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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Cordilleran Section

117th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, GSA
12–14 May 2021
Reno, Nevada, USA

www.geosociety.org/cd-mtg
Volcanic geology of the Virginia Mountains, Nevada.
Photo courtesy of Dr. Philipp Ruprecht, UNR faculty member.

LOCATION Madeline Lewis, Caltech, mjlewis@caltech.edu; Claire
The 2021 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting will be held in Reno, Bucholz, Caltech, cbucholz@caltech.edu; Jade-Star Lackey,
Nevada, USA—a modern boomtown—situated within the Basin Pomona College, JadeStar.Lackey@pomona.edu; Juliet
and Range at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Nevada, the Ryan-Davis, Caltech, jrd@caltech.edu.
Silver State, got its nickname from the historical Comstock Lode
near Reno, and the state presently hosts world-class gold deposits T3. Exhumation and Topographic Evolution of the Sierra
in the Carlin trend. Reno and the surrounding high desert have Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains. Ann Blythe, Occidental
much to offer in terms of exciting nearby geology: active faulting College, ablythe@oxy.edu; Jeffrey Lee, Colorado School of
within the Walker Lane and Basin and Range, records for ancient Mines, lee1@mines.edu; Danny Stockli, Univ. of Texas at
glacial outburst floods and vast pluvial lakes, abundant evidence Austin, stockli@jsg.utexas.edu.
for extrusive and intrusive igneous activity, and windows into the
deep crust within the Ruby Mountains and Snake Range metamor- T4. Quaternary Volcanic Centers of the Cordillera.
phic core complexes. In addition, with great and growing geother- Seth Burgess, U.S. Geological Survey, sburgess@usgs.gov;
mal resources and the only domestic lithium deposits, Nevada is Jorge Vazquez, U.S. Geological Survey, jvazquez@usgs.gov;
pushing the green-energy revolution! Reno offers affordable hous- Andrew Calvert, U.S. Geological Survey, acalvert@usgs.gov.
ing and abundant restaurants, bars, parks, and the Truckee river to
relax in or near at the end of the day. We hope you can join us for T5. Understanding the Sierra Nevada through New Regional
an exciting meeting in Reno in May 2021! Geologic and Geophysical Syntheses (Virtual). Endorsed
by U.S. Geological Survey; California Geological Survey.
CALL FOR PAPERS Warren J. Nokleberg, U.S. Geological Survey, wnokleberg@
Abstract deadline: 9 Feb. 2021 usgs.gov; Matt D. O’Neal, California Geological Survey,
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/cd-mtg Matt.ONeal@conservation.ca.gov.
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals: US$30;
students: US$18. Non-members: professionals: US$60; students: T6. Active versus Ancient Crustal Extension in the North
US$36. American Cordillera: How Does One Inform the Other?
For more information, contact the Technical Session co-chairs: Drew A Levy, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, drewlevy@nevada
Wendy Calvin (wcalvin@unr.edu); Kait Keegan (kkeegan@unr .unr.edu; Jeffrey Lee, Colorado School of Mines, lee1@
.edu); Philipp Ruprecht (pruprecht@unr.edu); Matthieu Harlaux mines.edu.
(mharlaux@unr.edu).
T7. The Tectonic Evolution of the Basin and Range
In addition to the following Theme Sessions, we are soliciting Province: A Session in Honor of Ernie Anderson.
abstracts for general discipline sessions. Endorsed by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
Division. Paul J. Umhoefer, Northern Arizona Univ.,
THEME SESSIONS paul.umhoefer@nau.edu; L. Sue Beard, U.S. Geological
Survey, sbeard@usgs.gov; James E. Faulds, Nevada Bureau
T1. Chemical and Thermal Changes in Cordilleran Arc of Mines and Geology, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, jfaulds@
Systems: Insights from the Metamorphic Record. unr.edu; David M. Miller, U.S. Geological Survey,
Joshua Schwartz, California State Univ. Northridge, dmiller@usgs.gov.
joshua.schwartz@csun.edu; Jade Star Lackey, Pomona
College, JadeStar.Lackey@pomona.edu; Stacia Gordon, T8. Tectonic and Magmatic Thickening of Mesozoic North
Univ. of Nevada, Reno, staciag@unr.edu. American Cordillera. Andrew Zuza, Univ. of Nevada,
Reno, azuza@unr.edu; Wenrong Cao, Univ. of Nevada,
T2. Petrology, Geochemistry, and Structure of Cordilleran Reno, wenrongc@unr.edu; Sean Long, Washington State
Batholiths through Space and Time. Endorsed by GSA Univ., sean.p.long@wsu.edu.
Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology
Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.

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