Join us for the society's annual meeting! This year the meeting moves to the Owenego Inn, a classic New England inn on the Connecticut shoreline. As usual, the meeting will provide the chance to catch up with colleagues and friends on the happenings of the past year. The views from the inn will provide the perfect ambiance for our keynote talk on the formation and subsequent history of Long Island Sound. All are welcome at this event!
Cost: Regular member: $70; Student: $25 (includes membership); Non-member: $90
Registration deadline: Noon on Friday, October 25, 2024
Schedule of Events
5–6 p.m. Happy Hour
6–7:30 p.m. Dinner, Business Meeting, Raffle, CT Geology Quiz Drawing
7:30–8:30 p.m. Talk
Ten Thousand+ Years of Long Island Sound History: From Marine Inundation to Human Domination
by
Joop Varekamp and Ellen Thomas
Joop and Ellen will be speaking about the formation and subsequent history of Long Island Sound. Ellen will cover the fossil record of the LIS sediments, including recent/ongoing work with her PhD student at Yale on genetic data on invasive foraminifera in the Sound. Joop will speak about dating, shifts in the carbon cycle and temperature–dissolved oxygen–salinity records, the sea level rise record in conjunction with crustal rebound scenarios, and pollution over the last 400 years.
Please consider making a donation to the GSC Student Fund when registering for the annual meeting.
We also encourage you to donate an item to the annual meeting raffle in lieu of, or in addition to, making a direct donation. Items for the raffle should be brought directly to the raffle table at the annual meeting. Proceeds from raffle ticket sales go directly to the GSC Student Fund.
