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GSA 2020 ANNUAL MEETING
Call for Papers

Abstracts submission form: opens 1 June • Want to present your poster digitally? As a poster presenter, you
will be given the opportunity to present your poster in a digital
Abstracts deadline: 4 August format. Information on this will be provided in the acceptance
notices. Presenters are responsible for all fees associated with
Submitting an Abstract this type of presentation.
• Submission deadline: Tuesday, 4 August;
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• To begin your submission, go to https://community.geosociety org Oral Presenters
/gsa2020/learn/technical; • The length of an oral presentation is 12 minutes plus three
• An abstract submission fee of US$50 for professionals and minutes for questions and answers;
US$25 for students will be charged; • You must visit the Speaker Ready Room at least 24 hours before
• For guidelines on preparing your submission, go to https:// your scheduled presentation;
gsa confex.com/gsa/2020AM/categorypreparation.cgi. • All technical session rooms will be equipped with a PC Windows
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10/MS Office 2013;
Two-Abstract Rule • Presentations should be prepared using a 16:9 screen ratio.
• You may submit two volunteered abstracts, as long as one of the
abstracts is for a poster presentation;
• Each submitted abstract must be different in content; and
• If you are invited to submit an abstract in a Pardee Keynote
Symposium or a topical session, the invited abstracts do not Abstracts Submission: Expected Behavior
count against the two-abstract rule. The submission of an abstract implies a sincere intent to
attend the meeting and present research. Authors and present-
Poster Presenters ers are expected to display integrity in disseminating their
• You will be provided with one horizontal, free-standing 8-ft- research; adhere to the content and conclusions of abstracts,
wide by 4-ft-high display board and Velcro for hanging your as submitted and reviewed; remain gracious by offering
display at no charge; collaborators the opportunity for recognition as a co-author;
• Each poster booth will share a 6-ft-long by 30-inch-wide table; make sure that listed co-authors have made a bona fide
• Electricity is available for a fee; contribution to the project, are aware of their inclusion, and
• Posters should be on display from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day, have accepted that recognition; and be diligent in preparing
with authors present 4:30–6:30 p.m.; a polished product that conveys high-quality scholarship.

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