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GSA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
TECTONICS/TECTONOPHYSICS of Earth surface conditions, thermochronology, and geomorphic
evolution, all centered on the Cenozoic evolution of Tibet.
T180. Plate Tectonics Paradigm and Future Directions
of Research—Discovery in Light of Its 50-Year History T183. The Geology of Colombia
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Cosponsors: GSA International Interdisciplinary Interest Group;
GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; American Geophysical
Union Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geoscience Information/
Communication, Petrology, Igneous
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geophysics/
Geodynamics, History and Philosophy of Geology Advocates: Jorge Gomez Tapias; Maria Fernanda Almanza
Melendez Jr.
Advocates: Yildirim Dilek; Eldridge M. Moores
We encourage an exchange of multidisciplinary research on the
This session is aimed at discussing the nature and significance up-to-date geological knowledge of Colombian geology, in order
of scientific developments in earth sciences within the framework to provide new perspectives of research that will offer future
of the plate tectonics paradigm since 1968, and marks the 50th research opportunities.
anniversary of its inception.
T184. Geodynamic, Orogenic, and Surface Processes of
T181. Recent Advances and Future Directions in Flat-Slab Subduction
Paleoaltimetry and Paleoclimate
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Sedimentary
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA and Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
International Interdisciplinary Interest Group Geomorphology Division; GSA International Interdisciplinary
Interest Group
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geochemistry,
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geophysics/
Geodynamics, Stratigraphy
Advocates: Lily J. Jackson; Kurt E. Sundell; Miquela Ingalls
Advocates: Tomas N. Capaldi; Emily S. Finzel; Majie Fan
This session will focus on recent and future advances in
proxy- and model-based paleoaltimetry and paleoclimatology This session seeks contributions that connect surface, crustal,
with a primary goal of forging multidisciplinary collaboration. and mantle processes associated with flat-slab subduction, specifi-
cally addressing geodynamics, kinematics, magmatism, uplift,
T182. The Cenozoic Evolution of Tibet—How Do We Unify erosion, basin subsidence, and sediment dispersal in ancient and
Seemingly Contradictory Evidence? modern systems.
Cosponsors: GSA International Interdisciplinary Interest Group; VOLCANOLOGY
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division;
GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Sedimentary T185. Features, Processes, and Emplacement of Melted
Geology Division Rock on the Earth and Planets
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geomorphology, Cosponsors: GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography Volcanology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division;
Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geophysics and
Advocates: Nadine McQuarrie; Gregory D. Hoke; Eric Kirby Geodynamics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
Geomorphology Division
This session welcomes diverse contributions from geodynamic
and atmospheric numerical modeling, proxy-based observations Disciplines: Volcanology, Planetary Geology, Geomorphology
Advocates: Jacob E. Bleacher; Andrew P. de Wet; Sarah A.
Fagents
The emplacement of silicate melts can create a diverse set
of features, which provides insights into past eruption and
impact conditions as well as paleo-environments on the Earth
and the planets.
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