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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

Submitting An Abstract

Discipline Sessions Topical Sessions Pardee Keynote
Symposia
Discipline sessions are created by Topical sessions are topically
pooling together abstracts submitted focused for a motivating exchange of Pardee Keynote Symposia repre-
to a particular discipline category. science. If you are interested in sub- sent leading-edge, interdisciplinary
These sessions are formed in order to mitting a session to a particular topi- science and address broad, fundamen-
establish a very stimulating session. cal session, you can review the list at tal geoscience issues and/or areas of
Start your abstract submission by community.geosociety.org/gsa2017/ public policy. Speakers in these
going to community.geosociety.org/ topical. sessions are of high standing in their
gsa2017/discipline. fields. Learn more at community
.geosociety.org/gsa2017/pardee.

SCIENCE & CAREERS Key Things To Know Abstract Content and Presentation

Submitting an Abstract • Please familiarize yourself with and adhere to the GSA Code
• Submission deadline: Tuesday, 1 August. of Ethics for abstracts publication and meeting presentation
• To begin your submission, go to community.geosociety.org/ (see p. 23).

gsa2017/abstracts. • Abstracts must describe recent findings in the realms of
• A non-refundable abstracts submission fee of US$50 for science, pedagogy, or their applications.

professionals and US$25 for students will be charged. • All abstracts undergo peer review. Common reasons for rejec-
• Abstracts are editable until the 1 August submission deadline. tion include dubious conclusions, questionable methodologies,
• When submitting an abstract to a discipline session, a list of poorly written prose, and incomplete or outdated information.

possible topical sessions may pop-up during the submission • The Joint Technical Program Committee (JTPC) will attempt to
process. This list is provided as an option for you, in case you honor the authors’ designations of Topical Session, Discipline,
feel your abstract might fit well into one of those sessions. or presentation mode (oral or poster). Final assignments remain
• Please be patient! When submitting an abstract, the first page at the discretion of the Technical Program Chair (TPC). Session
is slow-loading. We thank you for your patience. scheduling and presentation modes are firm once assigned.
• The Two-Abstract Rule: (1) You may submit two volunteered
abstracts, as long as one is for a poster presentation; (2) each Authors
submitted abstract must be different in content; and (3) if you
are invited to submit an abstract to a Pardee Keynote • Please adhere to the Code of Ethics describing content, author-
Symposium or topical session, the invited abstracts do not count ship, and scholarship (p. 23).
against the two-abstract rule.
• PRESENTERS: Presenting authors can deliver two (2) abstracts
22–25 October during the meeting, which can consist of one volunteered oral
presentation and one volunteered poster presentation, or two
Seattle, Washington, USA poster presentations. The only exemption to this policy occurs
when the presenter is also invited to give a presentation in either
a Pardee Keynote Symposium or a Topical Session, because
invited abstracts are not counted. Invited presenters will receive
a PIN to exempt that abstract. If the session to which a present-
ing author is invited is cancelled, that abstract will lose its
exempted status.

• CO-AUTHORS: You may be listed on additional abstracts as a
non-presenting co-author. There is no limit to the number of
abstracts one can co-author.

• All presenting authors, including invited speakers, are respon-
sible for paying their abstract submission fees. All authors must
pay their registration fees, plus any other expenses they might
incur associated with the GSA meeting.

• Acceptance notifications are delivered three to four weeks after
the abstract deadline to allow sufficient time to make travel
arrangements.

• Enhance your professional reputation by submitting a refined
abstract. Then, deliver an admirable presentation.

22 22–25 October 2017 • Seattle, Washington, USA