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Second Announcement                                                             Early           Standard
                                                                                     Full Mtg        One day        Full Mtg          One day
          NORTHEASTERN SECTION                                Professional member   US$195 US$145 US$240 US$165
                                                                                            US$95
                                                              Professional member 70+
                                                                                    US$115
                                                                                                    US$145 US$115
                                                              Professional nonmember  US$215 US$165 US$265 US$200
          54th Annual Meeting,                                Early career professional
          Northeastern Section, GSA                           member                US$150 US$115 US$215 US$180
          17–19 March 2019                                    Student member        US$75   US$55    US$95   US$75
          Portland, Maine, USA                                Student nonmember     US$85   US$75   US$105   US$95
          www.geosociety.org/ne-mtg                           K–12 Professional     US$80   US$65   US$100   US$75
                                                              Guest                 US$65   US$70    US$75   US$80
                                                              Field Trip Only       US$45     n/a    US$45    n/a


                                                               ACCOMMODATIONS
                                                               Hotel registration deadline: 28 Feb. (for the Holiday Inn)
                                                                Rooms have been reserved at The Holiday Inn By The Bay,
                                                               the conference hotel, 88 Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101,
                                                               USA. The meeting rate is US$145 per night plus tax.
                                                               Reservations should be made by calling the Holiday Inn at
                                                               +1-800-315-2621 (toll free) or +1-207-775-2311 (local). Please
                                                               be sure to mention that you are attending the GSA meeting.

                                                               TECHNICAL PROGRAM
                                                                Please direct questions to the Technical Program co-chairs:
                                                               Robert G. Marvinney, robert.g.marvinney@maine.gov, and
                                                               Amber H. Whittaker, amber.h.whittaker@maine.gov.

                                                               Symposia
                                                               S1.   Geology, Structure, Geochronology and Tectonics in
                                                                    Southern New England: An Eclectic Session in Honor
                                                                    of Robert P. Wintsch. Cosponsored by NETectonics.
      Portland waterfront, Portland, Maine, USA. Photo courtesy Maine    Greg Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey, gwalsh@usgs.gov;
      Office of Tourism.
                                                                    John Aleinikoff, U.S. Geological Survey, jaleinikoff@
                                                                    usgs.gov; Ryan McAleer, U.S. Geological Survey,
                                                                    rmcaleer@usgs.gov.
          LOCATION                                             S2.   Late Wisconsinan Deglaciation of Northern New
            The 54th Annual Meeting of GSA’s Northeastern Section will   England and Adjacent Canada: A Symposium to
          take place in Portland, Maine, USA, at the Holiday Inn By The   Honor the Career and Contributions of Woodrow
          Bay, in downtown Portland. Portland is a welcoming city. Cultural   (Woody) B. Thompson. Brian K. Fowler, New
          sites and varied dining opportunities are within a short walk of   Hampshire Geologic Resources Advisory Committee;
          the conference center. Portland is easily accessed by car via   b2fmr@metrocast.net; P. Thompson Davis, Bentley Univ.,
          Interstate 95 and Interstate 295, by train via Amtrak’s   pdavis@bentley.edu; Harold W. Borns, Univ. of Maine,
          Downeaster, by air via Portland’s Jetport (PWM), and by bus.    harold.borns@maine.edu.
          We have developed a technical program that covers a diverse
          set of geologic topics and processes, including applied geology;   Theme Sessions
          education; northeastern tectonics; Quaternary geology and cli-  T1.   The Formation and Evolution of Iceland: Magmatic,
          mate; coastal, groundwater, and river processes; geological haz-  Tectonic, and Geomorphological Processes. Brennan
          ards; and magmatism, metamorphism, and structural geology.   Jordan, Univ. of South Dakota, brennan.jordan@usd.edu;
                                                                    Tamara Carley, Lafayette College, carleyt@lafayette.edu;
          REGISTRATION                                              Tenley Banik, Illinois State Univ., tjbanik@ilstu.edu.
          Early registration deadline: 11 Feb.                 T2.   Beyond Sustainability: The Anthropocene As a
          Cancellation deadline: 19 Feb.                            Paradigm for Thinking about the Earth across
          For further information or if you need special accommodations,   Disciplines. Gary Gomby, Central Connecticut State
          please contact the general chair, Stephen Pollock, stephen   Univ., garygomby@ccsu.edu; W. John Kress, Smithsonian
          .pollock@maine.edu                                        Institution, kressj@si.edu.

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