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GSA 2020 CONNECTS ONLINE
Short Courses

Learn and explore a new topic!

Early registration deadline: 21 September 513. Your Thesis is Software: Tools for the Geoscientist to Help
Registration after 21 September will cost an additional US$30 Write Better Code, from Version Control to Test-Driven
Cancellation deadline: 28 September Development. Fri., 23 Oct., 10 a.m.–5 p.m. US$10. Limit: 50.
CEU: 0.7. Instructors: Simon Goring, University of Wisconsin;
https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/program/short Amy Myrbo, Science Museum of Minnesota.

The following short courses are open to everyone. Early registra- 514. 3D Printing for Geoscience and
tion is highly recommended to ensure that courses will run. Engineering: Emerging Technology in Education, Research,
and Communication. Thurs., 22 Oct., 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. US$50.
501. Field Safety Leadership. Wed., 21 Oct., Limit: 50. CEU: 0.75. Instructors: Rick Chalaturnyk, University
10 a.m.–1 p.m. US$45 professionals; US$25 students.. Limit: 50. of Alberta; Sergey Ishutov, University of Alberta; Kevin Hodder,
CEU: 0.3. Instructors: Kevin Bohacs, ExxonMobil (retired); Kurt University of Alberta; Gonzalo Zambrabo, University of Alberta.
Burmeister, University of the Pacific; Greer Barriault, ExxonMobil Endorsed by GeoPrint; Petroleum Institute of Mexico.
Upstream Research Company. Endorsed by ExxonMobil Upstream
Research Company. 515. Ground-Penetrating Radar—Principles, Practice,
and Processing. Thurs., 22 Oct., 10 a.m.–5 p.m. US$50. Limit: 50.
502. Introduction to Petroleum Structural Geology. CEU: 0.7. Instructor: Greg Johnston, Sensors & Software.
Fri., 23 Oct., 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. US$45 professionals; US$25 Endorsed by Sensors & Software.
students. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.75. Instructor: Kellen Gunderson,
Chevron Energy Technology Company. Endorsed by GSA 516. Medical Geology: The Earth’s Impacts on Human
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Energy Geology Health. Fri., 23 Oct., 10 a.m.–6 p.m. US$40 professionals; US$20
Division; AAPG Petroleum Structural Geology and Geomechanics students. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.8. Instructors: Laura Ruhl, University
Division. of Arkansas at Little Rock; Malcolm Siegel, University of New
Mexico; Robert Finkelman, University of Texas at Dallas.
505. Resistivity Surveying: Getting the Best Endorsed by GSA Geology and Health Division.
and Making the Most from ERT and Induced Polarization
Data. Wed., 21 Oct., 10 a.m.–2 p.m. US$50. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.4. 517. A Practical Guide to Geophysics for Geotechnical
Instructors: Jimmy Adcock, Guideline Geo Americas; Morgan Site Investigation. Fri., 23 Oct., 10 a.m.–2 p.m. US$50. Limit: 50.
Sander-Olhoeft, Guideline Geo Americas. Endorsed by CEU: 0.4. Instructors: Jimmy Adcock, Guideline Geo Americas;
Guideline Geo. Morgan Sander-Olhoeft, Guideline Geo Americas. Endorsed by
Guideline Geo.
506. Quantitative Analysis, Visualization, and Modeling of
Detrital Geochronology Data. Thurs., 22 Oct., 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 519. Detrital and Petrochronologic Applications of U-Pb
US$45 professionals; US$15 students. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.75. Geochronology and Lu-Hf and Trace/REE Geochemistry by
Instructors: Joel Saylor, University of British Columbia; Kurt Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry.
Sundell, University of Arizona; Glenn Sharman, University of Fri., 23 Oct., 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. US$30. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.75.
Arkansas; Samuel Johnstone, U.S. Geological Survey. Instructors: George Gehrels, University of Arizona; Kurt Sundell,
University of Arizona; Sarah George, University of Arizona.
507. From Airborne Electromagnetic Method Data to 3D
Hydrogeological Conceptual Model. Wed., 21 Oct., 9:30 a.m.–
4 p.m. US$50. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.65. Instructors: Tom Martlev
Pallesen, I-GIS; Mats Lundh Gulbrandsen, I-GIS. Endorsed by
I-GIS.

INDUSTRY TRACKS GSA’s Short Courses offer sessions relevant to applied
geoscientists. Look for these icons, which identify sessions in the following areas:

Economic Geology Energy Engineering Hydrogeology and
Environmental Geology

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