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Forum Program

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Optional pre-Forum field trips and workshops

Saturday, June 14

Field trip 1: Pseudotachylyte from the Homestake Shear Zone, Colorado Leader: Joe Allen Download field guide (Acrobat (PDF) 7.8MB Jun15 14)

  • We will depart promptly at 7:45 am from the D parking lot (Acrobat (PDF) 882kB May24 14). Please eat breakfast before hand, and please plan to arrive before 7:45 so that we can depart on time.
  • This field trip involves two short but steep hikes above 9,700 feet. Bring sturdy shoes or boots for rough terrain, sun protection, and a day pack with water, rain parka, and extra warm layers. We will provide a boxed lunch. Note: you must be pre-registered for the field trip in order to participate.

6:00 Dinner on your own


Sunday, June 15

Field trip 2: Contractional linkage zones and curved faults, Garden of the Gods, with illite geochronology exposé Leaders: Christine Siddoway and Elisa Fitz Díaz Download field guide (Acrobat (PDF) 8.7MB Jun14 14) | More resources

  • We will depart promptly at 8:00 am from the D parking lot (Acrobat (PDF) 882kB May24 14). Please eat breakfast before hand, and please plan to arrive before 8:00 so that we can depart on time.
  • Bring appropriate clothing and sun protection to suit the weather of the day and sturdy shoes for rough terrain. Compass and small map board are recommended. A boxed lunch will be provided. We will provide a boxed lunch. Note: you must be pre-registered for the field trip in order to participate.

Workshop 1 (all day): Strain programs for teaching and research (Berthoud Hall 201) Leaders: Fred Vollmer, Matty Mookerjee, and Paul Karabinos

  • The workshop will begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 5:00 pm. We will break for lunch from 12-1. Lunch is on your own. The dining hall accepts both meal cards and cash. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.

Workshop 2 (morning only): Structural and tectonic analysis with Google mapping technologies (Berthoud Hall 222) Leaders: Declan De Paor and Carol Simpson Download workshop manual

  • The workshop will begin at 8:00 am and conclude at noon. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.

Workshop 3 (afternoon only): Teaching with Visible Geology, an interactive online tool for visualizing 3D geologic block models (Berthoud Hall 222) Leaders: Rowan Cockett and Barbara Tewksbury

  • The workshop will begin at 1 pm and conclude at 5 pm. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.


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Forum main program

Monday, June 16 - Forum Day 1

8:00-12:00 Session 1: Lithospheric deformation - rheology and the rock record (Berthoud Hall 241)

8:00-8:10 Forum introduction Yvette Kuiper

8:10-8:15 Introduction Micah Jessup and Joe Allen, session chairs

8:15-9:00 Keynote talk: Strain localization (and de-localization?) in deep continental crust: examples from an exhumed section and remote observations from still deep crust in North America Kevin Mahan, University of Colorado, Boulder Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 36.3MB Jun13 14)

9:05-9:25 Invited talk: Initiating localized deformation in the mantle Phil Skemer, Washington University, St. Louis Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 13.2MB Jun15 14) | More resources

9:25-9:45 Invited talk: Advances in quantifying crustal stress magnitudes Steve Kidder, City College of New York

9:50-10:10 Two-minute poster pitches (participants limited to 2 minutes each with 2 ppt slides)

10:10-12:00 Posters and coffee (Berthoud Hall 243)

12:00-1:00 Lunch Slate Café, Student Center

1:00-2:00 Group discussion (Berthoud Hall 241)

  • Topics: Margins curriculum testing opportunity (Lisa Lamb); report-out from 2012 meeting (Basil Tikoff); digital database for structural geology and tectonics (Basil Tikoff); RCN (Research Coordination Network) for Field Geology – EC3 (Matty Mookerjee); Earthscope updates and opportunities for the future (Basil Tikoff). Downlload powerpoint (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 13.2MB Jun17 14) (includes web links for more information and for volunteering).
  • EarthScope Geochronology Graduate Student Award Program (informal presentation). Becky Flowers, Jim Metcalf, Ramon Arrowsmith, Blair Schoene, Tammy Rittenour Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 100kB Jun16 14)

2:00-6:30 Session 2: Tectonics at the Earth's surface - geomorphic expressions and shallow deformation (Berthoud Hall 241)

2:00-2:05 Introduction Ryan Gold and Colin Amos, session chairs

2:05-2:50 Keynote talk: Issues in climate-tectonic interactions Doug Burbank, UC Santa Barbara Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 38.4MB Jun16 14)

2:50-3:05 Coffee break

3:05-3:25 Invited talk: Determining hillslope-scale material strength from seismically-triggered landslide events Marin Clark, University of Michigan

3:25-3:45 Invited talk: Why should I care about your slop? Linking shallow geologic observations to deeper Earth processes Richard Briggs, USGS Download presentation (Acrobat (PDF) 3.1MB Jun17 14)

3:45-4:05 Invited talk: Normal faulting and graben development as catalysts for Late Cenozoic landscape change, Fish Lake Plateau, Utah Chuck Bailey, College of William and Mary Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 17.4MB Jun16 14)

4:05-4:30 Two-minute poster pitches (participants limited to 2 minutes each with 2 ppt slides)

4:40-6:30 Posters and coffee (Berthoud Hall 243)

6:00-7:00 Dinner Slate Café, Student Center

7:30-9:00 Preparing for an academic career in the geosciences - a special evening session for grad students and post-docs (Berthoud Hall 204) Leaders: Barbara Tewksbury and others

  • Are you interested in a future faculty position? Come to this informal "speed dating" session where you will have a chance to talk with current faculty about what it's like to teach and do research at a wide variety of academic institutions and get advice on how to prepare for an academic job search.
  • On the Cutting Edge has an extensive set of online resources on preparing for an academic career. Topics include the job search process, preparing to teach, moving your research forward, and career planning. On the Cutting Edge also has resource pages for early career faculty, which provide information and advice useful for those who are starting to think about academic careers, as well as those already in faculty positions.

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Tuesday, June 17 - Forum Day 2

8:00-12:00 Session 3: Geochronology and tectonics (Berthoud Hall 241)

8:00-8:05 Introduction John Cottle and Emily Peterman, session chairs

8:05-8:50 Keynote talk: Continuous thermal histories from MDD modeling of 40Ar/39Ar K-feldspar analyses and applications to extensional tectonics Martin Wong, Colgate University Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 6.7MB Jun14 14)

8:55-9:15 Invited talk: Geochronology and Himalayan tectonics Kyle Larson, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 16.5MB Jun17 14)

9:15-9:35 Invited talk: Dating brittle deformation with hematite (U-Th)/He chronometry Alexis Ault, University of Arizona/Utah State University

9:40-10:00 Two-minute poster pitches (participants limited to 2 minutes each with 2 ppt slides)

10:00-12:00 Posters and coffee (Berthoud Hall 243)

12:00-1:00 Lunch Slate Café, Student Center

1:00-2:00 Group discussion (Berthoud Hall 241)

2:00-6:30 Session4: Geoscience learning and spatial cognition (Berthoud Hall 241)

2:00-2:05 Introduction Tim Shipley and Carol Ormand, session chairs

2:05-2:50 Keynote talk: Applying cognitive science research to improve geoscience teaching and learning Carol Ormand, SERC, Carleton College Download presentation (Acrobat (PDF) 4.4MB Jun17 14)

2:50-3:05 Coffee break

3:05-3:25 Invited talk: Creating, disseminating, and testing interactive 3D models for teaching structural geology Paul Karabinos, Williams College

3:25-3:45 Invited talk: Virtual geological mapping and development of geospatial analysis competencies using Google Earth and related digital technologies Declan DePaor, Old Dominion University Download presentation (Acrobat (PDF) 15.5MB Jun17 14) | More resources

3:45-4:05 Invited talk: Visuospatial ability and geologic mapping: Experts and novices in the field Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 13.1MB Jun17 14) | More resources

4:05-4:20 Two-minute poster pitches (participants limited to 2 minutes each with 2 ppt slides)

4:40-6:30 Posters and coffee (Berthoud Hall 243)

6:00-7:00 Dinner Slate Café, Student Center

7:30-8:30 Optional visit to Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum (#24 on the map (Acrobat (PDF) 882kB May24 14))


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Wednesday, June 18 - Forum Day 3

8:00-12:00 Session 5: The structural geology of natural resources and regional tectonics (Berthoud Hall 241)

8:00-8:05 Introduction Nils Backeberg and Mary Louise Hill, session chairs

8:05-8:50 Keynote talk: The Central Piedmont Shear Zone of the Southern Appalachian Piedmont Allen Dennis, University of South Carolina, Aiken Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 22.1MB Jun18 14)

8:55-9:15 Invited talk: SCLM rifting and regional shearing in the N. American Superior Craton – implications for deformation, mineralization, and tectonic reconstructions Lyal Harris, INRS-ETE, Québec Download poster (Acrobat (PDF) 5.8MB Jun13 14) | More resources

9:15-9:35 Invited talk: New thermochronologic, paleomagnetic, and fault-slip constraints on Pliocene tectonics and provenance, North Coast Marine area, Trinidad and Tobago John Weber, Grand Valley State University

9:40-10:00 Two-minute poster pitches (participants limited to 2 minutes each with 2 ppt slides)

10:00-12:00 Posters and coffee

12:00-1:00 Lunch Slate Café, Student Center

1:00-2:00 Group discussion (Berthoud Hall 241)

2:00-6:30 Session 6: Quantitative approaches toward structural analysis (Berthoud Hall 241)

2:00-2:05 Introduction Saad Haq and Matty Mookerjee, session chairs

2:05-2:25 Invited talk: Quantitative structural analysis: where does it start? David Pollard, Stanford University Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 6.8MB Jun14 14)

2:25-2:45 Invited talk: Tracking fault history in sandbox models Dan Davis, Stony Brook University

2:45-3:00 Coffee break

3:00-3:20 Invited talk: Relating lattice preferred orientation to deformational process using statistical analysis of symmetry in orientation distribution space Christopher Thissen, Yale University Download presentation (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 7.3MB Jun19 14)

3:20-3:40 Invited talk: Rotation statistics in structural geology Joshua Davis, Carleton College

3:40-4:00 Invited talk: Fault surface geometry, wear processes and evolution: implications for earthquake mechanics and fault rock rheology James Kirkpatrick, Colorado State University Download presentation (Acrobat (PDF) 22.5MB Jun19 14)

4:00-4:20 Two-minute poster pitches (participants limited to 2 minutes each with 2 ppt slides)

4:40-6:30 Posters

6:00-7:00 Dinner Slate Café, Student Center

7:30-9:00 Networking time


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Optional post-Forum field trips and workshops

Thursday, June 19

Field trip 3: Proterozoic metamorphism and deformation in the Northern Colorado Front Range Leaders: Kevin Mahan, Graham Baird, and Julien Allaz Download field trip guide (Acrobat (PDF) 2.2MB Jun14 14)

  • We will depart promptly at 8:00 am from the D parking lot (Acrobat (PDF) 882kB May24 14). Please eat breakfast before hand, and please plan to arrive before 8:00 so that we can depart on time.
  • Field trip involves one short (less than 1,500 ft. but steep hike, so boots or sturdy shoes are recommended. All stops between 5,200 and 8,000 feet elevation. Be prepared for chilly or hot, and dry or wet weather, and bring sun protection. We will provide a boxed lunch. Note: you must be pre-registered for the field trip in order to participate.

Workshop 4 (all day): The application of shear sense indicators in shear zones (Berthoud Hall 201) Leader: Cees Passchier

  • The workshop will begin at 8:00 am and conclude at 5:00 pm. We will break for lunch from 12-1. Lunch is on your own. The dining hall accepts both meal cards and cash. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.

Workshop 5 (morning only): Ar-Ar datiing of illite, a method to date faults and folds formed in the upper crust (Berthoud Hall 201) Leader: Elisa Fitz Díaz

  • The workshop will begin at 8:00 am and conclude at noon. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.

Workshop 6 (afternoon only): Using real geodesy data in undergraduate structural geology and geophysics courses (Berthoud Hall 201) Leader: Vince Cronin

  • The workshop will begin at 1:00 pm and conclude at 5 pm. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.


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Friday, June 20

Field trip 4: Laramide crustal detachment and thrust tectonism, with applications to natural fracturing in Rocky Mountain resource plays Leader: Eric Erslev Download field guide (Acrobat (PDF) 1.7MB Jun19 14)

  • We will depart promptly at 8:00 am from the D parking lot (Acrobat (PDF) 882kB May24 14). Please eat breakfast before hand, and please plan to arrive before 8:00 so that we can depart on time.
  • Field trip involves several ~1-2 mile hikes on rugged ground. Bring sturdy shoes or boots for rough terrain, sun protection, and a day pack with water, rain parka, and extra warm layers. We will provide a boxed lunch. Note: you must be pre-registered for the field trip in order to participate.

Workshop 7 (all day): Teaching structure lab with linear algebra and simple computing (spreadsheets) (Berthoud Hall 201) Leader: Rick Allmendinger

  • The workshop will begin at 8:30 am and conclude at 5:00 pm. We will break for lunch from 12-1. Lunch is on your own. The dining hall accepts both meal cards and cash. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.

Workshop 8 (all day): Introduction to terrestrial laser scanning (ground-based LiDAR) for Earth science research (at UNAVCO in Boulder) Leader: Chris Crosby

  • This workshop will take place at UNAVCO in Boulder. A van will transport participants from Golden to UNAVCO in Boulder and will depart promptly at 8:00 am from the D parking lot (Acrobat (PDF) 882kB May24 14). Please eat breakfast before hand. The workshop will begin at 9:00 am and conclude at ~4:00 pm, and participants will be back in Golden ~5:00 pm. If you are driving instead of taking the bus, here are the directions to UNAVCO. Note: you must be pre-registered for the workshop in order to participate.