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Revisiting the 1872 Mining Law
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
Mapping Critical Minerals from the Sky
Critical mineral resources titanium, zirconium, and rare earth elements occur in placer deposits over vast parts of the...
Bipartisan investment in the nation’s infrastructure: H.R.3684 signed into law!
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz and Connor Dacey...
Black in Geoscience Week 2021: An Interview with Munira Raji, Hendratta Ali and Leiaka Welcome
By Justin Samuel, GSA Community Manager and Matthew Dawson, GSA Education Programs Manager...
The Origin and Tectonic Significance of the Basin and Range–Rio Grande Rift Boundary in Southern New Mexico, USA
Cenozoic extension in the western United States occurred within two iconic domains: the Basin and Range and Rio Grande r...
Ideas to Impact: NSF Funding to Move Results of Your Research to Society and the Economy
By Barbara Ransom, Program Director at the National Science Foundation in the Directorate of Geosciences...
How Scientists Can Help Strengthen Scientific Integrity and Advocate for Science-Based Policy: A Workshop with GSA’s Connects 2021 Annual Meeting
Join us for a free virtual workshop on Tuesday, 12 October, being held as part of Geological Society of America’s GSA Co...
Science Policy at the GSA Connects 2021 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon
By Morgan Disbrow-Monz, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
Virtual Data Help Desk at #GSA2021
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The Lithium Paradox at Thacker Pass: Can Nevada’s Biggest Mine Save the Climate Without Wrecking the Desert?
Drive north from Winnemucca on a two-lane highway for about ninety miles, and you’ll reach a stretch of high desert that...
Virtual Outcrops in a Pocket: The Smartphone as a Fully Equipped Photogrammetric Data Acquisition Tool
Since the advent of affordable consumer-grade cameras over a century ago, photographic images have been the standard med...
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 8
Active Uplift of Southern Tibet Revealed
North of the Himalayas is the Tibetan plateau—the largest physiographic feature on Earth related to intercontinental col...
Budgeting for Science: What the White House’s Budget Request and Congress’ Appropriations mean for Federal Science Agencies
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
GSA Today
Vol. 31 · No. 7
’Taters versus Sliders: Evidence for a Long-Lived History of Strike-Slip Displacement along the Canadian Arctic Transform System (CATS)
Recent field-based studies indicate that the northern margin of North America is best interpreted as a tectonic boundary...
Rezina Shams – The First Known Woman Geologist from Dhaka University (Bangladesh) to Obtain a PhD
By Nazrul I. Khandaker, GSA Fellow and Chair, GSA International; Professor of Geology at York College and Graduate Cente...
Reconciling with our Past: The Reconciliation in Place Names Act
By Connor Dacey, GSA Science Policy Fellow...
Small wins: undergraduate geological field trips in times of COVID-19
By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne...
Geologist Syed Humayun Akhter is leading the Bangladesh Open University
By Nazrul I. Khandaker, GSA Fellow and Chair, GSA International; Professor of Geology at York College and Graduate Cente...