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. 344 Thursday, 9 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351CF

T84. Exhumation of Continental Ultrahigh-Pressure Terranes (GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; UNESCO International Lithosphere Program Task Force IV: Ultra-Deep Continental Crust Subduction; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Jane A. Gilotti and William C. McClelland, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
344-18:05 AM Extension and Doming In (Ultra-)High-Pressure Terranes Driven by Syn-Convergent Exhumation of (U)HP Nappes: JAMIESON, Rebecca A., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Haifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, beckyj@dal.ca, WARREN, Clare J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England, and BEAUMONT, Christopher, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada
344-28:25 AM Controls on Late-Orogenic Exhumation of Subducted UHP Continental Basement: BUTLER, Jared P., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, butlerjp@dal.ca, BEAUMONT, Christopher, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, JAMIESON, Rebecca A., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Haifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, and WARREN, Clare J., Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England
344-38:40 AM The Timing of Exhumation and Basin Development In the North-East Greenland Caledonides: MCCLELLAND, William C. and GILOTTI, Jane A., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, wmcclell@uidaho.edu
344-48:55 AM Exhumation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Rocks from the Overriding Plate of a Continent Collision - An Example from the Greenland Caledonides: GILOTTI, Jane A. and MCCLELLAND, William C., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, jane-gilotti@uiowa.edu
344-59:10 AM Zircon Geochronology and Tectonostratigraphy of Liverpool Land, East Greenland: Evidence for a Caledonian Lower-Crustal Continental Suture: JOHNSTON, Scott M., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, scojoh@email.arizona.edu, BRUECKNER, Hannes K., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367-1597, HARTZ, Ebbe H., Physics of Geological Processes, Oslo University, PO Box 1048 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, and GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721
344-69:25 AM Structural Analysis in the Coast Range Ophiolite near Paskenta, California: Implications for Tectonic Uplift Processes: DEWHURST, Andrew D., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, dewhursta@mac.com and CLOOS, Mark, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
 9:40 AM Break
344-79:55 AM Is Microplate Rotation Driving HP–UHP Exhumation In Eastern Papua New Guinea?: WEBB, Laura E.1, BALDWIN, Suzanne L.1, LITTLE, Timothy A.2, and FITZGERALD, Paul G.1, (1) Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, lewebb@syr.edu, (2) School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington, 6000, New Zealand
344-810:15 AM Correlation of Eocene-Oligocene Exhumation around the Caribbean: Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Guatemala: SISSON, Virginia, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204, j_sisson@netzero.com, AVE LALLEMANT, Hans G., Dept. of Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS-126, Houston, TX 77005-1892, and SORENSEN, Sorena S., Dept of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, MRC 119, Washington, DC 20013-7012
344-910:30 AM The Karla Tectonic Unit (KTU): A Blueschist Shear Zone Juxtaposed with the Ultra-High Pressure Tso Morari Dome (TMD), Eastern Ladakh, India (Himalaya): REVERMAN, Rebecca, Geology, Univ Cincinnati, Geology, Cincinnati, OH 45221, revermrl@gmail.com and DEJONG, Kees, Univ Cincinnati, Geology, Cincinnati, OH 45221, kees.dejong@uc.edu
344-1010:45 AM The Insight into the Basement of Central Tibet: Timing, Exhumation, and Extent of the Qiangtang Metamorphic Belt and Duguer Shan Gneiss: PULLEN, Alex, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, Tucson, AZ 85721, apullen@email.arizona.edu, KAPP, Paul, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, GEHRELS, George, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, and DING, Lin, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029
344-1111:00 AM Tectonic Evolution of the North Qaidam UHP Metamorphic Terrane, Western China: MENOLD, Carrie A.1, YIN, An2, MANNING, Craig E.3, CHEN, Xuanhua4, and WANG, Xiaofeng4, (1) Department of Geology, Albion College, 611 E Porter St, Albion, CA 49224, cmenold@albion.edu, (2) Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, 3806 Geology Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (3) Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (4) Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geol Sciences, Beijing, 10081, China
344-1211:15 AM A Thermomechanical Model of Diapriric Flow during UHP Metamorphism and Its Applications in Using P-T-T Data to Infer Upper-Mantle Rheology and Thermal Structures: YIN, An and MANNING, Craig E., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, yin@ess.ucla.edu
 11:35 AM Discussion

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