EarthScope meetings, conferences, and special sessions are an important part of communicating advancements in scientific techniquest and results obtained from seismic and geodetic instruments deployed throughout North America.
GSA Joint Sessions
The Joint Session Categories encompass the 10 broad, societally relevant and multidisciplinary themes declared by The International Year of Planet Earth (health, climate, groundwater, ocean, soils, deep Earth, megacities, hazards, resources, and life). The International Year of Planet Earth aims to ensure greater and more effective use by society of the knowledge accumulated by the world's 400,000 Earth scientists to build safer, healthier and wealthier societies around the globe.



