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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

                            Scientific Field Trips

                   Descriptions & details are online at community.geosociety.org/GSA2017/fieldtrips.

                   Photo taken ca. 1970 by Link Washburn. Aerial view of mima prairie  Photo taken by Ron Sletten on 3 Aug. 2014 of Mount St. Helens
                   and mounds.                                                         from the Johnston Ridge Observatory.

SCIENCE & CAREERS       401. Generation of the Palouse Loess: Exploring the            Kathy K. Davenport, Christian Stanciu. Trip departs from Boise,
                        Linkages between Glaciation, Outburst Megafloods and           Idaho, USA.
                   Aeolian Deposition in Washington State.
                   Wed.–Fri., 18–20 Oct. US$399. Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary                  405. Mesozoic Terranes of the Central Cascades: Geology
                   Geology and Geomorphology Division. Leaders: Mark R.                     of the Hicks Butte Complex, Easton Metamorphic Suite,
                   Sweeney, Univ. of South Dakota; Eric V. McDonald, David R.          Peshastin Formation, and Ingalls Serpentinite.
                   Gaylord.                                                            Thurs.–Sat., 19–21 Oct. US$350. Leaders: James H. MacDonald,
                                                                                       Florida Gulf Coast Univ.; Joe D. Dragovich.
                        402. Late Pleistocene Glaciation and Megafloods: The
                        Cordilleran Ice Sheet and Columbia River Valley,                    406. Tsunamis in the Salish Sea: Recurrence, Sources,
                   Drainage Diversions, and Megafloods from Glacial Lake                    Hazards.
                   Missoula and Glacial Lake Columbia.                                 Fri., 20 Oct. US$199. Leaders: Carrie Garrison-Laney, Univ. of
                   Wed.–Sat., 18–21 Oct. US$395. Leaders: Jim E. O’Connor, U.S.        Washington; Ian Miller, Brian Atwater.
                   Geological Survey; Victor R. Baker, Richard B. Waitt, Andrea
                   Balbas.                                                                  407. Geoarchaeology of the Central Puget Lowland.
                                                                                            Fri.–Sat., 20–21 Oct. US$399. Cosponsors: SWCA
                        403. Incorporation of Sedimentary Rocks into the Deep          Environmental Consultants; Burke Museum. Leaders: Brandy A.
                        Levels of Continental Magmatic Arcs: Links between the         Rinck, SWCA Environmental Consultants; Jack Johnson.
                   North Cascades Arc and Surrounding Sedimentary Terranes.
                   Thurs.–Sat., 19–21 Oct. US$485. Cosponsors: GSA Mineralogy,              408. Geologic Challenges and Engineering Solutions for
                   Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA                   Major Transportation Construction Projects in Seattle.
                   Structural Geology and Tectonics Division. Leaders: Stacia M.       Fri.–Sat., 20–21 Oct. US$285. Leaders: William Laprade,
                   Gordon, Univ. of Nevada–Reno; Robert B. Miller, Kirsten B.          Elizabeth Barnett, Shannon & Wilson, Inc.; Red Robinson, Jenn
                   Sauer.                                                              Parker, Andrew Caneday, Jeremy Butkovich.

                        404. Exploring the Western Idaho Shear Zone Using the               409. Geology of Seattle.
                        Strabo Data System.                                                 Fri., 20 Oct. US$125. Leaders: Ralph Haugerud, U.S.
                   Thurs.–Sat., 19–21 Oct. US$599. Leaders: Basil Tikoff, Univ. of     Geological Survey; Kathy Goetz Troost.
                   Wisconsin; Z.D. Michels, Maureen Kahn, Richard M. Gaschnig,

                   INDUSTRY TRACKS—Look for these icons, which identify sessions in the following areas:

                   Economic Geology  Engineering                                          Hydrogeology and
                                                                                       Environmental Geology

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