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jobs. This workshop will help you begin this process and will PROFESSIONALS
introduce you to informational interviewing. This section is highly Interested in sharing information about your applied geoscience
recommended for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. The earlier or hydrology career with students? Being a mentor is a rewarding
you start your career planning the better. experience. To learn more about serving as a mentor, contact
Jennifer Nocerino, jnocerino@geosociety.org.
Geoscience Career Workshop Part 2: Geoscience Career The Rocky Mountain Section Meeting also offers an excellent
Exploration. Mon., 4 May, 10–11 a.m., Utah Valley Convention opportunity to earn CEUs toward your continuing education
Center Soldier Creek Room. What do geologists in various sectors requirements for your employer, K–12 school, or professional
earn? What do they do? What are the pros and cons to working in registration. Please check the meeting website after the meeting
academia, government, and industry? Workshop presenters and to download your CEU certificate.
professionals in the field will address these issues.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Geoscience Career Workshop Part 3: Cover Letters, Résumés, Meeting Chair: Daniel Horns, hornsda@uvu.edu
and CVs. Tues., 5 May, 9–10 a.m., Utah Valley Convention Center Technical Program Co-Chairs: Nathan Toké, Nathan.toke@uvu
Soldier Creek Room. How do you prepare a cover letter? Does .edu; Michael Bunds, bundsmi@uvu.edu
your résumé need a good edit? Whether you are currently in the Field Trip Co-Chairs: Michael Stearns, mstearns@uvu.edu;
market for a job or not, learn how to prepare the best résumé pos- Patricia Garcia, pgarcia@uvu.edu
sible. You will review numerous examples to help you learn Exhibits Chair: Daniel Horns, hornsda@uvu.edu
important résumé dos and don’ts.

Learn more about all these opportunities at https://www.geosociety
.org/mentors.

FIELD GUIDE 56

Field Guide 56
The Gigantic Markagunt and Sevier Gravity Slides
The Gigantic Markagunt and Sevier Gravity Slides
Resulting from Mid-Cenozoic Catastrophic Mega-Scale Resulting from Mid-Cenozoic Catastrophic Mega-Scale
Failure of the Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah, USA
Failure of the Marysvale Volcanic Field, Utah, USA
By Robert F. Biek, Peter D. Rowley, and David B. Hacker
By Robert F . Biek, Peter D. Rowley, and David B. Hacker The Markagunt and Sevier gravity slides are gigantic landslides that resulted
from gravitationally induced catastrophic failure of the southern ank of the
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strophic emplacement, which was preceded by slow gravitational
spreading of the volcanic eld. This volume offers a history of their
discovery, our current understanding of the gravity slides, and a
guide to particularly instructive exposures for which the authors doc-
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FLD056, 121 p., ISBN 9780813700564
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The Gigantic Markagunt and Sevier Gravity Slides Resulting from Mid-Cenozoic Catastrophic Mega-Scale Failure
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