2010 Sponsors

Special Thanks To:
ExxonMobil Corporation
Barrick Gold Exploration, INC
Department of Geoscience

Thank You Also To:
Jean Cline
Judith Costa
Dave Eisenstein
(Cap’n Dave Dinosaur Lectures and Shows, LLC)
Electron Microanalysis & Imaging Lab
Maria Figueroa
Wende Lestelle
Jim Mills
Nevada Isotope Geochronology Lab

The 5th Annual UNLV
GeoSymposium

April 16-17, 2010

The UNLV Geoscience Department will host its 5th Annual Geoscience Student Symposium at the Blasco Event Wing in the Foundation Building, on the UNLV campus. The symposium is student-run and designed to provide graduate and undergraduate students with an opportunity to present their original research and receive feedback from industry, civic, and government professionals, as well as academic experts.

UNLV Geoscience students are planning a two-day event including presentations on Friday, April 16th, and a field trip on Saturday, April 17th. Oral presentations will be offered, which will include time for discussion with audience members, and student poster sessions will be presented on the 16th. A review panel will award prizes for the best oral presentations and posters. The day will conclude with a post-symposium gathering of all students, faculty, and invited guests at a reception with food and refreshments, and a silent auction of rock and mineral specimens. An exact schedule is still being determined.

This year's field trip will be to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, approximately 15 miles west of Las Vegas. The field trip will depart from the Lilly Fong Geoscience building (LFG) parking lot at 8:30am on April 17th, and is expected to return to campus by 5:00pm. Lunch will be provided for all participants. Just bring along some water, and a camera to take pictures of the spectacular red sandstone peaks and walls that this destination is known for!

The UNLV Geoscience Student Symposium will showcase a wide range of important graduate and undergraduate research, and provide a forum for participating students to develop presentation skills in a friendly, relaxed environment. Student research projects include such diverse topics as: soils, geomorphology, hydrogeology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, volcanology, seismology, structural geology, and economic geology. We hope that you can join us for this event!

GeoSymposium 2010 Schedule
(Tentative)


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GeoSymposium
Committee Members

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Information for Presenters

*Author Registration Form (Deadline: March 16, 2010)

*Abstract Submission Form (Deadline: March 16, 2010)
Save this form (.doc) to your computer and fill in the required information. The completed form should be sent as an email attachment to Laura Eaton, Abstracts with Programs chair, with "GeoSymposium Abstract Submission" as the subject: eatonl4@unlv.nevada.edu

*Oral Presentation Guidelines

*Poster Presentation Guidelines

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