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Second Announcement REGISTRATION
Early registration deadline: 8 April
Cancellation deadline: 15 April
CORDILLERAN SECTION Registration fees Early Standard

Full Mtg One day Full Mtg One day
115th Annual Meeting, Professional member US$300 US$220 US$330 US$260
Cordilleran Section, GSA Professional member 70+ US$190 US$160 US$240 US$200
15–17 May 2019 Professional nonmember US$350 US$255 US$380 US$295
Portland, Oregon, USA Early career professional

member US$200 US$150 US$240 US$180
www.geosociety.org/cd-mtg Early career professional US$230 US$170 US$260 US$200
nonmember
Student member US$130 US$90 US$150 US$115
Student nonmember US$160 US$110 US$180 US$135
K–12 Professional US$130 US$90 US$130 US$115
Guest US$130 n/a US$130 n/a
Field trip/workshop only US$70 n/a US$100 n/a

ACCOMMODATIONS
A block of rooms has been reserved at the DoubleTree by
Hilton at 1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon 97232,
USA, which is a few blocks from the Oregon Convention Center,
where the conference will be held. The meeting room rate is
US$199 per night plus tax. Reservations can be made at
bit.ly/2CK7LVw. Reservations can also be made by calling the
hotel directly at +1-503-281-6111 or by calling the toll–free reser-
vations hotline at +1-800-996-0510. Refer to group code MCS.
Portland, Oregon, USA, at night; photo courtesy Portland Travels.
THEME SESSIONS
T1. Cordilleran Tectonics from the Basin and Range to
Converging on Cascadia Alaska and the Arctic: A Celebration of Elizabeth
Miller’s Career (2018 GSA Structural Geology and
LOCATION Tectonics Division Career Contribution Award). Jeff
Portland, Oregon, USA—the City of Roses—is located in the Lee, Central Washington Univ., jeff@geology.cwu.edu;
heart of one of the most dynamic geologic environments in the Victoria Pease, Stockholm Univ., vicky.pease@geo.su.se.
West, having been affected by megathrust earthquakes, giant T2. Advances in Seismic Hazard Assessment through
flood-basalt eruptions, catastrophic glacial floods, continuing Paleoseismic and Tectonic Geomorphic Fault Studies:
fluvial and hillslope processes, and human influences on the In Honor of Ray J. Weldon II for His Career and
landscape. Founded along the banks of the Columbia and Contributions to the Field. Ashley Streig, Portland State
Willamette rivers, Portland is nestled between the magnificent Univ., streig@pdx.edu; Kate Scharer, U.S. Geological
volcanic arc of the Cascade Range to the east and the Coast Survey, kscharer@usgs.gov; Scott Bennett, U.S.
Range to the west. Building on the exceptional local and Geological Survey, sekbennett@usgs.gov.
regional geological features of the Cordillera, we have devised T3. A Simple Twist of Plate: In Honor of the Career
a diverse program reflecting fundamental and applied aspects Contributions of the Dynamic Duo—Rick Blakely and
across earth science disciplines. Ray Wells—to Understanding Plate Interactions and
Deformation in Cascadia. Andrew Meigs; Oregon State
Univ., meigsa@geo.oregonstate.edu; Scott Bennett,
U.S. Geological Survey, sekbennett@usgs.gov; Peter
Haeussler, U.S. Geological Survey, pheuslr@usgs.gov.
T4. Recent Advances in Cordilleran Tectonic
Evolution—1: Paleozoic to Mesozoic. Jamie MacDonald,
Florida Gulf Coast Univ., jmacdona@fgcu.edu; Joe
Dragovich, Associated Earth Sciences Inc., jdragovich@
aesgeo.com; Megan Anderson, Washington Dept. of

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