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The conference, including focused technical presentations, REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS
field trips, and workshops, will be held in Evanston, Wyoming,
USA, at the historic Union Pacific Railroad Roundhouse Registration deadline: 17 April
Conference Center. As currently planned, the conference will
encompass five days: If you are interested in attending, please send an e-mail to Michael
W. West, mwest@m-west-assoc.com, providing a brief statement of
• Day 1—Focused technical presentations introducing the your research interests and the relevance of those interests to the
conference area; focus of the conference. If you would like to present a technical paper
on a topic relevant to the conference, please provide the proposed
• Day 2—Field trip to the Bear River fault zone from southeast title and an informal abstract. A copy of the Penrose Conference
of Evanston to the north flank of the Uinta Mountains; proposal (PDF format), containing details on the planned program,
conference topics, and field trips is available on request.
• Day 3—Field trip to view evidence for extensional reactivation Presentations should focus specifically on the eastern Basin and
of the Absaroka and Darby/Hogsback thrust faults at the Range transition zone or analogs that illuminate conference topics.
contemporary margin of the Basin and Range province, 130 km A downloadable application form (Word .doc) is available at
east of the Wasatch Front; www.geosociety.org/penrose/15wyoming.htm.
• Day 4—Focused technical recommendations and workshop CALL FOR PROPOSALS
to discuss conference topics and to identify priorities for future
research; PENROSE CONFERENCES bring together
multidisciplinary groups of geoscientists and
• Day 5—Summary session. facilitate an open and frank discussion of
ideas in an informal atmosphere that also
ATTENDEES AND ESTIMATED COST stimulates individual and collaborative research:
www.geosociety.org/penrose/.
Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements
and should plan to arrive in Evanston by 5 p.m. on the afternoon THOMPSON FIELD FORUMS offer both the
of Monday, 4 August 2014. Transportation will be arranged from opportunity to get out into the field and to
the Salt Lake City airport to Evanston by shuttle and/or a possible bring together experts on the topic at hand
field trip. An “icebreaker,” the first scheduled conference dinner, to exchange current knowledge, ideas, and
and a brief introduction to the conference program and field trips theories: www.geosociety.org/fieldforums/.
is planned for Monday evening.
The registration fee will cover airport transfers, hotel lodging
for five nights (4–8 August), meals, field trips, guidebooks, and
transportation while in Evanston. The exact registration fee, to be
determined, is expected to be less than US$1,000. Financial assis-
tance may be available for conference speakers and field trip
leaders. Students are encouraged to attend, and financial assis-
tance (to be determined) will be available for student support.
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