Please take a look at these draft minutes and send any corrections/additions to meeting secretary Beth Doyle at edoyle@nvcc.edu.
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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
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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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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.
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We will have 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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GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
Meeting Number 1551
John Wesley Powell Auditorium, Cosmos Club, 2170 Florida Ave NW Washington, DC
Wednesday, February 26, 2020; Refreshments 7:30 pm; Meeting 8:00 pm
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ADVAIT JUKAR, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History – Nineteenth century fossil hunting in the Indian Subcontinent.
JONATHAN TUCKER, Carnegie Institution of Science – The carbon footprint of oceanic volcanoes.
BEVERLY WALKER, National Science Foundation – Funding geoscience in Antarctica: the coldest, highest, driest, windiest continent on Earth.
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Meeting flyer to print and post at your institution
Future Meetings 2020: March 11, 25; April 29; May 13; Sept 9, 23; Oct 7; Nov 4; Dec 2.
Know someone who would enjoy GSW? Consider inviting a colleague or friend to the meeting.
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Here are the draft minutes from the 1550th meeting (Feb. 12). Please review them and send any corrections or additions to 2020 Meeting Secretary Beth Doyle via email. Thank you for your attention to this important task.
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Members, please review the Jan. 22 meeting’s draft minutes here and send any corrections or additions to Meeting Secretary Beth Doyle at edoyle@nvcc.edu.
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The Geological Society of Washington
founded 1893
WEDNESDAY, February 12, 2020
MEETING # 1550
Yasmina Martos, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Revealing geothermal heat flux in Earth’s polar regions – geodynamic evolution and impact on ice sheet dynamics
Chelsea Peters, University of Delaware
Groundwater pumping and salinization risks in coastal aquifers
Kate Burgess, U.S. Naval Research Lab
Bits of the sun in my microscope: Finding preserved solar wind in space weathered lunar soil
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.
John Wesley Powell Auditorium
2170 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC
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Here are the draft minutes from the 1548th meeting (the 2019 Presidential address). Please review them and send any corrections or additions to 2020 Meeting Secretary Beth Doyle via email. Thank you for your attention to this important task.
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Yep, that’s how GSW presidents do snow. ❄️🎿
Preserved footprints in Kenya appear to record two different species of ancient humans walking over the same muddy lakeshore, probably within days of each other.
Happy Birthday P.J.!
The Bledug Kesongo mud volcano in Indonesia 🌋
