IGA 1998 Spring Calendar of Events 
Conferences and Expositions
 Note: Additional listings of local to world-wide conferences and expositions are listed in the GSA’s Calendar
 
April 7-8, 1998 Pennsylvanian and Permian Geology and Petroleum in the Southern Mid-continent 
Norman, Oklahoma 
Information: Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Room N-131, Norman, OK 73019, (405) 325-3031 or 1 (800) 330-3996, fax (405) 325-7069
April 7-9, 1998 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting 
California State University, Long Beach, California 
Information: James C. Sample, Dept. of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA  90840, (562) 985-4589
April 9-10, 1998 Michigan Geological Survey Division 5th Symposium on the Geology of Michigan 
Lansing, Michigan 
Information: Michigan Geological Survey Division, P.O. Box 30256, Lansing, MI 48909, Ray Vugrinovich, (517) 334-6937, fax (517) 334-6919
April 17-19, 1998 Mid-America Paleontology Society National Fossil Exposition 
Macomb, Illinois 
Information: Tom Witherspoon, 6611 Miller Rd., Dearborn, MI 48126-1915
April 17, 1998 Minnesota Ground Water Association Spring Conference 
Brownfield Redevelopment and Ground Water Protection 
St. Paul, Minnesota. 
Contact Paula Berger at (612) 343-0510 or Fax (612) 426-5449
April 18, 1998 Hamilton-Warsaw, Hancock County Field Trip 
Geoscience Education and Outreach program sponsored by the Illinois State Geological Survey for children and people of all ages. 
Information: Phone (217) 244-2427 or on the web 
April 21, 1998 AEG North-Central Section Career Night sponsored by AEG 
Como Inn, 546 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois 
Contact Will Green at (630) 941-7700 or e-mail: will green@rocketmail.com
Spring 1998 Illinois Groundwater Association Meeting 
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois 
Information: Agenda, IGA Newsletter
May 3-7, 1998 34th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals 
Norman, Oklahoma 
Information: Kenneth S. Johnson, Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Room N-131, Norman, OK 73019, (405) 325-3031 or 1 (800) 330-3996, fax (405) 325-7069
May 5-6, 1998 Minnesota Water ’98, Protecting Minnesota’s Water Supplies, 6th biennial conference on 
Minnesota’s critical water issues, Minnesota Water ’98 Planning Committee 
Water Resources Center, 1518 Cleveland Ave., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. 
May 6-10, 1998 44th Annual Meeting, Institute on Lake Superior Geology 
Holiday Inn Metradome, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
For more information call Mark Jirsa at (612) 627-4780, fax (612) 627-4478, or 
e-mail jirsa001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
May 8, 1998 The 6th Annual Great Lakes Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Conference, The Design and Construction of Drilled Deep Foundations. 
Sponsored by the International Association of Foundation Drillers and others. 
Omni North Hotel, Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Contact Kim Miller, ATC Associates, Inc., 5150 E. 65th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46220 at (317) 849-4990 for more information. 
May 14-18, 1998 Linking Spatial and Temporal Scales in Paleoecology and Ecology 
Annapolis, Maryland 
Contact: Lois Elms, Western Experience Penrose Conference Coordinators for the GSA at (719) 597-9201 or ljelms@aol.com
May 17, 1998 American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation, Mining-Gateway to the Future 
St. Louis, Missouri 
Contact: Dianne Throgmorton, Southern Illinois University, at (618) 536-5521 or diannet@siu.edu
May 17-22,1998 American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation 15th National Meeting 
St. Louis, Missouri 
Information: John Mead, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4623, (618) 536-5521, fax (618) 453-7346.
May 18-21, 1998 Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds First International Conference 
Monterey, California 
Information: Chlorinated Conference Registrar, Conference Group, 1989 West Fifth 
Ave., Suite 5, Columbus, OH 43212-1912, (614) 424-5461, fax (614) 488-5747, 102632.3100@compuserve.com.
May 30, 1998 Kankankee River State Park Field Trip. 
Geoscience Education and Outreach program sponsored by the Illinois State Geological Survey for children and people of all ages. 
Kankakee River State Park. 
Information: Phone (217) 244-2427 or on the web 
June 3-4, 1998 NGWA Southwest Focused Ground Water Conference: discussing the Issue of MTBE and Perchlorate in Groundwater. 
Anaheim, California. 
Information: call (800) 551-7379, e-mail: h2o@h2o-ngwa.org, or on the web 
June 8-10, 1998 Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization, 
Chicago, Illinois. 
Information: Lorraine M. LaFreniere, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave., Bldg. 203, Argonne, IL  60439-4843, (630)252-7969, fax (630) 252-5747, ITASC@anl.gov, or on the web at  http://www.anl.gov/ITASC
June 8-12, 1998 GCIP Mississippi Hydrometeorology Conference, Predicting Climate Variability and Its Implications for Water Resource Management, 
St. Louis, Missouri. 
Information: Adrienne Calhoun, GCIP Project Office, NOAA, Office of Global Programs, 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 1210, Silver Spring, MD 20910, fax (301) 427-2222, calhoun@ogp.noaa.gov
July 4-11, 1998 Process of Crustal Differentiation: Crust-Mantle Interactions, Melting and Granite Migration through the Crust 
Verbania, Italy 
Contact: Lois Elms, Western Experience Penrose Conference Coordinators for the GSA at (719) 597-9201 or ljelms@aol.com
September 18-20, 1998 Annual Field Conference: Depositional environments and sequence stratigraphy of the 
Silurian and Devonian rocks in southeastern Wisconsin, Society for Sedimentary Geology, Great Lakes Section. 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. 
For more information contact Don Mikulic, (217) 244-2518, fax (217) 333-2830, e-mail mikulic@geoserv.isgs.uiuc.edu
September 20-24, 1998 Fluid Flow in Carbonates: Interdisciplinary Approaches, 
Door County, Wisconsin. 
Information: Judy Tarpley, SEPM, 1731 E. 71st St., Tulsa, OK 74136-5108, (918) 493-3361, ext. 22 (outside North America), (800) 865-9765, ext. 22 (in North America), fax (918) 493-2093, cemeet@galstar.com
September 30- October 3, 1998 Association of Engineering Geologists 41st Annual Meeting. 
Doubletree Guest Suites, Seattle, Washington. 
Contact Julie Keaton, (520) 204-1553, fax (520) 204-5597, e-mail aegjuliek@aol.com
October 5-7,1998 Fifth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, 
San Diego, California. 
Information: Robert H. Rogers, ERIM International, P.O. Box 134008, Ann Arbor, MI 
48113-4008, (313) 994-1200, ext. 3234, fax (313) 994-5123, http://www.erim-int.com/CONF/conf.html
October 12-14, 1998 43rd Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference. 
Lawrence, Kansas. 
Contact Don Whittemore, Kansas Geological Survey at (785) 864-3965 or e-mail: donwhitt@kgs.ukans.edu 
October 19-22, 1998 The 14th Annual Conference on Contaminated Soils. 
University of Massachusetts, Amhurst, Massachusetts. 
For more information call (413) 549-5170 or visit the web site 
http://www.aehs.com/content2.htm.
November 11-13, 1998 Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, 
Detections, and Remediation Conference and Exposition. Sponsored by the National Ground Water Association and the American Petroleum Institute. 
Houston, Texas. 
Call (800) 551-7379, e-mail dguth@ngwa.org or visit http://www.ngwa.org
December 13-16, 1998 National Ground Water Association 50th Anniversary Convention and Exposition. 
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Call (800) 551-7379, e-mail h2o@h2o-ngwa.org, or visit http://www.ngwa.org
 


Education and Training Courses

The listing of available educational and training courses does not constitute and endorsement by the IGA.

Sponsored by the National Ground Water Education Foundation. Contacts: (800) 551-7379, (614) 898-7791, or http://www.h2o-ngwa.org

Sponsored by Princeton Groundwater. Contacts: (813) 855-6898, Info@princeton-groundwater.com, or http://www.princeton-groundwater.com Sponsored by Nielsen Environmental Field School, Inc. Call (614) 965-5026 for more information. Environmental Site Assessment Practices for Commercial Real Estate, Transaction Screening and Phase I Site
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