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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">66<sup>th</sup> Annual Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">September 18-20, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Corpus Christi, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">GCAGS 2016</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> is accepting abstracts for papers on subjects and problems within the scope
of Gulf Coast Geology. To submit an abstract, visit <a href="http://www.gcags2016.com">
www.gcags2016.com</a> . Abstracts are due January 15, 2016. Final extended abstracts and papers are due March 21, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Contact Technical Chairmen: Rick Paige and Bob Critchlow
<a href="mailto:techprogramchair@gcags2016.com">techprogramchair@gcags2016.com</a>.<span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Dawn S. Bissell, General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">361-960-2151<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:chair@gcags2016.com">chair@gcags2016.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Corpus Christi, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:black">GCAGS 2016<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:black">Explore the Future<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:black">Looking Back<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:black">Thinking Forward . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">September 18-20, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.GCAGS2016.com">www.GCAGS2016.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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