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GSA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

Submitting an Abstract

Discipline Sessions Topical Sessions Pardee Keynote
Symposia
Discipline sessions are created by Topical sessions are topically focused
pooling together abstracts submitted for a motivating exchange of science. If Pardee Keynote Symposia represent
to a particular discipline category. you are interested in submitting an leading-edge, interdisciplinary science
These sessions are formed in order to abstract to a particular topical session, and address broad, fundamental geo-
establish a very stimulating session. you can review the list at community science issues and/or areas of public
Start your abstract submission by .geosociety.org/gsa2018/topical. policy. Speakers in these sessions are
going to community.geosociety.org/ of high standing in their fields. More
gsa2018/discipline. information on these sessions can be
found at community.geosociety.org/
gsa2018/pardee.

Key Things to Know The Two-Abstracts Rule:

Submitting an Abstract (A) You may submit two volunteered abstracts, as long as one of
the abstracts is for a poster presentation;
Submission deadline: Tuesday, 14 August.
(B) Each submitted abstract must be different in content; and
• To begin your submission, go to community.geosociety.org/
gsa2018/abstracts. (C) If you are invited to submit an abstract in a Pardee Keynote
Symposium or a topical session, the invited abstracts do not
• A non-refundable abstracts submission fee of US$50 for count against the two-abstracts rule.
professionals and US$25 for students will be charged during
the submission process. Abstract Content and Presentation

• Abstracts are editable until the 14 August submission deadline. • Please familiarize yourself with and adhere to the GSA Code
of Ethics for abstract publication and meeting presentation
• When submitting an abstract to a discipline session, a list of (see p. 33).
possible topical sessions may pop up during the submission pro-
cess. This list is provided as an option for you, in case you feel • Abstracts must describe recent findings in the realms of
your abstract might fit well into one of those sessions. science, pedagogy, or their applications.

• Please be patient. When submitting an abstract, the first page • All abstracts undergo peer review. Common reasons for rejec-
is slow to load. We thank you for your patience while the page tion include dubious conclusions, questionable methodologies,
is loading. poorly written prose, and incomplete or outdated information.

• The Joint Technical Program Committee (JTPC) will attempt to
honor the authors’ designations of topical session, discipline, or
presentation mode (oral or poster). Final assignments remain at
the discretion of the technical program chair. Session schedul-
ing and presentation modes are firm once assigned.

Authors

• Please adhere to the Code of Ethics describing content, author-
ship, and scholarship (see p. 33).

• PRESENTERS: Presenting authors can deliver two (2) abstracts
during the meeting, which can consist of one (1) volunteered
oral presentation and one (1) volunteered poster presentation, or
two (2) 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, as
invited abstracts are not counted. Invited topical session pre-
senters will receive a PIN to exempt that abstract. If the session
to which a presenting author is invited is canceled, that abstract
will lose its exempted status.

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