GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 333
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 611 (Washington State Convention Center)

T73. Geoscience and the Law: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Issues of Geologic Research and Practice

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Academic and Applied Geoscience Relations Committee; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
James Heller and Susan Stover, Advocates
1:30 PM
WHOSE FAULT IS IT? PROBABLY NO ONE’S
MURRAY, Kyle E., Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, kyle.murray@ou.edu
1:45 PM
KEYS TO BEING SUCCESSFUL IN PRE-LITIGATION AND LITIGATION AS AN EXPERT WITNESS
RECKENDORF, Frank F., Geology Department, Portland State University, P. O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207; Reckendorf and Associates, 950 Market St. NE, Salem, OR 97301, frecken@mac.com
2:00 PM
GEOETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE GEOSCIENCES:  BE AWARE, BE PREPARED, BE READY TO ACT (Invited Presentation)
MOGK, D.W., Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, mogk@montana.edu
2:15 PM
ADDRESSING GEOLOGIC SITE CHARACTERIZATION ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED BY LAW FOR LICENSING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AT THE U.S. NRC - A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE
STIREWALT, Gerry L., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS T7F18, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Gerry.Stirewalt@nrc.gov
2:30 PM
IMPLICATIONS FROM THE INTERSECTION OF “GEOLOGICAL PRACTICE” AND INTERNSHIPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Invited Presentation)
DOSS, Paul K., Geology and Physics, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712, pdoss@usi.edu
2:45 PM
GEOSCIENCE FOR LAWMAKERS
STOVER, Susan G., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, sstover@kgs.ku.edu
3:00 PM
GEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK, GEOCONSERVATION, AND THE LAW
MATTHEWS, Jack J., Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada; Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, jjmatthews@mun.ca
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