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GSA News Releases • 2013

Columbia River Flood Basalt Province Detailed in New GSA Special Paper
Release no. 13-57, 26 September 2013
Lithosphere Interprets Earth
October 2013 issue of Lithosphere now online
Release no. 13-56, 20 September 2013
Geosphere, GSA's Dynamic Online-Only Journal, Posts Nine New Articles in September
Geosphere articles posted online 13 September 2013
Release no. 13-55, 18 September 2013
Opportunistic Bivalves, High-Flying Diatoms, Mirror-Like Faults, and Petit-Spot Volcanism
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 6 September 2013
Release no. 13-54, 10 September 2013
GSA Today Science: Biofilms, MISS, and Stromatolites
September 2013 issue
Release no. 13-53, 28 August 2013
Sea Levels, Kea vs. Loa Volcanoes, Sierra Nevada Faulting, and Carbonado Diamond Features
Geosphere articles posted online 14 August 2013
Release no. 13-52, 19 August 2013
Calving Sand Dunes, Stress Fields in Southern California, and Devonian Black Shale
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 12 August 2013
Release no. 13-51, 16 August 2013
2nd International EarthCache Event (2IEE) Celebrates Earth Science Discovery in Utah
Release no. 13-50, 14 August 2013
The Natural Environment & Health: Hidden Dangers, Unlimited Opportunities
Release no. 13-49, 1 August 2013
Ancient Whale Coprolites, Fault Slickensides, Shergottites, Ediacara, and Cascadia
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 22 and 30 July 2013
Release no. 13-48, 31 July 2013
August 2013 Lithosphere Concentrates on China, the Himalaya, India, and North America
August 2013 Lithosphere Now Online
Release no. 13-47, 31 July 2013
Ghost Glaciers and Cosmic Trips: New GSA Bulletin Postings for July 2013
GSA Bulletin articles posted online 1 and 23 July 2013
Release no. 13-46, 25 July 2013
GEOSPHERE Presents New Studies on the Nature and Structure of North America and Taiwan
Geosphere articles posted online 26 June and 16 July 2013
Release no. 13-45, 17 July 2013
2013 Medals and Awards of The Geological Society of America
Honors to be Bestowed at GSA's 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition
Release no. 13-44, 16 July 2013
Dr. Steven M. Stanley Wins Penrose Medal, Top Honor for Pure Geology
UH Mānoa scientist made a case for the punctuational model of evolution
Joint release: Geological Society of America (No. 13-43) and University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Release no. 13-43, 16 July 2013
Geology Tracks Eruptions, Earthquakes, Erosion, Extinctions & More
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 28 June through 11 July 2013
Release no. 13-42, 12 July 2013
Media Registration Now Open for GSA’s 125th Anniversary Meeting
Pivotal Earth Science presented in Denver 27-30 October 2013
Release no. 13-41, 28 June 2013
Geology: The Deeper the Rock the Colder? Lava Flow over Snow? Plus Other Conundrums
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 20 June 2013
Release no. 13-40, 20 June 2013
GEOSPHERE Details the Geology of North America with Six New Papers Online
Geosphere articles posted online 13 June 2013
Release no. 13-39, 18 June 2013
Seven New GSA Bulletin Articles Posted Online Ahead of Print
GSA Bulletin articles posted online 7 June 2013
Release no. 13-38, 10 June 2013
Earthquake Swarms; Marine Ediacaran Fossil Traces; Alca Obsidian; Mammoth Mountain
Geology articles posted online 24 May and 6 June 2013
Release no. 13-37, 10 June 2013
June GSA Today takes another crack at the Old Faithful geyser
June 2013 issue
Release no. 13-36, 3 June 2013
June 2013 LITHOSPHERE Now Online
May 2013 issue
Release no. 13-35, 24 May 2013
Science, Culture, and Business Make Beautiful Music Together
Geological Society of America, Boulder Philharmonic, and ExxonMobil partner to create new symphonic work
Release no. 13-34, 22 May 2013
New GEOSPHERE Science Online Covers Himalaya, Colorado River, McMurdo Sound, and More
Geosphere articles posted 7 and 16 May 2013
Release no. 13-33, 20 May 2013
New in GEOLOGY: Gems, Darwin, Mars, Hemp, Snowball Earth, a Siberian Impact Crater, and More
Geology articles posted online 9 and 16 May 2013
Release no. 13-32, 20 May 2013
Rio Grande Rift: From Tectonics to Groundwater, North to South
(GSA Special Paper 494)
Release no. 13-31, 15 May 2013
Local Geology, Global Connections: GSA Cordilleran Section to Convene in Fresno
Release no. 13-30, 7 May 2013
GSA's Top Geoscience Journal Posts Nine New Articles
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 29 April 2013
Release no. 13-29, 2 May 2013
Scientists Gather amid Rich Geologic History of the Gunnison Valley
Release no. 13-28, 1 May 2013
The Geological Society of America Receives Substantial Bequest from Top New England Geologist
Release no. 13-27, 25 Apr. 2013
The Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society, and the Society for Sedimentary Geology in STEPPE together
Release no. 13-26, 25 Apr. 2013
GEOSPHERE Features Top Geoscience Technology, Including LiDAR, EarthScope, CHIRP, ALSM, and IODP Instrumentation
Geosphere articles posted 4 and 17 April 2013
Release no. 13-25, 23 Apr. 2013
GEOLOGY Covers Multiple Disciplines and Substantial Territory in April's New Postings
Geology articles posted online ahead of print on 4 and 16 April 2013
Release no. 13-24, 18 Apr. 2013
Kalamazoo Center of Geologic Focus this May
Release no. 13-23, 18 Apr. 2013
Contacts, Collisions, Sutures, Belts, and Margins — New GSA Bulletin Content
Release no. 13-22, 9 Apr. 2013
GEOSPHERE Adds Two New Special Issue Themes: U.S. Sierra Nevada Geodynamics and Swarms of Subduction-Relates Supervolcanoes
April 2013 issue of Geosphere
Release no. 13-21, 1 Apr. 2013
LITHOSPHERE Covers Canada, California, the Alps, and the Scandinavian Caledonides
April 2013 issue of Lithosphere
Release no. 13-20, 29 Mar. 2013
Geoscientists to Meet in Austin, Texas, to Discuss Groundwater, Petroleum, and Texas Geology
Release no. 13-19, 28 Mar. 2013
Understanding Earth Processes and Human Impacts, Plus Another Look at Mars
Geology articles posted online 18 March and ahead of print 26 March 2013
Release no. 13-18, 18 Mar. 2013
Caterpillar-Walk Exhumation, the Downfall of the Moche, and Trilobites in Camouflage
New Geology articles posted online ahead of print 18 March 2013
Release no. 13-17, 18 Mar. 2013
Puerto Rico, Haiti, Florida, and the Caribbean: Science Topics at the 2013 GSA Southeastern Section Meeting
Release no. 13-16, 11 Mar. 2013
GSA Meeting: Hydraulic Fracturing, Digital Technologies, and the Impact of Hurricane Sandy
Release no. 13-15, 6 Mar. 2013
GSA Today: Putting Time in its Place
Release no. 13-14, 27 Feb. 2013
Mesozoic Assembly of the North American Cordillera and the Exotic Rubian Ribbon
(GSA Special Paper 495)
Release no. 13-13, 27 Feb. 2013
Turning off the Dams and Letting Rivers Come Alive
(GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology v. 21)
Release no. 13-12, 26 Feb. 2013
Kauai, the Petrified Forest, Costa Rica, and More: New GSA Bulletin Articles Now Online
Release no. 13-11, 26 Feb. 2013
Color in Fossil Insects, Diamonds from the Ancient Ocean Floor, and Modeling the World's Largest Rivers
Release no. 13-10, 22 Feb. 2013
The Geological Society of America Journal Geology: Dynamic Geoscience
Release no. 13-09, 12 Feb. 2013
From Grains of Volcanic Glass to Continental Rifting: New Geosphere Articles Now Online
Release no. 13-08, 11 Feb. 2013
GSA Bulletin Starts 2013 with 13 New Papers Published Online Ahead of Print
Release no. 13-07, 5 Feb. 2013
Towards a Global Geoscience Initiative
Release no. 13-06, 31 Jan. 2013
GSA Today: Rejuvenation of the Southern Appalachians
Release no. 13-05, 30 Jan. 2013
GEOLOGY Starts 2013 with 25 New Articles Posted Online Ahead of Print
Release no. 13-04, 30 Jan. 2013
New GSA Memoir Covers 1.5 Million Kilometers of Tibet and Its Foreland
(GSA Special Memoir 210)
Release no. 13-03, 11 Jan. 2013
Paleoseismology and Neotectonics East of the U.S. Rockies
(GSA Special Paper 493)
Release no. 13-02, 10 Jan. 2013
The Job of a Lifetime: Mapping the Geology of Barbados
(GSA Special Paper 491)
Release no. 13-01, 10 Jan. 2013