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GSA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
Scientific Field Trips
Descriptions and leader bios are online. ECP—early career professional.
GSA TODAY | JUNE 2016 Before the Meeting
401. GSA International Student Field Trip to National Parks in
the Western U.S. Sixteen days: Wed.–Thurs., 7–22 Sept.
US$1,000. Cosponsor: GSA International. Leader: Anke Friedrich.
402. A Visit to the Regional Aluminum Silicate Triple-Point
Metamorphic Rocks of Northern New Mexico: A Field Trip
to Honor the Career Contributions of Lincoln Hollister to
Petrology and Tectonics. Four days: Wed.–Sat., 21–24 Sept.
US$499; limited student/ECP price: US$250. Cosponsors: GSA
Structural Geology & Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Petrology and Volcanology Division. Leaders:
Christopher G. Daniel; Christopher L. Andronicos.
403. Transect of Mesoproterozoic Belt Basin, Glacier National
Park, Montana. Two days: Thurs.–Fri., 22–23 Sept. US$275;
limited student/ECP price: US$145. Leaders: James W. Sears;
John S. MacLean.
404. Dynamic Topography, Regional Uplift, and Integration
History of the Colorado–Green River Systems. Four days:
Wed.–Sat., 21–24 Sept. US$585; limited student/ECP price: US$325.
Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division. Leaders: Andres Aslan; Karl E. Karlstrom; Eric Kirby.
405. Sequence Stratigraphy, Stratal Patterns, and Hydrodynamics
of the Upper Cretaceous Iles (Mount Garfield) and Williams
Fork (Hunter Canyon) Formations, Grand Junction Area,
Colorado. Four days: Wed.–Sat., 21–24 Sept. US$495; limited
student/ECP price: US$250. Leaders: Diane L. Kamola; Jesse
Thompson; Benjamin Campanaro.
406. Getting to the Bottom of the High Plains Aquifer: New
Insights into the Depositional History, Stratigraphy, and
Paleoecology of the Cenozoic High Plains. Three days: Thurs.–Sat., East-Central Colorado: Remapping the Fluvial System and
22–24 Sept. US$399; limited student/ECP price: US$200.
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society
for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Soils and Soil Processes
Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Geology and Public Policy
Committee; GSA Geology and Society Division. Leaders: Jon J.
Smith; Anthony L. Layzell; William E. Lukens; Matthew L.
Morgan; Stephen M. Keller.
407. Exploring the Ancient Volcanic and Lacustrine
Environments of the Oligocene Creede Caldera and Environs,
San Juan Mountains, Colorado. Three days: Thurs.–Sat.,
22–24 Sept. US$325; limited student/ECP price: US$175.
Leaders: Daniel Larsen; Peter W. Lipman.
408. Depositional Systems of the Rockies. Three days: Thurs.–Sat., Dinosaur Ridge. Leaders: Norb Cygan; Tim Connors; Lou Taylor.
22–24 Sept. US$560; limited student/ECP price: US$295.
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Cosponsor: Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah.
Leaders: R. William Keach II; Tom Anderson.
409. From Terraces to Terroir: Exploring Geology and Wineries
on Colorado’s Western Slope. Three days: Thurs.–Sat.,
22–24 Sept. US$390. Leaders: Terri L. Cook; Lon D. Abbott.
410. Geomorphic Evolution of the San Luis Basin and Rio
Grande. Three days: Wed.–Fri., 21–23 Sept. US$290; limited
student/ECP price: US$145. Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology
and Geomorphology Division. Leaders: Cal Ruleman; Michael N.
Machette; Ren Thompson.
411. Geoheritage along the Gold Belt Byway, Colorado:
Initiatives to Promote the Legacy of Geologic History for Local
Communities. Two days: Fri.–Sat., 23–24 Sept. US$345;
limited student/ECP price: US$175. Cosponsors: William Smith
Bicentenary Committee; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology
Division. Leaders: Herb Meyer; Melissa Smeins.
412. Cretaceous Ocean-Climate Perturbations Revealed in
Cenomanian-Campanian Strata of Colorado: Field Trip
Associated with Symposium Honoring the Scientific
Contributions of Michael A. Arthur. Two days: Fri.–Sat.,
23–24 Sept. US$299; limited student/ECP price: US$150.
Leaders: Bradley B. Sageman; R. Mark Leckie; Richard Barclay;
Christopher M. Lowery.
413. Stromatolite Variability in the Nash Fork Formation,
Southeastern Wyoming: A Walking Tour across a
Paleoproterozoic Carbonate Shelf. Two days: Fri.–Sat.,
23–24 Sept. US$325; limited student/ECP price: US$175.
Leaders: David R. Lageson; Donald W. Boyd.
414. Overview of the Eocene Castle Rock Conglomerate,
Implications for the History of the Colorado Piedmont and
Front Range. One day: Sat., 24 Sept. US$89; limited student /ECP
price: US$45. Cosponsor: Colorado Geological Survey. Leaders:
Stephen M. Keller; Matthew L. Morgan.
415. Unconventional Reservoirs and Stratigraphy of the
Southern Denver Basin: Graneros, Greenhorn, Carlile, and
Niobrara Formations. Two days: Sat.–Sun., 24–25 Sept. US$425;
limited student/ECP price: US$225. Cosponsor: GSA Energy
Geology Division. Leaders: Jeffrey Allyn May; Russell “Tofer” Lewis.
416. Geology along the Colorado Front Range near Morrison
and Golden. One day: Sat., 24 Sept. US$99; limited student/ECP
price: US$50. Cosponsor: GSA Members of the Friends of