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. 128 Sunday, 5 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 322AB

T65. Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region (GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Sandra J. Wyld and James E. Wright, Presiding
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128-18:00 AM Mantle Reference Frame and Generation of Detached- and Flat-Slab Subduction Geometries In Caribbean Evolution: PINDELL, James, Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, jim@tectonicanalysis.com
128-28:15 AM Lithospheric Deformation, Rebound, and Orogenesis along Southeastern Caribbean Plate Boundary: LEVANDER, Alan1, MILLER, Meghan S.1, NIU, Fenglin1, ZELT, Colin A., BEZADA, Maximiliano J.1, CLARK, Stephen2, and MAGNANI, Maria Beatrice3, (1) Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, alan@rice.edu, (2) Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O.Box 1047 Blindern, Oslo, NO-0316, Norway, (3) Earth Science, University of Memphis, 001 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152
128-38:35 AM 3D Lithospheric Structure beneath the Caribbean – South American Plate Boundary from Surface Wave Tomography: MILLER, Meghan S., NIU, Fenglin, and LEVANDER, Alan, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, meghan.s.miller@rice.edu
128-48:55 AM Late Cretaceous Subduction Initiation Leeward Antilles/Aves Ridge: Implications for Caribbean Geodynamic Models: WRIGHT, J.E.1, WYLD, S.J.1, and URBANI, Franco2, (1) Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, jwright@gly.uga.edu, (2) Escuela de Geologia, Minas y Geofisica, UCV, Caracas, Venezuela
128-59:15 AM Cenozoic Exhumation of the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia: Implications on the Interactions Between the Carribean and South American Plate: CARDONA, Agustin1, VALENCIA, Victor2, REINERS, Peter3, DUQUE, Jose4, MONTES, Camilo1, NICOLESCU, Stefan2, OJEDA, German5, and RUIZ, Joaquin6, (1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, cardonaa@si.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E Fourth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4) Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Autónoma de México, Blvd Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Querétaro, Querétaro, 76230, (5) Instituto Colombiano del Petroleo, Bucaramanga, Colombia, (6) Dean, College of Science, Univ of Arizona, PO BOX 210077, Tucson, AZ 85721
128-69:30 AM A Cretaceous Subduction Zone in Northern Colombia (southern Caribbean plate)?: ZULUAGA, Carlos A., MEDINA, Paula A., and MARTINEZ, Lina F., Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Edif. Manuel Ancizar, ofic. 301, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia, cazuluagacas@unal.edu.co
128-79:45 AM Extreme Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf Isotopic Compositions Exhibited by the Tinaquillo Peridotite Massif, Northern Venezuela: Implications for Geodynamic Setting: MUKASA, Samuel, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, mukasa@umich.edu, CHOI, Sung Hi, Korea Polar Research Institute, 7-50 Songdo Techno Park, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 406-840, South Korea, ANDRONIKOV, Alexandre, Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor, 425 E University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, and MARCANO, Maria C., Geological Sciences, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
128-810:00 AM Geologic Constrains on the Timing and Magnitude of Neotectonic Transpressional Deformation in the Central Range Fault Zone, Trinidad: GIORGIS, Scott, HOJNOWSKI, Jenna, and SHARMAN, Kathleen, Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, giorgis@geneseo.edu
 10:15 AM Break
128-910:30 AM Mesozoic Plate Tectonics in the Proto-Caribbean Zone of Interfering North Atlantic - South Atlantic Mantle Stress Fields: FILLON, Richard H., Earth Studies Group, 3730 Rue Nichole, New Orleans, LA 70131, fillorh@bellsouth.net
128-1010:45 AM Biostratigraphy and Its Implications for the Early Tectonic Evolution of the Great Arc of the Caribbean: MITCHELL, Simon F., Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Kingston 0007 Jamaica, barrettia2000@yahoo.co.uk
128-1111:00 AM Aptian Thrusting Event in the Hispaniola Island Arc: DRAPER, Grenville, Department of Earth Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, PC 344, Miami, FL 33199, draper@fiu.edu
128-1211:15 AM Geochemical and Tectonic Evolution of Albian to Eocene Volcanic Strata In the Virgin Islands and Eastern and Central Puerto Rico: LIDIAK, Edward G., Dept. of Geology & Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, egl@pitt.edu, JOLLY, Wayne T., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON LS3 3A1, Canada, and DICKIN, Alan P., School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
128-1311:30 AM Cenozoic Evolution of the Panama Isthmus. the Panama Geology Project: MONTES, Camilo1, MORON, Sara1, BAYONA, Germán2, CARDONA, Agustin1, FARRIS, David3, and JARAMILLO, Carlos1, (1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, montesc@si.edu, (2) Corporación Geológica ARES, Calle 57 No. 24-11 Of. 202, Bogotá, Colombia, Colombia, (3) CTPA, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, Panama, 34002-0948, Panama
 11:45 AM Discussion

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