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GSA to Commemorate its 125th Anniversary in 2013
Celebrating Advances in Geoscience —
Our science, our societal impact, and our unique thought processes
125th Anniversary Expedition to Antarctica
Take part in this trip of a lifetime 28 Dec. 2012–20 Jan. 2013 aboard the M/V Marina Svetaeva. Berths are limited.
[ learn more ]
Plan an Event
You're invited to participate in this extraordinary milestone!
[ learn how ]
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Meetings |
2011 GSA North American Section Meetings
Northeastern/North-Central Joint Meeting
From Shield to Sea
20–22 March • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Abstract deadline: 14 December
[ submit abstract ]
Southeastern Section Meeting
Exploration to Exploitation: Geosciences' Role in Natural Resource Stewardship
23–25 March • Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Abstract deadline: 14 December
[ submit abstract ]
South-Central Section Meeting
27–29 March • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Abstract deadline: 18 January
[ submit abstract ]
Rocky Mountain/Cordilleran Joint Meeting
18–20 May • Logan, Utah, USA
Abstract deadline: 15 February
[ submit abstract ]
2011 Annual Meeting: Looking Forward to Minneapolis
Archean to Anthropocene—The past is the key to the future
Call for Proposals
• Field trips: Deadline 1 December
• Technical Sessions: Deadline 11 January
• Short courses: Deadline 1 February
Make your research and the work of your colleagues part of the program for 2011. Generate interest in your topic or field locale and share your knowledge and experience with thousands.
New for 2011—Digital Posters: Do you have an idea for a digital poster session? If so, be sure to indicate this when you submit your technical session proposal. Additional abstract submission fees will apply for use of a digital poster display.
2010 Annual Meeting Wrap-Up
By the Numbers
Registered attendees: 6,540 from 49 countries
Students: 2,511 • Professionals: 3,131 • K-12 educators: 62
Abstracts: 3,691 • Speaker sessions: 189 • Poster sessions: 103
Exhibit booths: 256 (sold out) • Exhibiting companies: 185 • Graduate schools: 78
Short courses: 17 • Short-course participants: 324
Field trips: 22 • Field trip participants: 540
[ learn more ]
Meeting Buzz
[ news releases | media coverage | geoblogosphere | CSS newsletter (PDF, p. 4-6) ]
Lost & Found
Every year, GSA comes home with things that don't belong to us. If you're missing something, please let us know, and we'll check our lost & found box. We still have jewelry and other items from the 2009 meeting as well.
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Membership |
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It's Time! Renew Your Membership Early and Save
Renew by 15 December and save 15% on your 2011 membership. This discount applies to all members from high income countries.
It's also that time of year to
update your membership by
• Subscribing to GSA's premier journals;
• Joining any number of GSA's 17 specialty Divisions;
and
• Affiliating with additional Sections; as well as
• Including support for the GSA Foundation with your renewal.
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Government Affairs |
Serve Geoscience & Impact Public Policy
Be the 2011–2012 Congressional Science Fellow
Application deadline: 1 Feb. 2011.
Put your expertise and experience to work helping shape science and technology policy on Capitol Hill in concert with national and international leaders.
[ learn more ]
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GSA Foundation |
Advancing the Geosciences
The GSA Foundation exists to promote the science of geology and to provide funds for GSA programs that are consistent with the Society's mission. Don't forget: December 31st is the last day for you to make a donation that qualifies as a 2010 tax deduction.
[ learn more | donate ]
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Publications News |
NEW in the GSA Bookstore
Special Paper 471
Ancient Earthquakes
Edited by M. Sintubin, I.S. Stewart, T.M. Niemi, and E. Altunel
This volume, which will be of interest to a broad community of scientists, historians, and archaeologists, convincingly illustrates the different ways the archaeological record can be used in earthquake studies of regions threatened by seismic hazards.
Memoir 206
From Rodinia to Pangea: The Lithotectonic Record of the Appalachian Region
Edited by R.P. Tollo, M.J. Bartholomew, J.P. Hibbard, and P.M. Karabinos
This Memoir, commemorating the (near-)fortieth anniversary of the publication of the classic Studies of Appalachian Geology volumes, marks the considerable progress in scientific thought that has occurred during the past four decades.
2011 Calendar
Visions of the Dynamic Landscape
Stunning Earth images make this 2011 calendar a real page-turner. Coupled with notes on important dates and moments in geoscience history, this new calendar from GSA will keep you informed and intrigued throughout the coming year. All images were originally submitted to the 2009 GSA Annual Meeting photo contest & exhibit.
Seeking Science Editors
GSA's internationally recognized journals Geology and Lithosphere invite applications and nominations for science editors, with terms to begin in January 2012 (or earlier if desired).
[ learn more about Geology | learn more about Lithosphere | download flyer (PDF) ]
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Supporting Students |
Scholarships, Research Grants & Other Opportunities
Subaru Minority Student Scholarship Program
This scholarship program, funded by Subaru in partnership with GSA, offers GSA campus representatives the opportunity to extend monetary support to minority undergraduate students in each of GSA's seven regional Sections, with the aim of encouraging these students to continue their geoscience studies as a degree choice.
[ learn more ]
Graduate Student Research Grants
Get ready — The 2011 research grants program will be in full swing by mid-December.
[ download flyer (PDF) | learn more ]
50 Student Volunteers Needed
Help the USGS deploy seismometers to study fault geometries and crustal structure in southeastern California — all expenses paid!
What: Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP)
When: 5–20 Feb. 2011
Where: Imperial and Coachella Valleys, California, USA
[ learn more | download flyer (PDF) ]
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Education & Outreach |
GeoCorps™ America 2011
This summer, GSA and its partner agencies — the U.S. National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management — will offer more than eighty paid geoscience internships on America's most amazing public lands. All levels of geologists — students, educators, professionals, and retirees — are encouraged to apply. Jobs will be posted online by 1 Dec. 2010; the application period runs 1 Dec. 2010–1 Feb. 2011. As in previous years, past GeoCorps participants are eligible to apply as Guest Scientists.
[ learn more | blog post: "Summer GeoCorps Internship: Or Caveapalooza 2010" ]
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GSA Divisions News |
New Division Officers
Your 2010–2011 GSA Division Officers & Past Chairs have been named. Learn more and see how you can get involved.
[ officers listing | Division information | join a Division (or two…) ]
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GSA Associated Societies Calendar Closeups |
EGU General Assembly
03–08 April 2011 • Vienna, Austria
You're invited to participate in this GSA-GSL cosponsored session: "Teleconnections: Far-field links in sedimentary source-to-sink systems." Abstract deadline: 10 Jan. 2011.
[ learn more ]
2011 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference
Managing Climate Impacts on Water Resources: Adaptation Issues, Options, and Strategies
18–20 April 2011 • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
[ learn more ]
View complete geoscience calendar
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Of Note |
Celebrating 50 Years of Laser Innovation
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Focusing on Conflict Minerals
You've heard of blood diamonds, but have you heard of "coltan"? Researcher Katrina Shughrue of Juniata College and colleagues are using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to track the provenance of "coltan" (columbite-tantalite) — the major source of which is central Africa, including the embattled Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Currently, the U.S. has legislation in place that would require companies to report whether their products contain minerals from the DRC. LIBS can help determine a mineral's origin by tracing the "chemical fingerprint" of any material in "real time."
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GSA HQ Goes Solar!
GSA headquarters, local government, businesses, and the GSA Foundation celebrated the switch to solar power at a "ribbon cutting" ceremony on 28 October. The 66-kW system is expected to supply 35% of GSA's annual power needs. Want to participate? Sponsor a panel through the GSA Foundation (it's tax-deductible!).
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Touchpoints |
A SAMPLING OF GSA IN THE NEWS |
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An ahead-of-print Geology article by M.A. Urban et al., "Isotopic evidence of C4 grasses in southwestern Europe during the Early Oligocene–Middle Miocene," is covered in a 16 Nov. SeedQuest article, "Study rewrites the evolutionary history of C4 grasses," and is also highlighted in the online Innovations Report.
[ Geology abstract | SeedQuest article ]
Science by S. Diniega et al., "Seasonality of present-day Martian dune-gully activity" (Geology, Oct. 2010), is highlighted in the 30 Oct. issue of Mars Daily and was subsequently picked up by The Guardian Nigeria in a 4 Nov. article titled "Mars gullies, volcanic deposit support habitable planet theory."
[ Geology abstract | Mars Daily article | Guardian Nigeria article ]
The Oct. Geology article by M.D. Johnson et al., "Active drumlin field revealed at the margin of Múlajökull, Iceland: A surge-type glacier," is detailed in the 16 Nov. issue of redOrbit and an 18 Nov. olelog blog post, "How drumlins form."
[ Geology abstract | redOrbit article | olelog blog post ]
"The earliest Cambrian record of animals and ocean geochemical change," by A.C. Maloof et al. (GSA Bulletin, Nov. 2010), is generating attention in several online news outlets, including PhysOrg.com, Terra Daily ("New Time Line for Appearances of Skeletal Animals in Fossil Record Developed"), and redOrbit.
[ Bulletin abstract | Terra Daily article ]
Science by L.J. Leonard et al., "Rupture area and displacement of past Cascadia great earthquakes from coastal coseismic subsidence" (GSA Bulletin, Nov. 2010), received an abundance of media coverage this month. Analyses began with a 4 Nov. Discovery News article, "Pacific Northwest Overdue for a Big One, Sediments Show," followed by a 12 Nov. Vancouver Sun article, "'Mega-quake' would likely spare B.C., study says," with similar coverage in the Times Colonist, the StarPhoenix, the Montreal Gazette, and the Global BC and Daily Gleaner websites.
[ Bulletin abstract | Discovery News article | Vancouver Sun article ]
The Nov. issue of EARTH magazine article, "Exploring a river at the bottom of the black sea" (p. 9), makes note of Dec. 2010 Geology science by D.R. Parsons et al., "Gravity-driven flow in a submarine channel bend: Direct field evidence of helical flow reversal."
[ Geology abstract ]
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Geoscience Trivia |
- In what environment would a fanglomerate be deposited?
- Where would you find the breccia that is known as the Megaregolith?
- Where do gastroliths come from?
[ geoscience jobs & student opportunities | GeoMart geosciences directory ]
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