Monthly Archives: March 2020

AGU location survey

Dear GSW members,

I hope you and yours are faring well in these difficult times.

As you know, our next GSW meeting (on March 25) is a virtual meeting using Zoom technology.

Here is a link to a short survey about the March 11 GSW meeting we held at AGU headquarters: https://forms.gle/6ANPt7eC9g2rbiCW8

To complete this short survey you will need to provide your email address, but rest assured that your answer will be completely anonymized before GSW officers see the aggregate answers. Please respond by March 27.

Thank you, and hope to see you virtually on March 25!

Ester Sztein, PhD
President,
Geological Society of Washington

Draft minutes from the 1552nd meeting (at AGU) for members to review

Please take a look at these draft minutes and send any corrections/additions to meeting secretary Beth Doyle at edoyle@nvcc.edu.

 

GSW virtual meeting : La Brea, Faux Folds, and atmospheric radiation

The Geological Society of Washington
founded 1893, never online until 2020

WEDNESDAY, March 25, 2020
MEETING # 1553

***Note meeting to be held virtually via Zoom***

GRAHAM ANDREWS, West Virginia University
The Fold Illusion

DAVID CHU, Los Alamos National Lab
DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: the MOSAiC Expedition

ALEXIS MYCHAJLIW, La Brea Tar Pits & Museum
“Tar pit” time capsules: reconstructing Trinidad’s Late Pleistocene ecosystems with fossils trapped in asphalt

TALKS WILL BE 20 MINUTES w/ QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW

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Formal program at 8:00 p.m. EDT, show up with a drink of your choice at 7:30pm if you’re keen on socializing beforehand.

***Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom using the link below***
https://vccs.zoom.us/j/881922420

www.gswweb.org

GSW 1552 at AGU HQ: Martian fans, wet meteorites, and forensic petrology

WEDNESDAY, March 11, 2020
MEETING # 1552

***Note alternate location***

Alexander Morgan, SI National Air and Space Museum
Large alluvial fans on Mars: insights from remote sensing observations and field analogue studies

Kei Shimizu, Carnegie Institution of Science
Water in meteorites: a snapshot of water in the early Solar System

Daniel Rasmussen, SI National Museum of Natural History
The run-up to volcanic eruptions unveiled by forensic petrology

TALKS WILL BE 20 MINUTES w/ QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW

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Refreshments at 7:30 p.m. Formal program at 8:00 p.m.

***American Geophysical Union Headquarters***
2000 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Our next meeting in a new location, the American Geophysical Union’s headquarters at 2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington,DC 20009. If you would like to participate in the 7pm tour of AGU’s newly-renovated LEEDS-certified, net-zero building, you must sign up in advance, with this Google form.

If you only plan to attend the 8pm meeting, then you do not need to sign up.

AGU is located at 2000 Florida Ave, N.W. AGU strongly encourages the use of public transportation and ride sharing/carpooling. The nearest metro stop is Dupont Circle, on the Red Line; we are just about 3 blocks north of the station. The most convenient parking garage is located in the Universal Building and is accessible from two points: (1) Universal North, accessed from T Street, NW, across from the side entrance of the Hilton Washington, and (2) Universal South, accessed from Florida Avenue, NW, across from the front entrance of AGU. (best access for evening activities). There is some street parking for those who are resourceful; most is metered and/or has residential restrictions. Attached is a map showing the metro & parking locations.

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Meeting flyer to print and post at  your institution.

Draft minutes from the Feb. 26 meeting for review

Here are draft minutes from the 1551st meeting for members to please review. Send any corrections or names that fill in some of the blanks to GSW Meeting Secretary Beth Doyle at edoyle@nvcc.edu, please. Thanks.