[CIG-ALL] GSA Session on Rifts, Rifted Margins, Backarcs, and Spreading Ridges

Dear Colleagues,

We welcome submissions to the GSA Topical session:
T46. Rifts, Rifted Margins, Backarcs, and Spreading Ridges: Understanding Extensional Processes across Tectonic Settings and Time Scales.
Geophysics/Geodynamics | Structural Geology | Geochemistry

The GSA online abstract submission system opens on June 1: https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2021/program/technical

Confirmed Invited Speakers & Topics:
Cynthia Ebinger (Tulane University): Testing rift linkage and plume models with new data from the Turkana Depression
Folarin Kolawole (BP America): How Do Continental Rifts Grow
James Biemiller (University of Texas at Austin): Linking tectonics/geology/geodesy to earthquake cycle models to better understand earthquake hazard potential in active rifts

Conveners:
Patricia Persaud (Louisiana State University)
Jolante van Wijk (Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Tech)
Abah Omale (BP)
Jackson Borchardt (Rice University)

Endorsers: GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Energy Geology Division

Submissions from early-career scientists are strongly encouraged.
We look forward to seeing you at the planned in-person meeting in Portland, Oregon in October!

Patricia, Jolante, Abah and Jackson