GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 133
Tuesday, 12 October 2021: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 257 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T20. Structural Geology and Tectonics Division 40th Anniversary Symposium: Drivers of Orogenesis

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Juliet Crider, Nancye Dawers, Eric Cowgill, Ramon Arrowsmith and Paul J. Umhoefer, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
 
8:05 AM
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM FORMAT: Talks and posters in the same room.
 
8:20 AM
Poster discussion
 
8:45 AM
Introduction of Penrose Medalist, by John F. Dewey
8:50 AM
PENROSE MEDAL: OVER THE HORIZON: CONNECTING CONTINENTS IN THE GIANT FOOTSTEPS OF DU TOIT AND HOLMES
DALZIEL, Ian, Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758-4445
 
9:10 AM
Indroduction to 40th Anniversary Symposium
9:15 AM
HOW GEOLOGISTS AND GEOCHEMISTS CAN HELP SOLVE THE 50-YEAR PROBLEM OF THE PLATE DRIVING MECHANISM
ALVAREZ, Walter, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767; Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, Contrada Coldigioco 4, Apiro MC, 62021, Italy
9:30 AM
ENERGY BUDGET OF OROGENESIS AND IMPLICATIONS OF A LAZY EARTH (Invited Presentation)
COOKE, Michele, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003
9:50 AM
THE ROLE(S) OF SURFACE PROCESSES IN OROGENESIS – WHICH, WHETHER, AND WHY DETAILS MATTER (Invited Presentation)
FORTE, Adam, Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe Russell Kniffen, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and ROSSI, Matthew W., Earth Lab, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 611, Boulder, CO 80309
 
10:10 AM
Lightning poster previews (one slide each).
 
10:25 AM
Poster discussion
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