Desert Symposium at Zzyzx 2010
The 24nd annual Desert Symposium will be held at California State University’s Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx, on the shores of Soda Lake south of Interstate 15 between Barstow and Baker, California. This historic site includes meeting rooms, overnight dormitories, catered meals, showers: all the amenities included in the registration cost. The symposium organizers solicit presentations on current research in archaeology, history, paleontology, geology, ecology, biological sciences, and environmental issues. Abstracts of the proceedings and a field trip guide will be published.
15–minute presentations in geology, paleontology, geomorphology, anthropology, archaeology, botany, ecology, zoology, history and multidisciplinary studies in or related to the California deserts and surrounding provinces.
Hosts: Dr. William Presch (wpresch@fullerton.edu); Robert E. Reynolds (rreynolds220@verizon.net)
April 23, 24, 25, 26, 2010 – Presentations and posters – April 23, 24, 2010 Field Trip departs afternoon of April 24, 2010
Theme—Landscape Evolution at an Active Plate Margin: A Field Trip to the Owens Valley/Long Valley“
Take a look at our extended education courses offered through the University of California, Riverside Extension. Online at www.extension.ucr.edu or by calling 951-827-4105 Course Fees: $325. The course fee includes two nights’ lodging at the Center, a snack Friday evening and five meals beginning with breakfast on Saturday.
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