Professor Emeritus Art Sylvester has been awarded the GSA's Structure and Tectonics Division's Career Contribution Award! Past recipients of this award include several other UCSB professors as well: Brad Hacker (2021), Tanya Atwater (2015), and John Crowell (1992). 

 

The award will be given at the Cordilleran Section Meeting in Reno, NV, May 17-19th, where there will be several sessions in Art's honor -- see below. 

 

Congratulations, Art! 

 

T4. Strike-Slip Faulting, Flower Structures, Plutons, and Tiltmeters I: A Tribute to the Career of Arthur Sylvester

Endorsed by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.
Allen F. Glazner, An Yin, Richard D. Law, and Marc Mayes.
Description: Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, mmayes@sig-nal.org.This session honors the 50+ years of Art Sylvester’s work in geology and public engagement. We invite contributions in the broad fields of structural geology, pluton emplacement, geologic mapping, neotectonics, drone work, geology, fire, and writing for the public.

T4. Strike-Slip Faulting, Flower Structures, Plutons, and Tiltmeters II: A Tribute to the Career of Arthur Sylvester

Endorsed by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.
Allen F. Glazner, An Yin, Richard D. Law, and Marc Mayes.
Description: Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, mmayes@sig-nal.org.This session honors the 50+ years of Art Sylvester’s work in geology and public engagement. We invite contributions in the broad fields of structural geology, pluton emplacement, geologic mapping, neotectonics, drone work, geology, fire, and writing for the public.

T4. Strike-Slip Faulting, Flower Structures, Plutons, and Tiltmeters: A Tribute to the Career of Arthur Sylvester (Posters)

Endorsed by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.
Allen F. Glazner, An Yin, Richard D. Law, and Marc Mayes.
Description: Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, mmayes@sig-nal.org.This session honors the 50+ years of Art Sylvester’s work in geology and public engagement. We invite contributions in the broad fields of structural geology, pluton emplacement, geologic mapping, neotectonics, drone work, geology, fire, and writing for the public.