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2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 170
Monday, 2 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 331/332 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T178. 70 Years of Geoscience at UNESCO: Past, Present, and Future

American Geosciences Institute; The Geological Society of America; U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences
P. Patrick Leahy and John W. Hess, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
170-1
1:35 PM
THE USGS - UNESCO PARTNERSHIP
KIMBALL, Suzette M. and LABSON, Victor F., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, suzette_kimball@USGS.gov
170-2
1:55 PM
U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNESCO'S SCIENCE PROGRAMS
BAILEY, K.E., Board on International Scientific Organizations, National Academy of Sciences, Kathie Bailey, 500 Fifth Street, Washington, DC 20001, kbailey@nas.edu
170-3
2:10 PM
UPDATE ON THE US WORLD HERITAGE PROGRAM
MORRIS, Stephen, US National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW, Suite 550a, Washington, DC 20005, stephen_morris@nps.gov
170-4
2:30 PM
THE USNC-IUGS: EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE ENGAGEMENT
BURKINS, Melody Brown, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College, 6048 Haldeman, Hanover, NH 03755, melody.b.burkins@dartmouth.edu
170-5
2:45 PM
GEOLOGIC HERITAGE IN NORTH AMERICA – THE ROLE FOR GEOPARKS
CASADEVALL, Thomas, United States Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046 MS-964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, HILL, Wesley M., Geoheritage Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Denver, CO 80211 and NOWLAN, Godfrey S., Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, tcasadevall@usgs.gov
170-6
3:00 PM
REFLECTIONS ON IGCP AND THE FUTURE
MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, emmoores@ucdavis.edu
170-7
3:20 PM
GLOBAL EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF KARST LANDSCAPE/AQUIFER SYSTEMS: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITH IGCP AND PROJECTS 299, 379, 448, 513, AND 598
GROVES, Chris, Crawford Hydrology Laboratory, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101 and YUAN, Daoxian, Karst Dynamics Laboratory, Institute of Karst Geology, Guilin, 541004, China, chris.groves@wku.edu
170-8
3:35 PM
IGCP 591 AND THE LEGACY OF TWO DECADES OF IGCP PROJECTS ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PALEOZOIC WORLD
CRAMER, Bradley D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, bradley-cramer@uiowa.edu
170-9
3:50 PM
THE UNESCO IHP WATER ADVENTURE
BALES, Jerad D., U.S.Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 436, Reston, VA 20192, jdbales@usgs.gov
170-10
4:05 PM
RESOURCING FUTURE GENERATIONS
NICKLESS, Edmund, Geological Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BG, United Kingdom, edmund.nickless@geolsoc.org.uk
170-11
4:20 PM
HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING - UNESCO'S INSPIRATION, GEOSCIENCES' GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
KEANE, Christopher M., American Geosciences Institute, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302 and GAINES, Sarah M., Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1, rue Miollis, cedex 15, Paris, 75732, France, keane@agiweb.org
 
4:35 PM
Discussion
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