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Active thrusting, landscape evolution, and late Pleistocene sector collapse of Barú Volcano above the Cocos-Nazca slab tear, southern Central America

Interaction between deformation and magma extraction in migmatites: Examples from Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Large igneous provinces and silicic large igneous provinces: Progress in our understanding over the last 25 years

Dynamic weakening by nanoscale smoothing during high-velocity fault slip

Mobilization of Tl-Hg-As-Sb-(Ag,Cu)-Pb sulfosalt melts during low-grade metamorphism in the Alpi Apuane (Tuscany, Italy)

Evidence for extensive methane venting on the southeastern U.S. Atlantic margin

Testing the snowball Earth hypothesis for the Ediacaran

Orbital-scale climate change and glacioeustasy during the early Late Ordovician (pre-Hirnantian) determined from δ¹⁸O values in marine apatite

Magmatic-hydrothermal processes within an evolving Earth: Iron oxide-copper-gold and porphyry Cu ± Mo ± Au deposits

A high-resolution nonmarine record of an early Danian hyperthermal event, Boltysh crater, Ukraine

Preliminary balanced palinspastic reconstruction of Cenozoic deformation across the Himachal Himalaya (northwestern India)

Review and analysis of the age and origin of the Pliocene Bouse Formation, lower Colorado River Valley, southwestern USA

Geochronological and geochemical constraints for a middle Paleozoic continental arc on the northern margin of the Tarim block: Implications for the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the South Chinese Tianshan

Late-stage foreland growth of China's largest orogens (Qinling, Tibet): Evidence from the Hannan-Micang crystalline massifs and the northern Sichuan Basin, central China

Imaging mantle lithosphere for diamond prospecting in southeast India

Autogenic cycles of channelized fluvial and sheet flow and their potential role in driving long-runout gravel progradation in sedimentary basins

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

Miocene rejuvenation of topographic relief in the southern Appalachians [open access]

Chronostratigraphy and geochronology: A proposed realignment [open access]

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

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GeoCorps™ America

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

Webinar

Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action (National Research Council, 2013). Co-sponsored by GSA and SME. Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2pm Eastern.
SOLD OUT. Check in early to participate in the live event. The webinar will be recorded and links will be sent to all registrants in a follow-up email.

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125th Anniversary

Give 125 “somethings” to help expand the Society’s reach in mission-critical programs, education, and outreach.
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MEETINGS

2013 Annual Meeting

We are now accepting abstracts for the 125th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Meeting in Denver.
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2013 U.S. Section Meetings

Spring meetings are happening …
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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 2013
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

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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