Session: Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought ( 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM)

Session No. 245

Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T207. Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA International Division; GSA Geophysics Division; National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Yildirim Dilek, W.G. Ernst and Giovanni B. Piccardo, Advocates

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8:00 AM

The “Classification” of Mountains in the Alpine Region during the 18th Century

VACCARI, Ezio, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, via Mazzini 5, Varese, 21100, Italy, ezio.vaccari@uninsubria.it, ezio.vaccari@uninsubria.it

8:15 AM

Alpine Geology and Geosynclines: Birth and Death of the Concept In a Small Mountain Range

SCHAER, Jean-Paul, Institut de Géologie, Université de Neuchâtel, 11 rue Émile Argand, Neuchatel, 2007, Switzerland and ?ENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü ve Jeoloji Bölümü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, Jean-Paul.Schaer@unine.ch, Jean-Paul.Schaer@unine.ch

8:30 AM

Discovery of Strike-Slip Faulting In the Alps

?ENGÖR, A.M. Celâl, Jeoloji Bölümü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayaza?a, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr, sengor@itu.edu.tr

8:45 AM

Mountain Building Paradigms and New Tools for Tectonic Analysis In the Continental Crust of the European Alps

GOSSO, Guido and SPALLA, Maria Iole, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio" and CNR-IDPA, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, guido.gosso@unimi.it, guido.gosso@unimi.it

9:00 AM

Tectonic Analysis Vs Numerical Modelling: Insight from the Polycyclic Continental Lithosphere of the Alps

SPALLA, Maria Iole¹, MAROTTA, Anna Maria², GOSSO, Guido¹, SALVI, Francesca³ and ZUCALI, Michele³, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Sezione di Geologia and CNR-IDPA, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, (2)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Sezione di Geofisica, Università di Milano, Via Cicognara 7, Milano, 20129, Italy, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Sezione di Geologia, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, iole.Spalla@unimi.it, iole.Spalla@unimi.it

9:15 AM

Alpine Definition of Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere and the Evolution of Geological Thought

DILEK, Yildirim, Geology Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH OH 45056 and PICCARDO, Giovanni B., DIPTERIS, University of Genova, Corso Europa, 26, Genova, I-16132, Italy, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it

9:30 AM

New Ophiolite Classification

DILEK, Yildirim, Dept of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, dileky@muohio.edu, dileky@muohio.edu

9:45 AM

Mantle Evolution from Continental Rifting to Ocean Birth: The Record of Alpine-Apennine Ophiolitic Peridotites

MONTANINI, Alessandra, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 157A, Parma, I-43100, Italy, PICCARDO, Giovanni B., DIPTERIS, University of Genova, Corso Europa 26, Genova, I-16132, Italy and TRIBUZIO, Riccardo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 1, Pavia, I-27100, Italy, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it, piccardo@dipteris.unige.it

10:00 AM

Pre-Alpine Rifting and Alpine Subduction Signature in the Cima Della Sassa Gabbro (Dent Blanche nappe, Valpelline, Western Alps)

GOSSO, Guido, SPALLA, M. Iole and BALETTI, Luca, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università di Milano, Via Mangiagalli, 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, guido.gosso@unimi.it, guido.gosso@unimi.it

10:15 AM

Contribution of Petrologic Studies from the Western Alps to the Understanding of the HP / UHP Metamorphism

COMPAGNONI, Roberto, Department of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, roberto.compagnoni@unito.it, roberto.compagnoni@unito.it

10:30 AM

High- and Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism—a View from the Western and Central Alps

ERNST, W.G., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, wernst@stanford.edu, wernst@stanford.edu

10:45 AM

Metasomatic Influx of LILE-Enriched Complex Brines at UHP Conditions In Dora-Maira Whiteschists (western Alps): Petrology and Fluid Inclusion Data

FERRANDO, Simona, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, FREZZOTTI, Maria Luce, Scienze della Terra, University of Siena, Via Laterina 8, Siena, 53100, Italy, PETRELLI, Maurizio, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Perugia, P.zza Università 1, Perugia, 06100, Italy and COMPAGNONI, Roberto, Department of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, roberto.compagnoni@unito.it, roberto.compagnoni@unito.it

11:00 AM

Late Collisional Plutons as a Key to Constrain the Exhumation of Continental HP Units: An Example from the Italian Western Alps

ZANONI, Davide, Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, 2, Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, SPALLA, Maria Iole, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA, Via Mangiagalli, 34, Milano, 20133, Italy and GOSSO, Guido, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA, Via Mangiagalli, 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, dzanoni@unb.ca, dzanoni@unb.ca

11:15 AM

Recognition of Alpine-Type Tectonics and Its Re-Interpretation as Subduction Tectonics In Japan

OGAWA, Y. and HISADA, Ken'ichiro, Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan, fyogawa45@yahoo.co.jp, fyogawa45@yahoo.co.jp

11:30 AM

Tectonic Facies Concept Based upon An Alpine Model as Applied to the Geology of Tibet

HSÜ, Kenneth J., Center for Environment and Health Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 1234, China and XIAOHAN, Liu, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, kenjhsu@aol.com, kenjhsu@aol.com

11:45 AM

Alpine Tectonics and the Western US Cordillera

MOORES, Eldridge M., Department of Geology, University of California, One Shields Ave, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, moores@geology.ucdavis.edu, moores@geology.ucdavis.edu

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