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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Joint North-Central–

Southeastern

Section

56th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section, GSA
71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section, GSA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | 7–8 April 2022

www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg Cincinnati skyline at night. Photo by Jake Blucker on Unsplash.

Our livable future needs geoscience Yurena Yanes, University of Cincinnati, yurena.yanes@
uc.edu; Ezekiel King Phillips, University of Cincinnati,
LOCATION kingphej@mail.uc.edu; Catherine Nield, University of
This joint Section Meeting will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Cincinnati, nieldce@mail.uc.edu.
at the Duke Energy Convention Center, located downtown. Urban
renewal throughout Cincinnati and just across the Ohio River in T2. Correlating the Ordovician: Honoring the Career and
northern Kentucky has created dozens of breweries and brew pubs, Contributions of Stig M. Bergström. Stephen A. Leslie,
new and renovated city parks, restaurants, cafés, and coffee bars, James Madison University, lesliesa@jmu.edu; Daniel
museums, theatres, and shopping. Cincinnati’s seven hills lie atop Goldman, University of Dayton, dgoldman1@udayton.edu;
the world-renowned fossiliferous Ordovician Cincinnatian Series, Matthew R. Saltzman, The Ohio State University,
and southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky mark the terminus saltzman.11@osu.edu.
of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The region’s bedrock geology and its
glacial history underlie Cincinnati’s nexus of landslide hazards and T3. Under the (Ancient) Sea: Marine Life from the Coastal
urban development, as well as the dynamics of large and small to Great Plains. Sarah Sheffield, University of South
watersheds throughout the region. Six short courses, 45 technical Florida, ssheffield2@usf.edu; Christy Visaggi, Georgia
sessions, and 11 field trips will highlight the region’s geology, State University, cvisaggi@gsu.edu; Stephen Hill,
reflect modern quantitative approaches, and cover the range of University of South Florida, stephen51@usf.edu; Whitney
twenty-first-century geoscience, from the critical zone to the deep Lapic, University of South Florida, lapicw@usf.edu.
crust. There will also be a panel discussion (open to the public)
featuring corporate environmental and sustainability managers. T4. Astrobiology: What’s the Latest on the Search for
Abstract submissions on all aspects of geoscience are welcome. Life, Past or Present, Outside of Earth? Andy Czaja,
Amid catastrophic climate change, there is a widening recognition University of Cincinnati, andrew.czaja@uc.edu;
that a global sustainable future requires revolutionizing resource Sally Potter-McIntyre, Southern Illinois University,
management and development, which depends on an integrated pottermcintyre@siu.edu.
understanding of earth materials, processes, and history. Now is the
time for geoscience to make a more meaningful impact in educa- T5. Development and Application of Geochemical Proxies
tion, research, and society. Please join us in the Queen City! to Paleoclimate Studies. Megan Corcoran, University of
Cincinnati, corcormc@mail.uc.edu; Aaron Diefendorf,
CALL FOR PAPERS University of Cincinnati, diefenan@ucmail.uc.edu.
Abstracts deadline: 14 Dec.
Submit online at https://www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg T6. Limnogeology and Paleoclimate. Edward Lo, University
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals: US$30; of Kentucky, edward.lo@uky.edu; Leandro Luz, University
students: US$18. Non-members: professionals: US$60; students: of Kentucky, leandro.luz@uky.edu; John Dilworth,
US$36. University of Kentucky, john.dilworth@uky.edu.
If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Heather
Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. T7. Recent Advances and Applications in Paleoceanography.
Andrea M. Erhardt, University of Kentucky, andrea.erhardt@
TECHNICAL PROGRAM uky.edu; Alex Reis, University of Kentucky, alex.reis@uky.edu.
Theme Sessions
T1. Actualistic Paleontology: Learning from the Modern to T8. Integrated Studies of Paleozoic Black Shale. Endorsed by
Better Interpret the Past. Endorsed by Society for GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Energy Geology
Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontological Society. Division. Jay Zambito, Beloit College, zambitoj@beloit.edu;

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