<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Subject: Session on <i>Seismic Zones, Paleoseismology, and
Neotectonics in the Southeastern United States</i> at GSA Southeastern Section
Meeting, March 2017, in Richmond, VA<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues:<span></span></span></p>

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We encourage those of you conducting related research to submit an abstract
for <b><i>Theme Session T9. Seismic Zones, Paleoseismology, and
Neotectonics in the Southeastern United States</i></b> at the Geological
Society of America (GSA) Southeastern Section Meeting, 30-31 March 2017, in Richmond,
Virginia.<span></span></span></p>

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advances and events such as the 2011 Virginia earthquake are energizing
earthquake research in the Southeastern United States.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">We welcome contributions from any geoscience discipline on earthquakes,
paleoseismology, potential for fault reactivation, or earthquake causal
mechanisms in areas such as the Central Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, and
Charleston seismic zones.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Information on the GSA
section meeting is at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.geosociety.org/sections/se/2017mtg/">http://www.geosociety.org/sections/se/2017mtg/</a> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black">, and the abstract
submission form can be found at </span><a href="http://www.geosociety.org/sections/se/2017mtg/techprog.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt">http://www.geosociety.org/sections/se/2017mtg/techprog.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"> . The abstract deadline is 3 January.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">If you are interested in
submitting an abstract for this session, we would appreciate your letting us
know in advance. Please forward this e-mail to anyone who may be interested.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">We hope to see you in Richmond!<br>
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Wright and Ron<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">J. Wright Horton, Jr., U.S.
Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, </span><a href="mailto:whorton@usgs.gov"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">whorton@usgs.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">Ronald Counts, U.S.
Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, </span><a href="mailto:rcounts@usgs.gov"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">rcounts@usgs.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p></div></div>
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