GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Tuesday, 30 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

SEG Field Trip: Zinc and Iron Deposits of the Adirondack Mountains and New Jersey Highlands (Society of Economic Geologists) (5-day trip)

Thursday, 1 November 2001

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

5:00 PM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #1: Quaternary Sea-level Change and Coastal Evolution in Eastern Maine (4-day trip)

Friday, 2 November 2001

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #2: Rare Element Granitic Pegmatites of Northern New England (2-day trip)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

3:30 PM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #3 The Notches: Bedrock and Surficial gology of New Hamshire's White Mountains

Saturday, 3 November 2001

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #4: The Science Behind a Civil Action

Field Trip #6 Geological, Geochemical and Environmental Aspects of Metamorphosed Black Shales in Maine

8:00 AM-12:30 PM

Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting (GSA Foundation)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

BP/ExxonMobil Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students (British Petroleum/ExxonMobil)

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

Evolution: Investigating the Evidence for Teachers Grades 6 to 16

Workshop: Stable Isotope Geochemistry (Mineralogical Society of America; Geochemical Society) (2-day workshop)

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Exploring the Solar System in the Classroom: A Multisensory Approach (College of Charleston/NASA)

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Girl Scout Geology Badge Workshop (Scientists for Indigenous People; GSA Committee on Education; NABGG; and GSA CMWG)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Publications Board Meeting (Society of Economic Geologists)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Program Steering Committee Meeting (Society of Economic Geologists)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Student Volunteer Orientation Session

5:00 PM-9:00 PM

Program Committee Meeting with Dinner Buffet (Society of Economic Geologists)

6:00 PM-12:00 AM

Dinner and Boston Symphony (Geological Society of America)

Sunday, 4 November 2001

7:15 AM-7:00 PM

Field Trip #9 Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Shelburne Falls Arc and the Taconian Orogeny in Western New England

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #8: The Science Behind a Civil Action

7:30 AM-8:00 AM

Council Breakfast (Mineralogical Society of America)

7:30 AM-11:30 AM

Geology & Public Policy Committee Meeting

7:30 AM-6:00 PM

Field Trip #11: Quaternary Environments and History of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: In Memory of James V. O'Connor-A Walking T

Field Trip #7: Avalonian Through Alleghanian Tectonism in Southeastern New England

8:00 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #10: N-Y-F Pegmatites in the Avalon Terrane of Southeastern New England

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Council Meeting - Day 1 (Geological Society of America)

K-16: How to Get an Undergraduate Research Program Started (GSA;Council on Undergraduate Research) ()

Planning Meeting (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

8:00 AM-3:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting (American Geological Institute)

8:00 AM-3:45 PM

Geology, Public Lands, and YOU Workshop (Institute for Earth Science and the Environment; USDA Forest Service; National Park Service; and Bureau of Land Management)

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Special Workshop: Surviving Academia - From Getting the Job to Winning Tenure (Association for Women Geoscientists)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

BP/ExxonMobil Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students (British Petroleum/ExxonMobil)

Council Meeting (Mineralogical Society of America)

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

Earthquakes: A One Day Workshop for College Faculty (IRIS)

Short Course #3: Applications of Environmental Isotopes to Watershed Hydrology and Biochemistry

Short Course #4: Estimating Rates of Ground-Water Recharge

Short Course #5: Management and Leadership Skills for Geoscience Department Chairs and Institute Directors

Short Course #8: Tectonics and Topography: Crustal Deformation, Surficial Processes, and Landforms

Short Course: Brachiopod (Paleontological Society)

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Council Meeting (SEPM [Society for Sedimentary Geology])

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Executive Board (Geoscience Information Society)

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Gender Equity Workshop (Scientists for Indigenous People; GSA Committee on Education; GSA CMWG; and NABGG)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Student Volunteer Orientation Session

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Management Board Meeting

Panel Discussion: Tenure and Promotion: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag (Association for Women Geoscientists)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Council Lunch (Mineralogical Society of America)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Education and Outreach Committee (Paleontological Society)

12:00 PM-4:00 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Management Board Meeting

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Employment Interview Service

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Session Chair Orientation

1:00 PM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #12: Urban Geology of Beacon Hill and Vicinity, Boston, Massachusetts

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Employment Opportunities in the Geological Sciences - Roundtable Discussions

Job Hunting and Career Development Workshop (Scientists for Indigenous People; NABGG; GSA CMWG; and GSA Committee on Education)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Committee Meetings (Geoscience Information Society)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Council Meeting (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Committee on Minorities and Women Meeting

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Council on Undergraduate Research Business Meeting (Council on Undergraduate Research-Geoscience)

Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Council Dinner (Mineralogical Society of America)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

GSA Welcoming Party/Exhibit Opening

6:30 PM-12:00 AM

Guest Activity: Birding in Eastern Massachusetts

6:30 PM-11:00 PM

Keck Geology Consortium Representatives Meeting

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Management Board Meeting

7:30 PM-8:30 PM

Past Presidents and Staff Reception (American Geological Institute)

8:30 PM-12:00 AM

Outgoing Council (Paleontological Society)

8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Past Presidents and Staff Dinner (American Geological Institute)

Monday, 5 November 2001

6:30 AM-8:00 AM

Bulletin Associate Editors Meetings

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

President's Student Breakfast (Sponsored by Exxon Mobile)

7:30 AM-9:30 AM

President's Breakfast (Mineralogical Society of America)

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Executive Committee Meeting (Society of Economic Geologists)

Member Society Council Meeting (American Geological Institute)

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

North American Data Model Steering Committee

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

NATS Working Group (Micropaleontology Press)

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Guest Activity: Marblehead and Old Salem

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Practical Application of XRF Techniques to the Analysis of Geological Materials (Philips Analytical; Mineralogical Society of America)

9:00 AM-5:30 PM

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Guest Seminar: Many Faces of Boston

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Past President's Luncheon

11:45 AM-2:00 PM

NAGT and GSA Geoscience Division Luncheon and Awards (National Association Geoscience Teachers; GSA)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

GSA Coal Geology Business Luncheon

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Geology Editorial Board Meeting

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

Council Meeting (American Quaternary Association)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Employment Interview Service

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Hot Topic: Should Energy Resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be Developed?

Session Chair Orientation

12:15 PM-2:00 PM

American Mineralogist Associate Editor's Lunch (Mineralogical Society of America)

12:30 PM-5:00 PM

Board Meeting (Cushman Foundation)

Foundation Board Development Committee Meeting (GSA Foundation)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Guest Activity: Complete Tour of Boston - 350 Years in a Day

1:00 PM-6:00 PM

NACSN Business Meeting (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature)

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Preservation Forum (Geoscience Information Society)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Earth Science Week Planning Meeting (American Geological Institute)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

EarthLaunch Planning Meeting (American Geological Institute)

3:00 PM-6:00 PM

Government Affairs Program Advisory Committee Meeting (American Geological Institute)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

NAGT/USGS Cooperative Summer Field Training (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

GeoRef Users Group (Geoscience Information Society)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

South-Central Section Management Board Meeting

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Alumni Reception-Amherst College

5:00 PM-9:00 PM

Council Meeting with Dinner Buffet (Society of Economic Geologists)

Council Meeting with Dinner Buffet (Society of Economic Geologists)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

HESS Board Meeting (Officers and Councilors) (History of the Earth Sciences Society)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

GSA Limnogeology Division: Organizational Meeting for Proposed Division

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Reception: An Evolutionary Evening (Paleontological Society; NAGT; WGBH; AGI; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology;and GSA)

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

Alumni Reception-Carleton College

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Alumni Reception-University of Cincinnati

7:00 PM-9:30 PM

Alumni Reception-Bowling Green State University

Alumni Reception-Bowling Green State University

Alumni Reception-Bucknell University

Alumni Reception-Case Western Reserve University

Alumni Reception-College of William and Mary

Alumni Reception-Colorado School of Mines

Alumni Reception-Colorado State University

Alumni Reception-Dickinson College

Alumni Reception-Franklin and Marshall College

Alumni Reception-Indiana University

Alumni Reception-Miami University

Alumni Reception-Middlebury College

Alumni Reception-Northern Illinois University

Alumni Reception-Oklahoma State University

Alumni Reception-Oregon State University

Alumni Reception-Rice University

Alumni Reception-Rutgers University

Alumni Reception-SUNY College at Oneonta

Alumni Reception-Smith College

Alumni Reception-Stanford University

Alumni Reception-Syracuse University

Alumni Reception-The College of Wooster

Alumni Reception-The University of Alabama

Alumni Reception-Trinity University

Alumni Reception-U.S. Geological Survey

Alumni Reception-Union College

Alumni Reception-University of Connecticut

Alumni Reception-University of Florida

Alumni Reception-University of Iowa

Alumni Reception-University of Kentucky

Alumni Reception-University of Missouri - Columbia

Alumni Reception-University of Missouri - Rolla

Alumni Reception-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alumni Reception-University of Oklahoma

Alumni Reception-University of Pennsylvania

Alumni Reception-University of Texas at El Paso

Alumni Reception-University of Utah

Alumni Reception-University of Vermont

Alumni Reception-University of Wyoming

Alumni Reception-Virginia Tech

Alumni Reception-Wellesley College

Alumni Reception-Western Michigan University

Alumni Reception-Wheaton, Calvin and Hope Colleges

Alumni Reception-Williams College

Alumni Reception-Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association

Group Alumni Party

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Alumni Reception-Johns Hopkins University

Alumni Reception-Louisiana State University Alumni and Friends Reception

Alumni Reception-Northwestern University and University of Chicago

Alumni Reception-University of Delaware

Alumni Reception-University of Illinois

Alumni Reception-University of Massachusetts; Amherst

Alumni Reception-University of Minnesota, All Campuses

Alumni Reception-University of Southern California

Alumni Reception-University of Wisconsin

Alumni Reception-Washington University - St. Louis

7:30 PM-10:00 PM

Alumni Reception-Michigan State University

Alumni Reception-New Mexico Universities Alumni

Alumni Reception-Penn State University

Alumni Reception-University of Arizona

Alumni Reception-University of Idaho and Washington State University Alumni Reception

Alumni Reception-University of Michigan

Alumni Reception-Washington State University and University of Idaho

Alumni Reception-Yale University and Harvard University

8:30 PM-10:00 PM

Hosting ANAPS (Paleontological Society)

9:30 PM-12:00 AM

Alumni Reception-University of California

Tuesday, 6 November 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Management Board Meeting

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Associated and Allied Societies Breakfast Meeting

Breakfast and Outstanding Educator Award Celebration **Ticketed Event** (Association for Women Geoscientists)

7:00 AM-12:00 PM

Mid-year Business Meeting (Association of American State Geologists)

7:15 AM-8:30 AM

GSA Archaeological Geology Management Board Meeting

7:15 AM-8:45 AM

Past Presidents Breakfast (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Advisory Committee

7:30 AM-3:30 PM

Field Trip #14: Engineering Geology of the Big Dig Project

8:00 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #13: Cobblestones, Puddingstone, and More: Boston's Use of Stone as an Essential Urban Element - A Walking Tour

8:00 AM-11:00 AM

GSA Sedimentary Geology Management Board Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee Meeting (American Geological Institute)

8:00 AM-12:30 PM

Field Trip #15: Igneous Petrology of the Pine Hill Area, Medford, Massachusetts

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

U.S. Geological Survey North American Data Model Steering Committee

8:45 AM-12:00 PM

Executive Committee (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Geotimes Corresponding Editors Meeting (American Geological Institute)

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Guest Activity: Lexington and Concord - The Shot Heard Round the World

9:00 AM-5:30 PM

9:30 AM-11:30 AM

Collection Development Issues Forum (Geoscience Information Society)

9:30 AM-4:30 PM

Guest Activity: Historic Plymouth

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Luncheon Reception (Society of Economic Geologists)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Management Board Luncheon

11:30 AM-5:30 PM

Reception, Luncheon, Awards, Business Meeting (Paleontological Society)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Luncheon (Geoscience Information Society)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Luncheon (Society of Economic Geologists)

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Reception, Luncheon, Awards, and Business Meeting

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Employment Interview Service

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Hot Topic: Is Yucca Mountain, Nevada a Suitable Site for a National Geologic Repository for High-Level Radioactive Waste?

Session Chair Orientation

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Awards Lunch (Mineralogical Society of America)

12:30 PM-5:00 PM

Field Trip #16: Tour of the Salem Harbor Power Plant

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Council Meeting - Day 2 (Geological Society of America)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Past Presidents Council Meeting (American Geological Institute)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Business Meeting (Geoscience Information Society)

Foundation Trustees Meeting (Society of Economic Geologists)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology Students Gathering

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Presidential Address and Annual Business Meeting (Mineralogical Society of America)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Section Chairs Meeting

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Friends of the Cambrian

GSA Hydrogeology Student Reception

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Educator's Social Hour

Friends of the Paleontological Research Institution (Paleontological Research Institution)

GSA Archaeological Geology Business Meeting, Awards Ceremony, and Reception (Geological Society of America)

GSA Archaeological Geology Business Meeting, Awards Ceremony, and Reception (Geological Society of America)

5:00 PM-7:30 PM

GSA History of Geology Student Reception

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Business Meeting (International Subcommission on Ordovician)

Student/Member Happy Hour (Society of Economic Geologists)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Friends of AGI Reception and Awards Ceremony (American Geological Institute)

GSA International Division Business Meeting and Reception (Geological Society of America)

GSA Sedimentary Geology Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony (Geological Society of America)

Geochemical Society MSA Joint Reception (Geochemical Society)

Integrating Technology into Introductory College Courses: A Practical Guide (Houghton Mifflin Company)

MSA - Geochemical Society Joint Reception (Mineralogical Society of America; Geochemical Society)

Senior Fellows Reception **Invitation Only** (GSA Foundation)

5:45 PM-6:45 PM

GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Business Meeting

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

GSA Geophysics Annual Business Meeting

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Committee on Education (Geological Society of America)

National Geologic Map Database

6:00 PM-9:30 PM

Harvard Museum of Natural History Reception

7:00 PM-8:00 PM

Geoinformatics--Community Forum (Structure and Tectonics)

Geoinformatics--Community Forum (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Early Career Faculty Social (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Alumni Reception-Keck Geology Consortium

GSA Geophysics and Structural Geology & Tectonics Joint Reception

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Business Meeting, Awards and Reception (Geological Society of America)

7:30 PM-10:00 PM

Carbonate Research Group (SEPM [Society for Sedimentary Geology])

Past Presidents Dinner (Society of Economic Geologists)

8:30 PM-9:30 PM

Friends of Two-Year Colleges Social (National Association Geoscience Teachers)

9:00 PM-1:00 AM

Alumni Reception-Cal Tech; MIT

Wednesday, 7 November 2001

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Editorial Board Breakfast (American Journal of Science)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Corporate Meeting (Geological Society of America)

8:00 AM-12:45 PM

Field Trip #17: Geology of East Point, Nahant, Massachusetts

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

GSA Field Trip Chairs Meeting

8:30 AM-11:30 AM

Digital Forum (Geoscience Information Society)

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Guest Activity: Harvard University and the JFK Library

9:00 AM-5:30 PM

9:30 AM-4:30 PM

Guest Activity: Sturbridge Village and Salem Cross Inn

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Jahn's Lecture

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Geology in Government Mentor Luncheon

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Earth Scientists on Capitol Hill

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

GSA History of Geology Division Lunch (Geological Society of America)

GSA Hydrogeology Discussion on ""Infrastructure for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science"" (Geological Society of America)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Employment Interview Service

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Hot Topic: Doing Science in Extreme Environments

Session Chair Orientation

12:30 PM-3:45 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Reception, Luncheon and Award Ceremony

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Professional Issues Forum (Geoscience Information Society)

2:00 PM-7:00 PM

Incoming Council (Paleontological Society)

4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Michel T. Halbouty Distinguished Lecture

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Management Board Meeting

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

GSA Coal Geology Reception and Cady Award

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Reception for Friends of the Committee on Minorities & Women (Natl. Assn. for Black Geol and Geophys; GSA Committee on Minorities and Women)

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Friends of the Ordovician (International Subcommission on Ordovician)

National Park Services Opportunities (National Park Service; IEE)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

GSA Planetary Geology Business Meeting (Geological Society of America)

6:00 PM-10:00 PM

Harborlight Dinner Cruise

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Friends of Sherlock Holmes

Thursday, 8 November 2001

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Annual Program Committee Meeting (Geological Society of America)

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

GeoRef Advisory Committee Meeting (American Geological Institute)

5:30 PM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #19: Deformation, Metamorphism, and Granite Assent in Western Maine (4-day trip)

Friday, 9 November 2001

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #24: Metamorphism of a Fold-Thrust Belt in the Hinterland of the Alleghanian Orogen in Southern New England (2-day trip)

8:00 AM-12:00 AM

Field Trip #23: Recent Development in the Study of the Neoproterozoic Boston Bay Group

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)

8:00 AM-8:00 PM

Field Trip #20: Geology of Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire

Saturday, 10 November 2001

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Council Office (Geological Society of America)