Session: Recent Advances in Himalayan Geology (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE CONTINENTAL SE ASIA: FRAGMENTS OF A SYNTHESIS

AKCIZ, Sinan¹, BURCHFIEL, Clark¹ and LIANGZHONG, Chen², (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1010 Green Building, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Yunnan Institute of Geol Sciences, Kunming, China, akciz@mit.edu, akciz@mit.edu

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8:15 AM

LARGE-SCALE DEFORMATION IN THE INDIA-ASIA COLLISION CONSTRAINED BY EARTHQUAKES AND TOPOGRAPHY

ANDRONICOS, Christopher L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP Geology, 500 W. University Blvd, El Paso, TX 79968, VELASCO, Aaron A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968 and HURTADO Jr, Jose Miguel, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, UTEP Geology, 500 W. University Blvd, El Paso, TX 79968, jhurtado@utep.edu, jhurtado@utep.edu

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8:30 AM

DENUDATION AND UPLIFT IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYA

SHRODER Jr, John F., Geography and Geology, Univ of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182 and BISHOP, Michael P., Geography & Geology, Univ of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, jshroder@mail.unomaha.edu, jshroder@mail.unomaha.edu

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8:45 AM

EXPLORING THE LATERAL CONTINUITY OF HIMALAYAN EVENTS VIA LESSER HIMALAYAN THERMOBAROMETRIC CONSTRAINTS

CATLOS, Elizabeth J.¹, DUBEY, Chandra S.² and MARSTON, Richard A.¹, (1)School of Geology, Oklahoma State Univ, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India, catlos@okstate.edu, catlos@okstate.edu

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9:00 AM

EXHUMATION IN THE HIMALAYA OVER MILLENNIAL TO MILLION-YEAR TIMESCALES

WOBUS, Cameron¹, HODGES, Kip¹, WHIPPLE, Kelin¹ and HEIMSATH, Arjun², (1)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, cwobus@mit.edu, cwobus@mit.edu

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9:15 AM

EVIDENCE FOR A LARGE TO VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKE AT ~AD 1100 ON THE HIMALAYAN MAIN FRONTAL THRUST, NEPAL

YULE, Doug¹, LAVE, Jerome², SAPKOTA, Som³, BASANT, Kafle³, MADDEN, Chris⁴, ATTAL, Mikael² and PANDEY, R.⁵, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Northridge, CA 91330-8266, (2)Laboratoire de Geodynamique des Chaines Alpines, Grenoble, (3)Seismolab, Department of Mines and Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (4)Earth Consultants Int'l, Tustin, CA 92780, (5)Seismolab, Department of Mines and Geology, Kathmandu, j.d.yule@csun.edu, j.d.yule@csun.edu

9:30 AM

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9:45 AM

THREE STAGE HISTORY OF THE THREE PAGODAS FAULT, WESTERN THAILAND

RHODES, Brady P., Dept. of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, CHARUSIRI, Punya, Chulalongkorn Univ, Faculty Science, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand, KOSUWAN, Suwith, Department of Mineral Rscs, Rama VI Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand and LAMJUAN, Apichard, Department of Mineral Rscs, Rama VI Road, Bangkok, 10400, brhodes@fullerton.edu, brhodes@fullerton.edu

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10:00 AM

HEAT FLOW AND DEGASSING OF METAMORPHIC CO2 NEAR THE MAIN CENTRAL THRUST

DERRY, Louis, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853 and EVANS, Matthew, Chemical Sciences Division, ORNL, Oak RIdge, TN 37831, lad9@cornell.edu, lad9@cornell.edu

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10:15 AM

OSCILLATORY- AND SECTOR-ZONED GARNETS RECORD CYCLIC (?) RAPID THRUSTING IN THE CENTRAL NEPAL HIMALAYA

KOHN, Matthew J., Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, EWS 617, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, mjk@geol.sc.edu, mjk@geol.sc.edu

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10:30 AM

GENESIS OF THE KAMPA DOME AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MIOCENE-RECENT TECTONICS OF SOUTHERN TIBET

QUIGLEY, Mark Cameron¹, LIANGJUN, Yu², XIAOHAN, Liu², WILSON, Chris¹, SANDIFORD, Mike¹, MILLER, John¹ and PHILLIPS, David³, (1)School of Earth Sciences, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia, (2)Beijing Academy of Sciences, Beijing, (3)School of Earth Sciences, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, m.quigley2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au, m.quigley2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au

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10:45 AM

SYNCONVERGENT EXTENSION IN NW HIMALAYA: NEW GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXTRUSION HISTORY OF THE HIGH HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE OF SE ZANSKAR

ROBYR, Martin, Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Univ of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, MATTINSON, James M., Earth Science, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630 and HACKER, Bradley R., Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, martin.robyr@img.unil.ch, martin.robyr@img.unil.ch

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11:00 AM

THE CARTHAGE COLTON SHEAR ZONE, A HIMALAYAN STYLE CRUSTAL CHANNEL IN THE GRENVILLE?

JOHNSON, Eric Lee and CASTRO, Jacob, Geology, Hartwick College, Miller Science, Oneonta, NY 13820, Johnsone@Hartwick.edu, Johnsone@Hartwick.edu

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11:15 AM

STRUCTURE AND CRUSTAL SHORTENING OF THE SUBHIMALAYAN FOLD AND THRUST BELT, WESTERN ARUNACHAL PRADESH, NE INDIA

KELTY, Thomas K., Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-3902, YIN, An, Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and DUBEY, C.S., School of Geology, Univ of Delhi, Delhi, India, tkelty@csulb.edu, tkelty@csulb.edu

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11:30 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS UPON THE NATURE AND TIMING OF THE HIMALAYAN CAMBRIAN–ORDOVICIAN EVENT

MYROW, Paul M.¹, HUGHES, Nigel², SNELL, Kathryn E.¹, HEIM, Noel A.³, SELL, Bryan² and PARCHA, S.K.⁴, (1)Geology Department, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (2)Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92507, (3)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, (4)Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, 248001, pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu, pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

T87. Recent Advances in Himalayan Geology