Session: Modes of Lithospheric Extension: Oceanic and Continental Core Complexes ( 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)

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8:00 AM

Mapping the Lower Ocean Crust: Evidence for Variable Melt Production and Mantle Composition during Normal Seafloor Spreading

DICK, Henry J.B., Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, hdick@whoi.edu, hdick@whoi.edu

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8:15 AM

Seismic Evidence for Large-Scale Compositional Heterogeneity of Oceanic Core Complexes

CANALES, Juan Pablo¹, TUCHOLKE, Brian E.¹ and XU, Min², (1)Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Woods HOle Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jpcanales@whoi.edu, jpcanales@whoi.edu

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8:30 AM

Non-Volcanic Seafloor Spreading and Oceanic Core Complexes: You Can Have One without the Other

SCHROEDER, Timothy¹, JÖNS, Niels², CHEADLE, Michael³ and BACH, Wolfgang², (1)Natural Sciences, Bennington College, 1 College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201, (2)Department 5 Geosciences, University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Straße, GEO-Building, Postfach 330 440, Bremen, 28334, Germany, (3)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, tschroeder@bennington.edu, tschroeder@bennington.edu

4

8:45 AM

Extensive Core Complex Formation in a Magma Starved Segment of the the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Between 12^°-16^°n: Strain Softening and a Coupled Crust-Mantle Rheology

CASEY, John F., Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, SEARLE, Roger C., Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, DH1 3LE, UK, NA, Duhram, United Kingdom, MACLEOD, Christopher, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3Ye, United Kingdom and MURTON, Bramley J., Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, jfcasey@uh.edu, jfcasey@uh.edu

5

9:00 AM

Oxide Gabbros from IODP Hole 1309D: Recorders of High-Temperature Strain and Alteration of the Atlantis Massif, An Oceanic Core Complex on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

HAYMAN, Nicholas W., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78758-4445, hayman@ig.utexas.edu, hayman@ig.utexas.edu

6

9:15 AM

The Geometry and Mechanics of Active Oceanic Detachment Faulting from An Ocean-Bottom Seismicity Survey at the TAG Segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (26°N)

DEMARTIN, Brian J., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912-1846 and REVES-SOHN, Robert, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mail Stop 24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, Brian_deMartin@brown.edu, Brian_deMartin@brown.edu

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9:30 AM

Pluton Emplacement Kinematics and Arc Collapse during Extensional Tectonics

DEPINE, Gabriela V. and ANDRONICOS, Chris, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, gvd2@cornell.edu, gvd2@cornell.edu

9:45 AM

Break

8

10:00 AM

Insights on Metamorphic Core Complex Formation from the Sierra Mazatán Case Study

WONG, Martin S., Geology Department, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346 and GANS, Phillip B., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, mswong@colgate.edu, mswong@colgate.edu

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10:15 AM

Core Complexes Are Tectonic Windows of Opportunity: A Microstructural Evaluation of Shear Zone Rheology and Strain Localization in the South Mountains Core Complex, Arizona

MIRANDA, Elena A. and CARTER, James S., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8266, elena.miranda@csun.edu, elena.miranda@csun.edu

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10:30 AM

Rheologically Driven Strain Partitioning in the Footwall Shear Zone of a Metamorphic Core Complex, Raft River Mountains, Utah

SULLIVAN, Walter A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, wasulliv@colby.edu, wasulliv@colby.edu

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10:45 AM

Shallow Initial Dip for the Northern Snake Range Footwall: Constraints from Geothermobarometry

COOPER, Frances J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and PLATT, John P., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-074, fcooper@usc.edu, fcooper@usc.edu

12

11:00 AM

Exhumation of the Trans-Himalayan Ama Drime Massif: Implications for Orogen-Parallel Mid-Crustal Flow and Exhumation on the Southern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

JESSUP, Micah¹, COTTLE, John², NEWELL, Dennis³, BERGER, Aaron⁴ and SPOTILA, James⁴, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, (3)Hydrology, Geochemistry and Geology Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, mjessup@utk.edu, mjessup@utk.edu

13

11:15 AM

The Geomorphic Response of An Active Metamorphic Core-Complex: An Example from the Lunggar Rift, Southern Tibet

TAYLOR, Michael, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, KAPP, Paul, Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721 and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 66045, mht@ku.edu, mht@ku.edu

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11:30 AM

Extension in Granulite Facies Orthogneisses of the Biranup Complex (Albany-Fraser Orogen), Bremer Bay, Western Australia

BARQUERO-MOLINA, Miriam, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, MOSHER, Sharon, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, SPAGGIARI, Catherine, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, Perth, WA, 6004, Australia and BODORKOS, Simon, Onshore Energy and Minerals Division, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia, Simon.Bodorkos@ga.gov.au, Simon.Bodorkos@ga.gov.au

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11:45 AM

The Northeastern Emplacement of the Pindos Basin Ophiolites and Their Response to Pelagonian Exhumation Tectonics (Northern Greece)

RASSIOS, Anne Ewing, Kozani Branch, Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Lefkovrisi, Kozani, 50100, Greece, DILEK, Yildirim, Dept of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and KOSTOPOULOS, Dimitri, Geology, University of Athens, Ilisia, Athens, 15701, Greece, blather@gre.forthnet.gr, blather@gre.forthnet.gr

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

T75. Modes of Lithospheric Extension: Oceanic and Continental Core Complexes