2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 149
Monday, 2 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T3. Bridging Two Continents: Comparative Studies of Accretionary Orogenesis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, North American Cordillera, and Other Orogenic Belts II

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
John Wakabayashi, Wenjiao Xiao and Laura E. Webb, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
TOMOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL-SCALE SUTURING IN NORTH AMERICA – A METHODOLOGY FOR OROGENS GLOBALLY
SIGLOCH, Karin, Earth Sciences Department, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX13AN, United Kingdom and MIHALYNUK, Mitchell G., British Columbia Geological Survey, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada, karin.sigloch@earth.ox.ac.uk
1:55 PM
VARIETY OF OROGENIC ULTRAMAFIC BODY INTERNAL CHARACTER AND CONTACT RELATIONSHIPS REFLECTS DIVERSE EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS
WAKABAYASHI, John, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, jwakabayashi@csufresno.edu
2:10 PM
AUTO-SUBDUCTION MODEL FOR THE SEVIER-LARAMIDE (~125-50 MA) OROGENY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
FERGUSON, Charles A., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 West Congress, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85719, caf@email.arizona.edu
2:25 PM
ROCK UPLIFT AT THE TRANSITION FROM FLAT SLAB TO NORMAL SUBDUCTION: THE KENAI RANGE, SE ALASKA
VALENTINO, Joshua1, SPOTILA, James A.1, OWEN, Lewis A.2 and BUSCHER, Jamie3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Naples, Italy, joshua1@vt.edu
2:40 PM
ASSEMBLING THE WORLD’S TYPE SHALLOW SUBDUCTION COMPLEX: DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE NACIMIENTO BLOCK, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST RANGES
CHAPMAN, Alan D., Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105, JACOBSON, Carl E., Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, ERNST, W.G., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, HOURIGAN, Jeremy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 94305, JOHNSTON, Scott M., Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, DUMITRU, Trevor A., Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and DUCEA, Mihai N., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, chapman@macalester.edu
2:55 PM
THE ORIGIN OF THE NACIMIENTO BLOCK: A GEO-/THERMOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSIS
ARNOLD, Lisa, Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1400 N. Bishop, Rolla, MO 65409 and CHAPMAN, Alan D., Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105, lma6w3@mst.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
3:25 PM
LOWER CRUSTAL AND MANTLE XENOLITHS OF NAVAJO DIATREMES – WITNESSES OF ACCRETIONARY TECTONICS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU REGION
HELMSTAEDT, Herwart H., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Miller Hall, Kingston, ON K7K 3N6, Canada and SCHULZE, Daniel J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, helmstaedt@geol.queensu.ca
3:40 PM
MODELING REGIONAL VERSUS LOCAL SUBSIDENCE IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERAN FORELAND BASIN
TUFANO, Brandon C., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, 4400 Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton, NY 13902 and PIETRAS, Jeffrey T., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, btufano1@binghamton.edu
3:55 PM
EXHUMATION PROCESSES IN HIGH MOUNTAINS: GNEISS DOME FORMATION AND EROSION IN THE PAMIRS
STÜBNER, Konstanze, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 72074, Germany, RATSCHBACHER, Lothar, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geologie, Freiberg, 09596, Germany and RUTTE, Daniel, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geologie, Freiberg, 09599, Germany, konstanze.stuebner@uni-tuebingen.de
4:10 PM
AGE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE CHARLESTOWN GROUP, IRELAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GRAMPIAN-TACONIC OROGENY AND REGIONAL MINERAL POTENTIAL
HERRINGTON, Richard J., Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, HOLLIS, Steven, University College, Dublin, Ireland, COOPER, Mark, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Belfast, BT9 5BJ, United Kingdom, STOBBS, Iain, Imperial College, London, SW75BD, RUSHTON, Adrian, Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD and JEFFRIES, Teresa, Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, SW75BD, United Kingdom, R.Herrington@nhm.ac.uk
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