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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Rocky Mountain Section

72nd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section, GSA

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA | 23–25 May 2023

www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg

Pineridge Natural Area. Photo credit: Jan Alexander from Pixabay.

LOCATION bruggeka@morris.umn.edu; Jordan Dahle, North Dakota
We are excited to announce that the GSA 2023 Rocky Mountain State University, jordan.dahle@ndsu.edu; Eric Leonard,
Section Meeting will be held in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Colorado College, eleonard@coloradocollege.edu.
on the campus of Colorado State University. This meeting site is
near the foothills of the geologically diverse Front Range, which T4. Geophysical Studies of Crust-Mantle Structure and
includes complex Proterozoic rocks and shear zones, well-exposed Surface Deformation in the Rocky Mountains. Endorsed
Pennsylvanian to Cretaceous strata, spectacular Laramide struc- by GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division. Brandon
tures, Late Cretaceous–Paleogene intrusive bodies and associated Schmandt, University of New Mexico, bschmandt@unm.edu;
mineral deposits, and a wide range of geomorphic features. Fort Julien Chaput, University of Texas at El Paso, jchaput82@
Collins is about a one-hour drive from Denver International gmail.com.
Airport and is a small, dynamic city with a nationally renowned
and very walkable downtown, arts, restaurant, and outdoor recre- T5. Drivers of Continental Magmatism. Endorsed by GSA
ational scene (including a very large number of notable breweries). Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology
Division. Pamela Kempton, Kansas State University,
CALL FOR PAPERS pkempton@ksu.edu; Claudia Adam, Kansas State
Abstract deadline: 28 Feb. 2023 University, cadam@ksu.edu; Matthew Brueseke, Kansas
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg State University, brueseke@ksu.edu.
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals, US$35;
students, US$20. Non-members: professionals, US$60; students, T6. Integrated Science Approaches to Addressing Complex
US$35. Earth Science Challenges. Endorsed by GSA Geology
and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division;
TECHNICAL PROGRAM GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division;
Technical Sessions GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Geoscience
Session and short-course meeting co-chairs: Ken Sims, ksims7@ Education Division; GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science
uwyo.edu; Rick Aster, rick.aster@colostate.edu. Division. Jason Alexander, U.S. Geological Survey,
jalexand@usgs.gov; Rebecca Frus, U.S. Geological Survey,
T1. The Laramide Belt: End to End. Endorsed by GSA rfrus@usgs.gov; Patrick Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey,
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA andersonpj@usgs.gov; Joseph Hevesi, U.S. Geological
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Survey, jhevesi@usgs.gov; Adrian Monroe, U.S. Geological
Division. Jacob O. Thacker, Montana State University Survey, amonroe@usgs.gov; Sharon Qi, U.S. Geological
Billings, jacoboliverthacker@gmail.com; Carla Eichler, Survey Colorado, slqi@usgs.gov; Katharine Dahm, U.S.
Oklahoma Geological Survey, carla.eichler@ou.edu; Nikki Geological Survey, kdahm@usgs.gov.
M. Seymour, Stanford University, nseymour@stanford.edu;
Brian Hampton, New Mexico State University, bhampton@ T7. Geoscience, Hydrology, and Water Management of
nmsu.edu. Our Public Lands. Endorsed by GSA Hydrogeology
Division. Forrest “Ed” Harvey, National Park Service–
T2. Planning to Reduce Landslide Hazard Losses. Endorsed Water Resources Division, forrest_harvey@nps.gov; Steve
by GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Rice, National Park Service, steven_rice@nps.gov; Tyler
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division. Gilkerson, National Park Service, tyler_gilkerson@nps
Stephen L Slaughter, U.S. Geological Survey, sslaughter@ .gov; Nicole O’Shea, National Park Service, nicole_oshea@
usgs.gov; Jonathan Godt, U.S. Geological Survey, jgodt@ nps.gov; Erin White, National Park Service, erin_white@
usgs.gov. nps.gov; Matt Dawson, The Geological Society of America,
mdawson@geosociety.org.
T3. Past and Present Glaciation of Western North America.
Endorsed by GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology T8. The Yellowstone Hotspot Geologic Province: Examining
Division. Keith Brugger, University of Minnesota Morris, the Effects of Yellowstone Volcanism on the North

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