GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting

April 21 – April 24, 2026 · Loreto, Baja California Sur · Meeting Code: 2026CD
Sessions (83)
# Title Program Type Papers
1 Tectonic Controls on Cenozoic Volcanism in the Gulf of California-Salton Trough Region and the Adjacent Southwestern North American Plate Boundary Technical Sessions Oral 7
2 Tectonic setting of Comondú group: a discussion on alternative interpretations Technical Sessions Oral 5
3 Geomorphological, Hydrologic, and Geothermal investigations of basin aquifers in Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico Technical Sessions Oral 8
4 Sedimentary Systems and Provenance in the Western Cordillera Technical Sessions Oral 11
5 The southern margin of the North American cordillera through time Technical Sessions Oral 9
6 Geoscience Education in the Western U.S and México. Practices, Pathways, and Partnerships. (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 6
7 Earth Life Sciences across the Cordillera (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 13
8 Cenozoic Cordilleran Tectonics, Magmatism, and Crustal Evolution: Perspectives from Mexico and Western North America (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 6
9 Sedimentary Systems and Provenance in the Western Cordillera (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 11
10 Geomorphological, Hydrologic, and Geothermal investigations of basin aquifers in Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 4
11 Geoscience Education in the Western U.S and México. Practices, Pathways, and Partnerships. Technical Sessions Oral 8
12 Guaymas Basin and Gulf of California Subsurface Systems and Energy Applications Technical Sessions Oral 10
13 Earth Life Sciences across the Cordillera Technical Sessions Oral 12
14 Lost Oceans, Shifting Continents: Interdisciplinary Records of Paleo-Pacific Plate Histories in the American Cordilleras Technical Sessions Oral 7
15 Keynote: Earth Life Sciences across the Cordillera Technical Sessions Oral 1
17 Paleoceanography and paleoclimate of the Gulf of California and how they resonate with the evolution of other marginal seas Technical Sessions Oral 9
18 Crossing Borders: Large-scale tectonic models of the North American Cordillera Technical Sessions Oral 10
19 Tectonic Evolution and Competing Models for the Opening of the Gulf of California: From Subduction to Oblique Rifting Technical Sessions Oral 7
20 Hydrogeology and Marine/Coastal Geoscience Technical Sessions Oral 6
20 Hydrogeology and Marine/Coastal Geoscience (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 2
21 US-Mexico Exchange on Cave and Karst Science and Conservation (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 6
22 Evolution of Cordilleran-type orogenic systems (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 8
23 Subduction Zones and Their Volcanic Arcs: Initiation and Evolution, Structure, Metamorphism, Magmatism (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 9
24 Undergraduate Research Posters Technical Sessions Poster 19
25 Integrating metamorphism, mass transfer, and magmatism across the American Cordillera (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 9
26 Subduction Zones and Their Volcanic Arcs: Initiation and Evolution, Structure, Metamorphism, Magmatism Technical Sessions Oral 7
27 Evolution of Cordilleran-type orogenic systems Technical Sessions Oral 12
28 Recent Advances in the Gulf of California Oblique Rift: Offshore and Onshore Studies // Avances Recientes en el Rift Oblicuo del Golfo de California: Estudios Marinos y Terrestres (Part I) Technical Sessions Oral 10
29 US-Mexico Exchange on Cave and Karst Science and Conservation Technical Sessions Oral 9
30 Cenozoic dynamics of the western North American plate boundary: Insights from offshore marine geology and geophysics into Cordilleran tectonics Technical Sessions Oral 4
31 The western equatorial Pangea: Geological, geophysical, geochronological, and paleoecological insights on the youngest supercontinent assembly and breakup on Earth (Part 1) Technical Sessions Oral 7
32 Recent Advances in the Gulf of California Oblique Rift: Offshore and Onshore Studies // Avances Recientes en el Rift Oblicuo del Golfo de California: Estudios Marinos y Terrestres (Part II) Technical Sessions Oral 11
33 Borderless Geoscience: Linking Baja and Southern California Technical Sessions Oral 7
34 Recent Advances in the Gulf of California Oblique Rift: Offshore and Onshore Studies // Avances Recientes en el Rift Oblicuo del Golfo de California: Estudios Marinos y Terrestres (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 10
35 The Mesozoic Convergent Margin of Alta and Baja California (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 7
36 Cordilleran Mineral Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Critical Metal Ore Deposits (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 10
37 Cordilleran Margin Evolution and Supercontinent Tectonics: From Pangea Assembly to North American Orogenesis (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 14
38 Plate Boundary Evolution and Lithospheric Dynamics of Western North America (Posters) Technical Sessions Poster 10
39 The Mesozoic Convergent Margin of Alta and Baja California Technical Sessions Oral 7
40 The western equatorial Pangea: Geological, geophysical, geochronological, and paleoecological insights on the youngest supercontinent assembly and breakup on Earth (Part 2) Technical Sessions Oral 7
41 Recent Advances in the Gulf of California Oblique Rift: Offshore and Onshore Studies // Avances Recientes en el Rift Oblicuo del Golfo de California: Estudios Marinos y Terrestres (Part III) Technical Sessions Oral 7
42 Cordilleran Mineral Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Critical Metal Ore Deposits Technical Sessions Oral 8
— Ancient Rock Art and Loreto Basin Field Trips — 0
— Birdwatching around Loreto Field Trips — 0
— Cordilleran Section Business Meeting (Open to All Members) Non-Technical Events — 0
— Educational Resources on Plate Tectonics That Cross Borders (4 hours) Short Courses — 0
— Exhibit Hall Non-Technical Events — 0
— Exhibit Hall Non-Technical Events — 0
— Exhibit Hall Non-Technical Events — 0
— Exhibit Hall Non-Technical Events — 0
— GeoCareers: Career Exploration Non-Technical Events — 0
— GeoCareers: Career Planning and Networking Non-Technical Events — 0
— GeoCareers: Cover Letters, Résumés and CVs Workshop Non-Technical Events — 0
— Geology Club Meetup Non-Technical Events — 0
— GSA Town Hall Non-Technical Events — 0
— Introduction to Thermochronology: Principles, Methods, and Thermal History Modelling Short Courses — 0
— John Mann Mentor Luncheon in Applied Hydrogeology Events — 0
— LGBTQ+ Meetup Non-Technical Events — 0
— Living and multifunctional Soil: The importance of caring for it and tools to assess its health Short Courses — 0
— Map Blast Non-Technical Events — 0
— Melanges in the western North American Cordillera Short Courses — 0
— North America Cordilleran Plate Tectonics Using GPlates Paleo-GIS Software Short Courses — 0
— Oasis and Ranch Bio-experience in the Loreto Sierra Foothills Field Trips — 0
— Professional Learning Pathways Meetup Non-Technical Events — 0
— Radar de Penetración Terrestre: Principios y Práctica Short Courses — 0
— Registration & Check In Non-Technical Events — 0
— Registration & Check In Non-Technical Events — 0
— Registration & Check In Non-Technical Events — 0
— Registration & Check In Non-Technical Events — 0
— Revisiting the Mesozoic subduction complex of the Vizcaíno Peninsula Field Trips — 0
— Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Lunch in Applied Geoscience Events — 0
— Session Chair Orientation Non-Technical Events — 0
— Session Chair Orientation Non-Technical Events — 0
— Session Chair Orientation Non-Technical Events — 0
— Speaker Ready Room Non-Technical Events — 0
— Speaker Ready Room Non-Technical Events — 0
— Speaker Ready Room Non-Technical Events — 0
— Speaker Ready Room Non-Technical Events — 0
— The Geology and Biology of Isla del Carmen, México Field Trips — 0
— Transition from subduction to rifting and marine incursion in the San Ignacio-Santa Rosalía-Isla San Marcos region, central Baja California peninsula, México Field Trips — 0
— U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Programs, Proposal Preparation and Updates Non-Technical Events — 0
— Volcanic Facies and Emplacement-Related Deformation of the Lower Miocene Comondú Group, Punta Coyote, Espíritu Santo Field Trips — 0
— Wildlife and Snorkeling Tour around Coronados Island Field Trips — 0