paleonet Topical session on Geoinformatics at GSA in Denver, Nov 7-10, 2004

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>ANNOUNCEMENT: Topical session on Geoinformatics at GSA in Denver, Nov
>7-10, 2004
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>Topical session (#112) convened by Cinzia Cervato (Iowa State
>University - CHRONOS) and Walt Snyder (National Science Foundation)
>at the Annual GSA meeting in Denver, Nov 7-10, 2004. The title of the
>session is: Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach,
>Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution. The session is
>sponsored by the Geoscience Information Society, the Paleontological
>Society, and CHRONOS.
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>The goals of the session are to show what can be done with a tool
>(such as CHRONOS and other Geoinformatics projects) that allows
>higher resolution in space and time, to highlight the importance of
>open access to a global data set, and give examples of what kind of
>science and education projects can be done with such a system.
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>The abstract submission deadline is July 13. The abstract submission
>form is already on line
>http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/Techprog.htm
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>Brian T. Huber
>Department of Paleobiology, MRC NHB-121
>PO Box 37012
>Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
>10th and Constitution Ave., NW
>Washington, DC 20013-7012
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>ph.: 202-786-2658
>fax: 202-786-2832
>http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/foram/index.html