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Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION Abstract deadline: 3 Jan. 2017
Submit abstracts online at www.geosociety.org/Sections/
66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Section, GSA se/2017mtg/. The submission fee is US$18 for students and US$30
Richmond, Virginia, USA for all others. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please
30–31 March 2017 contact Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org.
www.geosociety.org/Sections/se/2017mtg
In addition to the following Symposia and Theme Sessions, we
© Richmond Region Tourism. are also soliciting abstracts for general discipline sessions.
Rockin’ the Fall Zone Symposia
Strategically located on the Fall Zone, Richmond sits where the S1. From Mountains to Coast: Biogeochemical Processes
James River dramatically cascades over the Petersburg Granite at Affecting the Water Quality of the Bay in Our Backyard.
the eastern edge of the Piedmont to the sedimentary strata of the Karen C. Rice, USGS, kcrice@usgs.gov; Janet S. Herman,
Coastal Plain. The Class IV rapids running through the city’s Univ. of Virginia, jherman@virginia.edu.
downtown area, and visible from walking trails along Belle Isle,
are recognized as the best urban whitewater in America. S2. Tectonics of Blue Ridge and Piedmont Terranes:
Richmond also has a vibrant arts and music scene, a growing Insight from Integrated Studies (Posters). Arthur J.
microbrewery industry, and is home to Lewis Ginter Botanical Merschat, USGS, amerschat@usgs.gov; Elizabeth McClellan,
Garden, named one of the best botanical gardens in the country. Radford Univ., emccellan@radford.edu; Mitchell Scharman,
With either a stroll around town, or a short drive to the moun- Marshall Univ., scharman@marshall.edu.
tains or coast, Richmond is ideally located to explore the geologic
diversity of the southeast. S3. Geologic Maps and Map Derivatives: The Legacy of
Mike Higgins (Posters). Darcy McPhee, USGS, dmcphee@
usgs.gov; Mark Carter, USGS, mcarter@usgs.gov.
S4. Geology and the Civil War. Robert C. Whisonant,
Radford Univ., rwhisona@radford.edu; Stephen W.
Henderson, Oxford College of Emory Univ., shender@
emory.edu.
Theme Sessions GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
T1. New Insights in Linking Mid-Atlantic Terranes to the
Northern and Southern Appalachians. Christopher M.
Bailey, College of William and Mary, cmbail@wm.edu; Steven
J. Whitmeyer, James Madison Univ., whitmesj@jmu.edu.
T2. Cenozoic Paleontology of the Mid-Atlantic. Emily S.
Stafford, Western Carolina Univ., esstafford@email.wcu.edu.
T3. Geoscience Careers for New Geoscience Graduates.
Ronald J. Wallace, Georgia Department of Natural
Resources, ronald.wallace@dnr.state.ga.us; Michael D.
Lawless, Draper Aden Associates, mlawless@daa.com.
T4. Digital Imaging Techniques for Enhancing Student
Learning and Research. Parvinder Sethi, Radford Univ.,
psethi@radford.edu; Chester (Skip) Watts, Radford Univ.,
cwatts@radford.edu.
T5. Beaches, Barriers, and Marshes of the Southeast Coast:
Dynamic Systems in a Changing Climate. Christopher Hein,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, hein@vims.edu; Michael
Fenster, Randolph-Macon College, mfenster@rmc.edu.
T6. Karst Geology and Hazards in the Southeastern U.S.
Randall Orndorff, USGS, rorndorf@usgs.gov.
T7. Transforming Geoscience Teaching and Learning at 2Y
and 4Y Colleges. Callan Bentley, Northern Virginia
Community College, cbentley@nvcc.edu; Jason P. Jones,
North Carolina State Univ., jpjones7@ncsu.edu;Rachel
Atkins, North Carolina State Univ., ratkins@ncsu.edu;
Pete Berquist, Thomas Nelson Community College,
berquistp@tncc.edu; LeeAnna Chapman, North Carolina
State Univ., ltyoung@ncsu.edu; Charles Doug Czajka,
North Carolina State Univ., cdczajka@ncsu.edu; Jennifer
Dixon, North Carolina State Univ., jldicks2@ncsu.edu.
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