Session No. 149 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C201
T122. Tectonic Evolution of the Middle East and Adjacent Regions: The Confluence of the Alpine and Himalayan Orogenic Systems and a Window into Processes of Continental Dynamics
Bernard Guest and Jahandar Ramezani, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
149-28:15 AM ACCRETIONAL AND COLLISIONAL OROGENS IN ANATOLIA: OKAY, Aral I., ITU Maden Fakultesi, Jeoloji Muhendisligi, Ayazaga, Istanbul 80626 Turkey, okay@sariyer.cc.itu.edu.tr.
149-38:35 AM SEISMIC IMAGES OF A YOUNG CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISION: SANDVOL, Eric1, SEBER, Dogan2, AL-LAZKI, Ali2, BARAZANGI, Muawia2, TURKELLI, Niyazi3, GURBUZ, Cemil3, KULELI, Sadi3, GOK, Rengin3, ZOR, Ekrem3, and BEKLER, Tolga3, (1) Department of Geological Siences, Univ of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, sandvole@missouri.edu, (2) Cornell University, Institute for the Study of the Continents, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, (3) Department of Geophysics, Bogazici Univ, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
149-48:55 AM NEOTECTONICS OF THE TURKISH-IRANIAN PLATEAU AND THE GREATER CAUCASUS FROM ANALYSIS OF ASTER STEREO-IMAGERY: COWGILL, Eric and SIEH, Kerry, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, ecowgill@gps.caltech.edu
149-59:10 AM RECENT FAULTS OF THE ZAGROS FOLD BELT: FAKHARI, Mohammad D., Geological Department, Exploration Directorate, National Iranian Oil Co, NIOC 8th Central Building, Yaghma Alley,Jomhouri Ave, Tehran 11394 Iran, mfakhari@niocexp.org, mdfakhari@lycos.com.
149-69:25 AM CRUSTAL SCALE GEOMETRY OF THE ZAGROS FOLD-THRUST BELT: BASEMENT OR NO BASEMENT?: MCQUARRIE, N., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, nmcq@gps.caltech.edu.
149-79:40 AM A NEW TECTONIC MODEL DESCRIBING THE LATE TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL ALBORZ MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN IRAN: GUEST, Bernard1, AXEN, Gary J.1, STOCKLI, Daniel2, HASSANZADEH, Jamshid3, LAM, Patrick S.1, and GROVE, Marty1, (1) Dept. Earth & Space Sciences, Univ. of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, bguest@ess.ucla.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3) Department of Geology, Univ of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6466, Tehran, Iran
 9:55 AM Break
149-810:10 AM U-PB AGE CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ALPINE BOUNDARY FAULTS IN CENTRAL-EAST IRAN: RAMEZANI, Jahandar, EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-1020, Cambridge, MA 02139, ramezani@mit.edu, GHADERI, Majid, Department of Geology, Tarbiat Modares Univ, Tehran, 14115-175, Iran, and BOWRING, Samuel A., EAPS, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
149-910:25 AM SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF PALEO- AND NEO-TETHYS OPHIOLITES IN IRAN AND THEIR TECTONOMAGMATIC SIGNIFICANCE: HASSANIPAK, A.A.1, GHAZI, Mohamad1, DUNCAN, Robert2, PESSAGNO, Emile A.3, KARIMINIA, S. Mohsen3, and MOBASHER, Katayoun4, (1) Geology, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303, mghazi@gsu.edu, (2) COAS, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331, (3) Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, (4) Department of Geology, Georgia State Univ, 340 Kell Hall, Atlanta, GA 30303
149-1010:40 AM PERMIAN TO TRIASSIC EVOLUTION OF THE SANANDAJ - SIRJAN PROVINCE OF IRAN: HEYDARI, Ezat, Department of Physics, Atmospheric, and General Science, Jackson State Univ, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, ezat.heydari@ccaix.jsums.edu, HASSANZADEH, Jamshid, Department of Geology, Univ of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6466, Tehran, Iran, and GHAZI, Mohamad, Department of Geology, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303
149-1110:55 AM WOULD THE REAL KHOY OPHIOLITE PLEASE STEP FORWARD! THREE+ OPHIOLITE REMNANTS NEAR KHOY, NORTHWESTERN IRAN: KARIMINIA, S. Mohsen1, PESSAGNO, Emile A.1, GHAZI, A. Mohamad2, DUNCAN, R.A.3, and HASSANIPAK, A.A.4, (1) Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, smk736@utdallas.edu, (2) Geology, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303, (3) COAS, Oregon State Univ, 104 Ocean Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, (4) Mining Engineering, Univ of Tehran, P. O. Box 11365-4563, Tehran, Iran
149-1211:10 AM TERTIARY VOLCANISM IN NORTHWEST OF SAVEH, IRAN, AND ITS GEOTECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE: MOBASHER, Katayoun1, KHALATBARI, Morteza2, HASSANZADEH, Jamshid3, and GHAZI, Mohamad1, (1) Geology, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303, mobasher_katy@yahoo.com, (2) Geology, Geol Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran, (3) Geology, Univ of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
149-1311:25 AM OLIGOCENE MAFIC-ALKALINE MAGMATISM IN NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF IRAN: EVIDENCE FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE ALBORZ FROM THE URUMIEH-DOKHTAR MAGAMTIC ARC: HASSANZADEH, Jamshid, Department of Geology, Univ of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6466, Tehran, Iran, jamshidh@khayam.ut.ac.ir, GHAZI, A. Mohamad, Geology, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303, AXEN, Gary, CA, GUEST, Bernard, Dept. Earth & Space Sciences, Univ. of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, STOCKLI, Daniel, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, and TUCKER, Patrick, Geology, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, 30022
 11:40 AM Discussion

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