GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

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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)

3

Geomicrobiology (Posters)

4

Hydrogeology (Posters) I: Karst Hydrology, Heterogeneity and General Hydrology

5

Marine Paleontology (Posters)

6

Metamorphic Petrology I

7

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography (Posters)

8

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography I

9

Structural Geology I: Faulting and Folding: Timing, Geometry, and Processes

10

P5. The Emerging Discipline of Medical Geology

11

T2. Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Grenville Orogen in Eastern North America I

12

T12. Stratigraphic Paleobiology

13

T14. Partnerships in Paleontology: Involving the Public in Collaborative Research

14

T21. Recent Advances in Deep-Water Facies Models

15

T30. Anoxia and Black Shale Deposition I

16

T32. America's Coastal Crisis—Providing the Geoscience Information Needed to Conserve and Protect Coastal Resources

17

T42. Groundwater Discharge to Estuaries I

18

T46. Applications of Sedimentology and Geophysics in Hydrogeology

19

T53. Geology and Tunneling: Case Histories

20

T58. Construction and Geology of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Tunnel, Eastern Massachusetts I

21

T59. Rheological Effects of Fluid-Rock Interactions at Depth: From Experimental Constraints to Interpretations of Field Observations

22

T61. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Science, Regulation, and Health Implications (Posters)

23

T66. Coal Systems Analysis: A New Approach to the Understanding of Coal Formation, Coal Quality and Environmental Considerations, and Coal as a Source Rock for Hydrocarbons

24

T69. Geobiography: Life Histories of Geologists as a Way to Understand How Science Operates

25

T72. Geoscience Information: A Dynamic Odyssey

26

T81. Strategies for Promoting Active Learning in Large Entry-Level Courses

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)

43

T42. Groundwater Discharge to Estuaries II

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

27

Engineering Geology (Posters)

28

29

Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology I

30

Stratigraphy (Posters) I: Silisiclastic

31

Stratigraphy (Posters) II

32

Tectonics (Posters)

33

Volcanology/Experimental Petrology

34

P4. Ophiolites as Problem and Solution in the Evolution of Geological Thinking

35

T2. Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Grenville Orogen in Eastern North America II

36

T7. The Proterozoic of the Eastern Midcontinent and Beyond

37

T11. Sulfur Cycling in Precambrian to Recent Ocean-Atmosphere Systems: A Session Honoring the Career of William T. Holser

38

T15. Special Session in Honor of Half Zantop

39

T19. New Perspectives on the Character and Origin of Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic Sequences on the U.S. Atlantic Margin

40

T30. Anoxia and Black Shale Deposition II

41

T32. America's Coastal Crisis—Providing the Geoscience Information Needed to Conserve and Protect Coastal Resources (Posters)

42

T40. Isotopic Tracers and Thermal Anomaly Data as Constraints on Groundwater Flow Patterns and Climate History within Sedimentary Systems

44

T48. Application of Geochemistry to Understanding Groundwater–Surface Water Interactions

45

T50. High-Resolution Geochemical Bioarchives: Recognition of Signals and Implications for Evolution, Paleoecology, and Paleoclimatology

46

T58. Construction and Geology of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Tunnel, Eastern Massachusetts II

47

T61. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Science, Regulation, and Health Implications

48

T62. Munitions: Sources, Fate and Transport

49

T73. Databases to Knowledge Bases: The Informatics Revolution

50

T76. Geology in the National Parks; Research, Mapping, Education, and Interpretation

51

T77. Increasing Student Engagement in Geoscience Courses Through Information Technology: A Component of Enrollment Management

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