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

Session No. 175
Tuesday, 9 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T85. Whence the Mountains? New Developments in the Tectonic Evolution of Orogenic Belts: Celebrating the Dynamic Career of Raymond A. Price at the 50-Year Mark III

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Geological Association of Canada

 

Tekla A. Harms, Carol A. Evenchick and James W. Sears, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
INDIA-ASIA COLLIISION AND HIMALAYA-TIBET OROGENESIS SENSU STRICTO
ROWLEY, David B.1, CURRIE, Brian S.2, KIDD, W.S.F.3 and ZHU, Bin3, (1)Dept of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Department of Geology, Miami Univ, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, (3)Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Univ at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, rowley@geosci.uchicago.edu, rowley@geosci.uchicago.edu
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2:00 PM
COMPLICATIONS FOR LARGE MAGNITUDE EARLY CENOZOIC EXTRUSION OF INDOCHINA
BURCHFIEL, B. Clark1, CHEN, Zhiliang2, AKCIZ, Sinan1 and GEISSMAN, John3, (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1010 Green Building, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Chengdu Institute of Geology and MIneral Rscs, 82 N-Section, 1st Ring Road, Chengdu, 610082, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, bcburch@MIT.EDU, bcburch@MIT.EDU
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2:15 PM
THE TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE HIMALAYAN OROGEN OF ASIA, PART 1: STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER PLATE
ST-ONGE, Marc R., Geol Survey Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada and SEARLE, Mike, Earth Sciences, Univ of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom, mstonge@nrcan.gc.ca, mstonge@nrcan.gc.ca
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2:30 PM
THE TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE HIMALAYA-KARAKORAM-TIBETAN OROGEN OF ASIA, PART 2: STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER PLATE
SEARLE, Mike, Earth Sciences, Univ of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom and ST-ONGE, Marc R., Geol Survey Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, mike.searle@earth.ox.ac.uk, mike.searle@earth.ox.ac.uk
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2:45 PM
PAPUA NEW GUINEA AS ANALOG FOR THE ACCRETION OF THE CAMBRIAN BOWERS TERRANE ISLAND ARC, ROSS OROGENY, ANTARCTICA
BASSETT, Kari N., BRADSHAW, John D. and WEAVER, Steve D., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Canterbury, Prvt. Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8004, New Zealand, kari.bassett@canterbury.ac.nz, kari.bassett@canterbury.ac.nz
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3:00 PM
LATE PALEOZOIC HERCYNO-TYPE OROGENY, VENEZUELAN ANDES
SHAGAM, Reginald J., Geological & Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion Univ of the Negev, P.0.Box 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel and GRAUCH, Richard I., USGS, Box 25046, Mail Stop 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO, 80225, rshagam@bgu.ac.il, rshagam@bgu.ac.il
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
MAJOR PLATE BOUNDARY CHANGES RECORDED IN MID-CAMBRIAN PAMPEAN OROGEN, ARGENTINA
PINAN, Arancha, Department of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 01125 and SIMPSON, Carol, Department of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215-1406, csimpson@bu.edu, csimpson@bu.edu
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3:45 PM
PALEOZOIC CONTINENTAL ACCRETION AND OROGENY IN THE TASMANIDES OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA
FOSTER, David A., Dept. of Geology, Univ of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120 and GRAY, David R., Earth Sciences, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, dfoster@geology.ufl.edu, dfoster@geology.ufl.edu
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4:00 PM
HIGH-TEMPERATURE, LOW-PRESSURE (HTLP) METAMORPHISM AND EXTENSIONAL OROGENESIS IN THE EASTERN LACHLAN FOLD BELT (LFB), SE AUSTRALIA
RICHARDS, Simon, Earth Materials: Structure and Tectonics, Rsch School of Earth Sciences, RSES The Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia and COLLINS, William, simon.richards@anu.edu.au, simon.richards@anu.edu.au
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4:15 PM
TWO PHASES OF CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION IN THE BETIC OROGEN, WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
PLATT, John P., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-074, ANCZKIEWICZ, Robert, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, KELLEY, Simon, Department of Earth Sciences, Open Univ, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, SOTO, Juan-Ignacio, Departamento de Geodinamica, Universidad de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, Granada, 18071, Spain and THIRLWALL, Matthew, Department of Geology, Royal Holloway Univ of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, john.platt@usc.edu, john.platt@usc.edu
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4:30 PM
EXHUMATION OF ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC TERRANES IN THE OVER-RIDING PLATE ABOVE RETREATING SUBDUCTION ZONES
FORSTER, M.A., Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National Univ, Canberra, 0200, LISTER, Gordon, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National Univ, Canberra, 0200, Australia and COMPAGNONI, Roberto, Scienze Mineralogiche e Petrologiche, Univ of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, I-10125, Italy, marnie.forster@anu.edu.au, marnie.forster@anu.edu.au
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4:45 PM
FORMATION OF ASYMMETRIC CRENULATION CLEAVAGE AS A MECHANISM TO ACCOMMODATE OROGENIC COLLAPSE: EXAMPLES FROM EASTERN BRAZIL
MARSHAK, Stephen, Dept of Geology, Univ of Illinois, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, ALKMIM, Fernando F., Depto. de Geologia, Univ. Federal de Ouro Preto, Morro do Cruzeiro, Ouro Preto, MG, 35.400, Brazil, PEDROSA-SOARES, Antônio Carlos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-IGC-CPMTC, Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil and WHITTINGTON, Alan, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, smarshak@uiuc.edu, smarshak@uiuc.edu
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5:00 PM
ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGIES IN MOUNTAIN BELTS: EXAMPLES FROM THE NORTH CASCADES CRYSTALLINE CORE AND OTHER TERRAINS
LEBIT, Hermann D.1, LUNEBURG, Catalina1, MILLER, Robert2, PATERSON, Scott3 and WEGER, Matthias4, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70504-4530, (2)Department of Geology, San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102, (3)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (4)Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Univ Munich, Luisenstrasse 37, Munich, D-80333, hlebit@louisiana.edu, hlebit@louisiana.edu
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5:15 PM
A MAP-SCALE SHEATH FOLD IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, MONTANA AND ITS ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE 1.78-1.73 GA BIG SKY OROGEN
HARMS, Tekla A., COOPER, Jacob M., FOLEY, Meghan B. and OWEN, David R., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, taharms@amherst.edu, taharms@amherst.edu
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