Past Conference Reports

2022 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

2023

• Developing a New Paradigm for the Late Cretaceous to Eocene North American Cordillera: A Dominantly Oblique Plate Boundary
  18–25 August 2023, McCall and Riggins, Idaho, USA
  Conveners: Basil Tikoff, Stacia Gordon, William A. Matthews, Elena Centeno-Garcia
  Penrose Conference Report
• The Role of Outburst Floods in Earth and Planetary Evolution
  5–9 June 2023, Grand Coulee, Washington, USA
  Conveners: Tim Goudge, Isaac Larsen, Jim O’Connor, Greta Wells
  Penrose Conference Report | Participant Photo

2022

• PRF2022—Progressive Failure of Brittle Rocks
  20–24 June 2022, Flat Rock, North Carolina, USA
  Conveners: Matthew Brain, Martha-Cary (Missy) Eppes, Kerry Leith, and Alex Rinehart
  Penrose Conference Report | Field Guide | Photos | Conference Program
• The Geological Fingerprints of Slow Earthquakes
  1–5 April 2022, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
  Conveners: James Kirkpatrick, Melodie French, John Platt, Christie Rowe, and David Schmidt
  Penrose Conference Report | Participant Photo

2019

• Climatic Controls on Continental Erosion and Sediment Transport (CLAST2019)
  4–10 August 2019, Juneau, Alaska, USA
  Conveners: Tara N. Jonell, Peter D. Clift, and Jan H. Blöthe
  Penrose Conference Report | Participant Photo
  Program | Field Trip Guide

2018

• Advances in salt tectonics: observations, applications, and perspective: In honor of Martin P.A. Jackson
  11–16 February 2018, Dead Sea, Ein Boqeq, Israel
  Conveners: Ram Weinberger and Ian Alsop
  Conference Overview

2017

• 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco
  25–29 September 2017, Apiro, Marche Region, Italy
  Conveners: Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl
  Penrose Conference Report with Abstracts | Participant Photo | GSA Special Paper 542: 250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy: Celebrating 25 Years of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco

2016

• Layered Mafic Intrusions and Associated Economic Deposits
  8–12 August 2016, Red Lodge, Montana, USA
  Conveners: Alan E. Boudreau, Eric C. Ferré, Brian O’Driscoll, Edward M. Ripley
  Penrose Conference Report

2014

• Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Processes — A Conference Honoring the Career of Robert D. Hatcher Jr.
  30 March–4 April 2014, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
  Conveners: Ryan Thigpen, Christopher Bailey, Harold Stowell, Richard Law
  Conference Overview

2013

• Predicting and Detecting Natural and Induced Flow Paths for Geothermal Fluids in Deep Sedimentary Basins
  19–23 October 2013, Park City, Utah, USA
  Conveners: John Holbrook, Rick Allis, Derek Elsworth, Sidney Green, Joseph N. Moore
  Conference Overview
• Coastal Processes and Environments Under Sea-Level Rise and Changing Climate: Science to Inform Management
  Joint Penrose / Chapman Conference
  14–19 April 2013, Galveston, Texas, USA
  Conveners: John B. Anderson, Margaret Davidson, John W. Geissman, Gary J. Hampson, Denise J. Reed, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist
  Penrose Conference Report

2012

• Deformation, Fluid Flow, and Mass Transfer in the Forearc of Convergent Margins
  25–31 March 2012  •  Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Lucca, Italy
  Conveners: Donald Fisher, César Ranero, Paola Vannucchi
  Penrose Conference Report | GSA Field Guide 28: Deformation, Fluid Flow, and Mass Transfer in the Forearc of Convergent Margins: Field Guides to the Northern Apennines in Emilia and in the Apuan Alps (Italy)

2011

• Comparative evolution of past and present accretionary orogens: Central Asia and the Circum-Pacific
  4–10 September 2011  •  Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  Conveners: Alfred Kröner, Robert J. Stern, Bor-Ming Jahn, Wenjiao Xiao, Lifei Zhang, Robert Hall, Alexander Kotov, Reimar Seltmann
  Penrose Conference Report
• Deformation Localization in Rocks: New Advances
  27 June–2 July 2011, Cadaqués & Cap de Creus Peninsula, Catalonia, Spain
  Conveners: Elena Druguet, Jordi Carreras, G. Ian Alsop, Paul D. Bons, Dyanna M. Czeck, Peter J. Hudleston, Christine S. Siddoway
  Conference Overview
• Neotectonics of Arc-Continent Collision
  17–21 January 2011, Manizales, Colombia
  Conveners: Paul Mann, Carlos Vargas Jimenez, Caroline Whitehill
  Penrose Conference Report: Full Text | PDF
• Google Earth: Visualizing the Possibilities for Geoscience Education and Research
  4–8 January 2011; Google Inc. Headquarters, Mountain View, California, USA
  Conveners: John Bailey, Declan De Paor, Tina Ornduff, Steven Whitmeyer
  Conference Overview | GSA Special Paper 492: Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research

2010

• Origin and Uplift of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA
  16–20 August 2010, Bridgeport, California
  Conveners: Cathy J. Busby, Keith D. Putirka
  Penrose Conference Report

2009

• Tectonic Development of the Amerasia Basin
  4–9 October 2009, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
  Conveners: Lawrence Lawver, Victoria Pease; Co-Conveners: Ruth Jackson, Sergey Drachev
  Penrose Conference Report
• Low δ18O rhyolites and crustal melting: Growth and redistribution of the continental crust
  9–13 September 2009, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  Conveners: Peter Larson, Ilya Bindeman, John Wolff
  Penrose Conference Report
• Plumes and Their Role in Whole Mantle Convection and Recycling
  11-15 May 2009, Pico, the Azores
  Conveners: C. Beier, T. Rushmer, S. Turner, E. Widom, Z. Franca
  Overview

2007

• Extending a Continent: Architecture, Rheological Coupling, and Heat Budget
  8-12 October 2007, Island of Naxos, Aegean Sea, Greece
  Conveners: Uwe Ring, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb, Brian Wernicke, Charalampos Fassoulas
  Penrose Conference Report
• Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts: The Late Eocene Earth
  3-6 October 2007, Monte Cònero (Ancona), Italy
  Conveners: Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, Frits Hilgen, Rodolfo Coccioni
  Penrose Conference Report

2006

• Unlocking 3D Earth Systems — Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Revolutionize Multi-Scale Geologic Models
  17-21 September 2006, Durham, UK
  Penrose Conference Report
• Arc Crustal Genesis and Evolution
  9-15 July 2006, Valdez, Alaska USA
  Penrose Conference Report
• When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Earth? Theoretical and Empirical Constraints
  13-19 June 2006, Lander, Wyoming USA
  Penrose Conference Report | GSA Special Paper 440: When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth?
• Chronostratigraphy: Beyond the GSSP
  3-9 June 2006, Schloss Seggau, Styria, Austria
  Penrose Conference Report

2005

• Lessons in Tectonics, Climate, and Eustasy from the Stratigraphic Record in Arc Collision Zones
  Conveners: Peter D. Clift, Amy E. Draut
  10-14 October 2005, Price, Utah USA
  Penrose Conference Report | GSA Special Paper 436: Formation and Applications of the Sedimentary Record in Arc Collision Zones | GSA Field Guide: The Geology of Central and Southeastern Utah: Itinerary for a One-Day Field Trip
• Kinematics and Geodynamics of Intraplate Dextral Shear in Eastern California and Western Nevada
  Conveners: Jeffrey Lee, Daniel Stockli, Christopher Henry, Timothy Dixon
  21-26 April 2005, Mammoth Lakes, California USA
  Penrose Conference Report | GSA Field Guide: Fault Slip Transfer in the Eastern California Shear Zone-Walker Lane Belt

2004

• Secular Variation in Tectonics and Allied Fields
  Conveners: Dwight Bradley, John Dewey
  22-28 October 2004
  St. George, Utah
  Penrose Conference Report
• Mass Redistribution in Continental Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems
  Conveners: John H. Dilles, Greg B. Arehart, Peter I. Nabelek, Todd C. Feeley
  September 6-11, 2004
  Yellowstone National Park and Butte (Fairmont Hot Springs), Montana
  Penrose Conference Report
• Neogene-Quaternary Continental Margin Volcanism
  Conveners: Gerardo J. Aguirre-Díaz, José Luis Macías, Claus Siebe
  January 12-16, 2004,
  Metepec (eastern slopes of Popocatépetl volcano), Mexico
  Penrose Conference Report | GSA Special Paper 402: Neogene-Quaternary Continental Margin Volcanism: A Perspective from México | GSA Field Guide: Volcanic Hazards in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area from Eruptions at Popocatépetl, Nevado de Toluca, and Jocotitlán Stratovolcanoes

2003

• Plume IV: Beyond the Plume Hypothesis — Tests of the Plume Paradigm and Alternatives
  Conveners: Gillian R. Foulger, James H. Natland, Don L. Anderson
  August 25-29, 2003, Hveragerði, Iceland
  Penrose Conference Report
• Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution
  Conveners: Sean Willett, Niels Hovius, Mark Brandon, Don Fisher
  Local Organizing Committee: Lu Chai-Yu, Chu Hao-Tsu, Yue-Gau Chen
  January 13-17, 2003, Taroko National Park, Taiwan
  Conference Overview | GSA Special Paper 398: Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution

2002

• Three-Dimensional Flow, Fabric Development, and Strain in Deformed Rocks and the Significance for Mountain Building Processes: New Approaches
  Conveners: Hermann Lebit, Catalina Lüneburg, Peter Hudleston, John Ramsay
  August 18-24, 2002, Ascona, Switzerland
  Penrose Conference Report
• Precambrian High-Pressure-High-Temperature Metamorphism: A Key to Understanding the Lower Crust and Reconstruction of Precambrian Plate Tectonics
  Conveners: M. Brown, A. Kröner, P.J. O'Brien, C.W. Passchier, Li Jianghai, Zhai Mingguo
  September 23-29, 2002, Hengshan-Wutaishan and Beijing, China
  Conference Overview

2001

• Longevity and Dynamics of Rhyolitic Magma Systems
  Conveners: Kurt Knesel, George Bergantz, Jon Davidson
  June 7-12, 2001, Mammoth, California
  Conference Overview

2000

• Volcanic Rifted Margins
  Conveners: Ian Davison, Joel Baker, Martin Menzies
  March 27–31, 2000, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Surrey
  Penrose Conference Report
• Great Cascadia Earthquake Tricentennial
  Conveners:
  John J. Clague, Brian F. Atwater, Kelin Wang, Yumei Wang, and Ivan G. Wong
  June 4–8, 2000, Seaside, Oregon
  Penrose Conference Report
• The Iapetus Ocean — Its Birth, Life, and Death: The Wilson Cycle
  Conveners: Ian Dalziel, Douglas J. Fettes, Anthony L. Harris, and Ricardo Astini
  September 17–24, 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Penrose Conference Report

1999

• Subduction to Strike-Slip Transitions on Plate Boundaries
  Conveners: Paul Mann, Nancy Grindlay, James Dolan
  January 18–24, 1999, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
  Penrose Conference Report
  Visit http://people.uncw.edu/grindlayn/penrose.html for more postconference information.
• Mid-Cretaceous to Recent Plate Boundary Processes in the Southwest Pacific
  Conveners: Suzanne L. Baldwin, Gordon S. Lister
  March 25–31, 1999, Arthur's Pass, South Island, New Zealand
  Penrose Conference Report
• Terrane Accretion Along the Western Cordilleran Margin: Constraints on Timing and Displacement
  Conveners: Brian Mahoney, Basil Tikoff, Julie A. Maxson
  June 21–27, 1999, Winthrop, Washington. Penrose Conference Report
• The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition
  Conveners: Donald R. Prothero, Linda C. Ivany,
  Elizabeth A. Nesbitt
  August 17–22, 1999, Olympia, Washington. Penrose Conference Report

1998

• Linking Spatial and Temporal Scales in Paleoecology and Ecology
  Conveners: Andrew S. Cohen, James Brown, Dale Springer, Peter Holterhoff
  May 14–18, 1998, Solomons, Maryland. Penrose Conference Report
• Evolution of Ocean Island Volcanoes
  Conveners: Dennis Geist, Wendy Bohrson, Karen Harpp
  June 4–12, 1998, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Penrose Conference Report
• Processes of Crustal Differentiation: Crust-Mantle Interactions, Melting, and Granite Migration Through the Crust
  Conveners: Tracy Rushmer, Michael Brown, George Bergantz
  July 4–11, 1998, Solomons, Maryland. Penrose Conference Report
• Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust: New Insights from Field Studies and Ocean Drilling Program
  Conveners: Yildirim Dilek, Eldridge M. Moores, Don Elthon, Adolphe Nicolas
  September 13–17, 1998, Solomons, Maryland. Penrose Conference Report | GSA Special Paper 349: Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust: New Insights from Field Studies and the Ocean Drilling Program