Rocky Mountain Section - 75th Annual Meeting - 2025

  FRIDAY
16 May
SATURDAY
17 May
SUNDAY
18 May
MONDAY
19 May
TUESDAY
20 May
WEDNESDAY
21 May
THURSDAY
22 May
FRIDAY
23 May
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Events       Registration
3:00 PM-8:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
4:00 PM-8:00 PM
Exhibit Hall
5:00 PM-7:00 PM
Opening Reception
5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Stand-Up Science Presents: Volcano
7:00 PM-8:00 PM
Coffee Break
7:00 AM-8:00 AM
GSA Rocky Mountain Section Management Board Meeting (Board Members Only)
7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Registration
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Session Chair Orientation
7:15 AM-7:30 AM
Geoscience Career Program Workshop Part 1: Career Planning and Informational Interviewing
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Exhibit Hall
9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Coffee Break
9:45 AM-10:15 AM
Geoscience Career Program Workshop Part 2: Geoscience Career Exploration
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Roy J. Shlemon Mentors Program in Applied Geoscience
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Geology Club Meetup
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Career Networking Meet & Greet – Connect with professionals in the field!
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Coffee Break
3:15 PM-3:45 PM
GSA Rocky Mountain Section Annual Business Meeting
5:15 PM-5:30 PM
GSA Town Hall (Open Bar)
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Map Blast (Free Pizza!)
6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Utah Lake Nature Walk, Run, or Bike at Skipper Bay Trailhead
6:45 AM-7:45 AM
Coffee Break
7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Speaker Ready Room
7:00 AM-10:00 AM
Registration
7:00 AM-2:00 PM
Session Chair Orientation
7:15 AM-7:30 AM
Geoscience Career Program Workshop Part 3: Cover Letters, Résumés, and CVs
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
Exhibit Hall
9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Coffee Break
9:45 AM-10:15 AM
John Mann Mentors Program in Applied Hydrogeology
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Coffee Break
3:15 PM-3:45 PM
     
Field Trips Revisiting the Cretaceous Mancos Group in Utah: Problems, Previous Methods, and New Perspectives on a World-Class Cretaceous Marine Section.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Revisiting the Cretaceous Mancos Group in Utah: Problems, Previous Methods, and New Perspectives on a World-Class Cretaceous Marine Section.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
*Cancelled* Established, Experimental, and Emergent Geothermal Energy Resources in Utah’s Great Basin.
8:30 AM-6:00 PM
Revisiting the Cretaceous Mancos Group in Utah: Problems, Previous Methods, and New Perspectives on a World-Class Cretaceous Marine Section.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Structural Evolution of the Wasatch Range: Complete Orogenic Cycle from Passive Margin to Fold-Thrust Belt to Rift Valley.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
*Cancelled* Established, Experimental, and Emergent Geothermal Energy Resources in Utah’s Great Basin.
8:30 AM-6:00 PM
        Structural and Stratigraphic Relations of the Cordilleran Fold-Thrust Belt and Foreland Basin System, Northern Utah.
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Geology of Bears Ears National Monument, southeastern Utah.
6:30 AM-8:00 PM
Catastrophic Gravity Sliding During Growth of the Cenozoic Marysvale Volcanic Field, Southwest Utah.
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
A Field Trip to Observe Features of Lake Bonneville, Mountain Glaciation, and Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Structural and Stratigraphic Relations of the Cordilleran Fold-Thrust Belt and Foreland Basin System, Northern Utah.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Geology of Bears Ears National Monument, southeastern Utah.
6:30 AM-8:00 PM
Catastrophic Gravity Sliding During Growth of the Cenozoic Marysvale Volcanic Field, Southwest Utah.
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Structural and Stratigraphic Relations of the Cordilleran Fold-Thrust Belt and Foreland Basin System, Northern Utah.
8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Geology of Bears Ears National Monument, southeastern Utah.
6:30 AM-8:00 PM
Short Courses     Handheld Analytical Methods for Geological Field Work.
8:00 AM-5:00 PM
        3-D Thinking through Structural Measurements: How Analog Measurements Preserve Spatial Awareness and Measurement Accuracy
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
     
Theme Sessions         Time of Transition: Cretaceous Climate, Tectonics, and Evolutionary History I
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Past and Present Glaciation in Western North America
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, Soils, Surface Processes and Paleoclimate I
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Natural Hazards Risk Assessment, Communication and Reduction Associated with Seismicity in the Rocky Mountain Region and Beyond
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
The Upper Cretaceous Mancos Group on the Colorado Plateau (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Laramidia: Biota, Stratigraphy, and Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous of Western North America (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Time of Transition: Cretaceous Climate, Tectonics, and Evolutionary History (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Innovative Climate Solutions and Relevant Science for Resilient Communities (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Past and Present Glaciation in Western North America (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Alpine Hydrology in the Rocky Mountains (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Advances and Applications in Water Resources of the Intermountain West (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Undergraduate Research Posters
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Time of Transition: Cretaceous Climate, Tectonics, and Evolutionary History II
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Alpine Hydrology in the Rocky Mountains
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, Soils, Surface Processes and Paleoclimate II
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Drones in Geoscience: Advancements in Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Applications in the Geosciences
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Time of Transition: Cretaceous Climate, Tectonics, and Evolutionary History III
3:45 PM-5:30 PM
Advances in Rocky Mountain Region Paleontology
3:45 PM-5:30 PM
Tectonic Development of the Rocky Mountain Region
3:45 PM-5:30 PM
Advances and Applications in Water Resources of the Intermountain West
3:45 PM-5:30 PM
The Upper Cretaceous Mancos Group on the Colorado Plateau
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Neogene Tectonic Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution in the Intermountain West
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Innovations in Geoscience Education: Effective Teaching, Research, and Curricula in the Earth Science Classroom
8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Extending the Rocky Mountains: Tectonics, Basin Evolution, and Magmatism of Continental Rifting (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Tectonic Development of the Rocky Mountain Region (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Neogene Tectonic Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution in the Intermountain West (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Natural Hazards Risk Assessment, Communication and Reduction Associated with Seismicity in the Rocky Mountain Region and Beyond (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, Soils, Surface Processes and Paleoclimate (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Advances in Rocky Mountain Region Paleontology (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
The Geology of State and National Parks of Utah and the Rocky Mountain Region (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Geologic Maps, Derivative Maps, and Mapping Workflows in the Intermountain West (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Innovations in Geoscience Education: Effective Teaching, Research, and Curricula in the Earth Science Classroom (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Critical Minerals in the West: How to Lead a Once-in-a-Generation Crisis to the Best Possible Outcome (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Powering the West: Energy Resource Exploration and Development in the Greater Rocky Mountain Region (Posters)
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Laramidia: Biota, Stratigraphy, and Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous of Western North America I
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
The Geology of State and National Parks of Utah and the Rocky Mountain Region
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Powering the West: Energy Resource Exploration and Development in the Greater Rocky Mountain Region
10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Laramidia: Biota, Stratigraphy, and Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous of Western North America II
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Extending the Rocky Mountains: Tectonics, Basin Evolution, and Magmatism of Continental Rifting
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Bonneville Basin: Geology of Pleistocene and Holocene Lakes
1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Critical Minerals in the West: How to Lead a Once-in-a-Generation Crisis to the Best Possible Outcome
1:30 PM-3:15 PM