2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 200 Tuesday, 20 October 2009
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Oregon Convention Center: A107/108/109

T51. Tectonics and Basins of Convergent Margins (GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)

Andrea Fildani, Jeffrey Trop, Andrew Leier and Melissa K. Giovanni, Presiding
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200-11:30 PM RESOLVING UPLIFT OF THE EASTERN CORDILLERA IN THE COLOMBIAN ANDES USING DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGE SIGNATURES: HORTON, Brian K.1, PARRA, Mauricio2, SAYLOR, Joel E.2, NIE, Junsheng2, and MORA, Andrés3, (1) Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, horton@mail.utexas.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (3) Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo, Ecopetrol, Bucaramanga, Colombia
200-21:45 PM EXTENSIONAL BASIN EVOLUTION IN A CONTRACTIONAL OROGEN: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE CORDILLERA BLANCA, PERU: GIOVANNI, Melissa K., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, mkgiovan@ucalgary.ca and HORTON, Brian K., Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
200-32:00 PM FOREARC BASIN FORMATION IN THE TECTONIC WAKE OF A COLLISION-DRIVEN, COASTWISE MIGRATING CRUSTAL BLOCK: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE NORTH ANDEAN BLOCK AND THE GULF OF GUAYAQUIL-TUMBES BASIN (ECUADOR-PERU BORDER AREA): WITT, Cesar, Earth Sciences Department, Royal Holloway University, Egham Hill. Queens Building, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, c.witt@es.rhul.ac.uk and BOURGOIS, Jacques, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris (iSTeP), UMR 7193 UPMC-CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France
200-42:15 PM FOREARC BASINS AS RECORDERS OF ACCRETIONARY PROCESSES AND INDICATORS OF GEOHAZARDS: EXAMPLES FROM THE NANKAI TROUGH, SOUTHERN CASCADIA, AND SUMATRA: GULICK, Sean P.S.1, BANGS, Nathan L.B.1, MOORE, Gregory F.2, AUSTIN, James A. Jr1, MELTZER, Anne S.3, LEVANDER, Alan4, HENSTOCK, Timothy J.5, MCNEILL, Lisa5, and MARTIN, Kylara M.1, (1) Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, sean@ig.utexas.edu, (2) Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, (3) College of Arts and Sciences, Lehigh University, CAS Dean's Office, 9 West Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (4) Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, (5) National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
200-52:30 PM TECTONICS OF CONCAVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS: A COMPARISON OF THE CASCADIA AND CENTRAL ANDES FOREARCS: ALLMENDINGER, Richard W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, rwa1@cornell.edu and GONZÁLEZ, Gabriel, Dpto. Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile
200-62:45 PM EVIDENCE FOR A COMBINED HORNBROOK-OCHOCO BASIN: A COMPLEX LATE CRETACEOUS FOREARC SYSTEM: SURPLESS, Kathleen DeGraaff, BEVERLY, Emily J., and KOCHELEK, Evan J., Department of Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, ksurples@trinity.edu
200-73:00 PM BASIN INVERSION AND TECTONIC HEREDITY CONTROL FIRST-ORDER STRUCTURE IN A FORELAND THRUST-FOLD BELT: SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA: PRICE, Raymond A., Dept. of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, price@geol.queensu.ca
 3:20 PM Break
200-83:35 PM IMPORTANCE OF PREDECESSOR BASIN HISTORY ON PROVENANCE OF THE MAGALLANES RETROARC FORELAND BASIN, CHILE (50°S-52°S): ROMANS, Brian W.1, FILDANI, Andrea1, GRAHAM, Stephan A.2, COVAULT, Jacob A.1, FOSDICK, Julie C.3, and HUBBARD, Stephen M.4, (1) Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA 94583, brian.romans@chevron.com, (2) Geological and Evironmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Braun Hall, Stanford, CA 94305, (3) Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4) Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
200-93:50 PM WHAT INDUCES THE COLLAPSE OF OROGENS? IS SOUTH AMERICA NEXT?: MCQUARRIE, Nadine, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, nmcq@princeton.edu and OSKIN, Michael E., Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
200-104:05 PM SURFACE RESPONSE TO LITHOSPHERIC DELAMINATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE PUNA PLATEAU OF NW ARGENTINA: CARRAPA, Barbara, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, bcarrapa@uwyo.edu, SCHOENBOHM, Lindsay, Geology, University of toronto, Toronto, M5S 3B1, Canada, DECELLES, Peter, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, and HUNTINGTON, Katharine, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310
200-114:20 PM EOCENE-OLIGOCENE PALEOVALLEY CHARACTERIZATION AND FLUVIAL SYSTEM EVOLUTION IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA: CASSEL, Elizabeth J., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, ecassel@stanford.edu and GRAHAM, Stephan A., Geological and Evironmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Braun Hall, Stanford, CA 94305
200-124:35 PM SUBDUCTION COMPLEX UPLIFT AND EXHUMATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON FOREARC STRATIGRAPHY IN THE GREAT VALLEY BASIN, NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: MITCHELL, Christopher C., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Braun Hall, Stanford, CA 94305, cmitch@stanford.edu and GRAHAM, Stephan A., Geological and Evironmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Braun Hall, Stanford, CA 94305
200-134:50 PM GREAT SUBDUCTION ZONE EARTHQUAKES AND RAPID FOREARC BASIN FORMATION AND SEDIMENT FILLING--EXAMPLE OF THE ATKA FOREARC BASIN, ANDREANOF SECTOR OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: SCHOLL, David, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dscholl@usgs.gov, RYAN, Holly, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, KERANEN, Katie, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, WELLS, R.E., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, and KIRBY, Steven H., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
200-145:05 PM MODIFICATION OF CONTINENTAL FOREARC BASINS BY SPREADING RIDGE SUBDUCTION AND FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION PROCESSES: AN EXAMPLE FROM SOUTHERN ALASKA: FINZEL, Emily S.1, TROP, Jeffrey M.2, and RIDGWAY, Kenneth1, (1) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 500 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, efinzel@purdue.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837

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