AZGS On the Road Fall 2010: Conferences, Exhibits and Presentations
From Paris, France, to Sacramento, California, AZGS geoscientists were on the road this fall participating in conferences, exhibiting State Geothermal Data and delivering presentations. The following, arranged in chronologic order - from recent to oldest - is a partial list of AZGS activities over the past few months.
AGU – American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
13-17 December, San Francisco, CA
PRESENTATIONS
Application of the U.S. Geoscience Information Network to deploying a National Geothermal Data System, M. L. Allison, S. M. Richard, R. J. Clark and W. Grunberg
New Initiatives in the Development of a National Geoinformatics Community, coauthor M. L. Allison
SME – Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration – Tucson Section
6 December, Tucson, AZ
PRESENTATIONS
Breccia-Pipe uranium mineralization in the Grand Canyon region, and some environmental aspects of mining, Jon Spencer and Karen Wenrich (Crystals Unlimited)
Potash in the Holbrook Basin, Arizona: Potential Mining Bonanza, Michael Conway
Arizona Geographic Information Council Annual Meeting 19 November, Glendale, AZ
ACTIVITIES
AZGS spotlighted distributed map services from federal and state agencies.
Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission
15–17 November, Tucson, AZ
ACTIVITIES
AZGS's Lee Allison (Director) and Steve Rauzi (AZ Oil and Gas Conservation Commission administrator) in attendance.
PRESENTATIONS
Global Data Integration in the Geosciences, M. Lee Allison
SME – Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
10 November, Tucson, AZ
ACTIVITIES
Dr. Lee Allison presenting: A Digital Revolution in Resource Exploration
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
31 October – 3 November, Denver, CO
ACTIVITIES
AZGS joined AASG in exhibit booth spotlighting State Geothermal Data.
PRESENTATIONS
Surficial geology and geologic hazards of organ pipe cactus national monument, southern Arizona, P. Pearthree, J. Young and A. Youberg
State geological survey deployment of the national geothermal data system, M. L. Allison and S. M. Richard
U.S. Geoscience Information Network (GIN) and convergence towards global data integration in the geosciences, M. L. Allison, S. M. Richard, L.C. Gundersen (USGS), I. Jackson (British Geologic Survey), and J. Hubbard (Energetics, Inc.)
OneGeology
26-27 November, Paris, France ACTIVITIES
AZGS Director Lee Allison participated in international meeting of OneGeology-Europe. Dr. Allison's travel expenses were provided by OneGeology-Europe.
PRESENTATIONS
Perspectives from the U.S. on Data Interoperability, M. Lee Allison
Geothermal Expo 24-27 October, Sacramento, CA
ACTIVITIES
AZGS staffed an exhibit booth on behalf of Association of American State Geologists spotlighting State Geothermal Data.
Arizona Hydrological Society Annual Symposium
1-4 September, Tucson, AZ
PRESENTATIONS
Digital data integration of uranium resources of northern Arizona, M. L. Allison, J. E. Spencer, J. Young and S. Richard
The Grand Canyon breccia‐pipe uranium province, northwestern Arizona, Jon Spencer
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