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GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 71
Tuesday, 6 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T70. Ophiolites as Problem and Solution in the Evolution of Geological Thinking I

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; International Geology Division, the History of Earth Sciences Society

 

Yildirim Dilek and Sally Newcomb, Advocates
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8:00 AM
ANIMATION OF PLATE MOTIONS AND OPHIOLITE GENESIS THROUGH TIME
SCOTESE, Christopher R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates, Arlington, TX 76019 and DILEK, Yildirim, Geology, Miami Univ, Oxford, OH 45056, chris@scotese.com, chris@scotese.com
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8:15 AM
WHERE DID GUSTAV STEINMANN SEE THE TRINITY?
BERNOULLI, Daniel, Department of Earth Sciences, Basel Univ, Bernoullistrasse 32, Basel, CH-4056, Switzerland, daniel.bernoulli@unibas.ch, daniel.bernoulli@unibas.ch
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8:30 AM
IDENTIFICATION OF THE MANTLE UNIT IN OPHIOLITES: A MAJOR STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE OPHIOLITE CONCEPT
JUTEAU, Thierry, Domaines oceaniques, IUEM, Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Brest), Place Nicolas Copernic, Plouzané, 29280, France, juteau@univ-brest.fr, juteau@univ-brest.fr
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8:45 AM
MANTLE PETROLOGY AS KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE FORMATION: INFERENCES FROM THE LIGURIAN OPHIOLITES
RAMPONE, Elisabetta1, PICCARDO, Giovanni B.2 and ROMAIRONE, Anna2, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Universita' degli Studi Milano - Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, 20126, Italy, (2)Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Universita' degli Studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genova, 16132, Italy, elisabetta.rampone@unimib.it, elisabetta.rampone@unimib.it
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9:00 AM
MELT IMPREGNATION BY STRONGLY DEPLETED MORB MELTS IN THE OPHIOLITIC PERIDOTITES FROM THE LIGURIAN TETHYS (ALPS, APENNINES AND CORSICA)
PICCARDO, Giovanni B., Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Universita' degli Studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genova, 16132, Italy and RAMPONE, Elisabetta, Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Universita' degli Studi Milano - Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 4, Milano, 20126, Italy, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it
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9:15 AM
MAGMA CHAMBERS IN OPHIOLITES
BÉDARD, Jean H.J., Geological Survey of Canada, CGC-Québec, 880 Chemin Ste-Foy, CP 7500, Ste-Foy, QC G1V 4C7, Canada, jbedard@rncan.gc.ca, jbedard@rncan.gc.ca
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9:30 AM
OPHIOLITES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF MARINE GEOPHYSICAL DATA: TOWARDS MORE COMPLICATED MODELS
MCCLAIN, James S., Department of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, mcclain@geology.ucdavis.edu, mcclain@geology.ucdavis.edu
 
9:45 AM
OPEN DISCUSSION
 
10:00 AM
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10:15 AM
NEW VIEWS OF SEAFLOOR SPREADING FROM THE GEOLOGY OF OPHIOLITES AND OCEANIC CRUST: CONTINUALLY COLLAPSING CALDERAS TO CORE COMPLEXES
KARSON, Jeffrey A., Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, 103 Old Chemistry Bldg, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0230, jkarson@duke.edu, jkarson@duke.edu
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10:30 AM
Withdrawn
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10:45 AM
TWO BREEDS OF OPHIOLITE; THEIR DIFFERING ORIGINS AND CONTRASTING PLATE TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE, ARCHAEAN TO CENOZOIC
OSMASTON, Miles F., The White Cottage, Sendmarsh, Ripley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6JT, United Kingdom, miles@osmaston.demon.co.uk, miles@osmaston.demon.co.uk
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11:00 AM
COLLISION-INDUCED MANTLE FLOW AND THE GENESIS OF OPHIOLITES: A TECTONIC FACIES APPROACH
FLOWER, Martin F.J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St. (M/C 186), Chicago, IL 60607-7059, DILEK, Yildirim, Geology, Miami Univ, Oxford, OH 45056 and RUSSO, Raymond M., Geological Sciences, Northwestern Univ, Locy Hall, Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201, flower@uic.edu, flower@uic.edu
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11:15 AM
THE TROODOS MASSIF OF CYPRUS: ITS ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE OPHIOLITE CONCEPT
ROBINSON, Paul T., Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium For Science and the Arts, Hertogsstraat 1, Brussel, B-1000, Belgium, p.robinson@ns.sympatico.ca, p.robinson@ns.sympatico.ca
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11:30 AM
SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE (SSZ) OPHIOLITES: IS THERE REALLY AN "OPHIOLITE CONUNDRUM"?
METCALF, Rodney V., Dept. of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and SHERVAIS, John, Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505, metcalfr@nevada.edu, metcalfr@nevada.edu
 
11:45 AM
OPEN DISCUSSION
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