PARDEE KEYNOTE SESSIONS planned for...

The Geological Society of America
2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Houston, Texas, USA
George R. Brown Convention Center; Hilton Americas Houston; El Paso, Texas; McAlester, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Midland, Texas; Corpus Christi, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Monterrey, Mexico; Hyatt Regency Houston; Flying Saucer Draught Emporium; Four Seasons Houston

1. Breakthroughs in Paleontology: The Paleontological Society Centennial Symposium Jere H. Lipps, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Phone: 5105314269, Fax: 5106421822, jlipps@berkeley.edu. J. William Schopf, Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, Phone: 825-1170, schopf@ess.ucla.edu

2. Critical Zone Studies of Soils and Weathering: Implications for Interpreting Climate and Landscapes of the Past Steven G. Driese, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Phone: 254-710-2177, Fax: 254-710-2673, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu. Lee C. Nordt, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Phone: 254-710-2195, Fax: 254-710-2673, Lee_Nordt@baylor.edu

4. Large Scale Continental Deformation at Plate Boundaries Lucy M. Flesch, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906, Phone: 765-494-0263, lmflesch@purdue.edu. Nathan Niemi, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Phone: 734 764 6377, naniemi@umich.edu

5. Perspectives on an Emerging Workforce Crisis in Geology: Assessing a Looming Irony John Holbrook, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0049, Phone: 817-272-2628, holbrook@uta.edu. Kevin Bohacs, ExxonMobil Upstream Rsch Co, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, Phone: 713-431-7799, Fax: 713.431.6310, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com

6. Return to the Moon: A New Era of Lunar Exploration Jeffrey Plescia, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, MP3-E169, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, Phone: 2402281468, Fax: 2402286670, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu. Paul D. Spudis, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, Phone: 281-486-2111, Fax: 281-486-2162, spudis@lpi.usra.edu