Bees, Chicxulub, and REEs: Geoscientist Present Diverse Science and Keynote Sessions in Reston, Virginia

Meeting of the Geological Society of America's Southeastern and Northeastern Geographic Sections

Boulder, Colo., USA: On 20–22 March 2020, geoscientists from the southeastern and northeastern geographic regions of the U.S. and beyond will convene in Reston, Virginia, to discuss new science, expand on existing science, and explore the unique geologic features of the region. The meeting will host a broad diversity of technical sessions as well as field trips and career workshops.

The Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) is the sponsor of the keynote address by. Prof. Lynn Soreghan: "Loess as an Archive and Agent of Climate and Climate Change in Deep Time," on Friday, 20 March.

On Saturday, 21 March, Dr. David Kring will present a keynote address: "Drilling into the Chicxulub Impact Crater and a World-Wide Calamity 66 Million Years Ago."

Selected Session Highlights:

Friday, 20 March

Pardee Keynote Symposium: Radionuclides: Biogeochemistry, Transport, and Geological Applications

• 4-7. Jim Kaste: Bombs and The Bees: Legacy Radiation in Honey Shows Modern Plant Cycling of A Cold War Contaminant: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344764

Saturday, 21 March

Pardee Keynote Symposium: The Appalachians, from North to South, from Crust to Mantle: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/48759

• Duncan Keller: The Tectonic Consequences of High-Pressure Granulite and Ultrahigh-Pressure Rocks in the Acadian/Neoacadian Central Maine Terrane: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/345161

Pardee Keynote Symposium: From the Margins to the Deep: A Tribute to the Science and Art of A. Conrad Neumann: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/49401

Pardee Keynote Symposium: New Developments in Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Session/48761

• This symposium highlights efforts of various universities and schools to develop programs to encourage participation and retain underrepresented groups in the geosciences. The symposia as a whole may draw interest, but difficult to identify a single paper.

A Tribute to USGS Drillers Eugene "Big Gene" Cobbs, Eugene "Little Gene" Cobbs, III, and Jeff Grey, and Their Contributions to Geologic Research East of the Mississippi River

• Jessica Moore: Rare Earth Elements in the Cretaceous of the Carolina Coastal Plain: Depositional Sequences, Parent Rocks, and Subsurface Distribution of Prospective Lithologies: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/345166

• Ken Miller: Eastern Regional Roots, Global Reach: Developing Global Sea-Level History and a Record of Major Event by Drilling the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344008

Sunday, 22 March

Shale Production in the Eastern U.S.—E3: Environmental, Economic & Energy System Impacts

• Timothy Carr: The Surface Impact of Electric Energy Development in the United States of Renewables and Natural Gas: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344352

Eastern Activities of the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative

• Warren Day: The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI): A Partnership with State Geological Surveys to Better Define the Nation's Critical Mineral Resources: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/343771

Deciphering Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazard in Eastern North America

• Martin Chapman: Results from the 2017-2018 Seismic Network Monitoring Effort in the Central Virginia Seismic Zone: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/344183

View the complete session schedule by day or search the program by keywords at https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020SE/meetingapp.cgi/TechnicalPrograms/0

Meeting website: https://www.geosociety.org/se-mtg

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MEDIA REGISTRATION

Eligibility for media registration is as follows:

• Working press representing bona fide, recognized news media with a press card, letter, or business card from the publication.

• Freelance science writers, presenting a current membership card from NASW, ISWA, regional affiliates of NASW, ISWA, CSWA, ACS, ABSW, EUSJA, or evidence of work pertaining to science published in 2019 or 2020.

• PIOs of scientific societies, educational institutions, and government agencies.

Present media credentials to Audrey Heun or William Cox onsite at the GSA registration desk to obtain a badge for media access. Complimentary meeting registration covers attendance at all technical sessions and access to the exhibit hall. Journalists and PIOs must pay regular fees for paid luncheons and any short courses or field trips in which they participate. Representatives of the business side of news media, publishing houses, and for-profit corporations must register at the main registration desk and pay the appropriate fees.

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