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GSA2016 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T210. Folds and Folding: Form, Process, and Consequences Advocates: Yvette D. Kuiper; Steven J. Whitmeyer; Christopher GSA TODAY | www.geosociety.org/gsatoday
Cosponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division M. Bailey; H. Daniel Gibson; Jonathan S. Caine
Disciplines: Structural Geology, Geomorphology, Energy Geology
Advocates: Juliet G. Crider; Andreas Eckert Mountain belts, including the Appalachians and the Cordillera,
typically display orogen-parallel variations in tectonic style that
We seek contributions examining the form of folds and are important in the evolution of continental lithosphere.
processes of folding, including studies that investigate the causes Contributions from orogenic to local scales are encouraged.
and consequences of folding in the contexts of tectonic history,
crustal deformation, landscape evolution, or fluid migration. T215. Applications of Geochronology and Thermochronology
for Understanding the Tectonic Mechanisms and Surface
T211. Large-Scale Continental Extensional Tectonics Processes of the Tibetan Plateau
Cosponsor: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Disciplines: Structural Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA
Geophysics/Geodynamics Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
Advocates: Ibrahim Çemen; Spyridon Pavlides Geomorphology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology,
and Volcanology Division
This session will bring together researchers studying exten-
sional tectonics and associated structures in different parts of Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geomorphology,
the world and provide a formal discussion for understanding Sediments, Clastic
many important questions related to tectonic evolution of
extended terrains. Advocates: Devon A. Orme; Lydia Staisch; Alex Pullen
T212. Multifaceted Approaches to Understanding Fluid-Fault We seek contributions on applications of geochronologic and
Interactions in Natural Resources and Geologic Hazards thermochronologic analyses towards understanding tectonic,
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA sedimentary, and surface processes of the Tibetan Plateau.
Hydrogeology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Presentations on advances in plateau evolution from the mantle
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; to the surface are encouraged.
Society of Economic Geologists; GSA Geology and Society Division
Disciplines: Structural Geology, Hydrogeology, Energy Geology T216. Cenozoic Evolution of the Southern Rocky Mountains and
Advocates: Randolph T. Williams; Elizabeth S. Petrie; Kelly Northern Rio Grande Rift: Exploring Linkages between
Bradbury; Nick M.W. Roberts Geologic History, Processes, and Landscape Change
We welcome abstracts focused on multifaceted research related Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
to fluid flow, deformation, and mineralization associated with GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA
crustal faulting and fracturing. Research related to groundwater, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division;
hydrocarbons, sequestration, mineral deposits, landslides, and GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary
seismicity is particularly encouraged. Geology)
T213. Structure and Tectonics of Mesoproterozoic Basins Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Quaternary Geology,
Disciplines: Structural Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Volcanology
Precambrian Geology
Advocates: James W. Sears; John S. MacLean Advocates: Scott A. Minor; Ren A. Thompson
Mesoproterozoic basins provide important windows into Earth The southern Rocky Mountains–Rio Grande rift has experi-
evolution. The session will highlight recent research into these enced diverse tectonism, magmatism, surface processes, and land-
basins in the USA, Canada, and worldwide. scape change in the Cenozoic. Presentations are sought on
research in this region exploring linkages between these processes
TECTONICS / TECTONOPHYSICS at multiple scales.
T214. Along-Strike Variations in Mountain Belts: Why Are They T217. Earth History in the Broadest Context—Tectonics,
Important and What Causes Them? Impacts, Mass Extinctions, and Big History: Celebrating the
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Contributions of Walter Alvarez
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division;
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Structural Geology Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Planetary Geology,
Stratigraphy
Advocates: David H. Shimabukuro; Philippe Claeys
This session honors the distinguished career of Walter Alvarez.
We encourage a broad and interdisciplinary set of contributions
from the fields of tectonics, impacts, stratigraphy, paleomagne-
tism, the history of geology, and Big History.
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