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GSW 1557: Eruptions, asteroid sample return, & salt on Mars

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WEDNESDAY, Sept 23, 2020

MEETING #1557

Megan Newcombe, University of Maryland, “The final countdown to eruptions: short-timescale diffusion clocks for studying conduit processes”

Erica Jawin, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, “OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission to 101955 Bennu”

Kathleen Benison, West Virginia University, “Salt on Mars: Astrobiological Tombs?”

TALKS WILL BE 20 MINUTES w/ QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW

Zoom link active at 7:30 pm EDT for socializing

Formal program at 8:00 pm EDT

*** Meeting to be held virtually via Zoom***

As a continued effort to ensure that our speakers are able to present their talks without any distractions/disruptions, the meeting will be locked 15 minutes after the formal program begins, after which time new attendees will only be allowed into the meeting between talks (the waiting room will be enable for anyone trying to enter the meeting during a talk). To Attend: Please e-mail Abraham Padilla (apadilla@usgs.gov) for the Zoom link.

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NASEM Announcement – America’s Geoheritage II: Distinguished Speaker Webinar Series

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The U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is presenting the America’s Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America’s Natural Legacy Distinguished Speaker Webinar Series throughout fall 2020, many Tuesdays at 11:00 am EDT. These presentations will introduce the underlying rationale and concepts of the Geoheritage initiative, and the contributions that are being made by numerous stakeholders in the geoscience community. These presentations are free and open to everyone interested in using Geoheritage sites to promote research, education, public outreach, community planning, and geotourism. These presentations will set the stage for a virtual writing part of the workshop that will be convened the week of January 10, 2021 to further explore opportunities to develop and promote Geoheritage sites across the United States.  Save the dates, be informed, and plan to contribute to Geoheritage in your own geologic setting!

Attached are a complete flyer for the series and one for the inaugural September 8, 2020 webinar with Tim Badman (IUCN) and Patty Limerick (University of Colorado, Boulder) as our keynote speakers.  For more details about this first presentation, and to register please visit:  https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/09-08-2020/celebrating-americas-geoheritage .

For a complete list of webinar dates, topics, and speakers in the series and to register for each individual webinar, please visit https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/americas-geoheritage-ii-a-workshop .

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GSW 1556: Magma, Mammoth nurseries & Microbial ecosystems

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WEDNESDAY, Sept 9, 2020
MEETING # 1556

SAMANTHA TRAMONTANO, The City University of New York
Assembling and mobilizing mushy magma at Momotombo Volcano, Nicaragua and the 2015-2016 eruption

LINDSEY YANN, Waco Mammoth National Monument
Geologic History and Discovery of America’s Columbian Mammoth Nursery Herd

NORA NOFFKE, Old Dominion University
A microbial ecosystem in the 3.49 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara, Australia

TALKS WILL BE 20 MINUTES w/ QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW
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Zoom link active at 7:30 p.m. EDT for socializing
Formal program at 8:00 p.m. EDT

***Meeting to be held virtually via Zoom***
As a continued effort to ensure that our speakers are able to present their talks without any distractions/disruptions, the meeting will be locked 15 minutesafter the formal program begins (i.e. 8:15 pm), after which new attendees will only be allowed into the meeting between talks (the waiting room will be enabled for anyone trying to enter the meeting during a talk).  To Attend: Please e-mail Abraham Padilla (apadilla@usgs.gov) for the Zoom link.

Meeting flyer to print out and post in your living room.

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