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| New Departures in Structural Geology & Tectonics
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| Recognition of exciting opportunities
for research in structural geology and tectonics, brought into focus
by recent technological developments, new quantitative data sets,
and both conceptual and theoretical advances, motivated a workshop
in September 2002 to consider the future directions (New Departures)
for science in this field. Four topical areas of research came into
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1) Beyond Plate Tectonics: Rheology
and Orogenesis of the Continents;
2) The Missing Link: From Earthquakes to Orogenesis;
3) Dynamic Interactions between Tectonics, Climate, and Earth Surface
Processes; and
4) Co-evolution of Earth and Life. |
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Descriptions of these research
themes along with sections on research facilities and education
form the major sections of a white paper, ‘New Departures
in Structural Geology and Tectonics’ available at:
http://pangea.stanford.edu/~dpollard/NSF/. You will leave the
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