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Second Announcement REGISTRATION
CORDILLERAN SECTION Early registration deadline: 6 April 2015
Cancellation deadline: 13 April 2015
11th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran
Section, GSA REGISTRATION FEES (all fees are in U.S. dollars)
Anchorage, Alaska, USA Early Standard
11–13 May 2015
www.geosociety.org/Sections/cord/2015mtg/ Full mtg. 1 day Full mtg. 1 day
View of Redoubt Volcano at sunset taken from hillside above Eagle River, Alaska, USA. A small Professional Member $200 $100 $220 $105
steam plume can be seen rising from the 2009 lava dome. Photo by R.G. McGimsey, USGS-AVO.
Professional Member 70+ $115 $105 $120 $110
LOCATION
The 111th annual meeting of GSA’s Cordilleran Section will be Professional Nonmember $240 $200 $250 $220
held on the University of Alaska–Anchorage campus, in Student Member $35 $25 $40 $30
Anchorage, Alaska’s largest and most diverse city. Situated at the
base of the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage is built on glacial Student Nonmember $55 $45 $80 $65
deposits associated with the last major ice age. The waters of
Cook Inlet, a major marine embayment, surround the city on its K–12 Professional $40 $30 $45 $35
north, west, and south sides. Turnagin Arm to the south experi-
ences the second highest tides in North America. To the west of Guest/Spouse $40 n/a $40 n/a
Anchorage, across Cook Inlet, are the Tordrillo Mountains and
Mount Spurr Volcano, the closest active volcano to Anchorage. Field Trip Only $40 n/a $40 n/a
To the north are the high peaks of the Alaska Range, including
Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America. ACCOMMODATIONS
Because of its location, Anchorage is a key international air hub
in the North Pacific region as well as one of the primary gate- A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Anchorage,
ways to the Alaskan wilderness. which is located in downtown Anchorage. Rate: US$129 plus tax.
16 To make your reservation, please call +1-907-272-7411. Be sure to
mention that you are attending the GSA Cordilleran Meeting, or use
code GSAC15. Shuttle transportation to and from the meeting venue
on the University of Alaska–Anchorage campus will be provided.
FIELD TRIPS
GSA TODAY | MARCH/APRIL 2015 GSA invites you to join your colleagues on one or more of the
following field trips. Descriptions for all field trips are online at
www.geosociety.org/Sections/cord/2015mtg/fieldTrips.htm.
1. Geology of the Chugach–Prince William Sound Accretionary
Complex and Resurrection Ophiolite. Cameron Davidson,
Carleton College, cdavidso@carleton.edu; John Garver, Union
College, garverj@union.edu. US$345.
2. Backstage Tour of the New Alaska Geologic Materials Center.
Kenneth R. Papp, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical
Surveys, kenneth.papp@alaska.gov; Jean Riordan, Alaska
Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, jean.riordan@
alaska.gov; Kurt Johnson, Alaska Division of Geological and
Geophysical Surveys, kurt.johnson@alaska.gov. US$25.
3. Cretaceous-Paleogene Bedrock Geology of the Matanuska
Valley Area. Ron Cole, Allegheny College, rcole@allegheny.edu;
Dave Sunderlin, Lafayette College, sunderld@lafayette.edu;
Jeff Trop, Bucknell University, jtrop@bucknell.edu. US$112.
4. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Neogene Coal-Bearing
Strata on the Kenai Peninsula, Cook Inlet, Alaska. David
LePain, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys,
david.lepain@alaska.gov; Ken Helmhold, Alaska Division of
Oil and Gas, ken.helmold@alaska.gov; Richard Stanley, USGS,
rstanley@usgs.gov. US$346.
5. Transect of the Mesozoic Subduction Complex, South-Central
Alaska. Sue Karl, USGS, skarl@usgs.gov. US$210.
6. Volcanic Mass-Flow Deposits of the Copper River Lowland
near Chitina, Alaska. Chris Waythomas, USGS, cwaythomas@
usgs.gov; Kristi Wallace, USGS, kwallace@usgs.gov. US$408.
7. 1964 Alaska Earthquake: Rebuilding Anchorage and the
Choices We Made. Kristine J. Crossen, University of Alaska–
Anchorage, kjcrossen@uaa.alaska.edu. US$100.
