All,

Jeff Marshall and I are co-chairing a session on Caribbean/Central
America at the GSA Cordilleran Meeting 2003 in Pto. Vallarta, Mexico.
Below are the session description and links about the meeting. Abstract
deadline is December 16. Jeff and I welcome participation from all
regions of the Caribbean and Central America.

-Rob Rogers

The Caribbean and Central American Realms of the Southernmost Cordillera

This session explores the tectonic evolution of the Caribbean plate
and its interactions with the southernmost Cordillera of North America
since the Jurassic opening of the Americas. Terranes such as the
Greater Antilles were displaced eastward from the Cordillera and
replaced by the Chortis and Chorotega blocks. The evolution of the
Middle America subduction system formed the modern Central American
Cordillera where controls on late Cenozoic tectonism are related to the
variable character of Cocos plate subduction along the Pacific margin
and complex strike-slip deformation along the Caribbean - North America
margin. Presentations are welcome from all regions of the Caribbean and
Central America, especially those focusing on the evolution of the
southern Cordillera.

Abstract submission deadline is
December 16, 2002. Note that all abstracts must be submitted
electronically through the GSA website (www.geosociety.org).

More information is available at:
http://geoinf.igeolcu.unam.mx/cordilleran2003/
--
Robert D. Rogers
Dept. of Geological Sciences
Institute for Geophysics
The University of Texas at Austin
4412 Spicewood Springs Rd. bldg 600
Austin, TX 78759-8500

Office – 512 471-0387
Fax – 512 471-8844
Cell – 512 779-6008
rrogers@...