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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Rocky Mountain

Section

72nd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section, GSA
Provo, Utah, USA
4–5 May 2020

www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg

Mount Timpanogos. Photo by Hike395 via Wikimedia Commons.

LOCATION T6. Advances in Rocky Mountain Region Paleontology.
We are excited to announce that the GSA 2020 Rocky Brooke Long-Fox, South Dakota School of Mines and
Mountain Section Meeting will be held in Provo, Utah, USA. Technology, brooke.long@mines.sdsmt.edu.
The meeting will be held in one of the most geologically diverse
sites in America: We will be three kilometers from the base of T7. Geologic Maps—The Foundation of Research and
the actively growing Wasatch Range, which marks the boundary Exploration. Grant Willis, Utah Geological Survey,
between the Rocky Mountain and Basin and Range physio- grantwillis@utah.gov.
graphic provinces, and within an hour of Precambrian tillite and
Mississippian limestone, Sevier and Laramide structures, T8. Mining in the Rocky Mountain Region and Beyond:
Tertiary intrusives and ore bodies, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville Risks and Opportunities. Steven H. Emerman, Malach
shoreline features, and Holocene faulting. Provo is less than an Consulting, SHEmerman@gmail.com.
hour from the Salt Lake City International Airport, has a thriv-
ing restaurant scene, and has been ranked by Outside magazine T9. Innovative Technologies to Improve Mine Site Character-
as one of the best places to live in the United States. ization: Extracting Value from Your Drone Data.
Kara Haas, SiteSee, khaas@ramboll.com.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract deadline: 4 Feb. 2020 T10. Geology of the San Rafael Swell, East-Central Utah.
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg Thomas C. Chidsey, Utah Geological Survey, tomchidsey@
Abstract submission fee: US$18 for students and US$30 for all utah.gov.
others. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact
Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. T11. Federal and State Geologists of the Rocky Mountain
Section: Who Are They, What Are They Working On,
TECHNICAL PROGRAM and How Can Everyone Collaborate? Cianna Wyshnytzky,
Theme Sessions USDA–Natural Resources Conservation Service, cianna
T1. Extensional Tectonics in the Rocky Mountain Region .wyshnytzky@usda.gov.
from the Precambrian to the Quaternary. Jason W.
Ricketts, The University of Texas at El Paso, jricketts@ T12. Advances and Applications of River Science in the West.
utep.edu. Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado,
sharon.bywaterreyes@unco.edu.
T2. Geohazards of the Rocky Mountain West and Beyond.
Emily Kleber, Utah Geological Survey, ekleber@utah.gov. T13. Geomorphic and Paleoclimate Records from the Inter-
mountain West. Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University,
T3. Innovative Methods for Analyses of Fault Hazards tammy.rittenour@usu.edu.
Studies. James Evans, Utah State University, james.evans@
usu.edu. T14. Bonneville Basin: Geology of Pleistocene and Holocene
Lakes. Adam P. McKean, Utah Geological Survey,
T4. Reconstructing a Lost World: The Paleoclimate, Paleo- adammckean@utah.gov.
biology, and Geology of the Late Cretaceous Southern
Utah Plateau Region. Landon Burgener, North Carolina T15. Hydrology of the Western United States. Daren Nelson,
State University, lkburgen@ncsu.edu. Utah Valley University, nelsonda@uvu.edu.

T5. Use It or Lose It: Developing Paleontological Interpre- T16. Effective and Innovative Teaching and Curricula in the
tive Sites for Education and Resource Protection. James College Geoscience Classroom. Doug Czajka, Utah Valley
Kirkland, Utah Geological Survey, jameskirkland@utah.gov. University, cdczajka@uvu.edu.

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