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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

North-Central

Section

54th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section, GSA
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
18–19 May 2020

www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg

LOCATION T6. Deciphering the Record of Lake Superior Iron Forma-
We are excited to bring the GSA 2020 North-Central Section tions. Athena Eyster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Annual Meeting up north to Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Perched aeyster@mit.edu; Latisha Brengman, University of Minne-
on the western tip of Lake Superior, Duluth offers unparalleled sota Duluth; Chad Wittkop, Minnesota State University.
beauty and natural amenities. The meeting will be held at the
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC), within walk- T7. Midcontinent Meteorite Impact Structures: Surficial
ing distance of Canal Park and downtown Duluth. Geologic and Subsurface Evidence of Deformation and Shock
highlights range from the Precambrian Duluth Complex and Metamorphism. Ryan Clark, Iowa Geological Survey,
Midcontinent Rift rocks to Lake Superior with its coastal dunes ryan-j-clark@uiowa.edu; Kevin Ray Evans, Missouri State
and seacliffs. Come north for a geologic adventure! University.

CALL FOR PAPERS T8. Structural Geology and Tectonics. Melissa Lamb, Univer-
Abstracts deadline: 18 Feb. sity of St. Thomas, malamb@stthomas.edu.
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg
Abstract submission fee: US$18 for students and US$30 for all T9. Paleontology of the Upper Midwest: Glimpses into Five
others. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Seashores. John Westgaard, Science Museum of Minne-
Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. sota, jwestgaard@smm.org; Kenneth C. Gass, independent
researcher; Alex Hastings, Science Museum of Minnesota;
TECHNICAL PROGRAM Douglas Hanks, Science Museum of Minnesota and Minne-
T1. Insights into Processes of Proterozoic Crustal Growth, sota Discovery Center.
Modification, and Stabilization in the North-Central U.S.
Continental Interior. Daniel Holm, Kent State University, T10. Pre-Wisconsin Episode Records in the Midcontinent.
dholm@kent.edu; David Malone, Illinois State; John Crad- Cosponsored by GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomor-
dock, Macalester. phology Division. Peter Jacobs, University of Wisconsin–
Whitewater, jacobsp@uww.edu; Henry Loope, Indiana Geo-
T2. Intrusive Rocks of the Midcontinent Rift. Joshua Feinberg, logical and Water Survey; Jose Luis Antinao Rojas, Indiana
University of Minnesota Twin Cities, feinberg@umn.edu; Geological and Water Survey; Andrew Phillips, Illinois
Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, University of California Berkeley; State Geological Survey.
Mark Severson, University of Minnesota Duluth Natural
Resources Research Institute. T11. Glaciation and Deglaciation along the Southern Margin of
the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Bringing Multiple Tools to Bear.
T3. Precambrian Geology of the Lake Superior Region. Cosponsored by GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphol-
Robert Lodge, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, lodgerw ogy Division. Jennifer McDonald, Minnesota Geological Sur-
@uwec.edu; Mark Jirsa, Minnesota Geological Survey. vey, jmhorton@umn.edu; David Ullman, Northland College;
Kenneth Lepper, North Dakota State University.
T4. Petrology, Mineralogy, and High-Temperature Geochem-
istry. Fred Davis, University of Minnesota Duluth, fdavis@ T12. All Things Aeolian. Cosponsored by GSA Quaternary Geol-
d.umn.edu. ogy and Geomorphology Division. Phillip Larson, Minnesota
State University Mankato, phillip.larson@mnsu.edu; Randall
T5. Novel Approaches to Studying Earth’s Earliest Terrestrial Schaetzl, Michigan State University; Garry Running, Univer-
Ecosystems: From Biogeochemistry to Astrobiology. Erik sity of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.
Gulbranson, Gustavus Adolphus College, erikgulbranson@
gustavus.edu; Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan; T13. Geoarchaeology: Exploring the Connections between
Nathan Sheldon, University of Michigan. Humanity and Geology. Michele D. Stillinger, University of
St. Thomas, mdstillinger@stthomas.edu.
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