GSA Rocky Mountain Section
Submit your proposal for topical sessions, field trips, and short courses by 30 July 2026.
Great faces and geologic places—the Black Hills of South Dakota
We are excited for you to join us at the 2027 GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, to be held in Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City is located at the intersection of the Great Plains to the east and the Laramide Province to the west, with nearby proximity to the Black Hills and Badlands. The rich geology of the Black Hills and Badlands offers exposure of Archean-Proterozoic crystalline rocks, Phanerozoic platform strata, shallowly emplaced Eocene intrusions, and Oligocene-Miocene fossil-rich strata, all within an hour of town. The meeting will be held at The Monument in downtown, ~20 minutes from the Rapid City Regional Airport, and adjacent to Rapid Creek and its green belt, which was established after the catastrophic 1972 flood.
Local Committee
Meeting General Co-Chair
Sarah Kee, South Dakota Mines
Meeting General Co-Chair
Trevor Waldien, South Dakota Mines
Short Course Chair
Scott Beeler, South Dakota Mines
Technical Session Co-Chair
John Singleton, Colorado State University
Technical Session Co-Chair
Laurie Anderson, South Dakota Mines
Student Volunteers Coordinator
Liangping Li, South Dakota Mines
Field Trip Chair
Trevor Waldien, South Dakota Mines
Member-at-Large
Galen Hoogestraat, U.S. Geological Survey