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

Session No. 18
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T88. Thrust Belts and Plateaus: The Anatomy of Convergent Systems

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Delores M. Robinson and Nadine McQuarrie, Advocates
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8:00 AM
THE SEISMIC STRUCTURE OF THE EURASIAN-ARABIAN COLLISIONAL BELT
SANDVOL, Eric, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, sandvole@missouri.edu, sandvole@missouri.edu
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8:15 AM
OXYGEN ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR RAPID LATE MIOCENE UPLIFT OF THE ALTIPLANO, BOLIVIA
GARZIONE, Carmala N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 and LIBARKIN, Julie C., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701, garzione@earth.rochester.edu, garzione@earth.rochester.edu
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8:30 AM
EROSIONAL CONTROL OF PLATEAU EVOLUTION IN THE CENTRAL ANDES
STRECKER, Manfred R.1, CARRAPA, Barbara1, HILLEY, George E.2, SCHOENBOHM, Lindsay M.1 and SOBEL, Edward R.1, (1)Institut fuer Geowissenschaften, Universitaet Potsdam, Potsdam, 14415, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, 377 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, strecker@geo.uni-potsdam.de, strecker@geo.uni-potsdam.de
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8:45 AM
EOCENE-MIOCENE PALEOALTIMETRY OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
CURRIE, Brian S., Department of Geology, Miami Univ, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and ROWLEY, David B., Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, curriebs@muohio.edu, curriebs@muohio.edu
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9:00 AM
FIRST-CLASS AND SECOND-CLASS OROGENIC PLATEAUS
CLARK, Marin K., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mailstop 100-23, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, mclark@gps.caltech.edu, mclark@gps.caltech.edu
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9:15 AM
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9:30 AM
THE GANGDESE RETROARC FOLD-THRUST BELT REVEALED
KAPP, P.1, DECELLES, P.G.1, LEIER, Andrew1, HE, Shundong1 and DING, Lin2, (1)Department of Geosciences, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, pkapp@geo.arizona.edu, pkapp@geo.arizona.edu
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9:45 AM
EVALUATING UNCERTAINTY IN BALANCED CROSS-SECTIONS: A CRITICAL STEP FOR RELATING THRUST-BELTS TO PLATEAU UPLIFT
ALLMENDINGER, Richard W., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Ithaca, New York, 14853, Ithaca, NY 14853, rwa1@cornell.edu, rwa1@cornell.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
TRANSITIONS BETWEEN FLEXURAL AND AIRY ISOSTASY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT IN CONTINENTAL PLATEAUS
HORTON, Brian K., Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, horton@ess.ucla.edu, horton@ess.ucla.edu
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10:30 AM
THE ROLE OF THE MANTLE LITHOSPHERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVERGENT SYSTEMS: COMPARISON OF THE ANDEAN AND HIMALAYAN-TIBETAN OROGENS
ZANDT, George, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721 and DECELLES, Peter G., Department of Geosciences, The Unversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, zandt@geo.arizona.edu, zandt@geo.arizona.edu
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10:45 AM
CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BASIN EVOLUTION IN THE LHASA TERRANE OF SOUTHERN TIBET: RESPONSES TO TERRANE COLLISION, ARC-TRENCH TECTONICS, AND PROGRESSIVE UNDERTHRUSTING OF GREATER INDIA
DECELLES, P.G., KAPP, P., LEIER, Andrew, QUADE, Jay and FAN, Majie, Department of Geosciences, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, decelles@geo.arizona.edu, decelles@geo.arizona.edu
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11:00 AM
SOUTH-DIRECTED BACKTHRUSTING BENEATH THE EASTERN KUNLUN SHAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR MECHANISMS OF PLATEAU GROWTH
MCRIVETTE, Michael W.1, YIN, An1 and CHEN, Xuan-Hua2, (1)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China, mmcrivet@ucla.edu, mmcrivet@ucla.edu
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11:15 AM
NEOGENE MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE GUIDE BASIN: MID-MIOCENE CLOCKWISE ROTATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR UPLIFT OF THE NE TIBETAN PLATEAU
YAN, Maodu1, VAN DER VOO, Rob2, FANG, Xiao-min3, PARES, Josep M.4, REA, David K.4 and SONG, Chunhui5, (1)dept. geological sciences, Univ of michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Rsch, CAS, P.O. Box 2871, Beilin North Str., Beijing 100085, China, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi’an, Shanxi 710075, China, Beijing, 100085, China, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, (5)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environ, CAS, Xi’an, 710075, China, maoduyan@umich.edu, maoduyan@umich.edu
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11:30 AM
CRUSTAL BALANCE AND CRUSTAL FLUX FROM SHORTENING ESTIMATES IN THE CENTRAL ANDES
HINDLE, David, Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, 206 Nat Sci Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, KLEY, Jonas, Geological Sciences, Universitat Jena, Burgweg 11, Jena, Germany, ONCKEN, Onno, GFZ Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, 14473, Germany and SOBOLEV, Stephan, GFZ Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, 14473, hindle@msu.edu, hindle@msu.edu
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11:45 AM
EVIDENCE FOR A RELEASING BEND AT THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE PUNA PLATEAU, ARGENTINE ANDES
BALDWIN, Austin K., Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, 4505 Duval St, Apt 180, Austin, TX 78751 and MARRETT, Randall A., Univ Texas - Austin, Dept Geological Sciences, C1140, Austin, TX 78712-1101, jokulhlaup@webmail.utexas.edu, jokulhlaup@webmail.utexas.edu
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