2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 182
Tuesday, 29 October 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T116. Kinematics of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen—Comparing the Present with the Past

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Michael Murphy and Paul Kapp, Advocates
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1:30 PM
APPROACH TO STEADY STATE IN THE INDO-ASIAN COLLISION: A GEOMORPHIC-THERMOCHRONOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE IN THE TIEN SHAN
BURBANK, Douglas W., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, OSKIN, Michael, Institute for Crustal Studies, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, SOBEL, Edward R., Institut fuer Geowissenschaften, Universitaet Potsdam, Postfach 60 15 53, Potsdam, 14415, Germany, MILLER, Scott R., Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802 and BULLEN, Michael E., ExxonMobil, Houston, TX 77002, burbank@crustal.ucsb.edu, burbank@crustal.ucsb.edu
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1:50 PM
RATES OF SHORTENING IN THE HIMALAYAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, WESTERN NEPAL
ROBINSON, Delores M., The Department of Geoscience, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and DECELLES, Peter G., Department of Geosciences, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, dandjeff@mtaonline.net, dandjeff@mtaonline.net
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2:05 PM
THE EOHIMALAYAN FOLD-THRUST BELT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE NW-HIMALAYA (INDIA)
WIESMAYR, Gerhard and GRASEMANN, Bernhard, Institute of Geology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, Gerhard.Wiesmayr@univie.ac.at, Gerhard.Wiesmayr@univie.ac.at
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2:20 PM
INITIATION OF THE HIMALAYAN OROGEN AS AN EARLY PALEOZOIC THIN-SKINNED THRUST BELT
GEHRELS, George E.1, DECELLES, P.G.1, OJHA, T.P.1 and UPRETI, B.N.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Geology, Tribhuvan Univ, Kathmandu, Nepal, ggehrels@geo.arizona.edu, ggehrels@geo.arizona.edu
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2:35 PM
INTEGRATED TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF THE HIMALAYA: TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
MYROW, Paul M., Geology, Colorado College, 14 E Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3243, HUGHES, Nigel, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92507, PAULSEN, Timothy, Department of Geology, Univ of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901, WILLIAMS, Ian, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, Australia, BOWRING, Samuel A., EAPS, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, PARCHA, S.K., Wadia, Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, 248001, India, PENG, S.-C., Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 210008, China and AHLUWALLIA, A.D., Geology, Panjab Univ, Chandigarh, 160014, India, pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu, pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu
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2:50 PM
THE ROOF OF THE WORLD IS PASSIVE: REINTERPRETING THE SOUTH TIBET DETACHMENT AS A MIOCENE PASSIVE ROOF FAULT IN A CRUSTAL-SCALE FAULT-BEND FOLD SYSTEM
YIN, An, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, yin@ess.ucla.edu, yin@ess.ucla.edu
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3:05 PM
HISTORY OF THE MAIN CENTRAL THRUST SYSTEM IN THE MARSYANDI VALLEY, CENTRAL NEPAL: EVIDENCE FOR STEADY-STATE OROGENESIS IN THE HIMALAYA?
HODGES, Kip, RUHL, Katherine, WHIPPLE, Kelin and WOBUS, Cameron, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, kvhodges@mit.edu, kvhodges@mit.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE INCEPTION OF E-W EXTENSION IN TIBET AS EVIDENCED BY APATITE (U-TH)/HE DATA
STOCKLI, Daniel F.1, TAYLOR, Michael2, YIN, An2, HARRISON, T. Mark2, D'ANDREA, Jessica2, KAPP, Paul3 and DING, Lin4, (1)Geology Department, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, 90095, (3)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, stockli@ku.edu, stockli@ku.edu
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3:55 PM
A THIN VISCOUS SHEET APPROACH TO HIMALAYAN CURVATURE
BENDICK, Rebecca, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, campus box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, bendick@cires.colorado.edu, bendick@cires.colorado.edu
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4:10 PM
INTEGRATING INSAR AND GEOLOGIC ESTIMATES OF SLIP RATES IN CENTRAL TIBET
TAYLOR, Mike1, PELTZER, Gilles1, YIN, An1, RYERSON, F.J.2, FINKEL, Robert3 and DING, Lin4, (1)Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)Center of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (3)Center of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawerence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA, (4)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, mtaylor@ess.ucla.edu, mtaylor@ess.ucla.edu
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4:25 PM
PRESERVATION OF A LOW-RELIEF, REGIONALLY CONTINUOUS EROSION SURFACE IN SOUTHEASTERN TIBET: EVIDENCE FOR THE TRANSIENT CONDITION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PLATEAU MARGIN
CLARK, Marin K.1, ROYDEN, Leigh H.1, BURCHFIEL, B. Clark1, WHIPPLE, Kelin X.1, HOUSE, Martha A.2 and ZHANG, Xuan-Yang3, (1)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute Technology, 1201 E California Blvd MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001, (3)Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, 82 North-3 Section, First Ring Road, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610082, China, clark@mit.edu, clark@mit.edu
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4:40 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON DEFORMATION OF THE CENTRAL TIBETAN LITHOSPHERE FROM INDEPTH III GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
BROWN, Larry D., INSTOC, Cornell Univ, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Snee Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, brown@geology.cornell.edu, brown@geology.cornell.edu
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4:55 PM
JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL LHASA TERRANE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN ASIA PRIOR TO THE INDO-ASIAN COLLISION
LEIER, Andrew L.1, HE, Shundong1, KAPP, Paul1 and DING, Lin2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)LTE Lab, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, aleier@geo.arizona.edu, aleier@geo.arizona.edu
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5:10 PM
THE ROLE OF BACKTHRUSTS, MANTLE SUTURES, AND HETEROGENEOUS CRUSTAL STRENGTH IN FORMING THE WESTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
COWGILL, Eric, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, ecowgill@gps.caltech.edu, ecowgill@gps.caltech.edu
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