March 21, 2026
Climate, Earth, Geography

Join us at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Section of the Geological Society of America in Hartford, Connecticut, March 22nd through 2th, 2026

A schedule of department members presenting at the meeting is below:

Sunday

9 am – 11 amMelissa RymaszewskiBallroom CPoster, 5-2Efficacy of novel restoration methods in enhancing salt marsh resilience
10:40 amSam BombardRoom 27TalkFilling a Critical Gap in the Ross Sea Record of the Miocene Climatic Optimum and Middle Miocene Climate Transition
11 am – 11:20 amZane Cleghornrom 22/23TalkVariations of Seismic Properties in the Continental Crust in Eastern North America
11:20 amHaiying GaoRoom 22/23TalkSeismic Evidence for Metamorphic Densification of the Lower Continental Crust in Eastern North America
3:30 pmAlex WilkRoom 27TalkExtreme Warming and Hydroclimate Instability in Tropical Southeast Africa: Three Superinterglacials at Lake Malawi
2 pm – 4 pmColin KulakBallroom CPosterEvaluating Anomalous Pressure-Temperature Conditions in the Ashe Metamorphic Suite, Northwestern North Carolina

Monday

8:05 amPhoenix SusakRoom 22/23TalkInvestigating Salt Marsh Conditions of the Past, Present, and Future: Contributions Towards Restoration Efforts
10:20 amCaitie BrittRoom 26TalkNorthern hemisphere ice evolution thROUGH
Pliocene glacial-interglacial cycles
9 am - 11 amMatthew BeldenBallroom CPoster 22-2Quantifying Hydrologic Responses and Water Losses Caused by Hydropeaking Dam Management Practices
3:50 pmAsh OhRoom 22/23TalkTidal Flat Sediment, Access, and Carbon Storage in the Gulf of Maine
2 pm - 4 pmAdam Elkin
 
Poster, 34-2Foraminiferal Assemblages Across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
2 pm - 4 pmSerena Dameron
 
Poster, 34-4Tracking Late Miocene to Early Pliocene Ice Sheet Variability on the Ross Sea Continental Shelf Using Foraminiferal Assemblages at IODP Site U1522
2 pm - 4 pmBrooklyn Regan
 
Poster 34-2Pliocene Glacial History of the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Microfossil Record from IODP Site U1522

Tuesday

10:20 amMike WilliamsRoom 22/23TalkFull-Crustal (P-T-t-D-Z) Tectonics: Combining Metamorphic P-T Paths, Petrochronology (t), and Mohometry (Z) to Reveal the Evolution of Ancient Mountain Belts