3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 From: "Chan, Christine" <cchan@xxxxxx> Dear Colleagues, We are writing to announce the second Gordon Research Conference (GRC) ( https://www.grc.org/geochronology-conference/2021/ <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grc.org%2Fgeochronology-conference%2F2021%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccchan%40ku.edu%7C7b73c9fb322b40d9e87b08d888636c50%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637409307917847811%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YK0qODVodDTR775F5CvbAfRDDEE%2BVwcPpRIdYhk1tn0%3D&reserved=0>) on Geochronology. This GRC conference will be held *August 15-20, 2021 at Mount Snow, Vermont*. The theme of the 2021 GRC is the "Timing, Tempo, and Drivers of Lithospheric Evolution." We have a lineup of confirmed discussion leaders and speakers, which is provided below. These include geochronologists as well as scientists whose work is heavily influenced by geochronology. The GRC provides an immersive experience for five days with colleagues in a collegial environment. We hope you will join us next August. *The 2021 GRC will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) *( https://www.grc.org/geochronology-grs-conference/2021/ <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grc.org%2Fgeochronology-grs-conference%2F2021%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccchan%40ku.edu%7C7b73c9fb322b40d9e87b08d888636c50%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C637409307917847811%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HOeocsjaSCM1eCftDE73YZWRswnxvnZC2bsDRHeTSl0%3D&reserved=0> )* planned by and for students and early career researchers. *The inaugural Geochronology GRS will run August 14-15 at Mount Snow and will include a mentoring session highlighting different career paths and how to overcome common challenges faced by early-career researchers. We hope that group leaders will encourage and support your research groups to attend both the GRS and GRC. There will be a separate application process, to be announced later, for funding to support attendance for students and postdocs. We note that conferences for summer 2021 are still being planned, but of course, the global pandemic may affect them. We expect that if the conference cannot be held next summer, it would be postponed by two years to summer 2023. Sincerely, GRC Geochronology 2021 Chairs Blair Schoene, Leah Morgan, Annie Bauer, Klaudia Kuiper GRS Geochronology 2021 Chairs Elizabeth Niespolo, Christine Chan *GRC planned sessions and confirmed presenters:* *Growth and Stabilization of Continents * Discussion Leader: Vickie Bennett, Australian National University Chris Spencer, Queen's University Jun Korenaga, Yale University *Large Igneous Provinces * Discussion Leader: Josh Davies, Université du Québec à Montréal Jill VanTongeren, Tufts University Leif Karlstrom, University of Oregon Esteban Gazel, Cornell University *Collisional Orogens* Discussion Leader: Clare Warren, Open University Nadine McQuarrie, University of Pittsburgh Chris Mark, University College Dublin *Landscape Evolution* Discussion Leader: Marissa Tremblay, Purdue University Taylor Schildgen, GFZ Potsdam Paulo Vasconcelos, University of Queensland Georgina King, University of Lausanne *Basin Evolution* Discussion Leader: George Gehrels, University of Arizona Julie Fosdick, University of Connecticut Francis MacDonald, University of California Santa Barbara *Subduction Zones* Discussion Leader: Kari Cooper, University of California Davis Christy Till, Arizona State University Whitney Behr, ETH Zurich Ben Klein, Boston College *Mantle Lithosphere* Discussion Leader: Graham Pearson, University of Alberta Emily Chin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sonja Aulbach, Goethe University Frankfurt *Batholiths and Super Eruptions* Discussion Leader: Jorge Vazquez, U.S. Geological Survey Drew Coleman, University of North Carolina Xiao-Lei Wang, Nanjing University TBD *Tectonics and Paleogeography* Discussion Leader: Brenhin Keller, Dartmouth College Dave Evans, Yale University Craig O'Neill, University of Sydney *GRS sessions and confirmed presenters:* *GRS Keynote Speaker:* Terry Plank (Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) *Mentoring Session Speakers: * Jorge Vazquez (USGS) Jenny Matzel (LLNL) TBD *Scientific Sessions (speakers to be selected from abstract submissions):* Generation and Recycling of Earth's Crust Timescales of Surface Processes 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 ------------------------------
