The Great Lakes Section of the SEPM (GLS-SEPM) is a not-for-profit educational association affiliated with the national SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology. The objectives of this Section are (1) to promote the science of geology in the Great Lakes area of North America through research in sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, and stratigraphy, and (2) to exchange and disseminate information and to share experiences of mutual interest. Section membership is composed of geologists who work, reside, or have research interests in the Great Lakes area.

GLS-SEPM 2009 Student Poster Awards from the North Central Section GSA meeting

Best Undergraduate Student Poster ($100): Isaac Orr (U. Wisconsin – Eau Claire) for his presentation, Sedimentology Of The Blue Hills Felsenmeer State Natural Area, Wisconsin

Full citation: Orr, Isaac M., Audrey R Mohr, Kent M. Syverson, and Harry M. Jol. 2009. Sedimentology Of The Blue Hills Felsenmeer State Natural Area, Wisconsin: 42^nd Annual Meeting North Central Section, Geological Society of America, 2-3 April 2009, DeKalb, IL, Abstracts with Programs, p. 63.

Best Graduate Student Poster ($200): Henry Loope (U. Wisconsin – Madison) for his presentation, Chronology Of Late Wisconsin Fluvial Aggradation / Incision And Eolian Activity In The Upper Mississippi Valley

Full citation: Loope, Henry M., Joseph A. Mason, James C. Knox, Ronald Goble, and Paul Hanson. 2009. Chronology Of Late Wisconsin Fluvial Aggradation / Incision And Eolian Activity In The Upper Mississippi Valley: 42^nd Annual Meeting North Central Section, Geological Society of America, 2-3 April 2009, DeKalb, IL, Abstracts with Programs, p. 63.

Congratulations Isaac and Henry!

Annual Fall field Conference

The GLS-SEPM has sponsored and organized an Annual Fall Field Conference since 1971. This conference, usually a two day meeting, combines a field trip with symposium-like presentations. The Section also sponsors symposia each Spring at the annual meeting of the North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America. The Section awards outstanding student presentations at this meeting.