Summit 2000, Reno!

Geological Society of America SUMMIT 2000, RENO!

The Geological Society of America 2000 Annual Meeting will be an outstanding meeting, brimming with great science, superb field trips, and excellent entertainment.You can’t afford to miss this one! More than 150 topical and Pardee sessions are planned. Field trips will cover much of the Great Basin and parts of the Sierra Nevada, featuring earthquakes, geoarchaeology, hazards, hydrology, neotectonics, ore deposits, paleoclimate, paleontology, plutons, Precambrian rocks, Quaternary climates, stratigraphy, tectonics, and more. Reno is 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe, alpine and Nordic skiing, and historic sites such as Virginia City. Near the meeting site are casinos, museums, theaters, and a dazzling array of fine restaurants and pubs. Our goals are to: ▲ Emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of the chemical, physical, and biological subdisciplines of the earth sciences; ▲ Provide a high-visibility forum to communicate both important developments in our traditional disciplines and creative new approaches using promising new technologies; ▲ Explore opportunities for earth science research and education via the World Wide Web; ▲ Promote the importance of earth science and society, earth science education, and balancing between resource needs and environmental preservation.

GSA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND AWARDS CEREMONY New Day and Time: Sunday, November 12, 3:00– 5:00 p.m.

Save 3:00–5:00 p.m. Sunday for GSA President Mary Lou Zoback’s Distinguished Service Award, as well as the newly elected Hon- address, Grand Challenges in Earth and Environmental Science— orary Fellows, will be announced in the July issue of GSA Today. Science, Stewardship, and Service for the 21st Century, and the Hear Mary Lou Zoback’s address and honor your fellow geoscien- 2000 Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony. tists, the awardees and Honorary Fellows, at the Presidential Awardees for the Penrose Medal, the Day Medal, the Young Sci- Address and Awards Ceremony before heading for the Welcom- entist Award (Donath Medal), the Public Service Award, and the ing Party (5:00–7:30 p.m.) in the same building—the Reno/Sparks Convention Center.

Contents

Pardee Keynote Symposia ...... 15 Employment Interview Service ...... 38 Newsroom ...... 46 Discipline and Topical Sessions ...... 16 Exhibits Opening and Welcoming Party . . . . . 39 Convenience Information ...... 46 How to Submit Your Abstract ...... 26 Exhibits ...... 39 President’s Student Breakfast ...... 46 IEE Annual Environmental Forum ...... 27 Graduate School Information Forum ...... 39 Reno Map ...... 47 IEE-Sponsored Events ...... 27 Exhibitors ...... 40 Housing ...... 47 NSF Town Hall Meeting ...... 27 Guest Activities ...... 42 Abstracts with Programs ...... 48 Field Trips ...... 29 GSA Headquarters Service Area ...... 44 Housing Form ...... 49 Short Courses, Workshops, and Forums . . . 32 Special Events ...... 45 Registration ...... 50 K–16 Education Workshops and Events . . . . 35 Travel ...... 45 Registration Form ...... 51

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Welcome to Reno, a city proud to be the site of the Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting in November 2000

2000 GSA ANNUAL MEETING SPONSORS Subaru of America, Inc. ExxonMobil Exploration Corporation U.S. Department of Energy Downtown Reno, Nevada. Photo courtesy of Reno News Bureau. The Brunton Company

ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION NOVEMBER 9–18 • RENO, NEVADA 2000 GSA ANNUAL MEETING HOSTS University of Nevada—Reno Technical Program November 13–16 Desert Research Institute Premeeting Field Trips November 9–12 Short Courses and Workshops November 11–12 Geological Society of Nevada Exhibits Open November 12–15 Postmeeting Field Trips November 16–18

2000 GSA ANNUAL MEETING ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES LOCAL COMMITTEE American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists ◆ American Institute of Professional Geologists ◆ Association for Women Geoscientists ◆ General Chair and ◆ Technical Program Co-Chair Association of American State Geologists Association of Earth Science Rich Schweickert Editors ◆ Association of Engineering Geologists ◆ Association of (775) 784-6901 Geoscientists for International Development ◆ Council on Undergraduate [email protected] Research—Geology Division ◆ Cushman Foundation ◆ Geochemical Technical Program Co-Chair Society ◆ Geoscience Information Society ◆ History of the Earth Sciences Robert Karlin Society ◆ Mineralogical Society of America ◆ National Association for (775) 784-1770 Black Geologists and Geophysicists ◆ National Association of Geoscience [email protected] Teachers ◆ National Earth Science Teachers Association ◆ National Field Trip Co-Chairs Ground Water Association ◆ Paleontological Research Institution ◆ Mary Lahren Paleontological Society ◆ Sigma Gamma Epsilon ◆ Society for (775) 784-6610 Sedimentary Geology ◆ Society of Economic Geologists ◆ Society of [email protected] Vertebrate Paleontology Paula Noble (775) 784-6211 [email protected] Steve Peters GSA DIVISIONS (775) 784-5574 The GSA Divisions enhance the Society’s technical, scientific, and profes- [email protected] sional activities. Members are encouraged to participate in all Divisions Education Chair in which they have an interest. The GSA Divisions are: Tom Lugaski Archaeological Geology ◆ Coal Geology ◆ Engineering Geology ◆ (775) 784-6052 ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ [email protected] Geophysics Geoscience Education History of Geology Hydrogeology International ◆ Planetary Geology ◆ Quaternary Geology and Hot Topics Chair Geomorphology ◆ Sedimentary Geology ◆ Nick Lancaster (775) 673-7304 Structural Geology and Tectonics [email protected]

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PARDEE KEYNOTE SYMPOSIA INVITED PAPERS

K1 ▲ Geology in the New Millennium I: Resource Collapse, Environmental Catastrophe, or Technological Fix? Stephen L. Gillett, Mackay School of Mines, Reno, Nevada. Monday, November 13, 8 a.m.–12 noon. Is the 21st century headed for catastrophic resource shortages or environmental apoc- alypse, as has been predicted since the 1970s? Or will new technologies come onstream quickly enough to avert disaster? This session contrasts both views, with presentations both by leaders in various emerging technologies and by those who view resource shortages as imminent. ORAL K2 ▲ Sedimentary Extremes: Modern and Ancient GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Marjorie A. Chan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Allen W. Archer, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Wednesday, November 15, 8 a.m.–12 noon. Can mere humans comprehend the largest depositional phenomena of all geologic Thrust fault, Keystone Thrust, southwestern Nevada. Carbonates over sandstone. Photo by Martin Miller. time? What are the greatest environmental and/or facies extremes? This innovative ses- will introduce and discuss upcoming or ceptions of nature; the promises and draw- sion will synthesize and stretch beyond our planned planetary missions that exemplify backs of predictive modeling; public per- uniformanitarian views to explore the hows the translation of traditional “hands-on” ceptions of uncertainty; and how the USGS and whys of sedimentary events that exceed geology to other worlds, including Mars, the Center for Science Policy addresses these the present norms by orders of magnitude. asteroids, comets, the Moon, and the Sun. issues. ORAL ORAL ORAL K7 ▲ Nuclear Waste Disposal: K3 ▲ Causes and Consequences of K5 ▲ Great Science in the Great Basin Bridging the Gap Between Science Floods: Geologic, Climatologic, and Policy Ecologic, and Human Dimensions U.S. Geological Survey, Nevada Bureau of GSA Hydrogeology Division. Jane C.S. Long, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Mines and Geology. Benita L. Murchey, Mackay School of Mines, Reno, Nevada; ogy Division. Jim E. O’Connor, U.S. Geologi- U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Cali- Kevin D. Crowley, Board on Radioactive cal Survey, Portland, Oregon; Kyle House, fornia; Jonathan G. Price, University of Waste Management, Washington, D.C.; Jean University of Nevada, Reno. Thursday, Nevada, Reno. Thursday, November 16, M. Bahr, University of Wisconsin, Madison. November 16, 8 a.m.–12 noon. 1:30–5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 14, 8 a.m.–12 noon. Practicing earth scientists and educators In this symposium on the current and What is the scientific process of developing will gain expanded awareness about the future trends in earth science in the Great confidence in the long-term performance of varied research focused on flood processes, Basin province, speakers will focus on the a repository, and how does this process including the causes, hazards, and ecologic state of the science and fundamental unan- relate to the policy-making process? Two role of floods, and what part they play in swered questions in three major branches panels will examine the science of perfor- forming the geologic record. Speakers will of research: geologic framework and ore mance prediction and how scientists can describe the questions that flood research- genesis, geohydrology, and earth surface communicate the science and its uncertain- ers are now asking, the methods being used processes. Subtext issues will include the ties to nonscientists and policymakers. to answer these questions, and current and increase in interdisciplinary studies and the ORAL emerging ideas regarding floods and their growing influence of land management issues and public policy on scientific direc- effects. ORAL K8 ▲ Lamont and Plate Tectonics: tions. ORAL History of Geology Division Millen- K4 ▲ A New Age of Planetary Explo- ▲ nium Symposium: Lamont 1949–1999 ration: Sample Returns, In Situ Geo- K6 Living with Uncertainty: Scientific, Political, and Societal GSA History of Geology Division; History of logical Analysis, and Human Missions Perspectives to Other Worlds Earth Sciences Society (HESS). Gerald M. GSA Institute for Earth Science and the Envi- Friedman, Northeastern Science Founda- GSA Planetary Geology Division. Ralph ronment. Christine Turner, U.S. Geological tion, Inc., Troy, New York. Wednesday, Harvey, Case Western Reserve University, Survey, Denver, Colorado; Robert Frode- November 15, 1:30–5:30 p.m. Cleveland, Ohio; Cassandra Coombs, Col- man, University of Colorado, Boulder. Tues- lege of Charleston, Charleston, South Caro- day, November 14, 1:30–5:30 p.m. This may be the last opportunity to bring lina. Monday, November 13, 1:30–5:30 p.m. together the surviving founders of the How does science understand uncertainty? global tectonics theory, which has been Sample return missions, new in-situ geolog- What are society’s expectations concerning called one of the most profound additions ical tools, and the return of human geolo- our ability to provide answers to societal to geology. The pioneers will describe how gists to alien outcrops promise to revolu- problems? Speakers in this symposium will they made their discoveries. ORAL tionize planetary geology in the coming address: shifting priorities in hazards decades. Presentations by project scientists research; how complexity changes our per-

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DISCIPLINE AND TOPICAL SESSIONS INVITED AND VOLUNTEERED PAPERS

Abstracts Deadline: July 25 for paper sub- Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography T5 ▲ Reaching Beyond Earth: Innova- missions; August 1 for electronic submis- Paleontology/Paleobotany tive Plans and Novel Technologies for sions. Petrology—Experimental, Igneous, the New Age of Planetary Exploration Please send all invited and volunteered Metamorphic GSA Planetary Geology Division; NASA abstracts (electronic and paper) to GSA. Planetary Geology Office of Space Sciences. James Zimbelman, Abstracts will be forwarded to the advocates Precambrian Geology National Air and Space Museum, Washing- for review. For instructions on how to Public Policy ton, D.C.; Ralph Harvey, Case Western submit your abstract, see page 26. Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Cas- Remote Sensing/Geographic Information sandra Coombs, College of Charleston, Systems Charleston, South Carolina. POSTER Topical Sessions Sediments—Carbonates, Clastic For a description of each topical session, visit Stratigraphy Planetary Geology [24], Geochemistry Other our Web site at www.geosociety.org. The ses- Structural Geology [8], Geology Education [9] sions listed below are topically focused and Tectonics T6 ▲ Impact Crater Excavation, feature a mix of invited and volunteered Volcanology Modification, and Ejecta Distribution papers. Sessions are designed to promote Mechanisms the exchange of interdisciplinary, state-of- Discipline Sessions GSA Planetary Geology Division. John G. the-art information. Papers are submitted Papers are submitted for consideration in a to a specific session title and a scientific cat- Spray, University of New Brunswick, scientific discipline. Joint Technical Pro- Fredericton. ORAL egory. Each topical session may have as gram Committee (JTPC) representatives many as three categories from which organize the papers in sessions focused on Planetary Geology [24], Tectonics [33], authors may choose. After each topical this discipline—for example, environmental Petrology, Igneous [22] description below, the categories are identi- geoscience or mineralogy. ▲ fied by name and number as they appear on T7 Weathering Processes: The Message in Martian Meteorites the 2000 Abstract Form. PLEASE SUBMIT ENERGY TOPICAL SESSIONS ONLY IN THE MODE (oral or poster) AND GSA Planetary Geology Division. Mary Sue CATEGORIES INDICATED in the descrip- T1 ▲ Geology in the New Millennium Bell, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, tion. An abstract submitted in the incorrect II: Resource Collapse, Environmental Texas; Michael A. Velbel, Michigan State mode will be transferred automatically to a Catastrophe, or Technological Fix? University, East Lansing. ORAL discipline session. Stephen L. Gillett, Mackay School of Mines, Planetary Geology [24], Geochemistry ROLE OF SESSION ADVOCATE: An advo- Reno, Nevada. ORAL Aqueous [6], Geomicrobiology [10] cate has proposed each topical session. Public Policy [26], Economic Geology [3], Advocates may invite specific papers to Non-geoscience [35] GEOPHYSICS, STRUCTURE, ensure a successful and excellent session. TECTONICS, AND STRATIGRAPHY T2 ▲ Frontiers in Gas Hydrate Volunteered abstracts are also solicited for TOPICAL SESSIONS all approved topical sessions unless other- Research ▲ wise indicated. GSA Joint Technical Pro- Geochemical Society. Miriam Kastner, T8 Integrated Studies of Active gram Committee representatives, in consul- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Western North America Tectonics tation with the advocates, will organize Jolla, California; Charles Paull, Moss Land- American Geophysical Union. Richard A. topical sessions by mid-August. ing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, Bennett, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for California. ORAL Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Don’t see a Topical Session into which your Marine/Coastal Science [15], Geochemistry Anke Friedrich, California Institute of Tech- abstract would fit? Abstract submissions nology, Pasadena. ORAL are not limited to the topical sessions listed Other [8], Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanogra- below. If you choose one of the discipline phy [19] Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11], Neotectonics/Paleoseismology [18], categories listed on the abstract form and T3 ▲ Environmental Aspects of Fossil Tectonics [33] not a topical session, your abstract will be Fuel Use placed in a session along with other “like” T9 ▲ Kinematics vs. Mechanics: Are abstracts. Here is a listing of the discipline GSA Coal Geology Division; U.S. Geological Only One or Both Useful Rationales sessions GSA offers: Survey. Leslie F. Ruppert, Ronald W. Stanton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. for Understanding Rock Deformation? Archaeological Geology ORAL GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Coal Geology Coal Geology [2], Environmental sion. William M. Dunne, University of Ten- Economic Geology nessee, Knoxville. ORAL Engineering Geology Geoscience [5], Public Policy [26] Environmental Geoscience Structural Geology [32], Tectonics [33], Geo- Geochemistry—Aqueous, Organic, Other PLANETARY TOPICAL SESSIONS physics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11] Geology Education T4 ▲ Structure and Tectonics of Plan- T10 ▲ The Colorado Plateau: Its Geomicrobiology ets and Satellites Origin, Boundaries, Lithospheric Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology GSA Planetary Geology Division. Richard A. Structure, and Evolution Geoscience Information Schultz, University of Nevada, Reno. ORAL GSA Geophysics Division. Randy Keller, History of Geology University of Texas, El Paso; Anne Sheehan, Hydrogeology Planetary Geology [24], Tectonics [33], University of Colorado, Boulder. ORAL Marine/Coastal Science Structural Geology [32] Micropaleontology Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Mineralogy/Crystallography [11], Tectonics [33], Structural Geology [32] Neotectonics/Paleoseismology

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T11 ▲ Neotectonic Microplates of the T17 ▲ Evolution of the Lake Tahoe T23 ▲ The Antler Foreland Basin Pacific–North America Boundary Basin: Geologic Framework, Neotec- System GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- tonics, Seismology, Geophysics, Katherine A. Giles, New Mexico State Uni- sion. Francis C. Monastero, Naval Air Geomorphology, Hydrology, and versity, Las Cruces. ORAL Environment Weapons Station, China Lake, California; Tectonics [33], Stratigraphy [31], Allen F. Glazner, University of North Car- GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Geochemistry Other [8] olina, Chapel Hill; Douglas Walker, Univer- sion. Mary M. Lahren; Richard A. Schweick- sity of Kansas, Lawrence. ORAL and ert, University of Nevada, Reno. ORAL T24 ▲ Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution POSTER sessions Neotectonics/Paleoseismology [18], Geo- of Western Laurentia: Continental Tectonics [33], Structural Geology [32], Geo- physics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11], Accretion to Breakup of Rodinia physics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11] Environmental Geoscience [5] GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- sion. Karl E. Karlstrom, University of New T12 ▲ Superplume Events in Earth His- T18 ▲ Earthscope—A Look into Our Mexico, Albuquerque. ORAL tory: Causes and Effects Continent: Opportunities for Inter- disciplinary Research in Geophysics Tectonics [33], Precambrian Geology [25], GSA International Division. Kent C. Condie, Structural Geology [32] New Mexico Tech, Socorro; Dallas Abbott, and Geology Columbia University, Palisades, New York; GSA Geophysics Division; Nevada Seismo- T25 ▲ Rates of Magmatic and Host- David J. Des Marais, Ames Research Center, logical Laboratory. John G. Anderson, Uni- Rock Processes in Arcs Moffett Field, California. ORAL versity of Nevada, Reno. ORAL GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology sion. Robert B. Miller, San Jose State Univer- [11], Precambrian Geology [25], Geochem- [11], Tectonics [33], Neotectonics/Paleo- sity, San Jose, California; Scott R. Paterson, istry Other [8] seismology [18] University of Southern California, Los Ange- les; Samuel A. Bowring, Massachusetts T13 ▲ Recent Advances in Our Under- T19 ▲ The Walker Lane: An Evolving Institute of Technology, Cambridge. ORAL standing of Flat Slab Subduction: A Transform Plate Boundary and POSTER sessions Comparison Between Modern and GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Ancient Subduction Settings in the Structural Geology [32], Petrology, Igneous sion. James E. Faulds, University of Nevada, [22], Geochemistry Other [8] Americas Reno; John S. Oldow, University of Idaho, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Moscow; Wayne R. Thatcher, U.S. Geologi- T26 ▲ Paleomagnetic Applications to sion; American Geophysical Union. Brendan cal Survey, Menlo Park, California. ORAL Geologic Problems A. McNulty, California State University, and POSTER sessions American Geophysical Union. Richard D. Dominguez Hills, Carson; Daniel L. Farber, Tectonics [33], Structural Geology [32], Geo- Elmore; Michael T. Lewchuk, University of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, physics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11] Oklahoma, Norman. ORAL Livermore, California. ORAL T20 ▲ Reconstructing Miocene and Tectonics [33], Sediments, Carbonates [29], Tectonics [33], Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Geochemistry Other [8] Seismology [11], Structural Geology [32] Younger Extension Across the North- ern Basin and Range Province T27 ▲ Evolution of the East African T14 ▲ Geophysical and Tectonic Signa- GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- and Related Orogens, and the Assem- tures of Triple Junction Migration: sion. Elizabeth L. Miller; Trevor A. Dumitru, bly of Gondwana Mendocino and Others Stanford University, Stanford, California. GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- GSA Geophysics Division. Kevin P. Furlong, ORAL and POSTER sessions sion; GSA International Division. Timothy Pennsylvania State University, University Structural Geology [32], Geophysics/Tec- M. Kusky, Boston University, Boston, Mas- Park. ORAL tonophysics/Seismology [11], Sediments, sachusetts; Robert D. Tucker, Washington Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Clastic [30] University, St. Louis, Missouri; Robert J. Stern, University of Texas at Dallas, [11], Tectonics [33], Quaternary Geology/ ▲ Geomorphology [27] T21 New Developments in the Richardson. ORAL Mesozoic Tectonic Evolution of the T15 ▲ Cenozoic Basin and Range North American Cordillera Tectonics [33], Precambrian Geology [25], Paleontology/Paleobotany [20] Tectonics and Geophysical Constraints GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- GSA Geophysics Division; Nevada Seismo- sion. Sandra J. Wyld, University of Georgia, T28 ▲ Mexico: Four Centuries of Geo- logical Laboratory, University of Nevada, Athens; William McClelland, University of logical Exploration Reno. John N. Louie; John G. Anderson; Idaho, Moscow; James E. Wright, Rice Uni- GSA International Division. Claudio Geoff Blewitt, University of Nevada, Reno. versity, Houston, Texas. ORAL and POSTER Bartolini, Plano, Texas; Harold Lang, Jet ORAL sessions Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Califor- Tectonics [33], Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Tectonics [33], Structural Geology [32], Geo- nia; Enrique Cabral Cano, Universidad Seismology [11], Neotectonics/Paleoseis- physics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11] Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. mology [18] D.F. ORAL T22 ▲ The Late Paleozoic Tectonics of T16 ▲ Deep Structure of Archean Central and Western North America— Tectonics [33], Stratigraphy [31], Structural Cratons The Ancestral Rocky Mountains: Geology [32] GSA Geophysics Division; GSA International Insights into Intraplate Deformation T29 ▲ Xenolith-Based Studies of the Division. Andrew A. Nyblade, Pennsylvania GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Physical and Chemical Evolution of State University, University Park; Richard W. sion; Friends of the Ancestral Rocky Moun- the Deep North American Lithosphere Carlson, Carnegie Institution of Washing- tains. Charles F. Kluth, Chevron, San G. Lang Farmer, University of Colorado, ton, Washington, D.C. ORAL Ramon, California; Gerilyn S. Soreghan, Boulder; Michael L. Williams, University of Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology University of Oklahoma, Norman. ORAL Massachusetts, Amherst. ORAL and POSTER sessions [11], Geochemistry Other [8], Precambrian Tectonics [33], Petrology, Igneous [22], Geology [25] Tectonics [33], Structural Geology [32], Geochemistry Other [8] Stratigraphy [31]

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T30 ▲ Lake Basins as Archives of Con- T37 ▲ Sulfate Minerals I. Hydro- T42 ▲ Eruption or Intrusion? Volatiles, tinental Tectonics and Climate thermal Systems (A Tribute to Magmas, and Porphyry Copper GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Alan R. Robert O. Rye) Deposits Carroll, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mineralogical Society of America; Society of American Geophysical Union. Katharine V. Paul Buchheim, Loma Linda University, Economic Geologists; Geochemical Society. Cashman; Mark Reed, University of Oregon, Loma Linda, California. ORAL Charlie Alpers, U.S. Geological Survey, Eugene; John Dilles, Oregon State Univer- Stratigraphy [31], Sediments, Carbonates Sacramento, California; Kirk Nordstrom, sity, Corvallis. ORAL [29], Sediments, Clastic [30] U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, Colorado. Volcanology [34], Economic Geology [3], ORAL and POSTER sessions Petrology, Igneous [22] T31 ▲ 3-D Seismic Interpretation: Mineralogy/Crystallography [17], Geo- ▲ Seismic Stratigraphy and Volume chemistry Other [8], Economic Geology [3] T43 Magmatism in Mojavia: Geol- Interpretation ogy, Geochemistry, and Correlation GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Society T38 ▲ Sulfate Minerals II. Low- James P. Calzia, U.S. Geological Survey, for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). Steve May; Temperature Environments Menlo Park, California. ORAL Art Donovan, ExxonMobil Upstream Mineralogical Society of America; Geochemi- Petrology, Igneous [22], Tectonics [33], Research, Houston, Texas. ORAL cal Society; Society of Economic Geologists. Precambrian Geology [25] Kirk Nordstrom, U.S. Geological Survey, Stratigraphy [31], Geophysics/Tectono- ▲ physics/Seismology [11], Sediments, Boulder, Colorado; Charlie Alpers, U.S. Geo- T44 Granite Revisited: Anomalies, Clastic [30] logical Survey, Sacramento, California; John Problems, and Novel Approaches Jambor, Tsawwassen, British Columbia. Frank W. Dickson, Mackay School of Mines, T32 ▲ Global Stratotype Section and ORAL and POSTER sessions Reno, Nevada. ORAL Point (GSSP) for Middle Ordovician Mineralogy/Crystallography [17], Geo- Petrology, Igneous [22], Geophysics/ Series: Biostratigraphy and Candidate chemistry Other [8], Environmental Geo- Sections Tectonophysics/Seismology [11], Geo- science [5] chemistry Other [8] Subcommission on Ordovician Stratigraphy, International Commission on Stratigraphy T39 ▲ Mineralogy of the Mixed-Layer T45 ▲ Metamorphic Petrology from (IUGS); GSA International Division. Stan Clays with Applications for Under- Experiments to the Field: A Session Finney, California State University, Long standing Earth Processes and History, Honoring M.J. Holdaway Beach; Ray Ethington, University of Mis- a Session to Honor Robert C. Reynolds, Mineralogical Society of America. Barbara L. souri, Columbia. ORAL Jr., the Year 2000 Winner of the Dutrow, Louisiana State University, Baton Roebling Award Stratigraphy [31], Paleontology/Paleo- Rouge. ORAL botany [20], Sediments, Carbonates [29] Mineralogical Society of America. James Aronson, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Petrology, Metamorphic [23], Petrology, T33 ▲ Carbonate Allostratigraphy and Hampshire. ORAL Experimental [21], Mineralogy/Crystallog- raphy [17] Sequence Stratigraphy Mineralogy/Crystallography [17], Sedi- North American Commission on Strati- ments, Clastic [30], Geochemistry Other [8] QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEO- graphic Nomenclature. Ernest A. Mancini; William C. Parcell; Marcello Badali, Univer- T40 ▲ Interpreting the Morphology of MORPHOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY sity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. POSTER Mafic and Ultramafic Lava Flows TOPICAL SESSIONS Stratigraphy [31], Sediments, Carbonates Laszlo Keszthelyi, University of Arizona, T46 ▲ Advances in Quaternary Geo- [29], Paleontology/Paleobotany [20] Tucson; Stephen Self, University of Hawaii chronometry at Manoa, Honolulu; Thorvaldur Thordar- GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- son, Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, ogy Division; American Geophysical Union. trial Research Oganisation (CSIRO), Glenn W. Berger, Desert Research Institute, VOLCANOLOGY, AND PETROLOGY Wembley, Australia. ORAL TOPICAL SESSIONS Reno, Nevada; Timothy Jull, University of Volcanology [34], Petrology, Igneous [22], Arizona, Tucson; John Stone, University of T34 ▲ Gold Deposits of the Great Planetary Geology [24] Washington, Seattle. ORAL Basin ▲ Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Society of Economic Geologists. Tommy B. T41 Recent Results on the Causes and Consequences of Oceanic Island Geochemistry Other [8], Paleoclimatology/ Thompson, University of Nevada, Reno; Paleoceanography [19] Odin Christensen, Newmont Mining Com- Volcanism: Where Are We Going Next? pany, Englewood, Colorado; Keith Bettles, T47 ▲ The Interaction between Soil Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Elko, Nevada. International Association of Volcanology and Biologic Processes in Landscape ORAL and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior; GSA and Ecosystem Dynamics International Division. Michael O. Garcia, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Economic Geology [3], Geochemistry Other University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Dennis ogy Division. Alan J. Busacca, Washington [8], Mineralogy/Crystallography [17] Geist, University of Idaho, Moscow. COM- State University, Pullman; Eric V. McDonald, BINED ORAL and POSTER SESSION T35 ▲ Deep Crustal Controls on Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada. Mineral Trends—Evidence from the Volcanology [34], Petrology, Igneous [22], ORAL Subsurface Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], [11] Society of Economic Geologists. V.J.S. (Tien) Environmental Geoscience [5], Paleontol- Grauch, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, ogy/Paleobotany [20] Colorado; A. Elizabeth Jones, GeoLogic Services, Reno, Nevada. ORAL Economic Geology [3], Geophysics/Tecton- ophysics/Seismology [11], Tectonics [33]

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T48 ▲ Causes and Consequences of T54 ▲ Big Storms of the Past: Evidence Floods: Geologic, Climatologic, Eco- and Importance of Paleostorms in the logic, and Human Dimensions Geologic Record GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- ogy Division. Jim E. O’Connor, U.S. Geologi- ogy Division. Karen L. Jennings; Anders J. cal Survey, Portland, Oregon; Kyle House, Noren, University of Vermont, Burlington. University of Nevada, Reno. POSTER ORAL Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Environmental Geoscience [5], Public Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography [19], Policy [26] Environmental Geoscience [5] T49 ▲ Ice-Dammed Lake Floods and T55 ▲ Geomorphic and Geologic Con- Subglacial Lake Outbursts; Mecha- trols on Surficial and Groundwater nism, Causes, and Consequences Hydrology in Deep Alluvial Basins Amir Mokhtari Fard, University of Mani- GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- toba, Winnipeg; Andrew J. Russell, Keele ogy Division. David J. Donovan; Joseph F. University, Keele, UK. ORAL Leising, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Las Vegas. ORAL Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography [19], Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Sediments, Clastic [30] Hydrogeology [14], Stratigraphy [31] T50 ▲ Glacial Erosion at the Scales of T56 ▲ Ancient Dust: Documentation Individual Alpine Glaciers, Mountain and Significance of Eolian Silt in the Ranges, and Continental Ice Sheets: Pre-Cenozoic Record Current Understanding and Future GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Gerilyn Directions S. Soreghan, University of Oklahoma, Granitic boulders, California–Nevada border. GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Norman; Russell F. Dubiel, U.S. Geological Photo by Martin Miller. ogy Division. Andrew J. Meigs, Oregon State Survey, Denver, Colorado. ORAL University, Corvallis; Robert S. Anderson, Sediments, Clastic [30], Paleoclimatology/ T60 ▲ Numerical 3-D Modeling and University of California, Santa Cruz. ORAL Paleoceanography [19], Stratigraphy [31] and POSTER sessions Reconstruction of Sedimentary Bodies ▲ and Structures Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], T57 Advances in Determining Tectonics [33], Sediments, Clastic [30] Desert Piedmont Processes and GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM Histories (Society for Sedimentary Geology). Michael T51 ▲ Reshaping Glacial Geomorphol- GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- P. Suess, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, ogy: New Age Controls on Late Pleis- ogy Division. Kyle K. Nichols, University of Germany. ORAL tocene Alpine Glaciation Vermont, Burlington; Russell S. Harmon, Sediments, Clastic [30], Remote Sensing/ GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- U.S. Army Research Office, Research Trian- Geographic Info System [28], Economic ogy Division. Douglas H. Clark, Western gle Park, North Carolina; Paul R. Bierman, Geology [3] Washington University, Bellingham; Paul University of Vermont, Burlington. ORAL T62 ▲ Stochastic and Deterministic Bierman, University of Vermont, Burlington; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Alan R. Gillespie, Desert Research Institute, Origins of Surface Processes and Remote Sensing/Geographic Info System Landforms Reno, Nevada. ORAL [28], Environmental Geoscience [5] American Geophysical Union. Lee E. Benda; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], ▲ Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography [19], T58 Colluvium: Recent Advances in Daniel J. Miller, Earth Systems Institute, Geochemistry Other [8] Applying Geomorphology, Stratigra- Seattle, Washington; Thomas Dunne, Uni- phy, and Sedimentology to Interpret versity of California, Santa Barbara. ORAL ▲ T52 Alpine and Subalpine Glacial Late Cenozoic Slope Processes Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], and Fluvial Events Following the Last GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Environmental Geoscience [5], Hydro- Glacial Maximum in the Mid-Latitude ogy Division; GSA Archaeological Geology geology [14] Mountains of the Western U.S. Division. J. Steven Kite, West Virginia Uni- GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- versity, Morgantown; David L. Cremeens, T63 ▲ Geology and Geophysics ogy Division. Eric C. Carson; Jeffrey S. GAI Consultants, Monroeville, Pennsyl- of the Lower Mississippi Valley: Munroe, University of Wisconsin, Madison. vania. ORAL In Memory of Roger Saucier ORAL Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Archaeological Geology [1], Sediments, ogy Division. Juan M. Lorenzo, Louisiana Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography [19], Clastic [30] State University, Baton Rouge; Whitney J. Environmental Geoscience [5] Autin, SUNY, College at Brockport, New T59 ▲ Vegetation Response to Late York. ORAL ▲ T53 The Physical Geology and Geo- Quaternary Climate Variability and Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], morphology of Large Lakes: Relation- Disturbance Regimes in the Pacific Neotectonics/Paleoseismology [18], Geo- ships to Climate and Paleoclimate Western United States physics/Tectonophysics/Seismology [11] GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- ogy Division. Paul W. Jewell; Marjorie A. ogy Division. Wallace B. Woolfenden, U.S. Chan; Donald R. Currey, University of Utah, Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Salt Lake City. ORAL Swall Meadows, California. ORAL Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography [19], Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Paleoclima- Environmental Geoscience [5] tology/Paleoceanography [19]

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T64 ▲ The Legacy of G.M. Richmond: T66 ▲ Landslide Risk Mapping and T71 ▲ Regulatory Review: Using 50+ years of Quaternary Geology in Database Science in the Public’s Interest the Western U.S. GSA Engineering Geology Division. GSA Engineering Geology Division. Greg K. GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Hiromitsu Yamagishi, Niigata University, Johnson, Department of Public Works, ogy Division. Dennis Dahms, University of Niigata, Japan. ORAL Moreno Valley, California; Robert A. Larson, Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls; Vance T. Holli- Engineering Geology [4], Environmental Department of Public Works, Alhambra, day, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Geoscience [5], Quaternary Geology/ California. ORAL Peter W. Birkeland, University of Colorado, Geomorphology [27] Engineering Geology [4], Environmental Boulder. ORAL Geoscience [5], Public Policy [26] T67 ▲ Land Subsidence, Earth Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology [27], ▲ Stratigraphy [31], History of Geology [13] Fissures, and Aquifer Mechanics T72 Academic Training of Engineer- GSA Engineering Geology Division; Morgan ing Geologists T152 ▲ Paleoclimatology and Clima- State University. Jiang Li, Morgan State GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geo- tology of South America University, Baltimore, Maryland; Zhuping science Education Division. Terry R. West, GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- Sheng, Public Service Board, El Paso, Texas; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. ogy Division. Paul A. Baker, Duke University, Donald C. Helm, Morgan State University, ORAL Durham, North Carolina; Catherine A. Baltimore, Maryland. ORAL Engineering Geology [4], Geology Educa- Rigsby, East Carolina University, Greenville, Engineering Geology [4], Hydrogeology [14], tion [9], Public Policy [26] North Carolina. ORAL Environmental Geoscience [5] T73 ▲ Environmental Risk Assess- Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography [19], T68 ▲ Joints and Other ments: Do They Benefit or Endanger Archaeological Geology [1], Environmental Discontinuities the Public? Geoscience [5] GSA Engineering Geology Division; Ameri- GSA Engineering Geology Division. Allen W. ENGINEERING AND ENVIRON- can Rock Mechanics Association. Judy Ehlen, Hatheway, University of Missouri, Rolla; MENTAL GEOLOGY TOPICAL SES- Topographic Engineering Center, Alexan- Robert A. Larson, Department of Public SIONS dria, Virginia; Robert D. Jacobi, SUNY, Col- Works, Los Angeles County, Van Nuys, Cali- lege at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; Ken fornia. ORAL ▲ T61 Communicating Geohazards Hardcastle, Emery & Garrett Groundwater Engineering Geology [4], Environmental Information Effectively Inc., Meredith, New Hampshire. ORAL Geoscience [5], Public Policy [26] GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Engineering Geology [4], Structural Geology ▲ Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology [32], Hydrogeology [14] T74 Environmental Restoration of Division. Thomas C. Pierson, Cascades Vol- Abandoned Mine Lands cano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington; T69 ▲ Analysis of Active and GSA Engineering Geology Division. Syed E. Scott F. Burns, Portland State University, Potentially Active Faults: Challenges Hasan, University of Missouri, Kansas City. Portland, Oregon. ORAL and Case Histories ORAL Engineering Geology [4], Quaternary GSA Engineering Geology Division. Vincent Engineering Geology [4], Environmental Geology/Geomorphology [27], Geoscience S. Cronin; Keith A. Sverdrup, University of Geoscience [5], Hydrogeology [14] Information [12] Wisconsin, Milwaukee. ORAL ▲ Engineering Geology [4], Structural Geology T75 Engineering Geology in the T65 ▲ Landslides: From the Summits [32], Public Policy [26] 19th Century to the Plains GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA T70 ▲ High-Technology Tools for History of Geology Division. Stephen M. Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Geologic Research and Practice Testa, Testa Environmental Corporation, Division. Duane A. Eversoll, University of GSA Engineering Geology Division. John H. Mokelumne Hill, California. ORAL Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert A. Larson, Kramer, Condor Earth Tech, Inc., Sonora, Engineering Geology [4], History of Geology Department of Public Works, Los Angeles California. POSTER [13], Economic Geology [3] County, Van Nuys, California; Scott F. Burns, Engineering Geology [4], Environmental Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. ▲ Geoscience [5], Geology Education [9] T76 Seismic Hazard Analysis: From ORAL State of the Art to Standard Practice Engineering Geology [4], Environmental GSA Engineering Geology Division. James E. Geoscience [5], Quaternary Geology/ Slosson, Slosson and Associates, Van Nuys, Geomorphology [27] California; Robert A. Larson, Deptartment of Public Works, Van Nuys, California. ORAL Engineering Geology [4], Geophysics/ Tectonophysics/Seismology [11], Public Policy [26] PALEOMAP PROJECT T129 ▲ Remote Sensing and GIS in the New Millennium: The Use of Remote The goal of the PALEOMAP Project is to illustrate the plate tectonic Sensing and Geographic Information development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing Systems in Surface Water, Ground- distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years. water, Soils, and Resource Issues Results of research are published GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division. Norman S. Levine; in a variety of formats Robert K. Vincent, Bowling Green State Uni- useful for teaching and research versity, Bowling Green, Ohio. ORAL CALL US TOLL-FREE 888-288-0160 Environmental Geoscience [5], Engineering Geology [4], Hydrogeology [14] VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.scotese.com

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T130 ▲ Remote Sensing and GIS in T81 ▲ Geosciences: The Dominant T87 ▲ 25 Years of Groundwater Mod- the New Millennium: The Use of RS Force in Ensuring Correct Environ- eling: A Special Session in Honor of and GIS in Environmental and Engi- mental Characterization and Reme- Professor Mary Anderson neering Projects: Case Studies in diation with the Integration of GSA Hydrogeology Division. Chunmiao Evaluation, Remediation, Monitoring, Technologies and Disciplines Zheng, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; and Modeling Argonne National Laboratory. Jacqueline C. Charles B. Andrews, S.S. Papadopulos & GSA Engineering Geology Division; GSA Burton, Argonne National Laboratory, Associates, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Hydrogeology Division. Norman S. Levine; Argonne, Illinois; Kenneth E. Kolm, Colo- Kenneth R. Bradbury, Wisconsin Geological Robert K. Vincent, Bowling Green State Uni- rado School of Mines, Golden. ORAL Survey and Natural History Survey, versity, Bowling Green, Ohio. ORAL Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Madison. ORAL Environmental Geoscience [5], Engineering Aqueous [6], Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Hydrogeology [14], Environmental Geology [4], Hydrogeology [14] Seismology [11] Geoscience [5], Geochemistry Other [8] ▲ ▲ HYDROGEOLOGY AND T82 Surface Water–Groundwater T88 Groundwater Flow, Geologic Connections Processes, and Climate Change GEOCHEMISTRY TOPICAL SESSIONS GSA Hydrogeology Division. Kenneth E. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Mark A. Person, T77 ▲ Organic Geochemistry Division Bencala, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Symposium: Sources, Synthesis, Trans- Park, California; George M. Hornberger, Shemin Ge, University of Colorado, Boulder. formations, and Sinks of Organic University of Virginia, Charlottesville. ORAL ORAL Matter on Earliest Earth Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous Hydrogeology [14], Paleoclimatology/Pale- Geochemical Society Organic Geochemistry [6], Environmental Geoscience [5] oceanography [19], Economic Geology [3] Division. Michael H. Engel, University of Oklahoma, Norman; Peggy H. Ostrom, T83 ▲ Artificial Recharge Through T89 ▲ Stress and Strain in Subsurface Michigan State University, East Lansing; the Vadose Zone Flow Systems Stephen A. Macko, University of Virginia, GSA Hydrogeology Division. Daniel B. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Evelyn A. Charlottesville. ORAL Stephens, Stephens & Associates, Roeloffs, U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, Geochemistry Organic [7], Geomicrobiol- Albuquerque, New Mexico. ORAL Washington; Stuart A. Rojstaczer, Duke Uni- ogy [10], Planetary Geology [24] Hydrogeology [14], Engineering Geology [4], versity, Durham, North Carolina. ORAL T78 ▲ International and Cross-Border Environmental Geoscience [5] Hydrogeology [14], Geophysics/Tectono- Issues Related to Groundwater Man- ▲ physics/Seismology [11], Environmental T84 Closed-Basin Lakes: Hydrogeol- Geoscience [5] agement Problems, Conflicts and ogy, Geochemistry, Water Manage- Strategies ment, and Environmental Impacts T90 ▲ Flow in Fractured Aquifers— GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Inter- GSA Hydrogeology Division. David B. From Field Characterization to Model national Division. David L. Rudolph, Uni- Rogers, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Construction versity of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. ORAL Los Alamos, New Mexico; John W. Hess, GSA Hydrogeology Division. Todd Halihan, Hydrogeology [14], Environmental Geo- Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, University of Texas, Austin; Paul A. Hsieh, science [5], Public Policy [26] Nevada. ORAL and POSTER sessions U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. ORAL T79 ▲ Application of Hydrologic and Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous Geologic Studies to the Performance [6], Environmental Geoscience [5] Hydrogeology [14], Engineering Geology [4], Environmental Geoscience [5] of a Potential Geologic Repository at T85 ▲ Natural Attenuation Processes Yucca Mountain, Nevada ▲ GSA Hydrogeology Division. Cheong-Yip R. T91 Studies on Water Movement U.S. Department of Energy. Russell L. Patter- Yuen, Argonne National Laboratory, and Solute Transport in Arid Regions son; Robert Levich, Yucca Mountain Site Argonne, Illinois; John Pardue, Louisiana GSA Hydrogeology Division. Zhongbo Yu, Characterization Office, Las Vegas, Nevada; State University, Baton Rouge. ORAL University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Bill Hu, Ronald Linden, Golder Associates, Inc., Las Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Vegas, Nevada. ORAL Hydrogeology [14], Environmental Nevada. ORAL Geoscience [5], Geomicrobiology [10] Hydrogeology [14], Quaternary Geology/ Hydrogeology [14], Environmental ▲ Geomorphology [27], Tectonics [33] T86 Physical Modeling for Process Geoscience [5], Engineering Geology [4] Understanding and Model Validation ▲ T80 The 2nd GSA International in Subsurface Flow and Transport T92 ▲ Integrated Geoscience Strate- Internet Symposium: Modern Geol- GSA Hydrogeology Division. Tissa H. gies Applied to Regional Ground- ogy in an Ancient Land Illangasekare, Colorado School of Mines, water Modeling: Death Valley University of Texas at Austin;WebEx.com. Golden; Kenichi Soga, Cambridge Univer- Regional Groundwater Flow System Thomas R. Fenstemaker; Todd Halihan, sity, Cambridge, UK; Clinton S. Willson, U.S. Geological Survey. Donald S. Sweetkind; University of Texas, Austin; Mohamed F. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Christopher J. Potter, U.S. Geological Hussein, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. ORAL Survey, Denver, Colorado; Claudia C. Faunt, ORAL U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, Cali- Hydrogeology [14], Environmental fornia. ORAL Hydrogeology [14], Archaeological Geology Geoscience [5], Geochemistry Aqueous [6] [1], Tectonics [33] Hydrogeology [14], Structural Geology [32], Tectonics [33]

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T93 ▲ Volcanic Rock Aquifers: Charac- T100 ▲ Phytoremediation of Ground- T106 ▲ Application of Electro- terization of Flow and Transport in water and Soil magnetic Geophysical Methods to the Saturated and Unsaturated Zones GSA Hydrogeology Division. John J. Quinn, Hydrologic Investigations GSA Hydrogeology Division. John M. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geophysics Bukowski, North Wind Environmental; Illinois; Jim E. Landmeyer, U.S. Geological Division. Paul A. Ferre, University of Robert K. Podgorney, Idaho National Engi- Survey, Columbia, South Carolina. ORAL Arizona, Tucson. ORAL neering and Environmental Laboratory, Hydrogeology [14], Environmental Geo- Hydrogeology [14], Geophysics/Tectono- Idaho Falls. ORAL science [5], Geomicrobiology [10] physics/Seismology [11], Environmental Hydrogeology [14], Environmental ▲ Geoscience [5] Geoscience [5], Volcanology [34] T101 Bioclogging of Subsurface Environments: Laboratory, Field, and T107 ▲ Postaudits of Subsurface T94 ▲ Heterogeneity in Granular Modeling Studies Remedial Systems Hydrogeologic and Reservoir Systems GSA Hydrogeology Division; American Geo- GSA Hydrogeology Division. Gustavious P. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Robert W. Ritzi, physical Union. Blythe L. Hoyle, Iowa State Williams, Argonne National Laboratory, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; University, Ames; Philippe Baveye, Cornell Argonne, Illinois; Ira May, Army Environ- Graham E. Gogg, University of California, University, Ithaca, New York. COMBINED mental Center, Aberdeen, Maryland. ORAL Davis; Gary S. Weissmann, Michigan State ORAL and POSTER SESSION Hydrogeology [14], Environmental Geo- University, East Lansing. POSTER Hydrogeology [14], Geomicrobiology [10], science [5], Engineering Geology [4] Hydrogeology [14], Sediments, Clastic [30], Engineering Geology [4] ▲ Environmental Geoscience [5] T108 Geomicrobiology: Microbial T102 ▲ Groundwater Xenobiotics: Communities and Geochemistry T95 ▲ Mining Impacts on Hydrologic Bacterial and Pathogenic Transport, Geochemical Society. Susanne Douglas, Systems Storage, and Viability in Shallow Sur- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, GSA Hydrogeology Division. Mary W. face-Influenced Groundwater Systems California; Matthew Schrenk, University of Stoertz, Ohio University, Athens; Joseph J. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Ralph K. Davis, Washington, Seattle. ORAL and POSTER Donovan, West Virginia University, Morgan- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Barbara sessions town. ORAL and POSTER sessions J. Mahler, U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, Geomicrobiology [10], Geochemistry Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous Texas. ORAL Aqueous [6], Micropaleontology [16] [6], Geomicrobiology [10] Hydrogeology [14], Geomicrobiology [10], ▲ Environmental Geoscience [5] T109 Long-Term Changes in Sea- T96 ▲ Coupled Hydrologic and water Chemistry: Causes and Geochemical Processes in Mining T103 ▲ Innovative Applications in Responses Wastes and Other Highly Hetero- Water Supply and Environmental Tim K. Lowenstein; Sean T. Brennan; Mike geneous Media Investigation, Remediation, and Risk N. Timofeeff, State University of New York at GSA Hydrogeology Division. Scott W. Tyler, Assessment Binghamton. ORAL University of Nevada, Reno; Mark Logsdon, GSA Hydrogeology Division. Michael J. Geochemistry Aqueous [6], Paleoclimatol- Geochemica, Inc., Ojai, California; Robert J. Basial, Redding, California; Nathan R. ogy/Paleoceanography [19], Paleontology/ Sterrett, RJS Consulting, Inc., Golden, Colo- Brown, CH2M HILL, Redding, California. Paleobotany [20] rado. ORAL and POSTER sessions ORAL ▲ Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous Hydrogeology [14], Environmental Geo- T110 Paleosols, Soils and the Com- [6], Environmental Geoscience [5] science [5], Engineering Geology [4] position of Ancient Atmospheres GSA International Division. Paul A. T97 ▲ Environmental Isotopes in T104 ▲ Redox Manipulation for Schroeder, University of Georgia, Athens; Hydrogeology Groundwater Remediation Crayton J. Yapp, Southern Methodist Uni- GSA Hydrogeology Division. James M. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Shawn G. versity, Dallas, Texas. ORAL Thomas, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Benner; David W. Blowes, University of Geochemistry Other [8], Paleoclimatology/ Nevada; Timothy P. Rose, Lawrence Liver- Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. COMBINED Paleoceanography [19], Mineralogy/ more National Laboratory, Livermore, ORAL and POSTER SESSION Crystallography [17] California. ORAL Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous ▲ Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous [6], Geomicrobiology [10] T111 Secondary Mineralization [6], Environmental Geoscience [5] in the Unsaturated Zone at Yucca T105 ▲ Restoring and Sustaining Mountain, Nevada T98 ▲ Solute Cycling in Groundwater Aquifers for Their In-Situ Values Geochemical Society. Nick S. Wilson; Jean S. and Surface Water GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Institute Cline, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. GSA Hydrogeology Division; Geochemical for Earth Science and the Environment. Abe ORAL Society. Alan E. Fryar, University of Ken- Springer, Northern Arizona University, Geochemistry Other [8], Geochemistry tucky, Lexington. ORAL Flagstaff; David Kreamer, University of Aqueous [6], Environmental Geoscience [5] Nevada, Las Vegas. ORAL Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous ▲ [6], Environmental Geoscience [5] Hydrogeology [14], Engineering Geology [4], T112 Reactive Transport Modeling: Environmental Geoscience [5] Theory and Applications T99 ▲ Rare Earth Elements in Ground- Geochemical Society. Lauren B. Browning; water Flow Systems Debra Hughson, Southwest Research Insti- GSA Hydrogeology Division. Kevin H. tute, San Antonio, Texas. ORAL Johannesson, Old Dominion University, Geochemistry Aqueous [6], Hydrogeology Norfolk, Virginia. ORAL [14], Geochemistry Other [8] Hydrogeology [14], Geochemistry Aqueous [6], Environmental Geoscience [5]

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T113 ▲ Sources, Transport, Fate, and T119 ▲ Tropical Marine Paleoenviron- ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCES Toxicology of Trace Metals in the Envi- ments Through Time: Biodiversity, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ronment: A Tribute to Ron Fuge Ecology, and Evolution TOPICAL SESSIONS International Association of Geochemistry Paleontological Society. David Harper, Uni- and Cosmochemistry. David T. Long, Michi- versity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Den- T125 ▲ Geology in the National Parks; gan State University, East Lansing; Gunter mark; Stephen Donovan, Natural History Research, Mapping, Interpretation, Faure, Ohio State University, Columbus. Museum, London, UK. ORAL and Education ORAL Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Paleo- National Park Service. Bruce A. Heise; Geochemistry Aqueous [6], Environmental climatology/Paleoceanography [19], James F. Wood, National Park Service, Geoscience [5], Geochemistry Other [8] Environmental Geoscience [5] Lakewood, Colorado. ORAL ▲ ▲ Geoscience Information [12], Geology T114 The Colloidal Chemistry of T120 Amid, Pycnodontid and Education [9], History of Geology [13] Natural Waters Reptiles from the Cretaceous Fauna GSA Hydrogeology Division. Lisa L. Stillings; of Missouri T126 ▲ Taking the Earth Sciences Lisa Shevenell, University of Nevada, Reno. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Judy G. Public: What Works and What Doesn’t ORAL Armstrong-Hall, Troy Public Schools, Troy, Association of Earth Science Editors. Rex C. Geochemistry Aqueous [6], Environmental Michigan. POSTER Buchanan; Marla Adkins-Heljeson, Univer- Geoscience [5], Hydrogeology [14] Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Sediments, sity of Kansas, Lawrence. ORAL Clastic [30], Geology Education [9] Geoscience Information [12], Public Policy PALEONTOLOGY AND [26], Geology Education [9] T121 ▲ Geoarchaeology of Colluvial ARCHAEOLOGY TOPICAL SESSIONS Landscapes T127 ▲ Electronic Information T115 ▲ Frontiers in the Palynological GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Summit: New Developments and Sciences Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Their Impacts American Association of Stratigraphic Division. David L. Cremeens, GAI Consul- Geoscience Information Society. Sharon N. Palynologists. Thomas D. Demchuk, tants, Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania; J. Tahirkheli, American Geological Institute, Conoco Inc., Houston, Texas; Fred J. Rich, Steven Kite, West Virginia University, Alexandria, Virginia; Lois Heiser, Indiana Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; Morgantown. ORAL University, Bloomington. ORAL Paul K. Strother, Boston College, Weston, Archaeological Geology [1], Quaternary Geoscience Information [12], Geology Massachusetts. ORAL Geology/Geomorphology [27], Sediments, Education [9], Public Policy [26] Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Micro- Clastic [30] ▲ paleontology [16], Stratigraphy [31] T128 Geological Sequestration of T122 ▲ Archaeological Geology in the Carbon Dioxide Released from Burn- T116 ▲ Pattern and Process in Land Far West in the 19th Century ing of Fossil Fuels Plant Evolution GSA Archaeological Geology Division. George D. Guthrie; Hans J. Ziock, Los Paleontological Society. Hallie J. Sims, Uni- Stephen M. Testa, Testa Environmental Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, versity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Jennifer Corporation, Mokelumne Hill, California. New Mexico. ORAL Cordi, State University of New York at Bing- ORAL Environmental Geoscience [5], Hydrogeol- hamton. ORAL Archaeological Geology [1], History of ogy [14], Mineralogy/Crystallography [17] Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Paleo- Geology [13], Engineering Geology [4] T131 ▲ Water Quality in the Arid climatology/Paleoceanography [19], Coal ▲ Geology [2] T123 Archaeological Mineralogy West: Controls on Inorganic Anthro- and Petrology pogenic By-Products T117 ▲ Developing Paleontology: The GSA Archaeological Geology Division. Jean F. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Gina Tempel; Emerging Developmental Biology- DeMouthe, California Academy of Sciences, Lisa Shevenell, University of Nevada, Reno. Paleobiology Synthesis San Francisco. ORAL ORAL Paleontological Society. Nigel C. Hughes, Archaeological Geology [1], Mineralogy/ Environmental Geoscience [5], Geo- University of California, Riverside; Kevin J. Crystallography [17], Petrology, Igneous [22] chemistry Aqueous [6], Hydrogeology [14] Peterson, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Mary C. Droser, University of Cal- T124 ▲ The Employment of Geological T132 ▲ Ecological-Geochemical ifornia, Riverside. ORAL Techniques for Archaeological Prove- Aspects of Technogenic Contaminated- Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Micro- nance Studies Area Problems paleontology [16], Geomicrobiology [10] GSA Archaeological Geology Division. Philip Viktor Dolin; Tamara Dudar, National C. La Porta, Graduate Center of the City Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv. ORAL T118 ▲ Evolving Biodiversity: From University of New York, Warwick. ORAL the Field to the Database Environmental Geoscience [5], Geochem- Archaeological Geology [1], Geochemistry istry Other [8], Geochemistry Aqueous [6] Paleontological Society. Charles R. Marshall, Other [8], Quaternary Geology/Geomor- ▲ Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu- phology [27] T133 The Impact of Mercury on the setts; John Alroy, National Center for Eco- Global Environment logical Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Allan Kolker; William Orem, U.S. Geological Barbara, California; Ann F. Budd, University Survey, Reston, Virginia; Paul Lechler, Uni- of Iowa, Iowa City. ORAL versity of Nevada, Reno. ORAL Paleontology/Paleobotany [20], Micro- Environmental Geoscience [5], Geo- paleontology [16], Paleoclimatology/ chemistry Aqueous [6], Public Policy [26] Paleoceanography [19]

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T134 ▲ Sediment Budget and T140 ▲ Research on Teaching and T146 ▲ K–12 Earth and Space Science Restoration Ecology, Sierra Nevada Learning in Geoscience Academic Standards from Across the GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol- National Association of Geoscience Teachers. United States: State by State Stan- ogy Division. Roger L. Jacobson; John Tracy; Marilyn J. Suiter, National Science Founda- dards, Development, Implementation, Alan R. Gillespie, Desert Research Institute, tion, Arlington, Virginia; Michelle Hall-Wal- and Assessments Reno, Nevada. ORAL lace, University of Arizona, Tucson. ORAL National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Environmental Geoscience [5], Quaternary Geology Education [9], Geoscience GSA Education Committee. Steve C. Good; Geology/Geomorphology [27], Hydro- Information [12], Public Policy [26] Richard Busch, West Chester University, geology [14] West Chester, Pennsylvania. POSTER T141 ▲ Mining as Geoscience ▲ Geology Education [9], Geoscience T135 Holocene Environmental Education I: Bringing Exploration, Information [12], Public Policy [26] Marginal Marine Events: Production, Economics, and Environ- Foraminiferal Evidence mental Impacts into the Classroom T147 ▲ From the Introductory Cushman Foundation. Jere H. Lipps, Uni- National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Classroom to Capstone Experience— versity of California, Berkeley; David Scott, Steven C. Semken, Dine College, Shiprock, Integrating Research into the Under- Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. New Mexico; Gregory Wheeler, California graduate Curriculum ORAL State University, Sacramento. ORAL Council on Undergraduate Research, Keck Environmental Geoscience [5], Marine/ Geology Education [9], Economic Geology Geology Consortium, National Association Coastal Science [15], Micropaleontology [3], Environmental Geoscience [5] of Geoscience Teachers. Ginny Peterson, [16] Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, T142 ▲ Mining as Geoscience Educa- North Carolina; Jill Singer, SUNY, College at GEOLOGICAL EDUCATION TOPICAL tion II: Mining Among the Mesas, and Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; Robert Shuster, Other Case Studies from Life in the University of Nebraska, Omaha. POSTER SESSIONS American Southwest Geology Education [9], Environmental Geo- ▲ T136 Geoscience Education in a National Association of Geoscience Teachers; science [5], Geoscience Information [12] Changing World: New Discoveries, Environmental Response/4th World Project, New Technologies, New Opportunities Natural Resources Department, University T148 ▲ The Role of Departments Digital Library for Earth System Education. of New Hampshire—Durham. Stuart M. in Preparing Graduate Students David W. Mogk, Montana State University, Leiderman, University of New Hampshire, for Teaching Bozeman; Cathryn A. Manduca, Carleton Durham; Steve C. Semken, Dine College, National Association of Geoscience Teachers. College, Northfield, Minnesota. ORAL Shiprock, New Mexico. ORAL R. Heather Macdonald; P. Geoffrey Feiss, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Geology Education [9], Geoscience Geology Education [9], Environmental Virginia. POSTER Information [12], Public Policy [26] Geoscience [5], Economic Geology [3] Geology Education [9], Geoscience ▲ ▲ T137 The Role of the World Wide T143 An “Archaeological Dig” Information [12], Public Policy [26] Web in Successfully Augmenting Model for the Teaching of Historical Geoscience Education Geology T149 ▲ Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Hugh Rance, Queensborough Community Student Research Poster Session Robert B. Jorstad; John P. Stimac, Eastern College, CUNY, Bayside, New York. ORAL Sigma Gamma Epsilon. James C. Walters, Illinois University, Charleston. ORAL Geology Education [9], Stratigraphy [31], University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls; Charles J. Mankin, Oklahoma Geological Geology Education [9], Geoscience Paleontology/Paleobotany [20] Survey, Norman. POSTER Information [12], Non-geoscience [35] ▲ T144 Tools or Technology for Geology Education [9], Environmental ▲ T138 The Use of Multimedia in Teaching 21st Century Geoscience Geoscience [5], Quaternary Geology/ Geoscience Instruction: Yet Another National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Geomorphology [27] Example of the No Significant GSA Education Division. Nancy W. West, Difference Phenomenon? College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, T150 ▲ Geological Art and Illustration National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Virginia; Ed Geary, Earth Science Insights, Exhibition John C. Butler, University of Houston, Boulder, Colorado. POSTER Lorena B. Moore, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Houston, Texas; Warren D. Huff, University Geology Education [9], Environmental POSTER of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. ORAL Geoscience [5], Tectonics [33] Geology Education [9], Geoscience Geology Education [9], Geoscience ▲ Information [12], Non-geoscience [35] Information [12], Public Policy [26] T145 Geographical Information Systems: A Teaching and Learning T151 ▲ Seeing Through an Artist’s T139 ▲ Geoscience Ethics— Tool for Enhanced Understanding of Eyes: Exploring the Transformation of Case Histories Geologic Processes Geology’s Raw Materials and Theories American Institute of Professional Geolo- National Association of Geoscience Teachers. into Works of Art gists. David M. Abbott, American Institute of Jeff Niemitz, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Colleen Lynch Gallery. Colleen A. Lynch, St. Professional Geologists, Denver, Colorado; Pennsylvania; Alexandra Moore, Ithaca Andrews, New Brunswick; Elizabeth Wright, Fred L. Fox, American Institute of Profes- University, Ithaca, New York. ORAL and School of the Art Institute of Chicago, sional Geologists, Tucson, Arizona. ORAL POSTER sessions Chicago, Illinois. POSTER Geology Education [9], Public Policy [26], Geology Education [9], Remote Sensing/ Non-geoscience [35], Environmental Geo- Non-geoscience [35] Geographic Info System [28], Geoscience science [5], History of Geology [13] Information [12]

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HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

Abstracts Deadline: July 25 for paper Poster Mode—Each poster session presen- See the sample below if submitting your submissions; August 1 for electronic ter is provided with two horizontal, free- abstract on paper. If you are submitting your submissions. standing display boards approximately 8' abstract using the electronic abstract form, Abstracts Fee: $15 for students; $25 for wide and 4' high. Precise measurements will the formatting is automatically done for you. professionals appear in the Speaker Guide, which will be YOU MAY SUBMIT ONLY ONE available in September. The speaker must VOLUNTEERED ABSTRACT be at the poster booth for at least two of the Submit Abstract Via the Web four presentation hours. Please submit only one volunteered abstract (www.geosociety.org) as speaker or poster presenter in topical Papers for discipline sessions may be sub- Abstracts for the 2000 Annual Meeting in and/or discipline sessions. This helps avoid mitted in either oral or poster mode. Papers speaker-scheduling conflicts and gives Reno can be sent to GSA via the Web. Note: for topical sessions are to be submitted only Electronic abstracts may be sent to GSA everyone an equal opportunity to be heard. in the mode noted in the session descrip- Multiple submissions as speaker-presenter only via the Web. They may not be sent by tion. If a topical abstract is submitted in the ordinary e-mail. The GSA Web abstract may result in rejection of all abstracts. This incorrect mode, the abstract will be trans- limitation does not apply to, nor does it system will accept only abstracts containing ferred automatically to a discipline session. pure ASCII content (no italics, graphics, include, invited contributions to keynote symposia or topical sessions. tables, symbols, superscripts, etc.). If you Submit Abstract on Paper must use non-ASCII characters in your JOINT TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMIT- Paper forms, already distributed for 2000, abstract, please use the paper form. Once TEE (JTPC) FINALIZES PROGRAM: can be obtained from GSA Abstracts your abstract is submitted on the Web, you AUGUST 25 will receive an immediate e-mail confirma- Program Coordinator Nancy Carlson, The JTPC selects abstracts and determines tion of receipt from GSA with an abstract [email protected] or call (303) the final session schedule. Speakers will be number assigned. 447-2020, ext. 161. notified in early September (probably Paper abstract forms are also available sooner for abstracts submitted electroni- from: It’s Easy to Submit Electronically cally). The JTPC includes representatives 1. Compose your abstract in your favorite • Conveners of keynote symposia from those GSA Associated Societies and word processor. Do NOT compose your • Advocates of topical sessions Divisions participating in the technical pro- abstract online, because your server may gram. The JTPC technical program chair disconnect during the time lag. • Geoscience departments of most colleges and universities was nominated by the Annual Meeting 2. “Save” the abstract as “text with no line Committee and approved by the GSA • The GSA Web site, www.geosociety.org, Council. breaks.” This will convert your data into for download. pure ASCII. 3. Copy and paste this into the appropriate fields of the GSA Web form. Sample Abstract

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IEE ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM TOWARD A STEWARDSHIP OF THE GLOBAL COMMONS: PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NEW CENTURY

Co-organizers: A.R. Palmer, G.W. Fisher, sium builds on those essays and is designed P.H. Reitan, and E-an Zen, on behalf of GSA’s to stimulate discussion on ways to further Critical Issues Committee engage and inform the public in the com- Sustainability is the key challenge facing the plex issue of a humane, just, equitable, and human enterprise in this new century. An viable future for humanity. essential component of the challenge is the Topics to be included: The Issues: What do need to recognize our collective responsi- we mean by sustainability?; public health bility for the global commons (atmosphere, perspectives; social justice perspectives; hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and responding to a changing world; we can lithosphere). We must find ways to more choose. The Engines of Change: The public fully engage the stakeholders of the next 50 schools; community and religious involve- years in this issue. During the past year, the ment; the media. Wrap-Up: The view from Critical Issues Committee has produced the social sciences. monthly essays on the key public-domain Sunday, November 12, 1:30–4:30 p.m. components of sustainability. This sympo- Walker Lake, southwest of Hawthorne, western Nevada. Photo by John A. Karachewski.

IEE-SPONSORED EVENTS NSF Town Hall Meeting

Geology on Public Lands: and anticipated future roles for geoscientists Come one! Come all to a National A User’s Guide within their particular government segment; discussion of interesting or highly visible Science Foundation Town Hall Cosponsored by the Institute for Earth Science geoscience projects currently in process; Meeting focusing on the Geology and the Environment (IEE), the National current and future job opportunities within and Paleontology (GE) Program and Park Service, the Bureau of Land Manage- their agency. Free to students; lunch pro- ment, and the USDA Forest Service vided. Registration required; limited seating. including the scientific areas of Can your voice make a difference in how Contact Karlon Blythe at (303) 447-2020, ext. geomorphology, sedimentology, public lands and resources are managed? Do 136, [email protected]. stratigraphy, low-temperature you know that a variety of “citizens’ pro- geochemistry, coastal geology, and cesses” are available to you at several points Earth Scientists on Capitol Hill: paleontology. H. Richard Lane in a land-use decision? That you can speak Report from Melody Brown Burkins, up during strategic planning for public lands ([email protected]) and Enriqueta management? When, and for what, you need GSA 1999–2000 Congressional Science Barrera ([email protected]) will a permit? Would your institution benefit Fellow from a cooperative agreement with Wednesday, November 15, 12:00–1:00 p.m. present an up-to-date overview of a national park or a cost share agreement Free to meeting participants. the program, discuss exciting future with a national forest? Are there research directions, and open the floor for opportunities going to waste because we Geology and Public Policy Forum: Issues questions and answers. Wednesday, aren’t working together on public lands? About the Aging of the Nation’s Dams These questions and many more will be November 15, 5:45–7:30 p.m. addressed by the workshop leader and a Wednesday, November 15, 1:30–3:30 p.m. panel of representatives from our co- Four speakers will address topics that sponsors. Take-home materials will include include: conceptual basis of the life lists of useful contacts, decision models, expectancy of dams model contracts and agreements, and useful and the legal frame- tips for optimizing your use of public lands. work; issues related American Institute of Professional Geologists Sunday, November 12, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; $35 to changing hydro- registration fee includes materials. Registra- logic conditions and tion required. Contact Karlon Blythe, (303) flood frequency fol- 447-2020, ext. 136, [email protected]. lowing removal of a dam; issues related Geology in Government to reservoir remedia- Mentor Program tion and stabilizing fine-grained sedi- Tuesday, November 14, 12:00–1:30 p.m. ment loadings; case COMPETENCE... INTEGRITY... ETHICS This program is for undergraduate and grad- studies in dam re- uate students. Representatives from four movals. Free to 8703 Yates Drive, Suite 200, Westminster, CO 80031-3681 governmental agencies will conduct a panel meeting partici- (303) 412-6205 ¥ Fax (303) 412-6219 ¥ [email protected] ¥ www.aipg.org discussion (with interaction from the audi- pants. Visit the AIPG Booth #647 in Reno, Nevada - November 13-16, 2000 ence) addressing topics that include: current

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FIELD TRIPS

Students, spouses, and interested guests are For further information on any field trip, encouraged to attend. Trips are technical, contact the trip leader or 2000 Field Trip and some can be physically rigorous. Partic- Co-Chairs Paula Noble, (775) 784-6211; ipants should be prepared for wet, cold Steve Peters, (775) 784-5574; Mary Lahren, weather. Trips are one to five days long and (775) 784-6610, Dept. of Geological Sci- are led by active field researchers. Minimum ences, University of Nevada—Reno, Reno, registration for field trips is 12 unless other- NV 89557, fax 775-784-1833, noblepj@unr. wise stated. edu, [email protected], lahren@mines. If you register for only a field trip, you must unr.edu. pay a $40 nonregistrant fee in addition to NEW GSA PUBLICATION—1999 was the the field trip fee. This fee may be applied inaugural year of GSA’s Field Trip Guide- toward meeting registration if you decide to book series. Look for this new series at the attend the meeting. Trip fees include trans- GSA Bookstore exhibit in Reno. After the portation during the trip and a guidebook. meeting, copies will be available for pur- Other services such as meals and lodging chase through the GSA Member Service are indicated by the following letters: B— Center, 1-888-443-4472. breakfast, L—lunch, R—refreshments, D— dinner, ON—overnight lodging. Premeeting Trips All trips begin and end in Reno at the Reno 1. ▲ Reconstruction of Basin and Hilton Hotel, unless otherwise indicated. Range Extension and Westward Some returning postmeeting trips can stop Motion of the Sierra Nevada Block Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, at the Reno/Tahoe International Airport to Wednesday–Sunday, November 8–12. Co- California. Photo by Martin Miller. discharge participants who have evening sponsored by GSA Structural Geology and flights or would prefer to spend the night in Tectonics Division. Brian Wernicke, Division a motel closer to the airport. Participants of Geological & Planetary Sciences, Califor- mum: 21, minimum: 7. Cost: $265 (2B, 2L, are cautioned against scheduling any tight nia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 2D, 2ON, R, vans). travel connections with field trip return 91125, (626) 395-6192, fax 626-568-0935, Intense deformation of sedimentary wall times, because those times are estimates, [email protected]; Robert A. Brady, rocks will be compared with magmatic and and delays in the field can occur. For a list of Nathan A. Niemi. Maximum: 35; minimum: solid-state flow (AMS) of pluton interiors in hotels near the airport and phone numbers, 7. Cost: $520 (4B, 4L, 3D, R, 4ON, vans). an examination of the contrasting intrusive contact Edna Collis, GSA Field Trip Coordi- Begins and ends in Las Vegas. styles of three plutons. nator, GSA Headquarters, (303) 447-2020, Critical examination of key geologic and ext. 134, [email protected]. 4. ▲ Hydrologic and Geologic Charac- geodetic relationships bearing on the teristics of the Yucca Mountain Site Cancellation deadline is October 13. No timing and magnitude of spreading in the Relevant to the Performance of a refunds will be given after this date. If GSA central Basin and Range province and Potential Repository must cancel a field trip because of logistics motion of the Sierra, and evidence for initi- Friday–Sunday, November 10–12. Cospon- or if minimum registration requirements ation and slip on low-angle normal faults. are not met, a full refund will be issued to sored by GSA Hydrogeology Division. Russ ▲ you after the meeting. Be aware of flight- 2. Neoproterozoic Glacial Record in Patterson, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Yucca change penalties imposed by the airlines. the Death Valley Region, California Mountain Site Characterization Office, MS Plan alternatives in advance should the trip and Nevada 523, P.O. Box 30307, N. Las Vegas, NV 89036, you are registered for be canceled. Thursday–Sunday, November 9–12. Co- (702) 794-5469, fax 702-794-5559, sponsored by GSA Sedimentary Geology [email protected]; John S. Stuckless, Students: Division. Mark Abolins, Dept. of Geography Robert A. Levich. Maximum: 45; minimum: The GSA Sedimentary Geology Division is and Geology, Middle Tennessee State 12. Cost: $220 (2L, 1D, R, 2ON, bus). Begins cosponsoring a few field trips and will sub- University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, (615) in Las Vegas and ends in Reno. sidize all students who are valid division 904-8372, fax 615-898-5592, mabolins@ Examines the potential repository site in the members. (See individual trip descriptions mtsu.edu; Frank Corsetti, Anthony Prave, Miocene volcanic tuffs at Yucca Mountain, for those sponsored.) Students must pay the Catherine Summa. Maximum: 24, mini- Nevada, including a tour of the under- full field trip fee when registering but will be mum: 12. Cost: $340 (3L, R, 3ON, vans). ground Exploratory Studies Facility and the reimbursed $100 after the GSA meeting by Begins and ends in Las Vegas. surrounding regional hydrologic and geo- the Sedimentary Geology Division. To be logic features. (See Topical Session 79.) reimbursed, students must apply in writing Examination of key physical stratigraphic and chemostratigraphic evidence support- Contact trip leader for required security to Paul K. Link, Dept. of Geology, Box 8072, clearance information and deadlines. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209- ing new interpretations of the Neoprotero- 3365, (208) 236-3846, [email protected]. zoic glacial record. 5. ▲ Lower Paleozoic Stratigraphy The GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics 3. ▲ Balloons (Rising and Sinking) to and Structure of Central Nevada: Division offers up to five $100 scholarships Cookie Cutters: AMS, Pluton Emplace- Comparisons and Contrasts Between to division-affiliated student members for ment, and Wall-Rock Deformation in the Lower and Upper Plates of the division-sponsored field trips. Apply in writ- the White-Inyo Range, California Roberts Mountains Thrust ing, giving name, institution, class, spe- Friday–Sunday, November 10–12. Cospon- Friday–Sunday, November 10–12. Cospon- cialty, field trip title, and a one-paragraph sored by GSA Structural Geology and Tec- sored by GSA Structural Geology and Tec- rationale, to Jane Selverstone by e-mail only tonics Division. Sven Morgan, Dept. of Geol- tonics Division. Stan Finney, Dept. of Geo- ([email protected]). The deadline to apply is ogy, Central Michigan University, Mount logical Sciences, California State University, September 15. See the Structural Geology Pleasant, MI 48859, (517) 774-1082, fax 517- Long Beach, CA 90840-3902, (562) 985-8637, and Tectonics Division newsletter for more 774-2142, [email protected]; fax 562-985-8683, [email protected]; information. Rick Law, Michel de Saint Blanquat. Maxi- Paula Noble, Kelly Cluer. Maximum: 24; minimum 6. Cost: $300 (2B, 2L, R, 2ON, vans).

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Roberts Mountains thrust, stratigraphy of Lyons. Maximum: 40; minimum 12. Cost: Postmeeting Trips the upper and lower plates and strati- $75 (1L, R, vans). 13. ▲ Middle Mesozoic Plutonism and graphic correlations between them, and A unique opportunity to view the paleohy- Deformation in the Western Sierra nature of structural complexities in the drology and modern issues of water Nevada Foothills, California upper plate. resources in the arid West. Through the Thursday–Saturday, November 16–18. 6. ▲ Neogene and Quaternary deep Truckee River Canyon, culminating at Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology and Hillslope Records, Basin Sedimenta- the spectacular Pyramid Lake, we will link Tectonics Division. Diane Clemens-Knott, tion, and Landscape Evolution of the geology, hydrology, and archaeology of Dept. of Geological Sciences, California Southeastern Nevada this unique environment. State University, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, Friday–Sunday, November 10–12. Cospon- 10. ▲ Geoarchaeology and Holocene CA 92834-6850, (714) 278-2369, fax 714- sored by GSA Quaternary Geology and Geo- Landscape History of the Carson 278-7266, [email protected]; morphology Division, GSA Sedimentary Desert, Western Nevada Michael B. Wolf, Jason B. Saleeby. Maxi- Geology Division, and SEPM (Society for mum: 32; minimum: 12. Cost: $285 (2B, 2L, Sunday, November 12. David Rhode, Earth 1D, R, 3ON, vans). Sedimentary Geology). Joel L. Pederson, and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Dept. of Geology, Utah State University, Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy., Reno, NV Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, mafic to Logan, UT 84322-4505, (435) 797-7097, fax 89512, (775) 673-7310, fax 775-674-7557, intermediate layered cumulates, ring- and 435-797-1588, [email protected]. Maximum: [email protected]; Ken Adams, Robert G. Elston. sheeted-dike complexes, ophiolite-hosted 26; minimum 10. Cost: $250 (1B, 2L, 1D, R, Maximum: 39 minimum: 12. Cost: $70 (1L, plutons, and synmagmatic shear zones 2ON, vans). Begins in Las Vegas and ends in R, vans). exposed between Owens and Stokes Reno. Mountains. Explore several archaeological and geologi- See rare exposures of Miocene-Pliocene cal localities (Hidden Cave, Stillwater 14. ▲ Structural Relationships of Pre- buried hillslopes and colluvium and their Marsh, and Lahontan lake deposits) to Tertiary Rocks at the Nevada Test Site implications for climate controls on basin examine regional environmental change sedimentology; also will see Muddy Creek Thursday–Saturday, November 16–18. and human adaptation in the Carson Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology Formation through Quaternary stratigraphy Desert. and discuss drainage evolution of the and Tectonics Division. Pat Cashman, region. 11. ▲ Verdi Basin: A Record of Neo- Dept. of Geological Sciences, University gene Deformation in the Reno Area of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0138, (775) 7. ▲ Paleozoic Roof Pendants of the 784-6924, fax 775-784-1833, pcashman Eastern Sierra Nevada Sunday, November 12. Cosponsored by GSA @mines.unr.edu; Jim Trexler, Jim Cole. Structural Geology and Tectonics Division. Maximum: 34; minimum 12. Cost: $230 (2B, Friday–Sunday, November 10–12. David C. Jim Trexler, Dept. of Geological Sciences/ Greene, Dept. of Geology and Geography, 2L, 1D, R, 2ON, vans). Begins and ends in 172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557- Las Vegas. Denison University, Granville, OH 43001, 0138, (775) 784-1504, fax 775-784-1833, (740) 587-6476, fax 740-587-6417, GreeneD [email protected]; Pat Cashman, Chris Structural and stratigraphic evidence for @Denison.edu; Calvin H. Stevens. Maxi- Henry, Mike Perkins. Maximum: 40; mini- multiple contractional deformation events mum: 30; minimum: 12. Cost: $210 (2L, R, mum 12. Cost: $70 (1L, R, vans). Begins on in upper Paleozoic rocks on the Nevada Test 2ON, vans). Saturday evening with a talk and slide pre- Site; also cores and subsurface data. U.S. Stratigraphy and structure of Paleozoic roof sentation. citizens only. Contact trip leader for required pendants accessible or viewable in spectac- security clearance information and dead- Neogene basin deposits record the late lines. ular range-front exposures along the east Miocene–Pliocene evolution of the Sierra side of the Sierra Nevada. Nevada–Basin and Range transition zone. 15. ▲ Global Ordovician Series Bound- 8. ▲ Paleozoic Subduction Complex Volcanic and sedimentary rocks from the aries and Global Event Biohorizons, and Paleozoic-Mesozoic Volcano-Plu- Boca and Verdi basins west of Reno. Monitor Range and Roberts Moun- tonic Assemblages in the Northern tains, Nevada Sierra Terrane Concurrent with the Meeting Thursday–Saturday, November 16–18. Stan Friday–Sunday, November 10–12. Cospon- 12. ▲ Lake Tahoe Active Faults, Finney, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Cali- sored by GSA Structural Geology and Tec- Landslides, and Tsunamis fornia State University, Long Beach, CA tonics Division. Richard E. Hanson, Dept. of Wednesday, November 15. Cosponsored by 90840-3902, (562) 985-8637, fax 562-985- Geology, Texas Christian University, Fort GSA Engineering Geology Division and GSA 8683, [email protected]; Ray Ethington. Worth, TX 76129, (817) 257-7996, fax 817- Structural Geology and Tectonics Division. Maximum: 24; minimum 6. Cost: $295 (2L, 257-7789, [email protected]; Gary Rich Schweickert, Dept. of Geological Sci- R, 2ON, vans). H. Girty, Richard A. Schweickert, David S. ences/172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV Platform and basin sections critical for defi- Harwood. Maximum: 27; minimum: 12. 89557-0138, (775) 784-6901, fax 775- nition of the base of the global Middle Cost: $265 (3B, 3L, R, 2ON, vans). 784-1833, [email protected]; Mary Lahren, Ordovician Series, and newly studied sec- Tectonic and magmatic evolution of a major Bob Karlin, Jim Howle, Ken Smith. Maxi- tions with exceptional records of Late subduction-complex–island-arc terrane in mum: 60; minimum 12. Cost: $70 (1L, R, Ordovician mass extinction. (See Topical the U.S. Cordillera. Will include study of bus). Session 32.) submarine arc deposits and variably New evidence for active faults, landslides, 16. ▲ Late Cenozoic Crustal Extension deformed and tilted plutonic suites. and tsunamis across the Lake Tahoe basin. and Magmatism in Southern Death Origins, active seismicity, and neotectonic 9. ▲ Exploring the Lower Truckee Valley, California framework of Lake Tahoe. (See Topical Ses- River and Pyramid Lake Friday–Sunday, November 17–19. Co- sion 17.) Saturday, November 11. Cosponsored by sponsored by GSA Structural Geology and GSA Hydrogeology Division. Scott W. Tyler, Tectonics Division. James Calzia, U.S. Geo- Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Program, logical Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS University of Nevada, MS 175, Reno, NV 901, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (650) 329-5538, 89557, (775) 784-6250, fax 775-784-1953, fax 650-329-5130, [email protected]; Tapani [email protected]; Larry Benson, W. Berry Ramo. Maximum: 26; minimum 9. Cost:

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$340 (1B, 3L, 2D, R, 3ON, vans). Begins and 20. ▲ Earthquakes, Surface Faulting, Stanford, CA 94305, (650) 725-0575, fax ends in Las Vegas. and Paleoseismology of the Central 650-727-0979, [email protected]. Late Cenozoic crustal extension in southern Nevada Seismic Belt: The Grand Tour Day 1: Weak lithophile-element mineraliza- Death Valley accommodated by numerous Friday–Sunday, November 17–19. Cospon- tion associated with aqueous fluids released normal and strike-slip faults; coeval mag- sored by GSA Engineering Geology Division, from a Cretaceous peraluminous stock at matic rocks include bimodal volcanic flows GSA Geophysics Division, and GSA Struc- Birch Creek, White Mountains. Days 2 and and hypabyssal granitic plutons. Review of tural Geology and Tectonics Division. John 3: Cross-sectional exposures of the Yering- geologic, geochemical, and isotopic data Caskey, Dept. of Geosciences, San Francisco ton district of porphyry and skarn Cu min- leads to a model that relates these tectonic State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, eralization produced by magmatic fluids and magmatic processes. (See Topical (415) 405-0353, fax 415-338-7705, from a Jurassic calc-alkaline batholith and Session 43.) [email protected]; John W. Bell, D. Burton from convected evaporitic brines and dilute Slemmons (Honorary). Maximum: 22; mini- ▲ meteoric waters. Day 4: Fe-oxide deposits of 17. Lake Tecopa and Its Environs: mum: 6. Cost: $345 (3L, R, 2ON, vans). the Jurassic Humboldt lopolith, where 2.5 Million Years of Exposed History Historical surface faulting associated with basaltic intrusions provided a heat source and Its Relevance to Tectonic, that convected evaporitic brines. Climatic, Erosion, and Groundwater several large-magnitude earthquakes that Issues at the Proposed Nuclear-Waste occurred in central Nevada in 1954: Rain- Limit: 36. Cost: $540 SEG members, $270 Repository at Yucca Mountain bow Mountain–Stillwater (M 6.4, M 7.0), SEG student members, $625 nonmembers, Fairview Peak (M 7.2), and Dixie Valley includes field trip transportation, all meals, Friday, November 17. Cosponsored by (M 6.8). Results of paleoseismic studies in Geological Society of Nevada, Southern accommodations (double occupancy), and these rupture zones, including exploratory guidebook. Preregistration required. Send Branch. Roger B. Morrison, Morrison & trenching, chronostratigraphic studies, and Associates, 13150 W. 9th Avenue, Golden, check, payable to Society of Economic slip rate estimations. Visits to adjacent areas Geologists, 7811 Shaffer Pkwy., Littleton, CO 80401, (303) 233-1997, fax 303-233-0495, that have not ruptured historically, includ- [email protected]; Martin D. CO 80127; (720) 981-7882; fax 720-981-7874, ing the Stillwater seismic gap, for compari- [email protected], www.segweb.org. Mifflin. Maximum: 30; minimum: 12. son of late Quaternary fault slip histories Cost: $95 (1L, R, vans). Begins and ends and analysis of the long-term behavior of ▲ Exploring East of the Summit: in Las Vegas. the central Nevada seismic belt. Geology and Mining and Cultural History in the Reno–Carson City Area The geologic framework from Las Vegas to ▲ the Amargosa Desert and Tecopa Valley, 21. Eocene Magmatism and Exten- Monday, November 13, 12:00 noon to 10:00 California, emphasizing hydrogeologic and sion in Northeastern Nevada and p.m. Sponsored by Association of Earth geomorphologic aspects, particularly the Their Role in Generating Carlin-Type Science Editors. Gold Deposits 2.5-m.y.-old stratigraphic record of Lake Limit: 80. Cost: To be decided. For trip Friday–Sunday, November 17–19. Chris Tecopa, and their relevance to groundwater, description, information, and registration: Henry, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geol- erosion, and tectonic issues at the proposed Richard Jones, Wyoming State Geological ogy, MS 178, University of Nevada, Reno, NV nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Moun- Survey, P.O. Box 3008, University Station, 89557-0088, (775) 784-6691, ext. 128, fax tain, Nevada. Laramie, WY 82071, (307) 766-2286, fax 775-784-1709, [email protected]; Mike ▲ 307-766-2605, [email protected]. 18. Pershing Carbonate Olisto- Ressel. Maximum: 31; minimum: 10. Cost: strome: A Marker for the Shelf-Basin $260 (3L, 1D, R, 2ON, vans). ▲ Regional Geology and Ore Deposits Transition in Triassic Western North of the Getchell Region, Humboldt America This trip examines Eocene magmatism and extension around the Carlin trend, where County, Nevada Friday, November 17. Fred Heck, Dept. of Eocene intrusions were the heat source for Friday–Sunday, November 17–19. Spon- Physical Sciences, Ferris State University, mineralization. Participants will gain an sored by Society of Economic Geologists. Big Rapids, MI 49307, (231) 591-2580, fax understanding of the variety of Eocene Elizabeth Jones Crafford, GeoLogic Services, 231-591-2545, [email protected]. Maximum: magmatic styles, the relation (or not) 26; minimum: 12. Cost: $80 (1L, R, vans). 1460 W. 12th St., Reno, NV 89503, (775) between magmatism and extension, and 846-7901, fax 775-746-4280, aejonescrafford The edge of the Triassic continental shelf, the influence of both on ore formation. @geologicservices.com. where a remarkable sequence of carbonate gravity flows transported huge clasts of Other Field Trips Tour the Twin Creeks Mine, Getchell Mine, layered shelf-edge carbonates to the base Registration and information can be and Pinson and Preble Mines on the eastern of slope. obtained from the contact person listed for side of the Osgood Mountains. Local stratig- each course. raphy and mineralization and alteration 19. ▲ Hydrology of the Tahoe Basin ▲ Contrasting Styles of Intrusion- styles associated with Carlin-type gold min- Friday–Saturday, November 17–18. Cospon- associated Hydrothermal Systems eralization. Examine the unique complex sored by GSA Hydrogeology Division. structural history of the region. Discuss new Tuesday–Saturday, November 7–11. Spon- Graham Fogg, Hydrologic Sciences, Uni- ideas for the Paleozoic tectonic history of sored by Society of Economic Geologists. versity of California, Davis, CA 95616, (530) Nevada. 752-0453, fax 530-752-5262, gefogg@ John H. Dilles, Geoscience Dept., Wilkinson Limit: 42. Cost: $260, includes field trip ucdavis.edu; David Prudic, Patrick Glancy. Hall 104, Oregon State University, Corvallis, transportation, box lunches, one dinner, Maximum: 20; minimum: 12. Cost: $225 OR 97331, (541) 737-1245, fax 541-737-1200, two nights accommodations (double occu- (1B, 2L, 1D, R, 1ON, vans). [email protected]; Mark D. Barton, pancy), and guidebook. Preregistration David Johnson, Dept. of Geosciences, Uni- Visits to recent and ongoing field study sites required. Send check, payable to Society of versity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (520) to explore subsurface stormflow and snow- Economic Geologists, 7811 Shaffer Pkwy., 626-4962, fax 520-621-2672, barton@geo. melt processes, groundwater–surface water Littleton, CO 80127; (720) 981-7882; fax Arizona.edu; John Proffett, P.O. Box 772066, interaction, hot springs, influence of devel- 720-981-7874, [email protected], Eagle River, AK 99577, (907) 696-5480, fax opment on wetlands, MTBE impacts on www.segweb.org. 907-696-4851, [email protected]. Marco groundwater resources, and Lake Tahoe Einaudi, Dept. of Geological and Environ- limnology via the John B. LeConte research mental Sciences, Stanford University, vessel.

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SHORT COURSES, WORKSHOPS, AND FORUMS

GSA-Sponsored Short Courses and model fluid flow and solute transport in Faculty: Charles M. Rubin—Central Wash- GSA short courses will be held immediately faults and fracture zones aids in numerous ington University, Ellensburg; Ph.D., Cali- before the Annual Meeting and are open to applications. For professionals in the envi- fornia Institute of Technology; Thomas K. members and nonmembers. If you register ronmental, resource extract, and geotech- Rockwell—San Diego State University; for only a short course, you must pay a $40 nical fields; professors of structural geology, Ph.D., University of California, Santa nonregistrant fee in addition to the course geology for engineers, and hydrogeology; Barbara. fee. This fee may be applied toward meeting and researchers in structural geology, Limit: 40. Fee: $370, students $350; includes registration if you decide to attend the hydrogeology, petroleum geology, sedimen- course manual and lunch on Saturday. meeting. Preregistration is recommended; tologists, and economic geologists. CEUs: 1.6. on-site course registration is $30 additional. Faculty: James P. Evans—Utah State Univer- ▲ sity; Ph.D., Texas A&M University; Jonathan 4. Applications of Environmental All courses sponsored by GSA offer CEUs. A Isotopes in Groundwater Studies CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of par- S. Caine—U.S. Geological Survey, Denver; Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ticipation in an organized continuing-edu- Ph.D., University of Utah; Craig B. Forster— Reno Hilton. Cosponsored by GSA Hydro- cation experience under responsible spon- University of Utah; Ph.D., University of geology Division. sorship, capable direction, and qualified British Columbia. instruction. A contact hour is defined as a Limit: 40. Fee: $470, students $450; includes Recommended for those with a senior typical 60-minute classroom instructional course manual and lunches. CEUs: 1.6. undergraduate or graduate background in session or its equivalent. Ten instructional physical science who wish to apply isotope hours are required for one CEU. For CEU 2. ▲ Digital Mapping Systems: Digital techniques in groundwater studies, this record-keeping purposes, please be sure to Data Capture and Analysis for the course will provide practical information include your social security number on the Field Geoscientist about the use of environmental isotopes in registration form. Saturday–Sunday, November 11–12, 8:00 key issues that have relevance for ground- a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. Reno Hilton. water management. These include evalua- Cancellation Deadline: October 13, 2000 Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology and tion of recharge areas, groundwater resi- STUDENTS: Tectonics Division. dence time, surface water–groundwater The GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics This course will integrate practical “hands- interaction, and evaluation of sources Division offers up to five $100 scholarships on” data acquisition and map generation and behavior of contaminants associated to division-affiliated student members for with an overview of the technology (GPS, with agriculture, industry, and urban division-sponsored short courses. Apply in lasers, and data management). Case histo- development. writing, giving name, institution, class, ries will illustrate mapping methodology Faculty: Ramon Aravena—University of specialty, short-course title, and a one- and analysis, from the most sophisticated Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario; Ph.D., Univer- paragraph rationale, to Jane Selverstone by and expensive to the most basic, least sity of Waterloo; Ian D. Clark—University of e-mail only ([email protected]). The dead- expensive system configurations. For geo- Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; Ph.D., Université line to apply is September 15. See the scientists with an interest in field studies; it de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. Structural Geology and Tectonics Division is assumed that participants will have an Limit: 50. Fee: $340, students $320; includes newsletter for more information. undergraduate geology background and a course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. The GSA Engineering Geology Division will basic knowledge of computer applications. ▲ subsidize the first five student registrants Faculty: Kent Nielsen—Dept. of Geo- 5. Field Methods for Estimation of for Short Course 3 who are valid division sciences, University of Texas at Dallas; Spatial Variations in Hydraulic Con- members. Students must pay the full course Ph.D., University of British Columbia; ductivity: Recent Advances and Practi- fee when registering, but will be reimbursed Carlos Aiken—Dept. of Geosciences, Uni- cal Ramifications $50 after the GSA meeting by the Engineer- versity of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D., University Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ing Geology Division. of Arizona; Xueming Xu—Dept. of Geo- Reno Hilton. Cosponsored by GSA Hydroge- ology Division. The GSA Hydrogeology Division will subsi- sciences, University of Texas at Dallas; dize the first student registrant for Short M.S., Chinese Academy of Science. Designed to attract a wide range of hydro- Course 4, 5, or 7 who is a valid division Limit: 30. Fee: $470, students $450; includes geologists, this introductory course will be member. The student must pay the full course manual, lunches, and field trip an overview of methods for estimation of course fee when registering, but will be transportation. CEUs 1.6. hydraulic conductivity in saturated forma- reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting by tions. Techniques in current use as well as ▲ the Hydrogeology Division. 3. Science of Earthquakes: Earth- promising methods under development will quake Geology and Paleoseismology be considered. Particular emphasis on prac- For more information, contact Edna Collis, Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 tical issues of test design and data interpre- GSA Continuing Education Coordinator, p.m., Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to tation. All methods will be illustrated with (303) 447-2020, ext. 134, or ecollis@ 12:00 noon. Reno Hilton. Cosponsored by case studies. geosociety.org. GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Divi- Faculty: James J. Butler, Jr.—Kansas Geolog- PREMEETING COURSES sion; GSA Engineering Geology Division. ical Survey; Ph.D., Stanford University; 1. ▲ Characterization and Modeling Characterizing the likelihood of future seis- Vitaly A. Zlotnick—University of Nebraska— Fluid Flow in Fault and Fracture micity for fault systems is difficult without Lincoln; Ph.D., National Institute of Hydro- Zones: The Reality and the Idealized long histories of past earthquakes. Recom- geology and Engineering Geology, Moscow, mended for those who have a strong back- Russia. Saturday–Sunday, November 11–12, 8:00 ground in either geology or geophysics, this a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. Reno Hilton. Limit: 40. Fee: $350, students $330; includes short course will address the long-term per- course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology and manent deformation that accumulates from Tectonics Division. seismic processes, as studied at trench Faults and fracture zones significantly affect scales. Also case studies of historic surface rates and patterns of fluid flow in Earth’s ruptures along well-characterized active crust. Understanding how to characterize faults.

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6. ▲ Mobilization of Metals from Faculty: Richard Bedell—Homestake tration required. For information and Fossil Fuels: Impacts to the Environ- Mining Company, Sparks, Nevada; M.Sc., registration: Judy Tarpley, Continuing ment and Human Health University of London; M.Sc., University of Educa-tion and Meetings Coordinator, Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Toronto. SEPM, 1731 E. 71st St., Tulsa, OK 74136, noon. Reno Hilton. Cosponsored by GSA Limit: 60. Fee: $370, students $350; includes 1-800-865-9765, or (918) 493-3361, ext. 22, Coal Geology Division. course manual and lunches. CEUs: 1.6. fax 918-493-2093, [email protected]. Appropriate for those with little or no prior ▲ Sequence Stratigraphy experience in energy geology, this course Other Courses, Workshops, for Graduate Students and Forums will examine the sources of metals in fossil Saturday–Sunday, November 11–12. Spon- fuels and their combustion products, and Registration and information can be sored by ExxonMobil Exploration Company. related environmental and health effects. obtained from the contact person listed for Issues include toxic elements such as mer- each course. This course teaches graduate students the principles, concepts, and methods of cury and arsenic, particulate matter, and ▲ regulatory aspects. Case studies of health Gold in 2000 sequence stratigraphy, an informal chrono- impacts in the U.S. and abroad. Friday–Saturday, November 10–11. Cal- stratigraphic methodology that uses stratal Neva Resort, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Spon- surfaces (beds, parasequences, sequence Faculty: Robert B. Finkelman—U.S. Geolog- sored by Society of Economic Geologists. boundaries) to subdivide the stratigraphic ical Survey, Reston, Virginia; Ph.D., Univer- record. Since sequence stratigraphic units sity of Maryland; Allan Kolker—U.S. Geo- Economic gold deposits occur in many cross traditional lithostratigraphic bound- logical Survey, Reston, Virginia; Ph.D., State geological settings around the world. This aries, they can be used to define coeval University of New York at Stony Brook; course will provide both academic and facies successions, as well as explain and Leslie Ruppert—U.S. Geological Survey, industry points of view on the origin of and predict the distribution, thickness varia- Reston, Virginia; M.S., George Washington exploration for most of the important tions, and connectivity of reservoirs, source University. deposit styles. Invited presentations and rocks, and seals. These factors are critical in contributed posters will ensure a breadth of Limit: 40. Fee: $230, students $210; includes hydrocarbon exploitation, groundwater and coverage and lively discussion. For a list of course manual. CEUs: 0.4. environmental assessment, and a proper invited contributions, see www.segweb.org, understanding of the stratigraphic record. 7. ▲ Practical Methods in Applied and select Meetings. Using exercises that employ outcrop, core, Contaminant Geochemistry: From Conveners: Philip Brown—Dept. of Geology well-log, and seismic data, the course pro- Characterization to Remediation and Geophysics, 1215 W. Dayton, University vides a hands-on experience on sequence Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, (608) stratigraphy and clastic facies analysis. Reno Hilton. Cosponsored by GSA Hydro- 262-5954, fax 608-262-0693, pbrown@ Limit: 30. No fee. Preregistration required. geology Division. geology.wisc.edu; Steffen Hagemann— For information and registration: Art Geochemical data obtained as part of regu- Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Centre Donovan, ExxonMobil Upstream Research latory-driven hydrogeologic investigations for Strategic Mineral Deposits, University of Company, (713) 301-0575, art.d.donovan@ are commonly too incomplete, of scant Western Australia, Nedlands WA 6907, Aus- exxon.sprint.com. tralia, (61)-8-9380-1517, fax 61-8-9380-1178, number, and of insufficient quality to use ▲ the kinds of geochemical approaches that [email protected]. Sulfate Minerals: Crystallography, Geochemistry, and Environmental are normally learned in university courses Limit: 125. Cost: To be published in the July Significance on acid-base and chemical-equilibrium issue of the SEG Newsletter and on the SEG geochemistry. This course will teach the Web site; will include two nights lodging, Saturday–Sunday, November 11–12. “practical” essentials of contaminant geo- some meals, reception, and short-course Granlibakken Resort and Conference chemistry and how to effectively apply volume. Preregistration required. Send Center, Tahoe City, California. Sponsored them in consulting (and, arguably, aca- check, payable to Society of Economic by Mineralogical Society of America. demic!) practice. Geologists, 7811 Shaffer Pkwy., Littleton, CO Sulfate minerals provide important insights Faculty: Donald I. Siegel—Dept. of Earth 80127; (720) 981-7882; fax 720-981-7874, into geochemical processes. This course will Sciences, Syracuse University; Ph.D., Uni- [email protected], www.segweb.org. show how sulfate minerals are used to explore for economic deposits and to versity of Minnesota. ▲ 3-D Seismic Interpretation: remove Fe and Al from leach solutions in A Primer for Geologists Limit: 40. Fee: $300, students $280; includes hydrometallurgy. Stable isotopic composi- course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. Saturday–Sunday, November 11–12, 8:00 tions of sulfate minerals can reveal the a.m.–5:00 p.m. both days. Reno Hilton. volatile evolution and mineral deposition in POSTMEETING COURSE Sponsored by SEPM (Society for Sedimen- hydrothermal systems. Efflorescent sulfate 8. ▲ GIS for the Geosciences tary Geology). salts affect the storage and release of poten- Friday–Saturday, November 17–18, 8:00 a.m. This popular course, presented previously tially toxic metals during weathering and to 5:00 p.m. both days. Reno Hilton. Co- at national meetings and to petroleum pro- influence groundwater chemistry in some sponsored by GSA Planetary Geology ducers across the country, examines the major aquifers through sulfide oxidation Division. theory and application of 3-D seismic tech- and sulfate reduction. Sulfate minerals and nology from an interpreter's perspective. aqueous sulfate are important in evaporite Aimed at teaching the practicing and stu- The focus is on how 3-D seismic data can be sequences. dent geoscientist about GIS methods with- exploited to better understand and define out being specific to any software or prod- Limit: 100. Fees: Professional: $360 MSA subsurface stratigraphy, structure, and rock uct, this course will include: case studies, members, $440 nonmembers; students: and sediment properties. data availability, spatial data models, $120 MSA members, $150 nonmembers attribute databases, map projections, Faculty: Bruce Hart—Dept. of Earth and (registration fees received before August 31 datums and GPS, spatial error and rectifi- Planetary Sciences, McGill University, will include banquet). For information and cation, spatial statistics, sampling and Montreal, Quebec. registration: MSA Business Office, 1015 18th St. NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC 20036- interpolation, analytical GIS, probability Limit: 35. Fee: $425 SEPM members, $455 theory applied to geoscience problems, 5274, (202) 775-4344, fax 202-775-0018, nonmembers, $300 students; includes [email protected], or visit and and modeling (maximum likelihood, course notes and refreshments. Preregis- weights of evidence, fuzzy logic).

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register on the MSA home page: www. ▲ Gender Equity Workshop ▲ Job Hunting in the Geosciences minsocam.org. Sunday, November 12, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Sunday, November 12, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Co- ▲ High-Precision Chronostratigraphy Cosponsored by GSA Committee on Minori- sponsored by Association for Women by Graphic Correlation ties and Women in the Geosciences, National Geosientists, GSA Committee on Minorities, Association for Black Geologists and Geo- and Women in the Geosciences. Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. physicists, and Mills College Women’s Sponsored by Paleontological Society. Learn the job-hunting skills necessary to Leadership Institute. survive in today’s changing and challenging This workshop will review concepts, This workshop will review case studies of job market. These skills may be applied to assumptions, and applications, and provide lawsuits for women and minorities in sci- jobs in government, industry, and aca- hands-on experience with graphic correla- ence around the nation. Participants will demia. Topics include: how to search for tion for the analysis of bioevent occurrences learn the elements of a successful legal advertised jobs in your area of specialty and and for testing hypotheses of synchroneity battle (class action and individual), how to network for the hidden job market; how to of event deposits and sequence strati- keep control of your case, the climate in the network through professional organizations graphic contacts. Participants are encour- courts, the issues, and what is happening as well as through casual contacts; how to aged to bring their own laptops. All partici- nationwide to women in academia. We will write a resumé and curriculum vitae that pants will receive a notebook with examples discuss the MIT study that increased aware- will get you an interview (AWG’s excellent, for future reference, a diskette to be used ness and has resulted in a cascade effect of moderately priced resumé-writing work- with GraphCor, and a bibliography. change on campuses nationwide. You will book for geoscientists will be available); and Faculty: Robert W. Scott and H. Richard learn how to be proactive, how to form your how to develop interviewing skills that will Lane. own support group on campus and off, and differentiate you from the competition. Limit: 30; Firm minimum: 20. Fee: $35. how to advocate for change. We will cover Limit: 75. No fee. Preregistration by Novem- Preregistration required by October 13. For resources such as Web sites, periodicals, ber 5 is required. For information and information and registration: Robert W. books for information and awareness, and registration: Pranoti M. Asher, Dept. of Scott, Precision Stratigraphy Associates, contacts around the United States who are Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern RR3, Box 103-3, Cleveland, OK 74020, willing to listen, advocate, and support your University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8149, phone and fax: 918-243-7871, efforts to improve gender equity. (912) 681-0338, fax 912-681-0668, pasher@ [email protected]. Limit: 40. No fee. Preregistration required. gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu; or Leuren Moret, (925) For information and registration: Leuren 609-9650, [email protected]. Moret, (925) 609-9650 (phone and fax), ▲ [email protected]. Phanerozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Sponsored by Paleontological Society. This course will explore the acquisition and conquest of the terrestrial landscape with Illustrated Dictionary of new data for the early Paleozoic, adaptation $29.95 * and expansion of the five kingdoms and Earth Science their ecological interactions over the entire Phanerozoic record, and ecosystem Geological The Illustrated Dictionary of response to perturbation and recovery at “reference tool” Earth Science CD-ROM is a times of major biotic crises in the fossil searchable record. database containing Faculty: Robert A. Gastaldo and William A. detailed DiMichele. definitions No fee or registration. Course notes will be of geological available for purchase on-site. For informa- terms from the American tion: Robert A. Gastaldo, Dept. of Geology, Geological Institute. Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, More than 8700 terms (207) 872-3244, fax 207-872-3845, defining earth science, [email protected]. environmental, physics, mining, engineering, and life Forums science. ▲ Digital Forum 2000 terms are illustrated with Wednesday, November 15. Sponsored by a full color photograph, Geoscience Information Society. illustration, video or animated movie. Provides a venue where scientists, information specialists, and publishers gather and Links from one definition to discuss issues concerning electronic another through highlighted resources and view new applications in terms within the definitions. electronic data for the earth scientist. Runs on Windows 95/98/NT No fee or registration. Open to all meeting and Macintosh. registrants. Information: Adonna Fleming, *plus $5.00 shipping and handling James A. Michener Library, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639, 1-800-293-2725 • 505-293-2727 (970) 351-1530, fax 970-351-2963, www.tasagraphicarts.com [email protected]. [email protected]

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K–16 EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

K–16 teachers, graduate students, and getic team of paleontologists and educators scientists—Please join us for an exciting in a full-day, hands-on workshop. We will and diverse series of workshops for educa- concentrate on what science is and is not, tors at all grade levels. Plan to preregister to the importance of teaching evolution, and ensure your spot in the session of your the best teaching strategies. The format will choice. Meeting registration is required be a combination of informative sessions, in addition to course fees ($40 registration discussions, and hands-on activities pre- for K–12 Professionals or for weekend-only sented by grade level. workshop participation). Graduate-level Course fee: $30; includes a 400-page book. recertification credits from the Colorado Registration required. For information: School of Mines will be offered for partici- Dale Springer, Bloomsburg University, (570) pation in both workshops and technical 389-4747; or Judy Scotchmoor, University sessions for an additional fee and written of California, Berkeley, (510) 642-4877, work. Credit information will be available [email protected]. at the workshops. For more information, contact Holly Devaul, (303) 447-2020, ext. ▲ Fun with Planetary Geology 150, [email protected]. in the Classroom Look for the Share-a-thon in the Education Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m. to Division and Committee booth in the 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall this year. If you would like to Have you ever wondered what another participate, please contact Elizabeth planet’s surface looks like or how it was Haynes, [email protected]. formed? Come explore our solar system in a fun-filled, action-packed, full-day work- An Educators Social Hour will be held Lake Tahoe and Mesozoic granitic rocks, Monday, November 13, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., shop. We’ll use numerous hands-on activi- Rubicon Trail, D.L. Bliss State Park. Photo by and the NAGT Early Career Faculty Session ties to explore the many geologic processes John A. Karachewski. will be Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 to 9:00 that are active in our solar system. Work- p.m. This session will look at the issues shop activities are targeted for teachers of grades 4–8, with discussion directed to the required. For information: George Dailey, facing faculty at the outset of their careers ESRI, [email protected], or Sheila McGinty- in academia. This will be a networking higher and lower grades and special-needs audiences. All activities have been tested by Davis, University of Tulsa, (918) 631-2090, opportunity as well as a forum for more [email protected]. structured discussions around specific teachers, scientists, and students and are topics identified by the group. For more guaranteed to stimulate your students’ ▲ This Dynamic Planet: A Teaching information, contact Heather Macdonald, imagination. Registered participants will Companion [email protected]. receive classroom materials, including Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m. to recent posters, maps, slide sets, activity 12:00 noon ▲ NAGT Workshop on Innovative workbooks, and much more. Dress casually! Course Design for Teaching Course fee: $20. Registration required. For Sponsored by U.S. Geological Survey Undergraduate Geoscience information: Cassandra Coombs, (843) USGS scientists and classroom teachers Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m. to 953-8279, [email protected]. from across the country are creating a 5:00 p.m. ▲ Hands-On Geographic Information new Teaching Companion to accompany This workshop will give participants experi- Systems Workshop—Beginner to the popular USGS world map of volcanoes, ence with a systematic method for design- Intermediate ArcView GIS Using earthquakes, and plate tectonics, This ing innovative courses in geoscience. After a Voyager Dynamic Planet, and the book This brief introduction, each participant will Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics. Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m. to The Companion includes classroom activi- spend the day working with the facilitators 5:00 p.m. and other participants on a course of his or ties, science updates, important concepts her choice. Participants will leave the work- Sponsored by Environmental Systems about plate tectonics, and additional dia- shop with a concrete plan for revising the Research Institute and University of Tulsa grams, maps, and resources. In this work- course to make it more effective in terms of GIS is rapidly becoming the new paradigm shop for teachers of grades 6–14, we’ll what the students accomplish. for bringing active, real-world geography review content, do several of the hands-on and geographic analysis into the K–12 class- activities, and discuss where plate tectonics Course fee: $30. Registration required. For fits across the curriculum. Participants will information: Barbara J. Tewksbury, Hamil- room. This workshop will prepare K–12 educators to use GIS in the classroom to receive copies of the map and book, as well ton College, (315) 859-4713, btewksbu@ as excerpts from the draft Teaching Com- hamilton.edu. examine the concepts of spatial analysis. Emphasis will be on map building, finding panion. Course fee: $5. Registration ▲ Evolution: Investigating the and using data, and classroom implemen- required. For information: Leslie C. Gordon, Evidence: A Workshop for Teachers tation strategies. The workshop will also U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, Grades 6 to 16 develop the necessary skills for the second (650) 329-4006, [email protected]. Saturday, November 11, 8:00 a.m. to ESRI class, Advanced ArcView. Exercises will ▲ Inquiry Learning in Plate Tectonics 4:30 p.m. include construction of basic maps, using Using Real Earth Data Sets Sponsored by the Paleontological Society and importing existing databases, modify- Saturday, November 11, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. ing databases, and creating new databases. and the University of California Museum of After a brief introduction of the theory of Paleontology Participants will learn to identify attributes within a map and use those data analyti- plate tectonics, you will learn how to use What is the evidence for evolution? Why the cally. Participants will receive materials that the Our Dynamic Planet CD-ROM to imple- controversies? How can teachers present they can use in their classroom teachings ment student activities that lead them to major evolutionary concepts in their class- and research. Course fee: $20 for lunch; discover evidence that supports the theory rooms in meaningful ways? Join an ener- other costs supported by ESRI. 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an authentic science experience can be focuses on providing the background sci- College of Charleston, (843) 953-5586, framed so that your students will experience in an engaging text. The book and Web [email protected]. ence some of the excitement and struggle site address a large number of National Sci- ▲ that scientists experience. Issues relating to ence Content Standards including those NAGT Workshop: Effective scientific writing will be discussed. We will from the Earth/Space, Life, and Physical Laboratory Exercises for Entry-Level also identify investigations that could be Sciences, as well as Unifying Concepts, and Geoscience Courses: What Works done with the data sets, so that you can Science in Personal/Social Perspectives. The and Why, Challenges, and Practical better advise your students. Course fee: $15. workshop will provide an in-depth experi- Examples Registration required. For information: ence of this Earth systems science educa- Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. William A. Prothero, University of Califor- tional resource. It will include lecture, dis- Topics covered in this workshop will include nia, Santa Barbara, [email protected]. cussion, simulations, and experiments. new teaching strategies, case studies of edu. This workshop will be at the University Course fee: $30. Registration required. For effective exercises and their development, of Nevada, Reno campus. information: Art Sussman, WestEd, (415) challenges associated with new and innova- 615-3206, [email protected]. ▲ Dr. Art’s Guide to Planet Earth: tive approaches to laboratory instruction, For Earthlings Ages 12 to 120 ▲ Exploring Plate Tectonics: and strategies for working with graduate A Hands-On Approach teaching assistants. Participants will have Saturday, November 11, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. an opportunity to share copies of successful This workshop builds upon a systems Sunday, November 12, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. exercises. Course fee: $30. Registration approach to Earth’s matter, energy, and life. This active workshop will introduce edu- required. For information: Laurel P. Goodell, Three principles provide a simple yet pow- cators (K–16) to the concepts behind the Princeton University, (609) 258-1043, erful framework for understanding how our theory of plate tectonics. Effective teaching [email protected]. planet has been working for billions of strategies and a comprehensive series of ▲ years, and for analyzing environmental hands-on activities that employ maps, NAGT Workshop: Preparing to issues such as global climate change. The puzzles, and models are used to show the Teach: A Workshop for Graduate principles are that Earth is essentially a evidence for Pangaea, lithospheric plates, Students closed system for matter, an open system and plate motion. Learn why the continen- Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for energy, and a networked system for life. tal drift hypothesis is not accepted, and take This workshop for graduate students inter- They are summarized by three phrases back to your classrooms an entire unit of ested in an academic career will focus on (Matter Cycles, Energy Flows, Life Webs). plate tectonics activities. Participants will development as a reflective teacher. Topics The Planet Guide project includes a book also receive a beautiful map of the seafloor. will include what educational research tells and a Web site (www.planetguide.org—still Course fee: $25. Registration required. For us about teaching and learning, effective in draft form). The site will include anima- information: Leslie Reynolds Sautter, teaching strategies, teaching portfolios, and tions and lesson plans, while the book preparing for the first year of teaching. Also

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included will be a panel discussion with hands-on activities, maps, curriculum draw sands and microfossil specimens from early career geology faculty. Course fee: $25. materials, earthquake book, posters, soft- around the world. Registration required. For information: R. ware, and other teaching aids) will be pro- Course fee: $30. Registration required. For Heather Macdonald, College of William and vided to each participant. To apply for par- information: Lucille Tamm, U.S. Bureau of Mary, (757) 221-2443, [email protected], or ticipation in the workshop, send a brief Land Management, Milwaukee Field Office, Robyn Wright Dunbar, Stanford University, letter indicating your interest and describ- (414) 297-4419, Lucille_Tamm@ es.blm.gov. (650) 723-3920, robyn.dunbar@stanford. ing your earth science teaching duties. Send edu. letters of application to: Earthquake Work- ▲ Integrating GIS into Geoscience ▲ shop, L.W. Braile, Dept. of Earth & Atmo- Curriculum with a Marine Science Hands-On Geographic Information spheric Sciences, 1397 Civil Engineering Emphasis Systems Workshop—Intermediate to Bldg., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Advanced ArcView GIS Using Spatial, 47907-1397. For further information call 3-D, and Image Extensions, Including (765) 494-5979 or e-mail braile@purdue. This workshop will provide GIS activities, an Introductory Demo of ArcInfo 8 edu. Be sure to include phone numbers, software, data, and curriculum for teachers Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. fax number, and e-mail address, if available, interested in successfully using GIS tech- in your letter. Letters of application must nology to complement their current earth Sponsored by Environmental Systems system science curriculum. Participants will Research Institute be received by September 1, 2000. You will be notified of the decision concerning your work with ArcView GIS software and Excel This workshop is for K–16 educators who participation by September 8, 2000. If we spreadsheets to visualize, map, analyze, and are familiar with basic ArcView software do not have 25 participants by September 8, interpret various data sets related to hurri- and want to learn how to use and exploit we may be able to accept late applications. canes, coastal water quality, coral reefs, the extensions for geologic studies and The workshop will be conducted by sea-turtle nesting sites, red tides, coastal classroom teaching. Emphasis will be on Michelle Hall-Wallace, University of erosion, and other geoscience topics. Par- the Spatial Analysis extension with the new Arizona; Lawrence W. Braile, Purdue Uni- ticipants will also use GPS units to collect ModelBuilder. ModelBuilder allows stu- versity; and Catherine Johnson, IRIS their own data, which they will analyze dents to build flow-process diagrams with Consortium. using ArcView GIS software. Workshop par- various types of data in a grid format con- ticipants will learn about where to find nected by mathematical functions. Differ- ▲ How to Establish an Undergraduate additional sources of GIS data, career ent data sets can be added and math func- Research Program opportunities in GIS and geoscience- tions altered to test various modeling Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 related fields, and case studies of GIS used theories. The 3-D Analysis extension will be noon in education throughout the country. In introduced to show how geologic data can addition, they will receive GIS and other be visualized. Various processes in remote Sponsored by the Council on Undergrad- geoscience educational materials from sensing will be introduced using the Image uate Research ESRI, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USGS, and other Analyst extension. The new ArcInfo 8 soft- This workshop will present strategies and organizations. The activities and curriculum ware will be demonstrated briefly, including approaches for developing an undergradu- for this workshop are aligned with the ArcMap, ArcCatalogue, and ArcTools. Partic- ate research program. It is designed primar- National Science Education Standards and ipants will receive materials that they can ily for recently hired geoscience faculty and are appropriate for grades 6–14. use in their classroom or in their research. graduate students preparing to enter aca- Course fee: $20. Registration required. For Course fee: $20 for lunch; other costs sup- demic positions. Topics include: interview- information: Genevieve Healy, University of ported by ESRI. Registration required. For ing at a college or university with an under- Miami Rosenstiel School, (704) 373-1518, information: Ann Johnson, ESRI, (909) graduate research expectation, selection of [email protected]. 793-2853, [email protected]. research projects appropriate for under- ▲ graduates, academic preparation of stu- Earthquakes—A One-Day Workshop dents, mentoring undergraduate research for College Faculty students, and funding undergraduate Sunday, November 12, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. research programs. Course fee: $20. Regis- Sponsored by Incorporated Research Institu- tration required. Information: Jill Singer, tions for Seismology with funding from the Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York, National Science Foundation (716) 878-4724, [email protected]. Faculty from two-year and four-year col- ▲ Linking Science and Art Through leges and universities who teach introduc- the Use of Sands and Microfossils tory earth science courses and want to learn Sunday, November 12, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. more about earthquakes, seismology, and related plate tectonics will find this work- Sponsored by U.S. Bureau of Land shop useful. Topics include: causes of earth- Management quakes, earthquakes and plate tectonics, Learn how to engage students in grades K–8 propagation of seismic waves, seismo- in the discovery of the world of sands and graphs, earthquake locations, statistics and microfossils and how this beautiful world data, Earth’s interior structure, and earth- can be understood through drawing. Stu- quake hazards. Lessons and activities asso- dents will look and draw and draw and look ciated with these topics and demonstrated until the wonders scientists see become real and practiced during the workshop empha- and vital. The instructor has used these size hands-on and inquiry-based learning. techniques with a wide range of students, The activities are suitable for use in intro- including gifted and talented elementary ductory undergraduate earth science students, inner city youth at a public school courses as demonstrations and laboratory summer camp, and large tour groups at a exercises. The workshop will be limited to local children’s museum. Pictures drawn by 25 participants. Participation is FREE, but all these groups will be available for your registration is required. About $120 worth of inspection. You will mount, examine, and materials (notebook with lessons and

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EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW SERVICE

Interviews Matching Service and to check the job offer- conduct his or her own “mini-roundtable” Sunday, November 12, 12:00 noon to 5:00 ings at the meeting. Information for appli- discussion designed to provide a better p.m.; Monday, November 13 through cants who sign up with the Employment opportunity to field both general and spe- Wednesday, November 15, 8:00 a.m. to Matching Service by September 30, 2000, cific questions on a more personal, individ- 5:00 p.m. will be included in the materials that ualized basis. These roundtable discussions employers receive prior to the meeting, so will be in the Employment Service area If you need qualified scientists to fill staff submit your application form and résumé during the interview registration time; how- needs or are looking for employment in the early to receive maximum exposure. Be sure ever, you do not have to be signed up for earth sciences, you are invited to participate to indicate on the form that you will be either the annual meeting or the Employ- in the GSA Employment Interview Service. attending the meeting. Both applicants and ment Matching Service to participate in All organizations seeking qualified earth employers may also register on-site. For these discussions. Everyone—professionals scientists are urged to submit notices of additional information or forms, contact and students—is encouraged to attend and their vacancies and their requests for lists of Nancy Williams in Member Services at to join as many of the discussions as you applicants before the meeting. Interview [email protected] or (303) 447-2020. like. Roundtable discussion leaders from booths may be reserved at the meeting in Forms are also available in the Professional the following areas will be featured this half-day increments for a nominal fee. GSA Development section of GSA’s Web site at year: staff will handle all interview scheduling www.geosociety.org. • Academic and Education with Employment Service applicants. Many • Mining job seekers have found the Employment Employment Opportunities • Federal Government Interview Service critical to their successful in the Geological Sciences • State and Local Government search for positions. The registration fee for Roundtable Discussions • Consulting applicants is $35 for GSA members and Sunday, November 12, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. • Petroleum associates and $65 for nonmembers, and it • Résumé Review includes year-round service as well as inter- This annual forum on employment oppor- For additional information, contact Nancy viewing at the annual meeting. Students tunities in the geosciences allows valuable Williams, Member Services, GSA Head- completing degrees during 2000 are partic- one-on-one interaction between panel quarters, at [email protected] or ularly encouraged to join the Employment members and individuals or small groups. Experts in each of the areas listed below will (303) 447-2020.

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EXHIBITS OPENING AND WELCOMING PARTY Sunday, November 12, 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. (Immediately following the Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony) Reno/Sparks Convention Center, Exhibit Hall

Join your colleagues to celebrate the kickoff for networking and meeting activities. Relax and the 2000 GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition! take this opportunity to view the exhibits and Meet with friends and plan the next four days of enjoy a complimentary beverage.

EXHIBITS Visit GSA’s Web site, www.geosociety.orgmeetings/2000/exhibit1.htm, to browse an online listing of current exhibitors’ products and services. For information on becoming an exhibitor, contact GSA Exhibits Manager Tammy White, (303) 447-2020, ext. 141, or [email protected].

CONVENIENT EXHIBIT HALL HOURS Sunday, November 12 5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Monday, November 13 11:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 14 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 15 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday, November 16 Closed EXCEPT FOR GSA HEADQUARTERS SERVICES GSA HEADQUARTERS SERVICES In addition to the regular exhibit hall hours, the GSA Headquarters Services booths will also be open on Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., to provide GSA members and meeting attendees an additional opportunity for access to GSA services, staff, and publications. VISIT US!

Graduate School Information Forum

Sunday, November 12, 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.; without spending the travel time and Today and the on-site program book. Monday, November 13, 11:00 a.m. to 7:30 money to go to each school for informa- Reservations received after July 31 will be p.m.; Tuesday, November 14 and Wednes- tion and interviews. A complete list of par- accepted on a space-available basis and day, November 15, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ticipating schools, with contact names and will not appear in either publication. If Reno/Sparks Convention Center, Exhibit telephone numbers, is available by con- your school would like to reserve space, Hall tacting GSA Headquarters, (303) 447-2020, please contact GSA Headquarters at the ext. 186, or [email protected]. number or e-mail address above. STUDENTS: Make one trip, to Reno, to meet with representatives of 40–50 top UNIVERSITIES: The deadline for reserva- A schedule of participating schools will be graduate schools from around the country tions is July 31, 2000, for your school name published in the September issue of GSA to appear in the September issue of GSA Today.

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EXHIBITORS

Computer Hardware Geologic Supplies and Condor Earth Technologies, Inc. Related Equipment Computer Software Carolina Biological Supply Company CGS Inc ERDAS, Inc. General Supply Corporation ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) Rite in the Rain Fieldbooks/J.L. Darling Corporation International Centre for Diffraction Data TJA Solutions Research Systems, Inc. Ward’s Natural Science Establishment, Inc. RockWare, Inc. Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. Government Agencies (Federal, State, Local) Educational Publishers National Science Foundation Cambridge University Press Oklahoma Geological Survey Columbia University Press Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Harcourt College Publisher/Saunders College Publishing Instrumentation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Cameras, Scopes National Research Council Canada— ASC Scientific Research Press Bruker AXS, Inc. Oxford University Press Finnigan MAT Prentice Hall JEOL USA, Inc. Princeton University Press Kratos Analytical, Inc. University of Chicago Press Meiji Techno America Yale University Press Merchantek Gem and Mineral Dealers, Micromass Jewelry, and Gifts Scintag/ARL Cal Graeber/IKON Mining SPEX CertiPrep., Inc. Donald K. Olson Minerals UIC, Inc. Gems and Crystals Unlimited Other Howard Minerals Environmental Careers Organization Komodo Dragon Estwing Manufacturing Company Mineral Wells Geoprobe Systems Nature’s Own Incorporated Research Institutions Prisma for Seismology (IRIS)

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Micropaleontology Press Publications, Maps, National Ground Water Association Films, and Teaching Aids Brooks/Cole National Research Council/National Academic Press Academy of Sciences Blackwell Science, Inc. Geology Paleontological Research Institution Elsevier Science/Reed Elsevier Subaru of America* Houghton Mifflin Company Wildlife Supply Company Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company Professional Societies & Kluwer Academic Publishers/Plenum New for 2001 Associations Publishing AAPG Bookstore McGraw-Hill American Geological Institute Mountain Press Publishing Co. American Geophysical Union Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc. Essentials of American Institute of Hydrology W.H. Freeman and Company Geology and the Oceanography, Environment, American Institute of Professional Services (Exploration, Second Edition Third Edition Geologists Drillings, Consulting, etc.) by Tom S. Garrison by Bernard W. Pipkin Review ISBN: 0-534-37762-9, and D.D. Trent Association for Women Geoscientists Saleable ISBN: 0-534-37732-7 Activation Laboratories Ltd. Review ISBN: 0-534-37798-X, (AWG) Geochron Labs/Krueger Saleable ISBN: 0-534-51383-2 Association of American State Isotech Laboratories, Inc. Geologists Association of Engineering Geologists State Surveys Third Edition Council on Undergraduate Division of Mines and Geology Coming Soon! Research—Geology Division Geological Society of Nevada Essentials of Physical Geology, Meteorology, Cushman Foundation Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Exploring the Earth, Third Edition Geoscience Information Society Pennsylvania Topographic and Fourth Edition by C. Donald Ahrens by James S. Monroe International Association of Geological Survey ISBN: 0-534-37200-7 Mathematical Geology and Reed Wicander Universities and Schools Review ISBN: 0-534-37789-0, Mineralogical Society of America Saleable ISBN: 0-534-57222-7 Baylor University National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Desert Research Institute (DRI) Coming Fall 2001 National Earth Science Teachers Ohio State University Physical Geology Today Association University of Nevada, Las Vegas by Damian Nance and Brendan Murphy ISBN: 0-534-37866-8 Paleontological Society University of Nevada, Reno SEPM (Society for Sedimentary University of Oklahoma New Supplements! Geology) Wright State University Earth Science Earth Systems Lab Manual Today CD Sigma Gamma Epsilon by Claudia Owen, Grenville by Perry J. Samson Society of Economic Geologists *Sponsor of 2000 Annual Meeting Draper, and Diane Pirie ISBN: 0-534-37733-5 ISBN: 0-534-37953-2

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GUEST ACTIVITIES

All GSA registered attendees are welcome to as a logging town, it is now an eclectic mix- sign up for the tours offered as part of the ture of visitors (who ski in the winter and Guest Program. Reservations for all tours enjoy the sun in the summer) and unusual will be accepted on a first-come, first- shops that beckon those searching for the served basis. The tour operator requires a unusual. After a tour of this historic town, final guarantee several days in advance for we will go on to Squaw Valley and the most tours, and most tours have minimums Olympic village—you can still see the areas and maximums. Please register early to where the ski jumping and skating took guarantee your spot. Tours may be canceled place during the 1960 winter Olympics and if minimums are not met. Plan to arrive at view the Olympic flame, still burning. Then the hospitality room 15 minutes before the it’s on to Tahoe City and Sunnyside Marina scheduled departure times for check-in. and restaurant on Lake Tahoe, for a delight- ▲ ful lunch. We will travel back through Tahoe Birding in the Great Basin City and visit the Boatworks mall. Making Sunday, November 12, 6:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. our way around the lake, viewing the Northwestern Nevada is a land of many changing fall colors and the snow-capped contrasts, offering desert shrublands, alkali mountains, we will stop to take photos and flats, riparian areas, marshes, wetlands, smell the wonderful mountain air. The ponds, grasslands, agricultural land, and route back to the hotel will take us past ski more. In November the area is filled with areas, amid mountain pines and other ever- wintering raptors and waterfowl, among greens. You won’t want to miss this delight- many other kinds of birds. Volunteers from ful, varied experience of the Tahoe area. the Lahontan Audubon Society will lead you Cost: $49 (includes transportation, lunch, to nearby areas that harbor a wide variety of admission fees, and all gratuities). birds; the specific sites will be chosen just ▲ before your visit to ensure maximum diver- The Other Side of Reno Washoe Lake and Carson Range, Washoe Lake State sity. Probable areas include Sierra Valley in Sunday, November 12, 9:00 a.m. –1:00 p.m. Park, Nevada. Photo by John A. Karachewski. nearby California, a mix of shrublands, agri- Walter Van Tilburg Clark called Reno “The cultural fields, wetlands, and the headwa- City of Trembling Leaves,” Clark Gable and ▲ ters of the Feather River (lots of raptors), Virginia City: A Boomtown Still Marilyn Monroe chose Reno as the appro- Booming and the Swan Lake Nature Study Area, a priate place to film The Misfits, and Whoopi pond and marshland just north of Reno that Monday, November 13, and Tuesday, Goldberg fit right in as a nun dodging the November 14, 10:00 a.m. –4:00 p.m. provides a winter home for numerous bad guys as they chased her through a Reno species of waterfowl, including tundra casino. But the “biggest little city in the In 1859, Pat McLaughlin and Peter O’Reilly swans. world” is more than casinos and hotels and discovered gold, and Henry Comstock Cost: $28 (includes transportation, snack of movie locations—Reno has charming older conned them into thinking that the land fresh fruit and juice, and donation to local homes, art galleries, and educational and they claimed was his ranch. So the three Audubon Society). Minimum: 10; cultural spots. We begin our tour by visiting established a partnership—and the boom maximum: 36. the gracious old neighborhoods and the began. More than one billion dollars worth (by 1859 standards) of precious ore was ▲ University of Nevada, and then go on to Lake Tahoe–Truckee Connection some small boutique malls and art galleries. taken from the ground in the boom years. Monday, November 13, and Tuesday, Novem- We will have a guided tour of the Wilbur At the peak of its glory, Virginia City was a ber 14, 9:30 a.m. –4:00 p.m. May Museum and the National Automobile boisterous town of over 30,000 and hosted live Shakespeare performances, newspa- We will begin our day traveling west along Museum, seldom seen by the average visitor to Reno. pers, saloons, operas, and opium dens. the Truckee River amid beautiful mountain Gold, silver, and conspicuous affluence scenery, heading for the quaint little town of Cost: $32 (includes transportation and abounded. Virginia City is much smaller Truckee, California. Known in days gone by admission fees). now, but the flavor of the Comstock Lode days still remains along the boardwalk main street, with saloons like the Bucket of Blood and gift and antique shops, in the restored mansions, and on the mine tours and trol- ley rides around the town. Pipers Opera Geoscapes Photography House, Chinatown, the cemetery with its unusual headstones—Virginia City is his- John A Karachewski, Ph.D. tory atop a mountain. You will learn much of this history en route, and then you’ll have CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHS OF WESTERN time to browse along the boardwalk, per- GEOLOGIC LANDSCAPES haps to visit a restored mansion or learn why they call it the Suicide Table at the Home ❖ Office ❖ Textbooks Delta Saloon. Virginia City is one of the Special Projects largest historic landmarks in the country. Cost: $35 (includes transportation and WEB www.geoscapesphotography.com lunch). E-MAIL [email protected]

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▲ Carson City—Basque Country Tour ▲ Art Galleries, Antiques, and Lunch and Champagne Wednesday, November 15, 9:30 a.m. – Tuesday, November 14, 1:00–5:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. This will be a city-wide quest for the best of At the beginning of the 19th century, many Reno—the most interesting art galleries, the parties of explorers arrived in Nevada. Their unique antique shops, an artist’s studio. The reports of extreme hardship discouraged day will begin with a private tour of the others from attempting to settle until the studio of a potter, weaver, painter, or pho- lure of silver and gold overcame the fears of tographer, where we will have the opportu- the prospectors. The farmers and ranchers nity to purchase an original work of art. The arrived in the 1850s, and among the most next visit along this artistic trail will be to an successful of the homesteaders were the antique shop, where we will find some prize Basque people of the Spanish and French collectibles with a western flair. We will go Pyrenees. They brought with them respect on to a boutique mall filled with a variety of for the land, a tradition of hard work, and a delightful little shops, as well as the finest cultural heritage that continues to influence nursery and flower shop in Reno, Arlington Nevada to this day. We will begin with a Gardens. The day will end with a visit to the driving tour along Franktown Road, seeing River Gallery in downtown Reno, where we some fantastic ranch-style homes at the can find art objects, gifts, pottery, and foot of the mountains, and then go on into sculpture. We will be treated to a glass of kir Carson City, where we will see the old man- royale (champagne and crème de cassis) sions as well as the Governor’s Mansion. At and dessert. the Nevada State Museum, we will learn Cost: $31 (includes transportation, gallery some of the history of this battle-born state and antique store stops, dessert, and the silver kings who dominated it. We and champagne). will travel up Spooner Summit, follow the rim of Lake Tahoe, and then drop down the ▲ Guest Hospitality Room Kingsbury Grade through Genoa, the oldest Beginning Sunday, November 12, guests are settlement in Nevada, to the little farming invited to visit the Hospitality Room located town of Gardnerville, where we will visit the at the Reno Hilton or Reno/Sparks Conven- Basque Country Club for a family-style tion Center. Your local hosts will provide a Basque lunch. We will return to Reno by way resource center with abundant information of Washoe Valley. on Reno and the surrounding areas. Infor- Cost: $45 (includes transportation, admis- mation on scheduled tours as well as places sion fees, hearty Basque meal, and all to go on your own will be available. Light gratuities). refreshments will be served throughout the day. Remember to wear your GSA badge; it ▲ Paddlewheel Cruise—Lake Tahoe will be required for admission to the Hospi- Shoreline tality Room and the Exhibit Hall. Guest reg- Sunday, November 12, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., istration does not include access to the and Wednesday, November 15, 10:00 a.m. – technical sessions; however, a guest can 4:00 p.m. obtain a temporary pass to see a spouse or This tour begins with an escorted, narrated friend present a paper. ride to Lake Tahoe, where we will board the new M.S. Dixie for a cruise on the crystal- Guest Hospitality Room Hours clear waters of Lake Tahoe. We will enjoy the Sunday 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. picturesque shoreline of Tahoe and see Monday 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Emerald Bay, Vikingsholm Castle, Rubicon Point, and the shoreline homes and golf Tuesday 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. courses. The captain will entertain us with Wednesday 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. interesting Lake Tahoe stories during the Thursday 8:00 a.m.–12:00 noon cruise, and we will enjoy a leisurely lunch. On the trip back to Reno, we will pass the Seminars Ponderosa Ranch and go down Mt. Rose, where we will see more fabulous alpine Payment of the guest registration fee enti- scenery. tles you to attend seminars that will be offered in the Guest Hospitality Room. Cost: $42 (includes transportation, paddle- Please see the 2000 Annual Meeting Pro- wheel cruise, lunch, and all gratuities). gram for more information on titles and times of the seminars.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

GSA Presidential Address Awards Luncheons and Other and Awards Ceremony Ticketed Group Functions New day and time: Sunday, November 12, Associated societies and GSA divisions 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. invite their members and other interested Save 3:00–5:00 p.m. Sunday for GSA Presi- guests to join them for their annual meal dent Mary Lou Zoback’s address, Grand functions, special addresses, and awards ceremonies. Only a few tickets will be avail- Challenges in Earth and Environmental Sci- able on-site, so please register early for tick- ence—Science, Stewardship, and Service for eted functions using the preregistration the 21st Century, and the 2000 Annual Meet- form on page 51 (events 301–312). Check ing Awards Ceremony. the preregistration form for dates. Location and time of events will appear on your Awardees for the Penrose Medal, the Day ticket and in the 2000 Annual Meeting Medal, the Young Scientist Award (Donath Program. Medal), the Public Service Award, and the Group Alumni Party—NEW TIME! Distinguished Service Award, as well as the newly elected Honorary Fellows, will be Monday, November 13, 5:30–7:30 p.m., Reno/Sparks Convention Center, Exhibit announced in the July issue of GSA Today. Hall. Hear Mary Lou Zoback’s address and honor Come join your former classmates and your fellow geoscientists, the awardees and colleagues at this year’s Group Alumni Party Honorary Fellows, at the Presidential in the exhibit hall after the technical program on Monday. To include your school in Address and Awards Ceremony before the Group Alumni Party, go to www. heading for the Welcoming Party (5:00–7:30 geosociety.org and complete the Space Northern White Mountains, California–Nevada p.m.) in the same building—the Request Form, or contact Andrea Harshman border. Photo by Martin Miller. Reno/Sparks Convention Center. at [email protected] or (303) 447-2020, ext. 158, for details. tions. Please see the 2000 Annual Meeting Premeeting Dinner and Show Private Alumni Receptions Program for a listing of schools holding Saturday, November 11, 5:00 p.m., Monday, November 13, 7:30–10:00 p.m., individual alumni receptions and locations. El Dorado Hotel. Reno Hilton (other hotels if space If you would like to hold an alumni recep- Enjoy Spirit of the Dance, a wonderful show necessitates). tion, check with your department head, featuring 24 Irish dancers. $45 per person. who may have already arranged this with Plan to join your fellow alumni for an GSA, or send an email to aharshman@ evening of memories and renewed connec- geosociety.org.

TRAVEL

Air Travel • United Airlines, 800-521-4041, Tour You have three ways to make your Code 581HO reservations: 3. If using your own travel agency, refer to 1. Call the official GSA travel agency— the Tour Code number above when Navigant International, 1-800-333-6338 booking on United in order to receive or (303) 706-0570, or e-mail meetings@ the special discounts. ptc.agencymail.com. (A $20 transaction fee will be charged per ticket.) Say that Car Rental you are traveling to the GSA Annual Alamo is the official car rental company for Meeting, and receive: the meeting. To receive Alamo’s special group rates, attendees must call the toll- • lowest available fares on any airline free 24-hour reservation number, 1-800- • discounts on United Airlines and 732-3232 and request Group ID# 85204 and American Airlines Rate Code GR. International attendees may fax reservation requests to 1 (561) 912-2601. • car rental discounts at Alamo Discounts are on daily and weekly rates: • frequent flyer miles and seat assign- Economy—$30/$130; compact—$32/$140; ments mid-size—$34/$155; full size—$40/$180; • easy, ticketless travel on most carriers convertible—$55/$269; minivan— $59/$269; luxury—$60/$339. Rates include 2. Call the airline directly and ask for the unlimited mileage and no charge for addi- following codes: Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe, Nevada State Park. Photo tional drivers. The Alamo counter is in the by John A. Karachewski. • American Airlines, 800-433-1790, baggage claim area of the airport. AN#10N0UK

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CONVENIENCE INFORMATION

Newsroom The full-service Reno/Tahoe International ACCESSIBILITY FOR REGISTRANTS Airport is conveniently located within 10 WITH SPECIAL NEEDS minutes of almost anywhere in the GSA is committed to making the Reno/Sparks area. The ground transporta- Sunday through Thursday Annual Meeting accessible to all tion facility is in the main terminal, just out- people interested in attending. If you Reno/Sparks Convention side of the baggage claim area. need auxiliary aids or services because of a Center disability, check the appropriate box on the GETTING TO YOUR HOTEL registration form. If you have suggestions GSA provides a variety of media Airport Shuttles—The Reno Hilton, Atlantis or need further information, contact relations services before and during Casino Resort, and Peppermill Casino Hotel Andrea Harshman, GSA headquarters, offer complimentary shuttle service to and the annual meeting to encourage (303) 447-2020, ext. 158, or aharshman@ from the airport. Hotel shuttles can be geosociety.org. Please let us know your coverage of science that is of inter- found outside of the baggage claim area. needs by October 6. est to the general public. News- Taxicabs—Approximate cost from the air- room facilities are available for use port to major hotels is less than $10 for one TOURIST INFO person. For information on Reno, contact the by media representatives who come Reno/Sparks Convention & Visitors Author- on-site, as well as public information GETTING AROUND IN RENO ity, P.O. Box 837, Reno, NV 89504-0837, officers (PIOs) from participating GSA Shuttle—Free shuttle service between (800) 367-7366 or visit their Web site at organizations. Members of the press GSA hotels and the Reno/Sparks Conven- www.renolaketahoe.com. tion Center. and PIOs with appropriate creden- WEATHER AND CLIMATE tials may request complimentary Taxicabs—Service to downtown Reno from Because of variation in altitude and geogra- the convention center and all major hotels meeting registration by contacting phy, Reno/Sparks–Lake Tahoe climate is approximately $10. varies by location within the area. The over- Ann Cairns at GSA headquarters, all climate is arid, ensuring comfortable CHILD CARE [email protected]. temperatures year-round. The average high For child care recommendations, please temperature in Reno during November is contact the Reno Hilton at (775) 789-2000. 56°F and the average low is 24°F.

ATTENTION, STUDENTS!

President’s Student Breakfast Sharpen Your Reception Media Skills Monday, November 13, Media 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Relations Sponsored by Workshop

Sunday, November 12, 2000 Hosted by GSA Watch for details in GSA President Mary Lou Zoback invites all students regis- GSA Today tered for the meeting to attend a free breakfast buffet & on the GSA Web site sponsored by ExxonMobil Corporation. Mary Lou and mem- (www.geosociety.org) bers of the GSA leadership, as well as ExxonMobil staff members, will be on hand to answer questions and address student issues. Registered students will receive complimentary coupons redeemable toward the breakfast buffet and will be eligible for prize drawings. Take this opportunity to network with fellow students and meet the officers of GSA!

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Reno Hilton Peppermill Hotel Casino Reno–Sparks Convention Center Atlantis Casino Resort Reno/Tahoe International Airport University of Nevada, Reno

Distance Rates Hotel to CC Single/Double Comments !

1. Reno Hilton 3 miles $85/$85 Eight restaurants, health club and spa, 5 indoor and 3 ATES 2500 East Second Street lighted outdoor tennis courts, full-service water driving R Reno, NV 89595 range, 50-lane bowling center, 2-screen movie theater, (Headquarters hotel) 25 specialty shops, family fun center, complimentary airport shuttle REAT G 2. Atlantis Casino Resort 2 blocks $64/$64 Seven restaurants, complimentary full service health club, 3800 South Virginia Street $54 student rate indoor and outdoor pools, styling salon and massage

HESE Reno, NV 89502 therapy available, 24-hour room service, voice mail,

T dataport connections, on-demand movies, complimentary airport shuttle UT

O 3. Peppermill Hotel Casino 1 mile $64/$64 1200-room hotel offering year-round heated pool, 2707 South Virginia Street $54 student rate complimentary health club, free valet and self-parking, Reno, NV 89502 six restaurants, concierge, styling salon, adjacent to tennis, HECK golf, shopping, and theaters. Rooms feature stunning view, C voice mail, modems available, mini bars, hairdryers, irons, radios, and more. Complimentary airport shuttle.

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HOUSING

HOUSING the basis of your specified criteria. For best ROOM DEPOSITS The Reno Hilton will serve as the headquar- result, return your form early. THE RESER- All reservations require a one-night room ter’s hotel and will host business meetings, VATION CUT-OFF DATE IS OCTOBER 6, and 12% tax deposit. The hotel will charge social events, and workshops. Field trips 2000. The GSA convention rate cannot be your credit card for the deposit or you must will depart from the Reno Hilton. Short guaranteed after this date. send a check directly to the hotel upon courses and workshops will also be held You will receive an acknowledgment from receipt of the official housing acknowledg- there. the Housing Bureau with your hotel assign- ment. Please read the hotel confirmation Three hotels will be offering a special GSA ment within seven to ten days of receipt of carefully; it will state the cancellation and convention rate. Please make reservations the housing form. The Housing Bureau refund policy. Do not send deposit checks early to ensure that there is room at your will not accept reservations by telephone. to the Housing Bureau. preferred hotel. See the hotel grid on page If you have not received acknowledgment 47 for specific information and pricing on within ten days or need to cancel or change STUDENT HOUSING each hotel. a reservation before October 6, call the The Atlantis Casino Resort and the Pepper- Housing Bureau at (800) 367-7366, press 2, mill Casino Hotel are offering a special stu- MAKING A RESERVATION then dial ext. 7714, 7 a.m.–6 p.m. Pacific dent rate for the motor lodge rooms at the Please print or type all information on the time, or e-mail message to housing@rscva. Atlantis and the annex rooms at the Pepper- housing form located on page 49. Mail or com. Changes to arrival or departure dates, mill. Student-rate rooms are limited. The fax the form to the GSA Housing Bureau. name changes, and cancellations after rate is $54.00 per night, single or double Check all information for accuracy before October 6 must be made directly with the occupancy. sending. List your hotels in order of prefer- hotel. Please see your hotel confirmation for individual hotel cancellation and deposit A student ID must be presented at check-in ence. If your selected hotel is not available, to receive this rate. the Housing Bureau will select a hotel on refund policies.

ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS

Advance-Copy Purchase we cannot make this offer to everyone. To Place Your Order 2000, Volume 32, Number 7 Copies will be mailed about three weeks Prepayment is required. Check, money prior to the meeting. Price includes ship- order (in U.S. funds, payable on U.S. banks), PRICE: $35 net each for GSA members, ment by first-class mail. No additional dis- $38.75 net each for nonmembers. or major credit cards are accepted. Order counts may be applied to this offer. directly from GSA Publication Sales by mail, If you reside in the United States, Canada, or The volume will also be for sale at the meet- phone, or fax. To assure receipt prior to the Mexico, you may take advantage of the ing. Please check to make sure that you have meeting, all orders must be received by advance-copy purchase option of the not already purchased a copy on your mem- October 1. Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs. bership dues statement or through GSA By mail or fax, use the form provided. By Due to the prohibitive airmail costs and Publication Sales. No refunds will be given delays for overseas mailings, we regret that phone, call toll-free 1-888-443-4472, or use for duplicate orders. our business phone (303) 447-2020, ext. 774 during office hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT). On the GSA Web site, www.geosociety.org. ADVANCE-COPY PURCHASE ORDER FORM This purchase option is only for those residing in U.S., Canada, and Mexico. No refunds On-Site Purchase given for duplicate orders. Copy this form for your records. Copies of Abstracts with Programs will be for sale in the registration area, and Ship to: Method of Payment: (prepayment required) the GSA Bookstore. Check or money order (U.S. funds, U.S. banks) Note: Your registration does not Name Credit card: MC VISA AmEx Diners Discover include a copy of the Abstracts with Programs volume. Address Card No. Exp. Date City State ZIP Name of cardholder Daytime Phone Signature Qty: ___ at US $38.75 net each ___ at US $35 GSA Member # ______Amount enclosed $______

SEND TO: GSA Publication Sales, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140 1-888-443-4472, (303) 447-2020, ext. 774, fax 303-443-1510 Orders must be received by October 1.

48 GSA TODAY, June 2000 HOUSING FORM GSA Annual Meeting, November 9–18, 2000

MAIL TO: Reno GSA Housing Bureau P.O. Box 837 or FAX: 775-827-7713 HOUSING DEADLINE: Reno, NV 89504 Highly Recommended FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 (NO TELEPHONE RESERVATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.)

Please do not duplicate your reservation by faxing and mailing this form. Print or type all information. Please read all hotel information prior to filling out this form. Reservations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Please submit one room request per form. If more than one form is required, this form may be photocopied. Acknowledgments will be sent by fax, mail, or e-mail. Be sure to keep a copy for your records.

Please send acknowledgment by fax mail e-mail (acknowledgments faxed between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Pacific Time) First Name ______M.I. ______Last Name ______Company Name ______Mailing Address ______City/State ______ZIP Code ______Country: ______Area Code ______Daytime Phone Number ______Fax ______E-mail ______

Arrival Date: ______Arrival Time:______a.m./p.m. Technical Program: Departure Date: ______November 13–16 HOTEL PREFERENCE: (Please see grid on page 47 for hotel information.) Premeeting Field Trips: Reno Hilton November 9–12 Atlantis Casino Resort Peppermill Hotel Casino Short Courses & Workshops: November 11–12 If hotel requested above is unavailable, please process my reservation form according to: Comparable Room Rate Proximity to Convention Center Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony: TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION: (Please check required room type.) November 12 Single (1 bed, 1 person) Check here for student rate. Double (1 bed, 2 people) (Indicate room type at left.) Exhibits Open: Double/Double (2 beds, 2 or more people) November 12–15 Triple (3 people, 2 dbl. beds) Postmeeting Field Trips: Quad (4 people, 2 dbl. beds) November 16–18 SPECIAL NEEDS: Nonsmoking room Smoking room Special needs (please list) ______

PLACE RESERVATION IN NAME OF: ______First name Last Name Name all other occupants: Share with: ______Share with: ______Share with: ______

CREDIT CARD INFORMATION FOR HOTEL: American Express VISA Mastercard Diners Club Card No. ______Exp. date ______Print name as it appears on card ______Authorized Signature ______

RESERVATION DEPOSIT: All reservations require a deposit equal to one night’s stay plus 12% tax. The hotel will charge your credit card based on information provided above or you may send a check directly to the hotel upon receipt of official housing acknowledgment. If deposit is not sent, your reservation will be canceled. The hotel confirmation will state the cancellation/refund policy; please read this carefully. DO NOT SEND DEPOSIT CHECKS TO HOUSING BUREAU.

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REGISTRATION ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE at www.geosociety.org. Go to Summit 2000, then to Registration.

BY MAIL: for those attending guest activities and the credited according to the card number on GSA Annual Meeting, P.O. Box 9140, exhibit hall. The guest registration fee will the preregistration form. There will be NO Boulder, CO 80301-9140. not provide technical session access. Any refunds for on-site registration, Abstracts guest wishing to see a specific talk should with Programs, and ticket sales. BY FAX (available 24 hours): come to the Guest Hospitality Room for a On-Site Registration Schedule 303-447-1510 or 303-447-0648. pass. Reno/Sparks Convention Center Credit card use only. Students: A CURRENT student ID is required to obtain student rates. You will Saturday, Nov. 11 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please do not send another copy in the have to pay the professional fee unless you Sunday, Nov. 12 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. mail. have the ID. Monday, Nov. 13 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All registration forms received at GSA by Please register only one professional or stu- October 6 will be processed and badges dent per form, and retain a copy for your- Tuesday, Nov. 14 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mailed two weeks before the meeting. Inter- self. national badges must be picked up on-site. Wednesday, Nov. 15 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All registrations received after October 6 will Thursday, Nov. 16 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. GSA and ASSOCIATED SOCIETY MEMBERS be considered ON-SITE registrations and SAVE $75 (professional) and $30 (student) charged accordingly. Absolutely no registra- GSA Members Pay Less! Join Now! by preregistering. tions should be mailed or faxed after Octo- If you are not yet a GSA member, isn’t it time ber 23. After this date we will handle regis- NONMEMBERS SAVE an additional $75 to join? There are two ways to join and both trations at the Convention Center during (professional) and $30 (student) by joining save you money! GSA now. See section below on how to join. the registration hours listed below. To take advantage of member benefits for On-site fees for Short Courses are an addi- Preregistration deadline: the rest of 2000, join now, and pay the lower tional $30. October 6 member registration rate for the meeting. Cancellation deadline: As a special consideration, GSA is offering a Professionals and students who join GSA October 13 discount rate to our members who are 70 save a substantial amount on their registra- years of age and older. Please write your tion fee by paying the member rate. It’s like The member fees apply to members of both membership number in the space provided joining GSA for free! GSA and Associated Societies (listed on the and be sure to bring a picture ID to ensure To join, complete the application form form). your discount. available in the Member Services section on Registrations will not be processed unless GSA’s Web site at www.geosociety.org, or full payment is received. Unpaid purchase Cancellations, Changes, and Refunds contact the Member Service Center at orders are NOT accepted as valid registra- [email protected] or 1-888-443-4472 tion. The confirmation sent by GSA will be All requests for additions, changes, and can- or (303) 447-2020. It pays to be a GSA your only receipt. You should receive it cellations must be made in writing and member! within two weeks after your registration is received by October 13, 2000. Faxes are submitted. accepted. GSA will refund or credit preregis- If you pay the nonmember registration rate for the full meeting and complete your Badges are needed for access to ALL activi- tration fees for cancellations received in writing by October 13. NO REFUNDS WILL membership application at the meeting, ties, 10:00 a.m. Sunday through 5:00 p.m. you will receive a FREE membership for Thursday. BE MADE ON CANCELLATION NOTICES RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE. Refunds will 2001. Just look for our Member Services A guest registration fee is available for a be mailed from GSA after the meeting. booth at the meeting. nongeologist spouse or friend of a profes- Refunds for fees paid by credit card will be sional or student registrant and is required

Advance—by 10/6/00 After 10/6/00 Registration Fees Full Meeting One Day On-Site One Day

Professional Member $260 $160 $335 $160 Professional GSA Member (70 or older) $210 $110 $285 $110 Professional Nonmember $335 $186 $410 $186 Student Member or Associate Member $ 90 $ 60 $120 $ 60 Student Nonmember $120 $ 75 $150 $ 75 Guest or Spouse $ 80 N/A $ 80 N/A K–12 Professional $ 40 N/A $ 40 N/A Field Trip or Short Course Only $ 40 N/A $ 40 N/A

50 GSA TODAY, June 2000 Column C Qty Amount $______$______$______$______(501) $470__ $ _____ (501) $450__ $ _____ (502) $470__ $ _____ (502) $450__ $ _____ (503) $370__ $ _____ (503) $350__ $ _____ (504) $340__ $ _____ (504) $320__ $ _____ (505) $350__ $ _____ (505) $330__ $ _____ (506) $230__ $ _____ (506) $210__ $ _____ (507) $300__ $ _____ (507) $280__ $ _____ (508) $370__ $ _____ (508) $350__ $ _____ Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Student Professional Professional Professional Professional Professional Professional Professional Professional Total Column C Total Total Column B Total Column A Total Evidence . (602) $30 __ $ ______ArcView . (604) $20 __ $ ______Tectonics . (606) $15 __ $ ______Mentor Program . (552) Free __ $ ______1. NAGT: Innovative Course Design . (601) $302. __ Evolution: Investigating the $ ______3. Fun with Planetary Geology . (603) $204. __ GIS: Beginner to Intermediate $ ______5. This Dynamic Planet . (605) $ 56. __ Inquiry Learning in Plate $ ______7. Dr. Art’s Guide to Planet Earth . (607) $308. __ Exploring Plate Tectonics $ ______. (608) $259. __ NAGT: Effective Lab Exercises . (609) $30 $ ______$ ______SHORT COURSES (p. 32) SHORT 1. Fluid Flow in Fault and Fracture Zones 2. Digital Mapping Systems 3. Science of Earthquakes 4. Environmental Isotopes in Groundwater 5. Spatial Variations in Hydraulic Conductivity 6. Mobilization of Metals from Fossil Fuels 7. Methods in Applied Contaminant Geochemistry 8. GIS for the Geosciences IEE-SPONSORED EVENTS (p. 27) 1. Geology on Public Lands . (550) $35 __2. Geology in Government $ ______K–16 WORKSHOPS (p. 35) FEES REMITTED TOTAL 10. NAGT: Preparing to Teach . (610) $25 __11. Hands-On GIS—Int. to Adv. $ . (611) $20 ______12. __ Undergrad. Research Program . (612) $20 $ ______13. __ Linking Science and Art . (613) $30 $ ______14. Integrating GIS into Curriculum . (614) $20 $ ______$ ______Column B Qty Amount $ ______Lunch, Mon. . (302) $26 __ $ ______Lunch, Wed. . (312) $26 __ $ ______Deformation . (413) $285 __ $ ______Central Nevada . (405) $300 __ $ ______Records . (406) $250 __ $ ______1. G&PP Breakfast, Sun. . (301) $172. __ NAGT & Geosci. Ed. Div. $ ______3. AWG Breakfast, Tue. . (303) $174. History Geology Div. Lunch, Tue. . (304) __ $26 $ ______5. Hydrogeology Div. Lunch, Tue. $ . (305) $26 ______6. __ MSA Lunch, Tue. . (306) $26 $ ______7. __ Paleontological Society Lunch, Tue. (307) $26 $ ______8. __ SEG Lunch, Tue. $ . (308) $26 ______9. __ GIS Lunch, Tue. . (309) $26 $ ______$ ______1. Birding, Great Basin, Sun. . (101) $28 __2. Other Side of Reno, Sun. $ ______. (102) $323. Paddlewheel Cruise, Sun. __ . (103) $42 $ ______4. __ Lake Tahoe–Truckee, Mon. . (104) $49 $ ______5. Virginia City, Mon. $ . (105) $35 ______6. Virginia City, Tue. __ . (106) $35 $ ______7. __ Lake Tahoe–Truckee, Tue. $ . (107) $49 ______8. Galleries, Antiques & Champ., Tue. __ (108) $31 $ ______9. Carson City, Basque Country, Wed. __ (109) $45 $ ______$ ______1. Spirit of the Dance . (201) $45 __ $ _____ 1. Sierra Nevada Block . (401) $520 __2. $ Neoproterozoic Glacial Record ______. (402) $340 __3. $ ______White-Inyo Range, California . (403) $265__4. $ Yucca Mountain Site ______. (404) $220 __5. Stratigraphy, Structure, $ ______6. Neogene-Quaternary Hillslope 7. Paleozoic Roof Pendants . (407) $210 __8. $ Paleozoic Subduction Complex ______. (408) $265 __9. Truckee River & Pyramid Lake $. (409) $75 ______$ ______GUEST ACTIVITIES (p. 42) Cruise, Wed. 10.Paddlewheel . (110) $42 __SPECIAL EVENTS (p. 45) $ ______TICKETED GROUP FUNCTIONS 10. MSA/GS Recept., Prof., Tue. . (310) $1011. __ MSA/GS Recept., Student, Tue. . (311) $ 5 $ ______12. Engineering Geology Div. $ ______FIELD TRIPS (p. 29) 10. Geoarchaeology, Carson Desert . (410) $70 __11. Verdi Basin $ ______. (411) $7012. Lake Tahoe Active Faults __ . (412) $70 $ ______13. Mid-Mesozoic Plutonism, $ ______14. Pre-Tertiary, Nevada Test Site . (414) $230 __ $15. Global Ordovician Boundaries ______. (415) $295 __ $16. Late Cenozoic Crustal Extension ______. (416) $340 __17. Lake Tecopa and Its Environs $ ______. (417) $95 __18. Pershing Carbonate Olistostrome . (418) $80 $ ______19. Hydrology of Tahoe Basin . (419) $225 $ ______$20. Earthquakes, Surface Faulting ______. (420) $345 __ $21. Eocene Magmatism of NE Nev. ______. (421) $260 __ $ ______Column B Total Male Female ENO * Column A Male Female R $______Social Security # — * s Country ______For CEU credit Total Column A Total 6075 1 1 $______$______3 3 ) 9080 (31) $ 4040 N/A N/A N/A 1 1 1 $______$______$______3 3 3 3 ORM Discover Diners Club F Will you be working in the exhibit hall? Yes No Full Meeting One Day Qty US$ Amt. Purchase Orders not accepted. : Check #______American Express VISA MasterCard 303-443-1510 or 303-447-0648 GSA ANNUAL MEETING, BOX 9140 P.O. 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Preregistration November 9–18, 2000 ______Please print clearly • THIS AREA IS FOR YOUR BADGE * FAX TO: FAX MAIL TO: Remit in U.S. funds payable to 2000 GSA Annual Meeting (All preregistrations must be prepaid. Payment by ______Card Number Expire ______Signature Preregistration Fees (US$) Preregistration Check member affiliation(s) (to qualify for registration discount): (a) GSA Mbr #______*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. Professional Member* . (10) $260Professional Member 70 & Older . $210 (12) Professional Nonmember . $335 (14) (11) $160Student Member or Associate Member* . (30) $ Student Nonmember . (13) $110 (32) $120 (15) $186Guest or Spouse** . (90) $ 1K (33) $ Short Course or Field Trip Only 1 . (95) $ 1 $______$______$______

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