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Structural Geology and Tectonics Division Awards


Career Contribution Award -- Deadline for nominations - February 28, 2007
    This award will be given for the 20th time in 2007.  It is awarded to an individual who throughout his/her career has made numerous distinguished contributions that have clearly advanced the science of structural geology or tectonics.  Nominees need not be citizens or residents of the United States, and membership in the Geological Society of America is not required. The Career Contribution Award cannot be given posthumously, unless the decision to give it was made before the death of the awardee.  A list of past awardees is provided below.
    Nominations should include the following information:
        • Name of nominee, present institutional affiliation and address.
        • Summary statement of nominee's major career contributions to the science of structural geology and tectonics.
        • Selected key published works of the nominee.
        • Name and address of nominator.

Mail, e-mail, or fax nominations (or questions) to:

            Peter Hudleston

            Department of Geology and Geophysics

            205 Pillsbury Hall

            University of Minnesota

            Minneapolis, MN  55455-0219   USA

            Phone: (612) 625-0046,  Fax: (612) 625-3819,  hudle001@umn.edu
 

Previous Awardees:

2006:

 John Dewey

2005:

 Jan Tullis

2004:

 Kevin Burke

2003:

 Gregory Davis (click here for citation and response)

2002:

 Robert Wallace (click here for citation and response)

2001:

 Donald Wise

2000:

 S. Warren Carey

1999:

 Hans Peter Laubscher

1998:

 Albert W. Bert Bally

1997:

 Hans Ramberg

1996:

 Winthrop D. Means

1995:

 B. Clark Burchfiel

1994:

 Richard P.Nickelsen

1993:

 Ben Page

1992:

 John Crowell

1991:

 Clint D.A. Dahlstrom

1990:

 John Ramsay

1989:

 John Rodgers

1988:

 John Handin



 

Best Paper Award -- Deadline for nominations – April 30, 2007
    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.  Papers eligible for the award must have been published within five years prior to the year of the award.  Hence, papers published during the years 2002-2006 are eligible for the 2007 award.  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.  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 until they are older than the allowable publication date.
    Nominations should include the following information:
        • A full citation: author[s], title, date, journal or book (with publisher), volume number, and page numbers.
        • 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).
        • Name and address of nominator.

Mail, e-mail, or FAX nominations (or questions) to:

            John Weber

            Geology Department

            Grand Valley State University

            Allendale, MI  49401  USA

            Phone: (616) 331-3191,   Fax: (616)-331-3740,   weberj@gvsu.edu

Previous Awardees:

2006:

 

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.

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.

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)

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.

2001:

Dunlap, W.J., Hirth, G. & Teyssier, C. (1997) Thermomechanical evolution of a ductile duplex. Tectonics 16(6), 983-1000.

2000:

Passchier, C.W. & Trouw, R.A.J. (1996) Microtectonics.  289 p. Springer.

1999:

Treagus, S. & Lisle, R. (1997) Do principal surfaces of stress and strain always exist. Journal of Structural Geology 19, 997-1010.

1998:

Muehlberger, W. (compiler) (1992 & 1996) Tectonic Map of North America. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (two sheets).

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.

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.

1995:

Wojtal, S. (1989) Measuring displacement gradients and strain in faulted rock. Journal of Structural Geology 11, 669-678.[awarded in 1996]

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.

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.

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.

1991:

Pavlis, T. (1986) The role of strain heating in the evolution of megathrusts. Journal of Geophysical Research 91, 6522-6534.

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.

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.

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.

1987:

Boyer, S.E. & Elliott, D. (1982) Thrust systems. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 66, 1196-1230

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.

1985:

Ramsay, J.G. &  Huber, M. (1983) The techniques of modern structural geology: Volume 1: Strain analysis. 307 p.  Academic Press.

1984:

Coney, P.J., Jones, D.L. & Monger, J.W.H. (1980) Cordilleran suspect terranes. Nature 288, 329-333.


 

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