Session: The Caribbean and Central American Realms of the Southernmost Cordillera (Cordilleran Section

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8:30 AM

TOBAGO, WEST INDIES, AS A GUIDE FOR THE MESOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT ARC OF THE CARIBBEAN

SNOKE, Arthur W., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, snoke@uwyo.edu, snoke@uwyo.edu

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8:50 AM

TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF UHP GARNET PERIDOTITE IN THE CUABA UNIT, RIO SAN JUAN COMPLEX, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ABBOTT Jr, Richard N.¹, DRAPER, Grenville² and KESHAV, Shantanu², (1)Department of Geology, Appalachians State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Department of Geology, Florida Int'l Univ, Miami, FL 33199, abbottrn@appstate.edu, abbottrn@appstate.edu

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9:10 AM

FOREARC DEFORMATION INFLUENCED BY SUBDUCTING PLATE MORPHOLOGY AND UPPER PLATE DISCONTINUITY, PACIFIC COAST, COSTA RICA

MARSHALL, Jeffrey S., Geological Sciences Department, Cal Poly Univ, Pomona, CA 91768 and VANNUCHI, Paola, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Univ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, marshall@csupomona.edu, marshall@csupomona.edu

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9:30 AM

NEOGENE EVOLUTION OF THE COSTA RICAN ARC AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORDILLERA CENTRAL

GANS, Phillip B.¹, ALVARADO-INDUNI, G.², PEREZ, W.², MACMILLAN, I.¹ and CALVERT, A.³, (1)Geological Sciences, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, (2)ICE and University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, (3)USGS, Menlo Park, CA, gans@geol.ucsb.edu, gans@geol.ucsb.edu

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9:50 AM

GRAVITY INTERPRETATION OF THE COMAYAGUA VALLEY, HONDURAS

STRUFFOLINO, Pamela, Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Toledo, M.S. 604, 2801 West Bancroft, Toledo, OH 43606 and STIERMAN, Donald J., Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Toledo, MS 604, 2801 West Bancroft, Toledo, OH 43606, beeker@buckeye-express.com, beeker@buckeye-express.com

10:10 AM

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10:25 AM

THE CRETACEOUS MARGINS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE

ROGERS, Robert D., Department of Geological Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd. bldg 600, Austin, TX 78759-8500, PATINO, Lina, Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, 206 Natural Sci. Bld, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115 and SCOTT, Robert W., RR3 Box 103-3, Cleveland, OK 74020, rrogers@ig.utexas.edu, rrogers@ig.utexas.edu

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10:45 AM

CONTINENTAL MARGIN TRUNCATION, ALONG-TRENCH TERRANE TRANSPORT, LATERAL MIGRATION OF IGNEOUS ACTIVITY AND DEFORMATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO

URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, J.¹, ZHAO, X.², GIRDLER, S.³, COE, R.S.², GOGUITCHAICHVILI, A.¹ and ALVA-VALDIVIA, L.¹, (1)Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, (2)Earth Science Department, Univ of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (3)Laboratorio de Paleomagnetisme, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, UMR 7577, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, F-75252, France, juf@tonatiuh.igeofcu.unam.mx, juf@tonatiuh.igeofcu.unam.mx

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11:05 AM

TWO BELTS OF JADEITITE AND OTHER HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS IN SERPENTINITES, MOTAGUA FAULT ZONE, GUATEMALA

SISSON, Virginia B.¹, HARLOW, George E.², AVE LALLEMANT, Hans G.¹, HEMMING, Sidney³ and SORENSEN, Sorena S.⁴, (1)Dept. of Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS-126, Houston, TX 77005-1892, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Nat History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Dept. of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0119, jinnys@rice.edu, jinnys@rice.edu

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11:25 AM

EARLY TERTIARY DEFORMATION IN SOUTHERN MEXICO AND ITS RELATION TO THE TRANSFER OF THE CHORTIS BLOCK FROM THE NORTH AMERICA TO THE CARIBBEAN PLATE

CERCA, Mariano¹, FERRARI, Luca¹ and LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, Margarita², (1)Centro de Geociencias, UNAM campus Juriquilla, Apdo. Postal 1-742, Querétaro, 76001, Mexico, (2)Lab. de Geocronologia, CICESE, Km. 107, carr. Tij-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, mcerca@geociencias.unam.mx, mcerca@geociencias.unam.mx

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11:45 AM

CENOZOIC EXHUMATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIERRA MADRE DEL SUR, SOUTHERN MEXICO; EVIDENCE FROM APATITE FISSION TRACK AND (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY

SHOEMAKER, S.¹, DUCEA, M.¹, GARVER, J.², REINERS, P.³, CAMPA, M.F.⁴ and RUIZ, J.⁵, (1)Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (4)Escuela Regional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Apartado Postal 197, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico, (5)Dept of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, sarahs@geo.arizona.edu, sarahs@geo.arizona.edu

Cordilleran Section - 99th Annual (April 1–3, 2003)

T6. The Caribbean and Central American Realms of the Southernmost Cordillera