Dear Colleagues,
We would like to bring your attention to our session—"Reading the Record of
Tectonic Processes through Diverse Investigations of Igneous and
Metamorphic Rocks—to be held at the North-Central GSA meeting later this
year: May 4-5, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In addition to our session, there are several other wonderful sessions that
feature mineralogy, petrology, or tectonics and might interest you. Full
session descriptions are below. The full list of technical sessions is
linked here:
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Section_Meetings/GSA/Sections/nc/2023mtg/techprog.aspx
.
It is shaping up to be a great meeting and wonderful opportunity to bring
folks together from across our midwestern petrology, mineralogy, and
tectonics community. We hope to see you and your students there!
https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Section_Meetings/GSA/Sections/nc/2023mtg/home.aspx
Sincerely,
Robert Holder (University of Michigan)
Hannah Blatchford (Eastern Michigan University)
T29. Reading the Record of Tectonic Processes through Diverse
Investigations of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
—Magmatism and metamorphism are the processes by which Earth has
differentiated and changed through time. The record of these changes is
stored in igneous and metamorphic rocks. We seek abstracts that use diverse
datasets to evaluate the history of igneous and metamorphic rocks and the
tectonic processes that they record.
T25. Future Directions in Mineralogy and Petrology: A Session for
Undergraduate and
Graduate Researchers.
—This session aims to enhance communication and collaboration among early
career researchers, especially undergraduate and graduate students. This
session will highlight innovative and interdisciplinary work to provide
fresh perspectives, new ideas, and creative answers to mineralogical and
petrologic problems. We welcome submissions from all areas of mineralogy
and petrology.
T28. Critical Minerals in North-Central United States: Exploration, Mining,
and
Processing.
—For the economic prosperity and national defense of the United States, a
consistent supply of critical minerals is essential. The U.S. Geological
Survey has identified 50 “critical minerals” that are essential to economic
or national security and have supply chains that are vulnerable to
disruption. A number of critical minerals are known to exist in the
North-Central U.S., but they have either not been adequately identified by
exploration or require new technology in order to make their production
economic. This session focuses on innovative exploration techniques to
discover these deposits, and on novel mining and processing methods to make
critical mineral businesses profitable in the north-central U.S.
T30. Granites and Rhyolites as a Record of Crustal Magmatic Processes.
—Felsic magmatism, both in the crust and on the surface, have a wide range
of magma sources and processes representing the diversity of crustal
igneous systems. We seek contributions investigating the complexities of
crustal magmatism. Contributions exploring processes, time scales, and
ore-related deposits related to granites and rhyolites are particularly
welcome.
T31. The Origin of Compositional and Thermal Heterogeneity within Earth’s
Interior.
—From the asthenosphere to the inner core, numerous heterogeneities have
been observed. These variations have limited—no natural samples exposed on
Earth’s surface—and their investigation requires collaboration between
geochemists and geophysicists. This session welcomes all contributions from
experimentalists, seismologists, and geodynamicists investigating
compositional and thermal variation within the mantle or core.
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Hannah J. Blatchford, PhD (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography & Geology
Eastern Michigan University