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Best Paper Award
(Nomination deadline -- March 1, 2009):
This award is given annually for a published work
(paper, book, or map) of exceptional distinction that clearly
advances the science of structural geology or tectonics. The Best Paper
Award is not limited to members of the Division or the Society, and
awardees may be single or multiple authors, with no restrictions as
to nationality, citizenship, publisher or publishing agency.
The award may not be given posthumously unless the decision to give
the award is made before the death of the awardee(s). A list
of past awardees is provided below.
The award committee depends on participation by the
membership of GSA and of the Division to make this a successful the
award, so please take a few minutes to give your favorite papers
some thought and nominate one that you think is outstanding.
Nominations remaining from previous years will be reconsidered by
the committee on a yearly basis.
Nominations should include the following information:
(1) A full citation: author[s], title, date, journal or book (with publisher), volume
number, and page numbers.
(2) Statement in support of
nomination (particularly comment on the exceptional achievement or
significance of the publication; additional supporting material such
as letters, published discussions, or reviews may be included).
(3) Name and address of
nominator.
Mail,
e-mail, or FAX nominations (or questions) to:
John
Oldow
Department of Geosciences
800 West Campbell Road
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Phone: (972)
883-2403; Fax: (972) 883-2537; Email:
oldow@utdallas.edu
Previous Awardees:
| 2008: |
Thomas, W. (1977) Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita salients
and recesses from reentrants and promontories in the
continental margin. American Journal of Science
277, 1233-1278. (Click
here for citation
and response) |
| 2007: |
Pollard,
D.D. & Fletcher, R.C (2006) Fundamentals of Structural
Geology. New York, Cambridge University Press. 512 p.
(Click
here for citation
and response) |
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2006: |
Dixon, T.H, Miller, M., Farina, F., Wang, H. & Johnson, D.
(2000) Present-day motion of the Sierra Nevada block and
some tectonic implications for the Basin and Range
province, North America Cordillera. Tectonics 19,
1-24. (Click
here for citation
and response) |
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2005: |
Co-Awardees (click
here for citation):
Beaumont, C., Jamieson, R.A., Nguyen, M.H. & Lee, B. (2001)
Himalayan tectonics explained by extrusion of a
low-viscosity crustal channel coupled to focused surface
denudation. Nature 414, 738-742.
Hodges, K.V., Hurtado J.M. & Whipple, K.X. (2001) Southward
extrusion of Tibetan crust and its effect on Himalayan
tectonics. Tectonics 20, 799-809. |
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2004: |
Atwater, T. & Stock, J. (1998) Pacific-North America plate
tectonics of the Neogene southwestern United States - An
update. International Geology Review 40,
375-402. |
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2003: |
Lavé, J. & Avouac, J.P. (2000) Active folding of fluvial
terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central
Nepal. Journal of Geophysical Research 105(B3),
5735-5770. (Click
here for citation and response) |
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2002: |
Catuneanu, O., Beaumont, C. & Waschbusch, P.J. (1997)
Interplay of static loads and subduction dynamics in
foreland basins: reciprocal stratigraphies and the "missing"
peripheral bulge. Geology 25(12), 1087-1090. |
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2001: |
Dunlap, W.J., Hirth, G. & Teyssier, C. (1997)
Thermomechanical evolution of a ductile duplex. Tectonics
16(6), 983-1000. |
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2000: |
Passchier, C.W. & Trouw, R.A.J. (1996) Microtectonics.
289 p. Springer. |
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1999: |
Treagus, S. & Lisle, R. (1997) Do principal surfaces of
stress and strain always exist. Journal of Structural
Geology 19, 997-1010. |
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1998: |
Muehlberger, W. (compiler) (1992 & 1996) Tectonic Map of
North America. American Association of Petroleum
Geologists (two sheets). |
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1997: |
Molnar, P., England, P. & Martinod, J. (1993) Mantle
dynamics, uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, and the Indian
monsoon. Reviews of Geophysics 31, 357-396. |
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1996: |
Suppe, J., Chou, G.T. & Hook. S.C. (1992) Rates of folding
and faulting determined from growth strata. In: Thrust
Tectonics (edited by K. McClay). Chapman & Hall. London,
105-121.(Click
here for citation and response) |
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1995: |
Wojtal, S. (1989) Measuring displacement gradients and
strain in faulted rock. Journal of Structural Geology
11, 669-678.[awarded in 1996]
(Click
here for citation and response) |
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1994: |
Armijo, R., Tapponnier, P. & Han, T. (1989) Late Cenozoic
right-lateral strike-slip faulting in southern Tibet.
Journal of Geophysical Research 94, 2787-2838. |
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1993: |
Worrall, D. & Snelson, S. (1989) Evolution of the northern
Gulf of Mexico, with emphasis on Cenozoic growth faulting
and the role of salt. In: The geology of North America -
an overview (edited by Balley, A.W. & Palmer, P.).
Geological Society of America Decade of North American
Geology A, 91-138. |
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1992: |
Hoffman, P. (1988) United plates of America, the birth of a
craton: early Proterozoic assembly and growth of Laurentia.
Annual Reviews of Earth & Planetary Sciences 16,
543-604. |
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1991: |
Pavlis, T. (1986) The role of strain heating in the
evolution of megathrusts. Journal of Geophysical Research
91, 6522-6534. |
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1990: |
Engebretson, D., Cox, A. & Gordon, R. (1985) Relative motion
between oceanic and continental plates in the Pacific basin:
Geological Society of America Special Paper 206. |
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1989: |
Platt, J.P. (1986) Dynamics of orogenic wedges and the
uplift of high-pressure metamorphic rocks. Geological
Society of America Bulletin 97, 1037-1053. |
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1988: |
Simpson, C. & Schmid, S. (1983) An evaluation of the
criteria to deduce the sense of movement in sheared rocks.
Geological Society of America Bulletin 94,
1281-1288. |
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1987: |
Boyer, S.E. & Elliott, D. (1982) Thrust systems. Bulletin
of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
66, 1196-1230 |
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1986: |
Davis, D. Suppe, J. & Dahlen, F.A. (1983) The mechanics of
fold-and-thrust belts and accretionary wedges. Journal
of Geophysical Research 88, 10087-10101. |
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1985: |
Ramsay, J.G. & Huber, M. (1983) The techniques of modern
structural geology: Volume 1: Strain analysis. 307 p.
Academic Press. |
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1984: |
Coney, P.J., Jones, D.L. & Monger, J.W.H. (1980) Cordilleran
suspect terranes. Nature 288, 329-333. |
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