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GSA 2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Scientific Field Trips
Descriptions and leader bios are online.
Plan now to take advantage of these amazing trips as part 404. William Smith’s Map and Other Treasures of the History
of your GSA 2015 experience. Please contact the trip leaders of Geology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, American
directly if you have questions about trip details (check online Philosophical Society, and Library Company, Philadelphia.
for more information). All trips begin and end at the
Baltimore Convention Center unless otherwise indicated. Fri., 30 Oct. US$99 (1B, 1L, R). Leaders: Gary D. Rosenberg,
Trip fees include transportation during the trip (unless Indiana University–Purdue University; Sally Newcomb; Hugh
otherwise noted); other services, such as meals and lodging, Torrens. Cosponsor: GSA History and Philosophy of Geology
are noted with each trip (see key). Division.
Thanks to generous support from ExxonMobil, 10 field 405. Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at
trips are being offered at a discounted rate for students (these Poplar Island.
trips are denoted with an asterisk). Registration for each trip
is on a first-come, first-served basis, and discounted student Fri., 30 Oct. US$85 (1L). Leaders: Justin Callahan, U.S. Army
space is limited. Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District; Maria Orosz.
Cosponsors: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District;
Maryland Port Administration; Maryland Environmental Service.
PRE-MEETING 407. Cambrian-Ordovician of the Central Appalachians: SCIENCE & CAREERS
Correlations and Event Stratigraphy of Carbonate Platform
401. Holocene Barrier Island Geology and Morphodynamics and Adjacent Deep-Water Deposits.*
along the Maryland and Virginia Open-Ocean Coasts:
Fenwick, Assateague, Chincoteague, Wallops, Cedar, and Fri.–Sat., 30–31 Oct. US$220 (2L, R, 1ON). *Limited student
Parramore Islands. price: US$110. Leaders: David K. Brezinski, Maryland Geological
Survey; John F. Taylor; John E. Repetski; James D. Loch.
Wed.–Sat., 28–31 Oct. US$475 (2B, 4L, 1D, R, 3ON). Leaders:
Randolph A. McBride, George Mason University; Michael S. 408. Appalachian Stratigraphy, Tectonics, and Eustasy from
Fenster; Christopher Seminack. Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary the Blue Ridge to the Allegheny Front, Virginia and West
Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Virginia.*
Division.
Fri.–Sat., 30–31 Oct. US$230 (2L, R, 1ON). *Limited student
402. Geomorphology, Active Tectonics, and Landscape price: US$115. Leaders: John T. Haynes, James Madison
Evolution in the Mid-Atlantic Region.* University; Alan Pitts; Richard J. Diecchio; Mitch Blake Bascombe
Jr.; Ronald McDowell; Daniel H. Doctor.
Wed.–Sat., 28–31 Oct. US$425 (3L, 2D, R, 3ON). *Limited student
price: US$300. Leaders: Frank J. Pazzaglia, Lehigh University; 409. Cenozoic Stratigraphy and Structure of the Chesapeake
Mark W. Carter; Gregory S. Hancock; David J. Harbor; G. Richard Bay Region.
Whittecar; Paul Bierman; James A. Spotila. Cosponsor: GSA
Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. Fri.–Sat., 30–31 Oct. US$180 (2L, R, 1ON). Leaders: David S.
Powars, USGS; Lucy E. Edwards; J. Stephen Schindler; Susan M.
403. From the Freezer to the Fire: Neoproterozoic Tectonics, Kidwell.
Glaciation, and Volcanism in the Central Appalachian Blue
Ridge Province.* 410. Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems of the Chesapeake
Bay Watershed: Applying Palynology to Understand Impacts
Thurs.–Sat., 29–31 Oct. US$275 (2L, R, 2ON). *Limited student of Changing Climate, Sea Level, and Land Use.
price: US$140. Leaders: Christopher Bailey, College of William &
Mary; Callan Bentley; Scott Southworth; Alan J. Kaufman. Sat., 31 Oct. US$85 (1L, R). Leaders: Debra A. Willard, USGS;
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Christopher Bernhardt; Cliff R. Hupp. Cosponsor: AASP - The
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; EGU Structural Geology & Palynological Society.
Tectonics Division.
Key: B—breakfast; L—lunch; D—dinner; R—refreshments; ON—overnight lodging; * = discounted rates may be available for students. 23
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