Mineral-encrusted rocks in the foreground of a still lake with snowy mountains against the horizon.

Panorama from the Mono Lake South Tufa Area. Photo credit: Dr. Philipp Ruprecht, UNR faculty member.

The Mono Basin hosting the lake is bound on the western side by the Eastern Sierra Nevada (snowy range in the background). In Pleistocene times, Mono Lake, then called Lake Russell, extended to much greater elevations with prominent Gilbert deltas exposed within the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada

2023 Cordilleran Section Meeting

17–19 May 2023

Reno, Nevada, USA
Whitney Peak Hotel

Icebreaker Welcome Reception:
Tues., 16 May, 5–7 p.m.

Meeting Program
Program PDF
Events Code of Conduct

119th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section

Attendee Documents

Certificate of Attendance
CEU Certificate
Meeting Receipt

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Location

The 2023 GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting will be held in Reno, Nevada, USA, a modern boomtown situated within the Basin and Range at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Nevada, the Silver State, got its nickname from the historical Comstock Lode near Reno, and the state presently hosts world-class gold deposits in the Carlin trend. Reno and the surrounding high desert have much to offer in terms of exciting nearby geology: active faulting within the Walker Lane and Basin and Range, records for ancient glacial outburst floods and vast pluvial lakes, abundant evidence for extrusive and intrusive igneous activity, and windows into the deep crust within the Ruby Mountains and Snake Range metamorphic core complexes. In addition, with great and growing geothermal resources and the only domestic lithium deposits, Nevada is pushing the green-energy revolution! Reno offers affordable housing and abundant restaurants, bars, parks, and the Truckee River to relax in or by at the end of the day. The program includes a diverse range of technical sessions and field trips. We hope you can join us for an exciting meeting in Reno in May 2023!

Meeting Venue

Whitney Peak Hotel
255 N Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89501

Area dining guide
Parking map

Registration

Early registration deadline: 10 Apr. 2023

Cancelation deadline: 17 Apr. 2023

For further information or if you need special accommodations, please contact the meeting general chair, Stacia Gordon, staciag@unr.edu.

Accommodations

Hotel registration deadline:
24 Apr. 2023

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Whitney Peak Hotel at 255 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89501, which is where the conference will be held. The meeting room rate has been sold out, but there are still rooms available at the hotel. Follow the link below to make reservations online.

Make reservations

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A tall, light colored building with blue accents rises into the sky with a sign reading 'Whitney Peak' on the side and another reading 'Reno' near the base.

Whitney Peak Hotel
255 North Virginia Street
Reno, Nevada, 89501

Earn continuing education units and enhance your professional development.

GSA Section Meetings offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Earn CEUs for attending either a one-day or a full-day meeting. Field trips and short courses also offer CEUs. If you are a registered attendee, you can receive your certificate on the meeting homepage after the meeting has concluded.