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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Joint Meeting:

Southeastern

and Northeastern

Sections

69th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section, GSA
55th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section, GSA
Reston, Virginia, USA

20–22 March 2020
www.geosociety.org/se-mtg

Great Falls Park. Photo by Visit Fairfax.

Sediments, Structures, Shores, and Storms: Keeping a Keen Eye on Eastern Geology

LOCATION S2. The Appalachians, from North to South, from Crust
The joint meeting of GSA’s Southeastern and Northeastern to Mantle. Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and
Sections will be held in Reston, Virginia, USA. Reston is a modern, Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics
planned community located in northern Virginia. The numerous Division. Allison Severson, Colorado School of Mines,
historic and cultural attractions of Washington, D.C., are just a short aseverson@mymail.mines.edu; Yvette Kuiper, Colorado
distance away and ready to be explored. A mix of bistros, restau- School of Mines, ykuiper@mines.edu; Maureen Long, Yale
rants, and shopping on an extensive pedestrian mall are just out the University, maureen.long@yale.edu; Lara Wagner, Carn-
door of the Hyatt Regency Reston, the conference venue. Situated at egie Institution of Washington, lwagner@carnegiescience
the Fall Zone and the transition from the southern to the central and .edu; Chuck Bailey, College of William & Mary, cmbail@
northern Appalachians, Reston provides a unique vantage point to wm.edu.
examine all aspects of eastern geology. We have developed a robust
and diverse technical program that links together the geology of the S3. From the Margins to the Deep: A Tribute to the Science
southeastern and northeastern U.S., a program that ranges from the and Art of A. Conrad Neumann. Blair R. Tormey, West-
crust to mantle, data to policy, mountains to coastal processes, and ern Carolina University, btormey@wcu.edu; Paul J. Hearty,
paleontology to energy. We invite you to join us for a field trip University of Texas at Austin, kaisdad04@gmail.com.
across D.C. or the Appalachian orogen, a workshop on applied
micropaleontology or making geologic videos, and a broad scope S4. New Developments in Diversity and Inclusion in the
of technical sessions and symposia that will help us keep a keen eye Geosciences. Alexander Gates, Rutgers University, agates@
on eastern geology. rutgers.edu; Marilyn Suiter, National Science Foundation,
msuiter@nsf.gov.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstracts deadline: 10 Dec. S5. Radionuclides: Biogeochemistry, Transport, and Geologi-
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/se-mtg cal Applications. Jim Kaste, College of William & Mary,
Abstract submission fee: US$18 for students and US$30 for all jmkaste@wm.edu.
others.
If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact S6. Stratigraphic Problems and Solutions in the Appalachian
Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. Basin. Cosponsors: GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA
Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division;
TECHNICAL PROGRAM GSA Karst Division. Daniel Doctor, U.S. Geological Survey,
Symposia dhdoctor@usgs.gov; Randall Orndorff, U.S. Geological
S1. The Past is the Key to the Present—The Role of Paleon- Survey, rorndorf@usgs.gov; David Weary, U.S. Geological
tology and Geology in Management and Decision Making. Survey, dweary@usgs.gov.
G. Lynn Wingard, U.S. Geological Survey, lwingard@usgs
.gov; Chris Bernhardt, U.S. Geological Survey, cbernhardt@ S7. The Grenville Orogen in Eastern North America. Greg
usgs.gov. Walsh, U.S. Geological Survey, gwalsh@usgs.gov; John

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