FirstJointmeetingoftheGeologicalSocietyofChina(GSC)andtheGeologicalSocietyofAmerica(GSA)BroughttogetherbytheGSAInternationalSectionChengdu,Chinain17–19June2013.Theabstractsareavailableonlineandcanbedownloadedforfree.In2013,theFirstJointmeetingofGSCandGSAweresuccessfullyheldinChengdu,Chinaon17-19June,withabout500participantsinthesemeetings.Atotalof531abstractswerereceived,and15topics:1)includingthegeotectonicevolutionofQinghai-TibetanPlateau,2)Continentaldeformationanddeeplithosphereprocesses,3)Originofophiolites,podiformchromites,UHPmineralsandtectonics,4)Forelandbasintectonicsandsedimentation(northoftheTibetanPlateau),5)DeepEarthprocessesthroughgeochemistry,6)Accretionaryorogensandgrowthofthecontinental
