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GSA TODAY | OCTOBER 2015Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION
65th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Section, GSA
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
31 March–01 April 2016
www.geosociety.org/sections/se/2016mtg/
Photo courtesy of Columbia Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Ready to Rock Your World?
Centrally located within the southeastern U.S., and sitting
astride the Fall Line separating the Piedmont and the Coastal
Plain, Columbia, South Carolina, welcomes GSA’s Southeastern
Section for another great meeting. With a technical program and
associated field trips spanning everything from new developments
in resource exploration and potential to geohazards to trends in
education, there is sure to be something for everyone.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract deadline: 15 December 2015
Submit abstracts online at www.geosociety.org/Sections/se/
2016mtg/. The submission fee is US$15 for students and US$20
for all others. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact
Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org.
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Symposium
S1. Evolving Perspectives on Piedmont Geology: Terrane
Studies, Structural Analyses, New Mapping, and
Complementary Studies.
Theme Sessions
T1. Gold Exploration in South Carolina. Ken Gillon, Romarco
Inc., kgillon@romarco.com; James Berry, Romarco Inc.,
jberry@romarco.com; James Kellogg, Univ. of South Carolina,
kellogg@sc.edu.
T2. New Insights on Crustal Structure and Geologic Evolution
of the Southeastern US Continental Margin. Susie Boote,
sboote@geol.sc.edu; James H. Knapp, Univ. of South Carolina,
knapp@geol.sc.edu.
T3. Surface Water–Groundwater Interactions and Biogeochemical
Processes in the Coastal Zone. Alicia Wilson, Univ. of South
Carolina, awilson@geol.sc.edu; Tim Callahan, College of
Charleston, callahant@cofc.edu.
T4. Groundwater Availability in the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Bruce Campbell, USGS, bcampbel@usgs.gov; Joe Gellici, South
Carolina Dept. of Natural Resources, gellicij@dnr.sc.gov.
T5. Paleolimnological Reconstructions: New Insights from the
Tried and True to the Unique and New. Nathan M. Rabideaux,
nmrabideaux@gmail.com; Chris Tidwell, Georgia State Univ.,
ctidwell1@student.gsu.edu; Alex Simpson, Georgia State Univ.,
asimpson676@gmail.com.
T6. Current Studies in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. Andrew
Leier, Univ. of South Carolina, aleier@geol.sc.edu.
T7. Geohazards along the East Coast of the U.S. Robert Weiss,
Virginia Tech, weiszr@vt.edu.
T8. Issues in Environmental and Climate Education. Pamela J.W.
Gore; Georgia Perimeter College, pamela.gore@gpc.edu;
William Witherspoon, georgiarocks.us, bill@georgiarocks.us.
T9. Evolution Teaching Practices and Data-Rich Research.
Frank Forcino, Western Carolina Univ., flforcino@email.wcu
.edu; Rachel Salter, North Dakota State Univ., rlsalter1@
catamount.wcu.edu.
T10. Ecohydrology. Jeff Wilcox, Univ. of North Carolina Asheville,
jwilcox@unca.edu.
T11. Large Datasets and Interactive Visualizations in
Undergraduate Research. Steven Whitmeyer, James Madison
Univ., whitmesj@jmu.edu; Jeffrey Ryan, Univ. of South Florida,
ryan@mail.usf.edu.
T12. Coastal Processes and Geologic Framework: Insights from
Geological and Geophysical Surveys across the Continental
Margin. Jenna C. Hill, Coastal Carolina Univ., jchill@coastal
.edu; Richard F. Viso, Coastal Carolina Univ., rviso@coastal.edu.
T13. Synergistic Paleontology: The FOSSIL Project and Amateur
Contributions to the Field. Eleanor Gardner, Florida Museum
of Natural History, egardner@flmnh.ufl.edu; Bruce MacFadden,
Florida Museum of Natural History, bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.
edu; Linda McCall, North Carolina Fossil Club, lndmccall02@
yahoo.com; Chuck Ferrara, Southwest Florida Fossil Society,
ferrara_307@hotmail.com; Lisa Lundgren, Univ. of Florida,
lisa.lundgren@uf l.edu.
T14. Fossil Vertebrates of the Southeastern United States. Kathlyn
M. Smith, Georgia Southern Univ., ksmith@georgiasouthern
.edu; Alexander K. Hastings, Virginia Museum of Natural