GSA Special Paper 419,
Convergent Margin Terranes and Associated Regions: A Tribute to W.G. Ernst
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences (vol. 35)
Ideal for those in the field of geoscience, planetary & space sciences, and astronomy.
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Geological Society of London (GSL) is offering open access to its digitized Lyell Collection and other materials until 18 June, in honor of the Society's 200th birthday.
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Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (E&EG), a quarterly journal copublished by the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) and the Geological Society of America (GSA), is seeking new manuscripts.
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21st Annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP)

6-10 April 2008, Philadelphia, PA
The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
Submit your abstracts by 14 Sept.

AWRA Summer Specialty Conference

25-27 June 2007, Vail, Colorado.

Emerging Contaminants of Concern in the Environment: Issues, Investigations, and Solutions. American Water Resources Association (AWRA).

5th Ground Water and Environmental Law Conference

24-25 July 2007, Dublin, OH

Presentations by lawyers and expert witnesses including trial reenactments. National Ground Water Association (NGWA).

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Meeting News

ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

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2007 Earth Sciences for Society —
"Beginning of the International Year of Planet Earth"
28-31 October, Denver, CO

Reserve space on your calendar for the GSA Annual Meeting. Register now to take advantage of discounted fees. Invite your friends and colleagues to join you too.
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Abstract Deadline: 10 July
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You will automatically be entered to win a free room upgrade by making your hotel reservation through the Denver Housing Bureau by Friday, 31 August.
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Pardee Keynote Symposia Highlights:

• Identifying America’s Most Vulnerable Oceanfront Communities: A Geological Perspective
  Joseph T. Kelley, Rob Young, Orrin Pilkey
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• Middle Eastern Water Resources in Times of Crisis
  Avner Vengosh, John W. Lane
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SECTION MEETINGS

Mark your calendars for the 2008 Section Meetings.
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September GSA Today and on the Web.
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Communicating the Value of Geoscience

A SAMPLING OF GSA IN THE NEWS

Research by Ezquerra, Costeur, et al. documenting a swimming non-avian therapod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous (GEOLOGY, June 2007) received worldwide coverage. The story was reported by Reuters, Public Radio International, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and CNN. Stories also appeared on Discovery Channel, Scientific American, Science Daily, Daily Record (Glasgow), Xinhuanet (Beijing), and Times of India.
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Evidence that the Tibetan Plateau pre-dates the Himalayas presented by DeCelles et al. (GSA BULLETIN, May-June 2007) was reported by the Discovery Channel.
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Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils by Banerjee et al. (GEOLOGY, June 2007) was reported by Nature and CanWest News Service. Stories subsequently appeared in outlets in Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Ottawa.
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Analysis by England et al. of John Perry's critique of Kelvin's age estimate of Earth (GSA TODAY, January 2007) was reported by American Scientist.
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PRESS RELEASES ISSUED BY GSA

• June Geology Media Highlights (24 May)
• Definitive Evidence Found of a Swimming Dinosaur (24 May)
• New Volume on Convergent Margin Processes Honors W.G. (Gary) Ernst (4 June)

SELECTED PRESS RELEASES RECEIVED BY GSA

• 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award Winner, Peidong Yang, receives The National Science Foundation’s Highest Honor; Call for 2008 Nominations (16 May)
• Ray Cross Challenge Brings In Over $700,000 for Water Quality Research (21 May)
• AGI and AAAS Present Earth Science Photography Exhibit (1 June)
• Faces of Earth to Air July 23rd on The Science Channel (13 June)

Resources

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