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. 234 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 332CF

T79. The Himalayan Orogen and Rise of the Tibetan Plateau: An Earth Systems Approach to the Tectonic and Landscape Evolution of Asia (GSA International Section; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA History of Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Paul T. Robinson and Yildirim Dilek, Presiding
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234-18:00 AM Timing of Collision In the Western Himalayan Orogen: KHAN, Shuhab, Geosciences, Univ of Houston, 312 S & R Bldg 1, Houston, TX 77204, sdkhan@mail.uh.edu, WALKER, J. Douglas, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, HALL, Stuart, Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, BURKE, Kevin, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building I, Houston, TX 77204-5007, kburke@uh.edu, SHAH, Mohammad, National Center of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan, and STOCKLI, Lisa, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045
234-28:15 AM The Oman Mountains as a Part of the Alpine-Himalyan Orogen: GREGORY, Robert T., Department of Earth Science, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, bregory@smu.edu and GRAY, David R., Geostructures Proprietary Limited, 7 Parkleigh Crt, Vermont South, 3133, Australia
234-38:30 AM A Possible Role for Collision-Induced Mantle Extrusion as Evidenced from Arc-Forearc Rollback in Western Pakistan: KHAN, Shuhab, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, Shuhab.khan@mail.uh.edu and FLOWER, Martin, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univesity of Illinois, Chicago, Science and Engineering South Building (MC 186), 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7059
234-48:45 AM Crust-Mantle Recycling Recorded In Tibetan Ophiolites: ROBINSON, Paul T.1, TRUMBULL, Robert1, SCHMITT, Axel2, YANG, Jingsui3, ERZINGER, Joerg1, and EMMERMANN, Rolf1, (1) GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, D-14473, Germany, p.robinson@ns.sympatico.ca, (2) Earth and Space Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1577, (3) Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geol Sciences, Beijing, 100037
234-59:00 AM The Sumdo Eclogite Belt in the Lhasa Block, Tibet: A New Discovery and Its Tectonic Implications: YANG, Jingsui, Key Laboratory for Continental Dynamics, Institute of Geology, CAGS, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, yangjingsui@yahoo.com.cn and ROBINSON, Paul T., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Halifax, B3H 4J1, Canada
234-69:15 AM Cretaceous - Tertiary Geology of Central Tibet and Implications for Plateau Formation: A Synthesis: VOLKMER, John E.1, KAPP, Paul1, DECELLES, Peter1, GUYNN, Jerome2, and LEIER, Andrew3, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jvolkmer@email.arizona.edu, (2) ExxonMobil, Houston, TX 77009, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
234-79:30 AM Integrating Forward Modeling and Unroofing Data from the Central Himalayan Thrust Belt, Western Nepal: ROBINSON, Delores M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Ave, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, dmr@geo.ua.edu
234-89:45 AM U-Pb Basement and Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Southern Tibetan Plateau and Tethyan Himalaya: GEHRELS, George E.1, KAPP, Paul1, PULLEN, Alex1, and DING, Lin2, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, ggehrels@email.arizona.edu, (2) Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029
234-910:00 AM Low-Temperature Thermochronology of the Tibetan Plateau - a Review and New Results from the Interior: GUYNN, Jerome, ExxonMobil, Houston, TX 77009, jeromeguynn@gmail.com, KAPP, Paul, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, CARRAPA, Barbara, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, and VOLKMER, John E., Geoscience, The University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Rm 308, Tucson, AZ 85721
234-1010:15 AM Long-Term Slow Exhumation in the Middle of the Greater Himalayan Series in the Modi Khola Transect, Central Nepal: MARTIN, Aaron J., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, martinaj@geol.umd.edu, GANGULY, Jibamitra, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, and COPELAND, Peter, Geoscience, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204
234-1110:30 AM Eastward Propagation of the Kunlun Fault and Implications for Mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau: HARKINS, Nathan1, CRADDOCK, William1, and KIRBY, Eric2, (1) Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, nharkins@geosc.psu.edu, (2) Department of Geoscience, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802
234-1210:45 AM Beginning to Place Limits on the Timing, Size and Spatial Extent of Great Earthquakes along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust with Paleoseismology: KUMAR, S.1, WESNOUSKY, Steven G.2, JAYANGODAPERUMAL, R.3, NAKATA, T.4, KUMAHARA, Y.5, and SINGH, Vimal1, (1) Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India, senthil@civil.iisc.ernet.in, (2) Center for Neotectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 169, Reno, NV 89557, wesnousky@unr.edu, (3) Center for GeoTechnology, M. S. University Tirunelvelli, Tamilnadu, 248001, India, (4) Dept. of Geography, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1, Miyake, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, 731-5193, Japan, (5) Dept. of Geography, Guma University, Faculty of Education, 4-2, Aramaki, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8510, Japan
234-1311:00 AM Geothermal Fluxes of Heat and CO2 near the MCT Zone, Nepal: DERRY, Louis A., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 2112 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14817, lad9@cornell.edu and EVANS, Matthew, Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766
234-1411:15 AM Symmetric Himalayan Topography and Drainage Pattern Induced by Asymmetric Strain Partitioning and Exhumation: YIN, An and SHEN, Zhengkang, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, yin@ess.ucla.edu
234-1511:30 AM Monsoon Intensification Linked to Greater Himalayan Exhumation in the Early Miocene: CLIFT, Peter D., Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, pclift@abdn.ac.uk, HODGES, Kip, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-140, HESLOP, David, Geowissenschaften, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany, and HANNIGAN, Robyn, Arkansas State Univ, State Unviersity, AR 72467
234-1611:45 AM Wind-enhanced tectonics in the Qaidam Basin and implications for the source of the Loess Plateau: KAPP, Paul, ROHRMANN, Alexander, and PELLETIER, Jon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, pkapp@email.arizona.edu

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