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Second Announcement and Call for Papers TECHNICAL SESSIONS

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION Theme Sessions

68th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain T1. Megafloods, Paleohydrology, and Fluvial Processes on
Section, GSA Earth and Beyond: In Recognition of the Scientific
Moscow, Idaho, USA Contributions of Victor R. Baker: Jim O’Connor, USGS,
18–19 May 2016 oconnor@usgs.gov; Virginia Gulick, NASA Ames/SETI
Institute, virginia.c.gulick@nasa.gov; Lisa Ely, Central
www.geosociety.org/Sections/rm/2016mtg/ Washington Univ., ely@geology.cwu.edu; Brian Yanites,
Univ. of Idaho, byanites@uidaho.edu.
LOCATION
T2. Quaternary Geochronology and Mapping: Applications to
Moscow, Idaho, USA, is located in the beautiful Palouse region Geomorphic Problems in the Intermountain Western
of north-central Idaho. It is an ideal base for exploring the lavas of North America: Cal Ruleman, USGS, cruleman@usgs.gov;
the Columbia River Basalts, granites of the Idaho Batholith, Shannon Mahan, USGS, smahan@usgs.gov.
tremendous flood features of the Channeled Scablands, metamor-
phic Precambrian Belt rocks, agriculturally rich tephra-influenced T3. (Bio)Geochemical Processes in Soils: Carmen Nezat,
loess soils, and the breathtaking landscape features of this tectoni- Eastern Washington Univ., cnezat@ewu.edu; Abir Biswas,
cally active region. Evergreen State College, biswasa@evergreen.edu.

REGISTRATION T4. Paleogene-Neogene (?) Gravels of the Interior Plains of
Western North America: Dale Leckie, Univ. of Calgary,
Early registration deadline: 11 April leckied@shaw.ca; Andrew Leier, Univ. of South Carolina,
Cancellation deadline: 18 April aleier@geol.sc.edu.

REGISTRATION FEES (all fees are in U.S. dollars) T5. Source to Sink, Proterozoic to Today: Erosion, Sediment
Early Standard Transport, and the Stratigraphic Record of Surface
Processes: Robert Mahon, Univ. of Wyoming, mahon1@
Full 1 Day Full 1 Day uwyo.edu; Claire Lukens, Univ. of Wyoming, clukens@uwyo
.edu; Paul Link, Idaho State Univ., linkpaul@isu.edu.
Professional member $190 $100 $230 $110
T6. Lagerstätten through Time and Space: Julien Kimmig, Univ.
Professional member 70+ $70 $55 $70 $60 of Saskatchewan, jkimmig@gmail.com; Amy Singer, Univ. of
Montana, amy.singer@umontana.edu.
Professional nonmember $210 $160 $240 $200
T7. Late Paleozoic Ice Age: Gondwana Systems and Proxies in
Student member $50 $30 $60 $40 the U.S. Cordillera: Peter Isaacson, Univ. of Idaho, isaacson@
uidaho.edu.
Student nonmember $60 $45 $80 $65
T8. Volcanic Hazards: Products, Processes, and Perspectives:
K–12 teacher $50 $25 $60 $30 Brittany Brand, Boise State Univ., brittanybrand@boisestate
.edu; Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, Idaho State Univ.,
Guest/spouse $45 $45 $55 $55 kobsshan@isu.edu.

Field Trip/Short Course only $30 n/a $30 n/a T9. Seismic and Landslide Hazards in the Inland Northwest:
Suzette Payne, Idaho National Laboratory, suzette.payne@
ACCOMMODATIONS inl.gov; Bill Phillips, Idaho Geologic Survey, phillips@ GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
uidaho.edu; Daisuke Kobayashi, Univ. of Idaho, dice.k
Reservation deadline: 15 April .koba@gmail.com.
A block of rooms has been reserved for meeting attendees at
T10. Energy Resources and New Plays in Western North America:
the Best Western University Inn, located just north of the Univ. John Welhan, Idaho Geologic Survey, weljohn@
of Idaho campus at 1516 Pullman Road (State Hwy 8), +1-800- isu.edu; Ed Ratchford, Idaho Geologic Survey, edratchford@
325-8765. Room rate: $109.99, plus tax, for up to 4 guests; please uidaho.edu; Jerry Fairley, Univ. of Idaho, jfairley@uidaho
mention the GSA room block. .edu; Renee Breedlovestrout, Idaho Geologic Survey, reneeb@
uidaho.edu.
CALL FOR PAPERS
T11. Mineral Deposits and Metallogeny of Western North
Abstract deadline: 1 March America: Chris Dail, Midas Gold, dail@midasgoldinc.com;
Submit your abstract online at www.geosociety.org/Sections/ Eric Jones, Thunder Mountain Gold; Lauren Perreault, HDR;
Virginia Gillerman, Idaho Geologic Survey, edratchford@
rm/2016mtg/. Fee: US$15 for students; US$20 for all others. uidaho.edu.
If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Heather
Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. T12. 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.

T13. Cenozoic Volcanism in the Inland Northwestern United
States: John Wolff, Washington State Univ., jawolff@wsu
.edu; Scott Boroughs, Washington State Univ., geoentoptics@

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