2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 245 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 361C

T207. Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought (GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA International Division; GSA Geophysics Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers)

Yildirim Dilek, W. G. Ernst and Giovanni B. Piccardo, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
245-18:00 AM The “Classification” of Mountains in the Alpine Region during the 18th Century: VACCARI, Ezio, Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione, Università dell'Insubria, via Mazzini 5, Varese 21100 Italy, ezio.vaccari@uninsubria.it
245-28:15 AM Alpine Geology and Geosynclines: Birth and Death of the Concept In a Small Mountain Range: SCHAER, Jean-Paul, Institut de Géologie, Université de Neuchâtel, 11 rue Émile Argand, Neuchatel, 2007, Switzerland, Jean-Paul.Schaer@unine.ch and SENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü ve Jeoloji Bölümü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey
245-38:30 AM Discovery of Strike-Slip Faulting In the Alps: SENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Jeoloji Bölümü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazağa, Istanbul 34469 Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr
245-48:45 AM Mountain Building Paradigms and New Tools for Tectonic Analysis In the Continental Crust of the European Alps: GOSSO, Guido and SPALLA, Maria Iole, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio" and CNR-IDPA, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, guido.gosso@unimi.it
245-59:00 AM Tectonic Analysis Vs Numerical Modelling: Insight from the Polycyclic Continental Lithosphere of the Alps: SPALLA, Maria Iole1, MAROTTA, Anna Maria2, GOSSO, Guido1, SALVI, Francesca3, and ZUCALI, Michele3, (1) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Sezione di Geologia and CNR-IDPA, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, iole.Spalla@unimi.it, (2) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Sezione di Geofisica, Università di Milano, Via Cicognara 7, Milano, 20129, Italy, (3) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Sezione di Geologia, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy
245-69:15 AM Alpine Definition of Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere and the Evolution of Geological Thought: DILEK, Yildirim, Geology Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH OH 45056, dileky@muohio.edu and PICCARDO, Giovanni B., DIPTERIS, University of Genova, Corso Europa, 26, Genova, I-16132, Italy, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it
245-79:30 AM New Ophiolite Classification: DILEK, Yildirim, Dept of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, dileky@muohio.edu and FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway
245-89:45 AM Mantle Evolution from Continental Rifting to Ocean Birth: The Record of Alpine-Apennine Ophiolitic Peridotites: MONTANINI, Alessandra, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 157A, Parma, I-43100, Italy, alessandra.montanini@unipr.it, PICCARDO, Giovanni B., DIPTERIS, University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genova, I-16132, Italy, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it, and TRIBUZIO, Riccardo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, Pavia, I-27100, Italy
245-910:00 AM Pre-Alpine Rifting and Alpine Subduction Signature in the Cima Della Sassa Gabbro (Dent Blanche nappe, Valpelline, Western Alps): GOSSO, Guido, SPALLA, M. Iole, and BALETTI, Luca, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli, 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, guido.gosso@unimi.it
245-1010:15 AM Contribution of Petrologic Studies from the Western Alps to the Understanding of the HP / UHP Metamorphism: COMPAGNONI, Roberto, Department of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino 10125 Italy, roberto.compagnoni@unito.it
245-1110:30 AM High- and Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism—a View from the Western and Central Alps: ERNST, W.G., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, wernst@stanford.edu
245-1210:45 AM Metasomatic Influx of LILE-Enriched Complex Brines at UHP Conditions In Dora-Maira Whiteschists (western Alps): Petrology and Fluid Inclusion Data: FERRANDO, Simona1, FREZZOTTI, Maria Luce2, PETRELLI, Maurizio3, and COMPAGNONI, Roberto1, (1) Department of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, roberto.compagnoni@unito.it, (2) Scienze della Terra, University of Siena, Via Laterina 8, Siena, 53100, Italy, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Perugia, P.zza Università 1, Perugia, 06100, Italy
245-1311:00 AM Late Collisional Plutons as a Key to Constrain the Exhumation of Continental HP Units: An Example from the Italian Western Alps: ZANONI, Davide, Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, 2, Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, dzanoni@unb.ca, SPALLA, Maria Iole, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA, Via Mangiagalli, 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, and GOSSO, Guido, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA, Via Mangiagalli, 34, Milano, 20133, Italy
245-1411:15 AM Recognition of Alpine-Type Tectonics and Its Re-Interpretation as Subduction Tectonics In Japan: OGAWA, Y. and HISADA, Ken'ichiro, Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan, fyogawa45@yahoo.co.jp
245-1511:30 AM Tectonic Facies Concept Based upon An Alpine Model as Applied to the Geology of Tibet: HSÜ, Kenneth J., Center for Environment and Health Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 1234, China, kenjhsu@aol.com and XIAOHAN, Liu, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
245-1611:45 AM Alpine Tectonics and the Western US Cordillera: MOORES, Eldridge M., Department of Geology, University of California, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, moores@geology.ucdavis.edu

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