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Backbone of the Americas—Patagonia to Alaska, (3–7 April 2006)

Session No. 17
Friday, 7 April 2006: 2:00 PM-6:00 PM

T1. Plenary III: The Backbone of the Americas and Other Regions

 

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2:00 PM
TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CARIBBEAN PLATE AS A REFERENCE FRAME SINCE XMA: THE “BACKBONE” EXPLAINED
DEWEY, John F., Department of Geology, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616 and PINDELL, James, Dept. Earth Science, Rice University, Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, jfdewey@ucdavis.edu, jfdewey@ucdavis.edu
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2:20 PM
THE ORIGIN OF GLOBAL MOUNTAIN BELTS: HOT SUBDUCTION ZONE BACKARCS AND HIGH PLATEAUX
HYNDMAN, Roy D.1, MAZZOTTI, Stephane1, CURRIE, Claire A.2 and LUCINDA, Leonard3, (1)Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geol Survey of Canada, 9860 W. Saanich Road, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada, (2)Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, (3)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada, rhyndman@nrcan.gc.ca, rhyndman@nrcan.gc.ca
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2:40 PM
NORTH AMERICA DYNAMICS AND WESTERN U.S. TECTONICS
HUMPHREYS, Eugene D., Geological Sciences, Eugene, OR 97403 and COBLENTZ, David D., Las Alamos, NM 87544, genehumphreys@gmail.com, genehumphreys@gmail.com
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3:00 PM
PLATE COUPLING MECHANISM AT FLAT SLAB SUBDUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL ANDES (28-33°S): LONG AND SHORT TERM CONSTRAINTS FOR A NUMERICAL MODEL
YAÑEZ, Gonzalo, Codelco Chile, Teatinos 258 Piso 8, Santiago, Chile, ALLMENDINGER, Richard W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and CEMBRANO, Jose, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile, gonzalo.yanez@codelco.cl, gonzalo.yanez@codelco.cl
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3:20 PM
THE PLATE-TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF INVERSION CYCLES DURING OROGENESIS
LISTER, Gordon and FORSTER, Marnie, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia, gordon@virtualexplorer.com.au, gordon@virtualexplorer.com.au
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3:40 PM
THE SOUTH PATAGONIAN BATHOLITH: 150 MY OF MAGMATISM AT A PLATE EDGE
HERVÉ, Francisco, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 13518, Correo 21, Santiago, Chile, PANKHURST, Robert J., FANNING, Cristopher M. and CALDERÓN, Mauricio, fherve@cec.uchile.cl, fherve@cec.uchile.cl
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4:00 PM
REMOVING THE BACKBONE OF THE AMERICAS
SCHOLL, David W., Geophysics, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, dscholl@pangea.stanford.edu, dscholl@pangea.stanford.edu
 
4:20 PM
Break
 
4:40 PM
Discussion
 
5:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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