Field Forums

UPCOMING FORUMS

Formation of the Sierra Nevada Batholith: Magmatic and Tectonic Processes and Their Tempos
1–8 September 2012
Sierra Nevada, California
Conveners: Scott R. Paterson, Jade Lackey, Vali Memeti, Robert B. Miller, Jonathan S. Miller, Roland Mundil, Keith D. Putirka

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Past Forums & Reports

Significance of along-strike variations for the 3-D ar-chitecture of orogens: The Hellenides and Anatolides in the eastern Mediterranean
16-22 May 2010, Samos, Greece
Field Forum Report: PDF | Photos
Structure and Neotectonic Evolution of Northern Owens Valley and the Volcanic Tableland, California
13–19 September 2009, Bishop, California, USA
Field Forum Report: Full Text | PDF
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
Forum Overview
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
Field Forum Report: Full Text
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
Field Forum Report: Full Text
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