Hawaii’s unique volcanic features will figure prominently at a regional meeting of the Geological Society of America from May 23 to 25 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.

The 113th annual meeting will bring together geoscientists from the U.S. West from a host of disciplines to address a broad set of topics within the field, including the impact of groundwater discharge on coastal hydrology, developments in the geology and geochemistry of Mars, and the potential uses of unmanned aerial vehicles in the geosciences.

The technical program includes 34 topical sessions and symposiums as well as six science and education short courses and workshops.

The itinerary also includes 11 field trips, among them a pair of excursions to Kilauea Volcano — one to the summit and another to major structural features, including the lava lake in Halemaumau Crater, active surface flows and the ocean entry point — and two others to the Koolau and Waianae mountain ranges to study shield-building and caldera-filling flows and dikes.

GSA, headquartered in Boulder, Colo., reports more than 26,000 members from more than 100 countries.