GSM Fall meeting, Friday, October 15, 2010

University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus

1:00 – 3:00 GSM Talks to be determined – Topic Engineering Geology in Maine

3:00 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 5 PM Paul Marinos Lecture

5 – 5:30 Business meeting

5:30 – 6:30 Social hour

dinner

Fred Beck and Alison Jones are organizing another geologist-led Grand Canyon rafting trip in the summer of 2011, and would like an electronic show of hands from any who think they might be interested (ajones@clearcreekassociates.com or fmbeck@fmbeck.net).  A similar trip was attended by ~30 GSM members, friends and family in 2008, organized by Fred and Alison.  Alison has also queried the Arizona Geological Society and 15 or so have indicated an interest, so it has the potential to become a joint (unofficial) Maine-Arizona geological societies trip.  Let Alison or Fred know by email if you are interested.

Downeast: Lubec & Cutler

Camping at Cobscook Bay State Park Aug. 6 & 7; group cookout Saturday night

Joe Kelley will be leading this year’s trip!  On Saturday, we’ll meet at Cobscook Narrows reversing  falls for stops including a visit to a coastal bogs in transition, the spit and salt marsh in Lubec, and the type locality of the Quoddy formation.   Sunday, we are planning to walk part of the Bold Coast trail in the Cutler Coast Reserve to spectacular views of the cliffs.  The walk is a gentle mile to the coast from Rt. 191.

The group campsite at Cobscook State Park is reserved for us on Friday and Saturday nights.  Group camping is in the day use area of the park, separate from the regular tent sites, and can only accomodate tents.  We’ll have a group cookout at the nearby picnic shelter on Saturday night.

Please RSVP to Julia Daly (dalyj@maine.edu) by July 31 with the following information:

_____ # people

_____ camping w/group Friday and Saturday nights

_____ camping w/group Saturday night only

_____  cookout on Saturday

People wishing to make their own reservations for staying individually in the park may do so, but please still RSVP to me if you plan to join us.

Many thanks to the University of Maine for hosting a successful spring meeting.  The meeting was very well attended, and we recognize Dan Belknap for his organizational efforts.  Chris Gerbi was the keynote speaker, drawing everyone’s interest to the connections between rheology and a host of geologic processes with his aesthetic and intriguing pictures of Canadian shield outcrops.

The quality of the undergraduate poster and oral presentations was outstanding, making the task of choosing this year’s award winners challenging.  The Walter Anderson award for an outstanding poster presentation went to Carlos Castro from Bates College for his presentation titled “Paleostress analysis of Mesozoic fractures and basalt dikes in Tuckerman Ravine, New Hampshire”.  The Walter Anderson award for outstanding oral presentation went to Caleb Boucher from the University of Maine for his presentation titled “Magma Mixing in Composite Dikes of Jetteau Point, Gouldsboro, ME”.  Thanks to all of the presenters for updating us on the research that is going on at Maine schools.

Thanks to everyone who participated!  We hope to see many of you on the summer field trip, details to be shared soon.

Julia Daly, President

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Other quick notes from the meeting:

• Summer field trip is still in the planning stages.  Check back soon for details.

• The fall meeting will be held at USM, Gorham, on October 15th, 2010.

• A nominating committee has been formed for fall GSM elections.

• “Biogeomon” – If you haven’t heard of it you will soon.  Maine will be the location of this international biological and geological monitoring conference in July 2012.  More details coming soon.  GSM has endorsed the conference.  More info is available here: Biogeomon Info.

• GSM has pledged to support this fall’s New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC) with a $500 contribution.  The meeting and field trips are to be hosted by University of Maine, Orono this fall, October 1-3.

Stay tuned for additional details on all of the above.

Martha Mixon, Secretary

Please note: the directions published in an earlier post were outdated because building names have changed.  A Parking Permit will not be required.  Please follow the revised directions to Earth Sciences at University of Maine, Orono :

Driving north on I-95, take Exit 50, turn right (east) on Kelly Road.  At T intersection with Main St. (Rt. 2), turn left (N), proceed 2 mi. through Orono, through first traffic lights, and over Stillwater River.  At top of hill turn left at traffic lights onto College Avenue.  Continue approx. 3/4 mi to N to first University of Maine entrance (large brown sign).  Go NE on Munson Road to the top of the hill and take the first road to the right (Sebago Road, at Merrill Hall).  Take your next right, heading south on Grove Street Extension, past the greenhouses and parking lot.  Bryand Global Sciences Center is the 3-story brick building with arched atrium windows, on the left (East).  Park behind the building (East).  The parking lot will be designated for our use that day.   Call 581-2152 if you get lost.

Heading South on I-95, take exit 51 onto Stillwater Avenue.  Continue approximately 1 mile on Stillwater Avenue, cross the Stillwater River, and take a right at the light (McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken) onto College Avenue.  Proceed approximately 1 mile south on College Avenue past the first entrance (hocky arena), the steam plant and second entrance (Sebec Rd.) to the third entrance (Munson Road) on your left.  Continue as above.

OR USE:   http://www.umaine.edu/locator/

Undergraduate and graduate students who are presenting at the Spring Meeting, March 26, should submit abstracts for their oral presentation or poster as soon as possible but not later than March 19, 2010.   Please submit your abstracts by e-mail to:

Daniel F. Belknap
Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5790
Email: belknap@maine.edu

Abstracts must be formatted similar to GSA abstracts, with a title, clearly identified name of presenter, affiliation, and body of text no more than 300 words.

This year’s Spring Meeting will be held Friday, March 26, 2010 at the University of Maine in Orono’s Bryand Global Sciences Center (Department of Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute).

Agenda:
12:30 – 2:00: Student poster sessions – 2nd floor atrium
2:00 – 3:30: Student oral presentations – BGSC 100
3:30 – 4:00: Business Meeting – BGSC
4:00 – 5:00: Evening Speaker – To be announced
5:00 – 5:30: Social Hour
5:30 – 6:30: DINNER – York Commons

Following our long-standing tradition, this meeting will involve student presentations and posters in the afternoon, and a key-note speaker in the evening. All advisors of undergraduate and graduate students should encourage their students to participate and present their work orally or by poster. Please submit your abstracts as soon as possible by e-mail to:

Daniel F. Belknap
Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5790
Email: belknap@maine.edu

Abstracts will be compiled and handed out as a Program and Abstracts Supplement to the newsletter at the meeting. Abstracts must be formatted similar to GSA abstracts, with a title, clearly identified name of presenter, affiliation, and body of text no more than 300 words.

This website is under construction, so please bear with us as we bring the site online and update older materials.  Suggestions and corrections may be directed to GSM secretary Martha Mixon, martha-dot-mixon-at-gmail-dot-com

We welcome your old field-trip programs and notes, pictures, and reminiscences!