Day 5 at Farm Swartpunt—one of the most significant Ediacaran fossil sites on Earth. Standing at an outcrop that helped define an entire chapter of life on Earth. That's a pretty remarkable place to spend a day in the field.

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Incised valleys. Reefs. Olistoliths. Treptichnids. Day 6 of the 2026 GSA Thompson Field Forum at Farm Swartkloofberg tackled the newly defined Swartkloofberg Formation—and the Cambrian boundary debate head-on.

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Day 4 of the 2026 GSA Thompson Field Forum explored iconic Ediacaran fossils and unpacked the taphonomic questions that shape how we reconstruct Earth's earliest ecosystems.

Not a bad afternoon in the field.

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Since 1969, GSA Penrose Conferences have sparked major advances in geoscience.

⛰️ The 2025 Penrose—Eclogites in Space and Time—kicks off tomorrow in CA, uniting researchers to explore Earth from micro to planetary scales.
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What does the dawn of animal life look like in the rock record? Day 3 of the 2026 GSA Thompson Field Forum went looking for answers at Farm Sonntagsbrunn.

Incised valleys, Treptichnus pedum, and a boundary in Earth history that's still being rewritten—in real time, in the field.

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Field. Collections. Core. The final two days of the 2026 GSA Thompson Field Forum took the group to the Geological Survey of Namibia in Windhoek—Ediacaran fossil collections, a GRIND-ECT core workshop, and a fitting close to an incredible week.

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We’re proud to be at the Annual Technical Conference of the National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) in the Green Center at the Colorado School of Mines campus.

Come connect with the GSA team, learn how we support geoscientists & explore opportunities.

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Houston, we’ve landed. 🚀

We're at IMAGE ’25 from today until 28 August! Come visit us at Booth #701 to connect with our team, explore opportunities, and see how GSA can support your geoscience journey.

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