First Annual Northeast Tectonics (NET) Theme Session and
Workshop.
The Northeastern Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America
will be held in Springfield Massachusetts. At the meeting, we will
convene what we hope will become an annual event, the NE Tectonics (NET)
Theme Session and Discussion. The first NET Theme Session will be
convened by Scott Johnson (U. Maine) and Mike Williams (U. Mass), and is
entitled: Paleozoic Tectonics of the Northern Appalachian Mountains:
New Insights and Persistent Problems; First Annual NETectonics
Symposium. The session will have oral, and poster components, and
we are hoping to combine the poster and oral presentations in the same
room. Several discussion periods will be included in the full-day
session. Our goal is to focus attention on new approaches and new
developments related to the tectonics of New England and the northern
Appalachian region in general, so please prepare any contribution
accordingly. If there is enough interest, we hope to publish a
special volume with papers from the session. The session will
culminate in an invited keynote talk (speaker to be announced), followed
by the NET annual meeting and reception. Please consider submitting
an abstract and participating in this session. Contact the
conveners if you have any questions. The abstract deadline is December
18, 2001.
Conveners:
Mike Williams
Scott Johnson
Michael L. Williams
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts
611 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9297
Ph: 413-545-0745
Fax: 413-545-1200