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Abstracts deadline: 11 August

SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT

• To begin your submission, go to community.geosociety.org/
gsa2015/science/sessions;

• A fee of US$45 for professionals and US$25 for students will be
charged for each abstract submission;

• Please review the two-abstract rule below;
• Submission deadline: Tuesday, 11 August.

Poster Presenters

• You will be provided with one horizontal, freestanding 8-ft-
wide by 4-ft-high display board, and Velcro for hanging your
display is provided at no charge.

• Each poster booth will share a 6-ft-long by 30-inch-wide table.
• Electricity will not be available this year, so please plan your

presentation accordingly.
• Wi-Fi will be available in the poster hall area.
• Posters should be on display 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. on Sunday, with

authors present 3:30–5:30 p.m. Monday–Wednesday, posters
should be on display 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m., with authors present
during the afternoon beer reception, 5–6:30 p.m.
• Want to present your poster digitally? As a poster presenter, you
will be given the opportunity to present your poster in a digital
format. More information will be provided in abstract accep-
tance notices (1 Sept.). Presenters are responsible for all fees
associated with this type of presentation.

Oral Presenters

The normal length of an oral presentation is 12 min. plus
3 min. for questions and answers. You must visit the Speaker
Ready Room at least 24 hours before your scheduled presentation.
All technical session rooms will be equipped with a PC using
MS Office 2013.

Two-Abstract Rule

• You may submit two volunteered abstracts, as long as one of the
abstracts is for a poster presentation;

• Each submitted abstract must be different in content; and
• If you are invited to submit an abstract to a Pardee Keynote

Symposium or a topical session, the invited abstracts do not
count against the two-abstract rule.

2015 Joint Technical Program Committee

Chair: Patrick Burkhart, patrick.burkhart@sru.edu
Technical Program Manager: Nancy Wright, nwright@geosociety.org

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