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Second Announcement REGISTRATION FEES (all fees are in U.S. dollars)

SOUTHEASTERN SECTION Category Early Standard
Full Meeting One day Full Meeting One day
66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Section, GSA Professional member $200 $120 $230 $140
Richmond, Virginia, USA
30–31 March 2017 Professional nonmember $220 $140 $250 $160
http://www.geosociety.org/se-mtg
Early Career Professional $140 $100 $160 $105

Student member $80 $60 $90 $70

Student nonmember $90 $80 $120 $90

K–12 Professional $40 $40 $50 $40

Guest $50 N/A $50 N/A

Field trip/workshop only $40 N/A $40 N/A

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Photo used with permission from Richmond Region HOTEL RATES AND AMENITIES
Tourism.
Hotel registration deadline: 7 March
Rockin’ the Fall Zone Blocks of rooms have been reserved at the Omni Richmond

Strategically located on the Fall Zone, Richmond sits where the Hotel, located at 100 South 12th Street, Richmond, VA 23219,
James River dramatically cascades over the Petersburg Granite at USA, +1-804-344-7000. The meeting will take place within the
the eastern edge of the Piedmont to the sedimentary strata of the Omni Richmond’s convention facilities. The meeting rate is
Coastal Plain. With either a stroll around town, or a short drive to US$165 per night plus tax for single and double occupancy. To
the mountains or coast, Richmond is ideally located to explore the make your reservations, please call Omni Reservations at
geologic diversity of the southeast. Technical Sessions will all be 1-800-THE-OMNI and be sure to refer to the code: 17SEGSA.
held at the Omni Richmond Hotel, 100 S. 12th Street, in Omni guests are provided complimentary Wi-Fi access by joining
Richmond. the Omni Select Guest program. Omni guests will have access to
the James Center YMCA.
REGISTRATION
FIELD TRIPS
Early registration deadline: 27 Feb.
Cancellation deadline: 7 March Pre-Meeting
Registration: http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/
Section_Meetings/GSA/Sections/se/2017mtg/registration.aspx 1. Geology along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
27–29 March. Cost: US$275 (min. 12/max. 28). Mark Carter,
USGS, mcarter@usgs.gov; Scott Southworth, USGS,
ssouthw@usgs.gov; Richard Tollo, GWU, rtollo@gwu.edu;
Arthur Merschat, USGS; Sara Wagner, GWU; Ava Lazor,
GWU; John Aleinikoff; USGS.

2. From Laurentia to Iapetus: Traversing the Blue Ridge–
Piedmont Terrane Boundary in Central Virginia.
28–29 March. Cost: US$170 (min. 10/max. 22). Christopher
M. Bailey, College of William and Mary, cmbail@wm.edu;
Anna V. Spears, College of William and Mary, avspears@
email.wm.edu; Aaron Marshall, College of William and Mary.

3. Fossil-Collecting from the Middle Miocene Carmel
Church Quarry Marine Ecosystem. 29 March. Cost:
US$70 (min. 8/max. 21). Alexander K. Hastings, Virginia
Museum of Natural History, alexander.hastings@vmnh
.virginia.gov; Ray Vodden, Virginia Museum of Natural
History, raymond.vodden@vmnh.virginia.gov; Christina
Byrd, Virginia Museum of Natural History, christina.byrd@
vmnh.virginia.gov.

4. Geology and Geomorphology of Belle Isle, Richmond.
29 March. Cost: US$20 (min. 10/max. 22). Karen M. Layou,
Reynolds Community College, KLayou@reynolds.edu; Brent
Owens, College of William and Mary, beowen@wm.edu.

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