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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Cordilleran Section

119th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, GSA

17–19 May 2023 | Reno, Nevada, USA

www.geosociety.org/cd-mtg

Panorama from the Mono Lake South Tufa Area. Photo credit: Dr. Philipp
Ruprecht.

LOCATION Nevada, Reno, wenrongc@unr.edu; Barbara Ratschbacher,
The 2023 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting will be held in Reno, University of California, Davis, bratschbacher@ucdavis.edu.
Nevada, USA, a modern boomtown situated within the Basin and
Range at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Nevada, the Silver T2. Drivers of Cordilleran Magmatic Processes and
State, got its nickname from the historical Comstock Lode near Geochemistry. Juliet Ryan-Davis, Caltech, jrd@caltech.edu;
Reno, and the state presently hosts world-class gold deposits in the Maddie Lewis, Purdue University, lewis622@purdue.edu;
Carlin trend. Reno and the surrounding high desert have much to Penny Wieser, University of California, Berkeley, penny_
offer in terms of exciting nearby geology: active faulting within the wieser@berkeley.edu; Claire Bucholz, Caltech, cbucholz@
Walker Lane and Basin and Range, records for ancient glacial out- caltech.edu.
burst floods and vast pluvial lakes, abundant evidence for extrusive
and intrusive igneous activity, and windows into the deep crust T3. Tectonic Processes along Subduction Zone Margins.
within the Ruby Mountains and Snake Range metamorphic core Cailey Condit, University of Washington, ccondit@uw.edu;
complexes. In addition, with great and growing geothermal Margo Odlum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, margo
resources and the only domestic lithium deposits, Nevada is push- .odlum@unlv.edu; Devon Orme, Montana State University,
ing the green-energy revolution! Reno offers affordable housing devon.orme@montana.edu.
and abundant restaurants, bars, parks, and the Truckee River to
relax in or by at the end of the day. The program includes a diverse T4. Strike-Slip Faulting, Flower Structures, Plutons, and
range of technical sessions and field trips. We hope you can join Tiltmeters: A Tribute to the Career of Arthur Sylvester.
us for an exciting meeting in Reno in May 2023! Endorsed by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
Division. Allen F. Glazner, University of North Carolina,
CALL FOR PAPERS afg@unc.edu; An Yin, University of California, Los Angeles,
Abstracts deadline: 14 Feb. 2023 yin@epss.ucla.edu; Richard D. Law, Virginia Tech, rdlaw@
Submit abstracts online at www.geosociety.org/cd-mtg. vt.edu; Marc Mayes, Earth Research Institute, University of
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals, US$30; California, Santa Barbara, mmayes@sig-nal.org.
students, US$18; non-members: professionals, US$60; students,
US$36. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact T5. Temporal and Spatial Crustal Thickness Variations
Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org. in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic North American Cordillera:
Processes and Consequences. Andrew Zuza, University of
TECHNICAL PROGRAM Nevada, Reno, azuza@unr.edu; Wenrong Cao, University of
In addition to the following Theme Sessions, we are soliciting Nevada, Reno, wenrongc@unr.edu; Sean Long, Washington
abstracts for general discipline sessions. For additional informa- State University, sean.p.long@wsu.edu.
tion, contact the Technical Session Co-Chairs: Andrew Zuza,
azuza@unr.edu, and Mike Darin, mdarin@unr.edu. T6. Late Jurassic to Eocene Tectonics of the North America
Cordillera: Evolving and Emerging Models. Basil Tikoff,
Symposium University of Wisconsin, Madison, basil@geology.wisc.edu;
P1. The Changing Face of Paleontology: In Honor of the Stacia Gordon, University of Nevada, Reno, staciag@unr.edu;
Career Contributions of Dr. Richard L. Squires. Chris L. Andy Barth, Indiana-Purdue University, ibsz100@iupui.edu;
Bonds, CA-DWR-DRA, goldbondwater@gmail.com. Cathy Busby, University of California, Davis, cjbusby@
ucdavis.edu; Robinson Cecil, California State University,
Theme Sessions Northridge, robinson.cecil@csun.edu; Sarah Roeske,
T1. Evolution of Transcrustal Cordilleran Arc Systems. University of California, Davis, smroeske@ucdavis.edu;
Endorsed by GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, Michael Wells, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, michael
and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and .wells@unlv.edu.
Tectonics Division. Katie Ardill, Texas Tech University,
katie.ardill@gmail.com; Wenrong Cao, University of T7. Advancements in Central Sierra Nevada Structural
Geology and Tectonics. Allison Jones, Sierra College,

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