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Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Heather
Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Symposia
S1. Geology, Structure, Geochronology, and Tectonics in
54th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Southern New England: An Eclectic Session in Honor of
Section, GSA Robert P. Wintsch. Cosponsored by NETectonics. Greg
17–19 March 2019 Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey, gwalsh@usgs.gov; John
Portland, Maine, USA Aleinikoff, U.S. Geological Survey, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov;
Ryan McAleer, U.S. Geological Survey, rmcaleer@usgs.gov.
www.geosociety.org/ne-mtg S2. Late Wisconsinan Deglaciation of Northern New
England and Adjacent Canada: A Session to Honor the
Career and Contributions of Woodrow (Woody) B.
Thompson. Brian K. Fowler, New Hampshire Geologic
Resources Advisory Committee; b2fmr@metrocast.net; P.
Thompson Davis, Bentley University, pdavis@bentley.edu;
Harold W. Borns, University of Maine, harold.borns@
maine.edu.

Theme Sessions
T1. The Formation and Evolution of Iceland: Magmatic,
Tectonic, and Geomorphological Processes. Brennan
Jordan, University of South Dakota, brennan.jordan@usd.edu;
Tamara Carley, Lafayette College, carleyt@lafayette.edu;
Tenley Banik, Illinois State University, tjbanik@ilstu.edu.
T2. Beyond Sustainability: The Anthropocene as a Paradigm
for Thinking about Earth across Disciplines. Gary
Gomby, Central Connecticut State University, garygomby@
ccsu.edu; W. John Kress, Smithsonian Institution, kressj@
si.edu.
T3. Intertwining Earth Science Issues with the Nature of
Science. Patricia M. Millette, Mt. Blue High School, patti.
millette@maine.edu; Daniel Frost, Thornton Academy,
dan.frost@thorntonacademy.org.
Portland waterfront, Portland, Maine, USA. Photo courtesy Maine Office of T4. Best Practices in Geoscience Education. Tarin Weiss,
Tourism.
Westfield State University, tweiss@westfield.ma.edu;
Lori Weeden, University of Massachusetts–Lowell,
lori_weeden@uml.edu.
LOCATION
T5. New Perspectives on Mineral Resources of the Northeast.
The 54th Annual Meeting of GSA’s Northeastern Section will John F. Slack, U.S. Geological Survey (emeritus) and
take place in Portland, Maine, USA, at the Holiday Inn By The Memorial University of Newfoundland, jfslack7@gmail.com;
Bay, in downtown Portland. Portland is a welcoming city. Martin G. Yates, University of Maine, yates@maine.edu.
Cultural sites and varied dining opportunities are within a short T6. Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology in the
walk of the conference center. Portland is easily accessed by car Northeastern United States. Ryan P. Gordon, Maine
via Interstate 95 and Interstate 295, by train via Amtrak’s Geological Survey, ryan.gordon@maine.edu.
Downeaster, by air via Portland’s Jetport (PWM), and by bus. T7. Private Wells—Current Challenges and Opportunities.
We have developed a technical program that covers a diverse set Sille Larsen, Vermont Dept. of Health, sille.larsen@
of geologic topics and processes, including applied geology; vermont.gov; Liz Royer, Vermont Rural Water Association,
education; northeastern tectonics; Quaternary geology and cli- lroyer@vtruralwater.org; Paul Susca, New Hampshire
mate; coastal, groundwater, and river processes; geological haz- Department of Environmental Services, paul.susca@
ards; and magmatism, metamorphism, and structural geology. des.nh.gov; Patti Casey, Vermont Agency of Agriculture,
patti.casey@vermont.gov; Joe Ayotte, U.S. Geological
CALL FOR PAPERS Survey, jayotte@usgs.gov.
Abstract deadline: 11 December T8. Soils: Processes at the Bio-Geo Interface. Zsuzsanna
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/ne-mtg Balogh-Brunstad, Hartwick College, balogh_brunz@
Abstract submission fee: US$18 for students and US$30 for hartwick.edu; Dawn Cardace, University of Rhode Island,
all others. cardace@uri.edu; Amanda Olsen, University of Maine,
amanda.a.olsen@maine.edu.
Photos by Brennan Jordan.
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