Dear Colleagues,
There's just one week left to submit an abstract to our session at GSA
Connects 2026 in Denver, CO (October 11-14):
Mineral-Scale Archives of Magma System Dynamics
https://gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects26/solicitations/103015/home?field.primarySelectionSessionTitle=Mineral-Scale+Archives+of+Magma+System+Dynamics&field.category=1.T&field.primarySelectionDiscipline=Volcanology&field.prefilled=%27Prefilled%27
Convened by Gary Michelfelder & Melissa Scruggs
Invited speaker: Ingrid Ukstins, Oklahoma State University
This session explores mineral-scale and melt records of magma storage,
thermal rejuvenation, and mobilization. We're looking for contributions
using petrochronology, diffusion chronometry, and geochemistry to constrain
magma fluxes, storage, mush dynamics, and eruptibility across volcanic
systems - work that uses crystals, melt inclusions, and related archives to
reconstruct what's happening inside active magma reservoirs.
Recent analytical and methodological advances have opened up a much sharper
view of the timescales and processes at play in magma storage, and this
session aims to showcase where that progress is heading. We welcome
contributions on plumbing architecture, physicochemical evolution, and
mineral-scale approaches to understanding volcanic eruptions.
Abstracts are due August 6th via the GSA Connects portal
https://connects.geosociety.org/program/technical-sessions/abstracts.
We'd especially like to encourage submissions from students and
early-career researchers alongside established investigators - our goal is
a full, wide-ranging session.
We hope you'll join us in Denver this October!
Warmly,
Gary Michelfelder & Melissa Scruggs