Conference on Triple Junction and Subduction Zone Tectonics for Undergraduate Geology Teachers

北海岸加州占据了一个独特的位置，了解 板块构造过程和现今的地震风险。 这里记录 是在会聚边缘异常长的变形期 它也是美国唯一一个与一个城市相邻的地区。 三重连接。 门多西诺三重连接点标志着 圣安地列斯群岛的主要走滑行为 系统向南， 北部卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带的汇聚区 卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带有可能产生巨大的 地震，并已成为一个顶级的地震灾害研究的优先事项， 美国地质调查局。 为期两天的会议，讨论地震活动性、新构造运动和 加州西北部的地质框架被认为是 地质学本科教师。 约100名参与者 参加概况讲座、小组研讨会和实地考察， 以在本科生中使用最新研究成果为导向 教育 所有的演讲都是由教师进行的， 在这一领域开创了许多工作。 将为参与者提供 提供详细的实地考察笔记、研讨会材料和幻灯片， 便于融入本科课程。 使用 正在进行的本科教育研究是一种哲学， 是洪堡州立大学地质系的一个中心主题 本会议 该大学也为会议提供支持。

Northcoastal California occupies a unique location for understanding plate tectonic processes and present day seismic risks. Recorded here is an unusually long period of deformation in a convergent margin setting; it is also the only area in the United States adjacent to a triple junction. The Mendocino triple junction marks the transition between the predominately strike-slip behavior of the San Andreas system to the south and the convergent regime of the Cascadia subduction zone to the north. The Cascadia subduction zone has the potential of generating great earthquakes and has become a top seismic hazards research priority of the US Geological Survey. A two day conference on the seismicity, neotectonics and the geological framework of northwestern California is being held for undergraduate teachers of geology. Approximately 100 participants are attending overview talks, small group workshops and field trips, all oriented towards using recent research results in undergraduate education. All presentations are being conducted by faculty who have pioneered much of the work in this area. Participants will be provided with detailed field trip notes, workshop materials and slide sets to facilitate easy assimilation into their undergraduate courses. The use of ongoing research in undergraduate education is a philosophy of the Geology Department at Humboldt State University and is a central theme of the conference. The university is also providing support for the conference.