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Preliminary Announcement and Call for PapersGSA TODAY | JANUARY 2015 CALL FOR PAPERS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION Abstract deadline: 17 Feb.
Submit your abstract online at www.geosociety.org/Sections/
67th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain
Section, GSA rm/2015mtg/. Abstract submission fee: US$10 for students; US$15
Casper, Wyoming, USA for all others. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact
21–23 May 2015 Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org.
www.geosociety.org/Sections/rm/2015mtg/
Symposia
Beautiful Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park.
S1. Yellowstone/Teton/Snake River Plain Volcano–Tectonic
Groundbreaking Discoveries in the Rockies: System: Honoring 55 Years of Distinguished Research
Fracturing, Fossils, and Fumaroles and the Legacy of Bob Smith. Jamie Farrell, Univ. of Utah,
jamie.farrell@utah.edu.
LOCATION
The Casper College Dept. of Earth and Environmental S2. The Continental Triassic: Sedimentary and Paleobiologic
Records throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. Dave
Sciences, the University of Wyoming, and the Wyoming Lovelace, Univ. of Wisconsin, dlovelace@wisc.edu; Michelle
Geological Association (WGA) are excited to host the 67th Stocker, Virginia Tech, stockerm@vt.edu; Scott Hartman,
Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting in the booming city of Univ. of Wisconsin, sahartman@wisc.edu.
Casper, Wyoming, USA. We have developed a technical program
covering a broad scope of topics, including the fields of Cenozoic S3. Brittle Structures of Rocky Mountain Reservoirs and
volcanism; structural geology; paleontology; paleobiology and Reservoir Analogs. Steve Laubach, Univ. of Texas at Austin,
sedimentology; geomorphology; geophysics and hydrology; appli- steve.laubach@beg.utexas.edu.
cations in GIS; and mining and industry. Our location at the base
of Casper Mountain along the North Platte River provides a S4. Quaternary Geoarchaeology: Honoring the Work of John
world-class geologic setting and home base for our field trips. Albaneese. Dana Pertermann, Western Wyoming College,
REGISTRATION dpertermann@wwcc.wy.edu; Kerry Lippincott, Consultant,
lippincotts@live.com.
Meeting registration will open in early February; the deadline
for the lowest registration fees is 20 April. Theme Sessions
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T1. In Celebration of the Release of the WGA 2014 Wyoming
Stratigraphic Nomenclature Chart: Topics in Rocky
Mountain Stratigraphy. Marron Bingle-Davis, Wyoming
Geological Assoc., mbingledavis@yahoo.com.
T2. Geomorphology and Surficial Processes. Beth Wisely,
Casper College, bwisely@caspercollege.edu.
T3. Advancements and Issues in Petroleum Extraction
Technologies. Marron Bingle-Davis, Wyoming Geological
Assoc., mbingledavis@yahoo.com.
T4. General Minerals and Mining. Phil Nickerson, Bronco
Creek Exploration Inc., pnickerson@broncocreek.com.
T5. Special Problems in Rocky Mountain Coal Mining.
Heather Lawson, Office of Mine Safety and Health (NIOSH),
helawson@cdc.gov.
T6. Graduate Student Research. Brandon McElroy, Univ. of
Wyoming, bmcelroy@uwyo.edu.
T7. General Paleontology. J.P. Cavigelli, Tate Geological
Museum, jpcavigelli@caspercollege.edu.
T8. Paleoclimate, Paleoecology, and Evolution. Melissa
Connely, Casper College, mconnely@caspercollege.edu.
T9. Mountain Building and Basin Response: New Insights to
the Bighorn Mountains and Associated Basins. Ranie
Lynds, Wyoming State Geological Survey, ranie.lynds@
wyo.gov; Erin Campbell-Stone, Univ. of Wyoming, erincs@
uwyo.edu; Eric Erslev, Univ. of Wyoming, eerslev@uwyo.edu.
T10. Geoscience Education and Undergraduate Research.
Suki Smaglik, Central Wyoming College, ssmaglik@cwc.edu;
Kim Hannula, Fort Lewis College, hannula_k@fortlewis.edu.
T11. Shallow Geophysics and Wyoming’s Water Resources.
Steve Holbrook, Univ. of Wyoming, steveh@uwyo.edu;
Kent Sundell, Casper College, ksundell@caspercollege.edu.
T12. Applications for GIS and Geospatial Data in the
Geosciences. Jeff Sun, Casper College, jsun@caspercollge.edu.
