Dear Fellow Karst Geoscientists,

About 6 years I noticed an upsurge in cave and karst sessions and papers at the Geological Society of America (GSA) conventions, and began thinking that I couldn?t afford to miss GSA conventions. That continues to be true this year with seven karst sessions plus two that are specifically soliciting karst papers within their broader topics.  Two of the karst sessions are sponsored by the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, but all should be excellent.  The nine sessions are summarized below. For more information about the sessions visit:
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010/sessions/topical.asp
You can submit your abstracts for the sessions at:
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010/techprog.htm.
The deadline is 10 August 2010. GSA Convention will be in Denver this year from 31 October through 3 November. Details are available at:http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010/

Within the program of the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society ofAmerica (GSA) at Denver, Colorado, to be held in October 31 - November3, there will be two karst-related topical sessions: 

Topical Session T118:
"Filling the Hole: Sedimentary Geology andPaleontology of Caves and Karst" 
Conveners: Ira Sasowsky (ids@uakron.edu)  Roy Plotnick (plotnick@uic.edu) 

For further details visit 
http://www.network.speleogenesis.info/directory/events/event_view.php?date=2010-10-30%2:32:58&view=day&event_id=135
or contact the conveners. 

Topical Session T52:
"Karst Environments: Problems, Management, HumanImpact, and Environmental Sustainability" 
Conveners: Robert Brinkmann (University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA) Mario Parise (National Research Council of Italy ? IRPI)(m.parise@ba.irpi.cnr.it) 

For further details visit 
http://www.network.speleogenesis.info/directory/events/event_view.php?date=2010-10-30%2:32:58&view=day&event_id=134
or contact the conveners. 

****** The deadline for abstract submission is 10 August 2010.  To submit an abstract go to  http://geosociety.org/meetings/2010/sessions/topical.asp and selectrespective session.