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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Joint North-Central–

South-Central

Sections Meeting

55th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section, GSA
55th Annual Meeting of the South-Central Section, GSA
Springfield, Missouri, USA
18–20 April 2021

www.geosociety.org/sc-mtg
Photo courtesy of the Springfield, Missouri, Convention and
Visitors Bureau.

Meeting of the Midcontinent: Geosciences from Canada to Mexico

LOCATION Bidgoli, Univ. of Missouri, bidgolit@missouri.edu; Mian
On the edge of the environmental beauty of the Ozarks, Liu, Univ. of Missouri, lium@missouri.edu.
Springfield, Missouri, USA, is home to delectable dining destina-
tions, a vibrant nightlife, and exciting outdoor adventures. Take a T5. A Matter of Time: Using High-Resolution Stratigraphic
short walk from the conference venue to explore downtown shops, and Sedimentologic Techniques to Investigate the Mid-
multiple micro-breweries, and restaurants, or learn about the local Continent Geologic Record. Cosponsored by the Great Lakes
history, from the Civil War to Route 66. Home to Bass Pro Shops Section of SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). Bradley
and the Wonders of Wildlife Museum and Aquarium, Springfield D. Cramer, Univ. of Iowa, bradley-cramer@uiowa.edu;
is a great starting point for a wide range of adventures. We have Stephanie Tassier-Surine, Iowa Geological Survey, Univ. of
assembled an exciting and diverse program for this joint Section Iowa, stephanie-tassier-surine@uiowa.edu.
Meeting and look forward to seeing you in Springfield in 2021.
T6. Geosciences in the Anthropocene. Omar R. Harvey, Texas
CALL FOR PAPERS Christian Univ., omar.harvey@tcu.edu.
Abstract deadline: 12 Jan. 2021
Submit online: www.geosociety.org/sc-mtg T7. Human Impacts on Watersheds. Robert T. Pavlowsky,
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals: US$30; Missouri State Univ., Bobpavlowsky@missouristate.edu.
students: US$18. Non-members: professionals: US$60; students:
US$36. T8. Slope Stability, Mass Movements, and Hillslope
For additional information, please contact the local technical Geomorphology. Karen Gran, Univ. of Minnesota Duluth,
program chair, Kevin Mickus, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu. kgran@d.umn.edu; Carrie Jennings, Freshwater Society,
cjennings@freshwater.org.
THEME SESSIONS
T1. Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Robert D. T9. Unravelling Sedimentary Basins: A Session in Memory
Shuster, Univ. of Nebraska–Omaha, rshuster@unomaha.edu. of Paul E. Potter. Daniel Sturmer, Univ. of Cincinnati,
daniel.sturmer@uc.edu; Craig Dietsch, Univ. of Cincinnati.
T2. Geophysical Investigations in the Central United States.
Kevin Mickus, Missouri State Univ., kevinmickus@ T10. Late Paleozoic Chronostratigraphy of the Midcontinent.
missouristate.edu. Stephan Oborny, Univ. of Kansas, obornys@ku.edu;
Franciszek Hasiuk, Univ. of Kansas, franek@ku.edu.
T3. Geophysical Investigations of Crust and Mantle
Structure and Dynamics beneath Continents. Kelly Liu, T11. The Finer Things: Granulometric Data in Fine-Grained
Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology, liukh@mst.edu; Systems. Lily Pfeifer, Univ. of Oklahoma, lspfeifer@ou.edu;
Kevin Mickus, Missouri State Univ., KevinMickus@ Steve Adams, Univ. of Oklahoma, steven.m.adams-1@
MissouriState.edu. ou.edu; Alicia Bonar, Univ. of Oklahoma, alicia.bonar@
ou.edu; Joseph Mason, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison,
T4. Patterns, Drivers, and Implications of Natural and mason@geography.wisc.edu.
Induced Continental Intraplate Earthquakes. Tandis

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