Jagged, chunky rock formations break up a swift-flowing river into white water and short falls.

Great Falls on the Potomac River, Virginia-Maryland. Photo: J. Wright Horton, USGS.

2023 Joint Southeastern & Northeastern Section Meeting

17–19 March 2023

Reston, Virginia, USA
Hyatt Regency Reston

Meeting Program
Program PDF
Events Code of Conduct

72nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section
58th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section

Sediments, Structures, Shores, and Storms: Keeping a Keen Eye on Eastern Geology

Attendee Documents

Certificate of Attendance
CEU Certificate
Meeting Receipt

Location

The joint meeting of GSA’s Southeastern and Northeastern Sections will be held in Reston, Virginia, USA. Situated at the Fall Zone and the transition from the southern to the central and northern Appalachians, Reston provides a unique vantage point to examine all aspects of eastern geology. Reston is a modern, planned community located in northern Virginia. The numerous historic and cultural attractions of Washington D.C. are just a short distance away and ready to be explored. Immediately outside of the Hyatt Regency Reston lies a mix of bistros, restaurants, and shops along an extensive pedestrian mall.

We invite you to take a field trip across the Blue Ridge or to the Atlantic Coastal Plain, visit Capitol Hill, or see the connections between geology and the terrain of a Civil War battlefield. Or take a virtual trip to the Gulf of Mexico and enjoy the plenary talk: Drilling into the Chicxulub Impact Crater! Join us at Reston 2023 to enjoy a broad scope of technical sessions, symposia, short courses, and field trips that will help us keep a keen eye on eastern geology.

Meeting Venue

Hyatt Regency Reston
1800 Presidents Street
Reston, VA, 20190

Registration

Early registration deadline: 13 Feb. 2023

Cancelation deadline: 21 Feb. 2023

For further information or if you need special accommodations, please contact one of the general co-chairs, Arthur Merschat, amerschat@usgs.gov, or Patrick Burkhart, patrick.burkhart@sru.edu.

Accommodations

Hotel registration deadline:
22 Feb. 2023, 5 p.m. EST

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Reston, 1800 Presidents Street, Reston, Virginia, 20190, USA, located in the vibrant Reston Town Square. The meeting rate is US$159 per night plus tax. Reservations can be made online at Hyatt Regency Reservations, or by calling +1-703-709-1234. Please be sure to identify yourself with the group code SEGSA23 and that you are attending the GSA Southeastern and Northeastern Sections Joint Meeting. The hotel offers many amenities (restaurants, bar, pool, wi-fi). The hotel does not offer a complimentary shuttle to/from Dulles International Airport. Please check out the Reston Town Center Metro flyer for other transportation options. Parking is available at the hotel and at Reston Town Parking Garage next to the hotel.

If you are planning on attending the conference and have not secured a hotel reservation, via our trusted partner aRes Travel.

Hyatt Regency Reston
1800 Presidents Street
Reston, Virginia, 20190

Earn continuing education units and enhance your professional development.

GSA Section Meetings offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Earn CEUs for attending either a one-day or a full-day meeting. Field trips and short courses also offer CEUs. If you are a registered attendee, you can receive your certificate on the meeting homepage after the meeting has concluded.

Meeting Sponsors

We are grateful to those groups recognized below for their generous support!

Ruby Level

Sapphire Level

Penn: Master of Science in Applied Geosciences. Now fully online.

Topaz Level

Continental Scientific Drilling Division

Emerald Level

We would also like to acknowledge and thank all sponsors from the 2020 Joint Southeastern & Northeastern Section meeting that could not be convened because of the pandemic.