Special Paper 376:
Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs investigates the flight performance of pterosaurs through their 160 million years of evolution. Detailed figures illustrate findings on gliding performance, angles, and airspeed, styles of flight, and takeoffs and landings. Possible functions of the pterosaur's physiological features also are explored.
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Explore Silicate Minerals — The price of GSA's Educational CD-ROM for teachers has been reduced from $19.95 to only $9.95, while supplies last!
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Monday, February 23:

Preregistration deadline for the North-Central Section Meeting.

Tuesday, March 2:

Last day to register online for the South Central Section Meeting.

Tuesday, March 9:

Last day to register online for the Northeastern/Southeastern Joint Section Meeting.

Calling All Interdisciplinary Researchers

Your participation in a short survey is requested by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative. This study seeks to learn how best to facilitate interdisciplinary research. Deadline is March 5.
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GeoMart -
Geoscience Directory

GSA's print and online venue for bringing together buyers and sellers of geoscience-related products and services.
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Need a Job?

Be sure and read the online GSA Classifieds each month. Includes ads from GSA Today and more!
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Poll of the Month

Results tallied instantly.
Final results reported in March.

To what degree do you think that geoscience curricula in the university environment should stress the practical uses of geology to society?

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What is the deepest lake in the world?

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about these lakes

Foundation Leader Passes the Torch

Thomas D. Fouch, president of the GSA Foundation, announced his retirement in January. Tom brought valuable expertise to the Board of Trustees during his two-year tenure, and he served with wisdom and generosity. Among other accomplishments, Tom initiated trustee sub-committees to work for each of GSA's areas of greatest need, served on the GSA Long Range Planning Committee, and developed personal relationships with many GSA donors. Tom and his wife Sally were co-chairs with George and Danielle Sharp for the Seattle Silent Auction, which raised over $12,000 in support of GSA programs. The search for a new Foundation president is currently underway.
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The Magnificent Geology of Iceland

Membership Matters

Remember to take care of your 2004 membership renewal so that you don't miss out on valuable GSA benefits.
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Fun with Geoscience Trivia

Test your knowledge ...
(check the answers at the bottom of the page.)

1. What is the collective name given to all cave formations?
2. What unit is used to describe permeability?
3. What was the date and year of Krakatoa's major eruption?

Communicating the Value of Geoscience

Government Affairs

Public Policy Symposium at Rocky Mountain / Cordilleran Section Meeting
Hear from two experts, David Applegate, USGS, and Tammy Dickinson, NRC, in Symposium 4. They'll discuss how relevant geoscience knowledge fits into the decision-making process on a number of key resource issues in the West.
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GSA In The News

An article by Nir Shaviv and Ján Veizer which appeared in the July 2003, issue of GSA Today ("Celestial driver of Phanerozoic climate?") has elicited a rebuttal published by AGU in a January 21, 2004 press release.
[ GSA TODAY article | TORONTO STAR article ]
[ AGU press release ]

Watch for GSA Today's March science article, also on climate change. The authors cite both the Shaviv / Veizer paper and the AGU response.

Discovery News, February 2, 2004, featured an article on the work of Dennis Harry on the Ouachita Mountains from the January issue of GSA Bulletin.
[ DISCOVERY NEWS article | BULLETIN abstract ]

Press Releases Issued by GSA

• February Journal Highlights
  GEOLOGY (January 29)

Selected Press Releases Received by GSA

• DRI to award 2004 Nevada Medal to Boston University remote sensing scientist Farouk El-Baz (January 28)
• The Open University Provides Answers on Global Warming (January 30)
• UC Santa Barbara expert says Nuclear Waste Dumps Need Better Stewardship (February 16)

Calendar Close-Ups

Seabed and Shallow Section Marine Geoscience: Shared Lessons and Technologies from Industry and Academia, London, UK, February 24-26, 2004
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Call for Papers: Prague Meeting on Russian Platform
An AAPG European Region Conference with GSA.
Conference theme: "Regional Geology and Hydrocarbon Systems of European & Russian Basins: Looking for Sweet Spots." Deadline: March 31, 2004
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Resources

Mantle Plume Debate
 • Follow the discussion
 • Learn what skeptics are saying

Landscape Change Program
Perkins Museum of Geology, UVM

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Answers to Trivia Questions

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2. DARCY
3. 27 AUGUST 1883