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GSA 2020 ANNUAL MEETING
Topical Sessions

TECTONICS/TECTONOPHYSICS Mesoproterozoic accretionary growth, the development of the
Midcontinent Rift, the collisional Grenville orogen, and early
T1. The Multidisciplinary Approach of Seismotecton- Neoproterozoic extension.
ics as a Key Tool to Expand Horizons on Faulting
Process Understanding and to Address an Effective T4. Fluids in Faults—The Role of Fluid Activity,
Seismic Hazard Assessment Fault-Rock Composition, and Alteration in the
Cosponsors: CRUST - Interuniversity Center for 3D Seismo- Earthquake Cycle
tectonics with Territorial Applications; GSA Geophysics and Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
Geodynamics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Hydrogeology
Division Division
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geophysics/Geodynamics Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Structural Geology,
Advocates: Federica Ferrarini; Rita de Nardis; J Ramón Arrowsmith Geophysics/Geodynamics
The session aims to gather scientific advances in seismotecton- Advocates: Elisabeth S. Nadin; Elizabeth S. Petrie; Randolph T.
ics as the discipline that relies upon multidisciplinary approaches Williams; Kelly K. Bradbury
and that can also be also meant to focus on and to address seismic This session explores linkages between faulting, deformation,
hazard assessment. and fluid flow in the seismogenic crust. Contributions focusing
on the links between fluid flow, diagenesis/alteration, and seismic
T2. Assembling Laurentia: Paleozoic Mobile Margins phenomena (e.g., earthquakes, slow slip events) are encouraged.
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geophysics and T5. Sutures and Suture Zones in the Phanerozoic
Geodynamics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Precambrian Orogenic Belts
and Volcanology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division;
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Petrology, Igneous, GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Geochronology
Sediments, Clastic Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy,
Advocates: Luke P. Beranek; Maurice Colpron; Cees R. van Staal Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geological
This session focuses on the mid- to late Paleozoic tectonic evolu- Society of London
tion of Laurentia’s mobile margins, including tectonic, magmatic, Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geophysics/Geodynamics,
metamorphic, and sedimentary events recorded along the Geochronology
Appalachian-Caledonian-Ouachita, Arctic, and Cordilleran margins. Advocates: Yildirim Dilek; Andrea Festa
We welcome case studies of sutures–suture zones in Phanerozoic
T3. Assembling Laurentia: Mesoproterozoic to Early and Precambrian orogenic belts toward refining the geological,
Neoproterozoic Tectonic Evolution of Laurentia and geophysical, and geochemical criteria for their recognition, and
Its Role within the Supercontinent Rodinia better delineating the sites and polarities of ancient convergent
Cosponsors: GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; plate boundaries.
GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, T6. Northern Andes Mountain Building: From
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Mineralogical Proterozoic to Quaternary
Society of America Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Geochronology,
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics, Precambrian Geology, Geochemistry
Geochronology Advocates: Jorge Gomez Tapias; Ana Maria Patiño Acevedo
Advocates: Nicholas L. Swanson-Hysell; Toby Rivers; Suzan van This session aims to present any contribution related to the
der Lee geological framework of the northern Andes, the Caribbean plate,
The session is focused on Laurentia’s tectonic history (and that and the Panamá-Chocó Block, from Proterozoic to Quaternary.
of neighboring cratons in Rodinia) in the interval including late

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