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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Rocky Mountain

Section

72nd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section, GSA
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
25–27 May 2021

www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg
Pineridge Natural Area. Image by Jan Alexander from Pixabay.

LOCATION T5. Rocky Mountain Precambrian Tectonism. Graham Baird,
We are excited to announce that the GSA 2020 Rocky Mountain Univ. of Northern Colorado, graham.baird@unco.edu; Tim
Section Meeting will be held in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, on Grover, Univ. of Northern Colorado, timothy.grover@unco
the campus of Colorado State University. This meeting site is near .edu; Nigel Kelly, Bruker Nano Inc., nigel.kelly@bruker .com;
the foothills of the geologically diverse Front Range, which Kevin Mahan, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, kevin .mahan@
includes complex Proterozoic rocks and shear zones, well-exposed colorado.edu; Andreas Möller, Univ. of Kansas, amoller@
Pennsylvanian to Cretaceous strata, spectacular Laramide struc- ku.edu.
tures, Late Cretaceous–Paleogene intrusive bodies and associated
mineral deposits, and a wide range of geomorphic features. Fort T6. Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) in the
Collins is about a one-hour drive from Denver International Rocky Mountain Region. Lisa Stright, Colorado State Univ.,
Airport and is a small, dynamic city with a nationally renowned lisa.stright@colostate.edu; Breck Johnson, Occidental
and very walkable downtown, arts, restaurant, and outdoor recre- Petroleum Corporation, breck_johnson@oxy.com.
ational scene (including a very large number of notable breweries).
T7. Mining in the Rocky Mountain Region and Beyond:
CALL FOR PAPERS Risks and Opportunities. Steven H. Emerman, Malach
Abstract deadline: 23 Feb. 2021 Consulting, SHEmerman@gmail.com.
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/rm-mtg
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals: US$30; T8. Linking the Rocky Mountains to the World of Ore
students: US$18. Non-members: professionals: US$60; students: Deposits. Nikki Seymour, Stanford Univ., nseymour@
US$36. stanford.edu, John Ridley, Colorado State Univ., jridley@
colostate.edu; Erin Marsh, U.S. Geological Survey,
TECHNICAL PROGRAM emarsh@usgs.gov; Simone Runyon, Univ. of Wyoming,
Theme Sessions srunyon@uwyo.edu.
T1. Quaternary Paleoclimate Records of the Rocky
Mountain Region. Peter Fawcett, Univ. of New Mexico, T9. Late Paleozoic Stratigraphy and Tectonics of the Rocky
fawcett@unm.edu; Shannon Mahan, U.S. Geological Mountain Region. John Singleton, Colorado State Univ.,
Survey, smahan@usgs.gov. john.singleton@colostate.edu; Sven Egenhoff, Colorado
State Univ., sven.egenhoff@colostate.edu; Ryan Leary,
T2. Cenozoic Volcanism of the Four Corners States. Tiffany New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, ryan
Rivera, Westminster College of Salt Lake City, trivera@ .leary@nmt.edu.
westminstercollege.edu; Brian Jicha, Univ. of Wisconsin–
Madison, brina.jicha@wisc.edu. T10. From When to Whence: Deciphering Laramide Tectonic
Processes through Spatiotemporal Variation in the
T3. Insights into the Evolution of the Rocky Mountains from Geologic Record. Jacob Thacker, New Mexico Bureau of
Geophysical Imaging of the Crust and Upper Mantle. Geology, jacob.thacker@nmt.edu; Kevin Hobbs, New
Brandon Schmandt, Univ. of New Mexico, bschmandt@ Mexico Bureau of Geology, kevin.hobbs@nmt.edu; Theresa
unm.edu; Rick Aster, Colorado State Univ., rick.aster@ Schwartz, U.S. Geological Survey, tmschwartz@usgs.gov;
colostate.edu. Nikki Seymour, Stanford Univ., nseymour@stanford.edu.

T4. Induced and Tectonic Seismicity in Colorado and T11. North American Sevier and Laramide Foreland Basins.
Surrounding States. Jolante van Wijk, New Mexico Jolante van Wijk, New Mexico Tech, jolante.vanwijk@nmt
Institute of Mining and Technology, jolante.vanwijk@ .edu; Majie Fan, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, mfan@uta.edu.
nmt.edu; Susan Bilek, New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology, susan.bilek@nmt.edu.

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