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Register Online at www.acsmeetings.org R1Registration FormEarly Bird Registration Deadline: 14 JulyStandard Registration Deadline: 2 SeptemberCancellation Deadline: 8 SeptemberBADGE INFORMATIONFirst Name/Nickname (this will appear on your badge)Last NameSchool/CompanyCity State/Prov.Spouse/Guest First Name/NicknameLast NameCity State/Prov. Guest/Spouse e-mail address (this will only be used to provide information on guest/spouse activities & events)Will you be working in the Exhibit Hall? n Yes n NoDo you or your guest require any special considerations? n Yes n No2008 Joint Annual MeetingHouston, Texas, USA5–9 October 2008Please check all membership boxes that apply and include member number:GSA Member no.SSSA/ASA/CSSA Member no.GCAGS/GCSSEPM Member no.CONTACT INFORMATIONFirst NameLast NameMailing AddressCity State or ProvinceZIP or Postal Code Country Is this a change of address? n Yes n No Home or WorkE-mailDaytime PhoneFaxREGISTRATION FEES (all fees are in U.S. dollars) Please circle aPProPriate fee Early Bird by 14 July Standard by 2 Sept. Late/On-Site**(10) Professional Member*—Full Meeting $320 $375 $450(21) Professional Member*—2 Day Circle which two days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur $225 $250 $325(12) Professional Member* >70/Emeritus Member of SSSA/ASA/CSSA—Full Meeting $255 $280 $340(22) Prof. Member* >70/ Circle which two days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Emeritus Member of SSSA/ASA/CSSA—2 Day$200 $225 $250(14) Professional Nonmember—Full Meeting $415 $495 $595(23) Professional Nonmember—2 Day Circle which two days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur $270 $325 $400(30) Student Member*—Full Meeting $115 $140 $175(24) Student Member*—2 Day Circle which two days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur $110 $125 $150(32) Student Nonmember—Full Meeting $150 $175 $225(25) Student Nonmember—2 Day Circle which two days: Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur $125 $140 $165(36) SASES/High School Student—Full Meeting $50 $50 $50(60) K–12 Teacher—Full Meeting*** $50 $60 $65(95) Field Trip or Short Course only $40 $45 $50(90) Guest or Spouse† $80 $90 $95Low Income Country§ (50% off appropriate category above)REGISTRATION FEES SUBTOTAL, (p.R1) US$*Member Fee applies to any current Professional or Student Member of GSA or GSA’s Associated/Allied Societies, SSSA, ASA, CSSA, GCAGS/GCSSEPM, or HGS.†Guest or Spouse registration fee does NOT allow access to technical sessions and does not include Abstracts with Programs on CD.§This 50% discount on registration fees is for individuals who are both residing in and are citizens of low and low-middle income countries as classified by the World Bank.**One-day registration will be available on-site only.***Meeting registration fee is waived for K-12 Teachers attending a Short Course only. Call GSA Sales and Service +1-303-357-1000, option 3 or +1-888-443-4472 (toll-free) to register for a short course.Register Online at www.acsmeetings.orgR2Registration FormGUEST PROGRAM—DESTINATION TOURS101. Motorcoach Orientation Tour: Downtown and Gateway to the Museum District: Sun., 10 a.m.–noon $28 $102. Up, Down, and All Around—Downtown Walking Tour: Mon., 10–12:30 p.m. $16 $103. Chinatown Dim Sum Lunch & Chinese Supermarket Tour: Mon., 11 a.m.–3 p.m. $54 $104. Religious Diversity in Multicultural Houston—Hindu & Buddhist Temples, Islamic Mosque: Tues., 8 a.m.–4 p.m.$68 $105. Bayou Bend Collection & Gardens, Plus the Grand Homes of River Oaks: Tues., 1–4:30 p.m. $53 $ 106. Art Tour Extraordinaire: Rice University Gallery and the Menil Complex: Wed., 1–5 p.m. $40 $107. Galveston Tour—Ocean Star, The Strand, and Haak Vineyards: Wed., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. $70 $SPECIAL EVENTS & TICKETED FUNCTIONS301. Paleontological Society Centennial Dinner at the Houston Museum of Natural Science: Sat.[301A] Professional—meat entree $100 $[301B] Professional—vegetarian entree $100 $[301C] Student—meat entree $35 $[301D] Student—vegetarian entree $35 $302. NAGT/GSA Division of Geoscience Education Awards Luncheon: Sun. $40 $303. Meyer Medal Breakfast: Mon. $35 $304. AWG Breakfast: Mon.[304A] Professional $25 $[304B] Student $15 $305. GSA Engineering Geology Division Luncheon & Awards Ceremony: Mon. $40306. GSA History of Geology Division Luncheon & Business Meeting: Mon.[306A] Professional $40 $[306B] Student $15 $307. All-Convention Luncheon: Mon.[307A] Professional $25 $[307B] Student $15 $308. GCAGS President’s Reception: Mon. $5 $309. 5K Run/Walk to Celebrate Planet Earth: Tues. Select t-shirt size below. (Pick up after race.) $20 $[309A] Small[309B] Medium[309C] Large[309D] X Large[309E] XX Large310. Forage & Grazinglands Breakfast: Tues. $35 $311. Soil Testing & Plant Analysis Breakfast: Tues.[311A] Professional $35 $[311B] Student $10 $312. GSIS Luncheon: Tues. $40 $313. MSA Awards Luncheon: Tues. $40 $314. GSA Hydrogeology Division Luncheon, Awards, and Business Mtg.: Tues.$40 $315. Women’s Lunch: Tues., Sponsored by SSSA-ASA-CSSA Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils & Environmental Science Committee and the GSA Minorities and Women in the Geosciences Committee[315A] Professional $40 $[315B] Student $20 $316. GCSSEPM Lunch: Tues. $40 $317. AAPG DPA Lunch: Tues. $40 $318. MSA/GS Joint Reception: Tues.[318A] Professional $10 $[318B] Student $5 $319. Extension Agronomists Breakfast: Wed. $35 $FIELD TRIPS (check to attend) 401. The Southern Extension of the Western Interior Seaway: Geology of Big Bend National Park and Trans-Pecos, Texas: Mon.–Sat., 29 Sep.–4 Oct.$595 $402. Platform-Basin Transition and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Permian Rocks, Guadalupe Mountains, west Texas, and southeastern New Mexico: Wed.–Sat., 1–4 Oct.$395 $403. Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Characteristics of the Booch Sandstones, McAlester Formation (Desmoine-sian), Arkoma Basin, Oklahoma: Thurs.–Fri., 2–3 Oct.[403A] Professional $230 $[403B] Student $95 $404. Fluvial Systems of East-Central Texas: Responses to Climate and Sea-Level Change over the Past Two Glacial-Interglacial Cycles: Thurs.–Sat., 2–4 Oct.$385 $405. The Texas Grenville Orogen, Llano Uplift, Texas: Thurs.–Sat., 2–4 Oct.$270 $406. Sedimentology and Structure of Terrestrial to Shallow Marine Outcrops of the Pennsylvanian Mingus Formation, Mineral Wells, Texas: Thurs.–Sat., 2–4 Oct.$325 $407. Characterization and Interpretation of Soils and Geologic Formations with Carbonates, Gypsum, and Other Soluble Salts: Thurs.–Sun., 2–5 Oct.$395 $408. Examination of a Vertisol Climosequence across the Texas Coast Prairie & its Implications for Interpreting Vertic Paleosols in the Geologic Record: Fri.–Sat., 3–4 Oct.$386 $409. Fault Zone Deformation in Cretaceous Carbonates of Central Texas: Fri.–Sat., 3–4 Oct.$221 $410. Birding the Upper Texas Coast: Sat., 4 Oct. $105 $411. Geomorphic and Hydrochemical History of the Edwards Aquifer at Inner Space Cavern: Sat., 4 Oct.$150 $412. History of Oil and Gas Exploration in Southeast Texas: Sat., 4 Oct.$85 $413. Hands-on at IODP’s Gulf Coast Repository—Authentic Scientific Ocean Drilling Samples and Data for Earth Systems Science Inquiry: Sat., 4 Oct.$25 $414. The Formation and Future of the Galveston-Follets- Bolivar Barrier System: Sat., 4 Oct.$78 $DESCRIPTION QTY. US$ AMT. DESCRIPTION QTY. US$ AMT.SUBTOTAL (p. R2) US$ Register Online at www.acsmeetings.org R3Registration Form415. The Origin of the Sandy Mantle and Mima Mounds of the East Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: Geomorphological, Pedo- logical, and Geoarchaeological Perspectives: Sat., 4 Oct.$96 $416. Geology of and Hurricane Rita Effects on the Chenier Plain, Southwestern Louisiana: Sat.–Sun, 4–5 Oct.$238 $417. A Field Exercise on Groundwater Flow Using Seepage Meters and Mini-Piezometers: Sun., 5 Oct.$110 $418. Texas Coastal Systems: K–12 Teachers Trip to Galveston Island and the Brazos River: Sun., 5 Oct.FREE FREE419. Turfgrass Tour of Houston: Sun., 5 Oct. $100 $420. Kirk Bryan Trip—Coastal Geomorphology and Change along the Upper Texas Coast: Tues., 7 Oct.$97 $421. Geological and Geophysical R&D in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Tour of ExxonMobil and Shell Research Labs: Tues., 7 Oct.FREE FREE422. Come Look at the Rocks: The University of Texas– Bureau of Economic Geology’s Houston Research Center: Tues., 7 Oct.$50 $423. Dealing with Active Gulf Coast Growth Faults: Wed., 8 Oct.$112 $424. From Oilfields to Cornfields, and a Lot More: Wed., 8 Oct. $50 $425. Rice Tec and Oilfields to Corn Fields and a Lot More: Wed., 8 Oct.$62 $426. Environments of Deposition of Texas Lignites: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Thurs., 9 Oct.$96 $427. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Modern Coastal Plain Depositional System: Fri.–Sat., 10–11 Oct. Students Only.$50 $428. Revisiting Central Texas Late Cambrian Wilberns Stromatolites and Thrombolites: Thurs.–Sat., 9–11 Oct.$398 $429. Soils and Geomorphology of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain and Texas Shoreline with Special Emphasis on Hydrology, and Coastal Erosion: Thurs.–Sat., 9–11 Oct.$372 $430. The Edwards Aquifer of South-Central Texas: Thurs.–Sat., 9–11 Oct.$332 $431. The Sierra Madera Astrobleme, Pecos County, Texas: Thurs.–Sat., 9–11 Oct.$405 $432. Upper Cambrian through Lower Ordovician Rocks of the Llano Region: Thurs.–Sun., 9–12 Oct.$526 $433. Searching for the Mojave-Sonora Megashear in Northeastern Mexico: Fri.–Sun., 10–12 Oct.$353 $SHORT COURSES (check to attend)501. Estimating Rates of Groundwater Recharge: Sat., 4 Oct. $191 $502. Geopressure and Pore Pressure Prediction Fundamentals: Sat., 4 Oct.$160 $503. How to QC and Interpret What Your Petrophysicist Gives You: Sat., 4 Oct.$160 $504. Seismic Amplitude Interpretation: Sat., 4 Oct. $220 $505. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Using ArcGis for Geological and Environmental Science Applications: Sat.–Sun., 4–5 Oct.$45 $506. Seal Analysis Workshop: Sat.–Sun., 4–5 Oct. $320 $507. Ethics for Geoscientists: Sat., 4 Oct.[507A] with lunch $40 $[507B] without lunch $30 $508. The WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources)— An International Soil Classification System: Sun., 5 Oct.$170 $509. Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis Course: Thurs.–Fri., 9–10 Oct.$425 $510. Brittle Deformation of Crustal Rocks: Insights from Experimentation and Microstructural Studies: Thurs.– Sat., 2–4 Oct.$150 $511. 3-D Visualization in Teaching and Research: Fri., 10 Oct. $93 $513. Education Research I: Conducting Qualitative Geoscience Education Research: Sat., 4 Oct.$103 $514. Hands-on Tools for Earth Science Inquiry: The Learning With Data Workshop: Sat., 4 Oct.$65 $515. Teaching Darwin: Sat., 4 Oct. $70 $516. Using Authentic NASA Earth and Planetary Science Data for Inquiry in Courses for Future Science Teachers: Sat., 4 Oct.$14 $517. Multi- and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Geologic Applications: Sat., 4 Oct.$208 $518. Starting out in Undergraduate Research and Education: A Professional Development Workshop for Young Faculty: Sat., 4 Oct.$65 $519. Teaching Petrology and Structural Geology in the 21st Century: Sat., 4 Oct.$45 $520. Beyond the Content: Teaching Scientific and Citizenship Literacies in the Geosciences: Sat., 4 Oct.$47 $521. Making the Case for Tenure: A Workshop for Early Career Faculty. Sat., 4 Oct.$50 $522. The Use of GPS, LiDAR, and InSAR Data to learn About Plate Tectonics, Crustal Deformation, Isostasy, and Ice Flow: A Short Course for Faculty at Two- and Four- Year Institutions: Sat., 4 Oct.$31 $523. Writing and Evaluating Geoscience Concept Inventory Questions: Sat., 4 Oct.$10 $524. An Introduction to Improving Your Teaching by Conducting Science Education Research in Your Classroom: Sat., 4 Oct. $14 $525. Education Research II: Conducting Quantitative Geoscience Education Research: Sat., 4 Oct.$103 $526. Visualization in Geoscience Education: The Power of Immersive Environments: Sat., 4 Oct.$60 $527. Your First Steps in the Profession and the Future: Sat., 4 Oct.$25 $528. Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deepwater Settings: Sat.–Sun., 4–5 Oct.$400 $529. Teaching Field Methods in Geology Using Rugged Tablet Computers, GPS, and Digital Data: Sun., 5 Oct.$80 $530. Teaching Introductory Geoscience Using Lecture Tutorials: Sun., 5 Oct.$93 $533. More Rocks in Your Head: Earth Science Professional Development for Teachers Grades 3–8 (K–12 Welcome): Fri., 3 Oct.FREE FREE534. Discovering Plate Boundaries for Middle and High School Teachers: Fri., 3 Oct.FREE FREE536. Epigenic and Hypogenic Karst: Recognizing Each and Their Implications in Research and Management: Sat., 4 Oct.$112 $DESCRIPTION QTY. US$ AMT. DESCRIPTION QTY. US$ AMT.SUBTOTAL (p. R3) US$ Register Online at www.acsmeetings.orgR4Registration FormUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT (SASES) (check to attend)SASES Club Affiliation:601. Undergraduate Student (SASES) Tour 1: Sat., 4 Oct. $40 $602. Undergraduate Student (SASES) Tour 2: Sat., 4 Oct. $40 $603. Undergraduate Student (SASES) Tour 3: Sat., 4 Oct. $40 $604. Undergraduate Student (SASES) Brunch—Advisor Fee $30 $aBstracts WitH ProGraMs VOLUMEA complete 2008 Abstracts with Programs on CD-ROM will be provided to each meeting registrant (not including Field Trip o r Short Course only and Guest or Spouse registrants) free of charge. GCAGS member attendees will also receive a complimentary copy of the 2008 Transactions volume on CD-ROM. Extra copies of both CD-ROMs, along with print copies of the GCAGS 2008 Transactions volume and the GSA Abstracts with Programs book (includes only GSA and joint sessions) are available for purchase.DESCRIPTION QTY. US$ AMT.901. Additional copy(s) of Abstracts with Programs on CD-ROM, picked up on-site$15 $902. GSA Abstracts with Programs (AWP) printed book mailed before meeting (The AWP book will be shipped ~3 weeks before the meeting; delivery prior to the start of the meeting is not guaranteed.)$33 $[902A.] 2.9% sales tax for AWP shipped within Colo. $0.96 $903. GSA Abstracts with Programs book, picked up on-site $33 $904. Additional copy(s) of 2008 GCAGS Transactions volume on CD-ROM, picked up on-site$50 $905. Additional copy(s) of 2008 GCAGS Transactions volume in print, picked up on-site$50 $DONATIONS (May be tax deductible; consult your tax advisor)Yes, I would like to contribute to the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting Student Travel Fund. n [701] $10 n [702] $25 n [703] $50 n [704] $75 n [705] $100 n [706] Other $________________________Yes, I would like to contribute to the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting Community Service Project—Donations to the Houston Food Bank, member of Second Harvest National Food Bank. n [707] $1 n [708] $5 n [709] $10 n [710] $20 n [711] Other $________________________SUBTOTAL (p. R4) US$ REGISTER ONLINE: www.acsmeetings.orgFAX TO: +1-303-357-1071 or +1-303-357-1072MAIL TO: 2008 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140, USARemit in U.S. funds payable to: GSA (All registrations must be prepaid. Purchase orders not accepted.)REGISTRATION FEE SUBTOTAL (p. R1) US$ SUBTOTAL (p. R2) US$SUBTOTAL (p. R3) US$SUBTOTAL (p. R4) US$TOTAL OF ALL FEES REMITTED US$PAYMENT BY (CHECK ONE): n Check (No.)__________________________ n American Express n Visa n MasterCard n DiscoverCard NumberExpiration DateName as appears on cardSignatureRegistration confirmations will be sent via one of the following methods:? E-mail (if valid email address is provided), ? Fax, or ? MailA US$50 processing fee will be charged for cancellation of a full- or two-day professional registration if received in writing prior to 8 September 2008. No refunds will be given after the cancellation deadline of 8 September 2008 for any registration types.Photographs will be taken at the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting and Exposition. By registering for this meeting, you agree to allow GSA, SSSA, ASA, CSSA, GCAGS, and HGS to use photographs that may include shots of you in any society-related publications, marketing and promotional materials, or Web site.DESCRIPTION QTY. US$ AMT.Early Bird Registration Deadline: 14 JulyStandard Registration Deadline: 2 SeptemberCancellation Deadline: 8 September2008 Joint Annual MeetingHouston, Texas, USA5–9 October 2008GCAGS MEMBERS: Would you be interested in being a judge? n [801A] Oral n [801B] Poster