Special Paper 433:
Whence the Mountains? Inquiries into the Evolution of Orogenic Systems: A Volume in Honor of Raymond A. Price

Special Paper 434:
Exhumation Associated with Continental Strike-Slip Fault Systems

Map / Chart 95:
Geologic Map and Cross Sections of the Flynn Creek Impact Structure, Tennessee
(rolled or folded)

The 2008 GSA Awards and Fellows nominations deadline is approaching. Don’t put off your submissions. Nominations are due 1 February.

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Opportunities include Summer and year-long Guest Scientist positions on National Parks, National Forests, and BLM lands. You must be a GSA Member to apply.

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A primer on the history of the modern theory of Plate Tectonics, complete with animations, is found on the University of California (Berkeley) Museum of Paleontology Webite.

For information about the controversial Snowball Earth hypothesis, and classroom resources including downloadable slides, visit this site by leading proponent Paul Hoffman.

GSA Congressional Science Fellowship

Your work as a geoscientist greatly impacts society and Earth. Why not make an impact on Congress? We are currently seeking candidates for 2008-2009. Deadline: 1 February.
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Especially for Students

Student GeoVentures:
Trip to Hawaii Now Enrolling
Students – come to Hawaii and learn about volcanic activity on one of the Earth’s most active volcanoes! Through the generosity of Subaru, all GSA Student members can participate in this valuable field experience for $995 (normal cost is $1250).
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GSA Research Grants
The 2008 graduate student research grant deadline is near! Applications and advisor appraisals are due 1 February. Note that the guidelines have been updated for 2008.
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Going to IGC?
Travel grants are still available for the 2008 International Geological Congress in Oslo, Norway. Applications and supplemental materials are due 1 March.
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Meeting News

2008 Section Meetings

Registration is open for all Section Meetings. Register now to take advantage of discounted prices!

Heads Up!

Watch for your February issue of GSA Today for more information on the upcoming Field Forum: Late Archean crust: Magmatism and Tectonics of the Abitibi Subprovince, Canadian Shield, Ontario and Quebec Canada, 19–25 July, 2008.

The Penrose Conference Report from the recent conference, Extending a Continent: Architecture, Rheological Coupling, and Heat Budget, held 8–13 Oct. 2007, in Greece, will be in the March issue of GSA Today and will soon be available on the Website.

Annual Meeting

2008 Joint Meeting - Why, you ask?
This program will highlight and stimulate discussion on critical topics in areas of the participating Societies’ shared involvement, including: Energy, Water Resources, Education, Earth Systems, and more. Our aim in taking this interdisciplinary approach is to shed new light on solving the global problems facing us in the 21st century.
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Did you lose something at the 2007 Annual Meeting in Denver? Please send an e-mail to GSA's Lost and Found. We'll let you know if we have it.

Specialty Meeting — Sign up on site

Fire in the Southwest: Integrating Fire into Management of Changing Ecosystems. 28-31 January 2008, Tucson, Arizona. Dedicated sessions and field trip on Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER). Register at GSA member rates.
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Communicating the Value of Geoscience

A Sampling of GSA in the News

Research by Eaton-Magaña et al. on phosphorescence and the Hope Diamond (GEOLOGY, January 2008) received widespread international coverage. Wire services and outlets included Associated Press, Discovery Channel, Science News, Daily Telegraph (London), Calgary Herald, The Age (Australia), IDEX online (International Diamond Exchange), and many others.
[ abstract | TELEGRAPH article ]

A study by Sneed et al. on thinning of the Barnes Ice Cap in Arctic Canada was reported by CanWest News Service and received broad coverage in Canada. Outlets included Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Windsor Star, and others.
[ abstract ]

A hypothesis by Hansen on origins of plate tectonics on Earth (GEOLOGY, December 2007) received coverage on the Discovery Channel
[ abstract | DISCOVERY CHANNEL article ]

Research by Finnegan et al. showing that erosion by Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River deformed Earth's crust enough to cause 7100-meter Gyala Peri to rise among the Himalayas (GSA BULLETIN, January-February 2008) was reported in SCIENCE.
[ abstract ]

PRESS RELEASES ISSUED BY GSA

• Dakotas Continue to Yield Paleontological Treasures (11 Dec)
• New Overview of Continental Crust Formation Incorporates Fourth Dimension (12 Dec)
• January Geology Media Highlights (4 Jan)
• January-February GSA Bulletin Media Highlights (7 Jan)
• Scientists to Gather in Houston in October to Celebrate International Year of Planet Earth (15 Jan)

SELECTED PRESS RELEASES RECEIVED BY GSA

• IPY needs full archive system to continue 'extraordinarily success', director says (3 Jan)