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GSA's 125th Anniversary

2013 Annual Meeting

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Eruption history, conduit migration, and steady discharge of magma for the past 50,000 yr at Esan volcanic complex, northern Japan

Physical characteristics of kimberlite and basaltic intraplate volcanism and implications of a biased kimberlite record

The Laurentian record of Neoproterozoic glaciation, tectonism, and eukaryotic evolution in Death Valley, California

Chronology of tectonic, geomorphic, and volcanic interactions and the tempo of fault slip near Little Lake, California

Initiation and growth of strike-slip faults within intact metagranitoid (Neves area, eastern Alps, Italy)

Granite: From genesis to emplacement

Garwood Valley, Antarctica: A new record of Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene glaciofluvial processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Experimental evidence linking slip instability with seafloor lithology and topography at the Costa Rica convergent margin

Are subduction zones invading the Atlantic? Evidence from the southwest Iberia margin

Numerical simulations of CO₂ migration during charnockite genesis

Locating South China in Rodinia and Gondwana: A fragment of greater India lithosphere?

Dynamic polar climates in a greenhouse world: Evidence from clumped isotope thermometry of Early Cretaceous belemnites

Seismic investigation of magmatic unrest beneath Mammoth Mountain, California, USA

Nanocrystalline slip zones in calcite fault gouge show intense crystallographic preferred orientation: Crystal plasticity at sub-seismic slip rates at 18–150 °C

Metapyroxenite in the mantle transition zone revealed from majorite inclusions in diamonds

Inversion of a hyper-extended rifted margin in the southern Central Range of Taiwan

Evidence for Cnidaria-like behavior in ca. 560 Ma Ediacaran Aspidella

Not all supercontinents are created equal: Gondwana-Rodinia case study

A post–6 Ma sediment budget for the Colorado River

Magmatism, ash-flow tuffs, and calderas of the ignimbrite flareup in the western Nevada volcanic field, Great Basin, USA

Denudation and flexural isostatic response of the Colorado Plateau and southern Rocky Mountains region since 10 Ma

Geochemistry and geochronology of the 1.3 Ga metatonalites from the Central Metasedimentary Belt boundary thrust zone in southern Ontario, Grenville Province, Canada

The Goldstein Peak Formation, central California: Record of a nonmarine intra-arc basin within the Early Cretaceous Sierra Nevada arc

The 36–18 Ma Indian Peak–Caliente ignimbrite field and calderas, southeastern Great Basin, USA: Multicyclic super-eruptions

Extension-driven right-lateral shear in the Centennial shear zone adjacent to the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Fine crustal structure beneath the junction of the southwest Tian Shan and Tarim Basin, NW China

Constraints on Cenozoic tectonics in the southwestern Longmen Shan from low-temperature thermochronology

Evidence for Pliocene–Quaternary normal faulting in the hinterland of the Bhutan Himalaya

2012 GSA Presidential Address: Where our deepest passions intersect the world’s compelling needs [open access]

Chronostratigraphy and geochronology: A proposed realignment [open access]

How good do natural hazard assessments need to be? [open access]

Model for the eruption of the Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park [open access]

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GeoCorps™ America

GeoCorps Positions for Fall/Winter 2013-2014 now available. Apply by 1 July.

On to the Future

Join GSA in assisting 125 diverse students to attend their first GSA Annual Meeting
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GSA Science Policy Fellowship

A new opportunity for recent MS or PhD recipients to work in the GSA Washington Office for one year. [ Apply by 1 July ]

GSA and Elsevier Collaborate

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Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action [ view recording ]

MEETINGS

2013 Annual Meeting

125th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, 27-30 Oct. [ REGISTER TODAY ]
We are also accepting abstracts until 6 August.
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Deadline for international travel grants: 5 July.

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The Roof of the World

A joint meeting of the Geological Society of China and GSA's International Section.
17–19 June, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China [ 4th circular now posted ]

NEW IN THE BOOKSTORE

Special Paper 494:
New Perspectives on Rio Grande Rift Basins: From Tectonics to Groundwater

Field Guide 32:
Geologic Excursions from Fresno, California, and the Central Valley: A Tour of California’s Iconic Geology

Field Guide 31:
Insights into the Michigan Basin: Salt Deposits, Impact Structure, Youngest Basin Bedrock, Glacial Geomorphology, Dune Complexes, and Coastal Bluff Stability

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