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Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers TECHNICAL SESSIONS
JOINT MEETING Symposia
70th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain S1. Tectonics of the Death Valley Region: A Tribute to
Section, GSA Bennie Troxel and Lauren Wright. Terry Pavlis, Univ.
114th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran of Texas–El Paso, tlpavlis@utep.edu; Laura Serpa, Univ. of
Section, GSA Texas–El Paso, lfserpa@utep.edu; James Calzia, USGS,
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA jcalzia@usgs.gov; Darrel Cowan, Univ. of Washington,
15–17 May 2018 darrel@u.washington.edu; Marli Miller, Univ. of Oregon,
millerm@uoregon.edu.
www.geosociety.org/Sections/rm/2018mtg/
S2. Cordilleran Tectonics, Metamorphic Core Complexes,
Scenic Oak Creek Canyon is a short drive from Flagstaff, on the road to Sedona. Geologic Mapping, and Arizona Geology: A Celebration
of Jon Spencer’s Career. John Singleton, Colorado State
LOCATION University, john.singleton@colostate.edu; Stephen Reynolds,
Flagstaff lies at 7000 feet (~2100 m) elevation on the southern Arizona State Univ., sreynolds@asu.edu; Kurt Constenius,
edge of the geologically world-class Colorado Plateau, near the Univ. of Arizona, kconstenius@comcast.net.
southern margin of the young and active San Francisco volcanic
field. The city is located just north of the Transition Zone and S3. Recent Advances in Basin-and-Range and Proterozoic
Basin and Range provinces, including the tourist destination of Geology of the Western U.S.: A Session Honoring Ernie
Sedona, one hour away. The Grand Canyon is a 1.5-hour drive Duebendorfer. Chloe Bonamici, New Mexico Tech, chloe.
north of Flagstaff, and numerous geologically significant national bonamici@nmt.edu; Kevin Chamberlin, Univ. of Wyoming,
parks and monuments are scattered across the region. We have kchamber@uwyo.edu; Mike Williams, Univ. of Mass.,
devised a diverse technical program and field trips that explore mlw@geo.umass.edu.
the geology of the Southwest and span from modern to ancient
processes, and from environmental problems to tectonics, geo- S4. Jurassic to Cenozoic Geology of Southern California,
physics, paleontology, climate, education, and more. We include Southwest Arizona, and Sonora: A Session Honoring
sessions on planetary geology and Southwest rivers that build on Gordon Haxel and Carl Jacobson. Jon Spencer, Univ. of
the strong legacy and current expertise of the local U.S. Arizona, spencer7@email.arizona.edu; Sue Beard, USGS,
Geological Survey. sbeard@usgs.gov.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract deadline: 20 February 2018 THEME SESSIONS
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/Sections/rm/2018mtg/.
Abstract submission fee: US$15 for students and US$30 for T1. Miocene to Recent Evolution of the Lower Colorado
all others. River Corridor and the Northern Gulf of California.
If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact Heather Ryan Crow, USGS, rcrow@usgs.gov; Kris McDougall,
Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. USGS, kris@usgs.gov; Scott Bennett, USGS, sekbennett@
usgs.gov; Mike Darin, Northern Arizona Univ., michael
.darin@nau.edu.
T2. Earth Surface Processes in the Critical Zone. Tim White,
Penn State Univ., tsw113@psu.edu; Jon Pelletier, Univ. of
Arizona, jon@geo.arizona.edu.
T3. Advances in River Science in the Intermountain West.
Erich Mueller, USGS, emueller@usgs.gov; Paul Grams,
USGS, pgrams@usgs.gov; Daniel Buscombe, Northern
Arizona Univ., daniel.buscombe@nau.edu; Dave Dean,
USGS, djdean@usgs.gov.
T4. New Insights into the Development and Evolution of
the Colorado River System from Geologic Mapping
(POSTERS). Kyle House, USGS, khouse@usgs.gov;
Phil Pearthree, Arizona Geological Survey, pearthre@
email.arizona.edu.
T5. Post-Wildfire Hazards: From New Research to
Assessments, Prediction, and Mitigation. Ann Youberg,
Arizona Geological Survey, ayouberg@email.arizona.edu;
Luke McGuire, Univ. of Arizona, lmcguire@email
.arizona.edu.
T6. Colorado Plateau Landscape Evolution—Grand Canyon
and Upper Basin–Focused Colorado River Evolution.
Sue Beard, USGS, sbeard@usgs.gov; Andres Aslan,
Colorado Mesa University, aaslan@coloradomesa.edu;
Richard Young, SUNY Geneseo, young@geneseo.edu;
Karl Karlstrom, Univ. of New Mexico, kek1@unm.edu.
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