Approximately 700 geoscientists will gather 12-14 March for the 42nd annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America. The meeting takes place at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Topics include climate change, health and environmental issues, archaeological geology, and Atlantic coastal processes.
The meeting will take place at the UNH Holloway Commons and adjacent Memorial Union and Huddleston Hall in downtown Durham. Hosts for the meeting are geoscientists from the University of New Hampshire, Keene State College, Plymouth State University, Dartmouth College, the Geological Society of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Geological Survey, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
* Climate issues figure prominently in a session titled "Atmospheric-Earth Surface Interactions: Solid, Liquid, and Gas." Topics include winter climate trends in the northeastern United States and effects of winter/spring transition on exchange of CO2 at Sallie's Fen, an NSF Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology site located in Barrington, NH. Posters will be presented Monday morning, 12 March, at 8:15 a.m. in the Holloway Commons Rotunda. Oral presentations take place Tuesday afternoon, 1:00-2:45 p.m., Holloway Commons Piscataqua Room.
View abstracts from this session: gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_19402.htm gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_18459.htm
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"Health and Geology in the Northeast" explores subjects ranging from integration of earth science and epidemiology to sugar maple decline disease. A forensic geology "who done it" focuses on polonium 210, the rare radioactive element found in the recent murder investigation of a Russian spy. The session takes place Monday, 12 March, 1:00-4:45 p.m., Huddleston Hall Banquet Room.
View abstracts from this session: gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_18470.htm
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An Archaeological Geology session on Tuesday, 13 March, includes the search for submerged archaeological sites in Maine's Damariscotta River and use of ground penetrating radar in locating the 18th century site of Commodore Walker's occupation of Alston Point, New Brunswick. Talks take place 10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Holloway Commons Piscataqua Room.
View abstracts from this session: gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_19395.htm
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An all-day session on "Contaminants in Groundwater-Surface Water Systems: Sources, Pathways, and Toxicities" addresses many facets of arsenic, MTBE, uranium, and radon in the northeastern U.S. Talks take place Tuesday, 13 March, Memorial Union Building, Theater II, 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00-4:45 p.m. Posters are presented Wednesday, 14 March, 8:15 a.n.-12:00 p.m., Holloway Commons Rotunda.
View abstracts from this session: gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_18461.htm gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_19265.htm gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_19266.htm
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"New Insights in Atlantic Continental Margin Processes" includes recent assessment of slope stability and potential for Atlantic coast tsunamis related to active faulting near the Cape Fear slide headwall. Oral presentations take place Tuesday, 13 March, 3:00-4:45 p.m., Holloway Commons, Squamscott Room. Posters will be presented Wednesday, 14 March, 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Holloway Commons Rotunda.
View abstracts from this session: gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_18456.htm gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/session_19457.htm
* To view the complete technical program visit gsanfex/gsa/2007NE/finalprogram/
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