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Geology & Paleontology VOLUME 13, NUMBER 4/5 APRIL/MAY 2003 GSA TODAY publishes news and information for more than 17,000 GSA members and subscribing libraries. GSA Today lead science articles should present the results of exciting new COVER research or summarize and synthesize important problems or Nisqually Glacier at Mount Rainier issues, and they must be understandable to all in the earth National Park, Washington. Photo by science community. Submit manuscripts to science editors Keith A. Howard, [email protected], or Gerald M. Ross, John Karachewski. [email protected]. GSA TODAY (ISSN 1052-5173) is published 11 times per year, monthly, with a combined April/May issue, by The Geological Society of America, Inc., with offices at 3300 Penrose Place, Boulder, Colorado. Mailing address: P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, U.S.A. Periodicals postage paid at Boulder, Colorado, and at additional mailing offices. 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