Collection: Cordilleran Section

The Cordilleran Section is the oldest of GSA's sections. It was formally approved on 26 August 1901, when the Society itself was only 13 years old. The first organizational meeting of the Section, held in Berkeley, California, in 1899, included the presentation of 11 scientific papers. Learn more on the Cordilleran Section page on our main website. 

In the United States, the Cordilleran Section includes the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and that part of Arizona south of 35 degrees North Latitude.