Field Forums

 UPCOMING FORUMS

• Late Archean Crust: Magmatism and Tectonics of the Abitibi Subprovince, Canadian Shield
  Abitibi granite-greenstone belt and Kapuskasing structural zone
  19–25 July 2008, Ontario and Québec, Canada
  Conveners: Keith Benn, Phillips C. Thurston

Field Forums — Call for proposals

Have a great idea for a Penrose Conference that would be much more effective in a field setting? A field trip that captures the essence of new, exciting discoveries or a controversial topic? Submit a proposal for a Field Forum!

Field Forums provide an opportunity for exchange of current knowledge and exciting ideas well expressed by the geology of a specific area.
Click here for Field Forum Guidelines (PDF format - requires Acrobat Reader).
For more information, contact Melissa Cummiskey, +1-303-357-1058, .

  Past Forums & Reports

• Assessing the State of Our Knowledge of Continental Arc Volcanism: The Tatara–San Pedro complex, 36ES, Chilean Southern Volcanic Zone
  3-13 February 2007 • Talca, Chile
  Forum Report
• Marine impact craters on Earth: Field investigation of the Wetumpka impact structure, a well-preserved marine impact crater, and the K-T boundary in the Alabama Gulf Coastal Plain
  8-11 March 2007 • Wetumpka, Alabama, USA
  Forum Report
• Tectonic Significance of Vertical Boundaries in the Cordillera
  30 July – 5 August 2006 • McCall, Idaho USA
  A field investigation of the western Idaho shear zone, on the western edge of the Idaho Batholith
  Forum Report
• Rethinking the Assembly and Evolution of Plutons: Field Tests and Perspectives
  7-13 October 2005 • Lander, Wyoming, USA
  Mesozoic Cordilleran batholith from Yosemite to the White Mountains, California
  Forum Report
• Melt Segregation and Transfer Mechanisms in the Lower Crust
  4-9 July 2004 • Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa
  Forum Report
• Structural Controls on Magma Transport and Vertical Coupling in the Continental Lithosphere
  April 26-May 6, 2003 • Fiordland, New Zealand
  Forum Report
• Kinematics and Vorticity of High-Strain Zones
  April 16-21, 2002 • Virginia Blue Ridge and Piedmont
  Forum Report
• Bolide Impacts on Wet Targets
  April 22–28, 2001 • Nevada and Utah
  Forum Report
• Glaciohydraulic Supercooling, Basal Freeze-on, Stratified Basal Ice and "Deformable Till Beds": Matanuska Glacier, Alaska
  March 18–22, 2000 • Matanuska Glacier, Alaska
  Forum Report
• Correlating Volcanic and Plutonic Perceptions of Silicic Magma Chamber Processes: Evidence from Coastal Maine Plutons
  September 14-18, 2000 • Ellsworth, Maine
  Forum Report

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