GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition Local Committee www.geosociety.org GENERAL Co-ChaIRS Robert Giegengack University of Pennsylvania [email protected] Frederick N. Scatena University of Pennsylvania Many of North America’s first geologists traveled to Philadelphia to [email protected] share recent discoveries with other earth scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the American Philosophical Society, and the Academy TECHNICAL PRogRam ChaIR Robert Young of Natural Sciences. Our 2006 Annual Meeting will carry on that tradi- Western Carolina University tion with a diverse array of symposia, field trips, and short courses. [email protected] The scientific exchanges and personal interactions that occur in FIELD TRIP ChaIR the topic and discipline sessions represent the center of all GSA Frank J. Pazzaglia Annual Meetings. This year, Robert Young and his colleagues have Lehigh University organized over 230 sessions. These sessions cover a range of intrigu- [email protected] ing topics, including paleoenvironmental reconstructions, the toxicity of drinking water, and montane tropical streams. In addition, Pardee HOT TopICS ChaIR Keynote Symposia and Hot Topics sessions will cover a range of Bruce F. Molnia U.S. Geological Survey emerging subjects, including the interactions of earth and health sci- [email protected] entists, links between geologic and microbial processes, and geosci- ences and the media. K–12 ChaIR Michael Passow It wouldn’t be a GSA Annual Meeting without rock outcrops and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory field trips. This year Frank Pazzaglia and his colleagues have com- [email protected] Title Sponsor of the piled an extraordinary set of field trips that includes trips to classic 2006 GSA Annual Meeting. Appalachian outcrops, visits to the K-T boundary, and the history and geology of Gettysburg. The meeting also features over a dozen short courses, including a special K–12 teacher field trip and workshop. Numerous historical sites and museums can easily be visited on short trips within Philadelphia. In addition, GSA staff presents pro- grams for guests and families that include picnics, historical tours, and visits to the beautiful Amish countryside. We look forward to welcoming many thousands of you to the City of Brotherly (and Sisterly) Love to engage in the continuing study of our dynamic science. Robert Giegengack and Frederick N. Scatena 2006 Annual Meeting General Co-Chairs Building on a Foundation of Discovery 22–25 October 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania image: ben franklin National memorial at the franklin institute Science museum. Photo by rich Dunoff, courtesy of the Philadelphia convention and Visitors bureau. Delaware bay, Appalachians, long island. image courtesy of earth Sciences and image Analysis laboratory, NASA Johnson Space center. mission: iSS006 roll: e frame: 35659, http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov. Pennsylvania convention center. Photo by Jim mcWilliams, courtesy of the Philadelphia convention and Visitors bureau. • 2006 Exhibitors • Exhibitors are listed by category as registered by press copy deadline. See up-to-the-minute listings of exhibitors at www.geosociety.org/meetings/2006/xibits.htm. Computer Software Other Society for Advancement of Chicanos and ESRI Earth Science-Cyberinfrastructure Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) GEON (ES-CI) Forum Society for Sedimentary Geology iGage Mapping EarthChem Society of Economic Geologists RockWare Inc. EarthScope Southern California Earthquake Center EDAX Inc./TSL Gems/Minerals Dealers, Jewelry/Gifts Environmental Careers Organization Publications, Maps, Films Designs On You Gemological Institute of America Allen Press Inc. Gems & Crystals Unlimited GSA Archaeological Geology Division Blackwell Publishing Howard Minerals GSA Bookstore Brooks/Cole, Thomson IKON Mining & Cal Graeber GSA Foundation Cambridge University Press Komodo Dragon GSA Geoinformatics Division CSA Nature’s Own GSA Geology and Health Division Elsevier R&R PaleoArt GSA Headquarter Services Historic Urban Plans Inc. GSA Member Services Kendall/Hunt Publishing General Educational Products GSA Planetary Geology Division McGraw-Hill Higher Education Geosoft Inc. Instrumentation Northwest Inc. Micro Press IRIS Consortium Joint Oceanographic Institutions Mountain Press Ward’s Natural Science Est. LLC National Research Council NRC Research Press Subaru of America Inc.* Paleontological Research Institution Geographic Supplies and Related Equipment UNAVCO Prentice-Hall Armfield Radiocarbon Forestry Suppliers Inc. Professional Societies and Associations Springer Rite in the Rain American Association of Petroleum Geologists University of Chicago Press American Association of Stratigraphic W.W. Norton & Company Geological and Geophysical Instrumentation Palynologists W.H. Freeman & Company Advanced Geosciences Inc. American Geological Institute Wiley ASC Scientific American Geophysical Union Bruker AXS American Institute of Professional Geologists Services (Exploration, Laboratories, Consult- Cameca Instruments Inc. American Meteorological Society ing, and others) Campbell Scientific Inc. American Quaternary Association Activation Laboratories Ltd. CETAC Technologies Assoc. of Environmental & Engineering Beta Analytic Inc. DeltaNu LLC Geologists Bucks Geophysical Corporation EmCal Scientific Inc. Association for Women Geoscientists DOSECC Gatan Inc. Association of American State Geologists Environmental Isotope Lab Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. Association of Earth Science Editors In-Situ Inc. GV Instruments Inc. Council on Undergraduate Research, Kerr-McGee HORIBA Jobin Yvon Inc. Geosciences Division SPEX SamplePrep LLC Leica Microsystems Inc. Cushman Foundation Marks Products Inc. Ecological Society of America State Surveys Meiji Techno America Geochemical Society Pennsylvania Geological Survey–Dept. of New Wave Research Geological Association of Canada Conservation and Natural Resources Ocean Optics Geological Society of Australia Panalytical Geoscience Information Society Universities/Schools Rigaku GeoScienceWorld Baylor University, Dept. of Geology Sensors & Software Inc. GSA History of Geology Division Boston College, Dept. of Geology and Soilmoisture Equipment Corp. History of Earth Sciences Society (HESS) Geophysics Thermo Electron International Association of GeoChemistry Desert Research Institute International Year of Planet Earth Louisiana State University, Dept. of Government Agencies (Federal, State, Local, Mineralogical Association of Canada Geology & Geophysics International) Mineralogical Society of America Mississippi State University Geoscience Laboratories National Association of Geoscience Teachers PALEOSTRAT Los Alamos National Laboratory National Association of State Boards of Geology University of Delaware, Geology Dept. NASA—Earth System Science National Cave & Karst Research Institute University of Nevada–Las Vegas National Park Service National Earth Science Teachers Assoc. University of Nevada–Reno National Science Foundation The Paleobiology Database University of South Carolina Oklahoma Geological Survey The Paleontological Society University of Texas at Austin, Jackson U.S. Bureau of Land Management Pittsburgh Geological Society School of Geosciences U.S. Geological Survey Sigma Gamma Epsilon USDA Forest Service *Title Sponsor EXHIBIT HALL HouRS EXHIBITS OPENING & WELComING PARTY Mon.–Tues., 23–24 Oct. …….. 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Sun., 22 Oct. …….. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Wed., 25 Oct. …….. 9 a.m.–2 p.m. 14 SePtember 2006, GSA TODAy Technical Sessions • Pardee Keynote Symposia • The Pardee Keynote Symposia are made possible by a grant from the Joseph T. Pardee Memorial Fund. These Pardee Keynote sessions are special events of broad interdisciplinary. Selection was on a competitive basis. This interest to the geoscience community. They represent hot year’s eight Pardee Symposia were reviewed and accepted by the issues on the leading edge in a scientific discipline or area of Annual Program Committee. public policy, address broad fundamental issues, and are P6. Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters: Earth and Health P3. Geosciences and the Media: How Can We Better Scientists Working Together to Identify Potential Health Communicate the Imperatives of Sustainability? Issues and Improve Outcomes GSA Geology and Society Division; Critical Issues Caucus, GSA Geology and Health Division Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Quaternary Geology Sun., 22 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon and Geomorphology Division; GSA Engineering Geology Division; Association of Earth Science Editors P4. Mon., 23 Oct., 1:30–5:30 p.m. Holocene Sea Level Change in North America: GSA 2006 A Post-Katrina Assessment GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; IGCP 495 P2. Evidence for Long-Term Survival of Microorganisms and (Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Driving Mechanisms and Preservation of DNA Coastal Responses) GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Sun., 22 Oct., 1:30–5:30 p.m. Tues., 24 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon P8. When One Planet Isn’t Enough: Celebrating 25 Years P5. Links between Geological Processes, Microbial of Solar System Exploration Activities, and Evolution of Life GSA Planetary Geology Division GSA International Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Sun., 22 Oct., 1:30–5:30 p.m. Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division P1. Erosion: Processes, Rates, and New Measuring Tues., 24 Oct., 1:30–5:30 p.m. Techniques GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division P7. Using Historical Photographs and Maps to Document Mon., 23