Plan to attend the

TSOP 2010
Annual Meeting
September 12 - 16 2010
in
Denver, Colorado, USA

Conference Theme:
    Advances in Organic Petrology
Short Course:
    Basics of Organic Petrography
Conference Field Trip:
    Western Colorado - Piceance Basin, Mahogany Oil Shale
The meeting page has been updated with all abstracts, the schedule of presentations and information for presenters and participants. It contains the Registration Form and information on Day Trips and the two-day oil shale field trip.

June Newsletter Now Available

The Newsletter page now includes the June 2010 issue which conatins a variety of interesting and valuable news. The September issue will soon be in preparation. Please provide any materials for publication in the Newsletter to Editor Rachel Walker by September 5, 2010.

Welcome to Our New Site

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2011, 2012 Meetings Planned

TSOP's 2011 Annual Meeting will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, July 31-August 4. The 2012 TSOP meeting is being planned for Beijing, to follow the ICCP meeting and a field trip.

Inaugural Ralph Gray Award

The inaugural Ralph Gray Awards, presented by TSOP for the best refereed paper in coal and organic petrology, were given at the 2009 meeting for publications from 2008. See the awardees and download a full paper on the new web page, read more about this new award on pages 4-6 of the September 2009 TSOP Newsletter, and see our memorial page.

TSOP is...

a Society for scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry and related disciplines. We have over 200 members in 30 countries. If you are part of the organic petrology community, we invite you to join TSOP.

Website includes Members-Only section

TSOP Members! Set up your account in our members-only section (with the user ID which you received in e-mail) to check your membership data, use the new Membership Directory, and more. Members don't need an account to pay dues online.

Help develop this new TSOP web site

Volunteers are wanted, for example to work with image galleries, administer sections on links, the calendar, and others. Please contact the webmaster.

Ask An Organic Petrologist

Have a question about organic petrology? See this new feature to ask a TSOP expert for the answer to your question.

TSOP receives 501(c)(3) status

We incorporated as a non-profit in the state of Virginia, USA, in 2008. Following application in June, 2009, the US Internal Revenue Service granted recognition of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status on February 9, 2010. See the article on page 6 of the March Newsletter.

Other organizations of organic petrologists include ICCP and CSCOP.

TSOP is a Member Society of AGI (publishers of Earth, formerly Geotimes; see evolution statement), and an AAPG Associated Society.

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