ISeS -- Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

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Meetings:

A GeoSwath workshop in Monterey, CA, explores the connection between the US continental interior and its western plate margin. Thus, it focuses on the two westernmost GeoSwath target areas, which are the Walker Lane belt and Cascadia. Co-sponsored by MARGINS, it will be held on March 27, 2007prior to the 2nd National EarthScope meeting in Monterey (CA).
Go to http://www.nsf-margins.org/Geoswath07/ for information.

A second GeoSwath workshop, co-sponsored by IRIS, focuses on integrated continental science in a continuous swath extending from the Pacific Northwest coast to the Great Plains between 42-47° N latitude. Thus, it covers the 'Lewis and Clark' or Western GeoSwath that includes the Cascadia, Northern Rockies and Black Hills/Great Plains target areas. It will be held on April 27-29, 2007 in Boise, ID.
Go to http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/ben/geoswath/ for application information; the deadline is March 1.

At Fall AGU, sessions to note:

Geo-Frame: A Geologic Framework for EarthScope's USArray I
Thursday Morning T42A Moscone Center South 301
Presiding: G R Keller, University of Oklahoma; B A Van der Pluijm
University of Michigan

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NEWS/Announcements:

Thursday Afternoon T43C Moscone Center West Level 2
Geo-Frame: A Geologic Framework for EarthScope's USArray II Posters
Presiding: B Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The National Science Foundation is pleased to announce that Program Solicitation NSF 06-600, EarthScope National Office (ENO), is open. This solicitation calls for proposals to establish an EarthScope community-based office to foster and support integrated science, education, outreach, and related activities for the EarthScope program. The office will facilitate and coordinate EarthScope scientific planning and Education and Outreach activities. The office will facilitate collaborative research and when necessary, form scientific responses to "events" in EarthScope topics and/or regions of interest.

Proposals are due by January 12, 2007.
The program solicitation can be found at the NSF website.

The answers to some questions you may have are in the included in the attached FAQ document.

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Rheology of Earth Materials. Colorado College, August 5-12, 2006.

Xenoliths & GeoFrame,
Planning Workshop for Xenolith Data and Sample Management.
May 28, 2006, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Organized by EarthChem.
Contact: Kerstin Lehnert

Penrose Conference on Arc Crustal Genesis and Evolution, Valdez, Alaska, July 9-15, 2006. Conveners: Peter Kelemen & Brad Hacker. For full announcement and contact info, click here.