Paleotopography sessions at the 125th Anniversary GSA Annual conference (27-30 October 2013 in Denver, Colorado)
There will be two sessions devoted to current research on paleotopography. The first is Pardee Keynote Symposium P10. Paleotopography, with invited speakers (see below), and the second is T259. Paleotopography, which is scheduled as a poster session within the Topical sessions category. The descriptions for the two sessions are given below, along with a list of the Pardee Keynote speakers and their potential topics.
We encourage your participation in these sessions, and your submissions for the poster session. Both sessions will be held on the first day of the meeting, Sunday October 27. We are hoping that these sessions will provide a good opportunity for formal and informal discussion on this topic.
We acknowledge the joint sponsorship of the GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, GSA Geophysics Division, and the Pardee Keynote Symposium Series.
Best,
Mark Brandon and Frank Pazzaglia
T259. Paleotopography (Posters) (Tentatively scheduled for Sunday afternoon, October 27)
Conveners: Mark Brandon, Frank J. Pazzaglia
Paleotopography engenders spirited debate on the tectonic and geomorphic development of past landscapes. We seek to highlight studies employing novel techniques to describe the evolution of high-interest, active, and decaying landscapes worldwide.
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2013/sessions/topical.asp
Pardee Keynote Symposium P10. Paleotopography (Sunday morning, October 27)
Conveners: Mark Brandon, Frank Pazzaglia
Paleotopography has long fascinated geoscientists who assemble the stratigraphic, tectonic, and geomorphic evidence of past landscapes. Well-established and emerging techniques in geochronology, thermochronology, stable-isotopes, geomorphology, biology, biogeochemistry, basin analysis, and seismology are offering new and more detailed insights into past landscapes, specifically the deep Earth processes that uplift rocks and the erosional processes that tear them down. This topic has engendered interest across the geoscience spectrum and has invited spirited debate focused on high-interest landscapes, such as the western U.S. (including Grand Canyon), the Alps, and the Andes.
The speakers and tentative topics are:
Alison Anders (orographic precipitation)
Mark Brandon (a primmer on paleotopography)
Rebecca Flowers (thermochronology and river incision)
Alessandro Forte (mantle flow and dynamic topography)
Liran Goren (inverting river incision for topographic uplift)
Michael Hren (organic geochemistry and paleotopography)
Kate Huntington (stable isotopes and paleotopography)
Devin McPhillips (inverting thermochronologic data for paleotopography)
Tom Near (fish biogeography and paleotopography)
Frank Pazzaglia (paleotopographic evolution of the Appalachians)
Greg Tucker (depositional gradients and paleotopography)
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