Glossary of Geology, fifth edition, contains nearly 40,000 entries including 3600 new terms and nearly 13,000 entries with revised definitions from the previous edition. Additions and changes reflect advances in scientific thought and changes in usage. An indispensable reference tool for professional earth scientists and students. Published by AGI.
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2005 edition, covers significant developments in fields including Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Geobiology, Geophysics, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, Regional Geology, Tectonics, and Planetary Sciences. Ideal for students, professors, and researchers in geoscience, planetary and space sciences, and astronomy.
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Council approves 16th GSA DIVISION — Geology and Health
at the 2005 Annual Meeting!
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GSA recorded a limited number of presentations (with permission from the presenters) during the 2005 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. View sessions marked with the recording image and browse availability within that session. Search for "Recorded Presentations" to generate the complete list.

GSA thanks all of its members who have renewed their membership and journal subscriptions for 2006. A special thanks to those who also have made contributions to the GSA Foundation with their renewal. If you haven't renewed your membership for 2006 yet, make sure you take advantage of the reduced early renewal rate good through 15 December.
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Shoemaker Memorial Issue on the Australian Impact Record: 1997-2005 Update

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Special issue published by the Geological Society of Australia (a GSA allied society).

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These popular books which sold out at the Annual Meeting can now be purchased online in the GSA Bookstore.

A Crack in the Edge of the World, by Simon Winchester

Dead Dry, by Sarah Andrews

Meeting News

World-Class Science and Colorful Location …
Backbone of the Americas is a Great Deal!

This first-ever meeting of its kind focuses on common geologic problems of ridge collisions, shallow subduction, and plateau uplift in the Americas. Mendoza, Argentina, 3-7 April 2006. Co-convened by GSA and the Asociación Geológica Argentina.
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Register at earlybird rates through 20 November 2005.
Abstracts are due 13 December 2005.

Four-days of leading-edge talks, a chance to mingle with international colleagues, a field trip to the Andean Cordilllera, all lunches and breaks, farewell dinner featuring Argentinean beef at a Mendoza winery, and the gracious hospitality of the City of Mendoza—all this and more is included in your registration. Explore the Andes during optional pre- and post-meeting field trips.

2006 GSA Annual Meeting: Philadelphia

NOW is the time to submit your technical program proposals! The GSA Annual Meeting is built BY geoscientists, FOR geoscientists. If you want to attend a vibrant and cutting-edge program, help make it that way! Session proposals due 10 January 2006.
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Submit proposals for half-day, single-day, and multi-day field trips dealing with all aspects of the geosciences. Due Date for Field Trip Proposals:15 January 2006.
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Especially for Students

Research Grants

GSA is now accepting research grant applications for 2006. The GSA research grants program provides partial support of master's and doctoral thesis research in the geological sciences. Graduate students at universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America are eligible. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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What About Those Mentor Programs?

GSA’s Mentor Programs for students enjoyed tremendous success at the SLC Annual Meeting. Mark your calendars for the upcoming Mentor Programs slated for GSA’s 2006 Section Meetings!
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Hurricane Relief Project

GSA's Hurricane Relief Bulletin Board is now active on the GSA Web site. Help restore library materials and departmental specimens and collections lost to Katrina. You can now post items you'd like to donate and refer colleagues in need of resources to the site.
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GSA is also accepting monetary donations to help replace K-12 resources. On the GSA Foundation Web page, click on the pull-down list and scroll to "Hurricane Katrina Relief: K-12 Resources."
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Resources

Browse images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. A “Live from Mars” section lets you view new images as they arrive.

Glaciers Online offers photos and summary explanations of glaciers from all over the world.

Communicating the Value of Geoscience

Calendar Close-ups

Check on upcoming meetings of GSA and many other geoscience organizations.

GSA is a Co-Sponsor of the 6th International Conference on the Geology of the Middle East: Exchanging Ideas and Knowledge on the Geology of the Middle East, 20-23 March 2006, Al-Ain, U.A.E.

Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), a GSA Associated Society, holds its annual conference in Keystone, CO, on 14-16 May 2006.

GSA is helping to organize the Chinese International Conference on Continental Dynamics and Environmental Change of the Tibetan Plateau, 18-21 June 2006, Xining, Qinghai Province, China.

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