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Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers Washington Univ., ely@geology.cwu.edu; Brian Yanites, GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Univ. of Idaho, byanites@uidaho.edu.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION 2. Quaternary Geochronology and Mapping: Applications to
Geomorphic Problems in the Intermountain Western
68th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain North America: Cal Ruleman, USGS, cruleman@usgs.gov;
Section, GSA Shannon Mahan, USGS, smahan@usgs.gov.
Moscow, Idaho, USA 3. (Bio)Geochemical Processes in Soils: Carmen Nezat,
18–19 May 2016 Eastern Washington Univ., cnezat@ewu.edu; Abir Biswas,
Evergreen State College, biswasa@evergreen.edu.
www.geosociety.org/Sections/rm/2016mtg/ 4. Paleogene-Neogene (?) Gravels of the Interior Plains of
Western North America: Dale Leckie, Univ. of Calgary,
Layered basalt flows of the Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group, exposed in Hells Canyon. These leckied@shaw.ca; Andrew Leier, Univ. of South Carolina,
basalts host the aquifers from which much of the region draws its water. Photo courtesy Idaho Soil aleier@geol.sc.edu.
and Land Resources Division. 5. Source to Sink, Proterozoic to Today: Erosion, Sediment
Transport, and the Stratigraphic Record of Surface
Moscow, Idaho, USA, is located in the beautiful Palouse region Processes: Robert Mahon, Univ. of Wyoming, mahon1@
of north-central Idaho. It is an ideal base for exploring the lavas of uwyo.edu; Claire Lukens, Univ. of Wyoming, clukens@uwyo
the Columbia River Basalts, granites of the Idaho Batholith, .edu; Paul Link, Idaho State Univ., linkpaul@isu.edu.
tremendous flood features of the Channeled Scablands, metamor- 6. Lagerstätten through Time and Space: Julien Kimmig,
phic Precambrian Belt rocks, agriculturally rich tephra-influenced Univ. of Saskatchewan, jkimmig@gmail.com; Amy Singer,
loess soils, and the breathtaking landscape features of this tectoni- Univ. of Montana, amy.singer@umontana.edu.
cally active region. 7. Late Paleozoic Ice Age: Gondwana Systems and Proxies
ACCOMMODATIONS in the U.S. Cordillera: Peter Isaacson, Univ. of Idaho,
Reservation deadline: 15 April isaacson@uidaho.edu.
8. Volcanic Hazards: Products, Processes, and Perspectives:
A block of rooms has been reserved for meeting attendees at the Brittany Brand, Boise State Univ., brittanybrand@boisestate
Best Western University Inn, located just north of the Univ. of .edu; Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, Idaho State Univ.,
Idaho campus at 1516 Pullman Road (State Hwy 8), +1-800-325- kobsshan@isu.edu.
8765. Room rate: $109.99, plus tax, for up to 4 guests; please 9. Seismic and Landslide Hazards in the Inland Northwest:
mention the GSA room block. Suzette Payne, Idaho National Laboratory, suzette.payne@
CALL FOR PAPERS inl.gov; Bill Phillips, Idaho Geologic Survey, phillips@
Abstract deadline: 1 March uidaho.edu; Daisuke Kobayashi, Univ. of Idaho,
dice.k.koba@gmail.com.
Submit your abstract online at www.geosociety.org/Sections/ 10. Energy Resources and New Plays in Western North
rm/2016mtg/. Fee: US$15 for students; US$20 for all others. If America: John Welhan, Idaho Geologic Survey, weljohn@isu
you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Heather .edu; Ed Ratchford, Idaho Geologic Survey, edratchford@
Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. uidaho.edu; Jerry Fairley, Univ. of Idaho, jfairley@uidaho
Theme Sessions .edu; Renee Breedlovestrout, Idaho Geologic Survey, reneeb@
1. Megafloods, Paleohydrology, and Fluvial Processes on uidaho.edu.
11. Mineral Deposits and Metallogeny of Western North
Earth and Beyond: In Recognition of the Scientific America: Chris Dail, Midas Gold, dail@midasgoldinc.com;
Contributions of Victor R. Baker: Jim O’Connor, USGS, Eric Jones, Thunder Mountain Gold; Lauren Perreault, HDR;
oconnor@usgs.gov; Virginia Gulick, NASA Ames/SETI Virginia Gillerman, Idaho Geologic Survey, edratchford@
Institute, virginia.c.gulick@nasa.gov; Lisa Ely, Central uidaho.edu.
12. Geologic Setting and Hydrogeology of the Columbia River
Basalt Group and the Snake River Plain: Attila Folnagy,
Montana DNRC, afolnagy@mt.gov; Tom Wood, Univ. of
Idaho, twood@uidaho.edu.
13. Cenozoic Volcanism in the Inland Northwestern United
States: John Wolff, Washington State Univ., jawolff@wsu
.edu; Scott Boroughs, Washington State Univ., geoentoptics@
gmail.com; Jesse Mosolf, Montana Tech, jmosolf@mtech.edu;
Bill Bonnichsen, Univ. of Idaho, billb@uidaho.edu.
14. Geochronology of Igneous Processes: Vince Isakson, Boise
State Univ., vincentisakson@u.boisestate.edu; Mark Schmitz,
Boise State Univ., markschmitz@boisestate.edu.
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