Backbone of the Americas—Patagonia to Alaska, (3–7 April 2006)
Session No. 17 Friday, 7 April 2006
2:00 PM-6:00 PM, Congress & Exhibition Center: Auditorio Bustelo

T1. Plenary III: The Backbone of the Americas and Other Regions

 Paper #Start Time
17-12:00 PM TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CARIBBEAN PLATE AS A REFERENCE FRAME SINCE XMA: THE “BACKBONE” EXPLAINED: DEWEY, John F., Department of Geology, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, jfdewey@ucdavis.edu and PINDELL, James, Dept. Earth Science, Rice University, Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
17-22:20 PM THE ORIGIN OF GLOBAL MOUNTAIN BELTS: HOT SUBDUCTION ZONE BACKARCS AND HIGH PLATEAUX: HYNDMAN, Roy D.1, MAZZOTTI, Stephane1, CURRIE, Claire A.2, and LUCINDA, Leonard3, (1) Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geol Survey of Canada, 9860 W. Saanich Road, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada, rhyndman@nrcan.gc.ca, (2) Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, (3) School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada
17-32:40 PM NORTH AMERICA DYNAMICS AND WESTERN U.S. TECTONICS: HUMPHREYS, Eugene D., Geological Sciences, Eugene, OR 97403, genehumphreys@gmail.com and COBLENTZ, David D., Las Alamos, NM 87544
17-43:00 PM PLATE COUPLING MECHANISM AT FLAT SLAB SUBDUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL ANDES (28-33°S): LONG AND SHORT TERM CONSTRAINTS FOR A NUMERICAL MODEL: YAÑEZ, Gonzalo, Codelco Chile, Teatinos 258 Piso 8, Santiago, Chile, gonzalo.yanez@codelco.cl, ALLMENDINGER, Richard W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, and CEMBRANO, Jose, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
17-53:20 PM THE PLATE-TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF INVERSION CYCLES DURING OROGENESIS: LISTER, Gordon and FORSTER, Marnie, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia, gordon@virtualexplorer.com.au
17-63:40 PM THE SOUTH PATAGONIAN BATHOLITH: 150 MY OF MAGMATISM AT A PLATE EDGE: HERVÉ, Francisco, PANKHURST, Robert J., FANNING, Cristopher M., and CALDERÓN, Mauricio, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile, fherve@cec.uchile.cl
17-74:00 PM REMOVING THE BACKBONE OF THE AMERICAS: SCHOLL, David W., Geophysics, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, dscholl@pangea.stanford.edu
 4:20 PM Break
 4:40 PM Discussion
 5:30 PM Concluding Remarks

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