GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 34
Monday, 5 November 2001: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

P4. Ophiolites as Problem and Solution in the Evolution of Geological Thinking

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Division; International Geology Division; Society of Economic Geologists; History of Earth Sciences Society

 

Sally Newcomb and Yildirim Dilek, Conveners
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FROM BRONGNIART TO BOSTON: A HISTORY OF THE OPHIOLITE CONCEPT FROM 1813 TO THE PRESENT
MOORES, Eldridge M., Department of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, moores@geology.ucdavis.edu, moores@geology.ucdavis.edu
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1:45 PM
N. L. BOWEN AND THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS
YOUNG, Davis A., Calvin College, 3201 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4388, youn@calvin.edu, youn@calvin.edu
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2:00 PM
OPHIOLITES AND THE OCEANIC UPPER CRUST; TWO-WAY TRAFFIC IN SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
CANN, Johnson R., Earth Sciences, Univ of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, j.cann@earth.leeds.ac.uk, j.cann@earth.leeds.ac.uk
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2:15 PM
IDENTIFYING MODERN ANALOGUES FOR OPHIOLITE COMPLEXES
PEARCE, Julian A., Earth Sciences, Cardiff Univ, P.O.Box 914, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom, PeaceJA@cardiff.ac.uk, PeaceJA@cardiff.ac.uk
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OPHIOLITES: EXTENSION IN A CONVERGENT SETTING, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE WESTERN HELLENIC OPHIOLITES
SMITH, Alan G., Univ Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, ags1@esc.cam.ac.uk, ags1@esc.cam.ac.uk
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEAS ON THE OPHIOLITES OF THE ALPINE-APENNINE AND THE DINARIDE-HELLENIDE OROGENIC SYSTEMS
BORTOLOTTI, Valerio1, BECCALUVA, Luigi2, MARRONI, Michele3, PANDOLFI, Luca3, PRINCIPI, Gianfranco1, SACCANI, Emilio2 and SPADEA, Piera4, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, via La Pira 4, Firenze, 50121, Italy, (2)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, C.so E. I d'Este 32, Ferrara, 44100, Italy, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, via Santa Maria 53, Pisa, 56126, Italy, (4)Dipartimento Georisorse Territorio, Università di Udine, via Cotonificio 114, Udine, 33100, Italy, bortolot@geo.unifi.it, bortolot@geo.unifi.it
 
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3:30 PM
PRECAMBRIAN OPHIOLITES IN COLLISIONAL AND ACCRETIONARY OROGENS: INCREASING EVIDENCE TO CONSTRAIN AN EVOLVING CONCEPT
WINDLEY, Brian F., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama 2-12-1, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan and MARUYAMA, Shigenori, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama 2-12-1, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, windley@geo.titech.ac.jp, windley@geo.titech.ac.jp
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EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT CONCERNING HIGH- AND ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC BELTS: SUBDUCTION, RECRYSTALLIZATION, AND EXHUMATION
ERNST, W. Gary, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Geocorner, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, ernst@geo.stanford.edu, ernst@geo.stanford.edu
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4:00 PM
PALEOMAGNETISM OF OPHIOLITES AND OCEAN-ISLAND BASALTS IN THE TETHYS AND IAPETUS OCEANS
VAN DER VOO, Rob, dept. geological sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, voo@umich.edu, voo@umich.edu
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4:15 PM
MANTLE AND DEEP CRUSTAL DYNAMICS AND OCEANIC SPREADING CENTERS AS DEDUCED FROM OPHIOLITES
NICOLAS, Adolphe, Laboratoire de Tectonophysique, Université Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC049, Montpellier, 34980, France, tectono@dstu.univ-montp2.fr, tectono@dstu.univ-montp2.fr
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4:30 PM
GEOLOGY OF SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE SYSTEMS - THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE ORIGIN OF OPHIOLITES
HAWKINS, James W., Jr, Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr Dept 0220, La Jolla, CA 92093-0220, jhawkins@ucsd.edu, jhawkins@ucsd.edu
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4:45 PM
SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE OPHIOLITE COMPLEXES
DEWEY, John F., Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, dewey@geology.ucdavis.edu, dewey@geology.ucdavis.edu
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OPHIOLITES AND GREENSTONES IN THE JAPANESE OROGENIC BELTS:MULTIPLICITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE ACCRETED OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE
ISHIWATARI, Akira, Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa Univ, Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan, geoishw@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, geoishw@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
 
5:15 PM
OPEN DISCUSSION