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Second Announcement REGISTRATION
NORTHEASTERN SECTION Early registration deadline: 16 Feb.
Cancellation deadline: 22 Feb.
51st Annual Meeting of the Northeastern
Section, GSA REGISTRATION FEES (in U.S. dollars)
Albany, New York, USA
21–23 March 2016 Early Registration Onsite
www.geosociety.org/Sections/ne/2016mtg/ Full One Day Full One day
Professional Member $180 $130 $225 $150
Professional Member 70+ $100 $80 $130 $100
Professional Non-Member $200 $150 $250 $185
Student Member $60 $50 $80 $70
Student Non-Member $70 $60 $90 $80
K–12 $65 $50 $85 $60
Guest/Spouse $50 n/a $60 n/a
Field Trip or Short Course only $40 n/a $40 n/a
Aerial view of Albany, New York.GSA TODAY | DECEMBER 2015 ACCOMMODATIONS
Reservation deadline: 29 Feb.
In the midst of it all… slices
through space and time. Blocks of specially priced rooms have been reserved at the
Hilton Albany Hotel (40 Lodge Street, Albany, NY 12207, USA),
Albany, New York, USA, is centrally located on the historic which is three blocks from the convention center. Individual and
Hudson River, where the Appalachian Mountains meet the double rooms at US$172 per room/night can be reserved by calling
Allegheny Plateau and the Valley and Ridge province nudges up to +1-800-445-8667 and referring to the “NEGSA conference.” Rates
the Taconic and Adirondack Mountains. From Paleozoic shelf do not include 14% New York tax.
strata and complexly metamorphosed Precambrian bedrock to
Mesozoic rift basins and Pleistocene glacial cover, the fascinating For students only: A block of rooms (each can accommodate up
transect from Buffalo to Boston leads right through Albany. to four people) has been reserved at the 74 State Hotel (one block
26 from the Hilton and four blocks from the convention center) at a
special rate. Booking information is on the meeting website.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract deadline: 8 Dec. 2015
Submit abstracts online at www.geosociety.org/sections/
ne/2016mtg/techProg.htm. Fee: 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.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Symposia
S1. Applications of Geochemistry and Geochronology to
Understanding Tectonic Processes: In Honor of Raymond
A. Coish. David P. West, Jr., Middlebury College, dwest@
middlebury.edu; Peter Ryan, Middlebury College, pryan@
middlebury.edu; Jonathan Kim, Vermont Geological Survey,
jon.kim@state.vt.us.
S2. Timing and Nature of Deformation in the Adirondack
Mountains. Mike Williams, Univ. of Massachusetts, mlw@
geo.umass.edu; Jeff Chiarenzelli, St. Lawrence Univ.; Tim
Grover, Castleton State College.
Theme Sessions
T1. Insights from Microfossils, from Terrestrial to Marine
Environments (Posters). Miriam Katz, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, katzm@rpi.edu; Chiara Borrelli, Univ. of Rochester,
cborrelli@ur.rochester.edu; Samuel Bowser, Wadsworth
Center, NYS Dept. of Health, samuel.bowser@health.ny.gov.
