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mental) research opens the door to Sharon Mosher, Department of Geological Sciences, other scientific developments that may University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA be more directly useful to the average person. Public support for better science education also is high (Fig. 1C). The public recognizes the need for a next INTRODUCTION and active. Numerous issues of impor- generation of highly skilled, well-trained Our passion for science, for scientific tance to us have become political issues: scientists and engineers. discovery, is our common bond as geo- evolution, natural-hazard planning, en- scientists: searching for answers to the ergy policy, climate change, environ- unknown, solving puzzles of the natural mental protection, research funding, and world, exploring the last frontier—scien- geoscience education, to name only a tific discovery. It is our passions that few. All of these and more have come drive us to the far reaches of the globe up before Congress or state legislatures to work under idyllic or harsh condi- this past year. Regardless of your views tions, that keep us up late at night on these issues, you have a stake in hunched over computers till we are their outcome. The following examples bleary-eyed and so stiff we can hardly are specific to the United States, but are move, or arguing for hours over beer also valid for other countries. long since warm and forgotten. We We have two primary reasons for be- come to GSA meetings to share the re- ing active. (1) We have knowledge that sults of our scientific passions with politicians need to make informed deci- friends, colleagues, students, and other sions: 50% of all bills that come before geoscientists, but I submit that we need Congress have a scientific or technical to broaden our audience to include pub- component; 81% of U.S. policy goals in- lic policy makers, the public, current and clude science and technology. Every future educators, the media, and other day, members of Congress make deci- scientists, as well as students and col- sions that impact the scientific commu- leagues. Here, I discuss using our scien- nity, yet few ever hear from scientists tific passions in different forums and before voting. (2) Many of us depend GSA’s role, starting with politics and on federal or state support for research ending with plate boundaries. funding or employment, either directly or indirectly. We have a vested interest PUBLIC POLICY in being politically active. Thomas Jefferson once said, “Science One common concern is scientific re- is my passion; politics my duty.” I find it search funding. Opinion polls show that inspiring that someone so well known the public supports spending money on for his political contributions fundamen- science; interest in science is at its all- tally viewed himself as a scientist. time highest level (Fig. 1A and 1B). The Figure 1. Results from public opinion polls. A: Although we need not become presi- public loves frontiers, recognizes the From Public Opinion Strategies, B. McInturff dent of the United States, now is a criti- economic benefits of research, and ap- and E. Frontczak for The Science Coalition. B, cal time for us as geoscientists to follow proves of merit-based funding. People C: From Research America, Aggregate 2000, his lead and become politically aware know that university-based (funda- Charlton Research Company.

4 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY This strong support, however, does tor in a state capital are effective, but lo- will get the biggest piece of the pie. not translate into letters, e-mails, and cal visits are said to have the most im- Within the geosciences, we need to take visits to Congress demanding increased pact. The saying “All politics is local” is a broad, united approach as well. We funding! The National Institutes of true. Also, one letter does matter if it is tend to be individualistic in our approach Health budget has nearly doubled over about a science issue. For social secu- to science, and we do not actively sup- the past five years because people have rity, abortion, or other major hot-button port large cooperative projects, such as a personal stake in finding cures for dis- issues, one letter doesn’t make much EarthScope. We should consider what is eases. One can strongly support univer- difference. But for science issues, best for the advancement of the geo- sity-based research funding, but it takes Congress and the president receive so sciences at large. Working together to more than that to make people passion- few that one or two can make a signifi- tackle large fundamental problems is ate enough to demand that funding be cant difference. critical to making major progress. Plus, it doubled over five years—that would Other helpful actions include writing is these large research projects that in- bring us to the same level of funding we a thank-you letter to your congressman crease the overall awareness of the sig- had in the 1960s. We should not feel when you receive a National Science nificance of the earth sciences, which in guilty about asking for increased fund- Foundation or other federal agency turn generates more funding overall. ing when there are so many other “real” grant. The letter should describe briefly What are our reasons for not being in- needs in the United States; less than a what you were funded to study and volved in politics? A recent poll by nickel on every dollar goes into science how the research will help with science Sigma Xi indicates that we don’t have and technology funding. education, and, most important, it should time (74%), don’t know how (50%), thank him or her for past support of sci- don’t think it makes a difference (47%), Individual Roles ence research funding. Apparently, this and don’t want to do it (41%). However, We must bring our passion for science is effective and appreciated. Or, invite few of us don’t care (25%) and even to public policy makers and we must politicians and the press to a photo op- fewer think others are doing it well make the public passionate about sci- portunity, such as a new lab opening or (15%). Thus, following Thomas ence so they will do so as well. What special symposium. The public ap- Jefferson’s lead, it is up to us to do our can one scientist do? Amazingly enough, proves of science, and such opportuni- duty both for society and for ourselves. congressmen listen to constituents, es- ties provide a noncontroversial venue pecially when they go home to their for the politician to look good. GSA’s Role states or districts. Most make themselves We also need to work together with GSA is launching a public-policy list available through town meetings or at other scientists toward common goals. If server (subscriber only) to provide you local offices. When a scientist expresses scientists present a unified message, with information so that you know what his or her concerns about a specific is- such as across-the-board increases in re- the issues are, who to contact, and when sue, it makes a major impression. After search funding, we will all win. We, as a contact would be timely. Help with effec- all, you are a voter, and you obviously profession, are very well respected. But tive ways to communicate will also be care about the issue. Visits to congress- we must remember that we all lose when available. In 2002, GSA will start a public- men in Washington, D.C., or to a legisla- we argue amongst ourselves to see who policy speaker lecture series to try to

Figure 2. Earth science research addresses scientific problems and societal issues; understanding geologic processes is important for the public. A: Apartment building damaged during Northridge, California, 1994 earthquake. Photograph by Greg Davis. B: Shake maps produced from strong motion detectors are available within 5 minutes of an earthquake. These detectors provide seismologists with important scientific data and engineers with valuable intensity maps. In a major earthquake, such maps will be invaluable to emergency services dispatchers, fire, search and rescue teams, and utility companies. Big Bear Lake, California, February 10, 2001, earthquake; M 5.1. Green—most intense shaking. From TriNet Shake Map, Southern California Seismic Network.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 5 encourage more young people to consider careers in public policy. Congressional staff members are young, and we want to increase the number of geoscientists on Capitol Hill.

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Education, defined in the broadest sense as education of the public, current and future educators, the media, public- policy makers, students, and other sci- entists, is another important forum for our scientific passions. Two primary rea- sons to be involved are that (1) earth science research can provide answers to major scientific and societal problems; and (2) an understanding of geologic Figure 3. Betsiboka delta, Madagascar in 1981, 1985, 1993, showing increase in sediment processes helps the average citizen supply to the delta. Over this period of time, 93% of the island was deforested. Space shuttle make informed decisions with respect to photographs, courtesy of NASA. their daily lives and about scientific po- litical issues (Fig. 2). As geoscientists, we teaching current and future educators, affects people. When we discuss defor- need to learn to communicate our through outreach initiatives, and estation, we include the effects on the passion for and excitement about our through effective use of the media. atmosphere and local and long-term cli- science to others. For those of us in academia, the easi- mate, but also the interplay with weath- Most scientists, however, prefer to est forum is a general course for nonma- ering and soil formation and the effects concentrate on research or professional jors. I never had any interest in teaching in terms of landslides and soil erosion activities and spending time on outreach nonscientists but was inspired to do so (Fig. 3). The course is all process ori- or K–12 education is not even a consid- by Pete Palmer and GSA’s SAGE (Science ented, but geared specifically to the hu- eration. And nearly all of us shy away Awareness through Geoscience Education) man element, with a reasonable dose of from any contact with the press or pub- program. About eight years ago, Gary mitigation, prevention, prediction, and lic officials. We didn’t get into science to Kocurek and I designed a course on ev- policy thrown in for good measure. We do these things, and our time is precious. erything a layperson needs to know to try to present a balanced approach to all If we had wanted to interact with the understand the world they live in and to these issues. Teaching a course like this public or politicians, we would have make informed decisions. Called “Earth, is also something that all of us in chosen a different profession. Wind & Fire,” it has reached more than academia can and should do. Trust We are concerned, however, when 4,000 students. The course is different me—it can be fun! shopping malls are built on environ- than most, and I present it here as a Your research can interest the public. mentally sensitive aquifers or hospitals model of what we need to teach the Volunteer to talk to a local group such on active faults. We are appalled when general population. as a Rotary club or church group; give a we find out what our own children are In Earth, Wind & Fire, we concentrate university-sponsored outreach talk, or being taught—or not being taught, as is on human interactions—the effects of speak at a local school. Explain your usually the case—at school. When the geologic processes on humans and of ideas at a level that your neighbor, a National Science Foundation’s funding humans on geologic processes. Hence, teenager, or a freshman class will under- for fundamental research is cut, we we cover a combination of natural haz- stand. All of the topics I listed above are hope the public and public officials will ards (volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, of genuine interest to the average per- recognize that such cuts are detrimental flooding, coastal erosion; see Fig. 2), son. Talk to your neighbors, the parents to society and the economy. When law- aquifers and hydrology, plate tectonics, of your children’s friends—everyone makers or voters make uninformed deci- evolution, environmental geology, and you meet. Let people know what you sions regarding global warming, evolu- energy and mineral resources. We also do. Most people in the United States say tion, or flooding along the Mississippi, cover climate and climate change, show- they have never met a scientist! What do we wish someone would do something. ing the complex interactions between we do when we aren’t at work, become It is up to us to educate the public. Once the atmosphere, hydrosphere, bio- invisible? Worried about the teaching of we do this, we will find influencing pub- sphere, and geosphere. For example, evolution? Teach children at Sunday lic policy makers much easier. We have when we discuss desertification, we school, the place where the ambiguities the potential to make a major impact. point out its natural and human causes, between belief and science arise. Apply how crop growth and changes in soil your knowledge and passion wherever Individual Roles moisture affect local weather, how gov- you can to educate. We need to take every opportunity of- ernment policies contribute to desertifi- Talking to the media is very impor- fered to educate the public through cation, and, most important, how it tant. The earth sciences are probably the

6 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY easiest sell to the public because of the we come off as being uncertain and are and outreach programs that accomplish striking and newsworthy effects of geo- ignored. We can get around this prob- multiple objectives we as individuals logic processes on people. The top lem by using probabilities, a concept cannot achieve. GeoCorps America, news stories of the year generally have a that most of the public understands. which puts geologists in National Parks geologic origin. Working with the media, Geoscientists have an additional prob- and National Forests, is an example of we could capitalize on these to educate lem; we think on such long time scales. such a program. people on the importance of understand- If a geoscientist is asked about global As GSA members, we can serve as ing geologic processes. Think how warming, they may say Earth will com- volunteers at varying levels of time com- interested people are to read any news pensate. The media pick this up, but mitment on outreach and education pro- stories about space; astronomers and they miss the point of how long it will grams—just as we do for publications or physicists capture the public’s imagina- take—that on a human time scale, the meetings. And those of us who don’t tion with stories about black holes, the wait is not one we could live with. have the time or inclination but who un- nature of the unidentified matter that derstand the need can contribute finan- makes up most of the universe, how fast GSA’s Role cially to our society to help ensure that galaxies are moving, and the implications Our society should take an active effective programs have adequate fund- for the origin of the universe. People leadership role in helping its members ing. When you get charitable solicita- would be just as fascinated about new become more effective in these endeav- tions to help find cures for various dis- discoveries related to seafloor spreading ors. Through workshops and meetings, eases, think about the size of the

Figure 4. Oceanic spreading centers where processes of the geosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere become linked. A: Cross section of oceanic crust from peridotite to sediments, showing faulting of pillow lavas and sheeted dikes and localization of fluid flow that leads to hydrothermal vents. Drawing by Karah Wertz (Wertz et al., 2000). B: Pillow lavas. C: Figure 5. Present-day Pacific-Australian, Massive sulphides (scale bar 100 µm). B,C from Macquarie Island. D: Chemosynthetic dextral, transform plate boundary is also a microbes form around high-temperature hydrothermal vents. E: Sulphide-rich hydrothermal relict spreading center. Current-day plate vents. (D, E from NOAA Vents Program, NeMo [New Millennium Observatory]). motion vectors (blue arrows, angles) show obliquity of motion; magnetic anomalies (green lines) young toward the boundary; we can be exposed to successful meth- and magmatism and new discoveries fracture zones (red lines) become asymptotic from studies of hydrothermal vents that ods others have used to make an impact to the current plate boundary; abyssal hill may help explain the origin of life and in teaching or outreach, stimulating us faults or spreading fabric (black lines) remain Earth’s early atmosphere. to do the same or to find new ap- orthogonal to the fracture zones approaching As scientists, we have problems talk- proaches. GSA can help us learn how the boundary. Gray dots—earthquake ing to the media, the public, and public and when to talk to the media. It can epicenters. Fracture zones and spreading policy makers because we get caught make sure that papers published and fabric record oblique spreading between the up in uncertainties and incomplete data. presented at meetings get good news rifted margins (Campbell Plateau and the Resolution Ridge). For location, see inset By being too careful about what we say, coverage. GSA can also run education (dashed box). From Massell et al., 2000.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 7 Figure 6. Pacific-Australian plate boundary south of New Zealand; 3-D seafloor bathymetry. Present-day dextral transform plate boundary is located in valley in center of ridge. Abyssal hill faults are at a high angle to plate boundary as a result of oblique spreading on relict spreading center (see Fig. 5). Note that abyssal hill faults near plate boundary cut volcanic flow fronts and seamounts (volcanoes), whereas farther from boundary (right) flows and volcanoes cover faults and are not dissected. Image merges bathymetry predicted from gravity (Smith and Sandwell, 1997) with detailed bathymetry from shipboard cruises. (Southern third of data collected by Australian Geological Survey Organisation from R/V L’Alantate 2000 cruise (Bernardel et al., 2000); northern two thirds of data collected by R/V Rig Seismic cruise 124 in 1994 (Massell et al., 2000); note ship tracks in northern data. Imaging courtesy of Geoscience Australia (Bernardel and Symonds, 2001; Meckel et al., 2001).

National Institutes for Health budget (over $20 billion for uniquely poised to explain how to achieve this balanced need 2001), and give where your passion lies. to the world. GSA is an ideal society to work with the public, media, edu- cators, and public policy makers. It covers the broad range of INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE geologic disciplines and represents both pure and applied sci- The joy of discovery is undoubtedly the greatest reward for entists. Our members are both the exploiters and the environ- pursuing our scientific passions. I have personally always had mentalists. But as geoscientists, we all know that exploration a passion for science. As a child, I started out by trying to for mineral and energy resources is important and necessary, make agates in my basement with a torn-up bicycle, an elec- and we also understand the effects of this exploration and the trical motor, and a chemistry set. In graduate school, my pas- need to protect the environment. So we as a society are sion was deformation by pressure solution—long before it

Figure 7. A: Three-dimensional seafloor bathymetry from near plate boundary (from Figure 6). Some flow fronts (red dashed lines) are cut by abyssal hill faults (blue dashed lines) whereas others cover the faults, indicating a synchronicity between volcanism and faulting. Note seamount (volcano) on far right is cut by abyssal hill faults. Numbers indicate volcanic stratigraphy with 1 being the oldest. (Meckel et al., 2001.) B: Volcanoes and flows from Peruvian Andes in Arequipa area. Flows show stratigraphy (numbers) similar to those observed on the seafloor. Red dashed lines—flow fronts. Space shuttle photograph STS 026-040-0-56; courtesy of NASA.

8 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY was acceptable in the United States— contributes to differences in mineraliza- on land from the air (Fig. 7). Abyssal hill then on to the Alleghany Orogeny in tion around vents and evolution of life faults, related to earlier seafloor spread- New England when the possibility was (Fig. 4). These upwellings affect the ing, dissect the flows and volcanoes, just a twinkle in a few graduate stu- chemistry of the oceans and thus atmo- similar to flows offset by rift-related dents’ eyes. Years later, my passion be- sphere and may even cause weather faults in the East African rift zone. Some came polyphase folding, ductile defor- patterns such as the El Niño effect. Our faults truncate flow fronts, and else- mation mechanisms and recrystallization understanding of the complex interrela- where, flows cover the faults, suggesting processes, shear zones, and the effects tionships between each of these processes a synchronicity of the two processes of fluid flow on deformation, with sev- has grown tremendously and highlights (Fig. 7A). Away from the restraining eral forays into brittle deformation. A the need for interdisciplinary research to bend along the present-day transform common thread throughout it all was an understand the complex interactions in boundary, these features aren’t faulted underlying passion for strain analysis. these and other earth systems. (Fig. 6). Such observations suggest that Lately, my passion has been Grenville My own experience has shown me rather than being related to incipient orogenesis along the southern margin of the importance of using techniques and subduction, or to off-axis volcanism dur- Laurentia, and my most recent passion is experience from one discipline to tackle ing seafloor spreading, the volcanism is ephemeral plate boundaries. problems in another. I have been work- related to reactivated abyssal hill faults The more I have done, the more I ing with Mike Coffin, a geophysicist, on during transform motion in a restraining have realized the need to be proficient the dextral transform plate boundary be- bend (Meckel et al., 2001). in many fields and the need for multidis- tween the Pacific and Australian plates Applying a field-based approach to a ciplinary research. Working in polyde- south of New Zealand that is also a “virtual” field area is just the beginning. formed granulite facies terranes, one relict spreading center (Fig. 5). The Where the boundary makes an abrupt needs geochemistry, geochronology, seafloor contains a complete record of change in strike, a sliver of oceanic crust isotope geology, structural geology, and a transition from normal spreading to was uplifted in situ (Macquarie Island; petrology of all types, and one still oblique spreading to transform faulting Figs. 5 and 6). This gives us the best of needs to be able to recognize sedimen- over the past 40 m.y. (Massell et al., both worlds and allows us to use field tary structures, depositional environ- 2000). Looking at the pattern of abyssal data to ground truth the marine geo- ments, paleoclimates, and weathering. hill faults and fracture zones, a geo- physical data and to combine the two More important, however, is the need physicist immediately sees oblique data sets for an integrated picture of the for interdisciplinary research, working at spreading, whereas a structural geologist evolution of this complex ephemeral the interfaces between disciplines, and sees a giant shear zone (Fig. 5). Having plate boundary. This work is just one of for cross-disciplinary research, using ap- spent much of my career looking at many possible examples of cross-disci- proaches of one discipline to tackle strain in shear zones, I couldn’t resist plinary research, illustrating the benefits problems in another. I believe interdisci- doing an incremental strain analysis, if of bringing the perspective of one disci- plinary and cross-disciplinary science only for pure intellectual curiosity. Much pline to another. have the most potential for major break- to everyone’s surprise, preliminary anal- throughs in the future. We need to ex- ysis shows that there is a direct relation- Individual Roles plore the scientific boundaries between ship between the cessation of magma- We as individual scientists need to disciplines, both within the geosciences tism and the incremental strain history, bring diverse scientific disciplines to and without. The linkages among bio- implying a genetic relationship. This dis- bear on fundamental problems and logical, chemical, physical, and geologic covery has led me to propose a testable work together with our colleagues to processes are becoming increasingly model to explain how magmatism shuts tackle problems with many different ap- clear and critical to our understanding of off during oblique spreading, a model proaches and techniques. We need to earth processes. that would not have arisen from more broaden our horizons and consider The example I will use is plate conventional approaches. problems outside the narrow confines of boundaries, my most recent personal Working on this boundary has also our past work. Serendipity will always passion. Oceanic spreading centers are shown me the importance of having a be a major source of scientific advance- where the mantle, lithosphere, hydro- field perspective when looking at ma- ment, but combined efforts are critical to sphere, and biosphere meet and pro- rine geophysical data for the seafloor. making major progress. Geoscientists cesses become intertwined. Spreading Farther south, the plate boundary curves also need to forge better working rela- rates control the structures that form significantly and parallels the Hjort tionships with fellow scientists. Many of ridge and abyssal hill morphology, types trench, which may be undergoing incip- the problems we are addressing are the and shapes of magma reservoirs and ient subduction (Fig. 6). Using marine same and require input from other sci- chambers, and types of structures ob- geophysical data and new three-dimen- entific disciplines. Also, if we are insular served at transform-ridge intersections. sional visualization techniques, we can in our science, our results will be unrec- Mantle chemistry affects that of the explore these submarine features to bet- ognized and unused by the larger scien- forming lithosphere, which affects the ter understand these transient plate tific community. chemistry of the hydrothermal vent flu- boundaries. Volcanoes and lobate flow ids. This in turn affects the biologic ac- fronts, preserving a volcanic stratigra- tivity, particularly of microbes, which phy, are strikingly similar to those seen

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 9 GSA’s Role GSA is an ideal geoscience society to promote interdisciplinary science. It en- compasses a broad range of disciplines, which encourages research at the inter- faces between these disciplines as well as cross-disciplinary and multidisci- plinary approaches to research. Another of GSA’s strengths is its strong ties to the field, even for studies with a theoretical scholarly and professional accomplish- or laboratory focus. A fundamental part ments in geoscience education. We are of our science involves testing our ideas particularly interested in candidates and models with the reality exposed in who have, in addition, demonstrated the field. What we observe there often interest and achievement in promo- forces us to search for new explanations tion of geoscience awareness with pol- to old questions and inspires us to ask icy makers, or through the media. new ones. The final results of the pro- Leading candidates will be able to cesses we study—regardless of our demonstrate, through recent achieve- methods—are revealed in the world’s ments, that their contributions have he Geological Society of America effected durable and fundamental geology. (GSA) seeks an Education and change in at least one of these areas. As geoscientists, we should pursue T Outreach Director to lead the Preferred candidates will also have our scientific passions to their fullest but Society’s efforts to promote excellent experience in strategic and financial broaden our audience to include public geoscience education, in its broadest planning, program development and policy makers, the public, current and sense, to students, educators, GSA implementation, budget management, future educators, the media, and other members, the public, the media, and and documented success in team lead- scientists, as well as students and col- public policy makers. GSA is a scien- ership and membership. The successful leagues. We can turn our passions for tific society serving 17,000 members candidate will be committed to apply- science into progress for both science worldwide and is headquartered in ing his or her professional energy in and the public. Boulder, Colorado. serving the overall mission of GSA.

REFERENCES CITED The Director will ensure that efforts in The Education and Outreach Director Bernardel, G., and Symonds, P., 2001, Seafloor mapping of GSA Education and Outreach have a will report to the GSA Executive Direc- the southeast region and adjacent waters—AUSTREA final report: southern Macquarie Ridge: Australian Geological national impact on the visibility of tor. Salary will be commensurate with Survey Organisation Record 2001/46. geosciences and the excellence of geo- experience, and includes a highly com- Bernardel, G., Alcock, M., Petkovic, P., Thomas, S., and science programs at all educational lev- petitive benefits package, including Levinson, M., 2000, Seafloor mapping of the southeast re- els. The Education and Outreach Direc- gion and adjacent waters—AUSTREA-2 cruise report: matching contributions to a 403(b) southeast of Tasmania and southern Macquarie Ridge: tor will be expected to develop and after 6 months of employment. GSA is Australian Geological Survey Organisation Record manage programs in support of GSA’s an equal opportunity employer and 2000/46. goal of promoting geoscience in the Massell, C., Coffin, M.F., Mann, P., Mosher, S., Frohlich, compliant with the Americans with C., Schuur, C.L., Karner, G., Ramsay, D., and Lebrun, J.-F., service of society. It is expected that Disabilities Act. The anticipated start 2000, Neotectonics of the Macquarie Ridge Complex, new programs will be self supporting date for this position is August 2002. Pacific-Australia plate boundary: Journal of Geophysical through appropriate grants or other Research, v. 105, n. B6, p. 13,457–13,480. outside resources. The Director will Meckel, T.A., Mosher, S., Coffin, M.F., Bernardel, G., Applicants should send their curricu- Alcock, M.B., Symonds, P.A., and Petkovic, P., 2001, work with GSA Council and staff, lum vitae, a statement of interest and Morphology and tectonics of the Hjort Trench, Southern as well as with the GSA Education Macquarie Ridge Complex, Southwest Pacific: Geological qualifications, one or more reprints or Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, n. 6, Committee, the National Association other samples of professional writing p. A-396. of Geoscience Teachers, and with relevant to the described position, and Smith, W.H.F., and Sandwell, D.T., 1997, Global seafloor members, associated societies, and the names and contact information of topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth sound- ings, Science, v. 277, p. 1956–1962. other organizations to ensure coordi- three professional references to the nation so that GSA Education and Out- Wertz, K., Daczko, N.R., Mosher, S., and Coffin, M.F., address below. Review of applications 2000, Macquarie Island’s Finch-Langdon fault zone: a reach programs and efforts are an inte- will begin March 1, 2002, and will con- ridge-transform corner structure preserved along the Pacific- grated part of a national strategy to Australian plate boundary: Geological Society of America tinue until the position is filled. Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, n. 7, p. A-237. raise the level of geoscience awareness and visibility and to improve the qual- Chair, Education and Outreach ity of education in the geosciences at Director Search Committee all levels. c/o Jack Hess, Executive Director Candidates for this position should hold an advanced degree in geo- The Geological Society of America science, a related discipline, or science PO Box 9140 education and should have a record of Boulder, Colorado 80301

10 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Finances a Focus for 2002 dialogue Tony Naldrett, GSA President

ow that I have been your At this stage, there seems little doubt that president for about three the greatest problem GSA will be facing months, the magnitude of the over the next few years will be that of fi- job that I have taken on is nance. Perhaps some of you are not aware slowly dawning on me. that your membership dues entitle you to NNevertheless, I feel extremely honored by benefits that go far beyond what those dues the confidence that you have placed in me can support. The remainder either comes and promise you that I will do everything I from revenue-generating activities, such as publications, meetings, and grants, or from Anthony J. (Tony) Naldrett can to do the job properly. Of course, while President he/she has most of the responsibility, the judicious cultivation of the investment port- president only assumes a little of the work. folios of the Society and of the GSA have to face. Under Sharon’s guidance, last In this respect, I am very fortunate that my Foundation. All institutions fortunate year’s Council approved procedural taking over the presidency coincided with enough to have investments obtain revenue changes in budgeting and financial control some very important new arrivals, above all from their investment portfolio and as a that should bring things under control in that of Jack Hess as executive director. working rule typically spend less than 5 time. Essentially, Council required that over Jack comes to GSA with a wide experi- percent of the total portfolio each year. the next 12 years, there will be a progres- ence in geoscience management with the Experience has shown that if expenditures sive decrease of 0.5 percent each year in Desert Research Institute in Nevada and do not rise above 5 percent, given the over- GSA’s reliance on its investment income for from two years working the political scene all growth in capital markets, the value of a the operational budget. This will be accom- on Capitol Hill. He has already given me portfolio will increase in the long run at a plished by effecting economies in our pre- the benefit of his experience and led me to rate that is above that of inflation. Of sent operations and emphasizing the rev- revise some of my decisions, for which I’m course, there are bad periods, such as the enue-generating potential of our programs extremely grateful. I am also fortunate in one that we are going through now, but and projects. Twelve years from now, no having John Costa, who is proving to be a growth during good periods more than off- operating income should be derived from determined and resourceful treasurer, Clark sets the downturns and enables a steady the portfolio, which will then be used to Burchfiel, who is already contributing as revenue to be enjoyed each year without fund important new initiatives. It is an un- vice-president, and four new councilors, punishing the portfolio unduly. fortunate fact that spending limits mandated Judith Parrish, Ron Clowes, David Fountain, The problem is that since 1988, GSA (I’m by previous Councils were not fully en- and Richard Gray, who cover a wide range referring to the Society, not the Foundation) forced. During the next few years, things of disciplines and whose advice, along with has been spending more than 7 percent MUST be different. We MUST bring our that of councilors already in office, will be each year. This has been done in the sup- budget into line. We MUST stop the erosion much appreciated. port of very good causes and in response of our investment portfolio. I can’t conclude this introductory stage of to the wishes of the membership. Examples I wish that my first message to you could my message without saying how much I of important initiatives GSA has helped sup- be a more positive one—that I could have will be relying on the advice of past presi- port during this period include the Decade emphasized new programs and projects or dent Sharon Mosher. Sharon enjoyed (I of North American Geology volumes, out- positive modifications to old programs and hope this is the right word!) nine years of reach programs, and the GSA research projects. Many such aspects are on stream continuous service with GSA (four years on grants program. and others I will tell you about in future council, four years service with the Annual The result of the enthusiastic support of messages, but all are constrained by our Program Committee, and one year as vice- initiatives like these has been that the port- need to reduce expenses and raise rev- president) before she took over as presi- folio has not grown sufficiently to be well enue, and I felt it essential to let you know dent. During this time, she not only re- insulated from downturns in the market. now where we stand. vamped the GSA annual meeting technical The period from 1992 to 2000 is a particu- During this time, we look to you for un- program to make it much more interesting larly clear example; market growth was so derstanding and for support, particularly in and in tune with the times, but she ac- strong and constant that the portfolio con- the areas of education, outreach, and public quired an intimate knowledge of the work- tinued to grow in a pleasing manner de- policy. Your support can take many forms, ings of GSA at all levels—Council, commit- spite overspending. In contrast, the de- and I would refer you in particular to tees, and headquarters—that made her crease in the market over the last two years, Sharon Mosher’s Presidential Address that uniquely equipped to cope with the prob- particularly during 2001, leaves us in a very also appears in this issue. Clearly, until lems that arose during her presidency and difficult position. We have cut expenditures new revenue-generating activities have de- to establish procedures for dealing with to the bone, but we have a wonderful se- veloped their full potential, we will have a problems during future presidencies. She ries of programs, a magnificent headquar- tough time over the short term in continu- made the year of her presidency a full-time ters staff to administer them, and a profile ing to provide you with the services that job, which she crammed into the spare time within the earth science community that no have been paid for in the past largely out of that the University of Texas allowed her. one wants to see diminished. investment income. Be assured that all of Every single member of GSA owes her This then is the challenge that we—me, us on Council and at headquarters will be (and, I suspect, U. of T.) a debt of gratitude as your president; John, as your treasurer; working to the utmost of our abilities to re- that can never be repaid. your Council; and above all, Jack Hess— solve these issues.

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2001 Meeting Statistics Abstracts submitted ...... 2,772 Total number of technical sessions (including posters): ...... 188 Total attendance: ...... 5,321 Short courses and field trips: ...... 25 Number of exhibit booths: ...... 207 Number of exhibiting companies: ...... 148 Employment Service Number of interviews scheduled: ...... 437 Number of applicants on-site: ...... 160+ Number of employers using the on-site service: ...... 40 Positions advertised included 43 in academics as well as many in consulting and petroleum. 2001 Medals and Awards

an eye for the detail and a mind for the through structural geology to large-scale whole. His work on the origin of sedimen- tectonics. However, Ken’s involvement tary basins by crustal thinning in the late rapidly overflowed the boundaries of the 1950s presaged the influential 1978 McKenzie ETH. His contributions to the JOIDES al- model and introduced a quantitative ele- most from the inception of the program, ment combined with sound geological rea- both as shipboard sedimentologist and co- soning into a field until then dominated by chief, won it many glories. the nebulous geosynclinal theory. Ken’s greatest contributions—like all A great misfortune befell Ken in 1964. great intellectual breakthroughs in sci- He lost his wife Ruth (whom he had mar- ence—are what now seem to us very sim- ried in 1958) in an automobile accident. ple ideas. His investigation of the K-T She was a native Swiss and had always boundary event is a fine case in point. He wanted to bring up their three children in not only introduced a novel element into it Kenneth Jinghwa Hsu Switzerland. Fulfilling her wishes, Ken (the cyanide argument, which, Ken’s good Penrose Medal accepted an invitation from the Swiss friend Peter Wyllie pointed out to me, had Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich been published some weeks before the Presented to Kenneth Jinghwa Hsu to found a chair of experimental geology Alvarez et al. 1980 Science paper—another in its world famous Geological Institute. Ken “first idea,” as Peter put it), but treated Citation by A.M. Celâl S¸engör The institute into which Ken was invited it as a demonstration of the place of the When R.A.F. Penrose drew up the terms was already a great locus of Alpine geol- rare event in the Huttonian-Lyellian unifor- of his endowment for a medal to be ogy, at the time headed by the veteran mitarian view and the role and the sensi- awarded by our Society on May 17, 1926, Himalayan geologist Augusto Gansser. tivity of the ocean chemistry on the evolu- he indicated his sole object in making the Rudolf Trümpy was the stratigrapher and tion of life—in a sense resuscitating the donation to be “to encourage original Ken succeeded to the chair vacated by that ideas of Georges Cuvier and Eduard Suess work in purely scientific geology.” It was many-sided, famous flysch micropalaeon- against the “quetism” of Lyell. to be awarded for distinguished achieve- tologist Wolfgang Leupold. However, the Since 1977, Ken has been involved in ment in geology—terrestrial and extrater- work of the Zurich Institute was highly fo- the tectonics of his homeland. As a fellow restrial—because “The idea of the medal is cused on the Alps. Faculty members occa- traveler, I witnessed the way in which he to show the gradual extension of the study sionally went to the Himalayas and pale- completely transformed the discussions on of geology to the Moon, and possibly to ontologists had been called upon to describe the tectonics of South China, Inner other planets.” One would almost think fossils from such far away areas as Greenland. Mongolia and Tibet by pointing out that that Penrose must have had a presenti- An illustrious tradition weighed heavily, the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic orogenic ment that one day his medal would have and new ideas on modern geology—even- belts making up these regions had their to be given to a certain Kenneth Jinghwa tually to culminate in modern sedimentol- present-day analogues in the Malay- Hsu, then as yet unborn! ogy and in the theory of plate tectonics— Indonesian Archipelago and in the fes- Ken was to greet the light of day in 1929 were viewed with the distrust of a long- tooned magmatic islands and enclosed in a troubled part of the world. His destiny established orthodoxy. marginal basins of western Pacific. Ken was to take him away from his fatherland Ken’s arrival at the Swiss Federal boldly postulated that the Tarim and the right across the face of the globe on a path Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich Junggar are the last remnants of the of glory that has led him since to become brought a welcome breeze of fresh air of Palaeozoic back-arc basins. one of the greatest masters of our science. geological novelties to the institute. He in- However, in China it was the teacher The only son of an harmonious family troduced new viewpoints into old prob- that shined even more brilliantly than the with a loving mother and a stern, but lems of Alpine geology. He tackled the field investigator and tectonic theoretician. equally loving father, Ken grew up in an carbonate and flysch sedimentation on the Ken repeatedly toured his long-isolated fa- intellectual family environment and re- basis of comparisons with present-day ex- therland, lectured to its young geologists, ceived an excellent education in his native amples. This work took him and his stu- taught them that there was no higher au- China. He came to this country to pursue dents from the sun-scorched sabkhas of thority than the individual’s own reason his postgraduate studies. After graduation, the Persian Gulf, through the storm-ridden and powers of observation. He tore down Ken had the great good fortune to become waters of the Atlantic aboard the Glomar the idols and pitilessly exposed the stifling a member in that legendary research team Challenger, to the silver-clad peaks of the old establishment. He pleaded for bold- headed by King Hubbert at the Shell labs Alps. ness in hypothesizing and mercilessness in in Houston, where he became involved in ETH was transformed, in the interval of testing the bold hypotheses. “Newton research in sedimentology and the tecton- only a few years, into a world center of could not have been a Chinaman,” he ex- ics of sedimentary basins. Early on, Ken geological research in fields ranging from claimed, “for our culture lacks critical ra- showed a rare ability to diversify into vari- isotope geochemistry to experimental sedi- tionalism! Let us educate our young in its ous branches of geology and to tackle mentology, through limnology and tenets from now on!” He carried young problems, the solution of which required Quaternary geology to rock mechanics, Chinese researchers by the dozen to his

14 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY institute or sent them to the institutes of was a postcard showing the administrative ter-technology. My invention could pro- his friends the world over with a view to building of the State University of Iowa. vide 1.6 million tons of water daily to pulling the sleeping giant into the modern No words were exchanged. She expected Metropolitan Kaohsiung, and my plan, if world of science. He arranged whole li- that I was going to study overseas after fin- accepted, would have made it unnecessary braries to be shipped to China and he ishing college in China, and I did not dis- to construct a 142-m-high dam. I thought I used his own modest means to promote appoint her. was on my way to becoming a Bill Gates. many a promising youth. In the spring of 1952, when the Korean Arriving at the Taipeh Airport, I was I cannot here exhaust Ken’s scientific War was raging, the president of the handed two faxes: one confirming that the and humanistic achievements, however United States issued an executive order president of the Republic was to receive much I overstep the bounds of the space that we Chinese scientists in America me in congratulation, the other from one allotted to me. They are legion. I even did could not leave the country. I was finish- of his ministers telling me that the contract not have time to touch on him as a teacher ing my Ph.D. dissertation, and the order was to be canceled because of a govern- in general. He not only trained scores of necessitated that I sought employment in ment reorganization. I was devastated. highly successful undergraduate and post- the United States. Not being a citizen, I Having invested eight years of effort and graduate students but bequeathed to us all was not eligible for employment by the practically all of my savings, that disap- a series of wonderful and provocative text- government. Being an alien, I applied in pointment was the straw that broke the books, believing, as the great Russian ori- vain for teaching at a university. I was told camel’s back. Then I received a letter from entalist Vassily Barthold did, it was unfair that I should not have tried because no GSA notifying me of the Penrose Award. I to hand students unpublished notes that students could understand English with a was encouraged that I had done useful are not open to the criticism of the scien- Chinese accent. Being a person of an work as a professional geologist. tific community! Asiatic race, I could not find a job in an oil Each of these incidents taught me some- I must sum up by noting with gratitude company either. Those were the days be- thing. I was taught to love my fellow peo- that Ken has kept the torch alight to illumi- fore the Equal Opportunity Act, and I was ple in 1953. I was taught to love God in nate the grand questions of geology in an always told that there was no position for 1964. I was taught humility in 2001. I am age of ever-narrowing specialization and a person with my qualifications. grateful to my colleagues, and this most ever-isolated problems. He has told us to Finally, my adviser, Cordell Durrell, sug- recent peer recognition has been as mean- have confidence in human reason. He has gested that I should not turn in my thesis ingful to me as the two miracles of a dis- repeatedly stressed the oneness of our so that I could maintain the status of a tant past. planet and its environment and all his life graduate student and continue to work as The citationist has been kind in paying combatted narrow-minded specialization. a teaching assistant. He also got me a re- tribute to me. In fact, I feel like a conduc- He reached out to the public by dedicating search grant to map the basement rocks of tor waving his batons to a well-drilled or- his valuable time to writing a number of the San Bernardino Mountains. I spent six chestra. I could not fiddle; I could not delightful books addressed to the man in months in the field. When snow fell in blow a trumpet or beat a drum. Yet beauti- the street to introduce novel scientific November, I sought and found refuge in a ful music came out, in spite of me, while I ideas (the Messinian salinity crisis, cabin of the San Bernardino National was getting all the credits. I would have Dinosaurian extinction, climate change), to Forest. Being a careless young man, I acci- liked to express my gratitude to all those present great scientific programmes largely dentally set the place on fire and lost all who have shaped my career, but there are paid for by tax money (such as the deep- my possessions, including all my maps. I too many. I shall mention in passing only sea drilling) and to resuscitate the great was down and out. I thought of quitting a few deceased persons who have been spirit of the Enlightenment by pumping geology to write fiction, while earning a most important in my life: Dave Griggs, the public opinion with the assurance and living as a dishwasher. A miracle hap- who trained me in precision in thinking; the enthusiasm of a great scientist. pened: Leo Newfarmer found a job for me Cordell Durrell, who enlightened me with The name of Ken Hsu will forever be a as a trainee in the Shell Development kindness; King Hubbert, who taught me brilliant ornament in the annals of our Company in Houston, Texas. I became a geology as a science of physical process; Society, dedicated since more than a cen- professional geologist. Jim Gilluly, who gave me self-confidence; tury ago to scientific excellence and to the In the autumn of 1964, my first wife, Eric Simpson, who opened the door for siblinghood of all geologists. Both as a Ruth, who had always been homesick for me to science politics; Zhu Xia, who, great scientist and as a great human be- Switzerland, died in an automobile acci- alone among Chinese geologists, was not ing—kind, generous and compassionate— dent in the United States. I was deter- outraged by my hypothesis on “Huanan Ken is a man capable of great love and de- mined that I was to bring up our children Alps”; and Kerry Kelts, my first student in votion, of sincere comradery and loyalty. in Switzerland, but geology jobs were Zurich, who helped and inspired me. A true citizen of the world, his life work is scarce in that country. I made plans to My childish ambition was to be a fa- one of the tallest monuments to human open a Chinese laundry there when an- mous physicist and to get the Nobel Prize. achievement in our century. other miracle happened. Rudolf Trümpy It was fortunate that my father knew better wrote me that a new professorship had what was good for me: He forced me Response by Kenneth Jinghwa Hsu been set up at the geology department of against my will to be a student of geology. In December 1937, my mother and we the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology I now know what a wonderful choice he children were waiting for the news of my in Zurich, and the job was mine if I made for me: Geology is a most creative father after the Nanking massacre. He had wanted it. I wanted the job, and I contin- science. to stay behind while we moved to the ued my career as a professional geologist. I shall conclude my speech with an ex- wartime capital Chungking. Mother took In early summer this year, I went to pression of deepest gratitude and appreci- out the letters she received from our father Taiwan to sign a big contract for a feasibil- ation to a living person: my wife Christine. during the 1920s when he was a student in ity study on installing an integrated hydro- She married me in 1966 when I was a the United States. On top of the bundle logic circuit, one of my inventions in wa- wreck after the car accident that killed

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 15 Ruth. Christine helped me bring up my sight into the often-subtle connections that and Winston Tao, and colleagues such as children, Elisabeth, Martin, and Andrew, exist between convective flow in the man- Philip England, led to a series of major ad- and our child, Peter. She had to hold the tle and Earth’s large-scale surface features. vances. For example, he demonstrated that fort when I was a global trotter. (Since His influence is clearly evident in the work density contrasts in plates and slabs can 1970, I have spent more than 150 days a of generations of global geodynamicists, drive surface plate motions in the case of year away from Zurich.) Without her help, including those under his direct supervi- “weak” plate-boundary faults; he was the I would not be standing here. sion, their “offspring” and many others. first to recognize and model the equiparti- Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I am Indeed, in global geophysics, there appear tioning of poloidal and toroidal energy in proud to receive the Penrose Award of to be only a few degrees of separation plate motions; he argued that the dip an- the GSA. from Rick. gles of subduction zones, as deduced by a The ambitious scope of Rick’s work be- variety of geophysical and geological gan to take shape while he was a graduate methods, implied that upper mantle flow student at Caltech. Working under the su- penetrated into the lower mantle; he ex- pervision of Gerry Wasserburg, Rick de- tended the conventional view of one-sided cided that he would explain the origin of plate subduction to include the possibility intracratonic sedimentary basins. Confi- of “ablative” subduction in order to recon- dence was apparently not a problem for cile the geological and geophysical record graduate students in the late 1960s—at within a spectrum of subduction environ- least at Caltech—and that, as it turned out, ments; and, he pioneered calculations of was a good thing. Rick was among the three-dimensional mantle flow. first to argue that these ubiquitous features As if to balance his work on subduction of the geological record arose from load- dynamics, Rick has also made a series of ing induced by a crustal phase transforma- significant contributions to the study of as- tion. These ideas continue to play a central cending mantle plumes. By modeling the Richard J. O’Connell role within a debate that appears to have interaction of plumes with mantle-wide persisted, unabated, to the present day. flow, Rick and a graduate student, Arthur L. Day Medal In his early career, Rick also authored a Bernhard Steinberger, provided plausible series of papers dealing with the inference explanations for features ranging from the Presented to Richard J. O’Connell of mantle viscosity using surface observ- distribution of plumes and hotspot tracks ables linked to postglacial rebound. He relative to ridges and subduction zones to Citation by Jerry X. Mitrovica demonstrated that the lower mantle is not the enigmatic bend in the Hawaiian- Identifying distinct stages in the evolu- rigid, as had been proposed by others, but Emperor seamount chain. The culmination tion of any field, whether in the arts or in that it has a viscosity low enough to per- of this work emerged recently, and it has the sciences, is a subjective exercise, par- mit flow. This view of a dynamic lower provided no less than a new paradigm for ticularly in the absence of historical per- mantle has had an enormous impact on all mantle structure and dynamics. Obser- spective. However, few geophysicists or aspects of global geodynamics and it re- vational constraints on mantle processes geologists would disagree that the Theory mains a standard pillar of modern geo- have been characterized by a series of ap- of Plate Tectonics marks the modern age physical research. The postglacial rebound parent inconsistencies. Geochemical evi- in earth sciences. In this case, Richard J. literature has evolved considerably over dence suggests that the lower mantle is an O’Connell is a giant of postmodern geo- the past few decades, but the dozens of isolated reservoir of primordial material, physics. papers dealing with mantle viscosity have yet seismic tomography clearly indicates Rick’s career has been characterized by provided little insight beyond Rick’s early an active flux of material from upper to fundamental contributions that lie at the contributions. lower mantle. Furthermore, the stability of interface of geophysics, geochemistry, and During this phase of his career, Rick ex- hotspots suggests a sluggish deep mantle, geology. His work has profoundly influ- tended his thesis work to consider the in- while a variety of geological and geophysi- enced our understanding of plate tectonic fluence of crustal and upper mantle phase cal observations suggest a more dynamic processes, plumes and hotspot tracks, boundaries on postglacial adjustments. He evolution for the planet. Working with stu- mantle dynamics, postglacial rebound, tackled problems related to the excitation dents Michael Manga, Thorsten Becker, sedimentary basin formation, and the of Earth rotation by earthquakes, the elas- and Jamie Kellogg, Rick has proposed a properties of composite materials. This in- tic and viscoelastic properties of cracked model of mantle dynamics that reconciles fluence is enduring, and it is based on a and porous materials, and the nature and these inconsistencies. According to their remarkably broad body of work distin- distribution of partial melt within the up- work, long-lived and segregated blobs of guished by innovation, rigor, and clarity. per mantle. In these cases, historical per- chemically distinct (primordial) material Furthermore, he has been a forceful advo- spective is possible, and it reveals a body reside within a high-viscosity lower man- cate of a philosophy geophysicists ignore of pioneering work that has motivated a tle. This blob model is widely credited at their peril; namely, that even the most swarm of subsequent geophysical activity. with opening the way toward a unified sophisticated geophysical models (and In the post–plate tectonics world, one of view of Earth. modelers!) must recognize the primacy of the central efforts in geophysics has been An important Massachusetts politician the geological record. to elucidate the nature of the driving force once said “all politics is local.” In this spirit There are a number of first-rate numeri- responsible for plate motions. Rick’s work of generalization, I might also say that all cal modelers within the geophysics com- on this problem elevates his contribution citations are personal. This one is no ex- munity and a number of impressive feats to geophysics from impressive to great. ception. I met Rick about a decade ago, of numerical simulation. However, very Collaborations with students, notably Brad and have benefited immeasurably from his few, if any, geophysicists match Rick’s in- Hager, Shimon Wdowinski, Carl Gable, advice, encouragement, and insight. He is

16 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY a generous colleague, a patient mentor sor suggested. It was a good problem, and quake cycle of deformation, and even and a close personal friend. we got results that showed that a basalt- continuous tectonic motions. Seismic to- Rick’s achievements have placed him at eclogite transition could indeed account mography gives us images of convection the forefront of geophysical research for for cycles of subsidence followed by uplift. in the mantle. Desktop workstations let us three decades, and his career has been However, it was becoming clear that the put it together. However, we still need distinguished by seminal contributions to Moho was not a basalt-eclogite transition, simple models that allow us to understand our understanding of geological processes and that the model really wasn’t applica- the basic problems. Good models—not through application of geophysical methods. ble. Nevertheless, learning how to con- mere cartoons of a sequence of presumed He is an impeccable choice for the Day struct and analyze a model that allowed events—will predict observations and rela- Medal of the GSA and a truly worthy addi- quantitative comparisons with the geologic tionships we didn’t think of before and tion to the impressive list of past recipients. record was important, as was learning to will lead to new insights. Bad models— abandon it. I also learned that just because simulations—will only reproduce what we Response by Richard J. O’Connell a model—even a good one—can repro- put into them. But to do this sort of work, I am honored to receive the Arthur L. duce some observations doesn’t mean that we need adequate funding for younger Day Medal. Understanding how Earth it describes how Earth works. people with new ideas and funding for works is an unusually rewarding applica- Jerry went on sabbatical, and while I postdocs independent of large programs. tion of physics and chemistry, and I am was unsupervised, I started work on a This takes enlightened program directors pleased that the award recognizes this. In model of postglacial rebound. The impor- who can recognize likely avenues for new fact, physics and chemistry are so essential tance of mantle flow and convection was advances and fund them. The growth of to the solution of geologic problems that becoming more clear at that time, and al- NSF-funded GPS is a good example of this. many, if not most, geologists are geo- though Caltech was not exactly a hotbed Even as old problems are settled, such chemists, geophysicists, geobiologists, or of new global tectonics, Jerry and Don as whether slabs penetrate into the lower geoengineers. Nevertheless, I realize that Anderson did not inspire modesty in ap- mantle, new ones, such as layers at the very in some circumstances, you still have to be proaching an important problem. I com- base of the mantle, arise. And there are careful what you call someone. In reading pleted what I thought was a pretty good still a number of old problems that remain. the description of the award, I also note model indicating that mantle viscosity did However, the formation of sedimentary that it was Day’s intent to inspire further not increase drastically with depth. That basins is not among them. Jerry Mitrovica effort—I like to think this means that the was counter to conventional wisdom at and Mike Gurnis dealt with that. It seems committee hopes that I might yet amount the time, and Science promptly rejected that Jerry has also cleaned up the problem to something. the paper. of postglacial rebound. So, I guess I’d bet- My interest in Earth was inspired by my By the time I went to Harvard, the ad- ter get started on the further effort that upbringing. I grew up in Montana, where I vent of plate tectonics had illuminated Arthur Day meant to inspire before they, was surrounded by magnificent land- many avenues for gaining new under- and their colleagues and students, clean scapes and abundant evidence of geologic standing of how Earth worked. I was in- up the rest of the good problems. processes. My grandfather was a copper spired by Dan McKenzie’s clear analyses miner from Ireland who found his way to of plate-tectonic processes as well as by hard-rock gold mines in Montana, and my frequent warnings from my geological father was a rancher who was still devel- colleagues about what was not explained oping a patented gold claim in his spare by plate tectonics. I learned a lot from time when he was in his 80s. However, many inspiring colleagues in geology, ma- my interests were initially in math and terials science, and mechanics at Harvard physics; at that time exposure to earth sci- and down the river at MIT. I have had ence in school came from looking out the excellent students, starting with Brad window. With my parents’ encourage- Hager. They share this award, for the flow ment, I went to Caltech to study physics. of ideas and inspiration has been in both There I was exposed to Bob Sharp’s en- directions. thusiasm about geology and Jerry During much of this work, my wife, Wasserburg’s combination of a mineralogy Susan, has made my life unusually enjoy- lab with lectures on the physics of miner- able, and she gave me the chance to ap- A. Hope Jahren als. For relief during summers in Montana, preciate the geology of Maine from the Young Scientist Award I herded cattle near a thick sequence of waterside. Throughout my career, my son, red shales from the Belt series and near Brian, has provided perspective and re- (Donath Medal) Cretaceous volcanics. This whetted my in- minded me of what is really important in Presented to A. Hope Jahren terest in how it all worked. As a result I life. And my stepdaughter, Lily, has given went to graduate school in geophysics, me new perspectives and even shared my Citation by Ronald Amundson again at Caltech. commute to work. In his Autobiography, the elderly In graduate school, I worked on a cou- I was fortunate to start my career at a Charles Darwin recalled his reaction, as a ple of geodynamic problems, although time full of opportunities for working on young naturalist engaged on the voyage of they were not called that then. Jerry important problems that could be attacked the Beagle, to the news that his letters Wasserburg suggested that I work on a with relatively simple models. Those op- were being read before the Philosophical model of sedimentary basin formation. I portunities continue and have been Society of Cambridge and that he was to saw the connection to the shales in widened by new observations and new “take a place among leading scientific Montana, and I was intrigued. Also, it analytical and computational tools. GPS men.” “After reading this letter I clambered seemed a good idea to do what my advi- measurements allow us to see the earth-

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 17 over the mountains of Ascention with a constitutes “the alphabet and grammar of getting started as a professor; their praise bounding step, and made the volcanic geology.” Hope Jahren, more than most, brightened moments in what were other- rocks resound under my geological ham- has been an attentive student of this time- wise dark years. I thank the many talented mer!” The Donath Medal is the Geological less principle, and has used her knowl- students who have worked cheerfully in Society’s opportunity to formally welcome edge of these basics to develop, in the my lab, including Lori Cabena, Anne and acknowledge some of the brightest of words of Martin Rudwick, her own “syntax Jefferson, Emily Nielsten, Moses Rifkin, our young scientists, and to swing a figura- of geology,” one that will help formulate and Kristen Sanford. I am lucky to receive tive rock hammer in celebration of their the prose of earth history for years to the warm and sincere regard of my col- achievements. come. It has been my pleasure to watch leagues at Johns Hopkins University, and It is my pleasure to provide the citation and participate in this development and hope I can become all the things they for Hope Jahren, the winner of this year’s now to present her to you as this year’s hope for me. I am most grateful to Bill Donath Medal. It is an award that is richly Donath Medal recipient. Hagopian, my technician, who has been deserved, resulting from years of exceed- there since before the beginning. There is ingly hard work, combined with an atten- Response by A. Hope Jahren no one anywhere who is better at or more tion and aptitude for thoroughness, detail, If the work I have done is good, it is by committed to his job, or whom I respect and creativity. I am doubly pleased that no means the result of my effort alone, but more as a scientist. Through sickness, Hope is this year’s recipient of this award, the culmination of the energies of several ridiculousness, homelessness, and 43,000 for in addition to the deeply deserved people who have cared about the science miles of driving (enough for a “class A” recognition of her work, the award is be- and about me. Jesús Gil de Lamadrid, my trucker’s license) we are doing better sci- ing given to a young earth scientist in a calculus professor at the University of ence than we were five years ago. Yet I decidedly interdisciplinary area of geol- Minnesota, was the first university aca- know, with more effort, it can be better ogy, one that is both timely and timeless. demic to tell me that I might be capable of than it is now. The best is still to come. Hope wandered into my lab in 1991, as something special. He impressed upon me I was putting the finishing touches on a his standards of collegiality, which I try to vacuum extraction line, to inquire about live up to. He died in 1998, and like many GSA what stable isotopes could do. To my sur- others, I miss him. I learned to love geol- prise, my brief impromptu recitation on ogy at the University of Minnesota, and I Public Service Award isotopes captured her attention, and thus am grateful for my happy years there. Presented to G. Brent Dalrymple began our long and fruitful collaboration. Chris Paola first introduced me to research and Eugenie C. Scott Hope has embarked on a career as a sta- journal articles and how to find neat stuff ble isotope geochemist who is largely con- within; Mary Beck, Dawn Graber, and Citation by Mary Lou Zoback cerned with developing, and applying, Jody Stroh were wonderful classmates— GSA’s Public Service Medal is awarded new biologically derived isotopic proxies women who love life and love geology. each year in honor of two dynamic scien- of paleoenvironmental conditions. Her Raymond Jeanloz at the University of tists, Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker, whose doctoral research on the isotopic composi- California at Berkeley gave me my first op- scientific work and generosity in sharing it tion of hackberry endocarps, the biominer- portunity to do real research, and although inspired and stimulated the public’s curios- alized “pits” of hackberry fruits, was a I wasn’t cut out for the world of geo- ity about the universe around them. This Herculean undertaking, involving time-se- physics, his efforts to open that door to me year’s award is shared by two similarly dy- ries isotopic monitoring of widely spaced is something that has made a great differ- namic scientists, G. Brent Dalrymple and research sites in Colorado and South ence in my life, and something I never Eugenie C. Scott, both of whom have been Dakota, detailed micromorphological stud- thanked him for adequately. Ron highly effective in battling the inclusion of ies, and long hours in the lab developing Amundson was my Ph.D. advisor at “creation science” and its various disguised and testing methods of endocarp prepara- Berkeley, and he’s someone that I can’t forms within our public science-education tion and isotopic analyses. I doubt I will say enough good things about. At the curriculum. They also have been outstand- ever see again my lab and vacuum lines time, I didn’t appreciate how annoying it ing spokespersons for promoting the value being run on a nearly 24-hour-a-day basis! must have been for him to deal with such of teaching evolution, the scientific evi- Hope, with a bit of an assist by Yang an intense and stubborn graduate student, dence for the age of our Earth, and the Wang, now at Florida State University, de- but it helped me grow into someone who concept of science as a way of knowing. veloped hackberry endocarps into a “full knows the value of his patience and in- Brent and Genie are scientists trained in service” climate indicator: one that pro- tegrity. I am grateful to Nan Arens for two rather different disciplines, geology vides both a powerful seasonal O isotope teaching me so much about paleontology and biological anthropology, respectively, signal and a corresponding radiocarbon and plants in general, and I continue to but their special expertise and passion for date. Hope’s subsequent work on admire her strength and skill. Oliver public service drew them into the heavily Cretaceous plant material has demon- Chadwick, Andy Elby, Jim Kirchner, and charged national political debate about strated the volatility of the atmosphere’s Libby Stern were important sources of “creation science” and its role in our pub- CO δ13C signal and pointed to some im- support and stimulation while I was at 2 lic school system. The nation was rocked portant potential perturbations to the Berkeley. Sam Epstein and Leo Sternberg in August 1999 when the Kansas Board of Cretaceous atmosphere. Her ongoing opened their labs to me and shared their Education passed state science standards work at Johns Hopkins continues to push love of instrumentation. I am grateful to that were stripped of all mention of the forward into an understanding of the past Bill Schlesinger, Tim Bralower, Ben Big Bang, the age of Earth, and any refer- through the study of modern biochemi- LePage, Keith Kvenvolden, Lisa Pratt, Greg ence to organisms having descended with cally derived compounds. Retallack, Sam Savin, Cathy Skinner, and modification from common ancestors. Charles Lyell wrote that the study of Crayton Yapp for offering encouraging However, this action was only one well- present biological and inorganic processes words about my research when I was

18 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY publicized example of many similar strug- he is passionate about promoting an ap- California Science Curriculum Framework gles in educational boardrooms across the preciation and understanding of the scien- violated their constitutional rights by re- nation. Working largely independently but tific evidence for the age of Earth: He has quiring that their son be taught evolution, often speaking out from same stage, they authored a book on that topic. In addition geologic time, and other science subjects have waged a war against pseudoscience to his academic pursuits, Brent has been to which they objected on religious and promoted a public understanding of active in the creation vs. evolution debate grounds. It seemed like it might be an in- the scientific method and the role of hy- for more than two decades. He served as teresting distraction, so I agreed. I have potheses and theories. They are leaders in an expert witness for the American Civil never regretted that decision. the battle against those who, thwarted in Liberties Union in an Arkansas creationism During more than 20 years of involve- the teaching of “creation science” by a trial held in Federal District Court and in ment in this issue, including participation Supreme Court decision, are now fighting the Louisiana lawsuit which resulted in the in one state and two federal court actions for mandates which would require that ev- U.S. Supreme Court banning, as unconsti- involving constitutional issues, I have had idence against evolution be taught along tutional, all “equal time for creationism” a lot of fun and the experiences have been with evolution, or for textbook disclaimers laws. Brent is a member of both the uniformly positive. (as in Oklahoma and Alabama) stating that American Academy of Arts and Sciences A significant benefit is that my circle of “No one was present when life first ap- and the National Academy of Sciences and friends, colleagues, and acquaintances has peared on Earth” (hence the theory of is past-president of the American been broadened to include a large number evolution cannot be taken seriously). No Geophysical Union. of biologists and other scientists, but also other science texts are subject to that level philosophers, theologians, lawyers, sociol- of proof! ogists, educators, and others. I have also I’m pleased to announce that, in support gotten to know quite a few creationists, of the efforts of Genie and Brent and oth- many of whom I genuinely like even ers like them, the GSA Council adopted though we will never see the universe in last spring, on behalf of the entire society, quite the same way. I’ve learned a lot from a public statement underscoring the strong all of these people, and they have made scientific foundation for evolution and the my life immeasurably richer. danger of treating religious dogma as It was my involvement in the creation pseudoscience. This statement, which is vs. evolution issue that motivated me to posted on GSA’s Web site, can be utilized write a book explaining in detail the evi- by our members, member societies, and dence for the age of Earth, a book that I sister societies as the official statement of otherwise would not have written and a 16,000 earth scientists on this topic. task I found enjoyable and enlightening. Genie decided to leave an academic ca- G. Brent Dalrymple I am telling you about these benefits in reer in 1987 to become executive director the hope that those of you who are not of the National Center for Science Response by G. Brent Dalrymple presently lending your expertise to issues Education (NCSE) in Oakland, California, a Thank you, Mary Lou, for your generous of societal importance will consider doing not-for-profit membership organization words. I’m delighted to have such a long- so. You have scientific knowledge that that works to improve the teaching of evo- time friend and respected colleague as ci- could inform a variety of important issues, lution and of science as a way of knowing. tationist. I am deeply appreciative and and I urge you to pick one and devote The NCSE has been outspoken in its op- greatly honored to receive this award. It some of your time to it. If your experience position to the teaching of scientific cre- was a very pleasant surprise or, as Yoda is anything like mine, it will not only be ationism and other religiously based views might say, “Unexpected this was.” rewarding but will enhance your career in in science classes. Genie herself has been This award is even more special to me ways that will surprise and delight you. in great demand as a spokesperson for this for two reasons. First, it is shared with cause and has appeared on nearly every Genie Scott. I have known Genie for two major national PBS program, on the Pat decades, and she is a good friend. Not Buchanan radio show, and on the only do we share the goal of protecting Christian Cable, as well as on popular TV public science education from creationist news and discussion shows ranging from mischief, but we have jointly appeared at “Geraldo” to “Firing Line.” She has re- more symposia than I care to think of and ceived numerous awards for her efforts, have even walked together in the foot- including the Isaac Asimov Science Award steps of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos from the American Humanist Association Islands. Second, this award is given in and the Hugh H. Hefner First Amendment honor of Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker. Award from the Playboy Foundation. She Gene was a long-time USGS friend and is a member of the California Academy of colleague, and his and Carolyn’s contribu- Sciences and is president of the American tions to our science can only be described Association of Physical Anthropologists. as monumental. Eugenie C. Scott Brent is a geochronologist who, through- I became interested in the creationist out his career at the U.S. Geological Survey threat to science education in 1979 when a Response by Eugenie C. Scott and then Oregon State University, has California deputy attorney general asked if Every time I look out an airplane win- been involved in the development, im- I would be willing to appear as an expert dow, I wish I knew more about geology. provement, and application of isotopic- witness for the state. A lawsuit filed by a I look down on mountaintops and think dating techniques. It is no surprise that creationist family claimed that the of old men with deep creases down their

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 19 cheeks, as erosion wrinkles attest to the My job is dealing with this unfortunate accumulation and melting of snow and the scientific confusion. At the National Center inflexible rule that liquids will follow grav- for Science Education, we try to help the ity. I pick out places farther down the public understand astronomical, geologi- slopes where disassembled former moun- cal, and biological evolution, and we try to tain tops have slowly, imperceptibly accu- help teachers, scientists, and concerned mulated into smooth deposits, themselves citizens keep this important subject in the sometimes further wrinkled by erosion, as science curriculum. Sometimes the prob- water continues inexorably to seek the lem is getting it into the curriculum, not lowest place. The wrinkles on the steep keeping it there, as intimidated teachers upper slopes are businesslike, get-the-wa- shy away from mentioning the “e” word. It ter-down-right-now, straight or nearly is especially distressing when the adminis- straight shots, sometimes quite deep. But trators, whose jobs it is to ensure sound among the sedimentary deposits towards science education, lean on teachers to Craig H. Jones the bottom, the lines become less compul- drop or water down the teaching of evolu- GSA Distinguished sive, less deep, more like crow’s-feet than tion—to qualify it or disclaim it as “just a deep wrinkles. Sometimes, the crow’s-feet theory” that has “much evidence against Service Award form beautiful, feathery tracings that it.” Far too much of the time, teachers are Presented to Craig H. Jones branch and split in surprisingly regular left hanging on a limb, unsupported. patterns, almost like fractals. Maybe they Fortunately, scientists can and do support Citation by Bob Karlin, Sharon Mosher, are fractals. I don’t yet know very much them, which is what NCSE is all about. Jane Selverstone, and Rob van der Voo about geology. I am very grateful to GSA and geologists A member of the Annual Program But even the small amount of geology I for their support for good science educa- Committee (APC) from 1998 to 2000, Craig do know extends the aesthetic pleasure of tion. More than many scientific associa- Jones assumed the mantle of technical the view from the airplane window to an tions, GSA has taken seriously the issue of program chair for the 1999 Denver Annual unmistakable recognition: The surface of public school science education, and, Meeting at a critical time, when GSA’s our beautiful planet, while seemingly per- through articles in its publications, and Annual Meeting was being changed from a manent, immutable, and immovable, is ac- symposia and workshops at its annual symposia and thematic format to the tually dynamic, active, and ceaselessly—if meetings, has helped to educate its mem- Pardee and topical session format. Topical largely imperceptibly—ever changing. And bers that there are serious problems in the sessions were proposed with unusual for- the clearest impression from the view from public understanding of one of the orga- mats and with large numbers of invited the airplane is of indescribable, incompre- nizing principles of geology. Your mem- speakers. Many proposed Pardee hensible, age. Not for nothing does the im- bers have gone to school board meetings Symposia had to be retooled to become age come to mind of old men with deep to explain what science is all about, and topical sessions. creases down their cheeks. written op-ed pieces and letters to editors Craig was an exceptional technical pro- And then I think of creationist Ken Ham and gone on talk radio programs to help gram chair. He was extremely organized who cheerily challenges the scientifically our fellow citizens understand the im- and enthusiastic, he was creative in finding accepted geological interpretation of mense amount of evidence for evolution. solutions to apparent conflicts, and he cut Grand Canyon by saying, “Well, geologists I, and my staff at NCSE, have a lot of right to the point when handling thorny is- say it was a small amount of water over a work to do. I am both reassured and sues. Craig was a wizard at managing the long period of time, I say it was a large proud that geologists and GSA are stand- evolving electronic program, keeping a amount of water over a small period of ing with us. Antievolutionism is a grass- keen eye on overall program balance, and time,” as he describes how Grand Canyon roots problem that must be dealt with by scheduling sessions to avoid the most con- was cut in about two weeks time by the individuals willing to leave their class- flict and to make moving between sessions release of 3000 cubic miles of water from rooms and laboratories and reach out to easy. He responded to fellow committee an impound in the Colorado Plateau left the general public. As you thank and members’ queries quickly, and at least one over from Noah’s Flood. And the people honor me with the 2001 Public Service convener mentioned giving him a hero cape. in the audience nod sagely, as if this made Award, I in turn thank and honor you for An effective and active leader on the good sense to them. your support. APC as well, Craig contributed many ideas The planet is dynamic; evolution has Thank you, GSA. Those airplane trips on ways to have a better program, and he taken place. The belief that Earth reached are going to mean even more to me now. was a tremendous help in working out the its present state in 10,000 years—absurd as technological aspects of the proposal re- it may seem—is accepted by close to half view system. of the American public, if polls are to be Craig’s dedication and hard work would believed. Equally disturbing is the fact that set a standard for service in any organiza- high percentages of Americans reject the tion. His contributions at a critical juncture concept that the diversity of living things in GSA history have been fundamental in on Earth is the result of descent with mod- helping to make GSA into an active, vital ification from common ancestors. organization that is responsive to its mem- Evolution is so basic to geology and biol- bers and capable of changing to meet the ogy—and so fascinating! What a shame needs of the future. that so many students are being denied the ability to study it!

20 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Response by Craig H. Jones views of paleoclimate as the driving force I am honored to be receiving this behind the sediment sequences in alluvial award, but must really accept it on behalf archaeological sites. of a larger group of people. My task as In the 1970s, Bruce began a close col- technical program chair was only a part of laboration with Jim Phillips at the a large effort by many volunteers and staff University of Illinois at Chicago. Bruce to make the meeting possible. It is an odd worked with Jim in the major efforts at the job, being part traffic cop, part cheer- American Bottom projects in and around leader, and part mediator. It was my good Cahokia and again in the Sinai Peninsula fortune to happen into the job, with no in the 1980s. He helped integrate a pro- previous experience in making a technical gram in geoarchaeology into the master’s program, just as GSA restructured the pro- degree curriculum in anthropology at the gram to replace symposia and theme ses- university. In addition, through his cooper- sions with the Pardee Keynote Symposia Bruce G. Gladfelter ative efforts with Jim Phillips and Bob and topical sessions. My ignorance made Rip Rapp Archaeological Hall, he has helped to incorporate geo- change easy, at least for me! I am grateful morphology and geoarchaeology into cul- to the many people who helped me learn Geology Award tural resources management work at the what I needed to make the technical program. Presented to Bruce G. Gladfelter University of Illinois. More recently, The new program structure proved suc- Bruce’s work on the Sinai is appearing af- cessful in Denver because of the tremen- Citation by Curtis E. Larsen ter his academic tenure as an administrator dous effort that members of the APC made Bruce Gladfelter is one of the pioneers during a turbulent time of departmental re- prior to my involvement. APC members in geoarchaeology, or archaeological geol- organization at his university. His 1990 and had met with nearly every group associ- ogy. Those of us who became interested 1992 papers on the geomorphic settings for ated with the technical program, and they in geoarchaeology, in the 1960s and 1970s upper paleolithic sites in the Wadi el-Sheikh pondered the changes necessary to make (when Quaternary, let alone Holocene, and Wadi Feiran are good examples. the program more vital. Their hard work were bad words in geology departments) In preparation for this nomination, I provided a clear road map for me to im- were drawn to Karl Butzer’s first edition of consulted several of Bruce’s contempo- plement for the Denver meeting. Environment and Archaeology when it raries about his work. In one of the re- The groundwork of previous technical appeared in 1964. Bruce was a student in sponses, I received the following: “I have program chairs—especially that of John the geography department at the University worked in the field with a number of well- Bartley, who pioneered the electronic sys- of Wisconsin while Karl was writing this known and accomplished North American tem we used in 1999—also made things book. and foreign geomorphologists, including easy, made a clear set of guidelines for as- Bruce became Karl’s first graduate stu- Vance Haynes, Karl Butzer, Bill Farrand, sembling a program, and provided timely dent at Chicago in geomorphology and and Fekri Hassan. Bruce Gladfelter is, advice that kept us on track. geoarchaeology. His doctoral dissertation, without question, not only in their league, Many others who worked on the nuts “Meseta and Campiña Landforms in but in some ways he has surpassed them and bolts of the 1999 program share this Central Spain: A Geomorphology of the in his wonderful eye for landscape and in- honor as well: the Joint Technical Program Alto Henares Basin,” was published as a clusive knowledge of geomorphological Committee representatives who scheduled monograph in the Research Papers series process.” It is within this same spirit that I everything in a few days, my co-chair Lang of the university’s Department of proudly nominate Bruce for this award. Farmer, who shared in the work and loss Geography in 1971. This was followed a of summer time, and past Distinguished few years later by his first work in geoar- Response by Bruce G. Gladfelter Service Award–winner Sue Beggs, who chaeology, which addressed the glacial I had no idea in 1977, the year the came out of semiretirement to push things stratigraphy of British Lower Paleolithic Archaeological Geology Division was es- along at crunch time. Sharon Mosher re- sites. His work focused on the deposits at tablished, that a paper I published in peatedly stepped beyond her 1999 role as Hoxne and their associated lithic artifacts. American Antiquity about geomorphology APC Chair to do some needed tasks and Bruce went on to help define the role of and geoarchaeology would lead me here provide near-instant feedback on various the geomorphologist as archaeologist in today. I suspect that I had no idea where I decisions and problems. his 1977 American Antiquity paper, was going at all. I did know, however, that It is gratifying to know that we helped “Geoarchaeology: The Geomorphologist the aspects of geography and geomor- make major change to one of the crown and Archaeology,” and again in 1981 with phology with which I was fascinated jewels of GSA succeed. I hope that the im- “Developments and Directions in should be of obvious interest to archaeolo- provements first made in Denver continue Geoarchaeology,” which appeared in gists, or at least I thought they should. to keep the annual GSA meeting a dy- Michael Schiffer’s edited volume, Over subsequent years, I learned that the namic and open program. The structure Advances in Archaeological Method and perspective I had and the things that inter- now in place provides, I think, the best Theory. I consider his 1985 paper, “On the ested me had not occurred to many ar- possible potential for a scientific meeting Interpretation of Archaeological Sites in chaeologists, or if they did, had not been of its size. Alluvial Settings” in Julie Stein and Bill pursued or applied by them. Much has Farrand’s co-edited book, Archaeological changed since then. Sediments in Context, to be a significant Curt referred to my work in England, contribution. Bruce forcefully introduced Illinois, and Sinai. In each of these cases, I the concepts of sediment storage and geo- was fortunate to be part of a larger, multi- morphic process as a check on simplistic disciplinary archaeological project. The ex- cavations of the Lower Paleolithic,

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 21 Clactonian flake industry at the golf course fully embrace or appreciate the potential often not met. Thousands of families lost at Clacton-on-Sea (1969–1970) were my in- that can be realized from archaeological virtually the entire value of their homes. troduction to geoarchaeology. That project research. The situation worsened during the was a springboard for a protracted excava- I am keenly aware of the patience ex- growth spurt of the 1980s. Residential de- tion of the Acheulian at Hoxne, Suffolk, tended to me over the decades by archae- velopment expanded onto foothill areas of which is the type-site for the Hoxnian in- ologists, field workers, and students who steeply dipping Pierre Shale claystones, a terglacial. Details of deposits burying the tolerated my interruptions, endured an- geological environment with a new set of interglacial, lacustrine clay-mud were clari- noying queries and engaged my argu- problems not amenable to the prevailing fied and elaborated, and it was established ments. But we all share interests in the mitigation for swelling soils. The combina- that the Paleolithic material is in the Upper temporal and spatial variations of human tion of insufficient mitigation for conven- Sequence and not within the Hoxnian in- activity and in the space it occupies, and tional problems and the intractable prob- terglacial sensu stricto. Controversy en- without these interactions, I would have lems of steeply dipping claystone resulted dures, however, about the age of these de- been unable to fulfill my objectives, and in a problem so bad that the general pub- posits and their correlation with marine the archaeological research would not lic and local officials anticipated disastrous oxygen isotope stages, primarily because have been complete. implications to the state’s future growth of the biases of palynologists and faunal The Archaeological Geology Division and economy. People wanted answers. specialists who are not in agreement with does me great honor by this recognition, Noe presented a model to explain the some of the chronostratigraphic data that and I thank my colleagues for bestowing heaving process from his research on have been developed at Hoxne. upon me this valued award. heaving bedrock in steeply dipping ter- My introduction to the Mississippi Valley rain. The Colorado Geological Survey was at Cahokia in the flood plain of the (CGS) sponsored conferences and field American Bottom (1976–1981), an appro- E.B. Burwell, Jr., trips to educate stakeholders and explore priate name, because this is without doubt solutions. Other investigators contributed the most miserable place in which to Award key information that led to radically differ- work, at least in the summer. At that time, ent mitigation methods. The affected Presented to Candace Jochim, David archaeologists were content to scrape the counties explored new development and C. Noe, and William P. (Pat) Rogers surface for Woodland and Mississippian building standards for designated geologic sites; more deeply buried and possibly hazard areas. Citation by Vicki Cowart older occupations seemed not to be of in- During this time of creative flux, Noe “Geology that makes a difference” terest, or worse, not thought to be pre- and Rogers conceived and completed the and “getting our message across where it served. The ages of the surface of the book, building on Jochim’s previous CGS counts” are familiar battle cries in our flood plain, the relict geomorphic features publication. The professional community community today, particularly within state on it, and certain buried channels were embraced the concept and contributed geological surveys. The mission of out- established by extensive boring and with case histories and reviews. CGS pub- reach and education is essential in engi- trenching that allowed for sites to be placed lication staff applied expert skills to create neering geology, as the success or failure in their respective, prehistoric hydrogeo- a visually appealing and effective presen- of people living with geology depends morphic environment and for an appropri- tation. The book immediately became a on how well we communicate our ate assessment of the completeness of the bestseller. information. diachronic pattern of settlement that has sur- The book has profoundly and positively There is little question that the 2001 vived. affected the standard of practice for geolo- Burwell Award recipients—David Noe, The excavations in southern Sinai gists and engineers in the home building Candace Jochim, and Pat Rogers—accom- (1982–1993) centered on the Ahmarian tra- industry of Colorado. It also has a lasting plished the mission. Over 125,000 copies dition of the Levantine Upper Paleolithic. effect for the general public. Colorado leg- of their Guide to Swelling Soils for Colorado The thick deposits in which the sites are islation requires that new homebuyers re- Homebuyers and Homeowners have sold. found contain a succession of late ceive this book before they close the deal This informative book is in the hands of Quaternary, marl sediments that is un- on the largest investment that many will homeowners, builders, and planners as matched in Egypt or the Middle East. ever make. The informed potential buyer well as geological and engineering consul- Publication of all of this information is not may choose to back out as a result of what tants. Finally, all of the key players in the yet complete, but the sedimentary se- they learn. Most don’t. Thus, this year’s residential development and building in- quence ultimately may be shown to reveal Burwell Award winner becomes, in effect, dustry can be reading from the same page. abrupt, short-term episodes of climate the owner’s manual about how to success- Since the 1950s, waves of population change and to perhaps provide a terrestrial fully live with geology. growth have swept the Front Range pied- link between late Pleistocene events in the mont of Colorado. Residential develop- North Atlantic and the Indian Ocean. ment expanded from alluvial sites to areas Archaeologists are an inquisitive and of horizontal bentonitic claystones. stimulating bunch—an eclectic breed hun- Gradually, engineering technologies were gry for insights or answers that others developed to minimize swelling soil dam- might provide. At the same time, they are age if troublesome sites were recognized. keen to protect their intellectual turf. But Unfortunately, many developers and con- the interdisciplinary nature of geoarchaeol- sultants did not use even minimal mitiga- ogy and of archaeological geology is still tion, resulting in tens of millions of dollars largely a one-way street: While archaeol- of annual damage. Losses became so large ogy benefits from the participation of the that warranty insurance obligations were geoscientist, the geosciences have yet to

22 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Homebuyers and Homeowners. tant, citizens throughout Colorado are In Colorado, swelling soils constitute the using it to make informed decisions about primary cause of geology-related damage swelling soils. to private property and public facilities. I would like to acknowledge my co-authors Many of the state’s rapidly growing popu- for giving the book its solid foundation lation areas occupy nearly flat ground un- and Larry Scott and Cheryl Brchan for its derlain by expansive clay soils and clay- illustrations and design. Finally, I’d like to stone bedrock. Yet few Coloradans are thank Vicki Cowart for her words today, aware of this natural hazard. For many and for her support of our efforts to provide newcomers, swelling soils are something geologic information to the general public. completely new that didn’t exist back home. There is also an image problem: Compared to earthquakes, volcanic erup- Candace Jochim tions, landslides, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes, swelling soils are among the Response by Candace Jochim least temporally violent of natural hazards. I would like to thank GSA and the They are the geologic-hazard equivalent of Engineering Geology Division for confer- watching the grass grow! Whereas sudden ring the E.B. Burwell, Jr., Award upon disasters bring extensive media coverage Dave Noe, Pat Rogers, and me. and federal aid, swelling soils are a private Over the years, I have had the good for- hazard, a financial detriment endured by tune to associate professionally with sev- individual homeowners, homebuilders, eral recipients of this award. I have also and warranty insurers. used and admired the works of many The CGS has been a leader in creating other recipients. It is an unexpected honor tools to deal with this destructive geologic William Pat Rogers to be included, if only for this one time, in hazard. In 1984, the CGS assisted the their distinguished company. Colorado Legislature in drafting an innova- Response by William Pat Rogers The publication for which we are being tive statute for disclosing swelling-soil haz- It is an honor for me to accept the E.B. honored, A Guide to Swelling Soils for ards to buyers of new homes. This law Burwell, Jr., Award in the field of engineer- Colorado Homebuyers and Homeowners, is calls for potential homebuyers to be fur- ing geology from the Engineering Geology just one of the many excellent publications nished with a document that describes Division of GSA. This is the most treasured that the CGS has produced over the last swelling soils and their attendant prob- recognition of my 43 years as a practicing three decades. I am privileged to have had lems, construction methods used to ad- geologist. I am most grateful to GSA for the opportunity to contribute to a few of dress these problems, and suggestions for selecting us to receive the award in this those publications. The public’s enthusiastic care and maintenance of homesites that the first year of the third millennium. I am acceptance of our swelling soils publica- are underlain by swelling soils. The CGS grateful to the CGS and our director, Vicki tions over the past 20 years has been was instrumental in providing the earliest Cowart, for unflagging support for the re- a source of great personal satisfaction. It is, disclosure books used by homebuyers. search and preparation time that made the however, especially gratifying to now be ac- We began writing an updated disclosure report possible. I also wish to express my knowledged by other geology professionals. book on swelling soils in 1995. Our goal sincere gratitude and admiration for the Again, thank you for this most unex- was to create a document that would con- major contributions of co-authors David pected and deeply appreciated honor. vey valuable information to homebuyers Noe and Candace Jochim and to Larry who are about to close on a new house. Scott of the CGS publication section for his Assuming that most buyers actually pur- responsive and insightful work with the chase the house, the book also needed to authors in designing a visually appealing serve as a longer-term reference for land- and readily understandable booklet for scaping, water control, and damage Colorado homeowners and home builders. awareness and prevention. The text bene- The greatest challenge for the geologist fited greatly from comments by 16 review- in public life today is to effectively com- ers representing groups whose activities municate our best information and advice and livelihoods are affected by swelling to the nonscientist citizens and to decision soils (i.e., homebuilders, real estate bro- makers at all levels of government. To do kers, warranty insurers, landscapers, engi- this, our work must be both credible and neers, geologists, and local-government understandable. Credibility is earned by planners and officials). It took nearly a consistently presenting objective, bal- year to incorporate all of their comments. anced, and well-reasoned information to David C. Noe In the end, we had a book that reflects a our peers and the public in a variety of fo- consensus among different professional rums. Effective and credible communica- Response by David C. Noe groups, contains easily read language and tion also requires perspectives that are nei- On behalf of my co-authors, Candace numerous illustrations, and satisfies the ther self-serving nor excessively Jochim and William Pat Rogers, I thank disclosure statutes. The book has flown off micro-focused on peripheral details that the GSA and the Engineering Geology our shelves since its 1997 debut, being tend to confuse rather than inform. Division for recognizing our book, A bought by the boxload by builders. It has Guide to Swelling Soils for Colorado become a geologic bestseller! More impor-

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 23 In preparing our award-winning book- ity. This led him and his student, Mark warding. Mostly I am lucky to have been let, A Guide to Swelling Soils for Colorado Richards, to formulate the first dynamical repeatedly in the right place at the right Homeowners and Homebuyers, we were theory of the low-degree gravity field, a time, entrained in the revolution in our un- determined to create a reference that line of research that culminated in his clas- derstanding of continental dynamics made would be scientifically sound but with lan- sic 1985 paper in Nature (with R. Clayton, possible by GPS. Early on, Roger Bilham, guage and graphics that would make it M. Richards, R. Comer, and A. Dziewonski) Stick Ware, and others recognized the po- readily understandable to our Colorado entitled, “Lower Mantle Heterogeneity, tential of GPS and the need, given the homeowner and homebuilder clientele. Dynamic Topography and the Geoid.” His $300,000 cost per receiver, to form a con- We were pleased and somewhat surprised thesis work on how oceanic plate motions sortium of universities to obtain equip- at the immediate and resounding success are driven by the forces of lithospheric ment. They asked me to join them in set- of the swelling soil guide. Sales of the thickening and subducting slabs put the ting up the UNAVCO GPS Consortium booklet now exceed 125,000 and it is hypotheses about plate driving forces for- because they wanted my Caltech widely used by all sectors of the home- mulated by D. Forsyth and S. Uyeda in Institutional affiliation, not my expertise in owner and home building community. We 1975 on a firm dynamical footing and be- mantle dynamics. are convinced that the widespread avail- gan a series of evermore sophisticated in- At a time when several gangs were try- ability and use of this up-to-date and easy- vestigations of mantle dynamics. Among ing to carve out GPS turf in California, to-use information will save Colorado his latest and most interesting contribu- Mike Mayhew at NSF strong-armed us into homeowners and taxpayers millions of tions was a Science paper in 1999 (with L. working together. The resulting paper’s dollars annually through better designed Kellogg and R. van der Hilst) on novel scientific return was far greater than any of and built homes and public facilities. ideas about compositional stratification in us could have accomplished on our own the deep mantle that may reconcile a long- and established the community approach standing controversy between geochemists that led to the ongoing geodetic accom- and geophysicists. plishments of the Southern California The Woollard Award is specifically given Earthquake Center. Most of the coauthors “in recognition of distinctive contributions were students—it has been highly reward- to geology through the application of the ing to learn from them, and from all my principles and techniques of geophysics.” students, and to see them move on to In this regard, Brad’s research has been leadership positions. exceptional. Very early on, he recognized When I was about to drown in not-yet- the potential of space-geodetic methods to analyzed GPS data, I was again fortunate elucidate fundamental tectonic processes. to join the GPS powerhouse that Tom In fact, my first collaboration with Brad Jordan put together at MIT. Data analysis was in 1985–1986, when he was a newly gurus Tom Herring and Bob King rescued tenured professor at Caltech, on one of the me. Peter Molnar expanded my horizons first deployments of GPS receivers to sur- Bradford H. Hager to the Tien Shan in Central Asia, a moun- vey tectonic motions in southern and cen- tain range so young and so active that George P. Woollard tral California. His work in this area has even I can see the structure in the geomor- broadened to include other parts of the Award phology. Gorbachev’s glastnost opened southwestern United States, as well as a the region for study just as precise tracking good chunk of Asia comprising the Tien Presented to Bradford H. Hager by the International GPS Service gave GPS Shan Mountains and related geologic its mm/yr accuracy. It has been a demand- Citation by Thomas H. Jordan structures. In these studies, he has shown ing project, but with vast returns, none of It is a distinct honor and personal plea- how precise measurements of rates of de- which would have been possible without sure for me to present the George P. formation can be combined with dynami- the skill and endurance of colleagues at Woollard Award to Bradford Hager of the cal models to improve our understanding the Russian Institute of High Temperature Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My of the mechanics of deformation and fault- Physics under the strong leadership of Yuri acquaintance with Brad began in the mid- ing. Brad epitomizes the type of scientist Andreevich Trapeznikov. 1970s while he was still a graduate student the Woollard Award is meant to honor: a I realize now that I have been lusting af- working with his thesis advisor, Rick person who has pushed the field forward ter this award for over 25 years. As an un- O’Connell, at Harvard University on vari- using sensibilities about Earth that are dergraduate physics major, I took one ge- ous aspects of geodynamics. In the inter- physics-based and geologically informed. ology course. I was hooked, and not just vening quarter of a century, he has cut a because we got to drink beer while pon- very wide swath through many geophysi- Response by Bradford H. Hager dering magnificent vistas on field trips. cal subjects, ranging from the gravity fields Receiving the Woollard Award means a Entering graduate school, I wasn’t sure and internal dynamics of the terrestrial great deal to me. Many of its previous re- whether to pursue geophysics or structural planets to GPS geodesy investigations of cipients have shaped my approach to sci- geology. My joy at mastering a geology lab the surface deformations on our very ac- ence: Sei Uyeda and Don Forsyth, who turned to dismay when I was docked one tive home planet, Earth. demonstrated the power of the empirical Brad’s very first scientific publication approach; Frank Richter, who embodies full letter grade because my colored pencil with Rick and Adam Dziewonski in 1977 reductionism, good taste, and the beauty had strayed across a line! This experience presented one of the first tomographic im- of simple models; and Tom Jordan, who shaped my view of geologists, but now ages of the lower mantle, derived from P- opened my reductionist eyes to the rich- that I am being rewarded for straying wave traveltimes, and used this image to ness of complex geo-systems. across the line between geophysics and demonstrate a correlation between Earth’s I am fortunate to work in a field where geology, I’ll reconsider my opinion. gravity field and lower-mantle heterogene- such a diversity of approaches is so re-

24 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Disillusioned with geology, I turned to the Canadian Great Plains can be found in Response by Walter Oscar Kupsch geophysics, where Rick O’Connell gener- Pioneer Geologists in Saskatchewan (1955), Why does one become interested in the ously handed me a rich problem in mantle written by Kupsch for the province’s history of one’s profession? For some, the dynamics. But I was also fortunate to get golden jubilee. answer to that question may be complex. paid as a TA in geology for John Haller, a Appointment as executive director of For geologists trained the classical way “pre-plate fuddy-duddy,” who taught me the Carrothers Commission on Government based on field work, however, it is simple. the significance of continental deformation of the Northwest Territories in 1965 was When going from one outcrop to another, as a tectonic process worth quantifying. the first of a series of prestigious positions a geologist cannot help reflecting on the I thank my wife, Patty, and our parents for held by Kupsch that fueled latent interest work of preceding pioneers who walked nurturing my sense of adventure. I hope in the Canadian North and brought him the same path years before. that our daughters, Emily and Anna, who face to face with the history of exploration For me, it all started in Beaverhead now read maps better than I do, are as fortu- of what he himself has called, “a vast, County in southwestern Montana and ad- nate in their quests as I’ve been in mine. empty, cold country.” Living Explorers of jacent Clark County in east-central Idaho Thanks again to all the students, mentors, the Canadian Arctic (1986), with Shirley where A.J. Eardley, then at the University colleagues, and program directors who have Milligan, is merely one of the historical of Michigan, had sent three of his Ph.D. made my work so rewarding. works that developed from his Arctic interests. candidates to do their field work. To get Finally, the discovery of rich uranium background knowledge, I dug into the mineralization in the Athabasca Basin of U.S. Geological Survey report on progress northern Saskatchewan in 1972 generated in Montana and portions of adjacent terri- in Kupsch an interest in the history of min- tories by F.V. Hayden, published in 1872. eral exploration, one that burgeoned in An attractive job offer as assistant pro- subsequent years and led to the inclusion fessor at the University of Saskatchewan, of other kinds of industrial and precious- combined with a government appointment metal deposits. The uranium story was as field geologist and supervisor of a core summarized historically in his lengthy lab, brought me to Saskatoon in 1950. It 1978 paper, “From Erzgebirge to Cluff was a place I hadn’t heard of—an igno- Lake—A Scientific Journal Through Time.” rance I did not reveal when interviewed at Kupsch’s predilection for the history of the University of Toronto. geology has its roots in the elementary and My field work in Saskatchewan required high school education he received prior to that I become familiar with the work of Sir Walter Oscar Kupsch WW II in his native Netherlands—an edu- John Richardson, James Hector, and Henry History of Geology cation forcefully shaped by the historical Youle Hind. It resulted in my writing tradition. In like fashion, his geological Pioneer Geologists in Saskatchewan (1955), Award breadth and versatility can be traced to ex- the Golden Jubilee Year commemorating Presented to Walter Oscar Kupsch periences in the University of Amsterdam the 50th anniversary of the Province of and the University of Michigan. As an un- Saskatchewan. One sentence in the pref- Citation by W.G.E. Caldwell dergraduate student in the former, he had ace of this booklet by the minister of min- Walter Oscar Kupsch, Professor to satisfy a broad-based geological curricu- eral resources, John H. Brockelbank, is Emeritus of Geology in the University of lum that did not permit elective specializa- worth quoting: “The history of geological Saskatchewan, has enjoyed a 60-year love tion. As a graduate student (M.Sc.,1948; exploration of the mineral industries con- affair with the science of geology, Ph.D.,1950) in the University of Michigan, sists of hard work, keen observation, faith throughout which he has taken every rea- he was directed by one of North America’s in the future, and above all, love of one’s sonable opportunity to expose and inter- renowned geological generalists, A.J. work.” pret its history. He has done this in part Eardley, who, by engaging him in field- In the mid-1970s, the discovery of through sustained service to a variety of based regional interpretations, required exceptionally rich uranium deposits in professional organizations, but mainly that he draw upon the full range of his di- the Athabasca Region of northern through his own research, the pursuit of verse undergraduate training. Saskatchewan led to the Cluff Lake Board which straddles key events in his career What distinguishes Kupsch’s historical of Inquiry. A historical review of uranium and the rich comprisal of geological and work is the thoroughness with which he mining and the investigations into the related fields in which he has engaged. has treated the observations of his prede- physical-chemical properties of the metal Three disparate examples make the point. cessors and the skill with which he has was needed. I had to learn a lot before Postdoctoral appointment to the faculty drawn from them interpretations that are “From Erzgebirge to Cluff Lake—A of Saskatchewan’s provincial university in readily reconciled to modern concept and Scientific Journey Through Time” was 1950 formed the backdrop to Kupsch’s principle. As a youth in Europe, he may ready for publication in 1978. studies of certain critical geological blocks have studied the writings of Johann In 1965, I had become familiar with the of the prairie heartland. Review of prior in- Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). Canadian Arctic as the executive director vestigations in these led him to evaluate Certainly, Kupsch’s historical research al- of the Advisory Commission on the the written records left by three illustrious lows us to understand exactly what Development of Government in the figures in medicine and science who had Goethe meant when, with mineralogy and Northwest Territories. Although my work been members of exploratory expeditions geology the focus of his thoughts, he had nothing to do with geology, I took an to British North America in the early-to- made his now-familiar remark, “The his- interest in what others had done in the middle nineteenth century. Exposition of tory of science is science itself.” field. It resulted in writing papers with this fascinating chapter in the history of strange titles such as “Pots, Kettles, Barrels, and Kegs,” and “Canned Food in the

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 25 Arctic.” Everything was summarized in bathrooms habits are relatively invariant port has been the mainstay of my life; my “Surveying the Geology of a Vast, Empty, through time, this record was used to doc- graduate advisor, Stanley N. Davis, who Cold Country,” published in the GSA ument secular variations in the production enabled me to start out on the path I have Centennial Special Volume in 1985. I am rate of 36Cl in the upper atmosphere. This taken; and numerous colleagues, including still shivering. showed, for the first time, that the produc- John Wilson, Alan Gutjahr, David Elmore I can assure you that this year’s History tion rate of 36Cl was at times almost dou- at PRIME Lab, Eric Small, Harold Bentley, of Geology Division Award has gone to ble current levels during the past 70,000 and June Fabryka-Martin; my students, in one who loves his work, an octogenarian years. particular Nancy Jannik, Matt Davis, who in only nannoseconds of geological In his book Roughing It, Mark Twain Beiling Liu, Mitch Plummer, and Michelle time will himself be history. described the hydrology of Mono Lake as Walvoord; and my hydrogeological heroes, follows: “Half a dozen little mountain including Stanley Davis, Ike Winograd, brooks flow into Mono Lake but not a sin- Graham Allison, John Cherry, John-Charles gle stream of any kind flows out. What it Fontes, Charles Slichter, and, last but cer- does with its surplus is a dark and bloody tainly not least, Oscar Meinzer. mystery.” Fred resolved this mystery using Meinzer was a remarkable man who 36Cl/Cl ratios to establish the hydrologic shaped, guided, and inspired the develop- budgets of watersheds in the Great Basin, ment of hydrogeology in our nation. I California. In 1995, Fred, Shirley Dreiss, would like to take the occasion of this and others published a manuscript award to examine a rather somber ques- (Phillips et al., 1995, Water Resources tion: Are we approaching the end of the Research, vol. 31, p. 3195–3204) that com- road that Meinzer started us out upon? pared salinity and 36Cl/Cl ratios in Mono In asking this question, I pick up the Lake to those of groundwaters from the gauntlet that Frank Schwartz and Motomu contributing watershed. Fred and his co- Ibaraki threw down with their paper Fred M. Phillips authors were able to establish that the “Hydrogeological Research: Beginning of O.E. Meinzer Award basin became hydrologically closed about the End or End of the Beginning?” pub- 400 ka when the region’s climate is be- lished in the July-August, 2001, issue of Presented to Fred M. Phillips lieved to have shifted from humid to arid Ground Water. Schwartz and Ibaraki con- conditions. ducted an extensive analysis of citation Citation by Mark Person In 1999, two of Fred’s graduate students, patterns in the hydrogeology literature, Fred M. Phillips represents a growing Michelle Walvoord and Page Pegram, with the goal of assessing the vitality of number of Meinzer awardees recognized along with Fred and a host of co-investiga- the field. They conclude: “Research is inef- for their pioneering work in the applica- tors used 14C dating methods and thermal ficient with much produced for little gain. tion of isotopic methods in hydrogeology. data to constrain the transport and fate of On a typical industrial life-cycle curve, He is recognized here for five seminal pa- deep-dwelling bacteria within the San Juan groundwater research is likely ranked as pers focusing on isotope hydrology in Basin near a 3.39 million year old basalt mature and close to aging. At this stage, general and the development and applica- dike intrusion (Walvoord, et al., 1999, much work will have been completed and tion of 36Cl isotopic techniques to arid re- Water Resources Research, vol. 35, p. the number of truly impactful problems gion hydrology, in particular. 1409–1424). This study helped establish will have dwindled to just a few.” In 1995 and 1998, Fred published two that bacterial transport rates for deep What has brought us from the exciting outstanding single-authored review articles dwelling bacteria are relatively fast, per- days of Meinzer and Theis to the present on the use of isotopic tracers in hydrogeol- haps as high as 0.1 m/yr. sad picture in the mirror that Schwartz and ogy (Phillips, F.M., 1995, Review of What is truly remarkable is that this rep- Ibaraki hold to our faces? These authors Geophysics, vol. 30, p. 1029–1033; resents only a fraction of the work Fred describe most hydrogeological research as Phillips, F.M., 1998, in National Research has undertaken in the past two decades in “commodity-driven,” meaning that it is Council, Hydrologic Sciences: Taking the application of 36Cl and other isotopic characterized by incremental improve- Stock and Looking Ahead, p. 87–100). methods to the study of earth surface pro- ments to issues motivated by practicality, These articles have gone a long way to- cesses. Fred, you richly deserve this honor rather than by trying to achieve major ad- ward transforming isotope hydrology and we here today heartily congratulate vances in understanding. It is a matter of from, in his words, “a status akin to you as the 2001 Meinzer award recipient. satisfaction to me to be able to contribute alchemy (a field for which the fundamen- to solving problems of societal impor- tals are difficult to understand, the termi- Response by Fred M. Phillips tance, and also to be able to educate stu- nology peculiar, and the results dubious) I am deeply honored and grateful to re- dents in a field in which they will be able to the rank of a method that many might ceive the Meinzer Award. No one enters to find good jobs, but I think that we have consider applying themselves.” our profession with wealth or power as become so accustomed to viewing our sci- In 1997, one of Fred’s doctoral students, the objective. Our only extraordinary re- ence as one oriented toward practical Mitch Plummer, along with Fred, June ward is public appreciation of our contri- problems that we forget that the pioneers Fabryka-Martin and Jake Turin at Los butions to science by our peers, and that embarked on their research simply be- Alamos National Laboratory, and others knowledge makes this award very mean- cause exploring how water behaved in the published a manuscript in Science ingful to me. subsurface was so exciting. (Plummer, M.A., Phillips, F.M., et al., 1997, What I have been able to accomplish in I suggest a threefold approach for ad- Science, vol. 277, p. 538–541) that pre- hydrogeology has only been with the aid dressing the exciting issues of the next 20 sented a chronological record of 36Cl/Cl and encouragement of many people: my or 50 years. The first component I call within rat middens. Assuming that rat wife, Lois, whose unfailing love and sup- “look back.” Most hydrogeologists could

26 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY easily recite the geological history of the tury and to advance scientific understanding centrifugation in an ongoing 20-year pro- rocks composing an aquifer they are of the earth system, but we will only be gram of isolating and characterizing pure studying, but what if you asked them the able to accomplish this if we stretch our maceral concentrates. He was the first to history of the water cycle in that basin vision beyond the limits we ourselves separate and characterize the macerals vit- over the fairly recent geological past? Just have defined for our field. rinite and pseudovitrinite, and he has ad- as the rocks have a history, so does the vanced such work on the liptinite and in- water cycle, but although we often know a ertinite macerals. To help characterize the lot about the geological history, we gener- maceral concentrates, he developed petro- ally know almost nothing about the history graphic techniques in spectral fluores- of the water cycle. When I researched cence, rotational polarization, and bire- Meinzer’s work, I found, rather to my sur- flectance imaging. The results of this prise, that he published papers on paleo- research have led to an increasingly clear hydrology and clearly considered the issue understanding of the petrology, chemistry, of the history of the water cycle to be very thermal reactivity, and physical properties important. We, as hydrogeologists, have of a wide variety of macerals. He has also lately tended to define our field in such a extended the use of coal petrographic way as to exclude questions on the history techniques into the field of materials sci- of the water cycle and we need to recon- ence by using them to characterize such sider that exclusion. things as automobile and aircraft brakes, My second strategy is “stretch out.” John C. Crelling carbon-carbon composites, petroleum Eighty years ago, pioneers such as Meinzer Gilbert H. Cady Award cokes, synthetic graphites, and carbon defined the region below the land surface blacks. as the new frontier of hydrogeology, but Presented to John C. Crelling His success in these efforts and his abil- in the intervening decades that definition ity as a teacher have led to requests to pre- has tended to turn into an intellectual Citation by Russell R. Dutcher sent numerous short courses and work- prison. Peter Eagleson has encouraged us The Gilbert H. Cady Award is presented shops, such as “Foundations and to think of hydrology as a global science, this year to John C. Crelling in recognition Principles of Coal Petrology,” “Applied rather than one related to local problems. of his many outstanding achievements in Fluorescence Microscopy,” “Petrology of The land surface is the interface that sup- the field of coal geology. He has con- Cokes, Chars, Carbons, and Graphites” ports plants, and, in fact, most life, but we tributed in significant fashion to our practi- and “Teaching Principles for Graduate have tended to ignore that messy zone cal knowledge of the composition of coal, Students.” At Southern Illinois University, filled with roots and worms and focus on the nature of coal macerals, the formation he has directed 22 master’s theses and two “cleaner” problems of physics and chem- of metallurgical coke, and the properties Ph.D. dissertations dealing with coal geol- istry at depth. This has ultimately had the of other forms of carbon such as chars, ogy, applied coal petrology, and maceral effect of distancing us from the more ur- graphites, and carbon composites. characterization. In addition, he has devel- gent scientific and practical problems of The five years that Crelling spent work- oped a widely used petrographic atlas of the present day. Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe ing at the Homer Research Laboratories of coals, cokes, chars, carbons, and graphites has recently urged us to deal directly with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation gave him that is available through a Southern Illinois the role of subsurface hydrological pro- insights and discipline that served him in University Web site. cesses in plant communities, a new en- good stead when working in his own lab- By virtue of his many accomplishments deavor he calls “ecohydrology.” This is oratory in a university setting. His ability to in the fields of coal science, Crelling is an only one aspect of integrating subsurface plan his research programs and to stick to outstanding recipient of the Gilbert H. hydrology into the global water cycle, but a carefully developed scheme has been Cady Award. he is pointing in exactly the right direction. key to his success in getting his work pub- My third initiative is “push forward.” In lished, in obtaining funding to support his Response by John C. Crelling the past few years, the scientific commu- work, and attracting students and co-inves- As a graduate student, I was fortunate to nity has produced very convincing evi- tigators. To date, he has authored or co- meet Gilbert H. Cady. I remember him as dence that, due to the effects of human authored over 100 published articles and a lively scientist who had earned the sin- civilization, the globe is beginning to ex- three books as well as co-edited two cere respect of his colleagues. I am hon- perience environmental changes of an un- books. He has been awarded over $4.5 ored to receive the award named after him precedented magnitude. Shifts in the water million in funding for 65 projects, and he and to join the company of the previous cycle will be perhaps the single most sig- has worked with colleagues in geology, award winners. nificant aspect of these changes and will chemistry, engineering, physics, and mate- The citation stresses my work on coal have enormous impacts on human popu- rials science from home and from the macerals. At Penn State under Russ lations. In order to claim that we can pre- United Kingdom, France, Spain, Canada, Dutcher and Bill Spackman, I learned well dict the nature and effects of such shifts, Pakistan, Japan, the Czech Republic, and that macerals are distinct substances with we must understand similar changes in the the Netherlands. unique chemical and physical properties. recent geological past, and we must under- Crelling has been amazingly astute in During my five years at Bethlehem Steel stand how the subsurface hydrology inter- his efforts to understand the nature of coal with Dick Thompson and Lou Benedict, I faces with ecosystems and with geomorphic by focusing on the macerals that are the realized the importance of macerals in in- systems. Look back, stretch out, and then basic constituents of coal. Within a few dustrial practice. Pasteur said that “chance push forward. We hydrogeologists are in a years of arriving at Southern Illinois favors the prepared mind.” So when I unique position to meet what will be the University, he set up a laboratory using the learned of the work of Gary Dyrkacz and most urgent societal needs of the next cen- biological technique of density gradient his colleagues at Argonne National

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 27 Laboratory in separating macerals with the Dick has combined observations of active density gradient centrifugation (DGC) flows, study of resulting deposits, thor- technique, I realized its importance. I es- ough consideration of relevant theoretical tablished a DGC laboratory at Southern arguments, and experiments in diverse Illinois University (SIU) in 1984, and I have fields (including those far removed from been separating pure macerals ever since. earth science) to modernize and quantify The results of all my maceral separation what debris flows are, how they move, and characterization show that Spackman’s and how they deposit their load. Key to work holds true—macerals do indeed con- his studies was the establishment of the trol the behavior of coal. USGS field-scale debris-flow flume in the With my first DGC research grant in H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, near 1984, I had been trying to separate cutinite Blue River, Oregon. Experiments there by from a paper coal for almost a year with- Dick and colleagues have substantially ex- out success. In desperation I called Gary panded understanding of debris-flow initi- Dyrkacz, who quickly set me right. I will Richard M. Iverson ation, dynamics, transport, and deposition, never forget the thrill of my first view Kirk Bryan Award and identification of the critical variables through the microscope of a density frac- affecting these phenomena. tion that was totally cutinite. Since then I Presented to Richard M. Iverson “Physics of Debris Flows” is drawn sub- have separated the components of coals stantially from Dick’s own work as well as (macerals), quinoline insolubles, automo- Citation by Gary A. Smith and being a remarkable and succinct integra- bile brakes, and carbon-carbon compos- John E. Costa tion of relevant theoretical and experimen- ites. One of the most difficult tasks that I Iowa is not a location well known for tal results reported by other researchers. have encountered is maintaining a com- the study of debris flows or other forms of He has separated wheat from chaff while prehensive research program on coal mac- rapid mass movements. But Iowa was the explaining the merits of the former and erals. With the uncertainties of funding home and Iowa State University was the weaknesses of the latter, and he has inte- and administrative enthusiasm, there is a site of the undergraduate education of the grated diverse results into coherent pic- constant danger of having a research pro- scientist who has probably made the great- tures without simplifying debris-flow pro- gram disintegrate into a random collection est contribution to understanding the dy- cesses. Most important, Dick developed a of projects funded on a hit-or-miss basis. namics of debris flows, which are among new, simple model for debris-flow motion As a professor, I learned that since no the deadliest and costliest of processes that will serve as a foundation for future analytical equipment is actually designed studied by geomorphologists. Dick Iverson developments. His approach recognizes for coal and carbon work, to advance you went on to complete two M.S. degrees and the need to account for both solid and must get into the specifications and limits a Ph.D. in applied earth sciences at fluid forces, whereas past models have of your equipment and eventually design Stanford University in 1984. His training emphasized one or the other. your own. When I came to SIU, I was able was outstanding, and his intellect even Dick Iverson’s “Physics of Debris Flows” to help set up a new fluorescence system more so. Nurtured in the wake of the un- is worthy of the Kirk Bryan Award for sev- which I have been tweaking and rebuild- precedented size and variety of mass flow eral reasons: It is remarkably well written, ing ever since. Fluorescence spectropho- processes associated with the May 1980 despite being quantitatively rigorous and tometry has proven to be a valuable tool eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, astonishingly wide in breadth, and pre- in characterizing both in situ and sepa- Dick initiated a U.S. Geological Survey sents a new model for debris-flow motion; rated macerals. I later worked with Ken (USGS) research program to understand it emphasizes the need for surficial geolo- Johnson of the SIU Physics Department the linkage between the sedimentological gists to understand the link between field putting together a photoacoustic micro- and geomorphological field expressions of observation and the quantifiable underly- scope that was able to determine the ther- huge debris avalanches and debris flows, ing physical basis for the observed pro- mal properties of coal macerals in situ. and the physical processes that could pro- cesses; and it substantially advances our Currently, I am working with Jon Gibbins duce these features. For this, Dick needed understanding and focuses future research of Imperial College, London, on a careful field observations, theoretical mod- objectives regarding debris flows—a dy- Bireflectance Imaging Microscope, which els that linked soil mechanics and fluid namic surficial process that is both threat- incorporates rotational polarization to gen- mechanics, small-scale laboratory and field ening as a hazard and important to inter- erate bireflectance maps not previously experiments, and eventually, controlled, preting many aspects of past available. This system holds great promise. field-scale laboratory experiments in environments. I thank Russ Dutcher for introducing me which a variety of parameters could be to the field of coal geology and patiently systematically altered. He accomplished all Response by Richard M. Iverson teaching me the craft of research at Penn of these, and the outcome is the paper we Thank you, John and Gary, for your State. I also thank Harry Marsh and Ralph honor today. kind citation. I feel very fortunate to have Gray for introducing me to the world of Regrettably, many geologists approach my work honored in this way. Four factors carbon materials. All three men are my their field research qualitatively and with- served as catalysts for studying debris friends and mentors. out rigorous physical understanding of the flows and building the USGS debris-flow While I am most grateful to receive this processes they study. Dick has worked flume. One was a widely perceived need award, I want to assure my friends and hard to change traditional textbook views. for improved mathematical models of de- colleagues that I still have much research “Physics of Debris Flows” is a landmark bris flows and for data to motivate and test to complete and new projects to start. contribution to the field and a testimony to such models. Another was a legacy of frus- his grasp of fluid and solid dynamics and tration wrought by numerous attempts to cleverness as a field-scale experimentalist. collect high-resolution, real-time data in

28 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY the field. (These attempts revealed that ture our knowledge of Earth’s surface tor in planetary science in the Division of natural debris flows have an alarming ap- within the framework of physical laws that Geological and Planetary Sciences at petite for electronic instrumentation, con- govern all natural phenomena. Such struc- Caltech. sumed either plain or garnished with ca- turing is possible because, in the words of When Jay moved into his office down bles and data loggers.) The third catalyst Richard Feynman (1918–1988), “Nature the hall from me, he told me, “Tom, I was my participation in controlled, large- uses only the longest threads to weave her know you work on impact cratering, too, scale landslide experiments in Japan—an patterns, so each small piece of her fabric but I need to finish up a few problems on experience that prompted dreams of simi- reveals the organization of the entire that subject before I move on.” His first larly controlled experiments with debris tapestry.” Geomorphology examines one important contribution was on the effect of flows. The fourth was the presence of two small piece of the fabric of nature, and giant impacts on perturbing the spin axes key people. John Costa, my boss in 1988 within geomorphology experiments and of planets. Jay contributed an important when I formally proposed the debris-flow models of debris flows have a modest aim: paper on the shock weakening of im- flume, provided unwavering support that to gain a clear view of a thread or two that pacted rocks to the book, Impact and was crucial because enthusiasm for the connects with a greater whole. Thank you Explosion Cratering that D.J. Roddy et al. project was not universal. Rick LaHusen for honoring this type of work with the edited in 1977. One of Jay’s most controver- participated in the flume project from its Kirk Bryan Award. sial papers was published in the Journal of earliest stages, and his electromechanical Geophysical Research in 1979 on the pro- wizardry turned my sometimes harebrained cess he called “acoustic fluidization.” ideas into functional measurement systems. Much to my regret and that of other The good fortune that propelled the Caltech colleagues, Jay left Pasadena for flume project reminds me of a quote writ- Stony Brook in 1979. In 1982, he joined ten on a card I’ve kept on my desk for 15 the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the years: “Concerning all acts of initiative and University of Arizona, where he has con- creation, there is one elementary truth, the tributed enormously to the field in the past ignorance of which kills countless ideas 21 years. Jay is probably best known for and splendid plans: that the moment one his highly acclaimed 1989 book, Impact definitely commits, then providence Cratering, A Geologic Process. Jay has con- moves, too. All sorts of things occur to tributed many important and often novel help one that would never otherwise have ideas to his science. occurred. A whole stream of events issues The theory of impact spall, which he from the decision, raising in one’s favor all H.J. Melosh developed to explain how only moder- manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings G.K. Gilbert Award ately shocked SNC meteorites are acceler- and material assistance which no man ated as a result of impact from the surface could have dreamed would have come his Presented to H.J. Melosh of Mars at speeds greater than the Mars es- way. Whatever you do or dream you can, cape velocity. Jay’s collaborative papers begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and Citation by Thomas J. Ahrens with Charles Sonnett and later Marlin Kip magic in it. Begin it now.” It is my distinct pleasure to present the provided critical support to A. Cameron’s This quote is commonly attributed to 2001 recipient of the G.K. Gilbert Award of and W. Benz’s smooth particle hydrody- Johann Goethe (1749–1832), although the Division of Planetary Geology, H. Jay namics calculations suggesting that the scholars of German literature caution that Melosh. Jay received his bachelor’s degree Moon could have formed from the impact Goethe’s authorship is not an unequivocal in 1969 from Princeton. In graduate school ejecta from a giant collision onto Earth. fact. In any event, Goethe was not only a at Caltech in theoretical physics, he By the same mechanism of impact spall, fine writer but also a geologist and physi- worked under Murray Gell-Mann, who re- Jay Melosh argued very convincingly that cist, and I favor the hypothesis that he ceived his Nobel Prize during the same primitive life forms could well have been both wrote this passage and had scientists period. Jay was also introduced to the flow launched from Earth to the other planets in mind at the time. of solid media as a field assistant to providing, crucial support to the theory of That brings me to a second topic, which Caltech’s professor of geology and geo- panspermia. is the linkage between geomorphology physics, Barclay Kamb, who was research- Melosh and Vickery’s 1989 initial model and science in general. Geomorphology is ing the flow of Blue Glacier in the Cascade of atmospheric erosion via planetary im- nearly unique among geological sciences Mountains. As a graduate student, Jay re- pact and its application to Mars provided because it deals mostly with phenomena ceived his first accolade as Best Scientific the first quantitative model of this process that are accessible to direct measurements Secretary at the Erice (Sicily, Italy) Inter- to planetary scientists. and manipulative experiments. Further- national Summer School of Theoretical Jay’s 1990 theory (with Schneider, more, the conservation laws of classical Physics in 1972. Jay went on to be a visitor Zahnle, and Latham) of the ignition of physics provide a solid framework for build- at European Center for Nuclear Research global wildfires from the thermal radiation ing and testing geomorphological models. (CERN) in Geneva in 1971, and in 1972, of reentering ejecta from the Cretaceous- Why apply classical physics to geomor- he became a research associate at the Tertiary extinction bolide has become in- phology? It’s admittedly difficult to abstract University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute creasingly accepted. In 1993, he and J. geomorphic phenomena in experiments (1972–1973). During this period, further Scotti derived from the observation of the and formalize them with mathematics, and communication with Barclay began to break-up of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) such efforts might be viewed as unneces- convince Jay that planetary physics and an elegant theory that quantitatively demon- sary if inferences about the origin of land- geology were possibly more exciting than strated the very low global cohesive strength forms are the ultimate goal. In my view, a theoretical high-energy physics. In 1973, of comets and provided an estimate of the further goal of geomorphology is to struc- he accepted an appointment as an instruc- mass of SL9.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 29 In an accompanying analysis with Paul Mountains as the summer proceeded. My Shenk, Jay also demonstrated how previ- years at Caltech were wonderful ones for ously, earlier tidally disrupted comets such planetary science. Data was pouring in as SL9 had crashed into Jupiter’s satellite, from the Mariner 10, Viking, and Voyager Ganymede, producing series of “chained” missions. New, weird landscapes appeared impact craters discovered two decades on the computer monitors, and all begged earlier by the Voyager spacecrafts. for interpretation. Impact craters were ev- While conducting all these marvelous erywhere, but also global fracture systems, research projects, Jay has supervised some giant volcanoes and huge landslides. 12 Ph.D. students. More recently Jay has Gilbert would have loved it. I know Bob been a co-investigator on NASA’s Deep Sharp did. Impact Mission that will probe Comet In subsequent years at the University of Tempel 1 in July 2005. Arizona, my research directions were Jay, we look forward to great things. strongly influenced by new data appearing Donald U. Wise on the scientific horizon. The suspicion Structural Geology Response by H.J. Melosh that a rare group of meteorites may have I am particularly honored to receive this come from Mars opened the way to a and Tectonics Career award because G.K. Gilbert has long been careful study of how impacts could launch Contribution Award one of my scientific heroes. Gilbert com- intact rocks from the surface of a planet bined an active imagination, intense cu- and to speculations on whether living or- Presented to Donald U. Wise riosity about the world, and a fine analytic ganisms could have hopped from Earth to turn of mind. His research ranged from the Mars. The Alvarezes’ discovery of an irid- Citation by Arthur W. Snoke and effects of rain splash on drainage divides ium anomaly at the K-T boundary led to Arthur Goldstein to the geology of lunar craters. He was a thoughts about how impacts could cause As former students of Don Wise, we master at finding novel methods to solve extinctions. The idea that a giant impact agree that two words characterize his difficult scientific problems. When analytic created the moon led to further studies of work as a scientist and educator: creativity methods of his day could not interpret his the physics of giant impacts and of how and enthusiasm. Don is truly a unique in- magnetic search for the iron projectile at magma oceans may have formed on early dividual; he has made enormous contribu- Meteor Crater, he constructed a scale Earth. Careful study of how impact craters tions in structural geology and tectonics model using a miniature magnetic pendu- collapse lead to theories about how large through his distinctively original research lum and cannonball. On another occasion, masses of rock debris may slide in a low- publications, and he has inspired a legion he cut slits in gelatin blocks then de- friction mode, theories that may have fur- of students to pursue geoscience careers formed them to understand the geodetic ther applications to the mechanics of large in academia, industry, and government. changes caused by the 1906 San Francisco landslides and perhaps seismic faulting. Don’s interests span a remarkable range earthquake. I have been supported in this research of topics, from global to microscopic in Princeton’s Ken Deffeyes first awakened by a large collection of colleagues and sci- scale. He has written papers on the origin my interest in geology in 1967. This inter- entific acquaintances, too numerous to of the Moon by rotational fission, statistics est led me to spend two wonderful sum- name. I am especially grateful to my many of crater age dating, tectonics of Mars, mers on geologic field excursions, accom- excellent students who have, perhaps un- structural geology and tectonics of panying Barclay Kamb and his team to wittingly, inspired me and challenged me. Laramide basement-involved uplifts and Blue Glacier on Mount Olympus, I thank GSA President Sharon Mosher and arches, Appalachian polyphase deforma- Washington. Blue Glacier is a treasure the other members of GSA who have hon- tion, freeboard of continents over time, house of natural science. I was entranced ored me by bestowing this award. Mesozoic tectonics of the Appalachians, by the glacial scratches and gouges (on patterns and significance of topographic which Gilbert wrote several papers), and I lineament swarms, origin of joints and mi- marveled at the colored fogs and red snow crojoints, paleostress determinations using and thought deeply about the flow of minor faults and calcite twin lamellae, and glacier ice as an analog for the deforma- the truth behind creationism propaganda. tion of Earth’s mantle. Back at Caltech, Don’s early contributions to structural ge- Jerry Wasserburg instructed me in the art ology and tectonics focused on the west- of critical but creative thinking, and Bob ern North American Cordillera and were Sharp taught me the importance of field stimulated by a long-standing association trips. After a brief postdoctoral year at with the Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Chicago’s Enrico Fermi lab, Barclay and Association. His record of publications on Jerry convinced me to return to Caltech as the development of the classic Laramide a junior faculty member in the Division of basement–involved uplifts of the eastern Geological and Planetary Sciences. At Rocky Mountains began in the early 1960s Caltech, Brann Johnson acquainted me and continues to this day. His 1963 with the mechanical challenges of land- “Outrageous Hypothesis” paper is a clas- slides. I spent a summer with Bob Sharp in sic, and his 2000 AAPG Bulletin paper on the Henry Mountains mapping a small lac- the structural evolution of the Beartooth colith. Gilbert’s shadow stretches long uplift is a major contribution representing over the Henrys and I read and reread his over 40 years of continuing research. It report on the geology of the Henry was in his early Laramide papers that

30 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Don’s skill as a geologic illustrator first ap- Don’s colleagues and some graduate stu- success of so many former students. Part peared. As Don says, if he can’t draw it, he dents who always had suspected, but on of that influence may have been the ap- really doesn’t understand it. that day knew for certain, that Don had in- proaches and educational philosophies al- Two papers on Don’s work in the deed lost his marbles. ready mentioned but there is another as- Appalachians are particularly significant: With great pride and fondness, we pre- pect. Courtesy of people such as Pete Freedman, Wise, and Bentley (1964) and sent Donald U. Wise, the 2001 recipient of Foose, John Moss, and especially Dick Wise (1970). These papers were instru- the GSA Structural Geology and Tectonic Jahns, I saw innumerable pranks being mental in understanding the complex, Division Career Contribution Award. played by them and upon them. Slowly, I multiphase structural history of southeast- realized that students worked twice as ern Pennsylvania and adjoining Maryland. Response by Donald U. Wise hard and learned far, far more if they were Furthermore, these papers provided useful There is a park in Lancaster, also letting off steam and having fun in and innovative techniques for study of Pennsylvania, where an outcrop of the this way. I firmly believe that while we polyphase-deformed, metamorphic ter- Conestoga Limestone has a synclinal fold must always take our science very seri- ranes in general. hinge now polished to a glassy surface by ously, we should never take ourselves too Don’s early papers on the origin of the the backsides of generations of local kids seriously. Within my realm of influence, Moon may well have laid the foundation using it as a sliding board. Some of my there were never any repercussions so for his appointment to NASA’s lunar pro- earliest memories involve that outcrop and long as good science was being done and gram. He also published on the origin of a “seat of the pants” approach to field dignity was the only casualty. This, I be- mascons on the Moon, the fracture pattern work. Later, as a kid roving the local hills, lieve, can be part of the basis of a happy around the Martian volcano Alba, crater I saw and puzzled over folded beds and and productive atmosphere for research age time scales for Mars, and the global veins that seemed to be everywhere and and teaching. tectonics of Mars. His planetary work has kept wondering, “How, when, why did all My sincere thanks go to the Structural laid the foundation for an entire genera- this happen?” From then on I was hooked Geology and Tectonics Division for this tion of planetary geologists, and his hy- on the discipline. recognition, to my many students, friends, potheses have stood the test of time. Basic field methods and approaches and colleagues who secretly made it possi- Don has been a pioneer in many fields were drummed into me at Franklin and ble, and finally to the Arts—Snoke and of structural geology and tectonics. He Marshall by the likes of Pete Foose and Goldstein—for all the kind words as well was contemplating the big picture when John Moss. Later, Caltech overlaid a much as for what they did not say in the interest others were focusing on a single quadran- more quantitative methodology through of good taste. And last, beware! There are gle. He was applying new techniques to the likes of Dick Jahns, Ian Campbell, and still a few more outrageous ideas remain- old problems when traditional arguments Bob Sharp. Finally at Princeton, Harry ing in the career pipeline! Thank you, one had lost their meaning, and the problem Hess, John Maxwell, and Arthur and all. required new insight for further scientific Buddington overprinted a more contem- progress. His work has always been data- plative and philosophical approach. Then rich, and his ideas have always been cre- there was the luck of timing and good for- ative and provocative. tune to be at just the right places for revo- One of Don’s major and long-lasting lutionary changes in structure and tecton- contributions is his work as an educator. ics of the second half of the twentieth Don has, literally, launched the careers of century. It was a time when almost every a generation of structural geologists and is idea in our subdiscipline was subject to re- now the “grandfather” of the succeeding consideration. generation. Innovative, inspiring, challeng- Many of the best questions in geology ing, timely, and meaningful are just a few arise from field observations that highlight words that describe Don’s techniques in little inconsistencies and puzzles. These teaching. must be teased, tested, and worried by ad- Don discovered that raised plastic relief ditional lab and field work to yield a num- maps are, in fact, quite accurate and that ber of possible hypotheses. The best of Robert H. Dott Jr. one could simulate an SLAR image by illu- these must answer not only the original Laurence L. Sloss minating the underside of the maps from field and lab relationships but also make the side. The advantage was that one sense on all scales from the microscopic to Award could vary the illumination direction and the regional or even global. Such a recipe Presented to Robert H. Dott Jr. study the effect of preferential enhance- does not always lead to standard explana- ment of topographic lineaments. At one tions and the results are sometimes outra- Citation by Charles W. Byers point, Don constructed a turntable on a geous but nevertheless possible hypothe- Back when I was a grad student, plate lab bench in a classroom at the University ses. As a result, I have innumerable fights tectonics was new (the theory I mean). In of Massachusetts by placing a sheet of ply- with reviewers and editors. In fact, at one those early days, it was all about mag- wood on a handful of marbles. A camera time I seriously considered getting out of netism of the ocean floor. I recall quite mounted on a tripod rotated with the geology because I couldn’t get my work clearly the first time I saw an attempt to maps, and pictures were taken every five and ideas published. Ultimately, these pa- connect the history of seafloor spreading degrees. Unfortunately, the marbles pers were fought through to publication with the geology of the continents. I came tended to migrate toward the edge of the and in retrospect, a few of them may even across an article in Science entitled plywood and would periodically fall on have been largely correct. “Circum-Pacific Late Cenozoic Structural the hard tile floor and bounce across the One of the great joys of teaching is to Rejuvenation: Implications for Sea Floor room. This attracted a small crowd of have had some small part in the present

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 31 Spreading.” In it, the author, Robert H. John Lennon said that life is just what bragged that “he could have walked Dott Jr., made the explicit point that the happens to you while you’re busy making through the Early Ordovician sea that once events in the ocean should show up in the other plans. I think that sentiment holds covered our home site.” That, plus stroma- continental record as well, and that geolo- especially true for academics, where you tolites, oolites and intriguing storm fea- gists should start looking for correspon- are continually looking forward to the next tures right in our backyard cliff finally got dences, even in the stratigraphic and pale- course, the next grad student, the next my attention. So, when Wisconsin was to ontologic record. The plate tectonics light proposal. Sometimes it is hard to realize host the 1970 GSA meeting, I co-authored dawned for me at that moment. I was im- just how good things are at the moment. a guide for the classic Baraboo district, pressed by the author’s breadth of knowl- In the 1980s at Wisconsin, sedimentary ge- which led to my studies of Cambrian tropi- edge and the creativity of his insight. ology was a close-knit group. At the time, cal storm deposits. Soon, with Charlie Three decades later I’m still impressed, we were all too busy to see that it was one Byers now on board, our group recog- and it pleases me greatly to see the divi- of those fleeting golden ages that some- nized Cambrian tidal fingerprints, hum- sion confer this honor on Bob Dott. It is times come to lucky departments. A good mocky strata, and eolian deposits, thoroughly deserved. part of our “luck” was having such a cre- Ordovician karsting, and, recently, a spec- The Sloss award is given in recognition ative, industrious, and collegial geologist tacular case of mass stranding of Cambrian of outstanding contributions to the inter- in our midst. It is an honor for me to pre- jellyfish. disciplinary field of sedimentary geology. sent him as the 2001 recipient of the When my early research was centered It’s hard to imagine a geologist more inter- Laurence L. Sloss Award for Sedimentary far away, I felt a bit of a loner, but as I disciplinary in outlook and practice than Geology. studied Wisconsin geology, I experienced Bob. Trained in classical stratigraphy and the collegiality of others with shared inter- biostratigraphy by Marshall Kay at Response by Robert H. Dott Jr. ests. I had become so impressed with the Columbia, Bob first worked in the I first met Larry Sloss around 1950 when fruits of the Sloss-Dapples-Krumbein col- petroleum industry and then served as a he spoke at the University of Michigan laboration that I wished to copy it. When first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, sta- about newfangled lithofacies maps and Byers joined our faculty, we realized that tioned in the geophysics division of the stratigraphic sequences bearing strange wish in pursuing joint research with stu- Cambridge Research Center. He arrived in Native American names. How timely, for I dents on Cambro-Ordovician sediments Wisconsin as an assistant professor in 1958 had just authored a profound term paper and in organizing the first SEPM Research and began a two-decade research program about facies. His visit also brought to my Conference in 1980. On the teaching front, in sedimentary tectonics, with special attention that remarkable Northwestern our Wisconsin team included Lloyd Pray, emphasis on the Pacific Rim of North and University troika of Sloss, Dapples, and David Clark, and later Toni Simo. With South America. Along the way, Bob pub- Krumbein. these fine colleagues and a terrific bunch lished landmark papers on the dynamics Most of my early geological research of students, we enjoyed a near-utopian of gravity flow deposits, the geosyncline was in the mountainous west, the south- collegiality. concept, paleocurrent analysis, and the ern Andes, and Antarctica. In the 1950s, I I deeply admired Laurence L. Sloss for proper approach to the classification of became fascinated by turbidites and mass his fertile mind, which gave us the strati- immature sandstones. He also authored flow deposits within evolving orogenic graphic sequence concept, as well as his studies in paleogeography and paleocli- belts. Coincidentally, while stationed in the incomparably good humor and cheerful mate, as well as interpretations of deposi- Air Force at Boston, I applied my new in- friendliness, which livened many a meet- tional environments from desert to sea cliff terest to the Squantum rocks and sug- ing. I also cherished his professional dedi- to marine shelf to deep-sea fan. In the gested the heresy of a mass flow rather cation and commend it as a model for all. 1980s, his focus shifted to cratonic strata, than glacial origin. How nice to find today The most important message that he or I as he and his students broke new ground that till is out and mass flow is in at last. could offer a younger generation in these in the description and interpretation of My early work was undertaken within the days of ever more frenetic schedules, in- hummocky stratification and of genetic se- geosynclinal paradigm, but in 1967, every- humane tenure hurdles, and feeding fren- quences in eolian strata. thing changed. Plate tectonics provided a zies at the grant trough is to urge revival of Beyond his fame as a sedimentary geol- new context, but also we were able to old fashioned collegiality and service. The ogist, Bob has long maintained a second strengthen that new paradigm using sedi- rewards are maximum stimulation, sympa- career as a historian of science, including ments. Not only did deepwater gravity thetic support, and a genuine delight in teaching an advanced course in the history flow deposits fit the paradigm well, but we colleagues’ successes. I doubt that I would of geologic thought and publishing schol- recognized many shallowing-up succes- be before you receiving this wonderful arly articles and books. sions replete with hummocky stratification recognition were it not for the collegiality In academia, Bob rose rapidly through and capped by deltaic deposits full of vol- of those whom I have mentioned as well the ranks, served as department chair, then canic detritus; local carbonate banks even as others. Try it, you’ll like it, because ge- became an endowed professor, president fit in. In the 1970s, I was also drawn to ology is a lot more fun that way. of SEPM, Twenhofel Medalist, and now those spectacular late Paleozoic-Mesozoic Sloss awardee. He retired from teaching in sandstones of the Colorado Plateau and 1994 and is currently Stanley A. Tyler found myself swept up in the renaissance Emeritus Professor. In addition to directing in eolian studies. 59 graduate students, he taught exten- When I came to Wisconsin, I suddenly sively at all levels and co-authored a pre- found myself in the middle of the craton, mier undergraduate textbook, Evolution of but I assumed that Twenhofel and his con- the Earth. As SEPM president, he spoke temporaries had solved all of the impor- out loud and bold against the resurgent tant problems. In 1965, we built a house creationist threat to education. upon the Sauk sequence, and Sloss

32 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY • Don J. Easterbrook Distinguished Sci- entist Award,* Quaternary Geology Honorary Fellows and Geomorphology Division: Nomi- The following people were named GSA Honorary Fellows in 2001. nations due by April 1, 2002, to Debbie Harden, [email protected]. edu, San Jose State University, One Erik Flügel The GSA Council established this Washington Square, San Jose, CA Institut für Paläontologie program in 1909, and since then, except 95192-0102. Friedrich-Alexander Universität during a few war years, one or more Erlangen-Nürnberg, Gemany Honorary Fellows have been elected • Farouk El-Baz Award for Desert annually. Most Honorary Fellows are Research,* Quaternary Geology and Alberto Carlos Riccardi non–North Americans who live and Geomorphology Division: Nomina- Facultad de Ciencias work outside of North America. They tions due by April 1, 2002, to J. Steven Naturales y Museo, Argentina have distinguished themselves through Kite, [email protected], Dept. of Geogra- K.S. Valdiya outstanding and internationally recog- phy, West Virginia University, 223 Jawaharial Nehru Centre for nized contributions to the science or in White Hall, P.O. Box 6300, Morgan- Advanced Scientific Research, India notable service to the Society. town, WV 26506.

• Laurence L. Sloss Award for Sedimen- tary Geology,* Sedimentary Geology Division: Nominations due by March 1, 2002, to Paul Karl Link, Secretary, Sedimentary Geology Division, Dept. Upcoming Deadlines of Geology, Box 8072, Idaho State University, 1400 E. Terry, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072. Nominations for the John C. Frye Envi- Applications for the GSA Coal Geology ronmental Geology Award* are due Division’s Antoinette Lierman Medlin • Gilbert H. Cady Award,* Coal Geology March 31, 2002. Nominations for the fol- Scholarship in Coal Geology* are due Division: Nominations due by February lowing national awards are due April 30, February 15, 2002, to Leslie F. Ruppert, 28, 2002, to Charles E. Barker, U.S. 2002: William T. Pecora Award, National Coordinator, A. Lierman Medlin Scholar- Geological Survey, Denver Federal Medal of Science, Vannevar Bush Award, ship Committee, U.S. Geological Survey, Center, Sixth Avenue and Kipling and Alan T. Waterman Award. Details and 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, Street, Building 20, MS 977, Denver, nomination procedures for these awards (703) 648-6431, [email protected]. For CO 80225, (303) 236-5797, fax 303- are posted at www.geosociety.org. Go details, see the December issue of GSA 236-3202, [email protected]. to “About Us,” then to “Awards and Today or visit www.geosociety.org. Go to Medals.” You may also contact Leah “Professional Development,” then * Funds supporting these awards are Carter, (303) 357-1037, lcarter@geosoci- to “Grants.” administered by the GSA Foundation. ety.org, Grants, Awards, and Medals, P.O. For details on the following awards, see Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, or the January issue of GSA Today or visit see the October and November issues of www.geosociety.org. Go to “About Us,” GSA Today. then “Divisions.”

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 33 GSA Foundation Update Donna L. Russell, Director of Operations Dunn Trades GSA Hat for Foundation Hat!

I am extremely pleased to announce that of both the Materials Research Center and the Faculty Council David E. Dunn has joined the Foundation’s and was director of the North Carolina Fellows Program. Board of Trustees for a five-year term. Dunn has served as chairman of the board of directors of the At the Boston annual meeting, Dunn re- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Drilling, tired as GSA’s treasurer. He had held that Observation, and Sampling of Earth’s Continental Crust, and as position with GSA since 1993. He brings to a consultant to two law firms, the U.S. National Research the Foundation’s Board both his experience Council, the American Civil Liberties Union, Pennzoil, Amoco, in the financial world and his 26 years of and Oryx. David E. Dunn service and leadership with GSA. When asked why he has been a part of GSA and served in so A Fellow of the Society since 1962, he many capacities throughout the years, Dunn commented, has an extensive record of service to GSA. He served as vice- “Serving GSA has always been a labor of love. How could any- chair and chair of the Structural Geology and Tectonics one have as much fun as I have had and not try to give some- Division, general chair of the 1990 GSA Annual Meeting, edito- thing back to the profession?” rial board member for Geology, member of the Committee on Having made significant contributions to all of the geosciences Short Courses, and member of the Joint Technical Program by guiding the financial course of GSA, Dunn will be an out- Committee, to name just a few of the positions he has held. His standing addition to the current Foundation Board of Trustees. service on the GSA Council and the GSA Executive Committee has spanned 16 years, and his stewardship of GSA’s financial resources—as treasurer of GSA, as chair of the Budget Committee, and through his participation on GSA’s Audit Committee and the Committee on Investments—has been widely recognized and acclaimed. Born in Dallas, Texas, Dunn earned his B.S. in 1957 and his M.S. in 1959 from Southern Methodist University, and he earned his Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at the University of Texas, the Texas Most memorable early geologic experience Technological College, the University of North Carolina, the In 1938, ten days by canoe from my base, I extracted— University of New Orleans, and the University of Texas at with a scalpel—a steel chip from the eyeball of one of Dallas. At the University of North Carolina, Dunn has served as my men. Operation on a kitchen table: a success!! director of the Geology Field Camp, acting chair of the Geology Department, and associate director of the Space Paul Emille Auger Sciences Program. He also served on the Executive Committee

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United States and describes the usefulness 1987 and the E.B. Burwell award by Perry Rahn of geomorphology and detailed field GSA’s Engineering Geology Division mapping to flood hazard evaluation. in 1990. Dams have been the traditional method The Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Named of reducing floods, and many engineering Lectureship was established in 1988 by geologists are employed in the construc- the Association of Engineering Geologists GSA–AEG tion of dams. Flood plain management is and the GSA Engineering Geology a more environmentally acceptable Division. Monies for the lectureship, ad- Richard H. method of reducing flood hazards. ministered through the GSA Foundation, The second talk, “Transmissivity provide funding for a distinguished engi- Anisotropy,” emphasizes that geologic neering geologist to present a lecture at Jahns mapping and an understanding of geol- academic institutions to increase aware- ogy are required to effectively study ness of students about careers in engi- Distinguished groundwater. Sound geologic input is the neering geology. The Distinguished limiting factor in most groundwater mod- Lectureship honors Richard H. Jahns Lecturer els. Directional permeability is shown to (1915–1983), an engineering geologist who have effects on groundwater pumping and had a diverse and distinguished career in Perry Rahn will be available throughout contaminant transport. Rahn uses surficial academia, consulting, and government. 2002 as the Richard H. Jahns Distinguished and bedrock aquifers in South Dakota To arrange for a talk at your university Lecturer. Rahn’s two talks have a com- and Connecticut as examples. or professional group, contact Perry Rahn mon theme of showing the importance of Rahn is a professor emeritus of geological through the Department of Geology & geology to engineering works. engineering at the South Dakota School Geological Engineering, South Dakota Rahn’s first talk, entitled “Flood Hazards,” of Mines and Technology. He is the au- School of Mines & Technology, Rapid covers current techniques of flood evalua- thor of Engineering Geology, an Environ- City, SD 57701, (605) 394-2461, fax 605- tion and the Federal Emergency Manage- mental Approach, for which he received 394-6703, [email protected]. ment Administration programs now in ef- the Claire P. Holdredge award by the fect. He gives examples of flooding in the Association of Engineering Geologists in

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 35 Final Announcement ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION, GSA

54th Annual Meeting • Cedar City, Utah • May 7–9, 2002

The Rocky Mountain Section of GSA will meet on the campus of Southern Utah University (SUU). The meeting is sponsored by Southern Utah University, Department of Physical Science, and by the Utah Depart- ment of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey.

ENVIRONMENT At an elevation of 5,800 feet, Cedar City lies within the transition zone between the Basin-and-Range and Colorado Plateau physiographic provinces. The structural styles and stratigraphy of both regions combine to produce some of the most ex- ceptional and well-exposed geology in the western United States. A several-thousand- foot-thick sequence of upper Paleozoic through Mesozoic sedimentary rocks crop out a few miles to the south in and around Zion National Park. Near Cedar City and extending northeastward toward Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park, these same units are overlain by Late Cretaceous and Paleocene sedimentary rocks, and by mid- dle Tertiary volcanic rocks derived from calderas to the north and west. Westward in the Great Basin, these units are overlain by Pliocene-Quaternary valley-fill deposits and a series of younger bimodal volcanic rocks formed during an episode of exten- sional tectonism that resulted in north- trending basin-range faults. The Mojave Desert environment extends into the Santa Clara and Virgin River Valleys near St. George (elevation 2,800 feet), a one-hour drive southward. A half- hour drive to the east from Cedar City leads to Utah’s high plateaus with their lush forests, beautiful lakes, and elevations in excess of 10,000 feet. Cedar City owes much of its presence and size to the huge On-Site Registration Fees iron deposits of the nearby Iron Springs Full Meeting One Day district. Historically, mineral wealth in ad- Professional Member* $60 $30 jacent areas has also been great. Petroleum Professional Member (70 and older) $30 $25 resources are attracting renewed exploration Professional Nonmember $70 $40 attention. The water resources of south- Student or Associate Member $30 $20 western Utah and adjacent regions of Nevada Student Nonmember $40 $25 and Arizona increasingly come from K–12 Professional $10 N/A groundwater, the development of which Guest or Spouse $25 $10 requires continued inquiry. * Associated Societies qualifying for member rate: AWG, NAGT, PS

36 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY REGISTRATION FIELD TRIPS 4. Volcanology and Mineral Resources Preregistration deadline: April 2, 2002 Unless otherwise noted, field trips will of the Marysvale Volcanic Field, Cancellation deadline: April 9, 2002 begin and end at the western-most SUU Southwestern Utah. One-day trip, Register online at the GSA Web site, parking lot, 211 South 1150 West, in Cedar May 6. P.D. Rowley, Geologic Map- www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/rockymtn/ City. For details about particular field trips, ping, Inc., New Harmony, Utah, (435) 02rmmtg.htm. You can also download a contact the field trip leaders listed below or 865-5928, [email protected]; PDF version of the registration form from the field trip coordinator, Peter D. Rowley, C.G. Cunningham, U.S. Geological the site, or use the form printed on page at (435) 865-5928, pdrowley@accesswest. Survey, Reston; J.J. Anderson, New 40. Registration is required for all who at- com. We hope there will be a strong linkage Harmony, Utah; T.A. Steven, Lake- tend technical sessions, guest activities, or between symposia and related field trips. wood, Colo.; J.B. Workman, U.S. the Exhibit Hall. Either a registered profes- Preregistration for all field trips is Geological Survey, Denver. Max.: 42; sional or a student must accompany guest strongly encouraged because of partici- min.: 14. Cost: $70 (1L). registrants (nongeologist spouses or pant limitations. Participants are accepted 5. Late Cretaceous Marine and Brackish friends). Students must show a current ID on a first-come, first-served basis through Water Strata in Grand Staircase– for reduced rates. If you preregister, your GSA headquarters. Trip costs include Escalante National Monument, Utah. badge will be mailed to you two weeks transportation for the trip, field notes, and One-day trip, May 6. T.S. Dyman, U.S. prior to the meeting. other services as noted by the following Geological Survey, Denver, (303) All requests for registration additions, symbols: B—breakfast; L—lunch; D—dinner; 236-5730, [email protected]; W.A. changes, and cancellations must be made ON—overnight lodging. Cobban, U.S. Geological Survey, in writing and received by April 9, 2002. Field trip registrants must register for at Denver; L.E. Davis, St. Johns University; There will be no refunds for cancellations least one day of the meeting. Registration R.L. Eves, Southern Utah University; G.L. made after this date. after the preregistration deadline is possi- Pollock, Bryce Canyon Natural History ble if field trip logistics and space permit; Association; J.D. Obradovich, U.S. Geo- On-Site Registration please contact field trip coordinator, Pete logical Survey, Denver; A. Titus, Grand On-site registration will begin at 4 p.m., Rowley. On-site registration for postmeet- Staircase–Escalante National Monument; Mon., May 6 in the Rotunda, Sharwan ing trips may be possible during the meet- K.I. Takahashi and T.C. Hester, U.S. Smith Center on campus. ing in the registration area. Geological Survey, Denver; D. Cantu, If GSA must cancel a field trip due to lo- Bryce Canyon Natural History Associa- Accessibility for Registrants with gistics or registration requirements, a full tion. Max.: 28; min.: 7. Cost: $65 (1L). Special Needs refund for the field trip will be issued after GSA is committed to making all events the meeting. Be aware of cancellation Postmeeting at the 2002 meeting accessible to all peo- deadlines and possible penalties imposed ple interested in attending. Indicate special by the airlines. 6. NAGT: The Geology of the Grand requirements (wheelchair accessibility, Staircase in Southern Utah: Road etc.) on the registration form. Premeeting Log and Guide for Public School Teachers. Two-day trip, Fri. and Sat., 1. Structural Development and Paleo- May 10–11. Larry E. Davis, College of TECHNICAL PROGRAM seismicity of the Hurricane Fault, Oral sessions will typically include 12 St. Benedict–St. John’s University, (320) Southwestern Utah and Northwest- 363-3328, [email protected]; Robert L. minutes for presentation and three minutes ern Arizona. Two-day trip, May 5–6. for questions and discussion. Two standard Eves, Southern Utah University. Max.: William R. Lund, Utah Geological Sur- 29; min.: 9. Cost: $90 (2L, 1ON). 35 mm slide projectors, one overhead pro- vey, (435) 865-8126, [email protected]; jector, and two screens will be provided Wanda J. Taylor, University of Nevada, 7. Associated Miocene Laccoliths, for each technical session. Please bring Las Vegas. Max.: 34; min.: 20. Cost: Gravity Slides, and Volcanic Rocks, your own loaded carousel trays if at all $175 (2L, 1ON—double occupancy). Pine Valley Mountains and Iron possible. A speaker ready room, equipped Axis, Southwestern Utah. One-day with projectors, will be available for re- 2. Influences of Proterozoic and trip, May 10. David B. Hacker, (330) view and practice. Laramide Structures on the Miocene 675-8831, [email protected]; Daniel Poster sessions will be centrally located Strain Field of the North Virgin K. Holm, Kent State University. Max.: in the Sharwan Smith Ballroom on campus Mountains, Arizona. Two-day trip, 36; min.: 7. Cost: $45 (1L). and will allow for four hours of display departing Cedar City on May 4, return 8. Hydrogeology and Groundwater time; the authors must be present for two to Cedar City on the evening of May 6. Conditions of the Tertiary Muddy hours. Each poster presenter will be pro- Mark Quigley, (505) 277-6546, mcquigs@ Creek Formation in the Lower Vir- vided with at least one eye-height board, unm.edu, and Karl E. Karlstrom, Uni- gin River Basins of Southeastern about 4 × 8 feet. Access to electrical outlets versity of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. One-day and furniture for poster sessions must be Max.: 40; min.: 12. Cost $180. trip, May 10. Gary L. Dixon, Southwest requested well in advance. 3. The Navajo Aquifer System in Geology, Inc., Blackfoot, Idaho, (208) For technical assistance, contact Fred Southwestern Utah. One-day trip, 782-2056, [email protected]; Michael Lohrengel, Department of Physical May 6. Kimball E. Goddard, (801) Johnson and Michael Winters, Virgin Science, Southern Utah University, Cedar 908-5033, [email protected]; Victor Valley Water District, Nev. Max.: 42; City, Utah 84720, [email protected], Heilweil and others, Utah District, min.: 14. Cost: $65 (1L). (435) 586-7491. Other questions may be Water Resources Division, U.S. Geo- addressed to the technical program chair, logical Survey, West Valley City. Max: SYMPOSIA Robert Blackett, [email protected], (435) 36; min.: 14. Cost: $55 (1L). 865-8139. 1. Recent Investigations of Basin and

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 37 Range Paleoseismology. Michael N. Wyoming Geological Survey, (307) SHORT COURSES Machette, U.S. Geological Survey, 766-2286, [email protected]. Premeeting (303) 863-8612, [email protected]. 4. Groundwater Recharge Processes usgs.gov. 1. GSA and AEG Partnership Short in the Arid Southwest. Kimball E. Course: Phase I Environmental Site 2. Paleontological Research in Grand Goddard, U.S. Geological Survey, Assessments. Mon., May 6. Raymond Staircase–Escalante National Monu- Water Resources Division, (801) C. Kimbrough, [email protected], ment and Surrounding Area. Alan L. 908-5033, [email protected]. (205) 343-2432. Min.: 10; max.: 40; cost: Titus, Grand Staircase–Escalante 5. Groundwater Flow Systems in the $200 (includes an extensive course National Monument, (435) 644-4332, Desert Southwest. Peter D. Rowley, manual and other materials). Optional [email protected]; Jeffrey G. Eaton, Geologic Mapping, Inc., (435) 865-5928, exam fee: $90 (paid in advance to Weber State University, (801) 626-6225, [email protected]. NREP; includes exam fee and one [email protected]. year’s registration as an REPA). 6. Volcanology and Mineral Resources 3. Rock Stars of the Colorado Plateau: of the Great Basin and the Colorado Postmeeting The Geo Giants Upon Whose Shoul- Plateau Transition Zone. John J. 2. Processing and Interpretation of Satel- ders We Stand. Steven H. Heath, Anderson, Kent State University (retired), lite Imagery for Geologic Mapping. Southern Utah University, (435) 586-9334, (435) 867-8553, [email protected]; Fri., May 10, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Room 024, [email protected]. Charles Cunningham, U.S. Geological Science Building, SUU. John C. 4. P3: Proterozoic Paleogeography Survey, (703) 648-6121, cunningham@ Dohrenwend, Southwest Satellite and Paleoclimate. Paul K. Link, usgs.gov. Imaging, Teasdale, Utah, dohrenwend@ rkymtnhi.com, (435) 425-3118. Max.: Idaho State University, (208) 282-3365, 07.Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of [email protected]; Carol Dehler, Utah 20; cost: $200 (includes course manual, the Colorado Plateau and the Basin- data, CD-ROM, and lunch). State University, (435) 797-0764, and-Range Transition Zone. Joel L. [email protected]. Pederson, Utah State University, (435) 3. Geological Engineering Field Camp 5. Hillslope and Mountain Slope Haz- 797-7097, [email protected]. Exercises. Fri., May 10, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., ards in the Rocky Mountains. Paul Room 016, Science Building, SUU. Paul 08.Connections: Correlation of Devo- M. Santi, Colorado School of Mines, M. Santi, Colorado School of Mines, nian Rocks in the Western Cordillera. (303) 273-3108, [email protected]; Golden, (303) 273-3108, psanti@mines. David K. Elliott, Northern Arizona Uni- edu; Robert C. Laudon, University of Francis X. Ashland, Utah Geological versity, (928) 523-4561, david.elliott@ Survey, (801) 537-3380, fashland.nrugs@ Missouri—Rolla. Max.: 40; cost: $40 nau.edu; Carol Dehler, Utah State Univer- (includes lunch and field transportation). state.ut.us. sity, (435) 797-0764, [email protected]. 6. Geology for Public Policy. (Spon- 4. Introduction to Field Digital Map- 09.Latest Developments in the Paleo- ping for Geology and Geomorphol- sored by Institute for Earth Science zoic of the Great Basin. Russell S. and the Environment.) Lee Gerhard, ogy using EDM (Total Station) and Shapiro, Department of Geoscience, GMT (Generic Mapping Tool). Fri., Kansas Geological Survey, (785) University of Nevada, Las Vegas, (702) May 10, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Room 016, 864-2195, [email protected]; 895-1239, [email protected]. Science Building, SUU. Koji Okumura, Victor Yannacone Jr., (516) 758-9468, University of Hiroshima, Japan, kojiok@ [email protected]. 10.NAGT Session I: Field Trips—Their Importance in Undergraduate Edu- hiroshima-u.ac.jp. Max.: 20; cost: $50 (includes lunch and field transportation). THEME SESSIONS cation. Larry E. Davis, College of St. Benedict–St. John’s University, (320) 1. Undergraduate Research Poster 363-3328, [email protected]. STUDENT TRAVEL SUPPORT Session. (Sponsored by the Geoscience The Rocky Mountain Section and the Division of the Council on Undergrad- 11.NAGT Session II: Higher Education/ GSA Foundation have travel grants avail- uate Research.) Kim Hannula, (970) K–12 Partnerships and Mentorships. able for GSA Student Associates who are 247-7463, [email protected], Larry E. Davis, College of St. Benedict– presenting oral or poster papers as authors Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO St. John’s University, (320) 363-3328, or co-authors. Students must be currently 81301. This session will showcase [email protected]. enrolled to be eligible. Rocky Mountain senior theses and other undergraduate Section students should contact Kenneth research projects. A student must be STUDENT WORKSHOP E. Kolm, Colorado School of Mines, listed as the lead author and be the Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program [email protected], (303) 273-3932. major preparer of the poster. For infor- in Applied Geoscience. Tues., May 7, mation, contact Hannula. 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Karlon Blythe, GSA STUDENT AWARDS Program Officer, [email protected]. Awards will be given for the best oral and 2. National Cooperative Geologic Workshop for graduate and advanced un- poster student papers at the meeting in both Mapping Program—New Maps, dergraduate students about professional graduate and undergraduate categories. New Research, New Discoveries. opportunities and challenges in the real Awards will be based on the quality of both Grant C. Willis, Robert F. Biek, and world. Free lunch provided. Preregistration the research and presentation. To be eligible, Douglas A. Sprinkel, Utah Geological is encouraged to secure a seat, but meeting a student must be the lead author and pre- Survey, (801) 537-3355, nrugs.gwillis@ registration is not required to attend only senter of the work. The abstract must be state.ut.us. this workshop. clearly identified as a student paper. 3. Gemstone and Semiprecious Miner- als and Host Rocks in the Western United States. W. Dan Hausel,

38 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY BUSINESS MEETINGS TRAVEL Historic Cove Fort and Fremont Indian Paleontological Society Business Cedar City lies along Interstate 15 in Museum. Thurs., May 9. Tours; lunch pro- Meeting. Held in conjunction with its lun- southwestern Utah, roughly two hours by vided; stops at the Beaver Cheese Factory cheon (see “Special Events”). car north of Las Vegas, Nevada, and three and birthplace of Butch Cassidy. Cost: $29. The Rocky Mountain Section Business hours south of Salt Lake City. Regional air- Meeting. Held in conjunction with the meet- ports serve the Cedar City–St. George area SPECIAL EVENTS ing banquet (see “Special Events”). with daily flights to and from Salt Lake City Ice Breaker. 6 p.m., Mon., May 6, (www.skywest.com). Rental cars are avail- Holiday Inn, 1575 West 200 North, Cedar EXHIBITS able at these airports (Avis Rent-a-Car, City. Exhibits will be centrally located in the National Car Rental). Shuttle van service Paleontological Society Luncheon Sharwan Smith Ballroom, SUU Campus, (www.stgshuttle.com) is also available to and Business Meeting. Noon, Tues., May adjacent to the poster sessions The cost of and from McCarren International Airport in 7, Zion A-B Rooms, Sharwan Smith a standard booth is $250 for commercial Las Vegas. The SUU campus is within Convention Center, SUU. Cost: $15 profes- exhibitors and $50 for educational or non- walking distance (less than one-half mile) sionals; $12 students. profit institutions. For further information, of many hotels (see map). Annual Banquet and Business contact the exhibits coordinator, Sue Meeting. 7 p.m., Wed., May 8, Great Hall, Finstick, Bullock Brothers Engineering, SPOUSE AND GUEST ACTIVITIES Hunter Conference Center, Southern Utah Inc., 36 North 300 West, P.O. Box 3174, Calf Creek Falls and Anasazi State Park. University Campus, 392 West Center. Cost: Cedar City, Utah 84720, [email protected], Tues., May 7, 12 hours. Includes 5 1/2 mile, $18–$20 professionals; $15–$17 students. (435) 586-9592. round-trip hike to 126-foot-high Lower Calf Creek Falls; picnic lunch; visit to Anasazi ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACCOMMODATIONS State Park. Cost: $65. For complete descriptions of technical A block of rooms has been booked at Zion National Park. Tues., May 7. Great sessions, field trips, and short courses, and the Holiday Inn, located near the Southern White Throne, Angel’s Landing, Court of the for more information on registration, ac- Utah University campus (see map) at $55 Patriarchs, and the Narrows. Cost: $69. commodation, and activities, please con- (plus tax) per night for single or double Lake Powell. Wed, May 8. Five-hour boat tact the general chair, Robert L. Eves, room. (Please note that a room tax will be ride past beautiful formations; lunch pro- Department of Physical Science, Southern added to this rate.) For reservations, call vided at Wahweap Lodge. Cost: $139. Utah University, Cedar City, Utah 84720, the Holiday Inn directly, 1575 West 200 Bryce Canyon National Park. Wed, May 8. [email protected], (435) 586-1934, or the tech- North, (435) 586-8888, and identify your- Hiking; lunch provided in park lodge; shop- nical program chair, Robert Blackett, self as a participant in the GSA Rocky ping at Ruby’s Inn. Cost: $69. Utah Geological Survey, SUU Box 9053, Mountain Meeting. The reservation dead- Pioneer St. George. Thurs., May 9. St. Cedar City, Utah 84720, (435) 865-8139, line is May 1, 2002. For a list of other George LDS temple and historic tabernacle. [email protected]. nearby hotels, see the meeting Web sites. Cost: $39.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 39 Preregistration Form TICKETED EVENTS Qty Amount GSA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION MEETING 01. PS Luncheon and Business Meeting—May 7 CEDAR CITY, UTAH• MAY 7–9, 2002 Professional (301) $015 ______$ Preregistration deadline: April 2, 2002 • Cancellation deadline: April 9, 2002 Register online at www.geosociety.org. Student (301) $ 12 ______$ 02. Annual Banquet/Business Meeting—May 8 Beef Chicken Vegetarian GSA Mbr #______Professional (302) $20 (303) $19 (304) $018 ______$ ______First Name Last Name Student (302) $17 (303) $16 (304) $015 ______$ ______FIELD TRIPS Mailing address Is this a permanent address? Yes No Is this home or work

______01. Struct. Dev. and Paleoseismicity, Hurricane Fault—May 5–6 (401) $175 ______$ City State or Province ZIP or Postal Code Country 02. Miocene Strain Field, N. Virgin Mtns., Ariz.—May 5–6 (402) $180 ______$ ______E-mail Daytime Phone Fax 03. Navajo Aquifer System, SW Utah—May 6 (403) $055 ______$ Badge Information 04. Marysvale Volcanic Field, SW Utah—May 6 (404) $070 ______$ ______First Name/Nickname 05. Grand Staircase–Escalante Natl. Mon.—May 6 (405) $065 ______$ ______School/Company City/State/Prov. 06. NAGT: Grand Staircase, S. Utah—May 10–11 (406) $090 ______$ ______07. Pine Valley Mtns. & Iron Axis, SW Utah—May 10 (407) $045 ______$ Spouse/Guest First Name/Nickname Last Name City/State/Prov. 08. Tertiary Muddy Creek, SE Nev., Ariz., and Utah—May 10 (408) $065 ______$ Do you or your guest require any special considerations? Yes No SHORT COURSES

Check member affiliation(s) (to qualify for registration member discount): (a) GSA 01. Phase I Environmental Site Assessments—May 6 (501) $200 ______$ (b) AWG (c) NAGT (d) PS 02. Satellite Imagery for Geologic Mapping—May 10 (502) $200 ______$ Preregistration Fees (US$) Full Meeting US$ Amt. One Day US$ Amt. Professional Member* ...... (10) $ 50 $______(11) $ 20 $______03. Geol. Engineering Field Camp Exercises—May 10 (503) $040 ______$ Professional Member (70 & over)* ...... (12) $ 20 $______(13) $ 15 $______04. Intro. Field Digital Mapping, EDM and GMT—May 10 (504) $050 ______$ Professional Nonmember ...... (14) $ 60 $______(15) $ 30 $______GUEST ACTIVITIES Student Member or Student Associate* ...... (30) $ 20 $______(31) $ 20 $______01. Calf Creek Falls and Anasazi State Park—May 7 (101) $065 ______$ Student Nonmember ...... (32) $ 30 $______(33) $ 25 $______02. Zion National Park—May 7 (102) $069 ______$ Guest or Spouse** ...... (90) $ 20 $______(91) $ 10 $______K–12 Professional ...... (60) $ 10 $______(91) $ N/A 03. Lake Powell—May 8 (103) $139 ______$ Total $______04. Bryce Canyon National Park—May 8 (104) $069 ______$ *Member fee applies to any current Professional OR Student Member of GSA or Associated Societies listed above. Discount does not apply to guest registrants. **Guest or Spouse registration fee does not allow access to technical sessions. 05. Pioneer St. George—May 9 (105) $039 ______$ FAX TO: 303-357-1071 or 303-357-1072 06. Cove Fort, Fremont Indian Museum—May 9 (106) $029 ______$ MAIL TO: 2002 GSA ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION MEETING P.O. BOX 9140, BOULDER, CO 80301-9140 Remit in U.S. funds payable to 2002 GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting STUDENT WORKSHOP (All preregistrations must be prepaid. Purchase orders not accepted.) 01. Shlemon Mentor Program—May 7 (650) FREE ______FREE Payment by (check one): Check #______American Express VISA MasterCard ra(Meeting registration is not required to attend this workshop.) Discover

______Subtotal $ Card Number Expires Registration Fees $ ______Signature TOTAL FEES REMITTED $ GSAT Final Announcement CORDILLERAN SECTION, GSA 98th Annual Meeting • Corvallis, Oregon • May 13–15, 2002 www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/cord/02cdmtg.htm • terra.geo.orst.edu/users/gsa2002

You are invited to attend the 98th annual GSA is committed to making all events Unless otherwise arranged by theme ses- meeting of the Cordilleran Section of GSA, at the 2002 meeting accessible to all peo- sion chairs, oral sessions will allow 12 min- close to the North America–Juan de Fuca ple interested in attending. Indicate special utes for presentation and three minutes for Plate boundary in Corvallis, Oregon. The requirements (wheelchair accessibility, discussion and change of speakers. active volcanic arc is visible to the east, and etc.) on the registration form. Technical session rooms will have two 35 we are on the edge of the outer-arc high mm carousel slide projectors, one overhead (Coast Range) to the west. The theme of KEYNOTE ADDRESS projector, and one LCD digital projector. the meeting is “Where Plates Collide.” John R. Delaney, Professor of Oceanog- Presenters must bring their own computer The convention host is the Department raphy, University of Washington: (PC or Macintosh) and cable for the digital of Geosciences, Oregon State University “Exploring the Oceans off the Pacific projector; bring slides or overheads as (OSU). Participating organizations include Northwest.” Mon., May 13, 8 p.m., Austin backup. Extra carousel slide trays will be the Northwest Energy Association (NWEA) Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center. Open available in the Speaker Ready Room in the of the American Association of Petroleum to the public. CH2M Hill Alumni Center; however, speak- Geologists (AAPG), the Oregon and ers are strongly encouraged to bring their Washington Chapters of the Association TECHNICAL PROGRAM slides already loaded into a carousel tray. of Engineering Geologists (AEG), the Besides the usual discipline-related tech- Posters will be on display for 4 hours, and Cordilleran Section of the Paleontological nical sessions, 36 theme sessions and sym- poster presenters must be present for two Society (PS), and the National Association posia have been organized for this meet- hours. Each poster booth will contain 8 × 4 of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). The ing. Only titles and chairs are listed below; feet of exhibit space. meeting will be held at the LaSells Stewart see www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/cord/ Address general questions to the technical Center and CH2M Hill Alumni Center, 02cdmtg.htm or http://terra.geo.orst.edu/ program chair, Andrew Meigs, (541) 737- Oregon State University. Free parking is users/gsa2002 for descriptions. Theme ses- 1214, [email protected]. The poster chair available at nearby Reser Stadium, and a sions will include both invited and volun- is Roy Haggerty, (541) 737-1210, free shuttle will operate between the con- teered papers. [email protected]. For questions vention site and motels in downtown Corvallis. The convention chair is Bob Yeats, (541) 737-1226, [email protected].

REGISTRATION Preregistration deadline: April 5, 2002 Cancellation deadline: April 12, 2002 Register online at the GSA Web site, www. geosociety.org/sectdiv/cord/02cdmtg.htm, download a PDF version of the registration form, or use the form printed on page 45. Discounts are available for those organiza- tions listed on the form. Guest registration is required for all those attending guest ac- tivities or exhibits. Registration questions should be directed to the registration coor- dinator, Jeff Templeton, (503) 838-8858, [email protected] or GSA Member Services, 1-888-443-4478, [email protected]. On-site registration will be available at the LaSells Stewart Center starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 12. The meeting program will be distributed free to all registrants. The Abstracts with Programs volume will be available for purchase at the registration desk for $15 for those who have not previ- ously purchased them as part of their GSA dues. Students and K–12 teachers must show current ID to obtain reduced rates.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 41 about presentations using the digital projec- 11.Coastal Paleodune Landscapes. 25.Quaternary Paleoclimates Inferred tor, contact Julia Jones, [email protected]. (Sponsored by AEG.) Curt Peterson, from Eolian Deposits in the West- (503) 725-3375, [email protected]; ern United States. Mark Sweeney, Theme Sessions and Symposia Chuck Rosenfeld. (509) 335-5987, sweeney@wsunix. wsu.edu; David Gaylord. 1. Presenting Geology to the Public 12.Active Tectonics of Cascadia: Geodesy. in Parks, Museums, and Outdoor Herb Dragert, (250) 363-6447, dragert@ 26.Surface Effects of the Nisqually, Classrooms. (Sponsored by NAGT.) pgc.nrcan.gc.ca; Meghan Miller. Washington, Earthquake of Febru- ary 28, 2001. (Sponsored by AEG.) Bob Lillie, (541) 737-1242, lillier@geo. 13.Active Tectonics of Cascadia: Conti- orst.edu; Carolyn Driedger. Tim Walsh, (360) 902-1432, tim.walsh@ nental Shelf and Slope and Accre- wadnr.gov; Kathy Troost. 2. The Evolving Pacific Northwest tionary Prism. Chris Goldfinger, (541) 27.Catastrophic Glacial Outburst Landscape: Geomorphic and Eco- 737-5214, [email protected]. Floods in the Pacific Northwest: A logic Controls, Constraints, and 14.Active Tectonics of Cascadia: Defor- Progress Report. Pat Spencer, (509) Conundrums in the Quaternary. mation in the North America Plate. 527-5222, [email protected]. Gordon Grant, (541) 750-7328, Gordon. Ray Weldon, [email protected]. 28.Innovations in Earth Science Edu- [email protected]; Stephen Lancaster; edu; Pat McCrory; Gene Humphreys; Shannon Hayes. cation: Dorothy LaLonde Stout Mark Hemphill-Haley. Memorial Session. (Sponsored by 3. Constraints on Cretaceous Paleo- 15.Submarine Volcanism and Hydrother- NAGT.) Peter Wampler, (541) 758-8418, geography of the Western mal Vents in the Northeast Pacific. Bill [email protected]; Jeff Templeton. Cordilleran Margin. Bernie Housen, Chadwick, (541) 867-0179, chadwick@ 29.Undergraduate Research Poster (360) 650-6573, [email protected]; pmel.noaa.gov. Session. (Sponsored by Council on Brian Mahoney. 16.Terrestrial Paleontology of the Undergraduate Research.) Karen 4. Geology and Hydrology of the Pacific Northwest. (Sponsored by Grove, (415) 338-2617, kgrove@ sfsu.edu. Willamette Basin, Oregon. (Spon- PS.) Jeff Myers, (503) 838-8365, sored by AEG.) Jim O’Connor, (503) [email protected]. 30.Volcanic Arcs and Ores: Links of 251-3222, [email protected]; Marshall Magmatic Gases with Porphyry Gannett. 17.Third Decadal Symposium on the Copper and Epithermal Gold Geology of Washington: In Honor Deposits and Geothermal Systems. 5. Architecture of Cascadia: A Synthe- of Rowland W. Tabor. Eric Cheney, sis of New Geologic and Geophysi- John Dilles, (541) 737-1245, dillesj@ (206) 543-1163, [email protected]. geo.orst.edu; Cy Field; Mark Reed. cal Mapping Along the Convergent edu; Josh Logan. Margin. (Sponsored by NWEA of 31.Phanerozoic Subduction-Related AAPG.) Ray Wells, (650) 329-4933, 18.Pacific Northwest Geology East of Magmatism in Mexico: Comparison [email protected]; Tim Walsh; Ian Madin. the Cascades: In honor of George with the Rest of the Cordillera. POSTERS W. Walker. Martin Streck, (503) Elena Centeno-Garcia, +52-5622-4309, 725-3379, [email protected]; Anita [email protected]; Luca Ferrari. 6. Hazards and Risks from Cascade Grunder. Volcanoes. (Sponsored by AEG.) Britt 32.Communicating Science: Lessons Hill, (210) 522-6087, [email protected]; 19.Applications of Geographic Infor- from the Klamath Basin. Maria Panfill, Ed Taylor. ORAL AND POSTERS mation Systems in Geology and (541) 737-4032, [email protected]. Geophysics. Dawn Wright, (541) Geophysics and Biogeochemistry 7. Pattern and Rates of Long-term 33. 737-1229, [email protected] of Gas Hydrates and Methane Seeps Deformation across the Washington on the Northeastern Pacific Margin. Segment of the Cascadia Forearc 20.Jurassic Tectonics and Magmatism Marta E. Torres, (541) 737-2902, High. Mark Brandon, (203) 432-3135, in Outboard Terranes from North- ern California to Washington. Greg [email protected]; Joel E. Johnson. [email protected]; Dave Mont- ORAL AND POSTER gomery; Frank Pazzaglia. Harper, (518) 442-4476, [email protected]. edu; Cal Barnes. Symposia 8. Debris Flows: Theory and Practice. 1. Paleogeodesy: Unraveling Displace- (Sponsored by AEG.) Dick Iverson, 21.Groundwater and Surface-Water ment Fields in Magmatic Arcs: In (360) 993-8920, [email protected]; Interactions. Roy Haggerty, (541) 737-1210, [email protected]. Honor of Othmar Tobisch. Brendan Keith Mills; Jon Hofmeister. McNulty, (310) 243-3412, bmcnulty@ 9. Unraveling the Tertiary Stratigra- 22.Environmental Cleanup: Use of csudh.edu; Scott Paterson. Hydrogeological and Biological phy and Structure of the Pacific 2. Geology for Public Policy. (Spon- Principles and GIS. (Sponsored by Northwest and its Implications for sored by Institute for Earth Science Hydrocarbon Occurrence and AEG.) John Kuiper, (503) 639-3400, and the Environment.) Lee Gerhard, Underground Gas Storage: In [email protected]. (785) 864-2195, lgerhard@ Honor of Alan and Wendy Niem. 23.Natural Hazard Monitoring and kgs.ukans.edu; Victor Yannacone Jr., (Sponsored by NWEA of AAPG.) Jack Warning Systems. Mark Darienzo, (516) 758-9468, [email protected]. Meyer, [email protected]; George (503) 378-2911, ext. 237, mdarien@ 3. Contributions to Tectonics and Fis- Sharp; Robert Deacon. oem.state.or.us. sion-track Dating in the Pacific 10.Engineering Geology Case Histories 24.Invertebrate Paleontology: In honor Northwest: In Honor of Joseph A. of Landslides. (Sponsored by AEG.) of Ellen J. Moore. (Sponsored by PS.) Vance. Mark Brandon, (203) 432-3135, Scott Burns, (503) 725-3389, burnss@ Elizabeth Nesbitt, (206) 543-5949, [email protected]; Darrel Cowan; pdx.edu; Charlie Hammond. [email protected]. John Garver.

42 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY FIELD TRIPS—REGISTER EARLY! USGS; Gordon Grant, U.S. Forest Ser- May 13. Jeff Myers, Western Oregon Field-trip preregistration deadline: vice. Max.: 10; cost: $410 (2B, 3L, 3R, University, (503) 838-8365, myersj@ April 5, 2002 2D, van, professionally-guided raft, wou.edu; Paul Kester, University of Cancellation deadline: April 12, 2002 camping on the river; bring sleeping Washington; Greg Retallack, University Except as noted, all trips leave from the bag and tent, drybag provided). of Oregon. Max.: 20; cost: $35 (L, R, vans). north entrance to the CH2M Hill Alumni 3. Hydrogeology of the Upper 10.Geology of Vineyards in the Center (open parking available at Reser Deschutes Basin, Central Oregon: A Willamette Valley, Oregon. 5 p.m., Stadium). Specifics will be sent to registrants. Young Basin Adjacent to the Cas- Mon., May 13. George Moore, OSU, Trip fees include transportation during the cade Volcanic Arc. 4 p.m., Fri.–Sun., (541) 737-1244, [email protected]. trip and a copy of the comprehensive field- May 10–12. David Sherrod, USGS, Max.: 44; cost: $30 (vans, wine, artisan trip guidebook, a special publication of the (808) 967-8831, [email protected]; breads, and cheese). Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Marshall Gannett, USGS; Kenneth Lite, Postmeeting Trips Industries. The guidebook will also be on Oregon Water Resources Dept. Max.: sale at the meeting. Other included services 24; cost: $115 (2B, 2L, 2R, D, 2N, vans, 11.Bimodal Volcanism and Tectonism are indicated by the following letter code: rustic ski-lodge, bring sleeping bag of the High Lava Plains, Oregon. B—breakfast; L—lunch; R—refreshments; and towel). 5 p.m., Wed.–Fri., May 15–17, D—dinner; N—overnight lodging. Meeting overnight in Bend first night, Burns registration recommended but not required 4. North-Central Oregon Cascade Mar- second night. Brennan Jordan, OSU, for field trips. We suggest that participants gin: Exploring Petrologic and Tec- (541) 737-1249, [email protected]; not make plane reservations until field-trip tonic Intimacy in a Propagating Martin Streck, Portland State Univer- participation is confirmed. Trip descriptions Intra-Arc Rift. 8 a.m., Sat. and Sun., sity; Anita Grunder, OSU. Max.: 21; are posted at www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/ May 11–12, overnight in Redmond. cost: $190 (2L, 2R, 2N, vans). cord/02cdmtg.htm and http://terra.geo.orst. Richard Conrey, Washington State Uni- 12.Josephine and Coast Range Ophio- edu/users/gsa2002. For additional informa- versity (509) 332-6610, conrey@mail. lites, Oregon and California. 5 p.m., tion, contact the field-trip leader or the field wsu.edu; Ed Taylor, OSU. Max.: 22; Wed.–Sat., May 15–18. Greg Harper, trip chair, George Moore, (541) 737-1244, cost: $95 (L, 2R, N). SUNY Albany, New York, (518) 442- [email protected]. 5. Pleistocene and Holocene Dunal 4476, [email protected]; Mario Gia- A limited number of field-trip scholar- Landscapes of the Central Oregon ramita, California State University ships (providing a 50% reduction in field- Coast, Newport to Florence. 9 a.m., Stanislaus. Max.: 33; cost: $385 (B, 3L, trip fees) are available for students. Sat. and Sun., May 11–12, overnight in 3R, D, 3N, vans, jet boat, wilderness Students should register for field trips with Florence. Curt Peterson, Portland State lodge). GSA and submit a separate letter of re- University, (503) 725-3375, petersonc@ quest giving student status, e-mail address, pdx.edu; Courtney Cloyd, USFS; Georg 13.Columbia River Gorge Landslides. and explanation of interest in the field trip Grathoff, PSU. Max.: 20, Cost: $95 (2L, (Sponsored by AEG.) 9 a.m., Thurs., to George Moore, Dept. of Geosciences, 2R, N, vans, dunebuggy ride). May 16. Begins and ends at Portland Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon 6. Landslides at Kelso, Washington, 97331-5506, by April 5. Awards will be St. (corner of 7th), Portland. Yumei and Portland, Oregon. (Sponsored based on (1) merit and (2) availability of Wang, Oregon Dept. of Geology and by AEG.) 7:30 a.m. (Corvallis), 9 a.m. funds. Awards will be made on April 12. Mineral Industries, (503) 731-4100, ext. (Cromer Hall, PSU, 1721 SW Broad- Student drivers for vans will have their 226, [email protected]; way). Sun., May 12. Scott Burns, Port- field-trip fees waived. Students interested Scott Burns, Jon Hofmeister, and Vicki land State University, (503) 725-3389, in driving a van should contact the field- McConnell (DOGAMI). Max.: 20; cost: [email protected]; Tom Kuper, Kuper trip leader. Anyone planning to drive OSU $35 (L, R, vans). Consulting; John Lawes, PSU. Max.: 26; vans must request an OSU vehicle driver cost: $35 (L, R, vans). authorization form from George Moore. WORKSHOPS Premeeting Trips 7. Miocene Molluscan Fossils and Workshops will be held at several loca- Stratigraphy, Newport, Oregon. tions on the OSU campus. The workshop 1. Fluvial Record of Plate-Boundary (Sponsored by PS.) 9 a.m., Sun., May chair is Bob Lillie, (541) 737-1242, lillier@ Deformation in the Olympic Moun- 12. Ellen Moore, OSU, (541) 758-0314, geo.orst.edu. tains. Noon (Corvallis), 2 p.m. (Port- [email protected]; George Moore, Premeeting land airport). Thurs.–Sun, May 9–12. OSU. Max.: 13; cost: $35 (L, R, van). Frank Pazzaglia, Lehigh University, 1. Parks and Plates: How Earth’s (610) 758-3667, [email protected]; Mark 8. Geomorphology and Hydrology of Dynamic Forces Shape Our Brandon, Yale University; Karl Wegmann, the H.J. Andrews Experimental For- National Parks. Sun., May 12, Washington Dept. of Natural Resources. est, Blue River, Oregon. 9 a.m., 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Wilkinson Hall, Rm. Max.: 30; cost: $315 (3B, 4L, 4R, 3D, Sun., May 12. Julia Jones, OSU, (541) 108. Bob Lillie, Oregon State Univer- 3N, vans, lodge). 737-1224, [email protected]; Fred sity, (541) 737-1242, lillier@geo. Swanson, U.S. Forest Service. Max.: 22; orst.edu. Max.: 40; cost: $30 (includes 2. Geology and Geomorphology of cost: $35 (L, R, vans). the Lower Deschutes River Canyon, course notes). Oregon. 6 a.m. (Corvallis), 8 a.m. Trips During Meeting Postmeeting (Portland airport). Fri.–Sun., May 9. Paleobotanical Record of Eocene- 2. Geographic Information Systems 10–12. Robin Beebee, University of Oligocene Climate and Vegetational Applications in the Earth Sciences. Oregon, (541) 346-4354, rbeebee@ Change Near Eugene, Oregon. Thurs., May 16, 8 a.m.–noon. Peavy darkwing.uoregon.edu; Jim O’Connor, (Sponsored by PS.) 12:30 p.m., Mon.,

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 43 Hall, Rm. 236. Michael Wing, OSU, poster sessions. Exhibits chair is Cy Field, February 28, 2002. Applications must be (541) 737-4009, michael.wing@orst. (541) 737-1219, [email protected]. received by the section secretary by March edu. Max.: 18; cost: $30 (includes Exhibits will be up from Sunday evening 1, 2002. A student can only receive travel course notes and snacks). to Wednesday at noon. support from one section. 3. Integrating Geology and Geo- The GSA Cordilleran Section will pre- physics on PC Workstations: 3-D GUEST PROGRAM sent cash awards for best and honorable Seismic. Thurs., May 16, 8 a.m.–4:30 Oregon Coast. 9 a.m., Mon., May 13. Visit mention undergraduate and graduate pre- p.m. Valley Library, Rm. 5420. Alex to coastline of Oregon, Oregon Coast sentations (both oral and poster). The stu- Garcia, Seismic Microtechnology, (713) Aquarium, Nye Beach. Angela Yeats, (541) dent must be both first author and presen- 464-6188, [email protected]. 754-0622, [email protected]. Max.: 13; ter, must be a GSA Student Associate or Max.: 15; cost: $100 (includes individ- cost: $20. Member, and must be registered for the ual workstation use and course notes). Wine Tasting. 5 p.m., Mon., May 13. See meeting. field trip 10. Preregistered students may earn $75 for K–12 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Walking Tour of OSU Campus. Self- serving as projectionists for two half-day Sponsored by NAGT guided; height of rhododendron and azal- sessions during the meeting. To sign up, ea season. Guide in registration packet. click on the Student Workers link when Premeeting Field Trips registering, and indicate the time you are See “Field Trips,” for registration and de- SOCIAL EVENTS available. Other student opportunities: as- parture information. Welcoming Icebreaker. Sun., May 12, sist at preregistration and in the Speaker 1. Oligocene Flora at Sweet Home, 6–9 p.m. Lobby of LaSells Stewart Center. Ready Room. Contact Randy Milstein, mil- Oregon: A Field Study for K–12 Alumni Get-togethers. Tues., May 14, [email protected], with questions. For Teachers. 9 a.m.–5.p.m., Sat., May 11. 6–8 p.m. CH2M Hill Alumni Center. If inter- field-trip drivers, see “Field Trips.” Larry Enochs, OSU, (541) 737-1305, ested in a special site for your school, con- [email protected]; Lockwood tact Roy Haggerty, (541) 737-1210, hag- ACCOMMODATIONS AND TRAVEL DeWitt, Erwin Schutfort, and Peter [email protected]. Beer and wine cash Several blocks of rooms have been re- Wampler, OSU. Max.: 33; cost: $30 bar; hors d’oeuvres provided; costs shared served in downtown Corvallis motels (lo- (vans, lunch, and new book, Field among participating schools. cated on map). Reservations should be Guide to Geologic Processes in made by the attendees. Details on housing Cascadia). BUSINESS MEETINGS can be found at the OSU Web site, terra.geo. Cordilleran Section GSA Management orst.edu/users/gsa2002/housing. Cutoff date Luckiamute River Watershed, 2. Board Meeting. Mon., May. 13, for guaranteed GSA rates is April 15. Shuttle Upper Willamette Basin, Oregon: noon–1:30 p.m., CH2M Hill Alumni Center service to and from the meeting will be pro- An Integrated Environmental Study Johnson Lounge. vided from convention motels. for K–12 Teachers. 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m., National Association of Geoscience Details on airlines serving the area, dis- Sun., May 12. Steve Taylor, Western Teachers Luncheon. Mon., May 13, counts, and shuttle services are posted at Oregon University, (503) 838-8398, noon–1:30 p.m., CH2M Hill Alumni Center, www.geosociety.org/sectdiv/cord/02cdmtg. [email protected]; Bryan Dutton and Rm. 114. Cost: $12. htm or http://terra.geo.orst.edu/ Pete Poston, WOU. Max.: 33; cost: $30 Association for Women Geoscientists users/gsa2002. (vans, lunch, and the new book, Field Breakfast. Tues., May 14, 7:30 a.m., Guide to Geologic Processes in Cascadia). CH2M Hill Alumni Center Johnson CANCELLATIONS, CHANGES, Lounge. Cost $12. AND REFUNDS STUDENT WORKSHOP Paleontological Society. Tues., May 14, All requests for registration additions, Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in noon–1:30 p.m., CH2M Alumni Center changes, or cancellations must be made in Applied Geoscience Workshop and Johnson Lounge. Cost: $12. writing and be received by GSA by April Field Trip. Two sessions. Workshop: Tues., Cordilleran Section GSA Annual 12, 2002. No refunds will be made on May 14, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., CH2M Hill Business Meeting. Wed., May 15, cancellation notices received after this Alumni Center, Rm. 111A. Max.: 25. Field noon–1:30 p.m., CH2M Hill Alumni Center date. Refunds will be mailed from GSA af- trip: Wed., May 15, 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Meet Johnson Lounge. Cost: $12. ter the meeting. Refunds for fees paid by at CH2M Alumni Center, Rm. 111A, to pick credit card will be credited to the card up lunch and proceed to van. Max.: 12; STUDENT AWARDS AND SUPPORT number on the preregistration form. There priority given to those attending the Scholarships are available to assist stu- will be NO refunds for on-site registration Tuesday session. Free lunch to registered dents who are attending field trips; see or ticket sales. attendees at each session. Karlon Blythe, “Field Trips.” GSA Program Officer, kblythe@geosociety. The GSA Cordilleran Section and GSA FURTHER INFORMATION org. Program led by Tom and Dorian Foundation have funds available for partial For further information, contact the con- Kuper of Kuper Consulting LLC, an inde- support of Student Members or Associates vention chair, Bob Yeats, (541) 737-1226, pendent engineering-geology consulting who are presenting papers or posters. [email protected], or see www.geosociety. firm in Tualatin, Oregon. Preregistration is Apply to Cordilleran Section Secretary- org/sectdiv/cord/02cdmtg.htm or http:// encouraged to secure a seat, but meeting Treasurer Joan E. Fryxell, Dept. of terra.geo.orst.edu/users/gsa2002. A print- registration is not required to attend. Geological Sciences, California State out of the detailed announcement is University, San Bernardino, CA 92407, available from GSA Meetings, P.O. Box EXHIBITS (909) 880-5311, [email protected]. The 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140 or (303) Exhibits will be located in the lobby of student must be a GSA Student Associate 447-2020. LaSells Stewart Center adjacent to the or Member of the Cordilleran Section as of

44 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Preregistration Form TICKETED EVENTS Qty Amount GSA CORDILLERAN SECTION MEETING 01. NAGT Luncheon—May 13 (301) $012 ______$ CORVALLIS, OREGON• MAY 13–15, 2002 02. Association of Women Geoscientists Breakfast—May 14 (303) $012 ______$ Preregistration deadline: April 5, 2002 • Cancellation deadline: April 12, 2002 03. PS Luncheon—May 14 (302) $012 ______$ Register online at www.geosociety.org. 04. Cord Section Business Meeting and Luncheon—May 15 (304) $012 ______$ GSA Mbr #______FIELD TRIPS ______01. Olympic Mountains—May 9–12 (401) $315 ______$ First Name Last Name ______02. Lower Deschutes Canyon Raft Trip—May 10–12 (402) $410 ______$ Mailing address Is this a permanent address? Yes No Is this home or work 03. Upper Deschutes Basin Hydrogeology—May 10–12 (403) $115 ______$ ______City State or Province ZIP or Postal Code Country 04. North-Central Oregon Cascade Margin—May 11–12 (404) $ 95 ______$ ______05. Dunes of Central Oregon Coast—May 11–12 (405) $ 95 ______$ E-mail Daytime Phone Fax Badge Information 06. Landslides at Kelso and Portland—May 12 (406) $ 35 ______$

______07. Molluscan Fossils and Strat., Newport, Ore.—May 12 (407) $ 35 ______$ First Name/Nickname 08. Experimental Forest, Blue River, Ore.—May 12 (408) $ 35 ______$ ______School/Company City/State/Prov. 09. Paleobotany Near Eugene, Ore.—May 13 (409) $ 35 ______$ ______Spouse/Guest First Name/Nickname Last Name City/State/Prov. 10. Vineyards in the Willamette Valley—May 13 (410) $ 30 ______$ 11. High Lava Plains, Oregon—May 15–17 (411) $190 ______$ Do you or your guest require any special considerations? Yes No 12. Ophiolites, Oregon and California—May 15–18 (412) $385 ______$ Check member affiliation(s) (to qualify for registration member discount): (a) GSA 13. Columbia River Gorge Landslides—May 16 (413) $ 35 ______$ (b) AAPG (c) AEG (d) PS (e) NAGT (f) SEPM K–12 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Preregistration Fees (US$) Full Meeting US$ Amt. One Day US$ Amt. Professional Member* ...... (10) $100 $______(11) $50 $______01. Oligocene Flora, Sweet Home, Ore., Field Trip—May 11 (501) $030 ______$ Professional Nonmember ...... (14) $125 $______(15) $60 $______02. Luckiamute River Watershed, Field Trip—May 12 (502) $ 30 ______$ Student Member or Student Associate* ...... (30) $050 $______(31) $25$______WORKSHOPS Student Nonmember ...... (32) $060 $______(33) $30$______01. Parks and Plates—May 12 (601) $030 ______$ Guest or Spouse** ...... (90) $010 $______(33) $N/A 02. GIS Applications in Earth Science—May 16 (602) $030 ______$ K–12 Professional ...... (60) $030 $______(61) $15$______03. 3-D Seismic on PC Workstations—May 16 (603) $100 ______$ Field Trip or Workshop Only ...... no charge Total $______GUEST ACTIVITIES *Member fee applies to any current Professional OR Student Member of GSA or Associated Societies listed above. Discount 01. Oregon Coast Trip—May 13 (101) $020 ______$ does not apply to guest registrants. **Guest or Spouse registration fee does not allow access to technical sessions. FAX TO: 303-357-1071 or 303-357-1072 02. Field Trip 10: Vineyards in Willamette Valley—May 13 (410) $030 ______$ MAIL TO: 2002 GSA CORDILLERAN SECTION MEETING STUDENT WORKSHOP P.O. BOX 9140, BOULDER, CO 80301-9140 01. Shlemon Mentor Program—May 14 (650) FREE ______FREE Remit in U.S. funds payable to 2002 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting (All preregistrations must be prepaid. Purchase orders not accepted.) May 15 (651) FREE ______FREE

Payment by (check one): Check #______American Express VISA MasterCard (Meeting registration is not required to attend this workshop.) Discover STUDENT WORKERS WANTED. Preregistered students Subtotal $ ______can sign up at http://terra.geo.orst.edu/users/gsa2002. Card Number Expires Click on Student Workers. Registration Fees $ ______TOTAL FEES REMITTED $ Signature GSAT a significant amount of this work focuses CoFORCE: COASTAL FORECASTING on environmental quality, coastal habitat conservation, use of living and non-living IN RAPIDLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS resources, national defense, and coastal erosion. These programs represent a first Report of a National Science Foundation–Sponsored Workshop line of defense against changes that are November 2–4, 2000 • Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA already occurring within the coastal zone. However, relatively little money or effort is going toward preparing for those workshop was held at Rice University, Challenges in Coastal Forecasting changes that will impact coasts by the Houston, Texas. The theme of the work- The world’s population continues to year 2100. shop was forecasting coastal change dur- migrate toward the coasts, despite the fact Because funding for coastal research ing the current millennium. that the capacity for coastal environments has shifted more toward immediate Workshop participants recognized to sustain this growth is highly uncertain. needs, young scientists in the field have three broad areas where research is Almost half of the coastal wetlands have found it more lucrative to follow this av- needed: been destroyed during the past century, enue of research than compete for the due in large part to human encroachment. 1. Quantifying coastal change. limited NSF funds available for coastal re- Frequent hurricane and severe storm Determine how coastal systems search. Further complicating the problem landings along the eastern seaboard of respond (change in height to width is the fact that there has been a decline in the United States have resulted in dramatic ratios, landward retreat rates, sub- the number of new Ph.D.’s in coastal ge- changes in the coastline. Likewise, rates mergence rates, sediment budget ology. Indeed, the number of universities of coastal erosion along the Gulf Coast variations) to quantifiable forcing with coastal research programs focusing have increased over the past few decades. mechanisms (changes in relative on basic science problems has declined. Further complicating the problem is the sea-level rise and climate, and associ- So, as the appeal for more coastal re- fact that climate modelers warn that global ated biogeochemical, hydrogeophysi- search is being made, a declining number warming could result in an increase in the cal, and anthropogenic processes). of young scientists are available to answer rate of sea-level rise and increased storm 2. Developing hindcasting ability. the challenge. frequency and magnitude. How will these This initiative to strengthen the vital predicted changes impact coasts? Investigate how coastal systems evolved to their present state so that mission of understanding long-term Coastal change occurs in response to changes of the U.S. shorelines is currently natural processes that operate across a coastal forecasting models can be tested by hindcasting. known as Coastal Forecasting in Rapidly wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Changing Environments, or CoFORCE. The shoreline exists in a non–steady state 3. Creating more accurate coastal The current report, a brief summary of a of dynamic equilibrium with incident en- change models. Develop numerical white paper that was prepared for NSF, ergies that are only predictable within models with the ability to unify and can be found at www.geo.nsf.gov/ear/ large ranges. If we are to succeed at fore- integrate observational databases as programs/gepage.html. casting coastal change during the twenty- well as improve prediction of unob- first century and beyond, quantitative served phenomena and future patterns. Acknowledgment models that relate coastal response to var- The workshop on forecasting coastal ious forcing mechanisms operating at dif- Is the Coastal Science Community change was funded by the National ferent time scales must be developed. Ready to Meet the Challenge? Science Foundation. The U.S. coastal science community is Our ability to forecast coastal changes making progress toward improving our remains imprecise. This is due mainly to a Authors and Workshop Participants: understanding of the dynamics of sedi- lack of understanding of the geologic John Anderson, Rice University; mentation within the littoral zone and at framework of coastal systems, and the im- Daniel Belknap, University of Maine; defining future research needs. Likewise, pacts and interactions of changes in rela- Bruce Douglas, University of Maryland; the international Quaternary geology tive sea level and climate, as well as bio- Duncan FitzGerald, Boston University; community has made good progress geochemical, hydrogeophysical, and Charles Fletcher, University of Hawaii toward coordinating research projects anthropogenic processes on coastal evo- at Manoa; Rob Holman, Oregon State aimed at examining the stratigraphic lution. To truly understand how different University; Richard Lane, NSF; Stephen record of coastal change, through the coastal systems respond to forcing mech- Leatherman, Florida International International Geological Correlation anisms, a variety of end-member type University; Bruce Richmond, USGS Program (IGCP Projects 367 and 437). coastal environments need to be exam- Coastal and Marine Geology Program; However, the number of U.S. scientists ined and compared. An important strate- Stanley Riggs, East Carolina University; participating in these workshops and their gic tool should be the integration of mul- Antonio Rodriguez, University of published results has been small by com- tidisciplinary teams of investigators Alabama; Sarah Tebbens, University of parison to other countries. The U.S. coastal working in specific coastal cells with the South Florida; Torbjörn Törnqvist, geology community in particular has been use of models and field experiments uti- University of Illinois at Chicago; and slow in organizing itself and adopting a lizing specific observational, mapping, Orson van de Plassche, Free University specific research plan for the future. To and drilling technologies. Amsterdam. help remedy this problem, a National Although a number of federal and state Science Foundation (NSF)–sponsored agencies currently fund coastal research,

46 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY To reward and encourage teaching excellence in beginning professors of earth science at the college level, GSA announces: The Eligibility Earth science instructors and Deadline and Nomination faculty from all academic institutions engaged in Eleventh Information Nomination forms for the undergraduate education who have been teaching 2002 Biggs Earth Science Teaching Award are full-time for 10 years or fewer. (Part-time teaching Annual posted at www.geosociety.org (go to “About Us,” is not counted in the 10 years.) then “Awards and Medals”). Or, contact Leah Carter, (303) 357-1037, [email protected]. Biggs Nominations must be received by May 1, 2002. Award Amount An award of $750 is made possible as a result of support from the Award Donald and Carolyn Biggs Fund (maintained by Mail nomination packets to: the GSA Foundation), the GSA Geoscience Education Division, and GSA’s Science, Leah Carter Education, and Outreach Programs. This award Program Officer, Grants, Awards, and Medals also includes up to $500 in travel funds to attend the award presentation at the GSA annual GSA, P.O. Box 9140, meeting. Boulder, CO 80301

for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching

2002 GSA SECTION MEETINGS NORTHEASTERN SECTION SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION March 25–27 April 11–12, 2002 Sheraton Springfield, Springfield, Mass. Sul Ross State University Center, Alpine, Texas. Information: Sheila Seaman, (413) 545-2822, Information: Kevin Urbanczyk, (915) 837-8110, [email protected]. [email protected].

NEW THEME SESSION ADDED: Taphonomy: Insight ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION into Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Evolution. May 7–9, 2002 David Lehmann, (814) 641-3602, Southern Utah University Campus, Cedar City, Utah. [email protected]; Mark Leckie, (413) 545-1948, Information: Robert Eves, (435) 586-1934, [email protected]. [email protected]. Abstract deadline: February 4, 2002 SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL SECTIONS CORDILLERAN SECTION April 3–5, 2002 May 13–15, 2002 Hyatt Regency Hotel and Lexington Civic Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Lexington, Ky. Information: John D. Kiefer, Information: Robert S. Yeats, (541) 737-1226, [email protected], or James C. Cobb, [email protected]. [email protected], (859) 257-5500. Abstract deadline: February 7, 2002 STUDENTS: SECTION MEETINGS HAVE WORKSHOPS JUST FOR YOU If you’re interested in pursuing a career in applied geoscience, you’ll find the Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Workshops valu- able, informative, fun, and filling (lunch is included). The workshops extend the mentoring reach of individual professionals from applied geoscience to advanced undergraduate and graduate students attending GSA Section Meetings. Mark your calendar with the dates for the 2002 Section Meeting closest to you (see above), and watch for announce- ments in GSA Today pertaining to each section’s Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geoscience.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 47 Ed. note: This is the second of three arti- Practice Series (APS). The PDS provides scope, focus, and quality. Interested read- cles about emergency management and baseline training to new or potential emer- ers will find a Web-based training course its relevance to earth scientists. Part 1 gency managers. Because much of emer- through FEMA’s Independent Study Pro- appeared in the November issue, also gency management focuses on coalition gram and the National Fire Academy. available at www.geosociety.org/pubs/. building and dealing with core needs first FEMA’s Higher Education Project fosters (e.g., planning and exercise development), f the goal of emergency manage- college classes and degree programs in the PDS focuses on these areas in a total ment (EM) is to prevent or lessen the EM as well as general dissemination of of seven classes encompassing just under impacts of disasters, the goal of the disaster preparedness information across 200 hours. The APS, initiated in the late education and training resources— the country. A comprehensive list of 1990s, provides a secondary credential for ranging from one-day classes to domestic and international programs may those who want to expand their training. degreeI programs—described here is to be found on the EMI Web site listed below. Building on the PDS, APS training allows provide basic tools to those attempting to participants to choose from a variety of do so. For the purpose of this discussion, Credentials core courses and electives. Although nei- training programs are skill-based and gen- The profession has two credentialing pro- ther PDS nor APS are required to function erally last one week or less, serving as grams, one international and a similar one as an emergency manager, successful PDS stand-alone classes or a series of classes; by state. The Certified Emergency Manager they tend not to be eligible for higher-edu- (CEM) program, administered by the Inter- cation credit or otherwise be part of national Association of Emergency Man- degree programs. Education programs pro- agement, requires a combination of train- vide more in-depth knowledge and tend Emergency ing, education, experience, professional to be longer and more formal than training service, and a written exam. In addition, courses. They generally last more than a Management: most states have their own credentials that week and are offered by an accredited tend to be complementary with the CEM institution and are eligible for higher-edu- Education and requirements. The private sector has sev- cation credit, regardless of whether the eral credentials in business continuity, the course is part of a degree program. most common being Certified Business TRAINING Continuity Professional (CBCP), adminis- J. Wilson and A. Oyola-Yemaiel (2001, tered by DRI International. Although many How higher education can contribute to Opportunities positions require either a specific creden- EM professionalism: Florida trial: IAEM tial or educational background, no regis- Bulletin, v. 18, no. 5, p.1–6) provide a use- tration or license for EM set by national or ful summary of EM education and training Jeffrey N. Rubin, Tualatin Valley Fire & state statute currently exists. and describe a series of goals and desired Rescue, Oregon City, Oregon skillsets for emergency managers: critical EM training programs not affiliated thinking; management and problem-solv- with degree-granting institutions: ing skills; communication skills; knowl- completion is commonly listed as a pre- FEMA Emergency Management Institute, edge of core concepts (e.g., history of EM, ferred attribute for job applicants. A third www.fema.gov/emi/ four phases of EM, legislation, key agen- EMI training program, the Integrated Emer- California Specialized Training Institute cies); and hands-on experience. gency Management Course, places local (State Office of Emergency Services), representatives in a series of small exer- www.oes.ca.gov/oeshomep.nsf/csti/ Training cises and discussions, culminating in a csti+home+page The principal source of emergency man- simulated disaster in which each partici- agement training is the Emergency Man- pant plays his or her real-life role. EMI’s State EM agencies and training centers, agement Institute (EMI), part of the Federal Independent Study Program lets partici- www.fema.gov/fema/statedr.htm Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). pants download materials for free, Professional Development Series, States offer EMI classes through the state although there is a fee for obtaining col- www.fema.gov/emi/prodev.htm emergency management agency, and a lege credit upon successful completion. Applied Practice Series, broader selection is available at FEMA’s www.fema.gov/emi/applprc.htm training facility in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The recent increase in awareness of terror- Several introductory classes are also avail- ism dictates a mention of training and Integrated Emergency Management able online. A typical selection of classes information sources on this broad and Course, www.fema.gov/emi/iemc_01.htm yields training in all four phases of EM unfortunate topic. The 1996 Domestic Pre- Independent Study Program, (mitigation, preparedness, response, paredness Act (a.k.a., Nunn-Lugar- www.fema.gov/emi/ishome.htm Domenici Act) funded training and pre- recovery), in specialty subsets (e.g., debris EM education program affiliated with removal, flood mitigation), and in general paredness programs for the 120 largest cities in the United States. Initially admin- degree-granting institutions: EMI Higher topics (e.g., effective communication). All Education Project, www.fema.gov/emi/edu/ EMI classes are offered free of charge, istered by the Department of Defense and commonly in multiple locations within later the Department of Justice, the pro- EM and related credentialing programs: each state, although attendees may have gram helped spawn a variety of training, Certified Emergency Manager program, to pay all or part of their travel costs. planning, response, and mitigation pro- www.iaem.com/certification.html grams, both public and private. The cur- Two credentialing programs have been rent scope of terrorism-related training is Certified Business Continuity Professional established by EMI: the Professional enormous and extremely variable in program, www.drii.org/certification.html Development Series (PDS) and Applied

48 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Joseph C. Cain Eric J. Davaud Chad L. Fields New GSA Members Marie L. Calderon Jennifer R. Davis Jerry R. Fields Gino Calvano Jesse W. Davis Kathryn E. Fishbaugh Eleanor Camann Kenneth J. Davis Lorraine E. Flint Jeff Campbell Matthew H. Davis Mark A. Flusche The following mem- Reinis Berzins Elizabeth B. Campen Eric H. De Carlo Jason D. Fopiano bers were elected by Steven P. Beukema Britney D. Camper Jan C.M. de Hoog Astrid Forster GSA Council action at Nate A. Bickford William M. Capps Colomban P.H. de Armando Fragoso its November 2001 Lauren D. Bierly Suzanne M. Carbotte Vargas Lynne D. Fraser meeting for the period Erica Bigio Agustin Cardona Molina Alison A. Dean Sarah E. Fratesi from February to M. Justin Biliter Deven Carigan Danielle L. Deemer Christopher W. Freeman September 2001. Ernest R. Billmeyer Steve Binnie Christopher Carman Giovanna P. Della Porta Herbert V. Frey Mary R. Carman Stephen B. DeLong Brian Fritz Irene J. Abbene Erin E. Bittner Sarah Carruzzo Martha M. DeLozier Kai A. Front Natsue Abe Eric Blackford Kim Carter Ahmed Delwar Day Frostenson Meir Abelson Kyle W. Blasch Sasha P. Carter Timothy J. Dempsey Christopher W. Fuller Mary Jo Abt Wesley S. Boberg Bellatrix Castelblanco Natasha Demrovsky James M. Fulton Luis J. Acedo Andrew L. Bobst Sameer Chandra Patricia Dentler Craig W. Furlong David Adilman Andrew J. Boeckeler Alan Channing Joyleen Desai Lawrence G. Furlong Mark S. Adkins Anand E. Boice Joseph D. Charles Janet L. DeTore Maurice W. Furlong Tiffany S. Adrain David L. Bollenback Alexandros Chatzipetros Joseph C. DeVay Rinat Gabitov Abinash Agrawal Ninad R. Bondre Jason D. Chaytor Keri A. Devine Mabry M. Gaboardi Dianne Ahmann Sonja Boorman Ould E. Cheibany Trudy A. Dickneider Larry Gadt Sarah E. Albano Connie M. Boree Zhengzheng Chen Marni Lynne Dickson Konrad Gajewski Saad Al-Humidan Melroy Borges Duck K. Choi Wilfredo Diegor Devin L. Galloway Ali I. Al-Lazki Stacy A. Boultinghouse Frits Christiansen Thomas A. Dillhoff Sarah Garlick Eric D. Anderson William Bounds Jr. Deneyse J. Churchill Jonathan Dillow Richard A. Garlow Lindsay Anderson Thomas E. Bowens Kate T. Ciembronowicz Cynthia L. Dinwiddie Robert J. Gauthier- Ross Anderson Rita Bowker Alexander L. Claypool David K. Dirkin Warinner Jenny H. M. Andersson Kegan W. Boyer Barret S. Cole Jane E. Dmochowski Ittai Gavrieli David L. Andrews Jennifer Boynton Paul Colinvaux Linda G. Dobkins Paul T. Gayes Harold E. Andrews Mark D. Bradac Samantha A. Collins Russell J. Dow James Gaynor Brandy Anglen Kevin L. Brahm Ricardo I. Combellas- Dave Drake Matthew D. Gentry Jose L. Arce Susan L. Brantley Bigott Sibylle Dueri Felix Gervais Thomas C. Arnold Andrew G. Brayman Brewster Conant Jr. Triniti Dufrene Matthew J. Geschke Muhammad Atif Andy Breckenridge Harold C. Connolly Amy M. Dunne Robert T. Getz Brian J. Axsmith Katrin Breitsprecher Cara P. Conticello-Miller Fabian Duque Kajari Ghosh Jeff L. Babione Stephanie N. Brightwell Geoffrey W. Cook Beth Duschatko Faye L. Gilbert Wayne R. Bachman Amanda Brill Michelle L. Coombs Scott Dykes Oscar E. Gilbert Jr. John A. Bacon Susanne Broderick Jacqueline A.S. Cooper Geoff Eargle Stanley Gilbert Nicholas L. Balascio Keely M. Brooks John K. Cooper Chris Edwards John Gillaspy Debbie Balch Laura Brothers Lauren Cooper Chris M. Edwards Patricia L. Girman Debleena Banerji Fraukje M. Brouwer Marie-Helene Cormier Damon Edwards Anthony P. Giunta Tathagata Banga Robert C. Brown Chris Cornelius Dennis S. Edwards Sarah Gleeson Zhiwei Bao Lyndon A. Brown Jeffrey S. Couch Melissa C. Edwards Andrea Glover Michaeline G. Barakos Volker Bruchert Christie Cowee Jo L. Eimers Katherine Glover Michael E. Barber Thomas C. Brudos Paul R. Coyle Jacob M. Elder Trenton M. Godwin Willard D. Barnhouse Jr. Holly Brunkal Gary Creaser Dana R. Elliott Timothy J. Goering Paul R. Bartholomew Deborah J. Bryant Stephen J. Cribb Andre Ellis Kevin A. Goldman Laura F. Bauleke Luis A. Buatois Donald G. Buchanan Gregory H. Crofford Mats E. Eriksson Daniel R. Goldstein Germain Bayon Jeremy T. Bunn Joanna C. Crowe Jose A. Estevez Elizabeth M. Golob Jennifer K. Beal Matthew Buoniconti David N. Cuevas- Virginia J. Ettwein Teri A. Gorham William L. Beatty Rachel Burkart Miranda Justin M. Ewing Madeline B. Gotkowitz David Bedford Timothy R. Burns Stephen W. Culbert Ryan C. Ewing Rachel V. Grand Jared S. Beebe Jeffrey F. Burrell Douglas Curl Page Fallon W.V. Andrew Graves David J. Beedy Mary A. Butler Leonardo F. Cury Jiasong Fang Alisa M. Green Brenda Beitler Susan H. Butts- Jason Dahl Eric T. Farmer Ryan Alexis Greene- Keri A. Belyk Matheson Matthew J. Dahlem Dennis L. Felmlee Roesel Bradley F. Bender Craig B. Byington William F. Dahnke Matthew D. Ferkler Erika M. Greiner Lucas J. Benedict Jaye E. Cable Mervin W. Dale Samantha A. Fernandes Delenora M. Grey Chad T. Berner Andrea Cade Paul M. Dante Joel D. Fett Randy Griffin Jon Berntsen Juan C. Caicedo Ingrid J. Daubar M. Paul Field Gerald R. Grocock Jennifer E. Berry Andrade Jeffery D. Daugherty Stephen W. Field Chris Groves

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 49 Zoran G. Kilibarda Rebecca A. Lincoln Katherine Milidakis New GSA Members Keonho Kim Lowell E. Lindsay Sarah Milkovich Jennifer M. Kissinger Andrew Linton Brent Miller Kathy Kitts Gail Lipfert Jonathan Miller David A. Kitzmann Gaisheng Liu Robert T. Miller Peter G. Haas Tina Hubbard Hope D. Klagges Shaobin Liu Shelly Miller Kirsten S. Habicht Timothy A. Huff Erik W. Klemetti Mauro Lo Cascio James T. Milligan Matthew Hackworth Shane P. Huffman Maria Klemperer- Jane C. S. Long Benjamin B. Mirus Steve Hadaway Gary B. Hughes Johnson Geraldine A. Lopez Darius E. Mitchell Kevin Haehae Antun Husinec Joan A. Kleypas Ruben A. Lopez Christopher S. Moberg Sheila M. Hall Richard M. Hutchings Rachel L. Klima Andrea M. Lord Casey R. Mobley Sandy Hamaker Melinda L. Hutson Robert E. Klimentidis Erica I. Love Alexander Mock Hillary Hamann Tran T. Huynh Richard C. Klinck Yuefeng Lu Sarah E. Mock Diaa M. K. Hamed Paul Ivanich James T. Kline III Sara H. Lubkin Shahnewaz Mohammad Marcia Hammond Shawn L. Jackson Jeffrey S. Knepper Frank Lucca Laure M. Montandon Haidi J. Hancock Sushil K. Jain Julia M. Knisel Kirsten Lund Daniel J. Morgan Douglas H. Hanks Steven E. Jakatt Kelly Knudson Andrew T. Lutz Alastair D. Morrison Stacey L. Hannel Michael J. Jalonen Magaly Koch Nichole M. Lyle Michele G. Mort Kristen L. Hanson Sara C. James Matthew J. Kohn Kristian Erik Lyse Estelle Mortimer Jerry D. Harris Eric D. Janzen Denise R. Kohtala Andrew T. Maas Andrew Moses Randa R. Harris Dixie J. Jarchow Karen A. Koy Jennifer Macalady Corey C. Moss Don D. Harrison Michael J. Jercinovic Scott Koza Adam B. MacConnell Teresa J. Moss Fred L. Hart Rafael A. Jerez Brian P. Kraatz Anjali K. MacDonald Vasiliki Mouslopoulou Kara L. Hart Ruth Jewell Lois B. Krause Kathleen A. MacInnes Kimberly A. Mullen Katherine A. Hartig Allison Johanson David A. Krauss Christopher Madden P. Bhanu Murthy Marcus Harting Elizabeth M. John Jay A. Krienitz Andrew S. Madof Suresh Muthukrishnan Pamela M. Hartman Sarah E. Johnson Akhouri P. Krishna Stephanie Mager Jennifer A. Natoli Charles F. Harvey Christopher A. Johnson Jennifer J. Krueger Glenda Mahin John G. Ndiritu Michael D. Haupert Christopher T. Johnson Keith J. Kuckert Randal D. Maier Kenneth H. Nealson Marianne W. Hawkes Susan Johnson Narendira Kumar Ute H. Makarov Ganesh S. Neelam Frank C. Hawthorne Timothy E. Johnson James J. Kunzelman Richard W. Malizia N. Sandy Nettles Ken-ichiro Hayashi Harald B. Johnsson III Atsushi Kyono Jason Mangham Sarah D. Newell Trent E. Hayden Margaret Johnston Mark R. Lacey Steven Marcassoli James K. Nicholls Pamela Ann Haywood F. Ross Jones Nicole D. LaDue Nicholas O. Mariita Robert S. Nicholson David Healy Gary D. Jonson Graciela E. Lake Anthony J. Marro Atsushi Noda Bill C. Heiam John L. Jordan Matthew C. Lamanna Andrew J. Martin Elizabeth S. Norman Samuel J. Heller Quinn S. Jordan-Knox Christopher D. Lamb Jennifer L. Martin Abe Northup Melanie J. Hellman Jennifer Josef Jennifer M. Lambert Lubomira G. Martinova Diana E. Northup Deb Hemler Taylor J. Joyal Jonathan P. Lane Shana L. Mashburn Stephanie Nyman Nikki T. Hemmesch Elroy L. Kadrmas Peter Lang Julie E. Masura Jimmy Nyrehn Alison Henning Kieth A. Kalbach William R. Langin Jan-Hendrik May Melanie Oakes Gregory S. Herbert Khammet S. Kamalov Patricia A. Larson Amanda K. Mayes Carina D. O’Bara Kurt D. Herman Richard T. Kampf Stephen E. Laubach Joyce M. McBeth Eric Ober Mark W. Hermeston Sara A. Kane John Laughton Brian McCord Francisca Oboh- John Hernandez Keena M. Kareem Kelley W. Lavery Jess McCulloch Ikuenobe Katherine A. Herrell Deborah G. Karls William J. Le Fevre Joseph M. McFarlan German Y. Ojeda Kathryn M. Hess George M. Karninsky James P. Leach Michael M. McGlue Carrie A. Olsen Tobias J. Hewitt Mark P. Karpinski Jim LeAnderson Jennifer McGuire Botosan O. Omatsola Adrian S. Hickin Janice Kartsev Caroline H. Lear Mary K. McGuire Orlando J. Ortega Nigel O. Hicks Tomoki Kase Benjamin J. Lechler Jared M. McHenry Katherine B. Osborne Matthew J. Higginson Yuichiro Kashiyama Michelle M. Lee Debra McIlvain Christian Ostertag- Dick Hilliard Danny Katzman Susan S. Lee Mark A. McMenamin Henning Elizabeth A. Hills Lea E. Kaufman Liliana Lefticariu Jesse McNinch Martin H. Otz Llewella Hillis Tetsuo Kawakami Carol A. Leger Lucinda J. McWeeney Wayne L. Page William L. Hiss Takuro Kazuka Heather Lynn Lehto Harold A. McWilliams Krishna Pallavi Ralph B. Hitz Joseph F. Keely Bernd Leiss Miroljub Medved Efthimia Papastavros Gina C. Hobbs James C. Keeton Michael Lesmerises Sunish Mehta Sandra J. Parks Tomas Hode Deborah S. Kelley David P. Lesmes Michael T. Mellon Tina P. Parsons Henry J. Hoffman Daniel C. Keltner Mik Lewicki Arthur J. Merschat Clay B. Partain Harald Hopp Jamie M. Kennealy Maggie J. Lewis Timothy A. Mettlen Robert H. Paschall Lorren Hotaling John F. Kennedy Kiram Eddine Lezzar Paula Michie Simon R. Passey Richard D. Houghton Kristin C. Kennedy Hong-Chun Li Randall C. Mikolai John Paterson Peter Howd Wolfgang Kiessling Yi Mei Lin Scott A. Miles Lesley N. Patrick

50 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Mary H. Patterson Cordula Robinson David Shapiro Charles K. Paull Emily A. Rocksvold Elizabeth Sharrer New GSA Members Jonathan Payne Melanie L. Rodgers Miri Shati Meridith C. Payne John R. Rogers J. Gregory Shellnutt Meredith S. Pearce Linda B. Rohr David R. Shelly Douglas Kevin David Viator James R. Peeler Carolyn R. Rohs Maurice Shevalier Strickland Joshua I. Villalobos Bryan Peltzer Scott C. Rose Timothy D. Shevlin Jennifer A. Strona Adrián Villegas-Jiménez Steve P. Pence Laura A. Roskowski Martin L. Shields Matthew L. Stutz Susan Vincent Victoria M. Peres Laura Rossier Dongbok Shin Yusuke Suganuma Rajesh J. Viswanathan Rene A. Perez Jr. Cara A. Roure Yvette S. Shiu Walter A. Sullivan Edward J. Voisin Alberto Perez-Huerta John C. Rubenacker Shahe Shnorhokian Roger E. Summons Ilka Von Dalwigk Richard D. Periman Chris E. Rudnick Michael R. Shultz Sarah L. Surface-Evans Son T. Vu Eugene Perry Roger Ruetti Ava Shypula F. James Sweitzer II Paula J. Waggy Heather M. Perry Douglas Rumble III Rachel L. Sijgers John B. Swenson Summer J. Wagner Amanda M. Petel Summer Rupper Carol K. Silvestri Carl C. Swisher III Thomas Wagner Douglas E. Pethoud Brian G. Ruskin Robert W. Simmons Andre Tahon Andrea L. Walker Charity M. Phillips Patrick Russell Daniel Simpson James F. Tait Lee L. Walker Rob Pickard Periann Russell Satish K. Sinha Hideo Takagi Emily N. Wall Katharine E. Pickett Jocelyn S. Rutherford Melissa I. Skapriwsky Yen Tang Kristi L. Wallace Sandra Pimienta Ernest H. Rutter Philip A. Skemer Charles Taricska David R. Walsh Christine D. Pint Abdolreza S. Sabeti Leonard S. Sklar Donald C. Tatman Robert J. Waters Chandra M. Pitt Brown Ali Sadr Eugene V. Sklyarov Andrew M. Taylor Nicholas J. Waterson Elizabeth Pitts Aniki Saha Lukasz M. Skublicki Barbara C. Taylor Peter M. Watson Colin Plank Joseph G. Sakellis Trond Slagstad Charlotte Taylor David A. Waugh Sverre Planke Patrick A. Sakyi Eugene Slason Jennifer L. Taylor Jean Weaver Eric Plickert Michelle L. Salinas Bruce C. Sloane Paul J. Teniere Karrie Weaver David Pocknall Michael A. Salisbury Charles L. Smart Evelyn J. Tennison Adam C. Webber Walter L. Pohl James I. Sammons Christopher G. Smith Rebecca C. Terry Kevin Weberling Jeff Pollock Seshadri S. Sampath David vonGemmingen Heather A. Tessier Lori A. Weeden Susannah M. Porter Scott Douglas Samson Smith Kimberlie R. Theis Ralf J. Weger Ryan A. Portner Caroline Samson Ian D. Smith Lisa C. Thomas Leo E. Weimern Mark A.S. Potts Ana M. Sanchez Calle Jerrod Smith Shawn Thomas Erich J. Weissbart Lauren K. Powell Mya E. Sanford Joseph P. Smith Timothy E. Thompson Joanna K. Welford Siobhan E. Power Sakae Sano Michael W. Smith Derek E. Thorning Edward C. Weller Lela C. Prashad Jorge A. Santiago-Blay Sandra A. Smith Ginger Tiling Scott P. Werts Scott S. Pratt Paramata Saradhi Ann F. Snow Joseph E. Tilton Jr. Loyd T. West Kathy Presley Ori Sartono Alexander V. Sobolev Sarah J. Titus E. Blanche Whatley Stacy R. Pritchett Ticia A. Savage Darrell Sofield Hugh S. Torrens Amy E. Whitaker Sara B. Pruss Jill E. Savage Evan A. Solomon Theofilos Toulkeridis Robert M. White Larry A. Pytlik John H. Sawdy Hoda A. Sondossi Leandro Trevino Mark Wieland Lianshuang Qi Dale S. Sawyer Paul D. Sorek Sarah M. Trimble Andrew C. Wilcox Francisco Querol Ray Scanlon Oscar E. Sorensen III Thomas Tuetken Clay A. Wilcox Andrew F. Rael Matthew D. Scheidt Wendy F. Sorensen Lancen S. Tully Carrie L. Williams Rosina M. Raines Elisabeth J. Schlimme Limaris R. Soto Norman M. Tungol James H. Wilson III Paul W. Ramsey David Schmerge Amanda K. Souders Casey C. Twele William R. Wilson John M. Ranck Keil A. Schmid Jackson M. Spain Jacqueline S. Twigg J. Paul Winberry John Rand Thomas H. Schmidt Rhonda Spidell Uduak C. Uko Andrew B. Winkle Sherri K. Randal Bradly A. Schneider Charles D. Springer Martyn J. Unsworth Brad D. Wolaver Brian Rasmussen Seth A. Schneider Heather L. Stanley David A. Vacco Roy C. Wolf Steven I. Recca Peter Schulte Alfred W. Stawicki Susan Vajoczki M. Jay Wood Aaron D. Redman Alexandra Schultejann Dave Stegman Paula Valencik Melinda Woods Baumgartner Regina Jeffrey E. Schulz Ellen Stein Brett L. Valle Daniel Woody Tracy L. Rehwald Erwin G. Schutfort Roger T. Steinberg Diego J. van Berkel Donald Woolverton Brad H. Reid Matthew Schwartz Erica M. Sterzinar Menno van de Zedde Hongjie Xie John L. Reid Craig Scrivner Nancy Stetten Bart van Dongen Yingfeng Xu Mary Reid Carol L. Secor Joan F. Steurer Alexandra B. Van Dusen Zhimei Yan Kimberly Reilly Jennifer Selfridge James A. Stevenson John M. Vanden Brooks Tadashi Yasuda Dianwei Ren Peter A. Selkin Andrew J. Stewart Deborah H. Varty Erdinc Yigitbas Laura Rhoton John F. Sellman Nathaniel P. Stites Matt J. Vasapolli Yucel Yilmaz Jon F. Rice Abigail M. Semple Byron Stone Raymond C. Vaughan Jarrod P. Yoder Jim Richmond Michael J. Senn Gregory W. Stone Jordan D. Vaughn Miwa Yokokawa Samuel J. Rigby Hyeyoung S. Seo Guillaume St-Onge Joseph P. Vescio Hisayoshi Yokose Ellen M. Robey David Serr Philipp E. Strauss

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 51 Paula “Kristy” Elliott Troy A. Johnson Melissa N. Noble Copfer New GSA Members Joshua R. Ellis Neil M. Jones Eric D. Noreen Scott A. Engeman Ryan C. Jones Tye J. Numelin Amy C. Englebrecht Thomas Earl Jones Adrienne J. Oakley Todd C. Estelle Michael Kelberer James C. Orofino Kohei Yoshida Darren P. Burgett Robert E. Evans II Kathleen M. Keranen Alice M. Orton John R. Young Amy L. Burns Melissa J. Fallin Marcie Kerneklian Ernest Michael Oswalt Huaiyu Yuan Vicki Burns Renee L. Farabaugh Casmir N. Ketlhalefile William B. Ouimet Pedram Zarian Sarah R. Burton Kristin Farris Matthew F. Kirk Robert K. Outlaw Jay P. Zarnetske Mary A. Butler Mike J. Faust Marianna A. Kissell Erica M. Palson Nicole D. Zayas Sean K. Canada William J. Felton Erin E. Klauk Julie G. Parra John G. Zbell Lawra S. Cannon Julie A. Ferguson Melissa Klinder Jeffrey N. Peters Michael D. Zeilstra Beth A. Carey Kristie A. Ferland Tara A. Kneeshaw Paul A. Petersen Cathleen M. Zeleski Joseph L. Carlson Otto F. Figueroa Karolyn J. Knoll Marissa J. Pihl Elizabeth M. Zenker Carissa L. Carter David Fike Christina K. Knowlton Janna S. Pistiner Yan Zheng Andrew K. Castor Ann H. Finocchio Russell H. Kohrs Meagen A. Pollock Juanzuo Zhou Matthew P. Cavas Daniel J. Flaig Jr. Jaime S. Kopke Eric L. Price Chen Zhu Nichole E. Cedillo Amy L. Fluette Paul G. Kostak Jr. Debra R. Prinkey Michele Zucali Alex M. Chakmak Maria A. Fokin Pete K. Kubik Kathryn L. Pritchard Daniel A. Zuck James S. Chapman Barbara E. Francis Christopher L. Kuyper Kezia L. Procita Sara M. Chmura Zan A. Frederick Jonathan P. Lange Christina M. Putney Kathryn K. Clapp Anna C. Frumes Kirk A. Lapham Yasmin J. Rahman The following mem- Sean D. Clifford Stephanie A. Furgal Isaac J. Larsen Jessica Rasmussen bers have transferred Laura E. Clor Valerie C. Gamble Kelly E. Lawrence Lily A. Ray from Student Jennifer L. Coen Christine Gans Ryan J. Layman Kristy L. Reeves Associate status. Matthew M. Cole Claudia Garcia Christine Lee Alberto V. Reyes Alvin L. Coleman Jr. James R. Geary Kristen M. Lee Paul D. Richardson Amanda L. Albright Justin L. Conner Mitch E. Gerlinger Robert G. Lee Kristy R. Ridge Neal D. Alexandrowicz Brandon Conner Alison J. Gillespie William J. Leggett Ryan Ridgely Omar Ali John K. Cooper Laura L. Glaser Tanya J. Lehner Edgar R. Rivera James R. Allen Michelle R. Cooper Rebecca E. Glatz Patricia R. Leo Paul M. Roberson Jared N. Allen Erica B. Cortez Matthew C. Goodman Jamie S. F. Levine Kim H. Roberts Jade S. Allen Molly Coughlin Vanessa A. Graves Peter M. Lindstrom Christopher C. Robinson Edgar Angeles-Moreno Seth G. Cowdery Deanna Greenwood Eve A. Llewellyn Tiffany Emily Ann Ann M. Arsenault Erin F. Craney Brianna C. Griffith Devon L. Macauley Robinson James Arthur Michael T. Crouse Keri D. Hager Jonathan D. Mallonee Nick E. Rohrbach Wayne Assiratti Rachel S. Culberson Christopher Hails Thomas N. Manley Danielle E. Rose Susan E. Asure Paul L. D’Annibale Danielle J. Haley Aaron W. Marshall Peter Rose Heather J. Bailey Jessica R. Darter Christopher J. Hall Aaron M. Martin Kyle K. Roslund Alan P. Baldivieso Caroline A. Davis Jeremy P. Haney Maria A. Matiella Deborah Roth Simon G. Barber Matthew H. Davis Ryan S. Haney Liza Mattison Jeffrey B. Roth John Barson Susan D. DeHart Austin Harclerode Julie M. May Richard J. Rudd Jared A. Bartley Jamie L. deLemos Matthew D. Harris Matthew A. McKelvey Jacqueline C. Sandell Laura R. Bassani Stephen B. DeOreg Stacie L. Hartung Michael P. McKenna Travis Sandland Emily L. Batts Catherine Dertz Bonny Jo Hawkins Danette McKenney Izabela B. Santos Linda R. Bearss Rochelle R. Destrampe Ellen J. Hedfield Alexander W. Ticia A. Savage Neil A. Beaver Carter L. Dettloff Thomas Hedrick McKiernan Anne E. Sawyer William C. Beck Mimi Diaz Michelle L. Henn Casey J. McQuiston Rachel T. Schelble Thomas P. Becker Bridget A. Diefenbach Anne G. Hereford Justin R. Merle Gretchen C. Schmauder- Stephen P. Becker Darin A. Dolezal Sonya Y. Hernandez Sarah L. Mersereau Smith Drew Dunkin Beckwith M. Kevin Doolin Meredith A. Higbie Susanne M. Meschter Wolfgang Schmitt Kathryn D. Bedient Linda Doran Shannon M. Hill Richard G. Meserole Mark Schoonover Deanna C. Borchers Franklin Dorin Laura Holladay Heather M. Miller Jessica Scott Eli A. Boschetto Kelly A. Dreibelbis Nancy M. Holt Jennifer R. Millner Crystal Shaw Allyson E. Bosley Dominic C. Druke Elizabeth L. Hotchkiss Benjamin B. Mirus Aaron D. Shear Kerry H. Bowen Amy M. Dundas Clint E. Hughes Andrew P. Monastero Valerie E. Sheedy Ronna Bowers Stacy D. Durden Rachael L. Huson Joseph C. Montgomery III Eric Shelov Ann Schwarz Braden Megan J. Eagle Jenny M. Ives Ronald R. Moore David Shimabukuro Rebecca S. Bralek Jonathan K. Eaton Derek E. Janda Alicia R. Musselman Gregory A. Shofner Dan Breecker K. Teryn Ebert Sara E. Jenkins Lynde Nanson Greg G. Shopoff Meredith L. Brislen James L. Eddleman Beth A. Johnson Martin J. Neese Alexander R. Simms Justin M. Brooks Christa L. Edwards Katherine A. Johnson Daniel B. Nelson Jonathan M. Skaggs Sarah R. Brown David M. Eglsaer Sarah E. Johnson Jacinda L. Nettik Kyle N. Smith

52 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Andrew M. Solod Tanya K. Aponte Heather B. Coyne Wendy F. Sorensen Marni L.G. Arnold Shandra H. Craig New GSA Members Abigail R. Spieler Jessica A. Atchison Susan E. Cramer Andrea K. Stanley Stacey A. Axton Brooke E. Crowley Heather L. Stanley Carlo Eloy Baca Megan D. Curry James R. Griffin Lisa King Nathan D. Stansell Tiffany C. Baker Theresa M. Daniels Jason A. Griffin Tim R. Kingsley Jeffrey A. Starck David R. Baldazzi Libra J. Darrington Kristin M. Guthrie Emily L. Klingler Andrew D. Steiner Maggie Banda Joseph Davidson Stacey L. Gutman Soren Klingsporn Alethea Y. Steingisser Timothy C. Sarah T. Davidson Logan Hackett Eric A. Kneller William J. Sweeney III Bartholomaus Michael C. Dawidczik Melissa Hage Bentley Knight Kara A. Syvertsen Kathy Barton Kristian M. De Luccia Detlef P. Hagge Tricia Knutson Aron R. Taylor Sara E. Bauer Jim Dennert Leah V. Hahn Ranae L. Kowalczuk Charlotte Taylor Tiffany Baxter Jennifer L. Denzer Adina L. Hakimian Diane M. Lamb Jennifer L. Taylor Christopher A. Beall Michael A. Derby Eugene Hall Kent A. Langerlan Amie Joy Ten Brink Donna K. Beares Jose J. Diaz Ashley D. Harris Mike Larsen Laurie J. Thake Christopher P. Belnap Kevin A. Dickey Stephen Harris Joseph H. Laughery Valerie Thomason Kristen L. Benchley Sophia C. Dillard Rheannon M. Hart Kevin M. Lausten Samuel P. Thompson Lisa L. Berrios Kristina E. Diller Trevor Hartwell Jeremy E. Lawson Katherine A. Tietsort Jon P. Bestine Patrick T. Doherty Franciszek J. Hasiuk Mellisa A. Le Jennifer M. Titcze Victoria L. Black Stephen J. Dorsch Thomas E. Hearon IV Lorraine C. LeClair Darren L. Tollstrup Brice Blair Stephen D. Doughty Denise M. Heckler Jeffrey R. Lee Robert R. Tonnsen Dylan J. Blumentritt Melissa A. Dowling Allison Heider Naomi C. LeGate Melissa K. Trout Jennifer K. Bobich Stephanie A. Dubyna Devin Helfrich Carl J. Legleiter Yasemin I. Tulu Heidi S. Breitzmann Tammy Dunlavey Jonna R. Helton James R. Lehane Alan H. Turner Beth E. Brennan Helen C. Dyer April L. Hendrix Michelle E. Leister Monica M. Turner Patrick J. Brown Eliese M. Edgcomb Margaret E. Henley Scott W. Lepley Martin D. Van Oort Shaun T. Brown Melissa R. Engleman Karen A. Henriksen Sharon Lewandowski Greg A. VanderBeek Heather J. Buchheim Lisa S. Ennis Cindy A. Henry Candy R. Lifer Mary K. Varga Katherine V. Bulinski Bradley M. Erney Donna M. Hepner Ulli Limpitlaw David J. Velez Johnathan R. Jose Estrada Jr. Julie A. Herrick Natalia Link Karen J. Waggoner Bumgarner Caleb I. Fassett John F. Hessler III Jeana Lopez Miho Waki Kevin D. Bump Ella E. Faulkner John A. Higgins Lily E. Lowery Kali E. Wallace Brett Burkett Olivier M. Ferrair Kimberly High Amie Lucier V. Dorsey Wanless Randal E. Burns Danielle R. Fishel Melissa A. Highland Christopher M. Christine R. Wennen Jason A. Burris Kathryn Fletcher Michael C. Hobbs Luhmann Diane White Rebecca A. Burrows Brian W. Flickinger Adam T. Hoffman John J. Lyons Dru Wilbur Christina Burt Joseph Foline Joselyn A. Hohenwarter Jonathan K. MacCarthy Laura J. Wilcox Margo A. Burton Yolanda Fong Adrian A.J. Holmes Glen N. Mackey III Anthony P. Williams Heath O. Bush Leira J. Fontanez Tanya T. Holstrom Amisha D. Maharaja Jason E. Williams Randy A. Caran Corey M. Fortezzo Deborah R. Anna-Britt Mahler Joshua E. Wills Jennifer L. Carpenter Erica J. Foss Houldsworth Kimberly G. Mahr Hill Kimberly S. Wilson- Jenni Carstensen David M. Foster ReBecca K. Hunt Anna M. Marchefka Amos Betsy L. Carter Jessica Fuhs Michael A. Iacoboni Matthew P. Marckel Tracy A. Zayac Brooke L. Carter Steven S. Gainer William R. Isaksen Jayme B. Margolin Katherine B. Cassidy Edward S. Galbavy Leda Jackson Geoffrey S. Marshall Jannette Nieves Castro Rachel S. Galvin Michael Jacob Michael S. Marshall The following student Neil M. Chrisman Jonathan W. Ganz Tammy L. Jacobs Teddy D. Martin associates joined GSA Amy E. Christensen Michelle M. Garde Hilary Janousek Peter D. Mattison between February Richard M. Chylstun Terence Garner Sheri L. Janowski Jason A. Mauney and September 2001. Erin M. Ciupek Christopher J. Garvin April D. Johnson Lindsay K. Maurer William L. Clark II Gretchen Gebhardt Julie A. Johnson Todd M. McCarthy Elizabet T. Achey Ian Clarke Kristi G. Gerber Laura L. Johnston Rebecca McDonald Katherine A. David M. Cleland Mohammad Ghanapour Sarah A. Johnston Becky J. McGill Adelsberger Shana L. Colcleasure Constandina A. Ghikas Anthony L. Jones Ian O. McGlynn Shelly M. Alexander Alex J. Colter Rachel J. Giblin Matthew K. Jones Toni L. McKnight Gregg E. Alguire Jeremy J. Combs Melissa A. Gibson Christina S. Kala Ellen T. McNulty Jonathan P. Allen Donna M. Cook Elizabeth M. Glowiak Nan Karuzich Sam McTavey Kylie I. Althouse Jacob M. Cooper Robert Goglia Sandra L. Kelly Lisa M. Meade William H. Amidon Jennifer R. Cooper Aaron M. Goodman Michele Kephart Christyanne Melendez Cami J. Anderson Robert D. Cosentino Peter Gorman Ryan Kerrigan Paul R. Melillo Marion M. Ano Benjamin Costanza Justin Gorton Vanessa Kertznus Sarah E. Melton Jennifer A. Anziano Pippi Cowan Justin C. Gosses Kathy E. Kihn Margretta S. Meyer Edwin V. Apel III Joshua A. Coyan Helene M. Gould

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 53 Sandra D. Romero Tamara J. Stutzman William B. Veal New GSA Members Dylan H. Rood Kimberly H. Sunderlin Justin C. Vetter Steven J. Rosscoe Jennifer Swayne Arwen E. Vidal Jacob E. Rundell Dawn Sweeney Jennifer Visone Byron Rupp Gaylene Swensen Marie-Louise A. Vogt Brooke J. Miller Clea Paine Rita B. Russ Tami L. Talalas Laura A. Walczak Carrie Mohler Amanda L. Parodi Nicole Salengo Tracey Tapley Barry A. Walker Jr. Joe Monks Andrew R. Parrish Morgan E. Saltsgiver Joshua P. Taylor Heather V. Waring Robert D. Monnar Galen W. Pattison Christopher J. Samick Carolyn M. Tewksbury Anni Watkins Jeffrey R. Mortier Jana M. Pedersen Kirk M. Sander Kyle B. Thomas Sarah E. Watkins Curtis M. Moss Curtis W. Pehl Neelambari R. Save Nick D. Thompson Jenny Watters Christian C. Motkowski Jeremy Pesicek Christine Scarda John F. Throne Wendy L. Weatherman Lauren E. Moyer Angelie Petereson Kelli A. Schoon Annelia L. Tinklenberg Caroline E. Webber Jennifer L. Murphey Christine A. Peters Bryan S. Schultz Eric G. Tinseth Eric Weigand John M. Myers Joseph M. Petsche Bettina Schwab Susan C. Titus Stuart B. Wells Barbara A. Nachreiner Tara Ploof Benjamin Schwartz Morgan Todd Cory A. Williams Sebastian W. Naslund Michael A. Poirier James M. Seagriff III Nathan A. Toke Ann Williamson Brian M. Nederloe April Y. Poissant Larry D. Seale Jr. Lisa M. Tranel Diana R. Willis Jody A. Nickerson Jess Poteet Amy L. Seiter Robert Trevizo Maxwell A. Wilmarth Brian A. Norensky Nancy Price Amanda J. Semko Jon W. Trujillo Crystal G. Wilson Anna E. Norsky Lynnette K. Pritchett Samantha J. Sharkey Patrick Tucker Nancy Winiarz Tracy L. Obarsky Andrew J. Pruett Rebekah Shepard Robert W. Tunnell III Casey Wolf Melissa A. Oberhaus Kendra Pyke Setsuko Shindo Marie-Helene Turgeon Katherine L. Wolff Jason David Odette Cathie J. Recca Michelle D. Slopko Amy S. Turner Rebecca Wolfinger David S. Oguntayo Jason Reed Annette M. Smith Robert Turner Jr. Julie McWilliams Wood Amane Oho William F. Reid Alysa S. Snyder Maire Twomey Kathleen A. Wroblewski Susan M. Oller Amanda Retland Derek J. Stakelin Kenneth Z. Ullrich Jesse B. Yoburn Jessica A. Olsen Celso Reyes Erin E. Steele Lisa Valvo Kathleen Zakrzewski Charles J. Olson Marybeth Riley Dawn M. Stodden Jon D. Van Alstine Deanne L. Zavodny Karen Olson Joshua D. Roberts Michelle L. Stone Elizabeth J. Van Boskirk Bethany J. Zinni Maria T. Orosz Russell L. Robertson Lance C. Stoner Jackie L. Van Etten Melissa L. Ostrum Keith J. Robinson Adrienne Stroup Mike E. Van Ry Steven E. Ownby Jonathan W. Roller Carter Sturm Harriet E. Van Vleck Erin Padgett Stacy M. Rollins GSA Fellows Elected in 2001

Ju-chin Chen, National Taiwan University Edmond G. Deal, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bradley R. Hacker, University of California at Santa Barbara A. Hope Jahren, Johns Hopkins University Markes E. Johnson, Williams College Zheng-Xiang Li, University of Western Australia Ching-Hua Lo, National Taiwan University David A. Lopez, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Sarah E. Newcomb, Silver Spring, Maryland Marc D. Norman, University of Tasmania Richard O’Connell, Harvard University Douglas Rumble III, Geophysical Laboratory at Carnegie Institution Scott Douglas Samson, Syracuse University Bruno C. Vendeville, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas J. Douglas Walker, University of Kansas Donald U. Wise, Franklin and Marshall College

54 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Announcements

2002

June 3–7 Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Diamond Jubilee Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Information: Lori Humphrey-Clements, Conventions Manager, (403) 264-5610, [email protected], www.cspgconvention.org.

June 8–13 The Clay Minerals Society 39th Annual Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Information: Kathryn Nagy, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA, (303) 492-6187, fax 303-492-2602, [email protected], http://cms.lanl.gov, www.Colorado.edu/geo/sci/cms/.

August 8–11 American Quaternary Association (AMQUA) 17th Biennial Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Information: David R. Yesner, Local Arrangements Chair, c/o the Department of Anthroplogy, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, [email protected], (907) 786-6845, fax 907-786-6850. (Deadline for poster submissions and registration: May 1, 2002.)

October 9–11 Deep Foundations Institute Annual Conference of Deep Foundations, San Diego, California, USA. Information: Deep Foundations Institute, 120 Charlotte Place, Third Floor, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, USA, (201) 567-4232, fax 201-567-4436, [email protected], www.dfi.org. MEETINGS CALENDAR Send notices to [email protected]. Only new or changed information is published in GSA Today. A complete listing is posted in the Calendar section at www.geosociety.org.

2002 Bernard L. Majewski Research Fellowship Announced

The American Heritage Center at the University of qualifications, selection, obligations, and application proce- Wyoming announces the availability of the Bernard L. Majewski dures, contact: Director, American Heritage Center, University Research Fellowship, funded by an endowment provided of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3924, Laramie, WY 82071-3924, (307) through the generosity of Thelma Majewski and intended to 766-4114, fax 307-766-5511, [email protected], provide research support for a recognized scholar in the history www.uwyo.edu/ahc. of economic geology and to facilitate the fellow’s use of archival The deadline for applications is February 28, 2002. collections in the center. For information on research fields,

Reminder:

Cost: $625 ($300 for students), including guidebooks, handouts, meals, lodging (dou- SCHEDULED ble occupancy), refreshments, and trans- portation to and from the Charlottesville Kinematics and Vorticity in High-Strain Zones airport. Registration, Applications, and Information: April 16–21, 2002 contemporary research in the context of Christopher (Chuck) M. Bailey, Department Virginia Blue Ridge and Piedmont what can and cannot be learned about of Geology, College of William & Mary, deformation history from naturally This field forum will examine a number of Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, deformed rocks. well-exposed high-strain zones in the Blue (757) 221-2445, fax 757-221-2093, Ridge and Piedmont provinces of the Vir- Location: Blue Ridge and Piedmont [email protected]. For complete information, ginia Appalachians and discuss what infor- provinces, north-central Virginia, approxi- see the September 2001 issue of GSA Today, mation can be gained into the kinematic mately 120 km southwest of Washington, also available at www.geosociety.org/pubs/, history of these rocks. It will provide D.C. Lodging at the Graves Mountain or visit www.wm.edu/CAS/GEOLOGY/ geologists the opportunity to discuss Lodge, Madison County. faculty/bailey/GSA/fieldforum/.

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“‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in (2) good science should not be a matter of majority rule; and, (3) rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean— science needs stronger adherence to naming standards. neither more nor less’” (Lewis Carroll; 1899, ff.). I reject anthropic rock and hope that you will, too. James R. Underwood Jr.’s “Anthropic Rocks: Made, Modified, and Moved by Humans” (GSA Today, November 2001, p. 19) References Cited leaves me dizzy. Why coin exotic new terms when common Carroll, L. (1899, ff.), Through the looking glass and what Alice found there: English will serve? Despite Underwood’s closing plea that “The Macmillan, 224 p. concept is much more important than the terms,” I believe that Mutch, T.A., 1970, Geology of the Moon: A stratigraphic view: Princeton, Princeton definition creep is the enemy of understanding. University Press, 324 p. Wood, A.E., 1957, What, if anything, is a rabbit?: Evolution, Perhaps Underwood never learned what Gerald P. “Gerry” v. 11, no. 4, p. 417–425. Brophy taught his Amherst College students: Rocks are naturally occurring structural parts of Earth. If a student holding an object Stephen A. Langford in his hand should ask, “What kind of rock is this?” Brophy Oro Valley, Greater Tucson, Arizona would reply, “That’s no rock. It’s a rock SAMPLE, because it’s no longer a structural part of Earth.” With that part of the definition As a paleontologist, I particularly appreciate the im- of rock in mind, how can “humans produce immense quantities portance of evolution in our understanding of geology and bi- of rock,” as Underwood claims? ology and applaud the efforts of GSA to develop a statement on So, in resonance with the delightful “What, if anything, is a evolution (“Council Approves Two Position Statements,” GSA rabbit?” (Wood, 1957), I ask, “What, if anything, is a rock?” Today, October 2001, p. 32). The statement covers several as- pects well. The history of views on both the age of the earth and Manmade, rock-like things appropriately may be identified by on evolution is an important but often overlooked aspect of un- such words as artifact, ceramic, brick, and concrete, or by ex- derstanding current views. isting phrases such as manmade glass. I don’t even mind the phrases artificial stone or artificial rock. But anthropic rock is However, I believe that parts of the statement regarding reli- self-contradictory. gious aspects may be counterproductive. The purpose of GSA is scientific, not political or religious. As scientists, we object to the Was it Aristotle who said “Nature grades and man divides”? popular young-earth or antievolutionary scientific claims not be- (For example, when describing rainbows, we define color cause they are religious but because they are false. Most of us names and bounds.) Taxonomies are used to categorize, but probably have opinions about the proper role of religious teach- some types can cross taxonomic boundaries. ing in public schools, but geological research provides no in- sight into the question. Furthermore, antievolutionary views Word definitions are like taxonomic categories. Neither appeal primarily to those who would like to see a greater role should be tinkered with lightly; some concepts may fall on the for religious teaching in the schools. Saying “Creationist ideas boundaries between terms. Coining a term for every concept have no place in these courses because they are based on reli- that lies on such a boundary would be as endless as coining a gion rather than science” will not persuade them. Instead, they science name for every astronomical body would be. might quote that sentence as evidence that evolution is merely We can change definitions to the point that words become an atheistic plot. meaningless. We can also get so wrapped up in debating terms Some wording in the GSA statement accepts a particular that we forget entirely about the subjects of our original interest: philosophical view on the relationship between science and re- minerals, rocks, geology, and such—remember? ligion, namely that they are separate “domains.” In contrast, the Rocks, to me, will remain naturally occurring structural parts traditional Christian view is that every aspect of life is sacred. In of Earth, or (in common usage) other planetary bodies. I can this view, science is not a separate domain but rather integrated even speak now of the geology of Mars or the Moon (e.g., with religion. This does not mean that a Christian geologist Mutch, 1970), without gagging. If a human moves a rock, it is no should suppress geological evidence that troubles his religious longer a rock (something that humans can so easily destroy but views. Rather, his task is to be a good geologist, working care- can never create). fully, diligently, and honestly. Of course, any good geologist of other theological views will also work carefully, diligently, When it is possible to do so, let’s stick to concepts, words, and and honestly. phrases that we already understand. Otherwise, we’ll spend all our time defining and arguing about new terms. Just coining a Whether science is seen as integrated with religion or as a term does not qualify it for common usage—especially when separate domain, it is confined to dealing with physically existing terms are adequate for the same concepts. testable propositions. Thus, some claims of “intelligent design” or “creation science” can, at least in theory, be examined scien- Even if most geologists are convinced by Underwood on this, tifically. Claims that have been scientifically disproven do not I remain convinced that: (1) the majority is not always correct; belong in science classes. Other claims are not scientifically

56 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY testable, but it should be emphasized that this makes them scientifically inaccessible rather than inherently invalid. It is also important to recognize similar errors on the part of those who accept evolution. The claims of Richard Dawkins in sup- port of philosophical materialism are metaphysical, not sci- entific, just like the religious claims of young-earthers. A few adjustments to terminology may help the GSA state- ment counter some popular young-earth claims. Using the term creationist to refer to all who believe in a creation event, especially those who accept an old earth, may help counter the popular claim that one must either be a young-earther or an atheist. Similarly, emphasizing the fact that young-earthers and antievolutionists come from a wide range of religious backgrounds will counter young-earthers’ claims to be de- fending the Bible. I hope that these comments can help build on the good start of the existing GSA statement. David Campbell Lexington Park, Maryland More letters are posted at www.geosociety.org/pubs/. Letters to GSA Today should be sent to GSA Today, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, fax 303-357-1070, [email protected]. GSA Today reserves the right to edit for space.

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 57 For complete details on the following trips, see the January issue of GSA Today, also available at www.geosociety.org/pubs/. Trip details also are posted at www.geosociety.org (go to “Meetings,” then to “GeoVentures”). GSA is committed to making GeoVentures accessible to all. If you require special arrangements or have special dietary concerns, contact Edna Collis, GSA Headquarters, (303) 357-1034.

Fees and Payment: $2,700 for GSA student members; $2,800 for non- GeoTrips members. A $200 deposit is due with your reservation and is refundable (less $100) through May 15. Total balance is due May 15. Min: 20; max: Iceland: Fire and Ice 35. Included: Roundtrip airfare to Reykjavík from Baltimore (currently August 1–15, 2002 the gateway city), classroom programs and materials, field trip trans- Scientific leader: Haraldur Sigurdsson, Graduate School of Oceanogra- portation, lodging, all meals, guidebook and map. Not included: Airfare phy, University of Rhode Island. Guest Lecturer: Haukur Johannesson, to and from Baltimore, camping equipment (tent and sleeping bag), Natural History Institute, Reykjavík, Iceland. This trip will reveal many alcoholic beverages, and other expenses not specifically included. unaltered and fresh geologic features that can be seen nowhere else on land. Expect to acquire an expanded understanding of volcanoes, hotspots, and rifts. View steep-walled and flat-topped hyaloclastite GeoHostel ridges derived from subglacial eruption, young hyaloclastite islands produced by submarine eruptions, great explosion craters, tephra Geology of Coastal Southern Maine cones, calderas, blocky obsidian flows, waterfalls descending into the July 13–18, 2002 rift valley and, of course, extraordinary glacial panoramas. Scientific Leaders: Arthur M. Hussey II, Bowdoin College (retired), and Fees and Payment: $3,400 for GSA members; $3,500 for nonmembers. A Walter Anderson, Maine Geological Survey (retired). Co-leaders: $400 deposit is due with your reservation and is refundable (less $100) Joseph T. Kelley, University of Maine, Orono; Thomas Weddle, Maine through May 15. Fee is based on double occupancy. The single supple- Geological Survey; and David West, Middlebury College. We’ll examine ment, based on availability, is an additional $486. Total balance is due Ordovician to Cretaceous-age metamorphic and igneous rocks, Late May 15. Min.: 20; max.: 40. Included: Classroom programs and materials; Pleistocene and Early Holocene sediments and landforms, modern sand field trip transportation, lodging, all meals, guidebook and map. Not systems of the scenic beaches of southwestern Maine, and three of the included: Airfare to and from Reykjavík, alcoholic beverages, and other most photographed lighthouses along the New England coast. expenses not specifically included. Fees and Payment: $1,000 for GSA members; $1,100 for nonmembers. A $100 deposit is due with your reservation and is refundable through Iceland: A Student Only–Oriented GeoTrip June 1, less a $20 processing fee. Total balance is due June 1. Min.: 15; August 1–15, 2002 max.: 32. Included: Classroom programs and materials; field trip trans- Scientific leader: James Reynolds, Brevard College, Brevard, North portation; lodging for six nights (all single occupancy sleeping rooms; Carolina. Designed for students only, this trip will visit classical geologi- quad-style dormitory rooms with shared bath and living room); all meals; cal localities of Iceland on a low-frills budget. Participants will camp and welcoming and farewell events. Not included: Airfare to and from and prepare meals in a group kitchen tent. Eighty kilometers of hikes Portland, Maine, transportation during hours outside field trips, alco- will take us through spectacular volcanic and glacial scenery. The trip holic beverages, and other expenses not specifically included. begins in Baltimore and will fly to Reykjavík to make a 12-day loop around the country.

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Ads (or cancellations) must reach the GSA Advertising in physical geology, historical geology, planetary geology, applications began January 15, 2002, and will continue office one month prior. Contact Advertising Department, geology of California, physical oceanography, environmen- until the position is filled. Idaho State University is an equal (303) 357-1053, 1-800-472-1988, fax 303-357-1070, or tal science, dinosaurs, and several related field courses. A opportunity employer. e-mail [email protected]. Please include complete master’s degree in a geological science is required. Inter- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SKIDMORE COLLEGE address, phone number, and e-mail address with all ested candidates may download a more complete job The Skidmore College Department of Geosciences invites correspondence. description (position #824) and application from our Web applications for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant site at http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us. Applications will be Per line professor rank beginning September 1, 2002. Ph.D. accepted until March 15, 2002. EOE. Per Line for each required. Applicants should be broadly trained in the geo- for addt’l month HASLEM POSTDOCTORAL PALEONTOLOGY sciences with expertise in environmental geology, geomor- Classification 1st month (same ad) FELLOWSHIP/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY phology, and hydrogeology. Interests in climatology, lim- Situations Wanted $1.75 $1.40 FACULTY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT nology, and soil science are a plus. Teaching A postdoctoral fellowship position in paleontology will be responsibilities include introductory geoscience courses, Positions Open $6.50 $5.50 available in the Department of Geology and Geological upper level courses in geomorphology and environmental Consultants $6.50 $5.50 Engineering and the Museum of Geology at South Dakota geology, as well as the development of new courses in Services & Supplies $6.50 $5.50 School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). The successful support of the college’s Geosciences, Environmental Stud- Opportunities for Students candidate will be expected to perform professional academic ies and Liberal Studies programs. The successful candi- first 25 lines $0.00 $2.35 functions including research, instruction, and service, and will date is expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching, to additional lines $1.35 $2.35 be expected to implement research in a field-based pro- maintain an active program of research and publication, to Code number: $2.75 extra gram in an appropriate aspect of vertebrate paleontology. mentor student research in appropriate geoscience and A Ph.D. with specialization in paleontology is required. environmental studies areas, and to participate in college Agencies and organizations may submit purchase order Preference will be given to candidates with research inter- service and student advising. Review of applications will ests in the vertebrate paleontology of North America, begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. or payment with copy. Individuals must send prepay- particularly of the Northern Great Plains. Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a con- ment with copy. To estimate cost, count 54 characters The nine-month appointment, renewable annually for cise statement of your teaching, research, and career per line, including all punctuation and blank spaces. up to three years with annual performance review, will goals. Send these materials and three letters of reference Actual cost may differ if you use capitals, centered include a competitive salary and field support. The Haslem to: Eleanor Hutchins, Secretary, Department of Geo- copy, or special characters. Fellowship will begin September 1, 2002. sciences, File #GS, Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway, SDSM&T provides undergraduate and graduate Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. degrees in science, engineering and interdisciplinary sci- Skidmore College encourages applications from ence. SDSM&T has a student population of approximately women and men of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural Positions Open 2,400 traditional and adult learners representing nearly 40 backgrounds. states and 25 countries. SDSM&T is located at the foot of VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY the beautiful Black Hills in Rapid City, South Dakota’s sec- SKIDMORE COLLEGE TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION ond largest city. Twenty minutes from Mount Rushmore, The Skidmore College Department of Geosciences invites PETROLEUM GEOSCIENTIST Rapid City has a relatively mild climate and the Black Hills applications for a two-year appointment at the visiting The Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M offer numerous opportunities for summer and winter out- assistant professor rank beginning September 2, 2002. University invites applications for a tenure-track position in door experiences. For more information regarding the uni- Ph.D. or ABD in geology required. Applicants should be petroleum geosciences, preferably at the assistant profes- versity, visit www.sdsmt.edu. broadly trained in the geosciences with expertise in miner- sor level. A Ph.D. is required by the time employment Applicants should submit a letter of application stating alogy and petrology. Expertise in GIS and an interest in begins. We anticipate filling this position by August 2002. your interests and strengths, a curriculum vitae, evidence low-temperature or environmental geochemistry are a plus. The successful candidate is expected to teach at both of teaching experience and effectiveness, and names, Teaching responsibilities include introductory geosciences graduate and undergraduate levels and to develop a addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses (if courses and upper-level mineralogy/petrology and struc- forward-looking, externally funded research program in available) of three professional references to: Dr. James E. tural geology courses, as well as participation in the college’s fundamental petroleum geosciences. Candidates with Fox, Chair, Department of Geology and Geological Engi- Environmental Studies and Liberal Studies programs. The experience in solving subsurface problems by integrating neering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, successful candidate is also expected to mentor student geological, geophysical, and petrophysical data are pre- 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701-3995. research in appropriate geoscience areas. Review of appli- ferred. Previous experience with the petroleum industry is Review of applications will begin March 1, 2002, and cations will begin immediately and continue until the position desirable but not a prerequisite. will continue until the position is filled. is filled. Applications should include a curriculum vitae and a The specific research field of the successful candidate SDSM&T is an EEO/AA/ADA employer & provider. is open, but we hope to find an individual who will comple- concise statement of your teaching, research, and career ment existing departmental programs in reservoir charac- GIS–SUBSURFACE GEOSCIENCE goals. Send these materials and at least three letters of refer- terization, basin studies, seismic interpretation, sequence TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION ence to: Eleanor Hutchins, Secretary, Department of Geo- stratigraphy, structure, tectonics, and sedimentary geo- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY sciences, File #GS, Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway, chemistry. A record of accomplishment and a promising The Department of Geosciences at Idaho State University Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. research program are more important than the specific (http://www.isu.edu/geology/) seeks an outstanding candi- Skidmore College encourages applications from study focus. Expertise with the latest technologies for date for a tenure-track assistant professor in geographical women and men of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural characterization, modeling, and visualization of reservoirs information systems (GIS) and subsurface geoscience. backgrounds. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a geoscience field, and regional petroleum systems is desirable. Many oppor- THE COLORADO COLLEGE experience in teaching and research in GIS and subsurface tunities exist to participate in and build on collaborative The Department of Geology seeks applicants for two one- geoscience, the ability to perform effective research in a programs with colleagues in Petroleum Engineering, year non–tenure track positions beginning in August 2002. team, and the ability to develop cooperative programs with Chemical Engineering, Oceanography, Ocean Drilling Pro- Ph.D. or ABD is required. Appointments will be at the scientists at the D.O.E. Idaho National Engineering and gram, and Geochemical and Environmental Research assistant professor level for candidates with a Ph.D. Environmental Laboratory. Preference will be given to Group. Desired area of expertise for one position is structural geol- applicants with the ability to interact with students and faculty Submit a curriculum vita, recent reprints, a statement of ogy with additional expertise in such fields as tectonics, in other disciplines that use GIS and geospatial analysis. research and teaching interests, and the names, postal and petrology, and geodynamics welcomed. The second posi- Good oral and communication skills are essential. e-mail addresses, and fax numbers of three references to: tion is open in terms of expertise. The successful candidate will be expected to partici- Dr. Wayne M. Ahr, Chair, Petroleum Geoscientist Search Expectations for both positions include teaching Intro- pate in an effective teaching, research, and service pro- Committee, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas ductory Geology and other courses in the candidates’ gram commensurate with normal tenure-track faculty A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115. areas of specialty. Undergraduate research is an integral duties at ISU. The position, available beginning academic Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant part of our curriculum, and willingness to advise research year 2002–2003, will be located at ISU’s Idaho Falls cam- institution, is located in College Station, Texas, a dynamic in the candidates’ areas of expertise would be a distinct pus. Applicants will be expected to contribute substantially community of 140,000 people. Texas A&M University is an advantage, as would an interest in interacting with the to the teaching and advising of students in the ISU affirmative action/equal opportunity employer committed Environmental Sciences program. The college is commit- GeoTechnology Certificate graduate program and the to excellence through diversity and compliance with the ted to increasing diversity of the community and curricu- GeoTechnology undergraduate minor program (http:// Americans with Disabilities Act. Departmental facilities and lum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are partic- giscenter.isu.edu/) in Idaho Falls. The position requires col- programs can be reviewed at our Web site (http://geoweb. ularly encouraged to apply. laborative teamwork with the main geosciences faculty in tamu.edu/). Applicants must be committed to high-quality innova- Pocatello, participation in regular faculty meetings, and tive undergraduate teaching, including field-oriented TWO TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS IN GEOLOGY possibly cross-campus teaching via distance learning. courses. The Block System of education at Colorado PASADENA CITY COLLEGE Immediate teaching duties will include Principles of GIS, College, in which professors teach and students take only The Natural Sciences Division at Pasadena City College, Advanced GIS, and an upper division course in the candi- one course at a time for 3-1/2 weeks, lends itself to field California, seeks to fill two full-time, tenure-track geology date’s field of research. and project-based teaching. The department has excellent faculty positions beginning August 2002. We are seeking To apply, send a vita, personal statement of back- field and laboratory facilities for teaching and research in individuals who are willing to work hard to maintain a 70- ground and experience relevant to the position, including both hard-rock and soft-rock geology. year tradition of excellence in geoscience education and teaching and research philosophy, service activities, and Send statement of teaching and research interests, are deeply committed to lower-division undergraduate names and contact information of three references to: curriculum vitae, and names and letters from three teaching. One position requires the expertise to teach Department of Geosciences, GIS Faculty Search, Campus referees to: Dr. Paul Myrow, Chair, Department of semester courses in crystallography/mineralogy and Box 8072, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, 83209- Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, petrology. Both positions may include course assignments 8072. E-mail contact: [email protected]. Review of

GSA TODAY, FEBRUARY 2002 59 [email protected]. Review of applications will A Ph.D. in the geological sciences with an emphasis in fractionations, geomicrobiology, adsorption of organic and begin February 15, 2001. Applications will be accepted structural geology/tectonics is required at the time of inorganic compounds, and transition metal redox reac- until the position has been filled. appointment. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a tions. The Department of Geology seeks a scientist who The Colorado College welcomes members of all statement of research and teaching interests, and names, will expand upon, and complement, our existing strengths groups, and reaffirms its commitment not to discriminate addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of at in biogeology and Earth System Science, low-temperature on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, national ori- least three people who can be contacted for recommenda- and stable isotope geochemistry, as well as environmental gin, sexual orientation, or disability in its educational pro- tions to: Chair, Structural Geology/Tectonics Search Com- geology. This position is part of a campus-wide initiative on grams, activities, and employment practices. EQUAL mittee, Department of Geology, One Shields Avenue, Uni- Nanophases in the Environment, Agriculture and Technol- OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. versity of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616; phone: (530) ogy (NEAT), and the successful applicant will be expected 752-0350; fax: (530) 752-0951; e-mail: StruTec-search@ to develop campus-wide, interdisciplinary research collab- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS geology.ucdavis.edu. orations. For more information about the U.C. Davis Geology ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATIONS The position will be effective starting July 1, 2002. To Department, visit our Web page at http://www.geology. IT INITIATIVES POSITIONS ensure full consideration, applications should be received ucdavis.edu. Deltaic Framework Geology and Subsidence Pro- by February 1, 2002. The position will remain open until A Ph.D. in the earth sciences is required at the time of cesses, Assistant Professor. The Department of Geology filled. appointment. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a and Geophysics within the College of Sciences at the Uni- The University of California is an affirmative action/ statement of research and teaching interests, and names, versity of New Orleans (UNO) seeks qualified applicants for equal-opportunity employer. addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of at a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor. least three people who can be contacted for recommenda- This position will hold a joint appointment in the multidisci- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR tions to: Robert Zierenberg, Chair, Geology/NEAT Commit- plinary Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICS tee, Department of Geology, One Shields Avenue, Univer- also within UNO’s College of Sciences. This position is UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS sity of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616; phone: (530) supported by the Louisiana Board of Regents Information The Department of Geology is seeking an individual for a 752-0350; fax (530) 752-0951; e-mail: NEAT-search@ Technology Initiative within the UNO College of Sciences full-time tenure track faculty position at the assistant pro- geology.ucdavis.edu. for the Targeted Research Area of Environmental Simula- fessor level. This person must have the background to The position will be effective starting fall 2002. To tion. The successful candidate must have a proven track establish a vigorous research program in the area of solid ensure full consideration, applications should be received record in the environmental simulation of subsidence pro- earth geophysics. Preference will be given to candidates by April 1, 2002. The position will remain open until filled. cesses at time scales ranging from the Quaternary through who complement the research and teaching programs in The University of California is an affirmative the Tertiary. Special preference is given to qualified appli- the department. We are interested in candidates in a vari- action/equal-opportunity employer. cants with environmental simulation experience in subsi- ety of fields, including, but not limited to: earthquake seis- dence processes and the geologic framework of the Mis- mology, mathematical geophysics, modeling and observ- sissippi River delta plain. The successful applicant is ing deformation in the lithosphere, physical processes Opportunities for Students expected to develop a research and educational program associated with volcanism, and structural seismology. Up to Two Applied Geohydrology Summer Research focused on the evolution and subsidence of the Mississippi Applicants are expected to have a strong interest and abil- Assistantships. Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), River Delta plain as it relates to New Orleans, the ity in undergraduate and graduate teaching and will be Lawrence, KS. These are 12-week summer positions open Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana’s coastal land loss crisis, expected to supervise graduate students. A Ph.D. or to students at any university. The individual will participate and the economic development of this region. The salary is equivalent degree in geophysics, geology with an empha- in a variety of field activities in support of KGS research budgeted for 9 months and start-up funds are negotiable. sis in geophysics, or a closely related field is required. The programs. The themes of the activities in the summer of A full benefits package is provided by UNO, which is a appointment is 100% in the Department of Geology and 2002 will be hydraulic test methods, direct push technol- member of the Louisiana State University System. UNO is the College of Letters and Science. For more information ogy, and stream-aquifer interactions. Start approx. 5-13- an equal opportunity employer. about the U.C. Davis Geology Department, visit our Web 02. Salary $5,500 for 12-week appointment. Required: Rel- Send resume and 3 letters of recommendation to: page at http://www-geology.ucdavis.edu. The position will evant coursework in earth sciences or engineering; interest Department Chair, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univer- be effective starting July 1, 2002. To ensure full considera- in hydrogeology; and ability and willingness to participate sity of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, tion, applications should be received by February 1, 2002. in moderate physical activity in mid-summer temperatures LA 70148. Application closing date: March 15, 2002. The position will remain open until filled. in Kansas. First consideration given to applications post- Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a statement UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS marked by 3-1-02. For complete description, see #66146 of research interests, a statement of teaching interests, ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATIONS at www.kgs.ukans.edu/General/jobs.html, or contact A. and the names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail IT INITIATIVES POSITIONS Delaney at (785) 864-2152 or [email protected]. addresses of at least three people who can be contacted Coastal Processes: Waves, Tides, and Storm Surges, For further technical information, contact Jim Butler at for recommendations to: Chair, Geophysics Search Com- Assistant Professor. The Department of Geology and [email protected]. The University of Kansas is an mittee, Department of Geology, One Shields Avenue, Uni- Geophysics within the College of Sciences at the Univer- EO/AA employer. versity of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616; phone: (530) sity of New Orleans (UNO) seeks qualified applicants for a 752-0350; fax: (530) 752-0951; e-mail: Geophys-search@ tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor. Graduate Student Research Assistantships, University geology.ucdavis.edu. This position will hold a joint appointment in the multidisci- at Buffalo. Research assistantships (tuition plus 12-month The University of California is an affirmative action/ plinary Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences stipend) are now available through the Department of equal-opportunity employer. also within UNO’s College of Sciences. This position is Geology. Assistantships are currently available in the fol- supported by the Louisiana Board of Regents Information GEOPHYSICIST, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE lowing areas. (1) Simulation and visualization of gravity- Technology Initiative within the UNO College of Sciences Geophysicist needed for location in Knoxville, TN. Respon- driven flows: Field work and supercomputer modeling and for the Targeted Research Area of Environmental Simula- sible for developing technical approach, conducting field visualization of flows, some interaction with civil protection tion. The successful candidate must have a proven record investigations using magnetic, EM induction, CSAMT, GPR officials in developing an interface. (2) Volcanic-related in the environmental simulation of modern coastal pro- and seismic methods, data analysis and interpretation; avalanches: Field work, experiments, and computer mod- cesses. Special preference is given to qualified applicants manage technical aspects of project and prepare technical eling of volcanic avalanches. (3) Hydrogeology: Integration with environmental simulation experience as it relates to reports. Req. MS or equivalent in geophysics. Proficiency of remote sensing with groundwater flow modeling. (4) storm surges and coastal hydrodynamics within the Mis- in SEISMIC, GPR, and CSAMT techniques. 40 hrs/week, Macroevolution: Field work in Nevada, quantitative analysis sissippi River delta plain. The successful candidate is 9–5, 45K/yr. Please send resume to IT Corporation, Dept. of graptolite species ranges, turnover rates, and phyloge- expected to develop a research and education program RJ/IMC, 2790 Mosside Blvd., Monroeville, PA 15146. netic patterns. (5) Structural geology: Fracture patterns and focused on the hurricane risk to New Orleans and the their relation to deep faults and remote sensing lineaments HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES coastal land loss and water quality crisis as it relates to the in Finger Lakes region and elsewhere in NYS and the WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY Pontchartrain Basin and the Mississippi River delta plain, northeast. (6) Near-surface geophysics: Using near-surface West Virginia University seeks a research assistant profes- and the economic development of this region. The salary is geophysics (seismic & GPR) for improved environmental sor in geology in surface-water hydrology, aqueous geo- budgeted for 9 months and start-up funds are negotiable. site characterization, Alaska. (7) Geoscience education: Aid chemistry, hydrologic modeling, vadose hydrology, or A full benefits package is provided by UNO, which is a in enhancing diversity in the geosciences through recruit- related fields. Appointment: two academic years (9 month), member of the Louisiana State University System. UNO is ing, mentoring, and new-program development at a city non–tenure track, starting August 2002, with potential for an equal opportunity employer. Send resume and 3 letters community college. Interested candidates should contact extension. Responsibilities: participation in applied of recommendation to: Department Chair, Dept. of Geology Dr. Michael Sheridan ([email protected]) and visit research projects; graduate research design/advising; lim- & Geophysics, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore www.geology.buffalo.edu. Applications are due February ited instruction (one course per semester including a grad- Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148. Application closing date: 15th with official GRE score. uate course in the candidate’s specialty). Salary nationally March 15, 2002. competitive, with potential for supplement from contractual Graduate Fellowship in Sedimentary Geology. Potential ASSISTANT PROFESSOR research. Details: http://www.geo.wvu.edu. Priority given Ph.D. students are invited to apply for a three-year Gradu- STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY/TECTONICS to applications received by 1 April 2002. Application mate- ate Research Fellowship in the Department of Earth Atmo- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS rials: vita, statement of interests, academic/publications spheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of The Department of Geology at the University of California, record, and contact information for three references to Dr. Technology. Student stipend and tuition are fully sup- Davis, has an opening for a full-time tenure-track faculty Joseph Donovan, Search Committee Chair, Dept. of Geology ported. The research focus will center on quantification of position at the assistant professor level in structural geol- & Geography, 425 White Hall, West Virginia University, facies scaling relationships, in an effort to evaluate sedi- ogy/tectonics. We seek applicants with interests in one or Morgantown WV 26506-6300, (304) 293-5603, ext. 4308, mentologic process and stratigraphic response. The suc- more of the following: tectonics, especially neotectonics, e-mail [email protected]. WVU is an affirmative cessful candidate should have a keen interest in strati- analytic structural geology, regional structural geology/tec- action, equal opportunity employer and strongly encour- graphically oriented field mapping of carbonate rocks and tonics. The successful candidate will be expected to ages applications from women, minority, and disadvan- a desire to work with digital acquisition technologies. Field develop a vigorous program of research, participate taged candidates. sites will include the Canning Basin (Devonian, Western actively in our undergraduate and graduate teaching pro- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY Australia) and Oman (Cretaceous, Proterozoic). Graduate grams, including our strong field geologic teaching UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Admissions applications should be submitted to MIT, along program, and mentor graduate students. We seek some- Assistant professor of geology with an interest in the with a letter of intent to be copied to Professor John one to complement existing strengths in structure/tecton- physics and/or chemistry at mineral surfaces in modern Grotzinger ([email protected]). John Grotzinger, MIT, Depart- ics, petrology, geophysics, and environmental geology. For and ancient earth systems. Research emphasis should be ment of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 77 more information about the U.C. Davis Geology Depart- on the rates, mechanisms, and energetics of processes Massachusetts Avenue, 54-816, Cambridge, MA 02139, ment, visit our Web page at http://www.geology. including, but not limited to biomineralization, isotopic 617-253-3498. ucdavis.edu.

60 FEBRUARY 2002, GSA TODAY Executive Director Division of Hydrologic Sciences Desert Research Institute Position #40-001

he Desert Research Institute (DRI), an internationally recognized environmental research institution and component of the University and TCommunity College System of Nevada (UCCSN), seeks an Executive Director of its Division of Hydrologic Sciences (DHS). DRI offers outstanding faculty, the opportunity to build new research programs, opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, and a team-oriented environment.

Position description: The Executive Director provides scientific direction for DHS through interactions with all DHS faculty. Key responsibilities include research and business development, personnel, and financial management. The DHS Executive Director reports to the President of DRI and holds a rank equivalent to a university dean. The Executive Director promotes the needs of all divisions, serves as faculty mentor and collaborator, fosters collaboration in teaching and research, and interacts directly with current and potential sponsors to further strategic goals.

Division scope: DHS has a unique mix of research grants and contracts with a total annual budget of approximately $7 million. Fifty faculty and support staff, as well as 40 graduate research assistants and hourly employees, are divided between DRI campuses in Reno and Las Vegas. Approximately 15 DHS faculty teach in graduate programs within the UCCSN. Faculty engage in basic and applied research in global environmental hydrology; climate change; watershed hydrology; groundwater hydrology and hydraulics; hydraulic engineering and surface water hydrology; contaminant transport; aqueous geochemistry; and snow, ice, and unsaturated zone hydrology. Sponsors include federal agencies, state and local governments, private industry, and foundations.

Qualifications: Candidates should have a Ph.D or equivalent graduate degree in a relevant field and must bring proven leadership, communication, administrative, and personnel skills to the position.

Compensation: The starting salary for this state funded position is expected to be $120,000- $140,000 with an excellent fringe benefits package.

Additional information: For a detailed position description, application procedures, and more about DRI, please visit www.dri.edu. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2002. The desired start date is July 1, 2002.

DRI is an AA/EEO Employer. We employ only U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S.

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