Come One, Come All!

November 1—10, 2001

Annual Meeting and Exposition

Premeeting Field Trips: November 1–4 Short Courses and Workshops: November 3–4 Deadlines: Preregistration: September 28 Presidential Address: November 4 Cancellation: October 5 Exhibits Open: November 4–7 Abstracts Submission, Paper: July 17 Abstracts Submission, Online: July 24 Technical Program: November 5–8 2001 GSA Annual Meeting Sponsors Postmeeting Field Trips: November 9–10 Subaru of America, Inc. ExxonMobil Exploration Corporation The Brunton Company Come One, Come All! Philips Analytical 2001 GSA Annual Meeting Host The Geological Society of America invites YOU to participate in its Annual Meeting in Boston this November. And what a meeting it will be! Superb science, great facilities, Boston College exciting field trips and workshops, and wonderful food and entertainment—all in a 2001 GSA Annual Meeting modern, vibrant city that retains an old-world flair. Local Committee This meeting has something for everyone. Note the breadth and quality of the Chairman proposed Pardee Symposia and Topical Sessions detailed on the following pages. J. Christopher Hepburn These reflect the cutting edge and diversity of our science at the beginning of the (617) 552-3642 third millennium. In addition, eight Hot Topic forums will cover current or controversial [email protected] issues and dozens of discipline sessions. Technical Program Co-Chairs Submit your abstract now! All the technical sessions will be held in the modern and David M. Bush recently renovated facilities of the Hynes Convention Center in the heart of downtown (770) 836-4597 Boston. Add in the numerous division and society meetings, alumni reunions, and the [email protected] opportunity to meet and network with old friends and new, and you have a meeting you can’t afford to miss. Robert Young (828) 227-7647 But wait, there is more! More than 25 diverse field trips, with excursions that will [email protected] appeal to every specialty, are planned. From the mountains of New England to the beaches of Maine and even to subterranean Boston, there is an excursion just for Field Trip Co-Chairs you. The meeting also includes short courses, workshops, and special forums. Dave West An exciting program for guests is planned, featuring history (Freedom Trail, Concord (802) 443-5029 and Lexington, Plymouth, Sturbridge) and natural history (birding). There will be [email protected] plenty for the nongeologist—as well as for the geologist who wants a break from the Richard (Dick) Bailey technical sessions—to do. (617) 373-3181 And, there’s Boston itself! Space doesn’t even begin to allow room for a list of the [email protected] things to do and see in this charming and modern, yet very historical, city. Museums, K–16 Education Co-Chairs shopping, fine dining, Irish pubs—you name it, Boston has it. The action this Alan Kafka November will be at GSA Boston. So submit your abstract, grab your slides and your (617) 552-3650 field gear, come, participate, and enjoy! [email protected] Catherine L. Summa J. Christopher Hepburn (507) 457-5269 [email protected] Chairman, 2001 GSAAnnual Meeting Local Committee

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 15 PARDEE KEYNOTE Silver Spring, Md.; Yildirim Dilek, Miami of the geochemical and geological sciences. University, Oxford, Ohio. Mon., Nov. 5, ORAL SYMPOSIA 1:30–5:30 p.m. K7 The Watershed Within: Scientific and Invited Papers Ophiolites are an important and controversial Moral Reflections on Water in the 21st K1 Geobiology: Applications to topic in geology, strongly linked to many earth Century Sedimentary Geology processes of the seafloor, crust, and mantle. Studies of ophiolites have both reflected and Critical Issues Subcommittee of Geology and Nora Noffke and Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard advanced the methods and theories of geology Public Policy; GSA Quaternary Geology and University, Cambridge, Mass. Thurs., Nov. 8, for more than 200 years. This symposium will Geomorphology Division; Institute for Earth 8 a.m.–noon. provide a forum to discuss the history and Science and the Environment. George W. Fisher, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Microorganisms influence sedimentary development of ideas, principles, and theories Md. Wed., Nov. 7, 1:30–5:30 p.m. processes, and the geobiological signatures established in the geological sciences as a they impart provide potentially useful tools in result of the investigations of ophiolites and Water use and allocation are critical global reconstructions of paleoclimate and paleo- ophiolitic rocks through time. ORAL policy issues. One-third of the world lives in environment. This session explores microbial K5 The Emerging Discipline of Medical areas subject to water stress. Discussions of processes in recent sediments and the distri- water use must consider availability, human Geology bution of geobiological signatures in time and equity, and needs of both ecosystems and space. ORAL Institute for Earth Science and the future generations. They require both a scien- Environment; Armed Forces Institute of tific understanding of water resources and a K2 Melt in the Crust and Upper Mantle: Pathology; International Union of Geological moral sense of how stakeholders value water How Much, Where, for How Long, and Sciences; U.S. Geological Survey; and understand equity. This symposium will What Significance for Geodynamics? COGENENVIRONMENT; IGCP #454; Swedish explore both the scientific and moral dimen- GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Geological Survey; Institute for Metal Biology. sions of global water issues. ORAL Division; Geochemical Society; Mineralogical Dennis Goldman, Geological Society of Society of America. Tracy Rushmer, University America, Boulder, Colo.; José A. Centeno, K8 Water’s Many Forms in the Solar of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.; Michael Brown, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, System: Implications for Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.; Washington, D.C.; Peter T. Bobrowsky, Exploration, and Life George Bergantz, University of Washington, International Union of Geological Sciences, GSA Planetary Geology Division. Susan E.H. Seattle, Wash.; Greg Hirth, Woods Hole Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; H. Sakimoto, University of Maryland, Baltimore Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Mass. Catherine W. Skinner, Yale University, New County, Goddard Earth Science and Tech- Tues., Nov. 6, 8 a.m.–noon. Haven, Conn. Mon., Nov. 5, 8 a.m.–noon. nology Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Tracy K.P. Gregg, The University at Buffalo, State This symposium brings together innovative The emerging discipline of medical geology University of New York, Buffalo, N.Y. Wed., scientists with backgrounds in petrology, assesses the effects of static and dynamic Nov. 7, 8 a.m.–noon. geochemistry, rock properties, and tectonics to earth science factors—natural and anthro- consider melt-related processes in the litho- pogenic—on ecological and human health. Our recent discoveries of the role of water in sphere. Speakers will address these processes Health issues related to earth science factors the solar system and our expanding under- at a variety of length scales, involving estab- will likely affect each of us within our lifetime. standing of environmental ranges conducive to lished and new techniques to give new insights More geoscientists need to become aware of life on Earth promise to drive planetary explor- into the role of melt during orogenesis. ORAL the field and involved in research. This sym- ation and research in the coming decades. posium will bring together geoscientists and This session explores our current under- K3 Nanogeology: The Application of medical professionals to increase the aware- standing of solar system water, recent solar Nanotechnology in Earth Sciences ness of these impacts and the need/potential system discoveries revolutionizing our under- Jaakko K. Putkonen, University of Washington, for research. ORAL standing of the role of water, their implications Seattle, Wash. Thurs., Nov. 8, 1:30–5:30 p.m. K6 The Future of Biogeochemistry: for environments amenable to life, and our A Symposium in Honor of Harold C. capabilities and motivations for continued Emerging nanotechnology allows manufac- exploration. ORAL turing of miniature devices that compute, move, Helgeson sense their environment, and repair them- Geochemical Society. Dimitri A. Sverjensky, selves. Potential applications for nanogeology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Jan include: ultra-small sensors and devices, Amend and Everett L. Shock, Washington including transducers for force, pressure, and University, St. Louis, Mo.; Eric H. Oelkers, chemical compounds; and molecular gears, University of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. motors, and actuators. Now is the time to plan Tue., Nov. 6, 1:30–5:30 p.m. for applications and shape the future with groundbreaking innovations. ORAL We wish to honor and celebrate Hal Helgeson’s achievements in theoretical K4 Ophiolites as Problem and Solution in geochemistry, and particularly his current goals the Evolution of Geological Thinking and projects bearing on the origin of petro- GSA History of Geology Division; GSA leum, the biogeochemistry of proteins, and Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; enzymes at high temperatures with this sym- International Geology Division; Society of posium. We hope to draw as many research- Economic Geologists; History of Earth ers as possible to the exciting research Massachusetts coastline. Sciences Society. Sally Newcomb, retired, possibilities in areas that cross the boundaries

16 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY TOPICAL AND Hirth, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.; Michael Brown, University DISCIPLINE SESSIONS of Maryland, College Park, Md.; George Bergantz, University of Washington, Seattle, Invited and Wash. ORAL or POSTER Volunteered Papers Tectonics; Remote Sensing/Geographic Topical Sessions Information System; Geochemistry, Other Following is a listing of all approved Topical T6 Evolution of the Precambrian Earth Sessions. These sessions are topically focused with a mix of invited and volunteered GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural papers. Sessions are designed to promote the Geology and Tectonics Division. Walter D. exchange of interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art Mooney, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, information. Authors can submit papers to a Calif.; Herwart Helmstaedt, Queen’s University, specific topical session and may choose up to Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Desmond E. three scientific categories. After each topical Moser, Salt Lake City, Utah; Irina Artemieva, description below, the categories are identified University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. by name as they appear on the abstract form. ORAL or POSTER PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY IN THE MODE (oral Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; or poster) AND CATEGORIES INDICATED in Geochemistry, Other; Structural Geology the description. An abstract submitted in the incorrect mode will be transferred automatically T7 The Proterozoic of the Eastern to a discipline session. For a description of Midcontinent and Beyond each session, visit www.geosociety.org. GSA Geophysics Division; Illinois Basin Online Abstracts Deadline: July 24 Mesozoic dolerite dikes cutting Proterozoic Dedham Consortium. James A. Drahovzal, Lexington, Granite. Light gray xenolith of Ky.; John H. McBride, Illinois State Geological Please use the new online electronic abstract Proterozoic Westboro formation in upper left of Survey and Dept. of Geology, Champaign, Ill. form found on the GSA Web site. An abstract photo. Saugus, Mass. Photo by Richard H. Bailey. ORAL or POSTER submission fee will be charged. The fee is $15 for all students; $25 for all others. (See page Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; 23 for more information.) Precambrian Geology; Tectonics; Petrology, Igneous; Remote Sensing/Geo- Discipline Sessions Geochemistry, Other graphic Information System From the list found on the abstract form, you T3 Focus on IGCP: Modern and Ancient T8 “Traces” of Soil Ecosystems through may choose up to three discipline categories Plate Boundaries and Orogens the Phanerozoic: New Insights into you feel your abstract would fit best for GSA International Division; U.S. National Terrestrial Paleoecology, organizing purposes. The Joint Technical Committee on the Geological Sciences; Paleohydrology, and Paleoclimate Program Committee representatives organize International Geologic Correlation Program Stephen T. Hasiotis, Indiana State University, the papers in sessions focused on projects 453, 426, 440, 436, 433. Suzanne M. Terre Haute, Ind.; Marilyn D. Wegweiser, Ball disciplines—for example, environmental Kay, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; Eldridge State University, Muncie, Ind. ORAL geoscience or mineralogy. M. Moores, University of California, Davis, Calif.; Mark Cloos, University of Texas, Austin, Paleontology/Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology/ TOPICAL SESSIONS Tex. ORAL or POSTER Paleoceanography; Geochemistry, Organic T1 Arc Terranes in the Appalachians Tectonics; Petrology, Igneous; Geophysics/ T9 New Insights into Late Ordovician and Caledonides and Their Role in Tectonophysics/Seismology Climate, Oceanography, and Paleozoic Orogenesis Tectonics T4 Crustal Architecture of Rifted Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Continental Margins GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Michael Williamstown, Mass.; James P. Hibbard, North C. Pope, Washington State University, Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.; Anke Webster V. Mohriak, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Pullman, Wash.; Mark T. Harris, University M. Friedrich, Caltech, Pasadena, Calif. ORAL Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bruce R. Rosendahl, of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc. ORAL or Miami, Fla. Combined ORAL and POSTER POSTER Tectonics; Geochemistry, Other; Petrology, Igneous Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Paleontology/Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology/ Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Sys- Paleoceanography; Sediments, Carbonates T2 Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the tem; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Grenville Orogen in Eastern North T10 Holocene Climate Change: Seasonal America T5 Melt in the Crust and Upper Mantle: Variability to Centennial Trends How Much, Where, for How Long, and Lisa Greer, University of Miami, Miami, Fla.; Richard Tollo, George Washington University, What Significance for Geodynamics? Washington, D.C.; Louise Corriveau, David Hodell, University of Florida, Gainesville, Geological Survey of Canada, Sainte-Foy, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Fla. ORAL Quebec, Canada; M.J. Bartholomew, Division; Mineralogical Society of America; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Geochemical Society. Tracy Rushmer, Planetary Geology; Public Policy ORAL University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.; Greg

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 17 T11 Sulfur Cycling in Precambrian to London, Egham, Surrey, U.K.; Howard Falcon- Ill.; Derek B. Booth, University of Washington, Recent Ocean-Atmosphere Systems: Lang, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Seattle, Wash. POSTER A Session Honoring the Career of Scotia, Canada. ORAL Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Strati- William T. Holser Sediments, Clastic; Paleontology/Paleobotany; graphy; Engineering Geology Geochemical Society. Timothy W. Lyons, Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.; Alan J. T23 Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits: Kaufman, University of Maryland, College T18 Radiometric Dating in a Sequence Roles of Basin Evolution, Tectonics, Park, Md. ORAL Stratigraphic Framework, Paleozoic and Geochemistry in Ore Genesis through Cenozoic Geochemistry, Aqueous; Geomicrobiology; Society of Economic Geologists. Donald F. Precambrian Geology W. Burleigh Harris, University of North Sangster, North Gower, Ontario, Canada; Carolina, Wilmington, N.C.; Gerald R. Baum, George P. Cole, Cominco American Incorp- T12 Stratigraphic Paleobiology Maryland Geological Survey, Baltimore, Md.; orated, Spokane, Wash.; John F. Slack, U.S. Paul D. Fullagar, University of North Carolina, Geological Survey, Reston, Va. ORAL Paleontological Society. Steven M. Holland, Chapel Hill, N.C. ORAL University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.; Mark E. Economic Geology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Patzkowsky, Pennsylvania State University, Stratigraphy; Geochemistry, Other; Paleon- Tectonics University Park, Pa. ORAL tology/Paleobotany T24 Dynamics of Sediments and Paleontology/Paleobotany; Public Policy; T19 New Perspectives on the Character Sedimentary Environments: A Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography and Origin of Late Cretaceous– Session in Honor of John B. Southard T13 Foraminifera: Barometers Cenozoic Sequences on the U.S. GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM of the Biotic and Abiotic World Atlantic Margin (Society for Sedimentary Geology). Peter R. Cushman Foundation. Martin A. Buzas, Kenneth G. Miller, Rutgers, The State Wilcock, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; University of New Jersey, Piscataway, N.J.; Md.; Chris Paola, University of Minnesota, Stephen J. Culver, East Carolina University, Peter J. Sugarman, New Jersey Geological Minneapolis, Minn. ORAL Survey, Trenton, N.J.; Nicholas Christie-Blick, Greenville, N.C. ORAL Sediments, Clastic; Stratigraphy; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Marine/Coastal Science Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography; Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y. ORAL Paleontology/Paleobotany; Marine/Coastal T25 Geochemistry of Siliciclastic Science Stratigraphy; Paleoclimatology/ Paleoceanography; Sediments, Clastic Materials: Provenance, Paleoclimates, T14 Partnerships in Paleontology: and Plate Tectonic Settings T20 Near-Surface Stratigraphic Involving the Public GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. in Collaborative Research Heterogeneity Beneath the Coastal Christopher M. Fedo, George Washington Plain and Continental Shelf of Paleontological Society. Paul G. Harnik and University, Washington, D.C.; Grant M. Young Eastern North America: Spatial and and H. Wayne Nesbitt, University of Western Robert M. Ross, Paleontological Research Temporal Influences on Frame- Institution, Ithaca, N.Y. ORAL Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; J. Michael work Geology, Processes, Palin, Australian National University, Canberra, Paleontology/Paleobotany; Geoscience Sedimentation, and Morphology Australia. ORAL Education; Geoscience Information/ M. Scott Harris, Coastal Carolina University, Communication Sediments, Clastic; Paleoclimatology/ Conway, S.C.; Gerald H. Johnson, College of Paleoceanography; Tectonics T15 Special Session in Honor of Half William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. POSTER Zantop T26 Geochemistry of Organic-Rich Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Marine/ Sediments from Estuaries, Society of Economic Geologists. Helen N. Coastal Science; Stratigraphy Continental Shelves, Basins, and Mango, Castleton State College, Castleton, T21 Recent Advances Upwelling Zones Vt.; J. Bruce Gemmell, University of Tasmania, in Deep-Water Facies Models Tasmania, Australia. ORAL John F. Bratton, U.S. Geological Survey, GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM Woods Hole, Mass.; Jennifer L. Morford, Economic Geology; Geochemistry, Other (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Sequence Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. ORAL or POSTER T16 Insects and Terrestrial Arthropods Stratigraphy Research Group. Art D. Donovan, in the Fossil Record: Are So Many BP, Houston, Tex.; Morgan D. Sullivan, Geochemistry, Other; Marine/Coastal Science; Really Represented by So Few? ExxonMobil, Houston, Tex. ORAL Sediments, Clastic Paleontological Society. Robert E. Nelson, Sediments, Clastic; Stratigraphy; T27 Evaporite Systems: The Geology, Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Colby College, Waterville, Maine. Combined Paleontology, and Biology of ORAL and POSTER T22 Quaternary Stratigraphy in Evaporite and Near-Evaporite Paleontology/Paleobotany; Public Policy; Glaciated Terranes: Techniques, Systems in Both Terrestrial and Stratigraphy Tools, and Mapping Extraterrestrial Environments T17 The Fossil Record of Fire: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology NASAAstrobiology Institute–Johnson Space Recognition and Effects Division. Kathy Goetz Troost, University of Center. Susan J. Wentworth, Lockheed Martin, Washington, Seattle, Wash.; Richard C. Berg, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex.; Andrew C. Scott, Royal Holloway, University of Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Penny A. Morris, University of Houston–

18 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY Downtown, Houston, Tex. Combined ORAL College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience; and POSTER Ontario, Canada. ORAL Engineering Geology Geomicrobiology; Paleontology/Paleobotany; Marine/Coastal Science; Stratigraphy; Public T38 Flow and Transport in Fractured Sediments, Carbonates Policy Aquifers—From Field Character- ization to Model Construction T28 High-Resolution Investigations of T34 Coastal Geology of the National Parks GSA Hydrogeology Division. Todd Halihan, the Morphodynamics and GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Institute Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.; Sedimentary Evolution of Estuaries for Earth Science and the Environment. David A. Benson, Desert Research Institute, Rebecca L. Beavers, National Park Service, Jasper Knight, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Reno, Nev. ORAL U.K.; Duncan FitzGerald, Boston University, Denver, Colo.; Suzette M. Kimball, U.S. Boston, Mass.; Christopher K. Sommerfield, Geological Survey, Kearneysville, W.Va. ORAL Hydrogeology; Engineering Geology; University of Delaware, Lewes, Del. ORAL and POSTER Environmental Geoscience Marine/Coastal Science; Quaternary Geology/ Marine/Coastal Science; Sediments, Clastic; T39 Geochemistry of Karst Waters: A Geomorphology; Sediments, Clastic Public Policy Window on Hydrogeology and Biota T29 Linking Sediment Dynamics T35 Diffusive Transport Processes J.B. Martin, University of Florida, Gainesville, and Stratigraphy in in the Subsurface Fla.; C. Groves, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky. ORAL Modern-Holocene Estuaries GSA Hydrogeology Division. Thomas B. GSA Sedimentary Geology Division. Boving, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Christopher Sommerfield, University of Del- R.I.; John E. McCray, Colorado School of Sediments, Carbonates aware, Lewes, Del.; Rocky Geyer, Woods Hole Mines, Golden, Colo. ORAL T40 Isotopic Tracers and Thermal Ano- Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; ORAL maly Data as Constraints on Ground- Environmental Geoscience water Flow Patterns and Climate Marine/Coastal Science; Quaternary T36 Uncertainty in Vadose Zone History within Sedimentary Systems Geology/Geomorphology; Stratigraphy Flow and Transport Prediction GSA Hydrogeology Division. Maria Clara T30 Anoxia and Black Shale Deposition GSA Hydrogeology Division. Michael J. Nicholl, Castro, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mark A. Person, University of D. Jeffrey Over, State University of New York, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; Robert M. Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. ORAL or Geneseo, N.Y.; Frank Ettensohn, University of Holt, University of Mississippi, University, Miss. POSTER Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. ORAL ORAL Hydrogeology; Paleoclimatology/ Stratigraphy; Paleoclimatology/ Hydrogeology; Engineering Geology; Paleoceanography; Economic Geology Paleoceanography; Sediments, Clastic Environmental Geoscience T41 Groundwater Availability Modeling T31 The Margins of Reefs T37 Recent Advancements in Aquifer and Carbonate Platforms Hydraulics and Their Applications GSA Hydrogeology Division. Robert E. Mace, to Aquifer and Vadose Zone Charac- Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Tex.; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM Bridget R. Scanlon and Alan R. Dutton, (Society for Sedimentary Geology). Edward L. terization,Remediation,and Dewatering University of Texas, Austin, Tex. ORAL Winterer, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, GSA Hydrogeology Division. Hongbin Zhan, La Jolla, Calif.; Robert N. Ginsburg, University Texas A&M University, College Station, Tex.; Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience; of Miami, Miami, Fla. ORAL Vitaly A. Zlotnik, University of Nebraska, Public Policy Lincoln, Nebr. ORAL Sediments, Carbonates; Sediments, Clastic; Stratigraphy T32 America’s Coastal Crisis—Providing the Geoscience Information Needed to Conserve and Protect Coastal Resources GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. S. Jeffress Williams, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Mass.; Shea Penland, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, La. ORAL or POSTER Environmental Geoscience; Geoscience Education; Economic Geology T33 Coastal Erosion Programs: Collaborative Geologic Research in Action Harry Martin Jol, University of Wisconsin, Eau View to south from East Point, Nahant, across Massachusetts Bay toward Boston. Rocks are Early Claire, Wisc.; Sandy Vanderburgh, University Cambrian strata injected by mafic sills and dikes. Nahant, Mass. Photo by Richard H. Bailey.

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 19 T42 Groundwater Discharge to Estuaries T48 Application of Geochemistry to Alexandria, Va. ORAL Understanding Groundwater–Surface GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Ground Engineering Geology; Hydrogeology; Structural Water Interactions Water Association. Thomas E. McKenna, Geology Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, Del.; GSA Hydrogeology Division. James M. Jonathan B. Martin, University of Florida, Thomas, Desert Research Institute, Reno, T54 Case Histories in Site Gainesville, Fla. ORAL Nev.; Timothy P. Rose, Lawrence Livermore Characterization National Lab, Livermore, Calif. ORAL Hydrogeology; Marine/Coastal Science; GSA Engineering Geology Division; Environmental Geoscience Geochemistry, Aqueous; Hydrogeology; Association of Engineering Geologists. Judy Environmental Geoscience Ehlen, USA Engineer Research and Develop- T43 Iron in Sedimentary Aquifers: ment Center, Alexandria, Va.; Allen Wayne Biological, Chemical, and Physical T49 Novel Approaches to Tracing Hatheway, Retired Professor of Geological Controls on Iron Mobility Groundwater Flow Systems and Engineering, University of Missouri, Rolla, Mo. ORAL GSA Hydrogeology Division; SEPM (Society Aquifer Processes: Applications of for Sedimentary Geology). Janet S. Herman, Isotopic and Trace Element Data Engineering Geology; Structural Geology; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; GSA Hydrogeology Division. Kevin H. Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, U.S. Geological Survey, Johannesson, Old Dominion University, Reston, Va.; Marjorie A. Chan, University of Norfolk, Va.; Alan E. Fryar, University of T55 The Geologic and Human Landscape Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. ORAL Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. ORAL of Prehistoric Mines and Quarries GSAArchaeological Geology Division. Philip C. Hydrogeology; Sediments, Clastic; Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; LaPorta, City University of New York, The Geochemistry, Aqueous Environmental Geoscience Graduate Center, New York, N.Y. ORAL T44 Hydrology and Hydrogeology T50 High-Resolution Geochemical of Extreme Environments Archaeological Geology; Quaternary Geology/ Bioarchives: Recognition of Signals Geomorphology; Economic Geology GSA Hydrogeology Division. W. Berry Lyons, and Implications for Evolution, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. ORAL Paleoecology, and Paleoclimatology T56 Geology Applied to Gas Works Site Characterization Hydrogeology; Geochemistry, Aqueous; Paleontological Society. David H. Goodwin, Environmental Geoscience University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.; Stephen A. GSA Engineering Geology Division; Schellenberg, University of California, Santa Association of Engineering Geologists. Allen T45 Borehole Geophysical Analysis Cruz, Calif. ORAL Wayne Hatheway, Retired Professor of Geo- Techniques for the Definition of logical Engineering, University of Missouri, Aquifer Properties Paleontology/Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology/ Rolla, Mo.; Dennis Unites, Atlantic Environ- Paleoceanography; Geochemistry, Other mental Services/GEI, Colchester, Conn. ORAL GSA Hydrogeology Division. Frederick L. Paillet, Littleton, Colo.; Allen M. Shapiro, U.S. T51 Novel Applications of Bulk and Engineering Geology; Environmental Geological Survey, Reston, Va. ORAL Compound Specific Stable and Geoscience; Hydrogeology Radiogenic Isotopes for the Solution Hydrogeology; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ of Problems in Organic Geochemistry T57 Evaluation of Sources, Aggregates, Seismology; Environmental Geoscience Quarries, Construction Materials, and Michael H. Engel, University of Oklahoma, Engineering Structures Using Field T46 Applications of Sedimentology Norman, Okla.; Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Woods Hole and Laboratory Techniques and Geophysics in Hydrogeology Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA ORAL GSA Engineering Geology Division; Sedimentology Division. David W Hyndman, Association of Engineering Geologists. Peter P. Geochemistry, Organic; Geomicrobiology; Hudec, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.; Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography Sarah Kruse, University of South Florida, Tampa, Canada; Terry R. West, Purdue University, Fla.; Gary Stephen Weissmann, Michigan T52 Geologic Research and Projects West Lafayette, Ind. ORAL State University, East Lansing, Mich. ORAL for Understanding 21st Century Engineering Geology; Environmental Engineering Geology Hydrogeology; Public Policy; Geophysics/ Geoscience; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Tectonophysics/Seismology GSA Engineering Geology Division; Associ- Seismology ation of Engineering Geologists. Duane A. T47 Developing Countries Session: T58 Construction and Geology of the Eversoll, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Massachusetts Water Resources Sustainable Groundwater Manage- Nebr. POSTER ment in Developing Countries for Authority Tunnel, Eastern Protecting the Quality and Quantity of Engineering Geology; Environmental Massachusetts Groundwater Geoscience; Geoscience Education GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Association of Geoscientists for International T53 Geology and Tunneling: Engineering Geology Division. Mario Development (AGID); GSA International Case Histories Carnevale, Hager Geoscience, Waltham, Division. Shrikant Daji Limaye, President, GSA Engineering Geology Division; American Mass.; Stephen B. Mabee, University of AGID and Vice-President (Asia), International Rock Mechanics Association. Herbert H. Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. ORAL Association of Hydrogeologists, Poona-Pune, Einstein, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- India. Combined ORAL and POSTER nology, Cambridge, Mass.; Judy Ehlen, USA Engineering Geology; Hydrogeology; Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology Hydrogeology; Environmental Geoscience Engineer Research and Development Center,

20 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY T59 Rheological Effects of Fluid-Rock Engineering Geology; Environmental Geo- University, Oxford, Ohio; Sally Newcomb, Interactions at Depth: From science; Public Policy retired, Silver Spring, Md. ORAL or POSTER Experimental Constraints to Inter- T65 Erosion of Non-Lithified Sediments; History of Geology; Tectonics; Petrology, Igneous pretations of Field Observations Observations and Models from T71 Prospecting for Humor in a Geological GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Millimeter to Hillslope Scales Division; GSA Geophysics Division. Tim Vein: Mining a Renewable Resource GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Wawrzyniec, University of Texas, Austin, Tex.; Raymond Pestrong, San Francisco State Division. Jaakko K. Putkonen, University of Jane Selverstone, University of New Mexico, University, San Francisco, Calif.; Richard Washington, Seattle, Wash. ORAL or POSTER Albuquerque, N.M. ORAL or POSTER Lambert, Skyline College, San Bruno, Calif. ORAL Structural Geology; Geophysics/Tectono- Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology; Sedi- ments, Clastic; Environmental Geoscience physics/Seismology; Petrology, Experimental Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/ Communication; History of Geology T60 Rock Slope Stability in Surface T66 Coal Systems Analysis: A New Approach to the Understanding and Underground Excavations T72 Geoscience Information: A Dynamic of Coal Formation, Coal Quality Odyssey GSA Engineering Geology Division; and Environmental Considerations, Association of Engineering Geologists. Chester and Coal as a Source Rock for Geoscience Information Society. Michael Mark Watts, Radford University, Radford, Va.; Terry Hydrocarbons Noga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, R. West, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Cambridge, Mass.; Barbara J. DeFelice, Ind. ORAL GSA Coal Geology Division; U.S. Geological Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. ORAL Survey. Peter D. Warwick and Robert C. Milici, Engineering Geology; Structural Geology; U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. ORAL Geoscience Information/Communication; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Geoscience Education; Public Policy Coal Geology; Economic Geology; Sediments, T61 Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Clastic T73 Databases to Knowledge Bases: Science, Regulation, and Health The Informatics Revolution Implications T67 Archaeological Geology and the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition Association of American State Geologists. GSA Hydrogeology Division. Stuart Rojstaczer, Walter S. Snyder, Boise State University, Duke University, Durham, N.C.; Stephen GSAArchaeological Geology Division. Vance T. Boise, Idaho; Herman B. Zimmerman, National Peters, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Holliday, Madison, Wisc.; Rolfe Mandel, Science Foundation, Arlington, Va.; M. Lee Mich. Combined ORAL and POSTER University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.; Allison, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Christopher L. Hill, Montana State University, Kans. ORAL Geochemistry, Aqueous; Hydrogeology; Public Bozeman, Mont. ORAL Policy Geoscience Information/Communication; Archaeological Geology; Planetary Geology; Public Policy; Remote Sensing/Geographic T62 Munitions:Sources,Fate,andTransport Paleontology/Paleobotany Information System U.S. Army Environmental Center. Bonnie T68 Old World Archaeology and T74 Geoinformatics: Extracting Packer and Ira May, U.S. Army Environmental Quaternary Environments Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. ORAL Knowledge from the Rock Record GSAArchaeological Geology Division. Paul Through Construction of Disciplinary Environmental Geoscience; Geochemistry, Goldberg, Boston University, Boston, Mass.; Databases and Information Networks Other; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Christopher L. Hill, Montana State University, A.K. Sinha, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and T63 Contributions of High-Resolution Bozeman, Mont. ORAL State University, Blacksburg, Va. POSTER Geophysics to Understanding Archaeological Geology; Planetary Geology; Geoscience Information/Communication; Neotectonics and Seismic Hazard Paleontology/Paleobotany Remote Sensing/Geographic Information GSA Geophysics Division, GSA Engineering T69 Geobiography: Life Histories of System; Precambrian Geology Geology Division. John H. McBride, University Geologists as a Way to Understand T75 Applications and New Opportunities of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, How Science Operates Ill.; William J. Stephenson, U.S. Geological in Geologic Remote Sensing Survey, Denver, Colo. ORAL GSA History of Geology Division; History of GSA Geophysics Division. G. Randy Keller, Earth Sciences Society. Michele L. Aldrich, University of Texas, El Paso, Tex.; Simon J. Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology; Hatfield, Mass.; Alan E. Leviton, California Neotectonics/Paleoseismology; Quaternary Hook, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Calif. Calif. ORAL or POSTER Geology/Geomorphology ORAL or POSTER T64 Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Remote Sensing/Geographic Information History of Geology; Geoscience Education; System; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/ Geology and Risk Assessment in the Geoscience Information/Communication Seismology; Geoscience 21st Century T70 Ophiolites as Problem and Solution in Information/Communication GSA Engineering Geology Division; the Evolution of Geological Thinking Association of Engineering Geologists. William T76 Geology in the National Parks; C. Haneberg, Haneberg Geoscience, Port GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Research, Mapping, Education, Orchard, Wash.; Scott F. Burns, Portland State Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; and Interpretation University, Portland, Ore. ORAL International Geology Division, History of Earth Bruce Heise and James F. Wood, National Sciences Society. Yildirim Dilek, Miami Park Service, Lakewood, Colo. ORAL

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 21 T80 Models and Approaches to Teaching T86 What Can I do with a Major in the Geology to Pre- and In-Service Geosciences? Advising Students Teachers in Future Career Decisions National Association of Geoscience Teachers. National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Matthew Nyman, University of New Mexico, Laura A. Guertin, University of Colorado, Albuquerque, N.Mex.; Michelle Hall-Wallace, Boulder, Colo. POSTER University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. ORAL Geoscience Education; Geoscience Information/ Geoscience Education; Geoscience Communication; Petrology, Metamorphic Information/Communication T87 Fossil Fuel on Federal Land T81 Strategies for Promoting Active GSA Coal Geology Division; U.S. Geological Learning in Large Entry-Level Courses Survey; GSA International Division. Leslie F. National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Ruppert and Peter D. Warwick, U.S. R. Heather Macdonald, College of William & Geological Survey, Reston, Va. ORAL Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; Richard Yuretich, Coal Geology; Economic Geology; Public Policy University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. ORAL T88 New Topics in Grenville Tectonics: Geoscience Education A New Look at Some Old Rocks Eric L. Johnson, Hartwick College, Oneonta, T82 Models of Successful Undergraduate Brewster spit leading to Great Brewster Island. N.Y.; Philip R. Whitney, New York State Position of spit is controlled by an Research Programs in the Geosciences Museum, Albany, N.Y.; David Valentino, State underlying ridge of glacial till. Boston Harbor, Mass. Council on Undergraduate Research, Geo- University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, Photo by Peter S. Rosen. sciences Division. Edward C. Hansen, Hope N.Y. ORAL College, Holland, Mich.; Virginia L. Peterson, Petrology, Igneous; Petrology, Metamorphic; Geoscience Education; Environmental Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C. Precambrian Geology Geoscience; Precambrian Geology POSTER T77 Increasing Student Engagement Geoscience Education; Environmental in Geoscience Courses Through Geoscience; Geoscience Information/ Information Technology: A Component Communication of Enrollment Management T83 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Student National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Research Poster Session John C. Butler, University of Houston, Houston, Tex.; Warren Huff, University of Cincinnati, Sigma Gamma Epsilon. Donald W. Neal, East Cincinnati, Ohio. ORAL Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.; Charles J. Mankin, Oklahoma Geological Survey, SEG Special Session Geoscience Education; Geoscience Norman, Okla. POSTER Information/Communication; Petrology, Iron-Oxide(-Copper-Gold) Metamorphic Sediments, Clastic; Hydrogeology; Petrology, Systems—Deposit Studies to Metamorphic T78 Academic Training of Engineering Global Context T84 Recreating Undergraduate Majors Geologists from a Practitioner’s Sun., Nov. 4, morning and afternoon Perspective and Curriculum—Approaches for a New Century sessions. Sponsored by Society of GSA Engineering Geology Division; Economic Geologists. Information: Mark D. Association of Engineering Geologists. Terry R. National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Barton, Dept. of Geosciences, University of West, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; Duncan Foley, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Wash. ORAL Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (520) 621- Duane A. Eversoll, Nebraska Geological 8529, fax (520) 621-2672, barton@geo. Survey, Lincoln, Nebr. ORAL Geoscience Education; Geoscience arizona.edu. Engineering Geology; Geoscience Education; Information/Communication; Public Policy Focuses on characteristics and origins of Public Policy T85 The Coming Revolution in Earth and these diverse types of hydrothermal Space Science Education T79 Innovative Approaches to deposits, including relationships to mag- Undergraduate Teaching of National Association of Geoscience Teachers; matic, tectonic, and climatic processes. Oceanography National Earth Science Teachers Association. Emphasis will be on Proterozoic deposits in National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Edward E. Geary, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.; Frank W. Ireton, Science Circum-Atlantic terranes (including Brazil, Jill M. Whitman, Pacific Lutheran University, the Baltic, and southern Africa), and Tacoma, Wash.; Karen Grove, San Francisco Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, Md. Phanerozoic deposits of the Cordillera, State University, San Francisco, Calif. ORAL Combined ORAL and POSTER particularly in the Andes. Geoscience Education; Marine/Coastal Geoscience Education; Public Policy; Science; Public Policy Geoscience Information/Communication

22 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY SUBMITTING Paleontology/Paleobotany word processor might count words differently Petrology, Experimental than this system, you should assume 300 ABSTRACTS Petrology, Igneous words is the target length. Abstract deadlines: Petrology, Metamorphic Planetary Geology You may include a table or an image with your July 17 (paper) abstract, but understand that the image and July 24 (online) Precambrian Geology Public Policy table might reduce the number of words Submit Electronically at Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology allowed in your abstract. Taken together, the www.geosociety.org —It’s Easy Remote Sensing/Geographic words and images should take up no more Information System space than would be occupied by roughly 320 GSA is using a new abstracts management words alone. system that offers many improvements over Sediments, Carbonates our previous system and promises to make Sediments, Clastic Check the spelling of the abstract’s body and submitting abstracts easier. Here are a few of Stratigraphy title using your own word processor. Then read the system’s advantages: Structural Geology it again and make sure that it is something the Tectonics whole world should see. (We won’t check or • You can resume making a submission if you Volcanology edit it for you.) lose your Internet connection before you are finished. Presentation Modes Add an extra line between paragraphs or they Select your preferred mode of presentation: will run together when displayed. You can do • You can immediately inspect your sub- Oral, Poster, or Either (no preference) this while typing (before copying) or after you mission online, and you can revise your have pasted the copy. password-protected abstract as necessary Oral Mode—This is a verbal presentation up until the published abstract submission before a seated audience. The normal Abstracts Fee deadline date. length of an oral presentation is 12 minutes, Once the abstract is in place, a window to plus three minutes for discussion. Projection submit payment will appear. The non- • Each author and co-author is sent (by equipment consists of two 35-mm projec- refundable submission fee is $15 for all e-mail) the abstract identification number tors, one overhead projector, two screens, students, $25 for all others. and password. Up until the deadline date, plus one LCD projector and one laptop abstracts can be accessed from any Internet computer for PowerPoint presentations. Submit Abstract on Paper connection, making collaborative authoring (See p. 44 for more information.). Requests If you do not have access to the Internet, you’ll more convenient. for video projection and computer display need to submit an abstract on a paper form. • The new system supports the submission of will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. Paper forms for the 2001 Annual Meeting can complex abstracts that contain subscripts, You may put in your request for any special be obtained from the technical program superscripts, italic and boldface type, tables, audiovisual equipment on the abstract form. assistant, Heather Chotvacs, hchotvacs@ geosociety.org, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1115. Greek letters, and equations. Poster Mode—Each poster session pre- How to Submit Your Abstract senter is provided with two Velcro-friendly, You May Present Only One From www.geosociety.org, go to “Submit an horizontal, freestanding display boards Volunteered Abstract approximately 8' wide and 4' high, and one Abstract.” • Please submit only one volunteered abstract 4' table. Precise measurements will appear as speaker or poster presenter in topical Scientific Categories in the Speaker Guide, which will be posted and/or discipline sessions. This helps avoid on the GSA Web site in September. The Determine if your paper would fit neatly under speaker-scheduling conflicts and gives speaker must be at the poster booth for at one of the topical sessions. If it doesn’t, please everyone an equal opportunity to be heard. least two of the four presentation hours. submit your abstract for inclusion in the Multiple submissions as speaker-presenter general discipline sessions. The available Papers for discipline sessions may be sub- will result in rejection of all abstracts. choices are: mitted in either oral or poster mode. Papers for • This limitation does not apply to, nor does it topical sessions are to be submitted only in the Archaeological Geology include, invited contributions to keynote mode noted in the session description. If a Coal Geology symposia or topical sessions. Economic Geology topical abstract is submitted in the incorrect Engineering Geology mode, the abstract will be transferred Joint Technical Program Committee Environmental Geoscience automatically to a discipline session. Will Finalize Program in Mid-August Geochemistry, Aqueous Title and Keywords The Joint Technical Program Committee Geochemistry, Organic (JTPC) selects abstracts and determines the Geochemistry, Other Pick a title for your paper, and select up to five keywords. final session schedule. Speakers will be Geomicrobiology notified in early September. The JTPC includes Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Authors representatives from those GSA Associated Geoscience Education Have the name and contact information for Societies and Divisions participating in the Geoscience Information/Communication each of the authors available. Please include technical program. GSA Council approved the History of Geology phone numbers and e-mail addresses. JTPC technical program chairs. 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GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 23 FIELD TRIPS sponsored field trip. The recipient must pay and Hurricane Mountain in New Hampshire, to the full field-trip fee when registering but will collect minerals, examine zoning, and consider Students, spouses, and interested guests are be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting petrogenesis. cordially encouraged to attend. Trips are by the Coal Geology Division. technical in nature, and some can be 3. The Notches: Bedrock and Surficial physically rigorous. Participants should be For More Information Geology of New Hampshire’s White prepared for wet, cold weather. Trips last from Contact the field trip’s leader or the 2001 Field Mountains one to four days and are led by active field Trip co-chairs: Dave West, Dept. of Geology, Fri.–Sun., Nov. 2–4. Cosponsored by GSA researchers. The minimum number of registra- Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology tions for field trips is 12 unless otherwise (802) 443-5029, fax 802-443-2072, dwest@ Division and GSA Structural Geology and stated. middlebury.edu; and Dick Bailey, Dept. of Tectonics Division. Timothy T. Allen, Dept. of Geology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA If you register for only a field trip, you must pay Geology, Keene State College, Keene, NH 02115, (617) 373-3181, fax 617-373-4378, a $40 nonregistrant fee in addition to the field- 03435-2001, (603) 358-2571, fax 603-358- [email protected]. trip fee. This fee may be applied toward 2257, [email protected]; John W. Creasy; meeting registration if you decide to attend the Thompson Davis; J. Dykstra Eusden; Brian K. meeting. Trip fees include transportation during PREMEETING FIELD TRIPS Fowler; Woodrow B. Thompson. Max.: 39; min.: 12. Cost: $250 (2B, 2L, 2D, R, 2ON, bus). the trip and a guidebook. Other services such 1. Quaternary Sea-level Change and as meals and lodging are noted by the following Coastal Evolution in Eastern Maine This trip will travel through the spectacular symbols: B—breakfast; L—lunch; R—refresh- scenery of Pinkham, Crawford, and Franconia Thurs.–Sun., Nov. 1–4. Cosponsored by GSA ments; D—dinner; ON—overnight lodging. Notches in the White Mountains of New Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Hampshire. These ranges include the highest All trips begin and end in Boston at the Hynes Division. Joseph T. Kelley, Dept. of Geological peaks in the northeastern United States, Convention Center, unless otherwise indicated. Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME culminating in Mount Washington, as well as Some returning postmeeting trips can stop at 04469-5790, (207) 581-2152, fax 207-581-2202, many famous landforms such as The Old Man Logan International Airport for participants who [email protected]; Dan Belknap; Duncan in the Mountains and Tuckerman Ravine. have evening flights or who would prefer to FitzGerald; Jon Boothroyd. Max.: 45; min.: 12. We will examine the entire geologic history spend the night closer to the airport. Cost: $325 (3B, 3L, 3D, R, 3ON, bus). Begins exposed here, from the Ordovician to the Participants are cautioned against scheduling in Bangor, Maine, and ends in Boston. any tight travel connections with field trip return Holocene, including the nature of the sedi- times, because those times are estimates, and This trip focuses on the sedimentary deposits mentation, deformation, metamorphism, and delays in the field can occur. For a list of hotels associated with profound changes in magmatism during the Devonian-Acadian near the airport and their phone numbers, Quaternary sea level, and the accompanying orogeny; the Mesozoic magmatic episodes contact Edna Collis, GSA Field Trip Coordi- shoreline changes in eastern (“Downeast”) associated with hot-spot migration and rift-drift nator, GSA Headquarters, (303) 447-2020, ext. Maine. We will visit large, raised stratified crustal extension during the opening of the 1134, [email protected]. moraines, glacial-marine deltas, and assoc- Atlantic; and the Quaternary history of alpine iated shorelines in some classic sites on the and continental glaciation and deglaciation, as Cancellation Deadline: October 5 blueberry barrens that are presently under well as fluvial and landslide activity. No refunds will be given after this date. If GSA reinvestigation with ground-penetrating radar. must cancel a field trip because of logistics, or In Acadia National Park, we will visit raised and 4. The Science Behind A Civil Action if minimum registration requirements are not modern sea cliffs, caves, and gravel beaches Sat., Nov. 3. Cosponsored by GSA met, a full refund will be issued to you after the along with a recently studied carbonate beach. Hydrogeology Division. (This trip will also run meeting. Be aware of flight-change penalties Along the Penobscot Bay coast, we will ob- on Sun., Nov. 4.) Scott Bair, Dept. of imposed by the airlines. Plan alternatives in serve large bluffs of glacial-marine mud and Geological Sciences, The Ohio State advance should the trip you are registered for focus on outcrop stratigraphy as well as recent University, Columbus, OH 43210, (614) 292- be canceled. landslides and bluff-hazard mapping. Near the 0069, fax 614-292-7688, [email protected]; mouth of the Kennebec River, we will visit salt Maura Metheny; Terry Lahm; Jack Guswa; Attention Students: marshes under investigation to measure late John Drobinski; Chuck Myette; Kip Solomon. Scholarships Available Holocene sea-level change and large sand Max.: 30; min.: 12. Cost: $80 (1L, R, bus). • The GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics beaches associated with Maine’s largest river. Contamination at the Wells G & H Superfund Division offers up to five $100 scholarships site in Woburn, Massachusetts, is the focus of to division-affiliated student members for 2. Rare Element Granitic Pegmatites the book and movie A Civil Action. The legal division-sponsored field trips. Apply in of Northern New England and public health issues at Woburn require writing, giving name, institution, class, Fri. and Sat., Nov. 2–3. Carl Francis, Harvard understanding the geology, hydrology, and specialty, poster or talk title, field-trip title, Mineralogical Museum, 24 Oxford St., aqueous chemistry of the glacial aquifer and its and a one-paragraph rationale, to Christian Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 495-4758, fax interaction with the Aberjona River. Our goals P. Teyssier by e-mail only (teyssier@ 617-495-8839, [email protected]; are to show the geologic materials comprising tc.umn.edu). The deadline to apply is Michael Wise. Max.: 21; min.: 12. Cost: $230 the flow system, the hydrologic conditions September 1. See the Structural Geology (1B, 1L, 1D, R, 1 ON, vans). created by the wetland, river, and municipal and Tectonics newsletter for more wells, and to see the remediation techniques information. This trip will contrast granitic pegmatites of the more familiar gem-bearing LCT (Li-Cs-Ta) used to clean up the site. • The GSA Coal Geology Division offers a $50 geochemical type with the less studied NYF scholarship to the first division-affiliated (Nb-Y-F) type. Participants will spend two days student member who registers for a division- visiting famous pegmatites, including Palermo

24 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY 5. The Founders of American Geology: 8. The Science Behind A Civil Action Colgan, Dept. of Geology, Northeastern A Visit to their Tombs and Favorite Sun., Nov. 4. See description for Sat., Nov. 3, University, Boston, MA 02115, (617) 373-4381, Exposures Field Trip no. 4. fax 617-373-4378, [email protected]; Peter Rosen. Max.: 50; min.: 12. Cost: $70 Sat. and Sun., Nov. 3–4. Cosponsored by GSA 9. Geochronology and Geochemistry (1L, R, bus). History of Geology Division. Gerald M. of the Shelburne Falls Arc and Friedman, Brooklyn College and Graduate This trip will examine Quaternary glacial and Center, CUNY, P.O. Box 746, Troy, New York, the Taconian Orogeny in Western coastal environments, and the geologic history 12181-0746, (518) 273-3247, fax 518-273- New England of Boston Harbor. Recent research on the age, 3249, [email protected]. Max.: 20; min.: Sun., Nov. 4. Cosponsored by GSA Structural paleontology, and depositional environments of 12. Cost: $190 (21L, 1D, R, 1ON, vans). Geology and Tectonics Division. Paul the “drumlin till” will be presented, as well as a Karabinos, Dept. of Geosciences, Williams look at the coastal modification of glacial land- The trip begins in Boston and travels to Lee, College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (413) 597- forms by post-glacial sea-level rise. We will Massachusetts, to see the limestones made 2079, fax 413-597-4116, paul.m.karabinos@ visit sites on Long Island and Nantasket to classical in 1920 by T.N. Dale. It proceeds to williams.edu; J. Christopher Hepburn. Max.: illustrate glacial history, Holocene coastal Troy, the hallowed ground of the pioneers in 28; min.: 12. Cost: $70 ( 1L, R, vans). development of the submerged drumlin American geology. The field trip follows in the topography, and coastal management issues. footsteps of Amos Eaton (1776–1842), James This trip will visit spectacular and scenic Coastal features to be discussed include Hall (1811–1898), and Ebenezer Emmons exposures in the Taconian orogen of western gravel tombolos, cuspate spits, and regressive (1799–1863). We shall visit classical New England. We will explain why we believe barrier beaches. Appalachian outcrops and pause at the graves that the Taconian orogeny resulted from the of the founders of our science. collision of Laurentia with the Shelburne Falls 12. Urban Geology of Beacon Hill and arc rather than the Bronson Hill arc. 6. Geological, Geochemical, and Vicinity, Boston, Massachusetts: Participants will see the 475 Ma plutonic core Environmental Aspects of Meta- In Memory of James V. O’Connor— of the Shelburne Falls arc beautifully exposed A Walking Tour morphosed Black Shales in Maine along the Deerfield River and ancient pillow Sun., Nov. 4. Cosponsored by GSA History of Sat. and Sun., Nov. 3–4. Charles V. Guidotti, lava from the forearc exposed in the Chickley Geology Division, GSA Engineering Geology Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of River. We will visit Glendale Falls where a 447 Division, and National Association of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, (207) 581- Ma pluton crosscuts a Taconian thrust and thus Geoscience Teachers. James W. Skehan, 2153, fax 207-581-2202, guidotti@maine. helps date the end of faulting in this part of the Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Boston maine.edu. Mark Van Baalen. Max.: 20; min.: 8. orogen. We will hike along part of the College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Cost: $190 (1B, 1D, R, 1ON, vans). Appalachian National Scenic Trail to examine the unconformity between Middle Proterozoic Hill, MA 02467-3809, (617) 552-8312, fax 617- Sulfide- and graphite-rich schists of the Silurian Laurentian basement and Late Proterozoic rift 552-2462, [email protected].; William A. Newman; Smalls Falls Formation in Maine preserve a clastics in the Day Mountain thrust sheet. We Wilfred Holton. Max.: 20; min.: 10. Cost: $20. depositional signature indicative of black shale, will also see an example of a thrust between This trip will visit sites that are important in the thereby providing a window into the paleo- the Taconic sequence (continental slope and history of Boston and that demonstrate the role environment, and subsequent complex phase rise deposits) and coeval continental shelf of geology in human use and development in relations and mineral chemistries. Renewed rocks in the vicinity of Mount Greylock. densely urban areas. We will begin in interest in such rocks comes from concerns downtown Boston’s Park Square, starting at about toxic elements in groundwater. This field 10. N-Y-F Pegmatites in the Avalon the old shoreline of Great Bay and Roxbury trip will examine these issues across a range Terrane of Southeastern New England Flats at the Prudential Center, the site of the of metamorphic grades, while visiting key out- Sun., Nov. 4. Michael Wise, Dept. of Mineral Boston Fish Wiers constructed by native crops in the mountains of northwestern Maine. Sciences, NHB-119, Smithsonian Institution, Americans about 4000 yr B.P. Sites on Beacon 7. Avalonian Through Alleghanian Washington, D.C. 20560-0119, (202) 786- Hill will include the Boston Common Garage, Tectonism in Southeastern 2609, fax 202-357-2476, wise.michael@ where engineering and glacial geology New England nmnh.si.edu; Carl Francis. Max.: 22; min.: 12. features have been well studied by the late Cost: $70 (1L, R, vans). Clifford Kaye, who was instrumental in Sun., Nov. 4. Cosponsored by GSA Structural developing a new model for moraine formation Ordovician to Late Devonian granites of the Geology and Tectonics Division. Daniel Murray, by thrusting of frozen sand, gravel, and till Avalon terrane are host to rare hornblende- Dept. of Geosciences, University of Rhode slices. We will consider sources and processes and aegirine-bearing pegmatites characterized Island, Kingston, RI 02881, (401) 874-2197, involved in filling Great Bay, construction of a by NYF-type chemistry. Participants will fax 401-874-2190, [email protected]; Rachel Colonial tidal power project, original topography examine the Quincy granite in Massachusetts Burks; Sharon Mosher; Nasir Hamidzada. and stratigraphy of Beacon Hill drumlins and/or and Scituate granite of southwestern Rhode Max.: 40; min.: 12. Cost: $70 (1L, R, bus). moraine based on data from construction of Island and discuss the relationship of A-type the Boston Common Garage that produced a Some of the best evidence for the Paleozoic plutonism to the genesis of granitic pegmatites. superabundance of groundwater. amalgamation of the eastern margin of North Comparison with the neighboring Narragansett America occurs in the shoreline exposures in Pier granite-pegmatite system will also be Narragansett Bay, around Newport, Rhode addressed. Island. This trip will focus on the structural, stratigraphic, metamorphic, and igneous 11. Quaternary Environments and History evidence for the Avalonian and Alleghanian of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts orogenies in this region, plus additional stops Sun., Nov. 4. Cosponsored by GSA Quaternary to and from Boston. Geology and Geomorphology Division. Patrick

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 25 Engineering geology of the Big Dig project (Boston Central Artery Project).

Central Artery, which is largely a viaduct. The discuss the effects of the assimilation of magnitude and variety of construction tech- continental crust by a mafic magma. Views of niques is astounding. The four miles of cut- Boston and Massachusetts Bay from atop Pine CONCURRENT WITH THE MEETING and-cover tunnel construction within a heavily Hill are spectacular and are alone worth the trip. congested urban environment contends with 13. Cobblestones, Puddingstone, and complex subsurface glacial and bedrock de- 16. Tour of the Salem Harbor Power Plant More: Boston’s Use of Stone as an posits, large amounts of fill area, adjacent 18th Tues., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA Coal Essential Urban Element—A Walking and 19th century structures, and a very com- Geology Division. Cortland F. Eble, Kentucky Tour plex infrastructure. This field trip will present a Geological Survey, 228 MMRB, University of photographic tour of total artery construction Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, (859) Tues., Nov. 6. Dorothy Richter, Hager-Richter before taking visitors 80 feet below ground 257-5500, fax 859-257-1147, [email protected]. Geoscience, Inc., 8 Industrial Way, Ste. D-10, surface for a firsthand viewing of one segment uky.edu. Max.: 25; min.: 10. Cost: $25 (R, bus). Salem, NH 03079, (603) 893-9944, fax 603- of the cut-and-cover tunnel construction. 893-8313, [email protected]; Gene This half-day, afternoon trip will visit the Salem Simmons. Max.: 20; min.: 10. Cost: $20. 15. Igneous Petrology of the Pine Hill Harbor coal-fired power plant in nearby Salem, Area, Medford, Massachusetts Massachusetts. The Salem Harbor plant, in Boston has a long and rich history of using operation for more than 30 years, has a Tues., Nov. 6. Martin E. Ross, Dept. of geologic material (stone!) in architecture and generating capacity of 750 megawatts and Geology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA as an essential element in the urban land- burns primarily low sulfur Appalachian and 02115, (617) 373-3176, fax 617-373-4378, scape. Come for a long walk, beginning at the South American coal. The visit will [email protected]. Max.: 40; min.: 12. Hynes Convention Center and ending at demonstrate how coal is delivered to, and Cost: $40 (R, bus). historic Quincy Market, examining the historic handled at, the plant, and then used to and modern uses of stone in the city along the The Pine Hill area is one of the critical loca- generate electricity. Pollution control systems way. Observe the shift from the use of local, tions in eastern Massachusetts for studying the and ash by-product recovery and handling then regional geologic resources to current intrusive relationships of numerous felsic to systems will also be addressed and global building stone sources. Learn about a mafic dikes, the Dedham granite, and the demonstrated. This trip will be of interest to few building stone mistakes and see how they Middlesex Fels volcanics. Excellent exposures any geoscientist who would like to see how were corrected. and hiking trails within the park and along the electric power is generated on a large scale. roadcut on I-93 make this an ideal location for 14. Engineering Geology of the Big Dig 17. Geology of East Point, Nahant, Project (Boston Central Artery Project) examining crosscutting and contact relationships among the dikes and the country rock. Massachusetts Tues., Nov. 6. Cosponsored by GSA The igneous rocks at this location range in age Wed., Nov. 7. Martin E. Ross, Dept. of Engineering Geology Division. Dan Bobrow, from Precambrian to Jurassic, and dike types Geology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Parsons Brinckerhoff, 63 Walnut Court, include dolerite, andesite, dacite, monchiquite, 02115, (617) 373-3176, fax 617-373-4378, Stoughton, MA 02072-4159, (617) 951-6228, and camptonite, among others. The [email protected]; Richard H. Bailey. fax 617-346-7963, [email protected]; centerpiece of the trip is the Mesozoic Medford Max.: 40; min.: 12. Cost: $40 (R, bus). Charles Daugherty. Max.: 35; min.: 12. Cost: dolerite dike that attains its maximum thickness $80 (1L, R, bus). of approximately 460 feet at Pine Hill. This East Point, located in Nahant, Massachusetts, about 8 miles northeast of Boston, is one of the The Central Artery/Tunnel Project is the largest durable and readily accessible rock body made it a local source for building stone during the most scenic and spectacular geologic locations government-funded public works project in the along the southern New England coast. The United States. The subsurface highway align- early part of the last century. Major and trace element geochemistry from the Medford dike sea cliff exposures of Early Cambrian mud- ment through the heart of downtown Boston stones and limestones at East Point are in- reaches depths of 120 feet. It is intended to suggest a major component of crustal contamination and will provide opportunities to truded by more than 240 dikes, 13 sills, and replace the present, outdated, 50-year-old the Nahant Gabbro. The dikes range from

26 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY intermediate to ultramafic in composition. New magma ascent as recorded by structure, pe- 22. MetroWest Water Supply age data and major and trace element chemical trology and geochemistry of metasedimentary Tunnel Project analyses of these units will be presented that rocks, migmatites, and granites. We will examine Fri., Nov. 9. Cosponsored by GSA Engineering indicate the dikes and sills are not comagmatic closely the structural variation of mineral Geology Division. Mario Carnevale, Hager with the gabbro. Excellent exposures of dikes, fabrics, the shapes and sizes of leucosomes, Geoscience Inc., 174 Lexington Street, Waltham, sills, and faults will be visited. The classic and the relation of larger granite bodies to the MA 02452-4644, (781) 893-9700, fax 781-893- exotic “avalonian” small, shelly, and ichnofossil regional structure. 8465, [email protected]; assemblage in the mudstones and limestones Jutta Hager. Max.: 50; min.: 12. Cost: $65 (1L, will also be examined. How this complex 20. Geology of Mount Monadnock, R, bus). geology fits into the framework of avalonian New Hampshire terranes and the geologic evolution of south- Fri., Nov. 9. Cosponsored by GSA Structural The MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel currently eastern New England will also be discussed. Geology and Tectonics Division. Peter Thompson, under construction west of Boston is 17.6 miles Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of New long, with a diameter of 16 feet. Mapping this 18. Geology, Groundwater Contamin- Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, (603) 862- deep-rock tunnel behind the tunnel boring ation, and Groundwater Remediation 4995, fax 603-862-2649, [email protected]. machine has produced a continuous geologic at the Massachusetts Military edu. Max.: 25; min. 12. Cost: $55 (1L, R, vans). section from the metasediments of the Boston Reservation, Cape Cod Basin westward through a complex series of The type locality for monadnocks owes its Wed., Nov. 7. Rudolph Hon, Dept. of Geology igneous and metamorphic rocks. Our trip will topographical prominence to resistant De- & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Common- visit facilities related to the MetroWest Water vonian quartzites and sillimanite schists that wealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3809, Supply Tunnel construction and maintenance. are repeated by an interesting pattern of re- (617) 552-3640, fax 617-552-2462, hon@ We will also show how the mapping program folded folds. Participants will hike up the bc.edu; Francis Fedele; Martin Acker; Peter has helped refine understanding of the regional mountain, weather permitting, to view beautiful Dillon. Max.: 24; min.: 12. Cost: $55 (1L, R, vans). geology, in particular the Boston Basin contact exposures of the folds, graded beds, and a and Bloody Bluff fault zone. The Massachusetts Military Reservation post-tectonic mafic dike. Inclement weather (MMR) stretches over the tops of Buzzards plan is to observe evidence at lower elevations 23. Recent Developments in the Study of Bay and Sandwich recessional moraines and for three phases of Acadian folding and thrust the Neoproterozoic Boston Bay Group faulting in Silurian and Devonian rocks, as well extends across the Mashpee Pitted Outwash Fri., Nov. 9. Richard H. Bailey, Dept. of as pre-, syn- and post-Acadian plutons. Partici- Plain of the Upper Cape Cod. Past land use at Geology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA pants should note that this is a long, all-day trip. the reservation resulted in presently identified 02115, (617) 373-3176, fax 617-373-4378, 15 separate groundwater plumes, which are 21. Geology and Water Supply [email protected]; Margaret D. now affecting drinking water supplies on both Development at the Massachusetts Thompson; Benjamin H. Bland. Max.: 40; min.: sides of the MMR boundary. Due to its uniform 12. Cost: $50 (1L, R, vans). geological setting, the underlying Sagamore Military Reservation, Cape Cod Lens aquifer has become a unique place to Fri., Nov. 9. Peter Dillon, Foster Wheeler Bedrock immediately underlying the City of study and model migrations of groundwater Environmental Corporation, Bldg. 1045, South Boston and surrounding areas comprises the contamination plumes and a locale for de- Outer Rd., Buzzards Bay, MA 02542, (508) Neoproterozoic Boston Bay Group. These ployment of various remediation technologies. 563-7792, fax 508-563-7844, pdillon@fwenc. sedimentary rocks, deposited in a rift system The trip will examine several of the contam- com; Rudolph Hon; Boyd Allen; Francis Fedele; over a dissected magmatic arc, contain the ination plumes, their settings with respect to Kent Gonser. Max.: 24; min.: 12. Cost: $55 controversial Squantum Member, a diamictite the outwash plain, the radial groundwater flow, (1L, R, vans). long considered to be of glacigenic origin. and the remediation techniques set in place to Recent work by Thompson, Bowring, and not only remove contaminants but to balance The Massachusetts Military Reservation others on the Boston Bay Group includes U/Pb remedial activities with other environmental (MMR) stretches across the tops of two zircon dates of a lava flow, an ash bed, and concerns. The second part of the trip will ex- recessional moraines (Buzzards Bay and clasts within the Squantum, and Bland and amine non–point source contamination plumes Sandwich Moraines) and extends across the Bailey recently reported circular fossils on bed of RDX and HMX in the former “impact area.” Mashpee Pitted Outwash Plain deposits of the surfaces representing an Aspidella-like Upper Cape Cod. While the geologic and Ediacaran fossil. This trip will visit four classic hydrogeologic conditions of the area are con- POSTMEETING TRIPS coastal localities along the southern edge of ducive to the development of a large-volume the Boston Bay Group outcrop belt where 19. Deformation, Metamorphism, and public water supply, these same conditions can participants can see field relations of the rocks Granite Assent in Western Maine present issues that may limit the siting and that have been dated, the stratigraphic setting development of water supply wells. The trip will Thurs.–Sun., Nov. 8–11. Cosponsored by GSA and mode of preservation of Ediacaran fossils, examine the unique geologic and hydrogeologic Structural Geology and Tectonics Division. and some of the best sedimentary structures conditions of the western Cape Cod aquifer, as Gary Solar, Dept. of Earth Sciences, State and stratigraphy in the Boston Basin. well as the process of siting and development University of New York, College at Buffalo, of a 3 million gallon per day groundwater 24. Metamorphism of a Fold-Thrust Belt Buffalo, NY 14222, (716) 878-4900, fax 716- source. The limitations to siting groundwater in the Hinterland of the Alleghanian 878-4524, [email protected]; supply wells stem from the need to avoid all Mike Brown; Paul Tomascak. Max.: 33; min.: Orogen in Southern New England potential adverse impacts from any of the 11. Cost: $350 (3B, 3L, 2D, R, 3ON, vans). Fri. and Sat., Nov. 9–10. Cosponsored by GSA different near-surface contamination sources Structural Geology and Tectonics Division. and balancing water supply needs with other Trip to western Maine to illustrate the evidence Robert P. Wintsch, Dept. of Geological environmental concerns. for late-syntectonic processes of transpressive Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN deformation, metamorphism, and granite 47405, (812) 855-4018, fax 812-855-7899,

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 27 [email protected]; Michael J. Kunk; John Economic Geologists, 7811 Shaffer Parkway, Mountain mines) and New Jersey Highlands N. Aleinikoff. Max.: 30; min.: 11. Cost: $170 Littleton, CO 80127, (720) 981-7882; fax 720- (e.g., Sulfur Hill and Andover mines), and tours (2L, R, 1ON, vans). 981-7874. Fee includes field-trip trans- of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum and portation, all meals, accommodations (double Franklin Mineral Museum in New Jersey. Trip The trip will examine Alleghanian metamorphic occupancy), and guidebook. Preregistration begins and ends in Boston. Max.: 36. Cost: TBD. and structural overprinting on rocks of the is required. Avalon, Putnam-Nashoba, Merrimack, Central Environmental Geochemistry and Mining Maine, and Bronson Hill terranes. Some were Zinc and Iron Deposits of the Adirondack History of Massive Sulfide Deposits in the previously metamorphosed in the Acadian, but Mountains and New Jersey Highlands Vermont Copper Belt all were assembled in the Alleghanian, and most were extended in the Mesozoic. Rocks to Tues., Oct. 30, through Sat., Nov. 3. Sponsored Thurs., Nov. 8, through Sat., Nov. 10. be visited include ortho- and paragneisses and by Society of Economic Geologists. John F. Sponsored by Society of Economic Geologists. Slack, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 954, schists between terranes, and faults at terrane Jane M. Hammarstrom, (703) 648-6165, boundaries—some of Acadian or older age, Reston, VA 20192, (703) 648-6337, fax 703- 648-6383, [email protected]; Craig A. [email protected], Robert R. Seal II, (703) and most reactivated as Alleghanian ductile 648-6290, [email protected], and John F. Slack, thrusts or as Mesozoic brittle normal faults. Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, (303) 236-7935, fax 303- (703) 648-6337, [email protected], all at U.S. Most stops will be complimented by Geological Survey, MS 954, Reston, VA 20192, petrographic and geochronologic data. 236-4930, [email protected]; Michael P. Foose, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 954, fax 703-648-6383; and Matthew A. Kierstead, 25. The Taconic Questions: Revisiting Reston, VA 20192, (703) 648-6333, fax 703- PAL, Inc., 210 Lonsdale Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860, (401) 728-8780, fax 401-728-8784, the Scenes of the Great American 648-6383, [email protected]; James M. [email protected]. Controversies McLelland, Dept. of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, (315) 824- Trip includes surface visits to the historic Fri. and Sat., Nov. 9–10. Cosponsored by GSA 7202, fax 315-824-7831, [email protected]; History of Geology Division. Paul Washington, Elizabeth (1793–1958) and Ely (1820–1903) John H. Puffer, Dept. of Geological Sciences, copper mines. In 2000, Elizabeth became the Dept. of Geosciences, University of Louisiana, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, (973) Monroe, LA 71209, (318) 342-1898, fax 318- first metal mine designated as a Superfund site 353-5238, fax 973-353-1965, jpuffer@ in the eastern U.S. based on ecological im- 342-1755, [email protected]. Max.: 40; andromeda.rutgers.edu; Richard A. Volkert, min.: 12. Cost: $170 ( R, 1ON, bus). pacts of acid mine drainage. The trip will cover New Jersey Geological Survey, P.O. Box 427, geological, environmental, historical, and The Taconics have been the subject of several Trenton, NJ 08625, (609) 292-2576, fax: 609- societal aspects of the mine and ongoing EPA controversies over the last two centuries. This 633-1004, [email protected]; Robert activities. Scientific focus will be on recent data trip will visit some of the most controversial W. Metsger, 69 Hunters Lane, Sparta, NJ obtained on mine wastes and waters in the sites and look at the geology in terms of the 07871, (973) 729-7824, bobmets@ vicinity of the Elizabeth and Ely mines, and the geologic thinking of the day. We will also ptdprolog.net. utility of such data in developing mine re- discuss how the field relations ultimately led to Trip includes underground visits to the Balmat clamation strategies. Trip begins and ends in the resolution of each of the controversies, as zinc mine (New York) and the Sterling Hill zinc Boston. Max.: 30. Cost: TBD. well as how the geology is currently mine (New Jersey), surface visits to non- interpreted. titaniferous magnetite deposits of the eastern 26. Prehistoric Bedrock Quarries Adirondacks (e.g., Lyon Mountain and Skiff of the Central Appalachians Fri.–Sun., Nov. 9–11. Philip La Porta, La Porta & Associates, 116 Bellvale Lakes Rd., Warwick, NY 10990, (845) 986-7733, fax 845- 988-9988, [email protected]. Max.: 20; min.: 10. Cost: $280 (3L, R, 3ON, SUVs). The investigation focuses on the field relations predicting the presence of prehistoric quarry sites and determining the stratigraphic and structural constraints controlling prehistoric quarry development. The field stops will eluci- date the relationship between diagenesis and petrofabric and their correlation to raw material selection throughout prehistoric time. The evidence for task subdivision, quarry maintenance, and the social implications of quarry life will be examined.

SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FIELD TRIPS Costs and registration forms for the following Granite boulder in Proterozoic Roxbury Formation; Squantum member. This rock, thought for many years trips are available at www.segweb.org. to be a tillite, is now interpreted to be a submarine debris flow deposit. Squaw Rock Park, Squantum, Mass. Inquiries may also be directed to the Society of Photo by Richard H. Bailey.

28 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY SHORT COURSES, title, and a one-paragraph rationale to discussed at length. The terminology and Christian P. Teyssier by e-mail only classification methods of micromorphological WORKSHOPS, AND ([email protected]). The deadline to analyses will be used and illustrated with a FORUMS apply is September 1. See the Structural large and varied number of thin sections. Geology and Tectonics Division newsletter Participants will be directly involved in thin- GSA-Sponsored Professional for more information. section description and interpretation and will Development Courses For More Information be asked to present findings on their samples. GSA short courses will be held immediately Discussion will also illustrate research value before the Annual Meeting and are open to Contact Edna Collis, GSA Program Officer for and the many applied uses of micromorpho- members and nonmembers. If you register for Professional Development, (303) 447-2020, logical analyses ext. 1134, or [email protected]. only a short course, you must pay a $40 non- Faculty: John Menzies—Dept. of Earth registrant fee in addition to the course fee. This 1. Application of Thermochronometry Sciences, Brock University; Ph.D., University fee may be applied toward meeting registration to Tectonics of Edinburgh; Jaap J.M. van der Meer—Dept. if you decide to attend the meeting. Pre- Sat. and Sun., Nov. 3–4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. both of Geography, Queen Mary College, University registration is recommended; on-site regis- of London; Ph.D., University of Amsterdam; tration is an additional $30. days. Hynes Convention Center. Cosponsored by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics James Rose—Dept. of Geography, Royal Continuing Education Unit Division. Holloway, University of London; B.A., (CEU) Service University of Leicester. Since most tectonic processes alter the dis- All courses sponsored by GSA offer CEUs. tribution of heat in the crust, the thermal record Limit 30. Fee: $420, students $400; includes A CEU is defined as 10 contact hours of preserved as isotopic variations in minerals course manual and lunches. CEUs: 1.6. participation in an organized continuing can provide valuable insights regarding timing 3. Applications of Environmental education experience under responsible and rates of deformation processes. This Isotopes to Watershed Hydrology and sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified course provides a contemporary treatment of Biogeochemistry instruction. A contact hour is defined as a thermochronology and its application to studies typical 60-minute classroom instructional of crustal deformation. Relevant isotopic sys- Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hynes Convention session or its equivalent. Ten instructional tems and means of interpretation will be Center. Cosponsored by GSA Hydrogeology hours are required for one CEU. For CEU presented together with a hands-on intro- Division. record-keeping purposes, please be sure to duction to computer-based interpretive models. include your social security number on the This course will focus on practical applications registration form. Faculty: T. Mark Harrison—Dept. of Earth and of water, solute, and biomass isotopes for Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics gaining a better understanding of the hydrology Cancellation deadline: and Planetary Physics, University of California and biogeochemistry of watersheds and small October 5, 2001 at Los Angeles; Ph.D., Australian National basins. The wide range of discussion topics will include tracing water sources and Attention Students: Funds Available University; Marty Grove—Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California at Los pollutants, flowpath determination, biogeo- • The GSA Coal Geology Division offers a $50 Angeles; Ph.D., University of California at Los chemical reaction mechanisms, and food-web scholarship to the first division-affiliated Angeles; Oscar M. Lovera—Dept. of Earth and reconstruction. student member who registers for a division- Space Sciences, University of California at Los Faculty: Carol Kendall—Water Resources sponsored short course. Student must pay Angeles; Ph.D., University of Chicago; Peter K. Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, the full course fee when registering but will Zeitler—Dept. of Earth and Environmental California; Ph.D., University of Maryland; be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting Sciences, Lehigh University; Ph.D., Dartmouth Thomas Bullen—Water Resources Division, by the Coal Geology Division. College. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, • The GSA Engineering Geology Division will Limit: 30. Fee: $435, students $415; includes California; Ph.D., University of California at subsidize the first five student registrants course manual. CEUs: 1.6. Santa Cruz. who are valid division members. Students Limit: 30. Fee: $340, students $320; includes must pay the full course fee when register- 2. Micromorphology of course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. ing, but will be reimbursed $50 after the Glacigenic Sediments GSA meeting by the Engineering Geology Sat. and Sun., Nov. 3–4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. both 4. Estimating Rates of Groundwater Division. days. Boston College. Cosponsored by GSA Recharge • The GSA Hydrogeology Division will Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hynes Convention subsidize the first student registrant who is a Division. Center. Cosponsored by GSA Hydrogeology valid division member. The student must pay The objective of this course is to convey the Division. the full course fee when registering, but will concepts and practices of the techniques Good estimates of groundwater recharge are be reimbursed $50 after the GSA meeting associated with the micromorphological by the Hydrogeology Division. required to accurately assess water resources examination of sediments. Specifically, the and evaluate aquifer vulnerability to contam- • The GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics sediments to be investigated will be terrestrial ination. This course will review theory, assump- Division offers up to five $100 scholarships and marine glacial sediments. The workshop tions, uncertainties, advantages, and limita- to division-affiliated student members for will introduce field-sampling techniques and tions of different approaches for estimating division-sponsored short courses. Apply in strategies and the various methods of recharge rates. We will discuss physical, writing, giving name, institution, class, laboratory impregnation of soft sediments. tracer, and numerical modeling techniques specialty, poster or talk title, short-course Thin-section description and analyses will be based on surface water, unsaturated zone, and

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 29 saturated zone data. The course content is regulatory aspects. Case studies of health OTHER COURSES, WORKSHOPS, aimed at practicing hydrologists and advanced impacts in the U.S. and abroad will be presented. AND FORUMS hydrology students. Faculty: Robert B. Finkelman—U.S. Geological Registration and information can be obtained Faculty: Richard W. Healy—U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia; Ph.D., University of from the contact person listed for each course. Survey, Denver; B.S., University of Illinois; Maryland; Allan Kolker—U.S. Geological Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Bridget R. Scanlon—Bureau of Economic Survey, Reston, Virginia; Ph.D., State Geology, University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D., University of New York at Stony Brook; Leslie Students University of Kentucky. Ruppert—U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Sat. and Sun., Nov. 3–4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. both Virginia; M.S., George Washington University. days. Cosponsored by British Petroleum and Limit: 30. Fee: $250, students $230; includes ExxonMobil Exploration Company. course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. Limit: 40. Fee: $190, students $170; includes course manual and refreshments. CEUs: 0.4. This free short course is designed to teach 5. Management and Leadership Skills graduate students the principles, concepts, for Geoscience Department Chairs 7. Practical Geoscience Ethics: and methods of sequence stratigraphy. Se- and Institute Directors Elements, Examples, and Education quence stratigraphy is an informal chronostra- Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hynes Convention Sun., Nov. 4, 1–5 p.m.. Hynes Convention tigraphic methodology that uses stratal Center. Cosponsored by National Association Center. Cosponsored by American Institute of surfaces to subdivide the stratigraphic record. of Geoscience Teachers. Professional Geologists and GSA Engineering This methodology allows the identification of Geology Division. coeval facies, documents the time-trans- This course will provide an introduction to the gressive nature of classic lithostratigraphic interpersonal tools and skills needed to The elements of geoscience professional units, and provides geoscientists with an effectively and efficiently manage and lead in ethics will be examined using case histories to additional way to analyze and subdivide the an academic setting. It is designed for faculty illustrate the issues presented including the stratigraphic record. Using exercises that and research scientists who are either new to distinction between ethical rules and ethical utilize outcrop, core, well-log, and seismic academic administration or wish to prepare ideals. The course will provide a better foun- data, the course provides a hands-on themselves for a transition to administration. dation in professional ethics for practicing experience to learning sequence stratigraphy. Even experienced department chairs and professionals and students and will provide The exercises include classic case studies institute directors wanting to improve their faculty with ideas on how to effectively teach from which many sequence stratigraphic administrative skills and to network with peers professional ethics in an already overcrowded concepts were originally developed. sharing similar responsibilities and challenges curriculum. will benefit. Participants will learn how to: (1) Limit: 40. No fee. Preregistration required. Faculty: David M. Abbott Jr.—AIPG Ethics better mobilize the energy of their faculty and Information and registration: Art Donovan, BP Committee Chairman, Denver; M.S., Colorado staff toward academic success; (2) confront Upstream Technology Group, (281) 366-5198, School of Mines; John W. Williams—San Jose present and future administrative challenges; [email protected]; or Morgan Sullivan, State University; Ph.D., Stanford University. and (3) develop insights on how to maintain ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, their personal well-being. This course will take Limit: 30. Fee: $200, students $180; includes (713) 431-7184, morgan.d.sullivan@exxon. a fresh approach in combining the best of the course manual and refreshments. CEUs: 0.4. sprint.com. dynamic, nuts and bolts management training Stable Isotope Geochemistry of the business world with the seasoned 8. Tectonics and Topography: Crustal Sat. and Sun., Nov. 3–4. Colonnade Hotel, experience and academic leadership of one of Deformation, Surficial Processes, Boston. Sponsored by Mineralogical Society of academia’s own. and Landforms America and Geochemical Society. Faculty: Lee J. Suttner—Dept. of Geological Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Hynes Convention Stable isotope geochemistry is central to the Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington; Center. Cosponsored by GSA Structural study of the solid Earth, its atmosphere, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Sheila Moore— Geology and Tectonics Division. hydrosphere, biosphere, and extraterrestrial Training Concepts, Chattanooga, Tennessee; This course is intended for geologists with environment. New analytical technology of the B.A., St. Olaf College. backgrounds in any subdiscipline who wish to past decade is revolutionary, causing wider Limit: 30. Fee: $260, students $240; includes learn more about interactions between crustal application and more fundamental under- course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. (tectonic) and surficial (climatic and erosional) standing. This course will show how isotope processes and about landforms that result from ratios in minerals, rocks, and fluids provide 6. Mobilization of Metals from Fossil those interactions. Participants will have an evidence for understanding a wide range of Fuels: Impacts to the Environment opportunity to use simple 2-D computer models natural phenomena including: paleoclimate, and Human Health (MatLab software) that illustrate feedback marine sedimentation, geomicrobiology, bio- between crustal and surficial processes. Sun., Nov. 4, 1–5 p.m. Hynes Convention geochemical cycles, thermal history, hydro- Center. Cosponsored by GSA Coal Geology Faculty: Dorothy Merritts—Franklin and thermal and/or metamorphic fluid flow, and Division. Marshall College; Ph.D., University of Arizona; igneous petrogenesis. Speakers will review Roland Burgmann—University of California at these topics—with emphasis on O, C, H, S, Appropriate for those with little or no prior Berkeley; Ph.D., Stanford University. and N isotopes—and the principles of experience in energy geology, this course will equilibrium and kinetic isotope exchange. examine the sources of metals in fossil fuels Limit: 30. Fee: $385, students $365; includes and their combustion products, and related course manual and lunch. CEUs: 0.8. Limit: 120. Fees, professional: $265 for environmental and health effects. Issues MSA/GS members, $300 for nonmembers. include toxic elements such as mercury and Fees, students: $75 for MSA/GS members, $110 for nonmembers. (Fees applicable if arsenic, particulate matter (PM2.5), and

30 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY registration is received before August 31; and assessments for various industrial and Girl Scout experience for young women as a student scholarships available.) Information commercial operations in the areas of permit critical experience for leadership training in and registration: MSA Business Office, 1015 compliance, operations, and information adult life; and, from Moret’s personal inter- 18th St. NW, Suite 601, Washington, D.C. management. Lytwynyshyn has authored views, how Girl Scout experience influenced 20036-5212, (202) 775-4344, fax 202-775- several publications in the areas of remedial the NASA astronauts and their careers. 0018; [email protected]; MSA home system assessments, energy alternatives, page, www.minsocam.org. technology application, rock mechanics, and Limit: 40. No fee. Preregistration required. geology. He is also an adjunct professor for Information and registration: Leuren Moret, Brachiopods environmental project management in the President, Scientists for Indigenous People, Former President 1994–1995, Association for Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sponsored by Masters of Project Management Program at Northwestern University. Women Geoscientists, P.O. Box 3132, Paleontological Society. Livermore, CA 94550-3132, (510) 845-3139, The title says it all. This course is intended to Limit: 38. Fee: $285; includes notebook and fax 510- 845-3139, [email protected]. provide a current review and summary of the refreshments. Information and registration: NGWA, Customer Service Representatives, Job Hunting and Career Development past 20 years of research on brachiopod Workshop biology and paleobiology for nonspecialists. 601 Dempsey Road; Westerville, OH 43081; Topics include phylogeny and classification of (800) 551-7379, fax 614-898-7786, www. Sun., Nov. 4, 1–3 p.m. Sponsored by Scientists Linguliformea, Craniiformea, and Rhynchon- ngwa.org. for Indigenous People, National Association for elliformea; genetics and molecular systematics; Gender Equity Workshop Black Geologists and Geophysicists, GSA embryology and development; physiology; Committee on Minorities and Women in the biochemistry; ecology; Phanerozoic paleo- Sun., Nov. 4, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sponsored by Geosciences, and GSA Committee on Education. ecology and paleobiogeography; biostratigraphy Scientists for Indigenous People, National and stratigraphic patterns; biogeochemistry, Association for Black Geologists and This workshop will cover the basics of how to diagenesis, and taphonomy; functional morph- Geophysicists, GSA Committee on Minorities find an entry-level job as a new graduate, ology and biomechanics; and patterns of and Women in the Geosciences, and GSA employment for persons with advanced de- diversity. The course is dedicated to G. Arthur Committee on Education. grees, and seeking tenure in academia. Other Cooper, who enriched the field of brachiopod topics include: new areas of employment and research immeasurably. This will be an interactive workshop career development in government, as an encouraging open discussion. Moret will share activist, and in non-governmental organizations Faculty: Sandra J. Carlson and Michael R. Sandy. information from more than 150 interviews with where scientists are needed; the importance of women and minorities in science and her ex- participating in professional organizations, how No fee or registration. Information: Sandra J. perience presenting workshops for challenged to do that effectively, and how it provides many Carlson, Department of Geology, University of professionals. Issues on tenure, how to use career advantages and opportunities; how to California, Davis, CA 95616, (530) 752-2834, documentation in your career to build your be a scientist and play a part in community fax 530-752-0951, [email protected]. case for promotion, how to seek legal remedy, decision making; environmental justice; in- The Art of Technical Writing: Improving and the importance of personal integrity through- digenous people and environmental issues; Your Technical Reports out the process. Soft money funding issues science and the media; and public policy de- and strategies will also be covered. How to cision making at different levels of government. Sun., Nov. 4. Sponsored by National Ground have a great career because we represent Water Association. diversity! Limit: 750. No fee. Preregistration required. Information and registration: Leuren Moret, This one-day workshop will focus on providing Limit: 40. No fee. Preregistration required. President, Scientists for Indigenous People, tools to improve technical writing skills. The Information and registration: Leuren Moret, Former President 1994–1995, Association for program is divided into six modules: commun- President, Scientists for Indigenous People, Women Geoscientists, P.O. Box 3132, ication, writing process, principles and rules, Former President 1994–1995, Association for Livermore, CA 94550-3132, (510) 845-3139, style, report organization and presentation, and Women Geoscientists, P.O. Box 3132, fax 510- 845-3139, [email protected]. miscellaneous tips and suggestions. The work- Livermore, CA 94550-3132, (510) 845-3139, shop is organized and will be presented in an fax 510- 845-3139, [email protected]. Practical Application of XRF Techniques interactive manner, providing instructions, to the Analysis of Geological Materials Girl Scout Geology Badge Workshop exercises, hints, and checkpoints that can be Mon., Nov. 5, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Philips Analytical, used for future references to continuously Sat., Nov. 3, 9 a.m.–noon. Sponsored by Natick, Massachusetts. Sponsored by improve writing skills. Participants should bring Scientists for Indigenous People, National Mineralogical Society of America. recent samples of their writing. These will be Association for Black Geologists and used to establish a current style and identify Geophysicists, GSA Committee on Minorities Designed for both novice and experienced those areas that can be improved. and Women in the Geosciences, and GSA users of XRF techniques in geology, this Committee on Education. workshop will focus on practical approaches to Faculty: George R. Lytwynyshyn is a senior XRF analysis of soils, rocks, waters, petro- regional program manager at ENSR Corpor- The Girl Scout Geology Badge can be earned leum-based products (oils, gasolines, etc.), ation. He has more than 26 years of diverse at several levels. This workshop covers: how to and other types of materials typically professional environmental experience in help a troop earn the badge or many troops at encountered by geoanalysts. The course will industry, consulting, and construction (reme- a jamboree event (four AWG women did 235 emphasize practical exercises in sample diation). His areas of specialization include: badges in one day); how to contact the Girl preparation, calibration methods, and analysis environmental management, environmental Scouts; required activities; how to work with of several different geological sample types. investigation, design and remediation, environ- girls of different ages; how to make science fun mental due diligence, and regulatory negoti- and geology “funner”; the importance of the Limit: 20. No fee. Philips Analytical will ations. He has performed environmental audits provide transportation to and from the Hynes

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 31 and how to teach effectively at undergraduate Claudia Mora, Associate Professor, University and graduate levels. Most of all, the workshop of Tennessee. Join us for lunch and an in- provides critical mentoring for both men and formed discussion of positive steps you can women graduate students and current junior take to succeed in academia. faculty on how to maximize chances of earning tenure and promotion once they enter acade- Limit: 100. No fee; includes lunch. Preregis- mia. The concepts and materials provided in tration required. Information and registration: this course are largely derived from a series of Mary Anne Holmes, 214 Bessey Hall, very popular lectures Donald I. Siegel prepared Geosciences Dept., University of Nebraska, for the Syracuse University Future Profes- Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (402) 472-5211, fax 402- sorate Program. The mentoring that Siegel and 472-4917, [email protected], www.awg.org. O’Connell will provide will also be very useful Geology, Public Lands, and YOU to M.S. students and Ph.D. students moving into government or industry employment. The Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Cosponsored by concepts for success are the same. Institute for Earth Science and the Environ- ment (IEE), Bureau of Land Management, Faculty: Donald I. Siegel, Syracuse University; National Park Service, and USDA Forest Suzanne O’Connell, Trinity College and Service. Wesleyan University. Learn the differences between federal land Limit: 50. Fee: $20; includes course manual management agencies and their missions. and lunch. Preregistration required. Information Learn what YOU need to know about gaining and registration: Donald I. Siegel, Dept. of access to your special areas of geologic in- Earth Sciences, 307 Heroy Geology Labor- Old Ironsides. Photo courtesy of the terest in national parks, national forests, and atory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244- Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. Bureau of Land Management lands. Get 1070, (315) 443-3607, [email protected]. pointers on conducting research and getting Convention Center, as well as lunch for all Panel Discussion: Tenure and Promotion— permits on different types of public lands. Take course participants. To enroll, please send your Letting the Cat Out of the Bag a crash course in the National Environmental name, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail Policy Act (public input to agency decisions). address to the MSA business office, 1015 18th Sun., Nov. 4, 11 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Sponsored by Learn how YOU can influence management of St. NW, Suite 601, Washington, D.C. 20036- Association for Women Geoscientists. public lands and resources. 5212, (202) 775-4344, fax 202-775-0018, A panel of tenured geoscientists from an array Registration is required. Information: [email protected], or visit and register of academic institutions will share experi- Katie KellerLynn, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1194, on the MSA home page, www.minsocam.org. ences—their own and from their service on [email protected]. Information: David Coler, [email protected]. tenure and promotion committees—on what it Digital Forum takes to get tenure. What are the pitfalls to watch out for? What documentation do you Wed., Nov. 7, 8:30–11:30 a.m. Sponsored by need to keep? Panelists will include: Gail Geoscience Information Society. Ashley, Professor, Rutgers University; Margaret Guccione, Professor, University of Each year, this forum provides a venue where Arkansas; Judith Hannah, Chair, Dept. of Earth scientists, information specialists, and pub- Resources, Colorado State University; and lishers gather to discuss issues concerning electronic resources and to view new applications in electronic data for earth scientists. Earth Scientists on Capitol Hill: Report from No fee or registration. Open to all meeting reg- Rachel Sours-Page, GSA–U.S. Geological Survey istrants. Information: Adonna Fleming, James 2000–2001 Congressional Science Fellow A. Michener Library, University of Northern Wed., Nov. 7, noon–1 p.m. Free. Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639, (970) 351-1530, fax 970-351-2963, [email protected]. Geology in Government Mentor Program Special Workshop: Surviving Wed., Nov. 7, 11:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Academia—From Getting the Job to Winning Tenure This program is for undergraduate and graduate students. Representatives from four governmental Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sponsored by agencies will conduct a panel discussion (with inter- Association for Women Geoscientists. action from the audience) addressing topics that This workshop constitutes a no-holds-barred include: current and anticipated future roles for review of what it takes to win an academic job geoscientists within their particular government and keep it. Segments in the course include: segments; discussion of interesting or highly visible how to maximize the chances of winning an geoscience projects currently in process; current academic job, from the application process to and future job opportunities within their agencies. the interview; how to write a publishable scien- Free to students, lunch provided. Registration tific paper or acceptable scientific proposal; required, limited seating.

32 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY K–16 EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS VALUE YOU K–16 teachers, graduate students, and scientists are invited to join us for an interesting series of workshops for educators at all levels. Enroll- CAN SEE, ment is limited, so plan to preregister to ensure your spot in these very QUALITY YOU popular sessions. (Register through GSA for all workshops except #5.) Graduate level recertification will be available through the Colorado CAN FEEL School of Mines for both workshops and attendance in the technical sessions for an additional fee and a written assignment. The Prior MP3500 Look for the Share-a-thon Booth in the Exhibit Hall this year. Our display Polarizing Microscope will include a demonstration of a tabletop seismograph. For more information on any educational program, or if you would like With over 100 years of to participate in the Share-a-thon, please contact Diana Stordeur, the proven performance worldwide, Subaru–GSA Distinguished Earth Science Educator, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1182, [email protected]. Prior microscopes deliver the accu- 1. Exploring the Solar System in the Classroom: racy, reliability and smooth ergonomics you’d A Multisensory Approach expect from the more expensive brands. The Sat., Nov. 3, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Come explore our solar system in a ideal choice for virtually any educational or fun-filled, action-packed, full-day workshop. Teacher will use numerous hands-on activities to explore the many geologic processes that are research application, the MP3500 features active in our solar system. Registered participants will receive class- modular construction and a full range of acces- room materials, including recent posters, maps, slides sets, activity workbooks, and much more. Dress casually! Intended for grade levels sories to suit your specific application. Plus it’s K–12. Cost: $20. Registration is required. Information: Cassandra backed by a nationwide dealer support net- Runyon, [email protected]. work for complete customer assistance. 2. How to Get an Undergraduate Research Program Started Call now to receive literature on our Sun., Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m.–noon. This workshop will present strategies 80 Reservoir Park Drive Polarizing microscopes and other productiv- Rockland, MA 02370 and approaches for developing a research program at a primarily Tel: 800-923-7660 undergraduate institution. The workshop is open to all, but is aimed at ity-enhancing products. Fax: 781-878-8736 graduate students preparing to apply for academic positions and new faculty with limited experience. Presentations will cover strategies for obtaining a job at a predominantly undergraduate institution, funding 5. Earthquakes—A One-Day Workshop for College Faculty opportunities to support undergraduate research, and models of successful Sun., Nov. 4, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Topics will include causes of earthquakes, undergraduate research programs. Breakout sessions and group dis- plate tectonics, propagation of seismic waves, statistics and data, Earth cussions will be used to develop individual plans and share ideas and structure and hazards. About $120 worth of materials will be given to strategies for getting started, finding money and time, and selecting pro- each participant. Intended for college faculty who teach introductory jects. Intended for graduate students and college faculty. Cost: $25. earth science courses. Cost: free. Registration is required through L.W. Registration is required. Information: Jill Singer, singerjk@buffalostate. Braile, [email protected], (765) 494-5979. edu, or Ed Hansen, [email protected]. 6. Exploring Plate Tectonics: A Hands-on Approach 3. Designing a Successful Student-Centered Online Geology Course Sun., Nov. 4, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. This active workshop will introduce educators to the concepts behind the theory of plate tectonics. Effective Sun., Nov. 4, 8:30a.m.–4:30 p.m. Intended for undergraduates and teaching strategies and a comprehensive series of hands-on activities graduate geoscience faculty. Although Web-based courses are that employ maps, puzzles, and models are used to show the evidence becoming increasingly common, the Internet is still a new teaching of Pangea, lithospheric plates, and plate motion. Learn why the contin- medium and is unfamiliar to most instructors. This workshop is designed ental drift hypothesis is not accepted, and take back to your classrooms to familiarize geoscience faculty who have an interest in Web education an entire unit of plate tectonics activities. Participants will also receive a with successful strategies, methods, and design principles. It will be beautiful map of the sea floor. Intended for K–16 educators. Cost: $25. rooted in educational research and sound pedagogical principles, but Registration is required. Information: Leslie Reynolds Sautter, sautterl@ will be presented in plain language and aimed at earth science courses. cofc.edu. The format will focus on hands-on exploration, critique, and discussion of existing Web courses. No familiarity with html or Java is required. 7. Evolution: Investigating the Evidence for Teachers Cost: $40. Registration is required. Grades 6 to 16 4. Earth Science Activities to Develop Process Skills Sat., Nov. 3, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. What is the evidence for evolution? Why of Elementary School Students the controversies? How can teachers present major evolutionary concepts in their classrooms in meaningful ways? Join an energetic team of Sat., Nov. 3, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Participants will participate in earth paleontologists and educators in a full-day, hands-on workshop. We will science activities to emphasize the development of the process skills of concentrate on what science is and is not, the importance of teaching elementary students. The process skills emphasized will be observing, evolution, and the best teaching strategies. The format will be a com- hypothesizing, planning, interpreting, and communicating with specific bination of informative sessions, discussions, and hands-on activities activities that can be done in the class. Intended for K–6 teachers. presented by grade level. Cost: $30; includes a 400-page book. Cost: $10. Registration is required. Information: Barbara Manner, Registration is required. Information: [email protected]. [email protected].

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 33 GUEST HOSPITALITY to visit one of the world-renowned pation in the China trade. The sea captains of Massachusetts hotspots north of Boston—the this era built beautiful and stately homes on ROOM C Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (a.k.a. Chestnut Street, which has been called the most Beginning Sun., Nov. 4, guests are invited to Plum Island) or Cape Ann. The exact itinerary distinguished street in America. You’ll visit this visit the Hospitality Room located at the Hynes will be chosen just prior to the trip, depending lovely neighborhood, tour the Witch Museum, Convention Center. Your local hosts will pro- on bird reports. and then dine in a charming harborside restaurant. vide a resource center with abundant inform- We’ll travel by van leaving from the Boylston ation on Boston and the surrounding areas. Street entrance of the Hynes Convention Next will be a private tour of the Peabody Formal and informal tour information will be Center by the bus pull-off at 6:30 a.m. Sunday Museum’s rare Oriental treasures and its available. Light refreshments will be served morning, and we’ll return in time for the GSA wonderful and unusual galleries of seafaring throughout the day. Remember to wear your Welcoming Party. Bill Drummond, art. Finally, there will be a photo stop at the GSA badge; it will be required for admission to Massachusetts and world birding guide, will House of Seven Gables and a visit to Ye Olde the Hospitality Room and the Exhibit Hall. lead the trip with help from local geo-birders. Pepper Company, the oldest candy shoppe in Guest registration does not include access to Dress warmly, bring binoculars, and we’ll America. Max.: 80; min.: 40. Cost: $63; in- the technical sessions; however, a guest can provide a few scopes. Max.: 35; min.: 10. Cost: cludes transportation, guide service, ad- obtain a temporary pass to see a spouse or $34; includes transportation, guide, beverage, missions, luncheon, taxes, and gratuities. friend present a paper. and snack. Lunch will be at participant’s ex- Lexington and Concord—The Shot Guest Hospitality Room Hours pense at a local fast food restaurant, or you may bring your own brown-bag lunch. Heard Round the World Sunday through Wednesday, 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m.–noon Complete Tour of Boston—350 Years Tues., Nov. 6, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Seminars in a Day Your first stop is historic Lexington Green, the Mon., Nov. 5, 1–5 p.m. site of the initial skirmish of the American Payment of the guest registration fee entitles Revolution. Surrounding the Green are three you to attend seminars offered in the Guest Boston is composed of many neighborhoods, historic homes, each of which played a sig- Hospitality Room. Please see the Annual each with its own architecture and atmosphere. nificant role in the events that occurred in April Meeting Program (distributed at the meeting) You’ll get an overview of the city as you tour 1775. You’ll have a private tour of one of these for a complete list of seminars, information on the major neighborhoods and the historic sites homes, Buckman Tavern, preserved as it was topics, and times. that make Boston such a fascinating place to more than 200 years ago, and learn what role The Many Faces of Boston visit. You’ll see Beacon Hill, Boston’s most it played as our country declared its freedom prestigious address, and visit the Back Bay, an from England. Mon., Nov. 5, 10 a.m., Guest Hospitality Room. elegant section of Boston, which was built 100 Thomas H. O’Connor, well known for his years ago according to the plan of Paris’ Bois After your tour, you’ll travel the Battle Road to scholarly works and popular books on the his- de Bologne. You’ll pass by the midtown Concord, where you’ll visit the Old North tory of Boston, including his recent best seller Cultural District, Chinatown, and the South Bridge, see the Minuteman Statue, and stand Boston from A to Z, will present an illustrated End, which boasts the largest Victorian on the site where embattled farmers stood and lecture on the history of Boston. neighborhood in the United States. fired the shot heard round the world. While in Concord, you’ll pass by the homes of Louisa GUEST ACTIVITIES Fenway Park is on the route, as well as the May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Fens section of Boston, which contains the Nathaniel Hawthorne, three of Concord’s most All GSA Annual Meeting registered attendees Museum of Fine Arts, the Symphony Hall, and famous residents. Max.: none; min.: 40. Cost: are welcome to sign up for the tours offered as the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum. You’ll $33; includes transportation, professional tour part of the Guest Program. Reservations for all pass by the waterfront and then walk into the guide, all admissions, taxes, and gratuities. tours will be accepted on a first-come, first-served North End, Boston’s famous Italian neighbor- basis. The tour operator requires a final guar- hood, where you’ll visit the Old North Church to Historic Plymouth antee several days in advance for most tours, see where the lanterns were hung to signal the Tues., Nov. 6, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and most tours have minimums and max- beginning of Paul Revere’s famous midnight imums. Please register early to guarantee your Drive to historic Plymouth, where your first stop ride. Boston’s Freedom Trail continues from spot. Tours may be canceled if minimums are is Plymouth Rock, famous as the spot where here. You’ll have time on your own in Quincy not met. Plan to arrive at the hospitality room settlers first landed in the New World. You’ll Market, Boston’s renovated central market, 15 minutes before the scheduled departure see this site and then go aboard the Mayflower where you can browse among the vast array of times for check-in. II, a duplicate of the ship that carried those carts and shops offering everything from local hardy souls across the sea. Next is a visit to Birding in Eastern Massachusetts crafts to merchandise from around the world. Plimoth Plantation, which recreates the lives of Sun., Nov. 4, 6:30 a.m.–late afternoon Max.: none; min.: 40. Cost: $29; includes trans- the settlers who arrived here from England in portation, guide service, admissions, taxes, the 1600s. Called Pilgrims, they established Eastern Massachusetts is well known to and gratuities. the first successful English colony in New birders for its variety of habitats. Add eastern England. species to your list: shorebirds, seabirds, Marblehead and Old Salem raptors, and even a snowy owl is possible (and Mon., Nov. 5, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Both on the ship and at the plantation, actual if there is a rarity in the area, we’ll chase it!). Marblehead’s cliffs provide a dramatic residents are portrayed. Dressed in authentic Almost anything is possible in early November backdrop to this picturesque harborside village. clothing and speaking with early accents, these as the last wave of southward-bound migrants See the waterfront, enjoy the scenery, and Pilgrims will relate their experiences and is passing through, and the first northern, then head for Salem, famous for its horrific answer questions about their lives. You can wintering-over species are arriving. We’ll plan witch trials. Salem also is known for its partici- enter their homes and explore the settlement

34 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY on your own. Your visit to the plantation also see the often humorous press conferences, house. Wander the country roads that lead includes a complete luncheon. Max.: none; and continue on through the highlights of his from the village to the Freeman farm and the min.: 40. Cost $63; includes round-trip trans- presidency. You can sit in on the strategy mill neighborhood. The sights, smells, and portation by executive motorcoach, services of sessions during the Cuban missile crisis, see sounds of 1830s New England will greet you a professional tour guide, all admissions, the Kennedy oval office, and view the gifts the each step of the way on your visit back in time. complete luncheon, all taxes, and gratuities. Kennedys received during his presidency as well as mementos from his personal life. For You’ll then be driven down a quiet country Harvard University and the JFK Library a short time, you’ll relive the thousand days of road, where, surrounded by rolling hills and Wed., Nov. 7, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Camelot. Max.: none; min.: 40. Cost: $33; meadows, the Salem Cross Inn recalls a time and place ordinarily beyond the reach of Explore the world-famous Harvard University includes transportation, guide service, admissions, taxes, and gratuities. contemporary Americans. The inn is known for area where the young John F. Kennedy lived its extensive collection of American antiques and studied. Stroll through Harvard Yard, the Sturbridge Village and Salem Cross Inn and furnishings. The collections occupy richly original campus of the oldest university in the Wed., Nov. 7, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. paneled rooms in the ancestral home of a country, and see the Ancient Burying Ground family whose forebear, Peregrine White, was where Harvard’s first eight presidents are Depart for Old Sturbridge Village, where you’ll the first person born on the Mayflower. Built in buried. You’ll have time to browse in Harvard have the opportunity to turn back the clock 1705, the Salem Cross Inn, with its borning Square, with its shops, boutiques, and more more than 150 years and experience the life, room and stream of spring water flowing than 25 bookstores. Your tour will continue as work, and celebrations of a rural New England through the cellar, withstood countless Indian you travel from Cambridge to the shoreline of community in the early 19th century. More than raids, the French and Indian Wars, and the Dorchester Bay, where you’ll visit the spec- 200 acres of rolling landscape, woodlands, American Revolution. After a tour of the inn by tacular John F. Kennedy Library, designed by gardens, country pathways, and a working the owner, you’ll be seated for a sumptuous I.M. Pei. The museum was recently historical farm, and more than 40 restored luncheon made from ingredients grown on redesigned. buildings are all part of this recreated village. the inn’s farmlands. Max.: none; min.: 40. Cost: Demonstrations of daily tasks and conver- $73; includes transportation, guide service, First you’ll see a short film about President sations with costumed interpreters will help you Kennedy, and then you’ll walk the campaign admissions, tour, luncheon, taxes, understand early American life. Explore village and gratuities. trail, view the famous Kennedy-Nixon debates, homes, shops, businesses, and the meeting

Paul Revere Statue and Old North Church. As the oldest church building in Boston (1723), this is where the two lanterns were hung before Paul Revere embarked on his midnight ride: “One if by land, two if by sea.” Minute man statue of Captin John Parker, Lexington Common. Photos courtesy of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 35 EXHIBIT HALL Visit GSA’s Web site, www.geosociety.org, to download the Visit the Shake-a-Thon exhibit prospectus and browse an online listing of current exhibitors’ products and services. For information on becoming at the Share-a-Thon Booths an exhibitor, contact the GSA Exhibit Sales Coordinator, Brenda Martinez, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1138, [email protected]. Alan Kafka of Boston College and co-chair of the 2001 Exhibit Hall Hours Annual Meeting Education Committee will be providing a Sun., Nov. 4 6–8 p.m. (New hours!) seismograph demonstration at the Education Share-a-Thon Mon., Nov. 5 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. exhibit, booths 103 and 105. The demonstration will show Tues., Nov. 6 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. both live-action readings and recent major seismological Wed., Nov. 7 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. activity as registered from Boston. Stop by and see how Thurs., Nov. 8 Closed, except for the GSA Headquarters much the Earth moves beneath your feet. Services area, which will be open 9 a.m.–2 p.m.

GSA Headquarters Services In addition to the regular Exhibit Hall hours, the GSA Headquarter Services booths will also be open on Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., to provide GSA members and meeting attendees an additional opportunity to access GSA services, staff members, and publications.

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BRADFORD WASHBURN’S MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY on Display in Exhibit Hall Ansel Adams called him the “roving genius of mind and mountains.” Traveling the world for eight decades, mountaineer, explorer, cartographer, and aerial photographer Bradford Washburn has documented the landscape from the Grand Canyon to the Alps, Mount McKinley to Mount Everest. Genius inspired Washburn to pioneer photographic techniques that capture the most remote and inaccessible points on earth under conditions worthy of a stunt man. His genius also transformed his photos— conceived for a purely functional purpose—into works of expressive art.

Born in 1910, Bradford Washburn served as director to the Boston Museum of Science for nearly 40 years. He produced numerous award- winning maps, including those of Mount Everest, Mount McKinley, the Grand Canyon, Mount Washington and New Hampshire’s Presidential Range. He performed pioneering research in the areas of aerial film, Bradford Washburn Mountain Photography, edited and compiled wireless communications, cold-weather search-and-rescue procedures for by Antony Decaneas, will be available for purchase at the GSA the U.S. Army Air Forces, and cold-weather survival techniques. Bookstore in Boston. (Or, order online at www.geosociety.org.) Visit the Panopticon Gallery booth for a look at Washburn’s photography in a display sponsored by GSA.

36 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY EXHIBITORS *Subaru of America, Inc. Brooks/Cole Publishing Ward’s Natural Science Cambridge University Press Computer Software Other—Educational Elsevier Science/Geobase Abstracts ERDAS, Inc. Houghton Mifflin Company ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Columbia University Press John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Institute, Inc.) GSA K–16 Education Share-a-Thon Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company RockWare, Inc. International Centre for Diffraction Data Kluwer Academic Publishers Tasa Graphic Arts, Inc. Micropaleontology Press McGraw-Hill National Ground Water Association Mountain Press Publishing Co. Gem and Mineral Dealers, National Research Council/National Oxford University Press Jewelry, and Gifts Academy of Sciences Paleontological Research Institution Donald K. Olson Minerals Rock Detective Geoscience Education Prentice Hall Gems and Crystals Unlimited University of Chicago Press Princeton University Press Cal Graeber–IKON Mining Professional Societies Seismo-Watch, Inc. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Komodo Dragon and Associations Lungobe Gemstone Mining Co, Ltd. Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. Roxy Gemstone Jewelry AAPG Bookstore W.H. Freeman & Company American Geological Institute W.W. Norton and Company Geologic Supplies American Geophysical Union Yale University Press and Related Equipment American Institute of Services (Exploration, Drillings, *Brunton Company Professional Geologists Carolina Biological Supply Company Association for Women Geoscientists Consulting, etc.) Forestry Suppliers, Inc. Association of American State Geologists Activation Laboratories, Ltd. Great Atlantic Stream Flow Meters Association of Engineering Geologists Environmental Isotope Lab HallTech Environmental/Exploration Council on Undergraduate Research— Geochron Laboratories/Krueger Enterprises Outfitters Geosciences Division XRAL Laboratories Cushman Foundation J.L. Darling Corporation State Surveys Thermo Elemental Geoscience Information Society GSA Planetary Geology Division New York State Geological Survey Government Agencies GSA History of Geology Division Oklahoma Geological Survey (Federal, State, Local) Mineralogical Society of America Pennsylvania Geological Survey (DCNR) Geoscience Laboratories National Association of Geoscience Teachers Universities and Schools NASA’s Global Change Master Directory Baylor University NASA/EOSDIS National Earth Science Teachers Association Boston College National Park Service Colorado School of Mines National Research Council Canada— Paleontological Society SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Desert Research Institute Research Press Incorporated Research Institutions National Science Foundation Sigma Gamma Epsilon Society of Economic Geologists for Seismology (IRIS) U.S. Geological Survey Louisiana State University Yucca Mountain Project Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits University of Nevada, Las Vegas Instrumentation, Cameras, Scopes University of Nevada, Reno Publications, Maps, Films, Advanced Geosciences Inc. Wright State University ASC Scientific and Teaching Aids Beckman Coulter, Inc. Academic Press *Sponsor of 2001 Annual Meeting Finnigan MAT American Journal of Science Kratos Analytical, Inc. Meiji Techno America Micromass New Wave Research–Merchantek Products *Philips Analytical Prior Scientific Inc. XRAL Analytical Services for Exploration Rigaku/USA, Inc. and Research Geologists SPEX CertiPrep., Inc. •Fire Assay of all Precious XRAL Laboratories Thermo ARL Metals • Whole Rock 1885 Leslie St., Toronto, ON Welsh Miners’ Lamps–Trianco Corp. Analysis • Multi-Element Canada M3B 3J4 Geochemistry by Other—Commercial Tel: (416) 445-5755 DCP/ICP/XRF/INAA • AMS, Inc. Neutron Activation • ICP Fax: (416) 445-4152 Bruker AXS, Inc. Mass Spec. • Assay Grade In the U.S.: 1-800-387-0255 Estwing Manufacturing Company Analysis Internet: [email protected] General Supply Corporation Sample preparation & forwarding SGS Canada Inc. JEOL USA, Inc. through SGS offices worldwide Expertise everyday, everywhere Poland Spring Bottling, Inc. Booth # 526

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 37 SPECIAL EVENTS GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony Sunday, November 4, 4–6 p.m. Ballroom B, Hynes Convention Center. Save Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. for GSA President Sharon Mosher’s address, “Plate Boundaries to Politics: Pursuing Passions in Science,” and the 2001 Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony. Awardees of the Penrose Medal, the Day Medal, The Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), the Public Service Award, and the Distinguished Service Award, as well as the Boston Harbor. Photo courtesy of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. newly elected Honorary Fellows, will be announced in the July issue of GSA Today. Private Alumni Receptions announced. Information and sign-up: Grant Hear Sharon Mosher’s address and honor your Mon., Nov. 5, 7–10 p.m. Locations will be listed Garven (ice hockey hydrogeologist), Dept. of fellow geoscientists, the awardees and Hon- in the Annual Meeting Program. Plan to join Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins orary Fellows, at the Presidential Address and your fellow alumni for an evening of memories University, Baltimore, MD 21218, Awards Ceremony, then stick around for the and renewed connections. [email protected], (410) 516-8689. Welcoming Party from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hynes GSA members and friends: Join this co-ed, Convention Center. Please see the 2001 Annual Meeting Program for a listing of schools holding individual alumni non-contact, social game for fun and exercise! Exhibits Opening and receptions and locations. If you would like to You’ll be required to sign a liability release and NEW pay a nominal fee to cover ice rental expenses, Welcoming Party TIME! hold an alumni reception, check with your department head, who may have already and you’ll need to provide your own standard Sun., Nov. 4, 6–8 p.m., Hynes Convention arranged this with GSA, or send an e-mail to hockey equipment: skates, sticks, helmets, and Center, Exhibit Hall C. [email protected]. pads. Join your colleagues to celebrate the grand Dinner and Boston Symphony A Celebration of Barrier Islands opening kickoff for the 2001 GSA Annual Tues., Nov. 6, Hynes Convention Center. Meeting and Exposition! This is the time to Sat., Nov. 3, 6 p.m. Tiger Lilly Restaurant meet with friends and plan the next four days (adjacent to the Boston Symphony Hall). Enjoy Join us in Boston at a unique artist-scientist of networking and meeting activities. Relax and a Malaysian dinner before heading to hear collaboration celebrating the natural visual take this opportunity to view the exhibits and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The concert splendor of the barrier islands of the world. enjoy your favorite beverage. program will be announced. Nancy Adams, Batik artist Mary Edna Fraser of Charleston, coordinator. Max.: 50. Cost $90. South Carolina, and geologist Orrin Pilkey of Award Luncheons and Other Harborlight Dinner Cruise Duke University, winner of the 2000 GSA Ticketed Group Functions Public Service Award, will share insights as Wed., Nov. 7, 7–10 p.m. Take a spectacular Associated Societies and GSA Divisions invite they view the barrier islands of the world, their moonlit cruise of the Boston Harbor aboard their members and other interested guests to processes of origin and evolution and their role The Spirit of Boston. View the site of the join them for their annual meal functions, as “canaries in the mine” in a time of global Boston Tea Party, Old Ironsides, the Mystic special addresses, and awards ceremonies. sea-level rise. Tobin Bridge, and more. Enjoy entertainment, Only a few tickets will be available on-site, so dancing, and bountiful buffets. Varied menu The large-scale batiks of Mary Edna Fraser, please register early for ticketed functions includes something for every taste. Cash bar. which have been on exhibit at the National using the preregistration form on page 47. Max: 400; cost: $62 (includes transportation, Science Foundation, the National Academy of Check the preregistration form for dates. harbor cruise, dinner buffet, entertainment, Sciences, and at various art museums, will Location and time of events will appear on your and dancing). provide the principal illustrations for the ticket and in the 2001 Annual Meeting presentation. Two of her batiks will be on Program. Harvard Museum of Natural History display in the lecture room. Barrier islands line Group Alumni Party Reception more than 10 percent of all open ocean Mon., Nov. 5, 7–9:30 p.m. Sheraton Boston Tues., Nov. 6, 7–9:30 p.m. Twenty-one million shorelines of the world, and island chains from Hotel. Come join your former classmates and specimens, 4.5 billion years, one great experi- the Arctic to the tropics—on all continents colleagues at this year’s Group Alumni Party at ence. Join GSA at the museum for a wonderful except the Antarctic—will be featured. Orrin the Sheraton Boston Hotel. evening of socializing and exploring. Cost: $35 Pilkey will summarize our understanding of (includes transportation, museum admission, global barrier island processes, including new To include your school in the Group Alumni hors d’oeuvres; cash bar). insights (and the discovery of “new” island Party, go to www.geosociety.org and complete chains) from an ongoing global study of these the Space Request Form, or contact Andrea GSA Ice Hockey in Boston: hugely dynamic features. Harshman at [email protected], Wanna Play? (303) 447-2020, ext. 1158, for details. Tuesday or Wednesday evening; dates to be

38 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY GSA EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Roundtable discussion leaders from the following areas will be featured this year: Interview Service • Academic and education • Consulting Sun., Nov. 4, noon–5 p.m., and Mon.–Wed., Nov. 5–7, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. • Mining • Petroleum GSA Employment Service area, Hynes Convention Center. Information • Federal government • Résumé review. or registration forms: Nancy Williams, GSA Member Services, member@ • State and local government geosociety.org, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1117. Forms are also available in the Professional Development section of GSA’s Web site at www. President’s Student geosociety.org. Breakfast Reception Do you need qualified scientists to fill staff needs? Or are you looking for employment in the earth sciences? If so, you are invited to participate in Mon., Nov. 5, 7–8:30 a.m. Back Bay Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel. the GSA Employment Interview Service. Sponsored by ExxonMobil, hosted by GSA. Employers: All organizations seeking qualified earth scientists are GSA President Sharon Mosher invites all students registered for the urged to submit notices of their vacancies and their requests for lists of meeting to attend a free breakfast buffet sponsored by ExxonMobil applicants in advance of the meeting. Interview booths may be reserved Corporation. Sharon and members of the GSA leadership, as well as at the meeting in half-day increments for a nominal fee. GSA staff will ExxonMobil staff members, will be on hand to answer questions and handle all interview scheduling with Employment Service applicants. address student issues. Registered students will receive complimentary coupons redeemable toward the breakfast buffet. This is one of the most Job seekers: Many job seekers have found the Employment Interview popular events at the meeting for students, and with good reason! Take Service critical to their successful search for positions. The registration this opportunity to network with fellow students and meet the officers fee for applicants is $35 for GSA members and associates, and $65 for of GSA! nonmembers, and includes year-round service as well as interviewing at the Annual Meeting. Students completing degrees during 2001 are parti- Graduate School Information Forum cularly encouraged to join the Employment Matching Service and to check the job offerings at the meeting. Applicants who sign up with the Mon.–Wed., Nov. 5–7, 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Hynes Convention Center, Employment Matching Service by September 15, 2001, will have their Exhibit Hall D. A schedule of participating schools will be published in information included in the materials that employers receive prior to the the October issue of GSA Today. meeting, so submit your application form and résumé early to receive Students: Make one trip to Boston to meet with representatives from 40 maximum exposure. Be sure to indicate on the form that you will be attend- to 50 top graduate schools from around the country without spending ing the meeting. Both applicants and employers may also register on-site. the travel time and money to go to each school for information and inter- Employment Opportunities in the views. A complete list of participating schools, with contact names and Geological Sciences—Roundtable Discussions telephone numbers, is available from Brenda Martinez, Exhibit Sales Coordinator, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1138, [email protected]. Sun., Nov. 4, 1–3 p.m. GSA Employment Service area, Hynes Con- vention Center. Information: Nancy Williams, GSA Member Services, Universities: For your school name to appear in the October issue of [email protected], (303) 447-2020, ext. 1117. GSA Today and in the on-site Annual Meeting Program, you must reserve your spot by July 31, 2001. Reservations received after this date This annual forum on employment opportunities in the geosciences will be accepted on a space-available basis and will not appear in either allows valuable one-on-one interaction between panel members and publication. If your school would like to reserve space, contact Brenda individuals or small groups. Experts in each of the areas listed below will Martinez, Exhibit Sales Coordinator, (303) 447-2020, ext. 1138, conduct his or her own roundtable discussion designed to provide a [email protected]. better opportunity to field both general and specific questions on a more personal, individualized basis. Student Volunteer Program You do not have to be signed up for either the Annual Meeting or the Receive a free registration along with other benefits by working as a Employment Matching Service to participate in these discussions. student volunteer at the GSA Annual Meeting. Go to the Annual Meeting Everyone—professionals and students—is encouraged to attend. You Web site, www.geosociety.org/meetings/2001/index.htm to learn more may join as many of the discussions as you like. about the Student Volunteer Program and other student opportunities. If you have additional questions in regard to the Student Volunteer Swan boats in the Boston Gardens. Program, contact Maxine Vondersaar, [email protected], Photo courtesy of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. 1-800-472-1988, ext. 1184.

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 39 GSA 2001 Annual Meeting and Exposition—Boston Hotels

Boston Hotels Rates (single/double) No. on map Distance to Hynes Convention Center

Sheraton Boston Hotel * $202 / $224 ➊ Adjacent

Boston Park Plaza * $158 / $178 ➋ 1.2 miles

Colonnade Hotel $231 / $258 ➌ 4 blocks

Copley Square Hotel $163 / $171 ➍ 4 blocks

Hilton Boston Back Bay $194 / $212 ➎ Across the street

Lenox Hotel $184 / $209 ➏ 3 blocks

Midtown Hotel $162 / $162 ➐ 6 blocks

Radisson Boston $165 / $180 ➑ 1.3 miles

Swissotel Boston $199 / $199 ➒ 2.1 miles

Tremont Hotel Boston $196 / $196 ➓ 1.5 miles

Westin Copley Place $239 / $259 11 4 blocks, connected by enclosed walkway

*co-headquarters hotel indicates hotels that will offer shuttle service to and from the Hynes Convention Center

Boston Hotel Features Midtown Hotel The Midtown offers a blend of spaciousness, economy, and Sheraton Boston Hotel * 1215-room hotel featuring Apropros Restaurant, comfort in Boston’s historic Back Bay. Each room features private bath, climate Turning Point Lobby Bar, Executive Business Center, fitness center with control, color television with pay-per-view movies and free HBO, telephones with indoor/outdoor heated pool, gift shop, 24-hour room service, and concierge desk. high-speed Internet access, alarm clocks, coffee makers, and ample closet space. All guest rooms include coffee/tea maker, hair dryer, in-room movies, data port, Radisson Boston Located in the heart of Boston’s theater district with 356 guest and voice mail. rooms, standard amenities include coffeemakers, data ports, iron, and ironing Boston Park Plaza * 950-room hotel and Boston’s only member of Historic Hotels board. Each room has a private balcony and an inspiring view of Boston. Dining of America. Full-service concierge, business center, travel agency, pharmacy, options are the Theater Café and the 57 Restaurant & Bar. Hotel also offers a barber and beauty salon, gift shop, and fitness center. Dining options are fitness center and indoor pool. McCormick and Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant, M.J. O’Connor’s Irish Pub, Au Swissotel Boston 500 guest rooms feature three multi-line telephones with voice Bon Pain, Finale Desserterie, Montillo’s Bakery, Swan Court Lobby Bar & mail, call waiting, and data port, high-speed Internet access, cable tele- Restaurant, Whiskey Park and room service. vision, coffee maker, minibar, hair dryer, iron, and ironing board. Hotel offers 24- Colonnade Hotel The Colonnade is an independent hotel with 285 rooms. hour room service, fitness center/spa with indoor pool, Café Suisse restaurant, Rooms feature dual-line speaker phones, high speed Internet access, minibar, Lobby Bar. bathrobe, hair dryer, umbrella, and iron. Hotel offers 24-hour room service, valet Tremont Hotel Boston Centrally located in the heart of downtown Boston, within parking, fitness room, and award-winning Brasserie Jo restaurant. the city’s lively Theater District. Guest room amenities feature coffee maker and Copley Square Hotel 143 guest rooms feature a variety of color schemes; no two complimentary coffee, hair dryers, iron and ironing boards, data ports, free USA rooms are exactly alike. In-room hair dryers, irons and ironing boards, personal Today delivered Monday–Friday. Hotel services include fitness center, voice mail and modem hook-ups, electronic key cards, and electronic safes. Three laundry/valet service, full-service restaurant, lobby lounge, two nightclubs, and full-service restaurants (The Original Sports Saloon, Speeder & Earl’s, and Cafe room service. Budapest), a take-out restaurant (Tennessee’s), concierge, and complimentary Westin Copley Place 800 standard guest rooms have spacious floor plans and afternoon tea served in the lobby. sweeping views of the city. Amenities include a coffee maker with Starbucks Hilton Boston Back Bay Newly renovated and offering 385 guest rooms with coffee, iron/ironing board, in-room safe, plush robe, hair dryer, and Westin’s amenities such as hair dryer, minibar, two telephones with voice mail and data signature line of toiletries. Additional services feature a health club with indoor ports, coffee maker, iron, and work desk. Boodle’s Restaurant offers dining in a pool, 24-hour room service, concierge and three restaurants, Turner Fisheries, fun and relaxed atmosphere; Boodles Bar has the largest selection of American The Palm and Bar 10. micro beers in the area. There is a fitness room and heated indoor sky-lit swimming pool on the premises. For more information and to view the hotels, go to the online Hotel Reservation Lenox Hotel 212-room hotel has the quiet, intimate atmosphere of a small, Form at www.geosociety.org. classic European hotel. Two full-service restaurants, Anago and Samuel Adams Brew House, plus The Upstairs Café (breakfast only), in-room dining, valet parking, concierge, valet service, on-premise exercise room. In-room hair dryers, irons, ironing boards, voice mail, dual-line speaker phones, modem ports, fax machines, plush terry bathrobes.

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GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 41 Make All Your Meeting Arrangements Online! Registration Housing Travel Visit www.geosociety.org and go to Boston 2001—A Geo-Odyssey

Housing 3. Telephone: Call the Boston Housing Bureau between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST, Monday–Friday at 1-866-870-2415 (toll free) For the first time, you can make your GSA housing reservations or (312) 396-2122 (international). online at www.geosociety.org. It’s quick and easy. Please be sure to read the entire Hotel Reservation Form on page GSA has contracted with 11 hotels for special GSA convention 43 for information regarding hotel reservations. Check all rates. Please make reservations early to ensure that you can get a information on the form for accuracy before submitting. List your reservation at your preferred hotel. See the hotel grid on page 40 hotels in order of preference. If your selected hotel is not for specific information and pricing on each hotel. Boston hotel available, the Housing Bureau will select a hotel on the basis of rates are high, and to ensure that you can take advantage of the your specified criteria. THE RESERVATION CUT-OFF DATE contracted rates, reservations must be made by September 28. IS SEPTEMBER 28. The GSA convention rates cannot be guaranteed after September 28. The Boston Housing Bureau The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and the Sheraton Boston Hotel will will be open and assist with hotel reservations until October 23. serve as the co-headquarter hotels and will host business After October 23, you must call the hotels directly. meetings, social events, receptions, and workshops. Making a Reservation Reservations made online will receive immediate confirmations; all other reservations will receive confirmations within 7 days. If You have three options: you have not received a confirmation within 7 days, or you need to make a change to or cancel a reservation, contact the Boston 1. Internet: Use the online hotel reservation form at Housing Bureau at 1-866-870-2415. www.geosociety.org and get immediate confirmation of your reservation. Deposits and Cancellation 2. Fax: Complete the hotel reservation form on page 43 and fax it All reservations require a one-night room and tax deposit. Any to the Boston Housing Bureau at 312-705-2562. cancellations made within 48 hours of your confirmed arrival date will result in the forfeiture of this deposit.

Travel Book Online and Pay NO Transaction Fee! Book online at www.geosociety.org and take advantage of the Visit www.geosociety.org to book your reservations from the GSA airline discounts—save up to 15%. convenience of your home or office anytime and be eligible for discounted travel rates. The system is quick and easy. Air and Car Travel Discounts: Get There for Less! NOTE: First-time users must register and refer to group #633. Save 5% to 10% on lowest applicable fares with an additional 5% off with a 60-day advance purchase on Delta Airlines, United Or, call GSA’s official event travel service, Stellar Access, Inc. Airlines, and US Airways. All rules and restrictions apply. Travel (SAI), at 800-929-4242 and ask for group #633. Outside the U.S. between October 29 and November 13, 2001. and Canada: (619) 232-4298, fax 619-232-6497. A $10 transaction fee will be applied to all tickets purchased via phone Rates with Alamo Rent A Car start as low as $35/day for service. Reservation hours: Mon.–Fri., 6:30 a.m.–5 p.m. PT. economy models and $155/week with unlimited free mileage.

Calling the Airlines Direct? When calling airlines direct or if you are using your own travel agent, please use the following codes when making your travel arrangements in order to benefit from the GSA meeting discounts:

Delta Airlines 1-800-241-6760 File # 176879A United Airlines 1-800-521-4041 File # 560IP US Airways 1-877-874-7687 GF # 27621973 Alamo Rent A Car 1-800-732-3232 File # 85204GR

See pages 46 and 47 for registration information.

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The Brooks/Cole Earth Science team Newsroom brings you Sun., Nov. 4–Thurs., Nov. 8 Hynes Convention Center esteemed authors, GSA provides a variety of media engaging texts, relations services before and during the Annual Meeting to and interactive encourage coverage of science that is of interest to the general technology! public. Newsroom facilities are available for use by media To order your review copy of any of the following outstanding books, call 800-423-0563. representatives who come on-site, as well as public information NEW - Available July 2001! The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution,* officers from participating organ- Third Edition • by James S. Monroe and Reed Wicander • ISBN: 0-534-37550-2 izations. Members of the press This talented author team combines physical and historical geology focusing on and public information officers relevant economic and environmental issues. with appropriate credentials may request complimentary meeting Essentials of Geology,*** registration by contacting Third Edition • by Reed Wicander and James S. Monroe • ISBN: 0-534-38440-4 Ann Cairns at GSA headquarters In this third edition the basic principles of geology are presented in a concise narrative. ([email protected]).

Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science,* Fourth Edition • by Tom Garrison • ISBN: 0-534-37557-X This best-selling text covers the scientific questions involved in ocean use and the importance of oceans in sustaining our planet.

Available Now! Physical Geology: Exploring the Earth,* Fourth Edition • by James S. Monroe and Reed Wicander • ISBN: 0-534-57222-7 In addition to standard technical Geology and the Environment,** equipment—two 35 mm slide Third Edition • by Bernard Pipkin and Dee Trent • ISBN: 0-534-51383-2 projectors, two screens, and one overhead projector—GSA will also Earth Lab: Exploring the Earth Sciences provide one LCD projector and one by Claudia Owen, Diane Pirie, and Grenville Draper • ISBN: 0-534-37953-2 laptop computer loaded with the Windows operating system for anyone interested in giving a Powerful Technology PowerPoint presentation. This will Earth Systems Today CD-ROM provides an introduction to the processes shaping the be standard equipment in each of Earth. Helpful icons in correlated texts guide students to the CD-ROM. Internet-enabled the oral technical session rooms. If activities allow students to experiment with large data sets. you intend to give a PowerPoint presentation, please save your InfoTrac® College Edition is an online database featuring thousands of full-length articles presentation on a 100MB IBM- (not abstracts) from hundreds of top academic journals and popular sources. formatted Zip disk. When you arrive at the convention center, please stop Visit online at www.brookscole.com/geo for a complete list of books and software available by the Speaker Ready Room to test from Brooks/Cole! your presentation. More information will be provided in the Speaker’s Guide posted on GSA’s *Earth Systems TodayTM CD-ROM and InfoTrac® College Edition packaged FREE with text. Web site in mid-August. **InfoTrac® College Edition packaged FREE with text. ***Earth Systems Today CD-ROM packaged FREE with text. P

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EarthScope: A major research initiative proposed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Earth Sci- ences Division to examine the structure and tectonics of North America in unprecedented detail. The facility component of EarthScope includes four elements: San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD), USAr- ray, Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR). These elements provide highly complementary tools to address a wide variety of fundamental problems concerning continental evolution and dynamics.

Workshop: Explore and develop a wide range of scientific targets for EarthScope. Examples of such targets include large-scale problems of continental scale plate boundary dynamics, mountain building, rifting, and evolution of the stable craton; focussed studies of magmatism, sedimentary basin formation and evolution; and coordinated investigations of volcanoes, earthquake hazards, and resource assessment. Workshop participants are encouraged to expand this list and to develop ideas that integrate the technical resources of EarthScope facilities with complementary geological, hydrological and geophysical information.

Applications: Include a short (less than one page) description of the applicant’s intended contribution to the workshop. Notification of application acceptance will be made by August 1, 2001. A short (2–4 page, inclusive of figures) description of the participant’s suggestion for subject, process, or natural laboratory to which the EarthScope facility can be directed will be required prior to September 1, 2001. These contributions will be distributed at the workshop, used to form breakout groups to develop themes involving Earth- Scope, and finally integrated with discussions at the workshop to outline a broad science plan to which the EarthScope facility and supporting science can be aimed. The workshop will be limited to 150 participants. Partial support—air travel (up to $500), hotel, meals—will be provided by workshop funds. This workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Geological Survey.

On Line Application: www.scec.org/earthscope EarthScope Information: www.earthscope.org

GSA TODAY, JUNE 2001 45 REGISTRATION Badges? Yes, You Need ‘Em! Badges are needed for access to ALL activities, 10 a.m. Sunday through Register online at www.geosociety.org. 5 p.m. Thursday. If your registration form is received at GSA by Sep- Go to Boston 2001—A Geo-Odyssey, then to Registration. tember 28, your badge will be mailed to you two weeks before the meeting. Preregistration Deadline: September 28 If you register after September 28, pick up your badge at the GSA • Register online at www.geosociety.org. registration desk, Hynes Convention Center. • Register by mail to 2001 GSA Annual Meeting, P.O. Box 9140, GSA Members Pay Less—Join Now or at the Meeting Boulder, CO 80301-9140. If you are not yet a GSA member, isn’t it time you joined? There are two ways to join, and both save you money! • Register by fax (available 24 hours) at 303-443-1510 or 303-447-0648 (credit card payments only). If you register by fax, please do not send • Pay the nonmember registration rate for the full meeting and com- another copy in the mail. plete your membership application at the meeting, and you will receive a FREE membership for 2002. Just look for our Member How to Save $ Services booth at the meeting. GSA and Associated Society members can save $80 (professional OR members) or $30 (student members) by preregistering. • Join now, pay the lower member registration rate for the meeting, and Nonmembers can save $80 (professional members) or $30 (student take advantage of member benefits for the rest of 2001. Professionals members) by joining GSA now. See section on how to join. and students who join GSA save a substantial amount on their regis- GSA offers a discount rate to our members who are 70 years of age and tration fee by paying the member rate. It’s like joining GSA for free! older. Please write your membership number in the space provided and To join now, complete the application form available in the Member be sure to bring a photo ID to ensure your discount. Services section on GSA’s Web site at www.geosociety.org, or contact Member Services, [email protected], 888-443-4472, or (303) 447-2020, ext. 1774. It pays to be a GSA member!

Advance (by 9/28/01) On-site (after 9/28/01) Member fees apply to members of both GSA and Associated Societies (see Registration Fees Full Meeting One Day Full Meeting One Day registration form for societies). Professional Member $280 $175 $360 $185 Guest or spouse fees are for nongeologist spouses or friends of profes- Professional GSA Member (70 or older) $225 $120 $300 $130 sional or student registrants and are required for those attending guest Professional Nonmember $360 $200 $450 $210 activities and the exhibit hall. The guest registration fee will not provide technical Student Member or Student Associate $ 90 $ 60 $120 $ 60 session access. Any guest wishing to see a specific talk should visit the Guest Student Nonmember $120 $ 75 $150 $ 75 Hospitality Room for a pass. Guest or Spouse $ 80 N/A $ 80 N/A Students: A CURRENT student ID is required to obtain student rates. You will K–12 Professional $ 40 N/A $ 40 N/A have to pay the professional fee unless you have the ID. Field Trip or Course Only $ 40 N/A $ 40 N/A

Preregistration deadline: September 28 On-Site Registration Schedule, Hynes Convention Center Cancellation deadline: October 5 Sat., Nov. 3 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Registrations will not be processed unless full payment is received. Sun., Nov. 4 7 a.m.–7:30 p.m. Unpaid purchase orders are NOT accepted as valid registration. The Mon.–Wed., Nov. 5–7 7 a.m.–4:30 p.m. confirmation sent by GSA will be your only receipt. You should receive it Thurs., Nov. 8 7–11 a.m. within two weeks after your registration is submitted. Cancellations, Changes, and Refunds Please register only one professional or student per form and retain a All requests for additions, changes, and cancellations must be made in copy for yourself. writing and received by October 5, 2001. Faxes are accepted. GSA will refund or credit preregistration fees for cancellations received in writing All registrations received after September 28 will be considered ON- by October 5. NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE ON CANCELLATION SITE registrations and charged accordingly. Online registration will NOTICES RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE. Refunds will be mailed from remain open until October 17, but on-site fees will be charged after GSA after the meeting. Refunds for fees paid by credit card will be cred- September 28. Absolutely no registrations should be mailed or faxed ited according to the card number on the preregistration form. There will after October 17. After this date, we will handle all registrations at the be NO refunds for on-site registration, Abstracts with Programs books, Hynes Convention Center during the registration hours listed. and ticket sales. On-site fees for Continuing Education Courses are an additional $30.

46 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY GUEST ACTIVITIES (P. 34) Qty Amount SHORT COURSES (P. 29) Qty Amount Preregistration Form 1. Birding in Eastern Mass., Sun. . . . . (101) $134 __ $ ______For CEU credit—Social Security # ______GSA ANNUAL MEETING • BOSTON NOVEMBER 1–10, 2001 2. Complete Tour of Boston, Mon. . . . (102) $129 __ $ ______1. Application of Thermochronometry to Tectonics 3. Marblehead and Old Salem, Mon. . . (103) $163 __ $ ______Preregistration deadline: September 28 Cancellation deadline: October 5 Professional (501) $435 __ $ ______4. Lexington and Concord, Tues. . . . . (104) $133 __ $ ______Student (501) $415 __ $ ______Register online at www.geosociety.org. 5. Historic Plymouth, Tues...... (105) $163 __ $ ______2. Micromorphology of Glacigenic Sediments GSA Mbr #______6. Harvard Univ., JFK Library, Wed. . . (106) $133 __ $ ______Professional (502) $420 __ $ ______7. Sturbridge, Salem Cross Inn, Wed.. (107) $173 __ $ ______Student (502) $400 __ $ ______SPECIAL EVENTS (P. 38) First Name Last Name 3. Applications of Environmental Isotopes 1. Harvard Museum of Natural Professional (503) $340 __ $ ______History, Tues...... (201) $135__ $ ______Student (503) $320 __ $ ______Mailing address Is this a permanent address? Yes No Is this home or work 2. Harborlight Dinner Cruise, Wed. . . . (202) $162 __ $ ______4. Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge 3. Dinner & Symphony, Sat...... (203) $190 __ $ ______Professional (504) $250 __ $ _____ City State or Province ZIP or Postal Code Country TICKETED GROUP FUNCTIONS Student (504) $230 __ $ _____ 1. G&PP Breakfast, Sun...... (301) $128 __ $ ______5. Management and Leadership Skills E-mail Daytime Phone Fax 2. NAGT, GSA Geosci. Div. Professional (505) $260 __ $ ______Lunch, Mon ...... (302) $136 __ $ ______Badge Information Student (505) $240 __ $ ______3. AWG Breakfast, Tues., Prof. (303A) $128 __ $ ______6. Mobilization of Metals from Fossil Fuels ______Student (303B) $210 __ $ ______First Name/Nickname Professional (506) $190 __ $ ______4. Paleontological Soc. Lunch, Tues. . . (304) $136 __ $ ______Student (506) $170 __ $ ______5. Hydrogeology Div. Lunch, Tues. . . . (305) $136 __ $ ______School/Company City/State/Prov. 7. Practical Geoscience Ethics 6. SEG Lunch, Tues...... (306) $136 __ $ ______Professional (507) $200 __ $ ______7. MSA Lunch, Tues...... (307) $136 __ $ ______Spouse/Guest First Name/Nickname Last Name City/State/Prov. Student (507) $180 __ $ ______8. MSA/GS Recept., Tues., Professional (308A) $210 __ $ ______8. Tectonics and Topography Student (308B) $25__$ ______Do you or your guest require any Will you be working in the Professional (508) $385 __ $ ______9. GIS Lunch, Tues...... (309) $136 __ $ ______special considerations? Yes No exhibit hall? Yes No Student (508) $365 __ $ ______10.Hist. of Geology Div. Lunch, Wed.. . (310) $136 __ $ ______Column A Preregistration Fees (US$) Full Meeting One Day Qty US$ Amt. 11.Eng. Geology Div. Lunch, Wed.. . . . (311) $136 __ $ ______IEE-SPONSORED EVENTS (P. 32) Professional Member* ...... (10) $280 (11) $175 1 $______FIELD TRIPS (P. 24) Professional Member 70 & Older ...... (12) $225 (13) $120 1 $______1. Quaternary Sea-level Change . . . . . (401) $325 __ $ ______1. Geology, Public Lands, & YOU. . . . . (550) FREE __ $ ______FREE Professional Nonmember ...... (14) $360 (15) $200 1 $______2. Rare Element Granitic Pegmatites. . (402) $230 __ $ ______2. Geology in Govt. Mentor Program . . (551) FREE __ $ ______FREE Student Member or Student Associate* ...... (30) $390 (31) $ 60 1 $______3. The Notches: N.H.’s White Mtns. . . (403) $250 __ $ ______Student Nonmember ...... (32) $120 (33) $375 1 $______4. Science Behind A Civil Action, Sat. . . (404) $180 __ $ ______Guest or Spouse** ...... (90) $380 N/A 1 $______K–16 WORKSHOPS (P. 33) K–12 Professional ...... (60) $340 N/A 1 $______5. Founders of American Geology. . . . (405) $190 __ $ ______1. Exploring the Solar System ...... (601) $120 __ $ ______Short Course or Field Trip Only ...... (95) $340 N/A 1 $______6. Metamorphosed Black Shales. . . . . (406) $190 __ $ ______2. Undergraduate Research Program . . (602) $125 __ $ ______7. Avalonian–Alleghanian Tectonism . . (407) $170 __ $ ______Check member affiliation(s) (to qualify for registration member discount): (a) GSA 3. Designing Online Geology Course . . (603) $140 __ $ ______8. Science Behind A Civil Action, Sun. . (408) $180 __ $ ______(b) AASG (c) AASP (d) AEG (e) AESE (f) AGID (g) AIPG (h) AWG 4. Activities to Develop Process Skills . (604) $110 __ $ ______9. Shelburne Falls, Taconian Orogeny . (409) $170 __ $ ______(i) CF (j) CUR (k) GIS (l) GS (m) HESS (n) MSA (o) NABGG 6. Exploring Plate Tectonics...... (606) $125 __ $ ______10. N-Y-F Pegmatites ...... (410) $170 __ $ ______(p) NAGT (q) NESTA (r) NGWA (s) PRI (t) PS (u) SEG (v) SEPM 7. Evolution: Investigating the Evidence (607) $130 __ $ ______11. Quaternary Environments, History . (411) $170 __ $ ______(w) SGE (x) SVP (y) GSL 12. Urban Geology Walking Tour . . . . . (412) $120 __ $ ______*Member fee applies to any current Professional OR Student Member of GSA or $______Total Column A 13. Cobblestones, Puddingstone . . . . . (413) $120 __ $ ______ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS (P. 14) Associated Societies listed above. Discount does not apply to guest registrants. (Volume shipped approx. 3 weeks prior to meeting. **Guest or Spouse registration fee does not allow access to technical sessions. 14. Engineering Geology of Big Dig . . . (414) $180 __ $ ______15. Igneous Petrology, Pine Hill...... (415) $140 __ $ ______See p. 14 for important information. Colorado residents add 2.9% FAX TO: 303-443-1510 or 303-447-0648 16. Salem Harbor Power Plant...... (416) $125 __ $ ______tax; Boulder, Colorado, residents add 7.46% tax.) 1. GSA Members only ...... (901) $135 __ $ ______MAIL TO: GSA ANNUAL MEETING, P.O. BOX 9140, BOULDER, CO 80301-9140 17. Geology of East Point, Nahant . . . . (417) $140 __ $ ______18. Groundwater Contamination, MMR (418) $155 __ $ ______2. Nonmembers ...... (902) $142 __ $ ______Remit in U.S. funds payable to 2001 GSA Annual Meeting 19. Deformation, Metamorphism, 2. Abstracts volume tax, if applicable ...... $ ______(All preregistrations must be prepaid. Purchase orders not accepted.) & Granite Assent, W. Maine ...... (419) $350 __ $ ______20. Geology of Mt. Monadnock, N.H. . . (420) $155 __ $ ______Payment by (check one): Check #______American Express VISA MasterCard 21. Geology and Water Supply, MMR . (421) $155 __ $ ______Total Column C $______Discover 22. MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel . . (422) $165 __ $ ______23. Neoproterozoic Boston Bay Group . (423) $150 __ $ ______Total Column B $______Card Number Expires 24. Metamorphism, Fold-Thrust Belt . . (424) $170 __ $ ______Total Column A $______25. The Taconic Questions...... (425) $170 __ $ ______Signature 26.Prehistoric Bedrock Quarries . . . . . (426) $280 __ $ ______

Total Column B $ ______TOTAL FEES REMITTED $ ______CallingHQ? TakeNoteofThisChange In late May, GSA headquarters began using a new phone system that requires the use of four-digit extensions. In order to accommodate this system, the existing three-digit extensions were changed by adding a “1” in front of the number.

For example, to speak with Edna Collis regarding field trips or short courses, call her at extension 1134 (formerly extension 134). The Member Services area can be reached at extension 1774 (formerly extension 774).

“For the same cost, we can now take advantage of technological advances that will improve service to members,” said Director of Information Technology Todd Berggren. Helpful features include call forwarding—so you can reach a back-up staff member even if the person you are calling is out of the office—and an auto- mated staff directory—so you can still reach your party even if you don’t have his or her extension handy.

2002 GSA Annual Meeting Denver,Colorado Colorado Convention Center October 27–30

Technical Program Chair John W.Geissman University of New Mexico Due Date for Pardee Keynote Symposia and Topical Proposals: January 17, 2002 Call for Field Trip Proposals We are interested in proposals for half-day, single-day, and multi-day field trips, beginning or ending in or near Denver and dealing with all aspects of the geosciences. Due Date for Field Trip Proposals: October 1, 2001 Please Contact the Field Trip Chair Eric A. Erslev Department of Earth Resources Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 (970) 491-5661 fax 970-491-6307 [email protected]

For More Information: (303) 447-2020 or 1-800-472-1988, fax 303-447-0648 [email protected], www.geosociety.org

Future GSA Meeting: 2003—Seattle,Washington, November 2–5

48 JUNE 2001, GSA TODAY