GSA Geophysics & Geodynamics Division 2018 Annual Report Requests For GSA Council Ratification: (Changes/additions in Bylaws, Awards, Travel Grants, etc. for GSA Council final approval): The Council approved the name change of the Geophysics Division to the Geophysics and Geodynamics Division. Division Mission: Bring together scientists interested in geophysics and geodynamics to facilitate the presentation and discussion of their problems and ideas, to stimulate communication among geophysicists, geodynamicists, and other earth scientists, to promote research and the publication of results on geophysical and geodynamical studies, and to advise and assist the officers and committees of the Society in matters pertaining to geophysics and geodyamics. Officers: Chair: Carol Stein ([email protected]) Vice-Chair: Diane Doser ([email protected]) Secretary-Treasurer: Benjamin Drenth ([email protected]) Past Chair: Nicholas Schmerr ([email protected]) Student Member: Paepin Goff ([email protected]) Management Board: Committees: JTPC Representative: Diane Doser, Benjamin Drenth Councilor: Nathan Niemi ([email protected]) Previous Councilor during this year: Anke Friedrich ([email protected]) Student Advisory Council Representative: Paepin Goff ([email protected]) Membership Information: 2014: 724 members 2015: 713 members 2016: 689 members 2017: 642 members 2018: 628 members Senior Members 155 General Members 137 Honorary Fellow 1 Early Career Professionals 52 Student 276 K-12 Teacher 3 Affiliate 4 2016 Total 628 Newsletter and Publications: Coming soon http://gsoa.informz.net/GSOA/data/images/Newsletter_2018.pdf Website: https://www.geosociety.org/gsa/division/geophysics/home.aspx Fundraising and Awareness: The Geophysics Division annual membership dues are $5 for students and $10 for professional members. Elections of new board members took place during 2017 [Carol Stein, Chair; Diane Doser, Vice Chair; Benjamin Drenth, Secretary-Treasurer] The division logo was changed during summer 2018 to reflect the new name. Financial Summary: As of June 30, 2018: Assets = $2578.23. Awards and Travel Grants: George P. Woollard Award (2018 – Greg Hirth, 2017 – Susan Beck, 2016 – William Hinze, 2015 - David Evans, 2014 - Joe Kirschvink, 2013 - Peter Bird, 2012 - Robert Smith, 2011 - Leigh Royden, 2010 - Tim Dixon, 2009 - Seth Stein) Allan V. Cox Student Research Award (2018 – Amanda Ketting-Oliver, 2017 – Zongbo Xu, 2016 – Rebekah Lee, 2015 - Henok Kiflu, 2014 - Justin Cox, 2013 - Christopher Myers, 2012 - David A. Grunat, 2011 -Drew Thomas, 2010 - Sarah Friedman, 2009 - Brent Barker) GSA Geophysics Division Student Research Award (2018 – Audrey Dunham, 2017 – Zheng Gong, 2016 – Samuel Johnson, 2015 - Abigail Maxwell and Bradley Sparks, 2014 - Ross Anderson, 2013 - Christopher Harper, 2012 - Daniel A. Minguez, 2011 - James Wilson, 2010 - Leah Bose, 2009 - Leah Courtland) Associated Societies and Partnerships: GSA Annual Meeting Activities: New for GSA 2018: Woollard Lecture and Geophysics & Geodynamics Business meeting will have a lunch-time slot. Attendance was low for 2017. We will offer some free box lunches to improve attendance. Sessions for this year’s meeting and the previous three annual meetings: 2 2018 sponsored sessions: Session Session Title Presentation Session Description Style We encourage papers especially from early career scientists Earthquakes and Deformation in exploring longstanding but unresolved questions about Eastern North America and Other continental intraplate earthquakes, both induced and naturally T63 Continental Interiors: What We Oral & Poster occurring—why, where, and when they happen and the Know, What We Don’t, What We resulting hazards. Think, and Which Is Which? The EarthScope program "to understand the growth and Beyond EarthScope in the Eastern modification of North America" is ending. We encourage T64 U.S.—What We've Learned and Oral papers that assess what EarthScope has learned about eastern What Needs Doing Next North America, and what major new scientific questions and research directions should be addressed next. We encourage novel studies that use near-surface geophysics Recent Advances in Using Near- (electrical, electromagnetic, seismic, gravity, magnetics) to T65 Surface Geophysics to Solve Oral and Poster investigate a variety of geological problems including Geological Problems groundwater, karst, geomorphology, archaeology, urban geology, engineering geology. 2018 co-sponsored sessions Session Session Title Presentation Session Description Style Abstracts should be focused on hazards monitoring approaches found in karst landscapes. Topics include Karst Hazards and Monitoring technical applications (e.g., LiDAR, 3D T1 Oral scanning, geodatabase development) and management implications (resource management, education, policy and regulation in karst areas). This session calls for abstracts themed around the fundamental aspects of fluid-rock interactions within karst Karst Hydrology and landscapes, including geologic, hydrogeologic, and T3 Hydrogeology Oral and Poster hydrologic investigations. Topics include dye tracing, aquifer processes, surface-subsurface hydrology, and quantitative modeling. Communicating Geologic This session focuses on communication of geologic hazards Hazard and Risk: Sharing and risk, evacuation, dissemination of technical information, T12 Oral and Poster Successes, Failures, and and other topics—sharing successes, failures, and lessons Lessons Learned learned. Geology and Hydrology of Your Public Lands: This is an interdisciplinary forum for earth scientists, land Understanding and Managing managers, and educators to present their work and describe T21 America’s Geologic Heritage, Oral and Poster its relevance to the public and land managers, particularly as Active Processes, Geohazards, it relates to decision making. Energy Development, and Mineral Resources Interdisciplinary Investigations Understanding how the mantle and crust evolve and interact of Mantle-Crustal Mass is important for the modeling of Earth's past. We encourage T38 Oral and Poster Transfer papers on the processes leading to mass transfer between the two chemically and rheologically distinct layers. 3 This session encourages contributions demonstrating Machine-Learning and application of learning-based algorithms or artificial- Artificial-Intelligence intelligence technologies to geoscience problems. Projects T40 Applications in the Poster demonstrating multi-disciplinary contributions or multiple Geosciences techniques within a single application are of particular interest. Cascading Geohazards: We seek contributions from a broad spectrum of studies T49 Frequency, Impacts, and Poster focused on understanding the frequency of cascading Topographic Signatures hazards and the signature they leave in the landscape. This oral session provides a venue for undergraduate Undergraduate Research Talks: students and recent graduates to present talks on completed T57 The Next Step in Student Oral research projects. Students may submit abstracts for Research Projects research in any sub-discipline of geology, earth science, or environmental science. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionizing Revolutions in Remote remote sensing and field mapping. Geoscientists can quickly Sensing: Applications of UAVs and inexpensively acquire aerial photos, orthoimages, high- T60 Oral & Poster to Field Mapping and Surface resolution DEMs, and other data sets. We encourage Analytics submissions that demonstrate innovative methodologies, applications, and analyses of UAV-acquired data. Understanding hydrology and geology at varying scales Satellite Remote Sensing depends upon consistent spatial observations. We seek Applications in Hydrology and T98 Oral & Poster presentations on applications integrating remote sensing Geology observations from UAV- to satellite-scale with traditional methods in hydrology and geology. Magmas Assemble! Petrologic, This session focuses on new and innovative research aimed Geochemical, Chronologic, and at understanding the evolution and assembly of magmatic T138 Geophysical Insights into the Oral & Poster systems. We encourage contributions that address all Architecture and Timescales of aspects of these systems, including petrology, geochemistry, Magmatic Systems chronology, and geophysical perspectives. The Age of Small World Understanding “small worlds” like asteroids, comets, and Exploration: Major Results the comparatively large dwarf planets is key to T143 from Minor Planets and Other Oral understanding the nature of our solar system. We welcome Small Solar System Bodies abstracts related to geologic, geophysical, and compositional analyses of “small worlds.” Apollo 17 Forty-Five Years on: Reanalysis of the Forty-five years since the Apollo 17 mission to the Taurus- Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Littrow Valley, the analysis of the samples, interpretation of T145 Field Geology in Light of Data Oral surface measurements, and field observations are being from the Lunar Reconnaissance revisited in the context of newly acquired remote sensing Orbiter and Other Recent data. Missions Planetary Mantles—Using Samples to Explore Earth, the Comparative planetology through the study of terrestrial, T147 Moon, and Mars: Memorial Oral & Poster lunar, and martian mantles. Session in Memory of Lawrence A. Taylor This session solicits abstracts on volcanic and tectonic landforms and processes on solar system bodies and Volcanism and Tectonism on T149 Oral extrasolar worlds, encompassing surface geology, interior