make The workshop will be free; however, the number of partici- catering plans. pants will be limited by the size of the room. Please see the GSA Web site (www.geosociety.org/meetings/) in August or the October issue of GSA Today for more details.

22 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 23 NEW: Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 13 Standard Registration Deadline: September 30 GSA Annual Meeting Denver, Colorado Cancellation Deadline: October 7 November 7–10, 2004

GSA Member # BADGE INFORMATION

First Name First Name

Last Name Nickname

Mailing Address School/Company

City State/Prov.

City State or Province Spouse/Guest First Name/Nickname

ZIP or Postal Code Country Last Name

Is this a change of address? Yes No City State/Prov. Home or Work Do you or your guest require any special considerations? Yes No E-mail

Daytime Phone Will you be working in the Exhibit Hall? Yes No Fax Yes, I would like to contribute to the GSA Student Travel Fund

CHECK MEMBER AFFILIATION(S) (to qualify for member registration discount) $10 $25 $50 $75 $100 Other $ (May be tax deductable, consult tax advisor). (a) GSA (b) AAPG (c) AASG (d) AASP (e) AEG (f) AESE (g) AGID (h) AGA (i) AIPG (j) AMQUA (k) ARMA (l) AWG (m) CF (n) CUR (o) EEGS SUBTOTAL (P. 1) $ (p) GAC (q) GS (r) GS Aus (s) GSIS (t) GSL SUBTOTAL (P. 2) $ (u) GSSA (v) HESS (w) IAH (x) KWI (y) MSA (z) NABGG (aa) NAGT (bb) NESTA (cc) NGWA (dd) PRI (ee) PS ff) SEG (gg) SGE (hh) SEPM (ii) SSSA TOTAL OF ALL FEES REMITTED $ (jj) SVP A $30 processing fee will be charged for cancellation of a full or one day professional reg- REGISTRATION FEES istration received in writing prior to October 7. No refunds will be given after the cancella- EARLY BIRD STANDARD LATE/ONSITE QTY. USD$ tion deadline of October 7 for all registration types. (BY 7/13) (7/14–9/30) (AFTER 9/30) AMT. Photographs will be taken at the 2004 GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition. By registering (10) Professional Member*—full meeting $275 $295 $375 1 $ for this meeting, you agree to allow GSA to use photographs that may include shots of you in any GSA-related publications, marketing and promotional materials, or Web site. (11) Professional Member*—1 day $190 $190 $200 1 $ REGISTRATION PART 1 (12) Professional Member (70+)—full meeting $220 $240 $315 1 $ FAX TO: 303-357-1071 or 303-357-1072 (13) Professional Member (70+)—1 day $135 $135 $145 1 $ MAIL TO: 2004 GSA ANNUAL MEETING (14) Professional Nonmember—full meeting $350 $375 $465 1 $ P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140 (15) Professional Nonmember—1 day $215 $215 $225 1 $ REGISTER ONLINE AT: WWW.GEOSOCIETY.ORG (30) Student Member*—full meeting $60 $90 $120 1 $ Remit in U.S. funds payable to: (31) Student Member*—1 day $60 $60 $60 1 $ 2004 GSA ANNUAL MEETING (32) Student Nonmember—full meeting $80 $120 $150 1 $ (All preregistrations must be prepaid. Purchase orders not accepted.) (33) Student Nonmember—1 day $75 $75 $75 1 $ (60) K–12 Professional—full meeting $35 $40 $40 1 $ PAYMENT BY (CHECK ONE): Check (No.) (62) K–12 Workshop-Only Fee—Member** $0 $0 $0 1 $ American Express Visa MasterCard Discover (63) K–12 Workshop-Only Fee—Nonmember** $40 $40 $40 1 $ Card Number (95) Field Trip or Short Course Only $40 $40 $40 1 $ (90) Guest or Spouse*** $70 $80 $80 1 $ Expiration Date

REGISTRATION FEES SUBTOTAL $ Signature *Member Fee applies to any current Professional or Student Member of GSA or Associated Societies listed (name as appears on card) above. Discount does not apply to guest registrants. **K–12 Workshop-Only fee gives you access to the K–16 Workshops you register for. It does not allow access to the full meeting or technical sessions. Registration confirmations will be sent via one of the following methods: ***Guest or Spouse registration fee does NOT allow access to technical sessions.  Email (if valid email address is provided) or  Fax, or  Mail REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.GEOSOCIETY.ORG.

24 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 25 QTY. USD$ AMT. QTY. USD$ AMT.

GUEST PROGRAM (P. 10) 21. Consequences of Living with Geology (421) $100 $ 1. Beautiful Breckenridge, Sun. (101) $40 $ 22. Geological Reconnaissance of Dinosaur Ridge (422) $90 $ 2. Highlights of Boulder, Sun. (102) $26 $ 23. Laramide Horizontal Shortening in the Rockies (423) $100 $ 3. Rocky Mountain High Tour, Mon. (103A) $48 $ 24. Underground Tour of Henderson RMH Tour with lunch included (103B) $58 $ Molybdenum Mine (424) $140 $ 4. Castle in the Sky, Mon. (104) $40 $ 25. Walking with Dinosaurs along Colorado’s 5. Western Grandeur, Tues. (105) $67 $ Front Range (425) $85 $ 6. Pure Gold, Tues. (106) $37 $ K–16 WORKSHOPS (P. 19) 7. Butterfly Pavilion, Wed. (107) $35 $ 1. Earthquakes—Workshop for College & SPECIAL EVENTS & TICKETED FUNCTIONS (P. 6 and P. 23, or see Web site) University Faculty (601) $20 $ 2. Earth Science Inquiry-Based Curriculum (602) $10 $ 1. Geology & Public Policy Lunch, Sat. (301) $33 $ 3. Internet in the Earth Science Classroom (603) $60 $ 2. History of Geology Lunch, Sun. (302) $33 $ 4. Geoscience Classroom to the Workforce (604) $60 $ 3. NAGT/GSA Geoscience Education Div. Lunch, Sun. (303) $33 $ 5. Establish & Sustain an Undergraduate 4. Hydrogeology Div. Lunch, Mon. (304) $33 $ Research Program (605) $30 $ 5. Assoc. for Women Geoscientists Breakfast, Mon. 6. Conceptests to Improve Teaching in Large Classes (606) $10 $ Professional (305A) $22 $ 7. Toward a Sustainable Future: Connect the Dots (607) $25 $ Student (305B) $10 $ 8. Implement Effective Science Writing Activities (608) $25 $ 6. Campus Reps. Coffee Recept., Mon. (Add Qty.) (306) FREE 9. Online Geoscience Education (609) $40 $ 7. Paleontological Society Lunch, Mon. 10. Inquiry-Based Digital Lab Materials (610) $25 $ Professional (307A) $33 $

11. Creating an Online Learning Environment (611) $25 $ 2 PART REGISTRATION Student (307B) $15 $ 8. GSIS Lunch, Tues. (308) $33 $ SHORT COURSES (P. 16) 9. Mineralogical Society of America Lunch, Tues. (309) $33 $ 1. Evaporates: A Practical Approach (501) $365 $ 10. Mineralogical Soc. of Amer./Geochemical Soc. Recept., Tues. 2. Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (502) $240 $ Professional (310A) $10 $ 3. Multi-Temporal Stereo Aerial Photography (503) $420 $ Student (310B) $5 $ 4. Calibrated Peer Review Training (504) $340 $ 11. Engineering Geology Div. Lunch, Tues. (311) $33 $ 5. Characterization & Toxicity Assessment (505) $300 $ 12. Planetary Art Exhibit, Tues. (312) $2 $ 6. Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge (506) $270 $ 7. Hydrogeologic Field Methods (507) $245 $ FIELD TRIPS (P. 11 ) 8. Management & Leadership Skills for Academic 1. Navajo Sand Sea of Near-Equatorial Pangea (401) $475 $ Administrators (508) $265 $ 2. Strike-Slip Tectonics & Thermochronology (402) $255 $ 9. Practical Geoscience Ethics: Elements & Examples (509) $250 $ 3. Geology of the Silver Cliff–Rosita Hills Mining District (403) $185 $ OTHER WORKSHOPS (P. 18) 4. Hyperpycnal Wave-Modified Turbidites (404) $155 $ 1. Media Relations Workshop 5. Structural Implications of Underground Professional (650A) $40 $ Coal Mining (405) $240 $ Student (650B) $15 $ 6. A New K-T Boundary in the Denver Basin (406) $105 $ 2. Give Effective Presentations 7. Buried Paleo-Indian Landscapes & Sites (407) $85 $ Professional (651A) $40 $ 8. Colorado Front Range—Anatomy of a Student (651B) $15 $ Laramide Uplift (408) $100 $ 3. Media Relations AND Effective Presentations 9. Continental Accretion, Colorado Style (409) $90 $ Professional (652A) $65 $ 10. Eco-Geo-Hike Along the Dakota Hogback (410) $45 $ Student (652B) $20 $ 11. Geological Reconnaissance of Dinosaur Ridge (411) $90 $ 4. Fund Your Science 12. Glenwood Springs, Colorado Coal Fire (412) $105 $ Professional (653A) $40 $ 13. Overview of Laramide Structures of the Student (653B) $15 $ Front Range (413) $120 $ 14. Paleoclimate, Paleohydrology, Paleoecology— ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS VOLUME Morrison Formation (414) $105 $ 1. Abstracts with Programs (901A) $33 $ 15. Paleontology & Volcanic Setting, Florissant Fossil Beds (415) $125 $ AWP shipped within CO subject to 7.2% sales tax (901B) $2.38 $ 16. Stratigraphy & Paleobiology of Mammoth Sites (416) $95 $ AWP will be mailed out approximately 3 weeks prior to the meeting. Delivery prior to the start of the 17. Tour of USGS National Earthquake meeting is not guaranteed. Information Center (417) $25 $ 2. Abstracts with Programs* (to be picked up on-site) (902) $35.38 $ 18. Upper Cambrian & Lower Ordovician 3. Abstracts on CD-ROM** (to be picked up on-site) (903) $25.73 $ Stratigraphy (418) $325 $ * This price includes tax. 19. Stratigraphy of Groundwater Resources (419) $110 $ **Includes 2004 Section Meetings Abstracts and tax. 20. Cenozoic Geology & Fossils, Pawnee Buttes Area (420) $85 $ SUBTOTAL (P. 2) $

24 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 25 1. Marriott City Center� 4. Brown Palace 7. Holiday Inn Denver Downtown 2. Hyatt Regency Denver 5. Comfort Inn Downtown 8. Westin Tabor Center 3. Adam's Mark� 6. Executive Tower

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Marriott City Center $152/$165  4 blocks (Co–Headquarters Hotel) Hyatt Regency $150/$162  4 blocks (Co–Headquarters Hotel) Adam’s Mark $142/$142  4 blocks Brown Palace Standard $160/$160  5 blocks Superior $180/$180  5 blocks Comfort Inn Downtown $109/$119  5 blocks Executive Tower $105/$105  3 blocks Holiday Inn Downtown $115/$125  1.5 blocks Westin Tabor Center $157/$157  5 blocks

For more information and to view the hotels, go to the online Hotel Reservation Form at www.geosociety.org.

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 HOTEL RESERVATION FORM 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO ENSURE CORRECT AND TIMELY PROCESSING. GSA Annual Meeting

Arrival Date Departure Date & Exposition

Reservation for First Name Last Name

Share with Nov. 7–10, 2004

Share with Denver, Colorado SEND MY ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY (SELECT ONE) E-mail Fax Mail to IF YOU ARE FAXING THIS FORM, DO NOT MAIL IN A DUPLICATE FORM. Name SUBMIT ONE ROOM REQUEST PER E-mail FORM. MAKE ADDITIONAL COPIES IF NEEDED. RESERVATIONS MUST Company BE RECEIVED BY THE DENVER Address HOUSING BUREAU BY Tuesday, October 5, 2004. Make all changes City State / Province Zip/Postal Code Country and cancellations online or contact Daytime Phone Fax (include country code if International) the Housing Bureau by Friday, October 29, 2004. After Friday, October 29, HOTEL PREFERENCE 2004, you must call your assigned (please write out hotel name) hotel directly. Cancellations made after Tuesday, October 5, 2004, will 1. incur a charge of $25.00 regardless of 2. when the initial room request was received. 3. IF HOTEL CHOICES ARE UNAVAILABLE, WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT? ONLINE: Low Rate Location www.geosociety.org TYPE OF ACCOMMODATIONS REQUESTED (Circle correct number) MAIL OR FAX TO: Number of people 1 2 3 4 GSA HOUSING BUREAU Number of beds 1 2 1555 CALIFORNIA STREET, Request rollaway bed (not available in rooms w/2 beds) SUITE 300 Request wheelchair accessible room DENVER, CO 80202–4264 Request non-smoking FAX: 303-571–9435 LIST OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDED All reservations require a one-night room and tax deposit. By sending in this form, you agree to the CHANGES AND/OR hotel charging your credit card for this deposit, or you will send a check directly to the HOTEL with a CANCELLATIONS ONLY: copy of your official housing acknowledgement. You also understand that if you do not send a deposit or provide a credit card, your reservation will be canceled. DO NOT SEND DEPOSIT CHECK TO THE E-MAIL: HOUSING BUREAU. INDICATE FORM OF PAYMENT [email protected] (Be sure to refer to Visa MasterCard AMEX Discover Diners Club the GSA Annual Meeting by check made payable to hotel. (If paying by check, send check directly to hotel with a copy of your official housing acknowledgement. Do not send any checks to the Housing Bureau.) when e-mailing.) (303) 892–1112, ext. 601, Name (as appears on card) Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–4:45 p.m. Card Number EXP. Date Mountain Time Signature DO NOT CALL TO BOOK

All reservations must be processed through the Denver Housing Bureau. TELEPHONE YOUR RESERVATION. RESERVATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The Housing Bureau will acknowledge reservations within 5–7 days of receipt of this form.

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 TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION 

Air Travel domestic segments of all United Airlines and Wheelchair-Accessible Buses, Shuttles, United Express flights. United’s convenient Taxis, or Vans Denver International Airport (DIA) is schedule and discounted fares are available one of the largest airports in the world and is All of RTD’s SkyRide buses are wheel- through United’s Meeting Desk or your served by most major airlines. DIA is located chair accessible. SuperShuttle, Yellow Taxi, travel agent. Call 1-800-521-4041 and refer- 24 miles northeast of downtown Denver. and Metro Taxi have accessible vehicles and ence Meeting ID number 530GJ. Dedicated can provide assistance for limited numbers The following airlines have been con- reservationists are on duty seven days a week, with prior notice and reservation. The fol- tracted to provide convention rates to/from 8 a.m.–10 p.m. EST. lowing companies will pick-up with prior Denver for the GSA Annual Meeting & TRANSPORTATION notice at DIA and provide specialized trans- Exposition. You can save up to 15% on pub- portation: lished airfares by booking through the group OPTIONS TO/FROM DENVER reservation desks at the numbers listed be- INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Mobility Transportation and Service Inc. (303) 295-3900 low. (Airport code—DEN) DIA Ground Transportation Information counters are located on the fifth level of the Mobile Access Frontier Airlines main terminal, near the baggage claim area. (303) 274-9895 www.frontierairlines.com Airport car rental desks and commercial Wheelchair Getaways For Web site only, use Ticket Designator shuttle desks are also on the fifth level. Taxis (303) 674-1498 #G878. can be found outside of baggage claim near (Rental vans—$89.00 per day) or 1-800-908-9069 the sidewalks. For more information, contact For phone calls only, use Shell Number DIA’s Ground Transportation Information Public Bus Transportation Services MC0878. Center at (303) 342-4059 or by e-mail at Regional Transportation District (RTD), Frontier Airlines is offering a 10% dis- [email protected]. (303) 299-6000, (wheelchair accessible) count on all round-trip tickets purchased buses are available outside Level 5, door 511, Car Rental: See www.geosociety.org for for the GSA Annual Meeting. Discount is on the East Terminal. Route information information (click on “Meetings”). applicable for travel from Oct. 31, 2004, is available at the RTD booth on Level 5. through Nov. 14, 2004, only. Go to www. Downtown Denver is serviced by Route AF. frontierairlines.com, fill in your dates of SHUTTLE SERVICE travel, and enter the code G878 in the “ticket Route AF/Downtown Service: Buses leave designator” box. If you would prefer to book SuperShuttle—(303) 370-1300, (800) DIA for downtown Denver at 50 minutes with one of Frontier’s reservations agents, BLUE-VAN (258-3826), (800) 525-3177, or past the hour from 6:50 a.m. to 12:50 a.m. or if you experience difficulty in making online at www.supershuttle.com. The route takes approximately 50 minutes your online reservation, call 1-800-908-9069 Shuttles operate daily from 4:30 a.m. and is $8 each way or $13 round-trip. Exact and give the reservations agent the code until midnight, serving all downtown hotels fare is required when boarding the bus. MC0878. to/from DIA for $18 each way or $28 round- Round trip tickets must be purchased in trip (for a special round-trip rate for the GSA advance at the RTD sales office on Level 5. United Airlines Meeting, please bring the coupon that will be Stops are made at Stapleton, the Downing printed in the October issue of GSA Today, Street Light Rail Station, the Denver Bus 1-800-521-4041 Center, and Market Street Station, which is Meeting ID #: 530GJ or print it out from the GSA Meeting Web site). Travel time is 45 minutes to one hour two blocks from Union Station. United is offering a 10% discount off the depending on hotels and number of stops. Buses leave from the downtown Market unrestricted, fully refundable coach fare or To arrange passage, stop at the SuperShuttle Street Station to DIA at 30 minutes past the 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares, counter on Level 5 at the airport, or order hour from 5:28 a.m. until 10:28 a.m. for the including first class, to all attendees of the service from a hotel doorman. Shuttles will same fare. GSA Annual Meeting. An additional 5% dis- stop at the Convention Center with advance For complete RTD route information call count will apply when tickets are purchased reservation (2 hour minimum notice). at least 30 days in advance of the attendee’s (303) 299-6000 or visit them at www.rtd- denver.com. travel. This special offer applies to travel on Taxis East Terminal, exit door 507, West TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS Terminal, exit door 510 IN DENVER Freedom Cab (303) 292-8900—up to 4 GSA will NOT be providing shuttle people service from the hotels to the Convention Annual Meeting Sponsor Center this year, but Denver does have the Metro Taxi (303) 333-3333—up to 5 people following inexpensive—or free—options Yellow Cab (303) 777-7777—up to 5 people for getting around downtown. Alternative Rates: DIA to downtown: flat rate of $43.00 arrangements to/from the GSA hotels and Title Sponsor of the 2004 GSA Annual Meeting. + $2.50 gate fee the Colorado Convention Center will be provided by GSA for the elderly or disabled. For more information, contact Tammy White, [email protected], (303) 357-1041.

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Light Rail �� Denver’s Light Rail runs from some downtown Denver hotels to the Colorado Convention Center, the suburbs, Invesco Field at Mile High, the Pepsi Center, and much more. Catch the “C Line” to LoDo or the “D Line” to the heart of Downtown Denver. You must have a validated ticket before you board the Light Rail. To purchase a ticket, use the stainless-steel ticket vending machines (TVMs) located at each station. For more information, call (303) 628-9000 or visit them at www.rtd-denver.com.

16th Street Pedestrian Mall Shuttle Bus The 16th Street Mall is located between Market and Broadway Streets in the heart of downtown Denver, just two blocks from the Colorado Convention Center. This mall is a 14-block–long pedestrian promenade lined with shops, restaurants and cafes, trees, street performers, and cart vendors. The 2,000 chairs and benches set along the mall near fountains and flowers make it the perfect place to sit and watch Denver walk by. Traffic is banned from this street except for the shuttle buses. The 16th Street Mall Shuttle is a free service that runs in a continuous loop up and down the mall. The buses run every 1–2 minutes from 6 a.m.–10:30 p.m., then every half-hour until 12:55 a.m. �� General Meeting Information �� Accessibility for Registrants with �� Special Needs �� GSA is committed to making the Annual �� Meeting accessible to all people interested �� in attending. If you need auxiliary aids �� or services because of a disability, check �� the appropriate box on the registration �� form. If you have suggestions or need fur- �� ther information, contact Kevin Ricker at [email protected], (303) 357-1090. Please let us know your needs by October 8. �� Tourist Information �� For general information about sightsee- �� ing, accommodations, restaurants, and shop- �� ping in Denver, visit www.denver.org, or see �� the GSA Meeting Web site, www.geosociety. � org/meetings/2004/. GSA_030104 1 3/2/04, 8:42:34 AM

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28 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 29 2004 Denver Annual Meeting • November 7–10

 PARDEE KEYNOTE SYMPOSIA  (Invited Papers)

The Pardee Keynote Symposia are made possible by a grant from P5. Adversity, Advantages, Opportunities: Phanerozoic the Joseph T. Pardee Memorial Fund. Stromatolites as “Survivor” vs. “Disaster” Taxa These Pardee keynote sessions are special events of broad interest Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology to the geoscience community. They represent hot issue topics on the Division leading edge in a scientific discipline or area of public policy, address Constance M. Soja, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y.; Robert broad fundamental issues and are interdisciplinary. Selection was on Riding, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom. Mon., Nov. a competitive basis. This year’s eight Pardee Symposia were reviewed 8, 8 a.m.–noon. and accepted by the Annual Program Committee. (All speakers are invited.) This interdisciplinary forum will reexamine the role of stromatolites in Phanerozoic ecosystems, particularly the importance P1. Early Paleoproterozoic (2.5–2.0 Ga) Events and Rates: of post-Cryptozoic microbial communities; the biotic and abiotic Bridging Field Studies and Models agents that contributed to their development, decline, and preserva- Geochemical Society; Astrobiology Program; GSA Sedimentary tion; and their co-evolutionary history with metazoans. Geology Division; SEPM—Society for Sedimentary Geology P6. Pre-Mesozoic Impacts: Their Effect on Ocean Andrey Bekker, Geophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution of Geochemistry, Magnetic Polarity, Climate Change, and Washington, Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Barley, The University of Organic Evolution Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia; Robert H. Rainbird, GSA Planetary Geology Division; Paleontological Society; GSA Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Mon., Nov. 8, 1:30– Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division 5:30 p.m. Charles A. Sandberg, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.; Jared R. Field-oriented and modeling studies dealing with the 2.5–2.0 Ga Morrow, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colo.; Christian Earth’s evolution are invited. Session will be focused on relationships Koeberl, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Tues., Nov. 9, between tectonics, change in atmospheric composition, and climatic 8 a.m.–noon. changes as well as the rates of these changes. Pre-Mesozoic comet and meteorite impacts produced extreme P2. Geoinformatics and the Role of Cyberinfrastructure in oceanic and climate changes, causing mass extinctions followed by Geosciences Research rapid radiation of surviving organisms. Thus, they were the driving Randy Keller, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas; Lee Allison, Kansas mechanism in the early evolution of life on Earth. Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kans. Tues., Nov. 9, 8 a.m.–noon. P7. Seeing Mars with New Eyes: Active Missions, Science This session consists of presentations on geoinformatics and the Results, and Geoscience Education use of advanced information technology in support of research in GSA Planetary Geology Division; Geoscience Education Division the geosciences. The talks will provide an overview of cyberinfrastructure that is emerging and describe projects that are developing Eric B. Grosfils, Pomona College, Claremont, Calif.; Susan Sakimoto, as well as using this cyberinfrastructure. NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Md. Wed., Nov. 10, 8 a.m.–noon. In 2004, multiple spacecraft are exploring Mars simultaneously. P3. Geoscientific Aspects of Human and Ecosystem This session will present some of the most recent and exciting sci- Vulnerability ence results and demonstrate how the available data can be used to U.S. National Committee for Geosciences; GSA Critical Issues Caucus; enhance geoscience education activities. GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Geology and Society Division P8. Weathering, Slopes, Climate, and Late-Quaternary Susan W. Kieffer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.; Geomorphic Change in Arid and Semi-Arid Landscapes Grant Heiken, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, N.Mex. Sun., GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Nov. 7, 1:30–5:30 p.m. Leslie D. McFadden, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Humans and the ecosystems on which they depend are vulner- N.Mex.; Grant A. Meyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, able to a variety of natural hazards and their mismanagements. This N.Mex.; Peter J. Fawcett, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, session will explore the response to, and need for, mitigation of N.Mex. Tues., Nov. 9, 1:30–5:30 p.m. large-scale hazards with long time scales. Dryland slopes are climatically sensitive because large changes in vegetation and weathering can result from modest changes in mois- P4. Medical Geology ture. This session explores effects of late Quaternary and potential GSA Engineering Geology Division future climates on slope processes and forms. Syed E. Hasan, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. Sun., Nov. 7, 8 a.m.–noon. Many health problems, including cancer, heart and central Annual Meeting Sponsor nervous system diseases, etc., have links to geologic factors. Experts from geosciences, public policy, and health sciences will discuss new developments in the emerging field of medical geology. Title Sponsor of the 2004 GSA Annual Meeting. 30 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY ��

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 TOPICAL & DISCIPLINE SESSIONS  (Invited and Volunteered Papers) Topical Sessions T1. The Future of Hydrogeology Below is a listing of all approved topical sessions. These sessions GSA Hydrogeology Division; International Association of Hydrogeo- are topically focused with a mix of invited and volunteered papers. logists/U.S. National Chapter; National Ground Water Association Session descriptions can be found on the Web at www.geosociety.org/ Hydrogeology meetings/2004/techprog.htm. Sessions are designed to promote the Clifford I. Voss, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. ORAL exchange of interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art information. Papers can be submitted to a specific topical session, and you may choose T2. Upcoming Revolutions in Observing Systems: Implications up to three scientific categories. After each topical description below, for Hydrogeology the categories are identified as they appear on the abstract form. GSA Hydrogeology Division PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY IN THE MODE (oral or poster) AND Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Environmental Geoscience CATEGORIES INDICATED in the description. An abstract submitted in the incorrect mode will be transferred automatically to a John L. Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, discipline session. Socorro, N.Mex.; Richard P. Hooper, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Washington, D.C. Abstracts Deadline: July 13 ORAL Please use the online electronic abstract form found on the T3. History of Hydrogeology in the United States: Celebrating GSA Web site, www.geosociety.org. An abstract submission fee will the Contributions of O.E. Meinzer, Stan Lohman, and John be charged. The fee is $18 for all students; $30 for all others. If you Ferris cannot submit your abstract electronically, contact Nancy Carlson, GSA Hydrogeology Division; International Association of Hydro- (303) 357-1061, [email protected]. geologists/U.S. National Chapter Discipline Sessions Hydrogeology; History of Geology; Geoscience Education John Ezra Moore, Consultant, Denver, Colo.; Philip LaMoreaux, From the list found on the electronic abstract form, you may Tuscaloosa, Ala. ORAL choose up to three discipline categories you feel your abstract would fit best. Joint Technical Program Committee representatives orga- T4. Over 40 Years of Influence in Environmental nize the papers in sessions focused on disciplines (e.g., environmen- Hydrogeology: In Honor of Dick Parizek tal geoscience or mineralogy). GSA Hydrogeology Division Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience; Engineering Geology Ward E. Sanford, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.; E. Scott Bair, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. ORAL

T5. Groundwater Depletion and Overexploitation in the Denver Basin Bedrock Aquifers GSA Hydrogeology Division; International Association of Hydro- geologists/U.S. National Chapter; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Hydrogeology; Engineering Geology; Geoscience Information/ Communication Peter Barkmann, Colorado Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.; John Ezra Moore, Consultant, Denver, Colo. ORAL

T6. Hydrologic Impacts of Urbanization and Suburbanization on Water Resources GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Engineering Geology Division Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience; Engineering Geology Anne E. Carey, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; W. Berry Lyons, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; John E. McCray, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; John M. Sharp, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. ORAL

Topical & Discipline Sessions continued on page 41 Late Paleozoic sedimentary rocks exposed near Colorado River. Photo by John Karachewski. John by Photo River. Colorado near exposed rocks sedimentary Paleozoic Late

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I n of western North America, from the San Andreas Metamorphism and Geodynamics 1 9 9 3 , t h e G e o l o g i c a l S o c i e t y o f A m e r i c a r e c o g- fault to the Colorado Plateau, utilizing techniques in Collision-Type Orogenic Belts n i z e d P a g e ’s n u m e r o u s s e m i n a l s c i e n t i f i c p a p e r s as diverse as shear-wave splitting, numerical co-edited by W.G. Ernst, and J.G. Liou w i t h t h e C a r e e r Aw a r d i n S t r u c t u r a l G e o l o g y modeling, Re/Os systematics, and synthesis of Collisional belts that retain the effects of Phanero- a n d Te c t o n i c s . field mapping. Scientific contributions highlight zoic ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphism IBS003, 336 p., ISBN 0-9665869-2-1 new developments in some of the many fields are increasingly being recognized, especially in $50.00, member price $40.00 to which George Thompson has contributed over Eurasia. Neighboring regions generally lack evi- a long career, including the strength and stress dence of coeval arc volcanism or plutonism. Fol- Planetary Petrology and state of the crust, the formation of basins and lowing the consumption of intervening oceanic Geochemistry temporal evolution of deformation, and crustal lithosphere, each UHP orogen marks the site of The Lawrence A. Taylor 60th Birthday Volume roots and the evolution of lithospheric composi- astonishingly deep subduction of a microconti- co-edited by G.A. Snyder, C.R. Neal, tion and structure. Twenty-five papers with an International Book Series nental promontory or island-arc fragments. Mafic and W.G. Ernst international authorship, originally presented and ultramafic rocks are volumetrically minor in at a December 2001 symposium, are grouped Papers ranging from Earth to the Moon—and such belts. Maximum recorded pressures in UHP in six sections: “Continental Deformation”; beyond—make this a broad-spectrum volume. complexes approach or even exceed 2.8 GPa “Fault Mechanics and the San Andreas Fault”; The breadth of topics covered in the 17 papers at temperatures of 600–900 °C. Subduction “Geology of the Western United States”; is a reflection of Taylor’s interests over the years, zones involve low-T prograde trajectories, and “Isostasy and Gravity Methods”; “The Mantle: from lunar petrology and geochemistry, to mantle constitute the only plate-tectonic environment Flow and Seismic Structure”; and “The Mantle: xenoliths and diamonds, to Martian meteorites where such conditions exist. Internal portions of Geochemistry.” Earth scientists concerned and the evolution of the solar system. 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Topical & Discipline Sessions continued from page 32 Dennis L. Harry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.; David W. Hyndman, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. ORAL T7. The Occurrence, Storage, and Flow of Groundwater in Mountainous Terrain T15. How Effectively Are We Using Advanced Groundwater GSA Hydrogeology Division; U.S. Geological Survey, American Modeling Tools in Practice? Geophysical Union Hydrology Section GSA Hydrogeology Division Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience; Geochemistry, Aqueous Hydrogeology Andrew H. Manning, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.; David L. Rudolph, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario; Jonathan Saul Caine, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo. ORAL Rene Therrien, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec. ORAL

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T22. Assessing the Importance of Colloids in Natural Waters T29. From Subterranean Crawlways to Scientific Hallways: GSA Hydrogeology Division Research on Our Public Cave and Karst Lands Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Environmental Geoscience GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; National Park Service; National Cave and Karst Research Institute James F. Ranville, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.; John C. Seaman, The University of Georgia, Aiken, S.C. ORAL and Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Hydrogeology; Environ- POSTER mental Geoscience Louise D. Hose, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, T23. Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Carlsbad, N.Mex.; Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Elements in the Environment Mining and Technology, Socorro, N.Mex. ORAL and POSTER GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry T30. New and Multidisciplinary Approaches to Dating Cave Deposits Geochemistry, Aqueous; Environmental Geoscience; Geomicro- biology GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Karst Waters Institute David T. Long, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.; LeeAnn Munk, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska; W. Berry Archaeological Geology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Lyons, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. ORAL Geochemistry, Other Donald McFarlane, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, Calif.; T24. Organic Compounds in Near-Surface Environments as Joyce Lundberg, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. ORAL and Drivers on the Redox-Reaction Highway: A Tribute to the POSTER Career of Mary Jo Baedecker GSA Hydrogeology Division T31. Impacts of Water Storage and Consumption on Watershed Processes Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Organic; Geomicrobiology GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Isabelle M. 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Characterization and Representation of Flow through Mountain Site, Southern Nevada Karst Aquifers GSA Hydrogeology Division; U.S. Department of Energy; GSA GSA Hydrogeology Division Geology and Public Policy Committee Hydrogeology; Sediments, Carbonates; Environmental Geoscience Public Policy; Environmental Geoscience; Hydrogeology Allan D. Woodbury, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Robert A. Levich, U.S. Department of Energy, Las Vegas, Nev.; Manitoba; Ron Green, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Russell L. Patterson, Carlsbad, N.Mex.; Ronald M. Linden, Las Vegas, Texas. ORAL Nev. ORAL T28. New Perspectives in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox T34. 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Van Price, Advanced Environmental Solutions, LLC, Lexington, T38. Rural Source Water Protection—Stakeholder Needs, S.C.; George V. Last, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, Public Policy, and Hydrogeologic Realities for Small Wash.; Tom Temples, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Systems ORAL GSA Hydrogeology Division; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, T35. Assessment and Characterization of Geologic Formations Office of Water for Long-Term CO2 Storage (Sequestration) Environmental Geoscience; Geoscience Information/Communi- GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee cation; Hydrogeology Stratigraphy; Hydrogeology; Structural Geology John All, Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality, Bowling Jonathan J. Kolak, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va.; Sean Green, Ky.; Chris Groves, Hoffman Environmental Research Brennan, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. ORAL Institute, Bowling Green, Ky.; Stephen Kenworthy, Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality, Bowling Green, Ky. ORAL T36. Geophysical Solutions for Characterizing and Locating Geological Sites for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration T39. Current Perspectives in Environmental Biogeochemistry GSA Geophysics Division GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Engineering Geology; Public Policy Environmental Geoscience; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Hydrogeology John H. McBride, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; James Dibyendu Sarkar, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas; Rupali A. Drahovzal, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.; Hannes E. Datta, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. ORAL Leetaru, Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Ill.; John T40. Hydrogeomorphology, Chemistry, Archaeology, and Rupp, Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington, Ind. ORAL Evolution of Coastal Plain Depressions and Related T37. GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing in Geologic Hazard Features Assessment GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomor- GSA Engineering Geology Division phology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Engineering Geology; Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Hydrogeology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Stratigraphy System; Public Policy C. William Zanner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr.; William C. Haneberg, Haneberg Geoscience, Seattle, Wash.; Andrew H. Ivester, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Ga. Norman S. Levine, Charleston, S.C. ORAL and POSTER ORAL and POSTER

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Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Sediments, Carbonates; Geo- T41. The Gulf of Mexico—Past, Present, and Future: Relating chemistry, Other Ecology to Geology Matthew R. Saltzman, The Ohio State University, Columbus, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Ohio; Michael C. Pope, Washington State University, Pullman, Sedimentary Geology Division Wash. ORAL Marine/Coastal Science; Environmental Geoscience; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology T48. Unraveling the History of Ocean Crust Production: Charles W. Holmes, Center for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, Evidence For and Against Changes in Seafloor Spreading Fla.; John W. Tunnell, Harte Institute for Gulf of Mexico Research, Rates since the Mesozoic Corpus Christi, Texas. ORAL and POSTER Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Tectonics; Geochemistry, Other T42. Authigenic Minerals in Modern and Ancient Terrestrial Jenney M. Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; David B. Aquatic Environments Rowley, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.; Mark Pagani, Yale GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; University, New Haven, Conn. ORAL and POSTER GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Limnogeology; Sediments, Carbonates; Sediments, Clastic T49. Stable Isotopes in Fossils and Paleosols: Records of Late Daniel Larsen, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.; Daniel Cenozoic Environmental Change Deocampo, California State University, Sacramento, Calif. ORAL GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Geochemistry, Other; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Paleon- T43. Hydrologic and Paleoclimatic Significance of Nonmarine tology/Paleobotany Microbial Carbonates (Tufas, Microbialites, Stromatolites Yang Wang, Florida State University and National High Magnetic and Thrombolites) Field Lab, Tallahassee, Fla.; Pennilyn Higgins, University of Florida, GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gainesville, Fla. ORAL GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Limnogeology; Sediments, Carbonates; Paleoclimatology/Paleo- T50. Marine Hard Substrates: Colonization and Evolution ceanography Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Michael R. Rosen, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, Paleontology/Paleobotany; Marine/Coastal Science; Stratigraphy Nev.; Robin Renaut, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Stephen K. Donovan, National Natuurhistorisch Museum, Saskatchewan. ORAL Leiden; Paul D. Taylor, The National History Museum, London. ORAL T44. Lacustrine Records of Landscape Evolution GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and T51. Protistan Paleobiodiversity: Understanding Evolutionary Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Patterns Limnogeology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Sediments, Cushman Foundation Clastic Paleontology/Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Jeffrey T. Pietras, BP Exploration Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska; Geomicrobiology Eric C. Carson, San Jacinto College, Houston, Texas; Alan R. Carroll, Susan T. Goldstein, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; Brian T. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc. ORAL Huber, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. ORAL

T45. Alkaline Evaporative Lakes and Playas: Insights into T52. The Hunters and the Hunted: Predation On and By Microbial Physiology and Mineral Facies in Semiarid Gastropods Settings Paleontological Society GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Paleontology/Paleobotany Geomicrobiology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Limnogeology Patricia H. Kelley, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, N.C.; Thor A. Hansen, Western Washington University, Bellingham, David Finkelstein, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.; Wash.; Gregory P. Dietl, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Thomas R. Kulp, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.; Lisa M. N.C. ORAL Pratt, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. ORAL and POSTER T53. Critical Events in the Evolution of Terrestrial Arthropods T46. Biomineralization in Terrestrial Hot Springs: The Preservation of Thermophiles in Past and Present-Day Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Systems Division GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Paleontology/Paleobotany; Sediments, Clastic; Stratigraphy Geology Division Robert E. Nelson, Colby College, Waterville, Maine; Dena M. Geomicrobiology; Paleontology/Paleobotany; Geochemistry, Smith, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; S. Bruce Archibald, Aqueous Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ORAL and POSTER Paul A. Schroeder, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; Sherry L. Cady, Portland State University, Portland, Ore. ORAL

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Topical & Discipline Sessions continued from page 44 T61. Frontiers in Understanding the Geologic Record of Climate Change: A Session in Honor of William W. Hay T54. The Evolution and Expansion of C4 Plants GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Struc- Paleontology/Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; tural Geology and Tectonics Division Geochemistry, Organic Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Marine/Coastal Science; Mark Pagani, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Darren Grocke, Paleontology/Paleobotany McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. ORAL and POSTER Eric J. Barron, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, T55. Anatomy of an Anachronistic Period: The Early Triassic Penn.; Robert DeConto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Environment and Its Effect on the History of Life Mass. ORAL and POSTER Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division T62. Wild Coal Fires: Burning Questions with Global Paleontology/Paleobotany; Sediments, Carbonates; Paleoclima- Consequences? tology/Paleoceanography GSA Coal Geology Division Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton, Calif.; Coal Geology; Environmental Geoscience; Engineering Geology Frank Corsetti, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. ORAL Glenn Blair Stracher, East Georgia College, University System of Georgia, Swainsboro, Ga.; Ed Heffern, Cheyenne, Wyo. ORAL T56. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Late Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado T63. Raton Basin: From Coal to Coalbed Methane Paleontological Society; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA GSA Coal Geology Division Sedimentary Geology Division Coal Geology; Tectonics; Hydrogeology Paleontology/Paleobotany; Geoscience Information/Communi- Gretchen K. Hoffman, New Mexico Institute of Mining and cation; History of Geology Technology, Socorro, N.Mex.; Christopher J. Carroll, Colorado Herbert W. Meyer, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Geological Survey, Denver, Colo. ORAL and POSTER Florissant, Colo.; Dena M. Smith, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. ORAL T64. Genetic Links among Syngenetic Metal Accumulations in Sedimentary Basins: Giant Sediment-Hosted Metal T57. The Concept of Layer-Cake Stratigraphy—Then and Now Deposits to Metalliferous Black Shales GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Society of Economic Geologists History of Geology; Stratigraphy Economic Geology Charles W. Byers, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc. Poul Emsbo, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.; Eric E. Hiatt, ORAL University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisc. ORAL

T58. Sedimentary and Stratigraphic Principles and Concepts T65. Stable Isotopes of Ore-forming Metals: Analysis and Applied to the Study of Metamorphic Terranes and Applications Igneous Provinces Economic Geology; Geochemistry, Other; Environmental North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature Geoscience Petrology, Metamorphic; Sediments, Clastic; Economic Geology Jamie J. Wilkinson, Imperial College London, London. ORAL Lisa Lytle, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.; Thomas R. T66. Widespread Importance of Immiscible H2O-CO2 Fluids Fisher, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. ORAL for Petrologic and Geochemical Processes in Low to Moderate Temperature Crustal Environments T59. Resolving the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age in Time and Space: Comparison of Southern and Northern Geochemical Society Hemisphere Records Geochemistry, Aqueous; Geochemistry, Other; Petrology, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Metamorphic Stratigraphy; Sediments, Clastic; Sediments, Carbonates John P. Kaszuba, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, N.Mex.; David R. Janecky, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, N.Mex. Christopher R. Fielding, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr.; ORAL Tracy D. Frank, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. ORAL T67. Advanced Characterization of the Structures and T60. Sedimentary Geology and Earth History: Retrospective Behaviors of Minerals and Prospective: In Honor of the Career and Contributions of Robert H. Dott Jr. Mineralogical Society of America GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA History of Geology Division Mineralogy/Crystallography Stratigraphy; History of Geology; Geoscience Education Peter J. Heaney, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Penn.; Jeffrey E. Post, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Joanne Bourgeois, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; Michael C. Carpenter, Tucson, Ariz. ORAL Marjorie A. Chan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Gary Kocurek, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. ORAL and POSTER

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Observatory, Palisades, N.Y.; Alex Pavlov, University of Colorado, T68. Nano-Geochemistry and Nano-Structures in Earth Boulder, Colo. ORAL Systems GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division T75. A Xenolith Perspective on the Physical and Chemical Geochemistry, Other; Mineralogy/Crystallography; Environmental Evolution of Continental Lithosphere Geoscience GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Mineralogical Society Huifang Xu, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.Mex. of America; GSA Geophysics Division ORAL and POSTER Geochemistry, Other; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Petrology, Metamorphic T69. Looking Forward to the Past: A Session in Honor of Paul Jane Selverstone, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Ribbe and the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry N.Mex.; Roberta L. Rudnick, University of Maryland, College Park, Mineralogical Society of America Md. ORAL and POSTER Mineralogy/Crystallography; Petrology, Experimental; Petrology, Metamorphic T76. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains Ross Angel, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.; Nancy Ross, Virginia I: Framing the Key Geological, Geophysical, and Tech, Blacksburg, Va. ORAL and POSTER Geodynamic Controversies GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics T70. Modeling Grain-Scale Processes in Metamorphic Rocks Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Structure and Tectonics Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists; Colorado Scientific Society; Division EarthScope Petrology, Metamorphic; Structural Geology; Mineralogy/ Tectonics; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Quaternary Crystallography Geology/Geomorphology W.D. Carlson, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; C.T. Foster, Karl E. Karlstrom, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. ORAL and POSTER N.Mex.; Rick Aster, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, N.Mex. ORAL and POSTER T71. Granitic Pegmatites: Recent Advances in Mineralogy, Petrology, and Understanding T77. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains Mineralogical Society of America II: Surface Processes, Geodynamics, and the Roles of Neotectonics and Climate in Development of Modern Petrology, Igneous; Mineralogy/Crystallography; Geochemistry, Topography Other GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics David London, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. ORAL Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; and POSTER Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists; Colorado Scientific Society; EarthScope T72. Impact Geology Tectonics; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Quaternary GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Geology/Geomorphology Planetary Geology Eric Kirby, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Penn.; David King, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.; Jared Morrow, Margaret E. McMillan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colo. ORAL and Rock, Ark.. ORAL and POSTER POSTER T78. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains III: T73. Early Paleoproterozoic (2.5–2.0 Ga) Events and Rates: New Advances in Laramide Deformation and Tectonics Bridging Field Studies and Models of Rocky Mountain Basement-Involved Structures: In Precambrian (At Large); Geochemical Society; GSA Sedimentary Honor of Donald L. Blackstone Jr. Geology Division; SEPM—Society for Sedimentary Geology; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Astrobiology Program Division; Wyoming Geological Association; Rocky Mountain Precambrian Geology; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Association of Geologists; Colorado Scientific Society; EarthScope Tectonics Structural Geology; Tectonics; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Andrey Bekker, Geophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution of Seismology Washington, Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Barley, The University of Eric Erslev, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.; David Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia; Robert H. Rainbird, Lageson, Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.; Arthur Snoke, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. ORAL University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. ORAL and POSTER

T74. 1500 to 2500 Ma: A Period of Changing Mantle Regimes in T79. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains IV: Earth History? New Ideas on Late Paleozoic Intraplate Orogenesis: The Precambrian (At Large); GSA Geophysics Division Greater Ancestral Rocky Mountains Precambrian Geology; Tectonics; Paleoclimatology/ GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Paleoceanography Division; Friends of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains; EarthScope Kent C. Condie, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Tectonics; Stratigraphy; Structural Geology Technology, Socorro, N.Mex.; Dallas Abbott, Lamont-Doherty Earth

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James W. Sears, University of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; Tekla Charles F. Kluth, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.; A. Harms, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; Carol Evenchick, Gerilyn S. Soreghan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. ORAL Natural Resources Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia. ORAL and POSTER and POSTER T80. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains V: New T86. Ribbon Continents: Their Origin, Development, and Role Insights in Basement Tectonics, Deep Crustal Structure in Rifting and Orogenesis and Precambrian Tectonic Evolution GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division Division; Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists; Colorado Scientific Society; EarthScope Tectonics; Structural Geology; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Seismology Tectonics; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Phil J.A. McCausland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Stephen T. Johnston, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Michael Williams, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.; Columbia. ORAL Karl E. Karlstrom, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.Mex. ORAL and POSTER T87. Recent Advances in Himalayan Geology T81. Regional Geology of the Northern Rockies: A Session GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Honoring Betty Skipp Tectonics; Volcanology; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Elizabeth J. Catlos, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.; Geology Division; SEPM—Society for Sedimentary Geology Richard A. Marston, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla. Tectonics; Structural Geology; Stratigraphy ORAL Paul K. Link, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho; Susanne T88. Thrust Belts and Plateaus: The Anatomy of Convergent Janecke, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; David Lageson, Systems Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont. ORAL and POSTER GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics T82. Bill Braddock’s Backyard—Proterozoic to Recent Geology Division of the Northern Colorado Front Range Tectonics; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Structural GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Geology Precambrian Geology; Structural Geology; History of Geology Delores M. Robinson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Nadine McQuarrie, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, James C. Cole, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo.; William Calif. ORAL and POSTER Nesse, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colo. ORAL T89. Tectonic Evolution of the Arctic Basin and its Margins T83. Cordilleran Arc Magmatism, BATHOLITHS and Continental Crustal Genesis GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Tectonics; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Marine/Coastal Division Science Tectonics; Petrology, Igneous; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Jaime Toro, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.; Jeffrey Seismology M. Amato, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.Mex. ORAL and POSTER Mihai N. Ducea, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.; Christopher Andronicos, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas; Paul T90. Low-angle Normal Faults and Faulting: Field Studies, Wetmore, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. ORAL Fault Rocks, Mechanics, and Weakening Mechanisms T84. Terrane Translation, Orogenesis, and Plate Interactions GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics in the Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic North American Division Cordillera, and Implications for Paleogeographic Structural Geology; Tectonics; Petrology, Metamorphic Reconstructions Robert E. Holdsworth, University of Durham, Durham, UK; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Darrel S. Cowan, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; Cristiano Division Collettini, Universitá di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. ORAL and POSTER Tectonics; Stratigraphy; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology T91. Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism Perspective of Paul Umhoefer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ariz.; Shear Zone Kinematics Sandra Wyld, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; James E. Wright, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. ORAL and POSTER GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division T85. Whence the Mountains? New Developments in the Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Tectonics; Structural Tectonic Evolution of Orogenic Belts: Celebrating the Geology Dynamic Career of Raymond A. Price at the 50-Year Mark Tim F. Wawrzyniec, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Geological N.Mex.; Mike Petronis, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Association of Canada N.Mex. ORAL and POSTER Tectonics; Structural Geology; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Seismology Topical & Discipline Sessions continued on page 50

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Topical & Discipline Sessions continued from page 48 Joseph A. Mason, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.; James B. Swinehart, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, Nebr.; J. Elmo Rawling, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Wisc. ORAL T92. Neotectonics and Earthquake Potential of the Eastern and POSTER Mediterranean Region GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics T99. The Midwest from Deglaciation to Settlement Division GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Neotectonics/ Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Paleoclimatology/Paleocean- Paleoseismology; Tectonics ography; Limnogeology Ibrahim Çemen, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.; Kathy J. Licht, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indian- Eric Sandvol, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; Omer Emre, apolis, Ind.; Tom Lowell, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. MTA, Ankara, Turkey. ORAL and POSTER ORAL

T93. Crustal Seismic Anisotropy as a Measure of Regional T100. Glacial Outburst Floods: Causes and Consequences Tectonic Deformation (Posters) GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Division Amir Mokhtari Fard, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Tectonics; Structural ORAL Geology David Okaya, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, T101. The Red River Raft of Louisiana Calif.; Nikolas Christensen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc. GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division POSTER Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Engineering Geology; Hydrogeology T94. Geoinformatics and Geological Sciences: The Next Step (Posters) Nalini Torres, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss.; Danny W. Harrelson, U.S. Army Engineer Research and GSA Geophysics Division Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss. ORAL Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Tectonics; Geoscience Information/Communication T102. Quaternary Paleoenvironments of the Middle East: Ramon Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.; Proxy Records, Human Prehistory, and Regional Cross- Charles Meertens, UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, Colo. POSTER Correlation GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and T95. Differentiating Climatic from Tectonic Controls on Geomorphology Division Landscape Evolution (Posters) Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Archaeological Geology; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography Structural Geology and Tectonics Carlos E. Cordova, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Tectonics; Structural Caroline Davies, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. ORAL Geology Claudia J. Lewis, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, N.Mex.; T103. Documenting the Geomorphic and Ecosystem Evolution Eric V. McDonald, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nev.; John Gosse, of National Park Landscapes Using Repeat Photography Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. POSTER GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; National Park Service, Natural Resources Program Center, Geologic Resources T96. Records of Late Quaternary Climatic Change From the Division Americas: Interhemispheric Synchroneity or Not Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Environmental Geoscience; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Paleoclimatology/ Harold S. Pranger, Denver, Colo. ORAL and POSTER Paleoceanography Donald T. Rodbell, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.; John T. T104. Unveiling the Hidden Components in Archaeological Andrews, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.; Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Landscapes—The Role of Geoscience Techniques in Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. ORAL and POSTER Archaeological Site Analysis GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and T97. Geologic History and Processes of the Colorado River Geomorphology Division GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Archaeological Geology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Environmental Geoscience; Environmental Geoscience Stratigraphy Cynthia A. Stiles, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc. ORAL Keith A. Howard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.; and POSTER Cassandra Fenton, Tucson, Ariz. ORAL and POSTER T105. Archaeological Geology of Stratigraphically Complex T98. Evolution of the Great Plains Landscape Localities GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Geomorphology Division

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Archaeological Geology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Geoscience Information/Communication; Stratigraphy; Sediments, Clastic Geoscience Education E.A. Bettis III, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. ORAL Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; Walter S. Snyder, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. ORAL and T106. Geological Context of Early Humans from Ethiopian POSTER Rift Basins GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology T113. Geology in the National Forests—Stewardship, Division; GSA Limnogeology Division Education, and Research Archaeological Geology; Stratigraphy; Paleontology/Paleobotany GSA Engineering Geology Division; USDA Forest Service, Minerals & Geology Management Program Jay Quade, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.; Jonathon Wynn, University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. ORAL Geoscience Information/Communication; Environmental Geoscience; Geoscience Education T107. Toward Effective Interdisciplinary Education in Joe T. Gurrieri, USDA Forest Service, Butte, Mont.; Andrew H. Archaeological Geology: Progress and Prospects Rorick, USDA Forest Service, Sandy, Ore.; Jim Gauthier-Warinner, GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education USDA Forest Service, Arlington, Va. ORAL Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division T114. Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Archaeological Geology; Geoscience Education; Quaternary Resource Management Geology/Geomorphology National Park Service Jennifer R. Smith, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. ORAL Geoscience Information/Communication; Paleontology/Paleobot- T108. Geoarchaeology, Geoconservation, and Georesources: any; Marine/Coastal Science Integrated Approaches to Investigating, Conserving, Bruce A. Heise, National Park Service, Geologic Resources and Managing Past and Present Landscapes Division, Lakewood, Colo.; Tim Connors, National Park Service, GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Denver, Colo.; Rebecca Beavers, National Park Service, Denver, Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Colo.; Greg McDonald, National Park Service, Lakewood, Colo.; Jeff Geology and Public Policy Committee Mow, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, Colo. Environmental Geoscience; Archaeological Geology; Geoscience ORAL Education T115. The Keys to Opportunities with the National Park Jasper Knight, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. Service ORAL and POSTER National Park Service; Geological Society of America; American T109. Geology, Decisionmakers, and the Public: Challenges in Geological Institute; Association for Women Geoscientists Communication Public Policy; Geoscience Information/Communication; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Public Policy Geoscience Education Committee Judy Geniac, Denver, Colo.; Gary Lewis, GSA Education and Public Policy; Environmental Geoscience; Geoscience Information/ Outreach, Boulder, Colo.; Ann Beenbow, Alexandria, Va.; Marguerite Communication Toscano. ORAL Thomas J. Evans, University of Wisconsin—Extension, Madison, T116. Geology for the Masses: Engaging the Public through Wisc.; John Kiefer, Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, Ky. Informal Geoscience Education in Parks, Monuments, ORAL Open Spaces, and Public Lands T110. Information Technology Initiatives in the Geosciences: GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Park Service; Bureau of Policy, Strategy, and Management Issues Land Management; Association of Earth Science Editors Geoscience Information/Communication; Public Policy; Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/Communication; Geoscience Education Environmental Geoscience Soumava Adhya, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, N.Y. Jim Wood, National Park Service, Denver, Colo.; Allyson Mathis, ORAL National Park Service, Grand Canyon, Ariz.; Marion Malinowski, Bureau of Land Management, Lakewood, Colo.; Carol Ruthven, T111. Geoscience Information and Librarianship in a Global Association of Earth Science Editors, Lexington, Ky.; Monica Context Gaiswinkler Easton, Ministry of Northern Development & Mines, Geoscience Information Society Sudbury, Ontario. ORAL and POSTER Geoscience Information/Communication; Geoscience Education T117. Innovative Approaches to Teaching “Geology of Linda R. Musser, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, National Parks”: Tales from the Classroom, Field, Page, Penn. ORAL and POSTER Web, and Beyond GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of T112. Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Geoscience Teachers Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/Communication Geoscience Information Society; Paleontological Society; CHRONOS

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Robert J. Lillie, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.; Carol J. T121. Involvement of Undergraduates in Geological Research: Ormand, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio; Joseph F. Reese, Critical Tools for Background Enrichment (Posters) Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Penn. ORAL GSA Geoscience Education Division T118. The Science of Sustainability: How Can We Most Geoscience Education Effectively Educate Students, the Public, and Nazrul I. Khandaker, York College of CUNY, New York, N.Y. Policymakers? POSTER Critical Issues Caucus, GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee Geoscience Education; Environmental Geoscience; Public Policy T122. Inspiring First-Rate Research through Undergraduate Teaching: A Special Session in Honor of John B. Reid Jr. Paul H. Reitan, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.; Pete Palmer, Institute for Cambrian Studies, Boulder, Colo.; Christine V. National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Quaternary McLelland, GSA Education and Outreach, Boulder, Colo. ORAL Geology and Geomorphology Division Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Petrology, Igneous; T119. Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student Research (Posters) Geoscience Education Sigma Gamma Epsilon Eric J. Steig, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; John Environmental Geoscience Eichelberger, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska; Daniel P. Donald W. Neal, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.; Murray, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. ORAL Charles Mankin, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, Okla. T123. Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century POSTER (Posters) T120. Integrative Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; National Association in the Earth Sciences (Posters) of Geoscience Teachers; On the Cutting Edge Council on Undergraduate Research, Geosciences Division Geoscience Education; Structural Geology Geoscience Education Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y.; Robert Edward C. Hansen, Hope College, Holland, Mich.; Karen H. Burger, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.; Jan Tullis, Brown Fryer, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. POSTER University, Providence, R.I.; Michael Williams, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. POSTER

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T124. Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach T131. Online Geoscience Education at Two-Year Colleges: Geoscience: An Illustrated Community Discussion Hybrid or Strictly Distance Learning Instruction for (Posters) Nontraditional Students National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Education Division GSA Geoscience Education Division Geoscience Education Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/Communication; David W. Mogk, Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.; Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System Cathryn A. Manduca, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.; Barbara Suzanne G. Traub-Metlay, Front Range Community College, Tewksbury, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. POSTER Boulder County Campus, Longmont, Colo. ORAL

T125. Using Digital Geological Maps to Build Deeper T132. Why Earth Science Curriculum: National Science Understanding of Earth Science Relationships (Posters) Foundation–Funded Projects for Improving Earth Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/Communication Science Education Andrew H. Wulff, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, GSA Geoscience Education Division; American Geological Institute; Ky. POSTER National Science Foundation Geoscience Education T126. Teaching Geology and Human Health: Expanding the Roderic Brame, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, Curriculum Va.; Michael Smith, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, Va. National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience POSTER Education Division Geoscience Education T133. Current Research on Situated Teaching and Learning in Geoscience: Field-Based, Case-Based, Problem-Based, Jean M. Bahr, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.; H. Place-Based Catherine W. Skinner, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Jill K. Singer, SUNY—College at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. ORAL and National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience POSTER Education Division Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/Communication; T127. STEMS: Science Teaching Enhanced with Museums and Public Policy Surveys Steven Semken, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.; Eric GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Riggs, San Diego State University, San Diego, Calif. ORAL and Geoscience Teachers POSTER Geoscience Education T134. We Can Do Better: Alternatives to the Same Old Lab- Sarah D. Zellers, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Lecture Format in the College Classroom Mo.; Ann Molineux, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. ORAL and POSTER GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers T128. Integration of Geoscience into Programs of Integrated Geoscience Education Science and Math Elizabeth M. King, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill.; Dexter GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geoscience Education Perkins, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D. ORAL and Division POSTER Geoscience Education; Environmental Geoscience; Engineering Geology T135. Improving Delivery in Geoscience Education (IDIG): A Session Celebrating Dorothy LaLonde Stout John D. Rockaway, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky.; Denice N. Robertson, Northern Kentucky University, National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Highland Heights, Ky. ORAL Education Division Geoscience Education; Public Policy T129. Innovative and Unique Advanced Geology/Geoscience Marilyn J. Suiter, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va.; Courses at the K–12 Level Phillip R. Romig Jr., Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of ORAL Geoscience Teachers Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/Communication T136. Electronic Student Response Technology in the Geoscience Classroom: Is It a Valuable Teaching and Steve Kluge, Fox Lane High School, Bedford, N.Y. ORAL Learning Tool? T130. Authentic Research Collaborations: Bringing Scientific National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Researchers, K–12 Schools, and Other Community Education Division Groups Together in the Scientific Endeavor Geoscience Education GSA Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Lisa Greer, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; Peter J. Geoscience Teachers Heaney, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Penn. ORAL Geoscience Education William Slattery, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Dave Mayo, California State University, Los Angeles, Calif. ORAL

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T137. Minorities, Women, and T141. Building a Digital Library that Persons with Disabilities in the Supports Diversity: Goals, Geosciences: Continuing Issues Lessons Learned, and Future and Innovative Solutions Directions GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Committee on Minorities and Women in the Geoscience Information Society; GSA Geosciences Geoscience Education Division Geoscience Education; Public Policy; Geoscience Education; Geoscience Geoscience Information/Communication Information/Communication; Public Maya Elrick, University of New Mexico, Policy Albuquerque, N.Mex.; Marc Carrasco, Mary R. Marlino, University Corporation University of California, Berkeley, Calif.; John for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, William Pennington, Oregon State University, Colo.; Rajul E. Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, Colo. Corvallis, Ore.; Cassandra Runyon, College ORAL and POSTER of Charleston, Charleston, S.C. ORAL and POSTER T142. Building Strong Geoscience Departments: Opportunities, T138. New Methods and Technologies Successes, and Challenges in Teaching Geology to National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Nontraditional and Disabled GSA Geoscience Education Division Students—The Aspects Geoscience Education of Change to Incorporate Technology and Hands-On R. Heather Macdonald, College of William Methods and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; Cathryn A. Manduca, Carleton College, Northfield, GSA Geoscience Education Division Minn.; Randall M. Richardson, University of Geoscience Education; Geoscience Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. ORAL and POSTER Information/Communication; History of Geology T143. Pre-Mesozoic Impacts: Their Mark Howe, Arizona State University, Effect on Ocean Geochemistry, Tempe, Ariz.; Connie Gibb, University Magnetic Polarity, Climate of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. ORAL and Change, and Organic Evolution POSTER (Posters) GSA Planetary Geology Division; T139. Geoscience Education Strategies Paleontological Society and Methods that Encourage ALL Planetary Geology; Paleontology/ Students (Especially Students Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology/ with Disabilities) to Participate Paleoceanography in the Geosciences Charles A. Sandberg, U.S. Geological GSA Geoscience Education Division; Survey, Denver, Colo.; Jared R. Morrow, National Science Foundation; National University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Aeronautics and Space Administration Colo.; Christian Koeberl, University of Geoscience Education Vienna, Vienna, Austria. POSTER Roderic Brame, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, Va.; Wendi Williams, T144. Mars Mineralogy: The View from University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Ark. MER ORAL Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Planetary Geology Division T140. Beyond Video Games— Planetary Geology; Mineralogy/ Promoting Active Learning for Crystallography; Geochemistry, Other All Students Bradley L. Jolliff, Washington Univer- Geoscience Education sity, St. Louis, Mo.; William H. Farrand, Terry L. Oroszi, Biological Sciences, Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; ORAL Heidi J. Turner, CLASS—Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. ORAL Annual Meeting Sponsor

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 HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT  SCIENTIFIC CATEGORIES ABSTRACTS DEADLINE: JULY 13 Determine if your paper would fit neatly Please use the online abstract form found on the GSA Web site, www.geosociety. under one of the topical sessions. If it doesn’t, org. An abstract submission fee of $18 for all students and $30 for all others will be please submit your abstract for inclusion in charged. If you cannot submit your abstract electronically, contact Nancy Carlson, the general discipline sessions. The available (303) 357-1061, [email protected]. choices are: From the home page of www.geosociety.org, click on “Call for Papers,” then select Archaeological Geology the “Submit an Abstract” button and follow the steps given. If you lose your Internet Coal Geology connection before you are finished, you can resume making a submission when you Economic Geology log back on. Engineering Geology You and your coauthors will be provided (by e-mail) with a record of the abstract Environmental Geoscience identification number and password, and you can access your abstract and revise it as Geochemistry, Aqueous necessary from any Internet connection up until the published abstract submission Geochemistry, Organic deadline date. Geochemistry, Other The system supports the submission of complex abstracts that contain subscripts, Geomicrobiology Geomorphology superscripts, italic and boldface type, tables, Greek letters, and equations. Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Geoscience Education Geoscience Information/Communication PRESENTATION MODES than would be occupied by roughly 2,000 History of Geology characters alone. Hydrogeology Select your preferred mode of presenta- Limnogeology tion: oral, poster, or either (no preference). Check the spelling of the abstract’s body Marine/Coastal Science Please note: The program organizers will and title using your own word processor. Mineralogy/Crystallography do their best to fit you into your preferred Then read it again and make sure that it is Neotectonics/Paleoseismology mode. However, they will override your something the whole world should see. (We Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography original mode selection if they feel your pa- won’t check or edit it for you.) Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, per would fit well in a particular session with For typing and pasting, add an extra line Origination other compatible abstracts. The decision of Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy between paragraphs or they will run together the program organizers is final! Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy when displayed (you can do this before copy- Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Oral Mode. This is a verbal presentation being, after pasting, or while typing). fore a seated audience. The normal length of Patterns Petrology, Experimental an oral presentation is 12 minutes, plus three Abstracts Fee Petrology, Igneous minutes for discussion. Once the abstract is in place, a window Petrology, Metamorphic Poster Mode. Each poster session presenter to submit payment will appear. The non- Planetary Geology is provided with one horizontal, freestand- refundable submission fee is $18 for all Precambrian Geology ing display board approximately 8' wide and students; $30 for all others. Public Policy 4' high. Precise measurements will appear Quaternary Geology You May Present Only One Volunteered in the Speaker Guide, which will be posted Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Abstract on the GSA Web site in September. Speakers System • Please submit only one volunteered ab- must be at their poster booths for at least Sediments, Carbonates stract as speaker or poster presenter in two of the four presentation hours. Sediments, Clastic topical and/or discipline sessions. This Stratigraphy Papers for discipline sessions may be helps avoid speaker-scheduling conflicts Structural Geology submitted in either oral or poster mode. and gives everyone an equal opportunity Tectonics Papers for topical sessions are to be submit- to be heard. Multiple submissions as Volcanology ted only in the mode noted in the session speaker-presenter will result in rejection description. If a topical abstract is submit- of all abstracts. ted in the incorrect mode, the abstract will • This limitation does not apply to, nor be transferred automatically to a discipline does it include, invited contributions to session. keynote symposia or topical sessions. 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GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 55 Announcements 2004 August 2–8 SPIE’s (International Society for Optical Engineering) International Symposium on Optical Sci- ence and Technology, Program on Remote Sensing and Space Technology, Denver, Colorado. Information: http://spie.org/events/am. September 12–16 ASPRS Fall Conference—Images to Decisions: Remote Sensing Foundations for GIS Applica- tions, Kansas City, Missouri. Information: (301) 493-0290, www.asprs.org/fall2004. September 26–30 European Meteorological Society (EMS) 4th Annual Meeting and 5th European Conference on Applied Climatology (ECAC) Conference, Nice, France. Information: www.emetsoc.org/EMS4, www.emetsoc.org/ECAC. (Preregistration deadline: June 30, 2004.) October Second International Conference on Geodynamics of Oil and Gas Basins, Moscow, Russia. Information: Victor Petrovich Gavrilov, [email protected], ph./fax (095) 135-87-75, Alexan- der Vladimirovich Muradov, ph/fax (095) 135-72-86, Olga Vladimirovna Konovalova, ph./fax (095) 930-90-17, Elena Alexandrovna Leonova, [email protected], ph./fax (095) 930-90-11, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Department of Geology, (105), Leninsky Ave- nue, 65, 119991 Moscow, Russia. (Abstract deadline: July 1, 2004.) October 1–3 2004 Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium on Weathering and Landscape Evolution, Lex- ington, Kentucky, USA. Information: Alice Turkington, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, 1473 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506-0027, USA, (859) 257-9682, fax 859-323-1969, [email protected], www.uky.edu/AS/Geography/Binghamton04/. October 12–15 The Lithoprobe Celebratory Conference: From Parameters to Processes—Revealing the Evolu- tion of a Continent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Information: www.lithoprobe.ca/conference/, [email protected], Ron Clowes, Director, Lithoprobe, (604) 822-4138. Oct. 31–Nov. 4 Science to Secure Food and the Environment: International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy–Crop Science Society of America–Soil Science Society of America, Seattle, Washington, USA. Information: www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/anmeet, [email protected], (608) 273-8080. November 3–6 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver, Colorado, USA. Infor- mation: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA, (847) 480-9095, [email protected], www.vertpaleo.org/meetings. MEETINGS CALENDAR November 26–27 International Conference on Applied Geophysics, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Information: Dr. Pisanu Wongpornchai, [email protected], Dept. of Geological Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50200, www.geol.science.cmu.th (Geophysics 2004). 2005 January 24–27 Third International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, New Orleans, Loui- siana, USA. Information: www.battelle.org/sedimentscon. (Abstracts deadline: June 30, 2004.) May 16–20 1st Alexander von Humboldt International Conference on The El Niño phenomenon and its global impact, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Information: Centro International para la Investigación del Fenómeno de El Niño (CIIFEN) and European Geosciences Union (EGU), Jose Luis Santos, Director, CIIFEN, [email protected], Peter Fabian, President, EGU, [email protected] muenchen.de, EGU Office, [email protected]. May 15–18 Halifax 2005: A Joint Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogi- cal Association of Canada, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Canadian Society of Soil Science, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Information: www.halifax2005.ca, [email protected]. November 6–10 International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy–Crop Science Society of America–Soil Science Society of America, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Information: www.asa- cssa-sssa.org/anmeet, [email protected], (608) 273-8080.

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56 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 57 About People International Ground Water Modeling Center GSA Fellow Vincent Matthews is 2004 Short Course Schedule the new State Geologist of Colorado. Matthews has a background in academia and the natural resources industry.

Siemens Foundation MODFLOW: Introduction to Numerical Ground-Water Scholarships Announced Modeling by Eileen Poeter, November 4-6 The Siemens Westinghouse Competition, This course is designed for the hydrogeologist and environmental a program of the Siemens Foundation, is a engineer familiar with ground-water flow concepts, but who have limited or research-based science and math competi- no experience with ground-water flow modeling. Basic modeling concepts: tion for high school students. The competi- conceptual model development, definition of boundary and initial tion awards college scholarships ranging conditions, parameter specification, finite-differencing, gridding, time from $1,000 to $100,000. Students may enter stepping, solution control, and calibration are presented using as individuals or as members of a team. MODFLOW-2000. Registration fee: $995/$1195 after Oct. 21. Online registration for the 2004–2005 competition begins June 30, 2004, at www. siemens-foundation.org. Students who are Polishing Your Ground-Water Modeling Skills not able to apply online may call 1-800- by Peter Andersen and Robert Greenwald, November 4-6 626-9795, ext. 5930, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. EST. This course is designed to provide significant detail on practical ground- The deadline for entries is Friday, October water flow modeling concepts and techniques. It will explore development 1, 2004. of conceptual models for complex sites or regions. This course takes the user beyond topics covered in introductory modeling courses and beyond courses that teach the mechanics of applying various pre- and post- Back-In-Print processing software. Registration fee: $995/$1195 after Oct. 21. Reviews in Engineering Geology XIII Military Geology in War Modeling Water Flow & Contaminant Transport in Soils and Peace and Groundwater Using the HYDRUS Software Packages edited by J.R. Underwood Jr., P.L. Guth, 1998 by Rien van Genuchten and Jirka Simunek, November 5-6 In warfare, military geologists pursue five main categories of work: tactical and strategic terrain This course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical analysis, fortifications and tunneling, resource description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose acquisition, defense installations, and field zone, followed by an brief overview of the use of finite element techniques construction and logistics. In peace, they train for solving the governing flow and transport equations. "Hands-on" for wartime operations and may be involved in peace-keeping and nation-building exercises. computer sessions will provide participants an opportunity to become The classic dilemma for military geology has familiar with the Windows-based HYDRUS1D, HYDRUS2D, STANMOD, been whether support can best be provided & RETC software packages. Registration fee: $495/$595 after Oct. 21. by civilian technical-matter experts or by uni- formed soldiers who routinely work with the combat units. In addition to the introductory UCODE: Universal Inversion Code for Automated paper this volume includes 24 papers, cover- by Eileen Poeter, November 11-12 ing selected aspects of the history of military Calibration geology from the early 19th century through If you have a working knowledge of ground-water flow modeling and some the recent Persian Gulf war, military education and operations, terrain analysis, engineering knowledge of basic statistics, you will benefit from this short course. This geology in the military, use of military geology course introduces ground-water professionals to inverse modeling in diplomacy and peacekeeping, and the future concepts and their use via UCODE, relying heavily on hands-on exercises of military geology. for automatic calibration of ground-water models to promote REG013, 237 p., ISBN 0-8137-4113-0 understanding of UCODE and avoid "black-boxing". If you would like to $50.00, member price $40.00 spend more time being a hydrologist and less time as a "number tweaker", please join us in the UCODE course. The latest version to be released in GSA Sales and Service 2004 will be used. Registration fee: $795/$995 after Oct. 28. P.O. Box 9140 Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USA For more information, contact: International Ground-Water Modeling Center www.geosociety.org Colorado School of Mines (303) 357-1000, option 3 Golden, Colorado, 80401-1887, USA 1-888-443-4472 Tel: (303) 273-3103 / Fax: (303) 384-2037 fax 303-357-1071 Email: [email protected] VISIT http://www.mines.edu/research/igwmc/short-course/ 56 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 57  SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES 

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The field of specializa- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST, TERRY tion may include any aspect of Precambrian geology, �� ENVIRONMENTAL including structure, tectonics, ore genesis, geochemistry, Entry to Senior level positions. Salary appropriate to igneous petrology, metamorphic petrology, sedimentary qualifications. Send resumes to Terry Environmental, processes, or paleontology. The purpose of the Chair is �� PO Box 25, Summerville, SC 29484, or email to amb@ to enhance teaching and research in the geology and terryenvironmental.com. ore deposits of Precambrian shields and to advance the �� UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS position of Laurentian University as a centre of excel- �� TERTIARY AND MODERN CLASTIC BASIN FILL lence in research and teaching in Mineral Deposits and The Department of Geoscience at the University of Precambrian Geology. �� Nevada Las Vegas seeks a post-doctoral scholar for a 2- Tier I CRC Chairs are funded by the federal govern- year appointment dealing with Tertiary and modern clastic ment on a renewable 7-year term and the position will be �� basin fill in parts of Clark County, Nevada commencing filled at the tenured, Full Professor level. We seek an inno- �� Fall 2004. The successful candidate will have the oppor- vative individual with an outstanding record of research tunity to develop aspects of the research project, which and publication, who will provide leadership for national �� will be coordinated with, and compliment, an aggregate and international collaborative research and become a minerals assessment being jointly conducted with the focus for integration of research initiatives involving the �� USGS and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Department of Earth Sciences, the Ontario Geological As such, the position presents a great opportunity to Survey (located on the LU campus), and the mining �� establish and carry out research that draws upon the can- industry. The Chair will be expected to contribute to our �� didate’s strengths, interests, and background. Applicants BSc, MSc, and PhD programs and assist in our objective with a Ph.D. from an accredited college or university in to become the leading centre in the study of Precambrian �� sedimentology/stratigraphy, aggregate studies/economic crustal and supracrustal rocks, tectonics, and mineral geology, or other relevant backgrounds will be given deposits in the world. Bilingualism (French/English) will �� preference. Review of applications will commence on be an asset. The successful candidate will have access �� June 25, 2004. to excellent geochemical analytical equipment, includ- The successful candidate must have their Ph.D. ing facilities for FLINC, XRD, SEM, EPMA, WD-XRF, �� completed prior to start date. Position contingent upon ICP-OES, ICP-MS, TIMS, and EBSD. Additional informa- funding. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications tion about the Department and MERC can be found at �� and experience. Please send a cover letter, resume, and www.laurentian.ca/geology. relevant information (i.e., name, phone number, email and Applications, including curriculum vitae, statements �� physical addresses) for three reference providers to: Dr. of research and teaching interests, and contact infor- �� Andrew Hanson at [email protected]. For more mation for four academic references, should be sent to information, see the UNLV World Wide Web site at: http: [email protected] or mailed to Chair, CRC Committee, �� //www.unlv.edu. Information regarding the Geoscience Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, department may be found at http://geoscience.unlv.edu. Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6. Applications will be reviewed in �� Women and minority post-docs are encouraged to apply. June 2004, but will be accepted until the position is filled. �� UNLV is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer Laurentian University is committed to equity in employ- committed to achieving excellence through diversity. ment and encourages applications from all qualified applicants, including women, aboriginal peoples, members of �� POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION AVAILABLE visible minorities and persons with disabilities. �� OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETRY FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION �� The Chemical and Isotope Mass Spectrometry group at The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) ORNL, (http://www.ornl.gov) seeks outstanding candi- has issued a notice requesting applications from those �� dates for post-doctoral positions in isotope geochemistry. interested in being listed as potential panel members to The successful candidate will have an opportunity to assist in the Commission’s study dispute resolution pro- �� apply light and heavy isotope geochemistry to geological cess for the integrated licensing process for hydropower �� and environmental problems. The overall research theme projects, Docket No. AD04-4-000. Complete details are utilizes isotopes and micro-textural/structural charac- located on the Commission’s hydropower website http: �� terization techniques to understand mass transport pro- //www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower/indus-act/ilp.asp. cesses occurring at a variety of scales during fluid-rock- For further information, contact Mr. Lon Crow at (202) �� microbe interaction, with an emphasis on investigation of 502-8749 or [email protected]. �� nano- and micro-scale processes. Experimental studies DIRECTOR utilizing labeled isotopes and investigations of natural CENTER FOR GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION �� systems from a variety of environments are ongoing. OF THE SHALLOW SUBSURFACE (CGISS) Available instrumentation includes a Cameca 4f and two BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY �� other unique ORNL SIMS, a Neptune MC-ICP-MS and The College of Arts and Sciences at Boise State University �� Optimass 8000 TOF-ICP, NewWave 213 laser ablation invites applications for the Director of the Center for system, Triton TIMS, Finnigan 251, and associated clean Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface. �� laboratories and extraction systems. CGISS is a research center founded in 1991 and now con- Candidates preferably will have experience in mass sists of 12 associated research scientists with an annual �� spectrometry. Preference will be given to candidates research budget of $1.5 million dollars. CGISS research �� willing to develop neutron techniques to study the nano- focuses on the upper kilometer of the earth; current structures of geological materials. Candidates must have research includes subsurface hydrology and geothermal �� a Ph.D. in geology or a related field at the time of appoint- applications, geophysical measurements of engineering ment. These are one-year term appointments with possi- properties, subsurface environmental monitoring and �� bility of renewal. Applicants should send a CV, description cleanup, other subsurface characterization, earthquake of research interests, and contact information for at least hazards, and paleoclimate. CGISS is also an integral �� three references to: Dr. Mostafa Fayek, 1 Bethal Valley part of the newly-created PhD program in Geophysics, �� Rd., Bldg 4500S, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak offered by the Department of Geosciences at Boise State Ridge, TN 37831 or E-mail, [email protected]. We will University. CLASSIFIED�� ADVERTISINGbegin reviewing submissions immediately and will con- The new Director will have a strong research reputation tinue to do so until positions are filled. and a broad understanding of the importance of near-sur- �� Please reference the position title and number face geophysics to the study of critical problems in earth �� (ORNL04-08-CSD), when corresponding about this science. He or she should have a Ph.D. in geophysics or position. a related field. The Director will be expected to manage �� Appointments are offered through the ORNL CGISS and to provide a vision for the next stage of pro- Postdoctoral Research Associates Program http: gram development as Boise State transitions to a metro- �� //www.orau.gov/orise/edu/ornl/ornl-pd/ornlpdoc.htm politan research university of distinction. The Director will which is jointly administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for also initiate new collaborative programs involving CGISS, �� Science in Education (ORISE). U.S. citizenship is required the Geosciences Department, and other academic units for some appointments; where possible, postdoctoral and agencies. Strong oral and written communication program is open to all qualified individuals without regard skills, management skills, and a track record in funding

60 JUNE 2004, GSA TODAY GSA TODAY, JUNE 2004 61 and publications are essential. Six months of appropri- and the diversity of its workforce. Women and minorities and scientific expertise of the individual. Candidates ated support at a nationally competitive level are initially are particularly encouraged to apply. Further information should demonstrate an equal commitment to both teach- provided for this position and the Director is expected to on the position and the application procedure can be ing and research. This is an opportunity-rich appointment; raise the remainder through collaborative research grants found at www.africaalliance.psu.edu. the candidate will be expected to foster cross-campus or industry-university consortia. collaborations, and bridge the link between the university DIVISION OF EARTH SCIENCES Boise State University, with an enrollment exceeding and a very active regional GIS community. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, ARLINGTON, VA 18,000 students, is located in Boise, the state capital Applicants should send a vita, statement of teach- NSF’s Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) seeks candidates and Idaho’s business, financial, and cultural center. ing and research interests, and contact information for for the position Program Director for the Geomorphology Numerous state and federal agencies are located in the three references to: R.N. Donovan, Chair, Department and Land Use Dynamics (GLD) Program. The GLD city. These agencies collaborate with CGISS and the of Geology, Box 298830, Texas Christian University, Fort Program supports studies of: (1) the dynamic processes associated Department of Geosciences. The Boise area Worth, TX 76129. Review of applications will begin April 1 that produce landforms; G (2) N the I history S I of geologic T R E V D A D E I F I S S A L C is recognized as one of America’s best places to live, and and continue until the position is filled. TCU is an AA/EEO changes recorded in surface features; (3) airborne and is one of the nation’s major growth regions in technology- employer and encourages a diversity of applicants. space borne imaging of the landscape, and (4) changes related industries. The moderate climate and wide variety in land uses and land covers. GLD research includes com- VISITING FACULTY, GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION of wild and scenic areas contribute to an outstanding puter analysis of remote sensing (airborne, satellite) data WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY quality of life, with a wide variety of recreational oppor- using pattern recognition tools and includes applications The Department of Geological Sciences invites appli- tunities. Additional information about CGISS and the to ecological, hydrological and social systems (including cations for a one-year visiting faculty position for an Department of Geosciences can be found through: http: national security applications). Assistant Professor (preferred) or Instructor specializing //cgiss.boisestate.edu/ and http://earth.boisestate.edu/. Appointment to this position is under the provisions in Geoscience Education, to begin September 2004. Boise State University is strongly committed to of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA). Applicants Teaching will include undergraduate inquiry-based achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The uni- must have a Ph.D. or equivalent experience in earth sci- courses in Earth/Space Science for pre-service K–12 versity actively encourages applications from women, ences, plus six or more years of successful research, teachers. Participation and direction of a growing Master’s persons of color, and members of other underrepre- research administration, and/or managerial experience program for in-service K–12 teachers in the Department sented groups. EOE/AA Institution, veterans’ preferences beyond the Ph.D. A broad general knowledge of Earth of Geological Sciences is expected. The individual may be applicable. Applicants should send (1) a curricu- sciences research, familiarity with the U.S. scientific selected will work closely with the Department of Teacher lum vitae, (2) statement of research interests and pos- community, and experience in an academic setting are Education. Knowledge of distributed learning technologies sible future directions for CGISS, and (3) contact infor- desirable. and K–12 teaching experience is highly desirable. The mation for a minimum of three professional references Announcement E20040052A-IPA, with position require- successful applicant must have at least a MS degree in to: CGISS Search Committee, Boise State University, MS ments and application procedures, is located on the NSF Geological Sciences and for appointment as an assistant 1500, Boise, ID 83725. Review of applicants will begin Home Page at www.nsf.gov/jobs. Applicants may also professor must have earned a Doctorate in Geological on May 15, and will continue until the position is filled. obtain the announcement by contacting Maria Sutton at Sciences or Science Education with a strong emphasis Please direct questions about the position to Mitchell 703-292-4364 (Hearing impaired individuals may call in Geological Sciences by September, 2004. Applicants Lyle ([email protected]). TDD 703-292-8044). Applications must be received by should submit a detailed resume by mail or e-mail with PENN STATE TENURE-TRACK June 15, 2004. a description of research and teaching interests, and the GEO-RESOURCES & SUSTAINABLE DEV. IN AFRICA NSF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses The Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering and of at least three references to Chair, Faculty Search ENVIRONMENTAL GIS POSITION, Development in Africa (AESEDA), in the College of Earth Committee, Department of Geological Sciences, Wright TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, invites applications State University, Dayton, OH 45435-0001. Review of appli- Texas Christian University (TCU) invites applications for for a tenure-track position with a research and teaching cations will begin on June 15, 2004, and continue until the an Assistant Professor position in Environmental GIS, focus on Geo-Resources and Sustainable Development position is filled. Questions may be addressed to William beginning August 2004. The appointment will be a tenure in Africa. The Alliance integrates physical sciences, Slattery at [email protected]. A search for a track position in the Department of Geology. The success- engineering, and social sciences to develop human and tenure track Assistant Professor position in Geoscience ful candidate will liaise with the Center for Remote Sensing institutional resources, while promoting the stewardship Education is anticipated in the coming year. Wright State and GIS and the Institute of Environmental Studies. of geo-resources (water, energy and minerals) and the University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity Candidates must possess a strong background and track protection of the environment in sub-Saharan Africa. The and affirmative action, and specifically encourages appli- record in environmental and geoscience GIS applications. successful candidate’s tenure home may be in any of the cations from members of underrepresented groups. Responsibilities will include building upon an existing GIS/ diverse departments within the College (Energy and Geo- Remote Sensing curriculum through development of intro- Environmental Engineering, Geography, Geosciences, ductory and advanced ArcGIS courses. Other teaching Materials Science and Engineering, Meteorology). Penn duties will reflect departmental needs, GIS background State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity

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