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Scientific Divisions Membership Benefits Include:
• Join one or more scientific
Divisions when you renew your
membership.
GSA has 22 scientific Divisions to help Geology and Health (established in 2005)
you stay connected with your colleagues focuses on the intersection of natural or • Students members get one
worldwide and receive specific information anthropogenic geological conditions with Division free.
related to your area of interest. Divisions health, disease, pathology, and death in mod-
provide opportunities for leadership and ern and fossil humans, animals, and plants. excitement, and work actively to promote
service, offer awards and support for stu- this vibrant and highly relevant field.
dents, and help develop the GSA Annual Geology and Society (established in 2003)
Meeting technical program. Join one or advances the concept of “geology working Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology,
more when you renew for 2021. for society” by providing GSA members and Volcanology (established in 2009) pro-
with opportunities to bring together mul- motes awareness, teaching, and research in
Continental Scientific Drilling (established tiple fields of geoscience to address impor- these fields, and stimulates discussion about
in 2017) focuses on continental scientific tant societal issues. the knowledge, ideas, research results, and
drilling and coring research tools used in problems regarding these fundamental areas
many GSA scientific Divisions and fields. Geophysics and Geodynamics (estab- of the earth sciences.
lished in 1971) facilitates the presentation
Energy Geology (established in 1954) and discussion of the ideas of scientists Planetary Geology (established in 1981)
encourages energy research and interchange interested in geophysics and geodynamics, fosters interactions among planetary scien-
of scientific information about energy fosters communication among geophysi- tists, facilitates the presentation and dis-
resources and related issues within the wide cists and other earth scientists, and pro- cussion of their research and ideas, stimu-
range of their geologic significance, and to motes research and publication. lates communication with other earth
act as an organized group in promoting these scientists, and promotes planetary geology
objectives within the GSA framework. Geoscience Education (established in 1991) to a broad audience.
fosters the active participation of GSA mem-
Environmental and Engineering Geology bers in all aspects of earth-science education. Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
(established in 1947) seeks to advance the (established in 1955) facilitates communica-
ability of geologists to identify, characterize, History and Philosophy of Geology tion among scientists in these fields and the
and mitigate adverse geological and environ- (established in 1976) works to encourage presentation of their research and ideas to
mental conditions and hazards affecting the study and communication of the phi- the wider scientific community.
human safety and the built environment. losophy and history of geology.
Sedimentary Geology (established in
Geoarchaeology (established in 1977) pro- Hydrogeology (established in 1959) 1985) works to ensure the presentation of
vides a forum for the presentation and dis- focuses on the geologic aspects of hydroge- sedimentary-related topics and sessions at
cussion of papers on archaeological geol- ology, the role of geology in the hydrologic GSA meetings and actively nurtures the
ogy in order to stimulate and promote cycle, and the importance of hydrogeology work of students.
research and teaching within this field. to society and science.
Soils and Soil Processes (established in
Geobiology and Geomicrobiology (estab- Karst (established in 2014) studies karst 2017) works on issues with particular solu-
lished in 2001) promotes interdisciplinary terranes, which necessarily involves a wide tions that include land stewardship, water
research focusing on the interplay between variety of subjects and specialties, spanning quality and quantity, carbon cycling and
the biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, almost every Division in GSA and scientific paleoclimate reconstruction.
and atmosphere. disciplines outside of GSA’s purview.
Structural Geology and Tectonics (estab-
Geochronology (established in 2018) aims Limnogeology (established in 2002) lished in 1980) focuses on the geometry and
to represent geochronologists of all types, encourages research on both ancient and mechanisms of natural and experimental
as well as the many geoscientists who use modern lakes around the world, the col- deformation at all scales and works to pro-
geochronological data. laboration of scientists from all disciplines mote the research of scientists in these fields
on lake research, and the fostering of stu- and to facilitate communication and discus-
Geoinformatics & Data Science (estab- dent research and careers in lake studies. sion at all levels of the earth sciences.
lished in 2006) advances “Data to
Knowledge,” providing GSA members Marine and Coastal Geoscience (est. 2019)
with an opportunity to participate in the promotes the profile of marine and coastal
emerging field of cyberinfrastructure. research and will focus energy, generate

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