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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
Rocky Mountain

Section

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

www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg

Mount Timpanogos. Photo by Hike395 via Wikimedia Commons.

LOCATION ACCOMMODATIONS
The 2020 meeting of the GSA Rocky Mountain Section will A block of rooms has been reserved at the Provo Marriott Hotel
be hosted by the Department of Earth Science at Utah Valley & Conference Center, 101 West 100 North, Provo, Utah 84601,
University and held at the Utah Valley Convention Center in down- USA, located in the heart of vibrant Provo. The meeting rate is
town Provo, Utah, USA. Provo Center Street, site of the convention US$134 per night plus tax. The hotel offers many amenities (res-
center, is a pedestrian-friendly, four-block cluster of restaurants, taurants, bar, pool, Wi-Fi), and the convention center is just steps
shops, and bars. Provo is less than an hour from the Salt Lake City away. Reservations can be made by calling +1-800-228-9290, or
International Airport and has been ranked by Outside magazine as register online at https://www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg. Please be
one of the best places to live in the United States. Downtown Provo sure to identify yourself with the 2020 Annual Meeting of the
is just a couple of miles from the nearest Wasatch Range trailheads Rocky Mountain Section to ensure you receive the contracted rate.
at Slate Canyon and Rock Canyon, and less than a 25-minute drive Complimentary parking is available at the hotel.
from the spectacular Sundance Mountain Resort. Provo is about
45 miles from the historic mining town of Park City and the high TECHNICAL PROGRAM
alpine resorts of Snowbird and Alta. You can combine your visit to Please direct questions to the Technical Program co-chairs:
the 2020 Rocky Mountain meeting with a spectacular vacation by Nathan Toké, Nathan.toke@uvu.edu, and Michael Bunds,
setting out on a road trip to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks bundsmi@uvu.edu.
(just over three hours away), Zion National Park (about four hours),
or Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (about five hours). Theme Sessions
T1. Extensional Tectonics in the Rocky Mountain Region
REGISTRATION from the Precambrian to the Quaternary. Jason W.
Early registration deadline: 30 Mar. Ricketts, The Univ. of Texas at El Paso, jricketts@utep.edu.
Cancellation deadline: 6 Apr.
For further information or if you need special accommodations, T2. Geohazards of the Rocky Mountain West and Beyond.
please contact the general chair, Daniel Horns, hornsda@uvu.edu. Emily Kleber, Utah Geological Survey, ekleber@utah.gov.

T3. Innovative Methods for Analyses of Fault Hazards Studies.
REGISTRATION FEES (all fees are in U.S. dollars) James Evans, Utah State Univ., james.evans@usu.edu.
Early Standard
Full Mtg. One Day Full Mtg. One day T4. Reconstructing a Lost World: The Paleoclimate,
Paleobiology, and Geology of the Late Cretaceous
Professional Member $180 $130 $210 $160 Southern Utah Plateau Region. Landon Burgener,
Professional Member 70+ $95 $65 $110 $75 North Carolina State Univ., lkburgen@ncsu.edu.
Professional Nonmember $230 $180 $260 $200
Early Career Professional $130 $90 $150 $100 T5. Use It or Lose It: Developing Paleontological
Member Interpretive Sites for Education and Resource
Student Member $65 $50 $90 $75 Protection. James Kirkland, Utah Geological Survey,
jameskirkland@utah.gov.
Student Nonmember $90 $60 $125 $75
K–12 Professional $45 $25 $55 $30 T6. Advances in Rocky Mountain Region Paleontology.
Guest or Spouse $35 n/a $55 n/a Brooke Long-Fox, South Dakota School of Mines and
Field Trip/Short Course $40 n/a $65 n/a Technology, brooke.long@mines.sdsmt.edu.
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