'An Eye on Katrina: Geoscience Perspectives on a Catastrophic Hurricane' at GSA...( Boulder Colo. The latest geoscience p...)

Boulder, Colo. The latest geoscience perspectives on Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of the Gulf Coast will be presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. A special two-hour session takes place Tuesday, 18 October, 3:30-5:30 p.m. MDT, in Room 250D/E of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Media representatives are encouraged to attend "An Eye on Katrina: Geoscience Perspectives on a Catastrophic Hurricane" or call the GSA Newsroom onsite to arrange for telephone interviews. Details on both options follow the session description below.

Four scientists from the US Geological Survey, all of whom were on the ground before, during, or after the storm, will open the session:

• Michael L. Plunkett, Hydrologist and Chief, USGS Mississippi Science Center:
  Hurricane Katrina Impacts and USGS Response in Mississippi
• Charles R. Demas, Hydrologist and Chief, USGS Louisiana Science Center:
  USGS Louisiana Water Science Center Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana
• Hilary F. Stockton, Oceanographer, USGS Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies:
  Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf Coast Barrier Islands
• Gregg Smith, Biologist and Chief, USGS National Wetlands Science Center:
  Biological Impacts and Implications of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast

Speakers in the second hour of the session are:

• Frank T. Manheim, School of Public Policy, George Mason University:
  Interpreting the Influence of Contaminants in Flood Waters from New Orleans on Lake Pontchartrain
• Mark A. Kulp, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans:
  Punctuated Coastal Reorganization: A Lesson Learned from Hurricane Katrina?
• Grant Heiken, Los Alamos National Laboratory (ret.) and Consulting Geoscientist:
  Cities and Natural Disasters in the 21st Century
• Beth McMillan, Department o
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Contact: Ann Cairns
acairns@geosociety.org
303-357-1056
Geological Society of America
10-Oct-2005


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