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Geological Society of America - Archaeological Geology Division
For more information, contact William Farrand, Awards Committee Chair, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 1109 Geddes Ave., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079; 313 763-4191; fax: 313-647-2767;
wfarrand@ umich.edu

Rip Rapp Award
The 1997 Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award was presented to Tjeerd H. van Andel (University of Cambridge).  The Archaeological Geology Division requests nominations for its annual Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award. The award is given for outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary field of archaeological geology. Nominations should include a biographical sketch of the nominee, a statement of outstanding achievements of the nominee, and a
selected bibliography.

Student Award
The recipient of the 1997 student paper award was Beth Miksa (University of Arizona). The title of her paper is "Pinal Schist as a Temper Source for Hohokam Plainware Pottery."  The Archaeological Geology Division announces a $500 travel grant for a student to attend the annual meeting of GSA in Toronto, October 26-29, 1998. The grant is competitive and will be awarded based on the evaluation of an abstract and 1,500 2,000 word summary paper prepared by a student for presentation in the Division's technical session at the GSA meeting. The summary paper may include one figure and must be single authored. The deadline for receipt of the paper is May 1, 1998.

Claude Albritton Fund
Jason Rech (University of Arizona) was awarded $500 from the Albritton Fund to support his dissertation research, "The Reconstruction of Pleistocene/Holocene Environments in the Northern Gobi Desert, Mongolia." Under the auspices of the Archaeological Geology Division, family, friends and close associates of Claude C. Albritton, Jr. formed a memorial fund in his honor at the GSA Foundation. The Albritton Fund provides scholarships and fellowships for graduate students in the earth sciences and archaeology. Recipients of these awards will be students who have an interest in: (1) achieving the M.S. or Ph.D degree in earth sciences or archaeology; (2) applying earth science methods to archaeological research; and (3) a career in teaching and academic research. Awards in the amount of $500
will be given in support of thesis or dissertation research, with emphasis on the field and/or laboratory parts of this research. Contact Reid Ferring, Institute for Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 13078, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203; 817 565-2993. TTo contribute to the Albritton Fund, send gifts to the GSA Foundation, designating the gift for this fund.

Geological Society of America -  Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Application forms are available from the Division Secretary: J. Steven Kite, Department of Geology & Geography, PO Box 6300, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300; kite@wvugeo.wvnet.edu

Howard and Mackin Awards
The 1997 winner of the J. Hoover Mackin (Ph.D.) award is Joel Lawrence Pederson, University of New Mexico, for his proposal "Variable hillslope processes and sediment delivery to tectonically quiescent basins: a Late Miocene to Quaternary record of buried, relict and modern hillslopes and their deposits." Joel received $1500 for the Mackin Award. The committee cited two other outstanding Mackin proposals for honorable mention: Stephen Bernard Taylor, West Virginia University, "Local effects of bedrock geology and topography on hillslope processes in the central Appalachians, West Virginia and Virginia: a comparative study of landscapes underlain by the upper Devonian Hampshire Formation" and Ginger Hinchman Birkeland, Arizona State University, "Relationship between flood severity and patterns of riparian vegetation along streams crossing the Waterpocket Fold in south central Utah." The 1997 winners of the Arthur D. Howard (M.S.) are: Jason Briner, Utah State University, "Pleistocene glacial chronology of the southwestern Ahklun Mountains, Alaska" and Daniel John Koning, University of New Mexico, "Fault segmentation and tectonic geomorphology of the central section of the Alamogordo Fault, New Mexico." Each Howard Award was $1200 in 1997. Awards for student research in geomorphology or Quaternary geology are given from both the J. Hoover Mackin fund and the Arthur D. Howard fund. The Howard fund was established by a bequest from the Arthur D. Howard family estate and is administered by the GSA Foundation. The deadline for receipt of applications is February 15, 1998. Both M.S. (or M.A.) and Ph.D. candidates are eligible. Winners will be selected by April 15, 1998.

Distinguished Career Award
Stanley A. Schumm, Colorado State University, is the 1997 recipient of the Distinguished Career Award. The Award was established in 1985 to recognize Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists who have demonstrated excellence in their contributions to science. The recipient need not be a member of the GSA or the QG&G Division. Nominations will be accepted at any time during the year, but the deadline is April 1, 1998.

Kirk Bryan Award
The winner of the 1997 Kirk Bryan Award is Grant Meyer, Steve Wells, and A.J. Timothy Jull, for their 1995 paper, "Fire and alluvial chronology in Yellowstone National Park: climatic and intrinsic controls on Holocene geomorphic process", Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, no. 10, p. 1211-1230. The Kirk Bryan Award is given for a paper or book published within the past five years.

Robert Fahnestock Research Award
The Fahnestock Award for 1997 went to Ronald B. Zelt of Colorado State University to support his research project, "Silvertip Watersheds Erosion and Sedimentation Study." This year the Award was $1845. This Award honors the memory of Ken Fahnestock who was a member of the Committee on Research Grants. It is given annually to the student who submits the most outstanding research proposal to the Geological Society of America in the field of sediment transport or related aspects of fluvial geomorphology.

Gladys Cole Research Award
The Gladys Cole Award for 1997 went to Peter U. Clark of Oregon State University for his research proposal "Developing an Improved Chronology of Late-Pleistocene Alpine Glaciation, Western U.S." This year the Award was $11,500. This award is restricted to investigation of the geomorphology of semiarid and arid terrains in the United States and Mexico. It is given each year to a GSA Member or Fellow between 30 and 65 years of age who has published one or more significant papers in geomorphology. The award was established in 1980 by W. Storrs Cole in memory of his wife. Application forms may be obtained from the Research Grants Administrator, Geological Society of  America, PO Box 9140, Boulder CO 80301; 303-447-2020, x137. Applications must be postmarked by February 15 each year to be eligible for the April award.
 

Desert Research Institute J.O. Davis Scholarship
The Quaternary Sciences Center of the Desert Research Institute awarded the 1997 scholarship to Joseph Licciardi, Oregon State University, for "Towards developing a numerical chronology of late-Pleistocene Gla ciation in the Wallowa Mountains, Oregon, Ruby Mountains, Nevada, and Yellowstone area, Wyoming." This memorial scholarship was established by family and friends of Jonathan, a geologist and geoarchaeologist. This annual $1000 (or more) scholarship supports the field research of a graduate student working on the Quaternary geology of the Great Basin or surrounding areas. The scholarship, administered by the Quaternary Sciences Center of the Desert Research Institute, is open to graduate students enrolled in a M.S. or Ph.D. program at any U.S. University.

Applications for 1998 should include: (1) a current resume or vita, (2) a two-page (single-spaced) description of the thesis/dissertation research which clearly documents the geologic orientation and research significance, and (3) a letter of recommendation from the thesis/ dissertation supervisor that emphasizes the student's research ability and potential as a Quaternary scientist. Applications must be received by February 1, 1998, so the scholarship can be used the following
summer. Send applications to: Executive Director, Quaternary Sciences Center, Desert Research Institute, P.O. Box 60220, Reno NV 89506. If you wish to help the endowment grow, contributions can be sent to the above address.

Checks should be made out to the Board of Regents-DRI. Please indicate that the donation is for the Jonathan O. Davis Scholarship Fund.

Geochron Laboratories 1998 Research Awards
Geochron Laboratories, a division of Krueger Enterprises, Inc., is pleased to announce that it will again award a series of research grants to graduate students in 1998. The awards consist of analytical services to be performed free of charge for the winner of each competition. For over a decade, we have offered awards in K-Ar dating, 14C dating, and stable isotope ratio analyses. The deadline for applications is May 1, 1998.

The three separate general area awards are all offered by Geochron in an attempt to encourage the application of  isotopic analysis techniques to solve original and significant problems. The awards consist specifically of the following services:

• K Ar age determinations: Up to five (5) age determinations using the K-Ar method.
• 14C age determinations: Up to eight (8) age determinations using the conventional 14C method.
• Stable Isotope Ratio Analyses (SIRA): Up to $1,500 in SIRA, of any variety or combination (except oxygen SIRA on silicates by BrF5), based on our published prices. There will be at least one award in each category receiving applications. We may select more than one winner in any category, at our option. The various categories cannot be combined in the same proposal, although separate proposals by the same applicant are welcome and will be judged independently in their respective categories.

Information and applications to: Research Awards Geochron Laboratories, 711 Concord Avenue, Cambridge, MA 01238-1002; 617-876-3691; fax: -0148.

1997 winners:
14C
Megan Perry, University of New Mexico, "Examination of skeletal remains from Bir Madhkur in Wadi Araba, Jordon"

Ilya Buynevich, Boston University, "Detailing seal-level curves of the sandy barrier systems at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine"

SIRA
Kristen Kudless, Ohio State University, "Examination of gypsum in deep marine sediments in the Irminger Basin off the coast of Southeastern Greenland"

Bethany Bolles, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, "Denitrification of Recently Formed Sulfides within Aquifer Sediments"

Tritium
Katherine Clemence Burger, Texas A&M University, "Effect of an Upland Forest Ecosystem on Ground-Water Chemistry"