<div dir="ltr"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Estimadas y estimados colegas de la comunidad geológica:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Me complace compartir con ustedes una invitación para la próxima edición de GSA Connects 2025. En esta ocasión, tendremos una sesión dedicada a discutir los avances del conocimiento en la evolución geológica de la Cordillera de los Andes desde el Paleozoico hasta la actualidad.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Incluyendo charlas invitadas de:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">María Pía Rodríguez (University of Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Veleda Muller (University of Arizona, USA)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Para aquellas y aquellos que tengan en su agenda participar del GSA,</span><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><font size="4">éste será un ambiente científico de interés para la comunidad sudamericana.</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><font size="4"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Abajo pueden encontrar los detalles preliminares sobre la sesión.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Saludos cordiales</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Juan Otamendi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:17.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:17.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">GSA Connects 2025 Session Announcement</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:12.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Submit an abstract for the following session at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(97,25,190);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://gsoa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTk1ODAzNSZwPTEmdT0xMTcyNzg1Njk4JmxpPTExNTM2OTE0Mw/index.html" title="Original URL: https://gsoa.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTk1ODAzNSZwPTEmdT0xMTcyNzg1Njk4JmxpPTExNTM2OTE0Mw/index.html. Click or tap if you trust this link." target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(97,25,190);text-decoration-line:none">GSA Connects 2025</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">, this year at 19-22 October 2025, San Antonio, Texas, USA</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:12.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><font size="4">T36. Building the South American Cordillera, Paleozoic to Recent: Insights from Geo-Thermochronology</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Session Type:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> Topical Sessions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Description:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">An overview of the lithospheric development of the South American Cordillera since the Paleozoic. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">We invite submissions that utilize geochronology and thermochronology data for basement evolution, structural geology, basin analysis, and landscape evolution.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:12.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:12.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">New! Early Abstract Submission Deadline</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:12.1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Planning to present in San Antonio? Submit your abstract early to receive decisions sooner and ease travel planning. Especially helpful for international presenters needing time for visas, travel, and logistics.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">Abstracts Submissions Open: </span><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">1 May</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">Early Submission Deadline: </span><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">15 May</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">Final Deadline: </span><b style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center">5 August</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="ES-TRAD"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Session Description </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This session explores the lithospheric evolution of western South America from Paleozoic to present time, highlighting studies of basement tectonics, basin analysis, and landscape development that incorporate age data. Western South America has been dynamically active since the late Precambrian, preserving records of multiple episodes of terrane accretion, orogenesis, and continental growth culminating in today’s modern Andean setting. The margin also hosts stratigraphic sequences deposited during significant intraplate and arc-related basin episodes, influenced by various greenhouse and icehouse climate cycles. Understanding the timing of these tectonic and climatic events, alongside sedimentary routing processes, is crucial for reconstructing the paleogeographic and geological history of this vast landmass throughout the Phanerozoic. Such research benefits from the application of a diverse array of geochronology and thermochronology methods capable of examining a wide range of lithologies across varying temperature regimes. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The study of the western Southern American margin through time aligns with the meeting theme of Geology Without Borders. Research on the development of the North American Cordillera is often well-represented at GSA meetings, and this session aims to feature high-quality research on its southern counterpart and contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the entire American Cordillera. We particularly encourage contributions from South American geologists to foster stronger ties between research communities in the Americas.</span></div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Juan E Otamendi</div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Investigador Principal, CONICET, Argentina</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Profesor Asociado, Departamento de Geología, UNRC</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size:10pt"><div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span><span>Campus Universitario (X5804BYA) R</span></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span><span><font face="Tahoma"><span dir="ltr"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><span><span>í</span></span></font></span></font>o Cuarto, </span></span></font><font size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span><span><font face="Tahoma"><span dir="ltr"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><br></font></span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span><span><font face="Tahoma"><span dir="ltr"><font face="Arial,sans-serif">C</font></span></font></span></span></font></span><font size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif"><span><span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font face="Tahoma"><span dir="ltr"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"><font face="Tahoma"><span dir="ltr">ó</span></font>rdoba, </font></span></font>Argentina</span>. <br></span></span></font></span></div><div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font face="Arial,sans-serif"></font></div></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>