2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Wednesday, 18 October 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #13: Rivers, Glaciers, Landscape Evolution, and Active Tectonics of the Central Appalachians, Pennsylvania and Maryland (4-Day Trip)

Thursday, 19 October 2006

12:00 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #14: Rodinian Collisional and Escape Tectonics in the Hudson Highlands, New York (3-Day Trip)

GSA Field Trip #18: Tectonic History of the Blue Ridge, North-Central Virginia (3-Day Trip)

12:30 PM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #1: Along-Strike Changes in the Architecture of a Fold-Thrust Belt: An Example from the Hudson Valley, New York (3-Day Trip)

Friday, 20 October 2006

6:00 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #8: Late Pleistocene to Modern Lacustrine Processes and Paleoclimatic History in the Finger Lakes, New York (2-Day Trip)

Cancelled - GSA Field Trip #9:New Insights to an Old Fold-Thrust Belt (2-Day Trip)

7:00 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #16: Stratigraphy of the Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Carbonates of the Kittatinny Supergroup, Northwestern New Jersey: Special Attention to the Nature and Timing of Silica Diagenesis and the Origin of Nodular Cherts (2-Day Tri

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #17: Taconic Orogeny in the Susquehanna Shelf and Foreland (2-Day Trip)

GSA Field Trip #10: Plant Paleoecology and Geology of the Southern Anthracite Field, Pennsylvania

GSA Field Trip #12: Refining the Metamorphic and Tectonic History of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Piedmont: Recent Results from Monazite and Zircon Geochronology and Accessory-Phase Thermometry (2-Day Trip)

GSA Field Trip #7: Lacustrine Cyclicity and the Triassic-Jurassic Transition (2-Day Trip)

8:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #2: Behind the Scenes at the American Philosophical Society, the Library Company, and the Academy of Natural Sciences: Research Collections in the History of Geology and Paleontology

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

GSA Short Course #9: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGIS9 for Geological Applications (Day 1 of 2)

Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students (Day 1 of 2) (Sponsored by BP & ExxonMobil)

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

GSA Geology & Public Policy Committee Meeting

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

PS/NCSE Leadership Workshop: Practical Anticreationism, led by Dr. Eugenie Scott

3:00 PM-7:00 PM

MSA Executive Committee Meeting

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Paleontological Society Outgoing Council Meeting

Saturday, 21 October 2006

6:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #4: Coastal Hydrology and Processes of Atlantic Barrier Islands

6:30 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #19: The Great Centralia Mine Fire: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Coal Fires

GSA Field Trip #6: Journey into Anthracite

6:30 AM-9:00 AM

GSA Foundation Executive Committee

7:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #3: Buried Holocene Streams and Legacy Sediment: Late Pleistocene to Historical Changes in Stream Form and Process and Implications for Stream Restoration, Mid-Atlantic Piedmont Region

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #5: Effects of Metasomatism and Fusion of Host Rock on the Chemistry of Early Jurassic Palisades Diabase in the Newark Basin

GSA Field Trip #11: Prehistoric and Urban Landscapes of the Middle Atlantic Region: Geoarchaeological Perspectives

7:30 AM-8:00 AM

MSA Council Breakfast

8:00 AM-11:00 AM

GSA Executive Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

CANCELLED - GSA Short Course #5: Scientific Inquiry in the K-16 Classroom: What Every Scientist Should Know About Effective Science Education

GSA Teacher Day Field Trip

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

CANCELLED - GSA Short Course #3: Digital Terrain Modeling

CANCELLED - GSA Short Course #6: Using EarthEdOnline: Online Delivery System for Data-Rich Inquiry Education

GSA Short Course #4: Enhanced Seismology Education for Undergraduates

GSA Short Course #9: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGIS9 for Geological Applications (Day 2 of 2)

MSA Council Meeting

Paleontological Society Short Course: Geochronology - Emerging Opportunities

Sequence Stratigraphy for Graduate Students (Day 2 of 2) (Sponsored by BP & ExxonMobil)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers Executive Committee Meeting

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

GSW Publishers Advisory Council

U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

CUR-Geoscience Workshop for Early Career Faculty: Landing (and Keeping) a Job at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution

GSA Division Chairs Meeting

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

CANCELLED - NAGT Student Recruitment and Retention: Building Healthy Geoscience Departments

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

CANCELLED - GSA Short Course #1: Beyond the Content: Teaching Scientific and Citizenship Literacies in the Geosciences

Council on Undergraduate Research Faculty Workshops: Starting Out at a PUI, and Getting Funding to Support Undergraduate Research

GSA Foundation Trustee Meeting

9:30 AM-5:00 PM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers Executive Committee and Council Meeting

11:00 AM-5:00 PM

Core Analysis of Lake Sediments - Limnogeology Division Workshop

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

MSA Council Lunch

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSA Teacher Day Workshop

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

GSA Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session

Session Chair Orientation

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

GSA Council Meeting - Day 1

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSA Short Course #7: Education Research: An In-Depth Look at Qualitative Methods

1:00 PM-5:30 PM

GSA Short Course #8: Using Online Igneous Geochemical Databases for Research and Teaching

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

CUR-Geoscience Workshop: Writing Proposals to Support Undergraduate Research and Education

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

GSA Public Forum on Climate Change

3:00 PM-8:00 PM

Council Meeting of the International Association of GeoChemistry

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

GeoScience Educators' Social Reception (Sponsored by GSA Education Committee, NAGT, GSA Division of Geoscience Education, IRIS Consortium, Cutting Edge, Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLE

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

GSIS Executive Board Meeting

National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics Receiption

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony

7:00 PM-10:30 PM

Keck Geology Consortium Business Meeting

9:00 PM-10:00 PM

GSA Presidential Address and Awards Reception

Sunday, 22 October 2006

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

GSA President's Student Breakfast Reception

7:30 AM-9:00 AM

GSA Leadership Training for Committees, Divisions, and Sections

7:30 AM-12:30 PM

GSA Short Course #2: Using GPS Data to Study Crustal Deformation, Earthquakes, and Volcanism: A Workshop for College Faculty

7:30 AM-2:00 PM

AGI Executive Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

SEPM Council Meeting

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Guest Hospitality Suite

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

GSW Publishers Advisory Council

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

GSA Foundation Pardee Coterie **By Invitation Only**

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Editorial Board of Environmental & Engineering Geoscience Annual Meeting

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

GSA K-12 Short Course #1: Using Authentic Scientific Ocean Drilling Data for Earth Systems Science Inquiry

9:30 AM-12:30 PM

GSIS Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

GSA Careers Discussion Roundtables

GSA Publications Committee Meeting

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting

11:00 AM-2:00 PM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers and GSA Geoscience Education Division Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Business Meeting

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

GSA Earth Scientists on Capital Hill: Communicating with Congress

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

GSA Geology Associate Editorial Board Meeting

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Outgoing Board Meeting

12:00 PM-6:00 PM

GSA Audit Committee Meeting

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

GSA Hot Topic #1: Avian Influenza

GSA Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session

Session Chair Orientation

12:30 PM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #20: 135 Million Years of History in Southwestern Philadelphia

12:30 PM-5:30 PM

Cushman Foundation Board of Directors Meeting

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

CANCELLED - Guest Tour - Mural Tour

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Guest Tour - Best of Philadelphia Half Day Tour

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Division Business Meeting

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

AGI Government Affairs Program Advisory Committee Meeting

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

GSA Education Committee Meeting

2:00 PM-4:30 PM

AGI Foundation Meeting

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSIS Collection Development Forum

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

CHRONOS Advisory Board Meeting

Council on Undergraduate Research Geoscience Council Business Meeting

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

National Alliance for Geoscience Field Education (Sponsored by Indiana University and University of Pennsylvania)

4:35 PM-5:30 PM

GSA Geology & Health Division Business Meeting

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

IAH Executive Committee Meeting

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

ARCADIS Reception

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

GSA Author Appearances and Book Signing

GSA Welcoming Party and Exhibits Opening

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

GSA Author, Editor, and Reviewer Reception (Sponsored by Allen Press)

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Management Board Meeting

7:00 PM-9:30 PM

St. Lawrence Alumni Reception

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

AGI Past Presidents Reception and Dinner

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

GSA Beer & Geology **Ticketed Event**

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Affiliation of Christian Geologists Reception and Discussion

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Icebreaker/Welcome

8:00 PM-11:00 PM

Friends of Charlie Guidotti Reception

9:00 PM-10:00 PM

PS Hosting Association of North American Paleontological Societies (ANAPS)

9:00 PM-11:00 PM

NAGT Executive Committee Meeting

Monday, 23 October 2006

6:30 AM-8:30 AM

AWG Breakfast and Awards Presentation **Ticketed Event**

6:45 AM-8:00 AM

Earth Science Editors Informal Meeting

6:45 AM-9:00 AM

GSA History of Geology Division and History of the Earth Sciences Society Combined Business Meeting

7:00 AM-8:30 AM

GSA Archaeological Geology Division Management Board Meeting

GSA Campus Rep Appreciation Breakfast

National Academy of Sciences, Sections 15 and 16, Breakfast Meeting

7:15 AM-9:00 AM

National Association of Geoscience Teachers Past Presidents' Breakfast

7:30 AM-9:30 AM

MSA President's Breakfast

7:30 AM-10:30 AM

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Officers' Breakfast

7:45 AM-5:30 PM

Guest Hospitality Suite

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Breakfast with GSA's President and Executive Director **For Registered Guests Only**

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

AGI Member Society Council Meeting

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Guest Tour - Amish Countryside Tour

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

GSIS E-Resources Forum

9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Guest Tour - Best of Philadelphia Full Day Tour

10:00 AM-12:30 PM

GSA Bookstore presents author William Broad, The Oracle

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

CANCELLED - Guest Tour - Picnic at Laurel Hill Cemetery

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Division Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture in Engineering Geology

Michel T Halbouty Distinguished Lecture: The Nuclear Fuel Cycle versus The Carbon Cycle

11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Ground Water Editors Meeting (Sponsored by the GSA Hydrogeology Division )

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

GSA Geology in Government Mentor Luncheon

11:30 AM-5:00 PM

Paleontological Society: Luncheon, Awards, Business Meeting and Reception **Ticketed Event**

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

GSA International Division Business Meeting and Luncheon

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

American Mineralogist Associate Editors Lunch

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

American Quaternary Association Council Meeting

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

GSA Hot Topic #2: Afghanistan Reconstruction - USGS Activities in Afghanistan

GSA Student Presentation Coordinator Training Session

Session Chair Orientation

12:15 PM-3:00 PM

GSA Engineering Geology Division Luncheon & Awards Ceremony **Ticketed Event**

12:30 PM-3:30 PM

GSA History of Geology Division 30th Anniversary & History of the Earth Sciences Society 25th Anniversary Luncheon and Awards Reception **Ticketed Event**

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

AGI Media Workshop

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

GSA Geoscience Education Division Management Board Meeting

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSA Ad-Hoc Committee of Accreditation

NAGT/USGS Coop Summer Field Program

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

GSA Geoscience Education Division Business Meeting

4:00 PM-6:15 PM

GSA Northeastern Section Management Board Meeting

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee Meeting

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

GSA Foundation Development Committee

PS/NSF Future of Research in Paleontology - Town Meeting

5:00 PM-6:15 PM

SEPM Student Reception

5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Amherst College Geology Alumni Reception

Friends of PRI Reception

GSA Limnogeology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Members Reception

Stanford University School of Earth Sciences Reception

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

GSA Coal Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

GSA Archaeological Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony

Indiana University Alumni Reception

5:30 PM-8:00 PM

Yale/Harvard Alumni Reception

5:30 PM-8:30 PM

LSU Alumni & Friends Reception

Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences/Duke University Alumni Reception

5:30 PM-9:30 PM

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception

5:45 PM-6:45 PM

Concept Study for Lunar Science Sortie Missions and Astronaut Field Training

5:45 PM-8:00 PM

GSA Geology and Society Division Distinguished Lecture, Business Meeting and Reception

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Mixer

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Carleton College Alumni Reception

6:00 PM-8:30 PM

Bryn Mawr College

University of Southern California Alumni Reception

6:30 PM-8:30 PM

University of Texas at Austin

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Alumni Reception

University of Colorado - Dept of Geological Sciences Alumni Reception

University of Colorado - Dept of Geological Sciences Alumni Reception

University of Kentucky Alumni Reception

University of Tennessee Alumni Reception

7:00 PM-9:30 PM

Allegheny College

Bowdoin College

Bowling Green State University

Bucknell University

Colgage University

College of William and Mary

College of Wooster

Colorado State University

Dartmouth College

Dickinson College

Franklin & Marshall College

GSA Group Alumni Reception

Hamilton College

Hartwick College

Iowa State University

Juniata College

Keck Geology Consortium

Kent State University

Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering

Miami University

Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences Alumni Reception

Middlebury College Geology Department

Northern Arizona University

Northwestern University/University of Chicago Alumni Reception

Oberlin College

Ohio Wesleyan University

Oregon State University

Penn State Alumni Reception

Princeton University

Purdue University

Queens College, CUNY

Rice University

Rutgers University

Syracuse University Alumni Reception

Temple University

Texas Tech University

The University of Alabama

Trinity University

Tufts University

U.S. Geological Survey

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

University of Cincinnati Alumni Reception

University of Iowa

University of Missouri-Columbia

University of Montana

University of Nebraska

University of Nevada, Reno

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Dakota

University of Pennsylvania

University of Utah

University of Washington, Seattle

University of Wisconsin System Alumni Reception

University of Wyoming

Western Connecticut State University

Williams and Smith Colleges Alumni Reception

Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

Rio Grande Universities (U New Mexico, New Mexico State, U Texas El Paso, and NM Tech)

SEPM Research Group - 1

SEPM Research Group - 2

SEPM Research Group - 3

University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences Alumni Reception

University of Illinois Alumni Reception

University of Michigan Geological Sciences Alumni Reception

University of Minnesota - All Campuses Alumni Reception

7:30 PM-9:00 PM

GeoEarthScope Review Committee

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

The University of Kansas Department of Geology Alumni Reception

7:30 PM-10:00 PM

The Ohio State University - School of Earth Sciences - Alumni (formerly Geological Sciences)

7:30 PM-10:30 PM

SUNY Binghamton Alumni Reception

8:00 PM-11:00 PM

University of Massachusetts Alumni Reception

8:30 PM-10:30 PM

City University of New York - Private Alumni Reception

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

3:30 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #23: Geology of Delaware Water Gap, New Jersey–Pennsylvania (2-Day Trip)

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

American Journal of Science Editorial Breakfast

GSA Associated and Allied Societies Breakfast Meeting

7:00 AM-12:00 PM

AASG Midyear Meeting

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #22: Erosion and the Hickory Run Boulder Field—1st Annual Kirk Bryan Field Seminar

7:30 AM-9:00 AM

GSA Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Advisory Committee

7:45 AM-5:30 PM

Guest Hospitality Suite

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

AGI Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Guest Tour - Winterthur and Longwood Gardens Tour

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

CANCELLED - Guest Tour - Fairmount Park Houses

9:00 AM-3:00 PM

Guest Tour - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology: Natural History Museum

11:30 AM-12:30 PM

GSA Division Secretaries, Editors, Webmasters Reception

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Management Board Meeting

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

GSA Research Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

GSA Planetary Geology Division Business Meeting and Awards Reception

GeoScience Information Society (GSIS) Awards Luncheon **Ticketed Event**

Paleontological Society Education and Outreach Committee Meeting

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

GSA Bulletin & Geosphere Editorial Board Meeting

12:00 PM-3:00 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Reception, Luncheon, Awards and Business Meeting **Ticketed Event**

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

AWG Discussion: Issues Facing Women Chairs, Deans, and other Academic Leaders

GSA Hot Topic #3: Global Warming and CO2 - Are We Headed for Global Catstrophy in the Coming Century?

Geology Today 'Meet the Editor' Session

12:30 PM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #21: Bicycle Tour of the Geology and Hydrology of Philadelphia

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

MSA Awards Lunch **Ticketed Event**

1:00 PM-6:00 PM

Micropaleontology Project Board

1:30 PM-6:00 PM

Paleontological Society Incoming Council Meeting

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

GSA Section Meeting Chairs Meeting

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

GSIS Forum on Envisioning the Future of Geoscience Librarianship

3:00 PM-5:30 PM

MSA Awards Lectures, Presidential Address, and Annual Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

GSA Committee on Minorities & Women in the Geosciences Meeting

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Friends of the Cambrian

5:00 PM-7:30 PM

Pennsylvania State University - Department of Geosciences Future in Earth Sciences Reception

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

GSA Minorities & Women in the Geosciences Reception

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Friends of AGI Reception and Awards Ceremony

Friends of the Corals and Sponges

GSA Foundation Senior Fellows Reception **By Invitation Only**

GSA History of Geology Division and History of the Earth Sciences Society Student and Friends Reception

5:30 PM-7:45 PM

GSA Geoinformatics Division Business Meeting

5:30 PM-8:30 PM

YBRA Council Meeting

5:45 PM-6:30 PM

GSA Geophysics Division Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony

5:45 PM-7:15 PM

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Business Meeting & Awards Reception

5:45 PM-7:30 PM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Student Reception

MSA-GS Joint Reception **Ticketed Event**

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

University of Pennsylvania Alumni Reception

6:00 PM-8:30 PM

Virginia Tech Private Alumni Reception

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

GSIS Reception and Silent Auction

6:30 PM-10:30 PM

GLBT Geoscientists No-Host Reception/Dinner

6:45 PM-7:15 PM

GSA Geophysics Division Woollard Award Ceremony and Technical Lecture

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Philadelphia Geological Society Special Seminar: The Chicxulub Debate

7:00 PM-11:00 PM

Cushman Foundation, NAMS, AASP Reception

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division Annual Awards Ceremony

7:15 PM-8:30 PM

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division and GSA Geophysics Division Joint Reception

7:30 PM-9:30 PM

GSA Trivia Night

Paleobiology Database Workshop

7:30 PM-10:30 PM

Friends of the Cephalopods

9:00 PM-1:00 AM

California Institute of Technology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cocktail party

Wednesday, 25 October 2006

6:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #32: Karst and Environmental Hydrology in Central Pennsylvania (3-Day Trip)

7:00 AM-11:45 AM

GSA Hydrogeology Division Management Board Meeting

8:00 AM-1:00 PM

GSA Council Meeting - Day 2

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

AGI GeoRef Advisory Committee

8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Guest Hospitality Suite

9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Guest Tour - Morris Arboretum and The Valley Green Inn Tour

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

AGI Geoscience Workforce Advisory Committee Meeting

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Geochemical Society: F. Earl Ingerson Lecture

11:30 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #24: Philadelphia Urban Hydrology

12:00 PM-2:30 PM

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Business Luncheon **Ticketed Event**

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

GSA Hot Topic #4: The Future of Land Remote Sensing

1:00 PM-1:00 PM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #15: Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Chesapeake Group (4-Day Trip)

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Incoming Board Meeting

GSIS Professional Issues Forum & Wrap Up

4:00 PM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #28: Environmental Issues Associated with Sulfide Occurrences in Pennsylvania (3-Day Trip)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Reception for Participants in GK12 Programs

7:00 PM-10:00 PM

The Friends of Sherlock Holmes Dinner

Thursday, 26 October 2006

6:30 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #31: History and Geology of Gettysburg National Battlefield

7:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #34: Prehistoric Quarries and Early Mines in the New York–New Jersey–Pennsylvania Tri-State Metropolitan Area (3-Day Trip)

7:30 AM-12:00 AM

CANCELLED - GSA Field Trip #27: Central Appalachian Transect along the Potomac River Corridor (2-Day Trip)

GSA Field Trip #25: A Tour of the Peach Bottom Slate — Once the Best Building Slate in the World

GSA Field Trip #29: From the K-T to the Coast: Paleontology, Stratigraphy, and Coastal Sedimentation from the Late Cretaceous through the Quaternary, Southern New Jersey

GSA Field Trip #30: Geologic, Hydrogeologic, and Biogeochemical Controls on Natural and Enhanced Degradation of Industrial Solvents in Fractured Rocks

GSA Field Trip #33: Paleontology and Paleoenvironments of the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in North-Central Pennsylvania (2-Day Trip)

8:00 AM-12:00 AM

GSA Field Trip #26: Arsenic in Groundwater in the Newark Basin

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

GSW Board of Directors Meeting