Session No. 2 Monday, April 9, 2001

8:00 AM-11:30 AM, Sheraton Universal: Studio I
T5. Tectonics of Eastern Asia with Emphasis on Northern China and Mongolia
Gregory A. Davis and B. Clark Burchfiel, Presiding
Start Time
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM YOUNG AND ACTIVE TECTONISM IN THE EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU AND EASTERN CHINA: CONSTRAINTS AND INTERPRETATIONS: BURCHFIEL, B. Clark, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-1010, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, bcburch@mit.edu.
8:50 AM CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE MONGOLIAN HIGH ALTAI: CUNNINGHAM, Dickson1, DIJKSTRA, Arjan1, HOWARD, James1, and BADARCH, Gombosuren2, (1) Orogenic Processes Group, Department of Geology, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, wdc2@le.ac.uk, (2) Inst Geology & Mineral Res, 63 Peace Ave, PO Box 118, Ulaan Baatar, 210351, Mongolia
9:10 AM MAJOR MESOZOIC CONTRACTIONAL AND EXTENSIONAL EVENTS IN SOUTH GOBI AREA, CHINA AND MONGOLIA: ZHENG, Yadong1, WANG, Tao1, and GEHRELS, George E.2, (1) Department of Geology, Peking Univ, Beijing, 100871, China, ydzheng@geoms.geo.pku.edu.cn, (2) Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
9:30 AM SEDIMENTARY RECORD AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF LATE MESOZOIC EXTENSION, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA: JOHNSON, Cari L.1, GRAHAM, Stephan A.1, HENDRIX, Marc S.2, and BADARCH, G.3, (1) Stanford Univ, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, cjohnson@pangea.stanford.edu, (2) Univ Montana - Missoula, 32 Campus Dr Rm 1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296, (3) Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 63 Peace Avenue, Ulaanbaatar, 210357, Mongolia
9:50 AM Break
10:10 AM EVOLVING GEOMETRY OF THE HUHHOT METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA: DARBY, Brian J.1, DAVIS, G.A.1, ZHENG, Yadong2, ZHANG, Jinjiang2, and WANG, Xinshe2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, briand@earth.usc.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Peking Univ, Beijing, 100871, China
10:30 AM THE MESOZOIC TECTONIC FRAMEWORK AND EVOLUTION OF NORTH CHINA BLOCK: LI, Jianghai1, QIAN, Xianglin1, HE, Wenyuan2, and HE, Wenyuan1, (1) Department of Geology, Peking Univ, Beijing, 100871, China, jhli@geoms.geo.pku.edu.cn, (2) Department of Geology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
10:50 AM BASIN ANALYSIS OF LUANPING BASIN, HEBEI PROVINCE, NORTHEAST CHINA: EARLY CRETACEOUS TRANSTENSION IN THE YANSHAN AREA: COPE, Tim D.1, SHULTZ, Michael1, WEIHUA, Sun2, CHANGHOU, Zhang2, and GRAHAM, S. A.1, (1) Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, tcope@pangea.stanford.edu, (2) China Univ of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
11:10 AM TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF A JURA-CRETACEOUS DEXTRAL SHEAR SYSTEM IN THE INTRAPLATE YANSHAN OROGENIC BELT, NORTHERN CHINA: ZHANG, Changhou, SONG, Honglin, WANG, Genhou, and SUN, Weihua, Dept. of Geology, China Univ of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China, changhou@cugb.edu.cn

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