Session: Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region (Posters) ( 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. 154

Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM

T65. Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region (Posters)

GSA Geophysics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

Authors will be present from .

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261

Jurassic-Paleogene Igneous Activity at the Southern End of the Caribbean Plate in Northern Colombia

PINILLA, Alejandro, RIOS, Paula A. and ZULUAGA, Carlos A., Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Edif. Manuel Ancizar, ofic. 301, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogota, Colombia, apinillao@unal.edu.co, apinillao@unal.edu.co

262

New Ages and Geochemical Data for Gorgona Island, Colombia: A 27 Ma Long History of Mantle Melting in the Formation of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province

SERRANO DURAN, Lina, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, FERRARI, Luca, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico and LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, Margarita, Geology Department, Earth Sciences Division, CICESE, Km. 107 carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C, 22860, Mexico, luca@geociencias.unam.mx, luca@geociencias.unam.mx

263

Mesozoic Rocks in the Northernmost Portion of Colombia: Implications for Caribbean Geodynamic Evolution

MEDINA, Paula A.¹, ZULUAGA, Carlos A.², PINILLA, Alejandro³, RIOS, Paula A.², GUERRERO, Nathalia M.² and MARTINEZ, Ana Maria⁴, (1)Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Edif. Manuel Ancizar, Ofic. 301, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia, (2)Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Edif manuel Ancizar, ofic. 301, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia, (3)Geosciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Edif. Manuel Ancizar, ofic. 301, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogota, Colombia, (4)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Griggs Hall, 11175 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 92350, paulaavellaneda81@yahoo.com.ar, paulaavellaneda81@yahoo.com.ar

264

Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Paleocene/Eocene Turbidites from Venezuela and Offshore Islands: Implications for Late Cretaceous Subduction Initiation along the Leeward Antilles and Aves Ridge

NOGUERA, Mariela¹, STEDMAN, Corin¹, FIRST, Emily¹, LORD, Edwin¹, PARRINELLO, Augie¹, WRIGHT, J.E.¹, URBANI, Franco² and COLGAN, Joe³, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Escuela de Geologia, Minas y Geofisica, UCV, Caracas, Venezuela, (3)USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, nogueram@uga.edu, nogueram@uga.edu

265

Exhumation History of the Leeward Antilles Coeval with Regional Deformation and Island Arc Accretion

BEARDSLEY, Amanda G., Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77002, SISSON, Virginia B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, AVE LALLEMANT, Hans G., Dept. of Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS-126, Houston, TX 77005-1892, RODEN-TICE, Mary K., Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 and BLYTHE, Ann, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, abeardsley@chevron.com, abeardsley@chevron.com

266

A Terrain Corrected, Bouguer Anomaly Map of Central Trinidad: Looking for a Crustal Root beneath the Neotectonic Central Range Fault Zone

OLIVER, Michael, OLIVER, Michael and GIORGIS, Scott, Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, mmo3@geneseo.edu, mmo3@geneseo.edu

267

Using Orthographic Projection and ArcGIS to Constrain the Kinematics of Folding in the Central Range Fault Zone, Trinidad

PIERCE, William, Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 236 Hop City Rd, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, HOJNOWSKI, Jenna, Geological Sciences, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242 and GIORGIS, Scott, Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, wgp1@geneseo.edu, wgp1@geneseo.edu

268

Age and Geochemistry of the Central American Forearc Basement: Insights into Mesozoic Arc Volcanism and Seamount Accretion on the Fringe of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province

GELDMACHER, Joerg¹, HOERNLE, Kaj², BOGAARD, Paul v.d.³, HAUFF, Folkmar³ and KLÜGEL, Andreas⁴, (1)IODP-USIO, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, TX 77845, (2)Sonderforschungsbereich 574, University of Kiel-GEOMAR Forschungszentrum, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Kiel, 24148, (3)Forschungsbereich 4, Leibniz-Institute for Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR, Wischhofstrasse 1-3, Kiel, 24148, Germany, (4)Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, University Bremen, Postfach 330440, Bremen, 28334, Germany, geldmacher@iodp.tamu.edu, geldmacher@iodp.tamu.edu

269

Development of the Mosquitia Megafan in Response to Mantle Upwelling beneath Central America

ROGERS, Robert, Department of Physics and Geology, California State University, Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382 and EMMET, Peter A., Brazos Valley Services, 14555 Skinner Road, Suite D-2, Cypress, TX 77249, rrogers@geology.csustan.edu, rrogers@geology.csustan.edu

270

The Influence of the Panama Fracture Zone on Arc Magmatism

FARRIS, David W., CARDONA, Agustin, MONTES, Camilo, MORON, Sara, BAYONA, German and JARAMILLO, Carlos, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, farrisd@si.edu, farrisd@si.edu

271

The Forgotten Paleocene-Middle Eocene Sierra Maestra-Cayman Ridge Volcanic Arc and the Origin of the Caribbean Plate

COBIELLA-REGUERA, Jorge Luis, Department of Geology, University of Pinar del Río, Martí 270, Pinar del Río, 20100, Cuba, jcobiella@geo.upr.edu.cu, jcobiella@geo.upr.edu.cu

272

Role of the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone In Concentrating Movement Between the Americas during the Past 70 Million Years

ALTAMIRA, Armando, Geosciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX TX 77204-500, BIRD, Dale, Bird Geophysical, 16903 Clan Macintosh, Houston, TX TX 77084 and BURKE, Kevin, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building I, Houston, TX 77204-5007, aaltamir@mail.uh.edu, aaltamir@mail.uh.edu

273

Paleogeography of the Caribbean Plate: Constraints from a Paleomagnetic Study of Cretaceous Arc Terranes in Central Hispaniola

GLACCUM, Kate E., CLEMENT, Bradford M. and DRAPER, Grenville, Department of Earth Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33199, clementb@fiu.edu, clementb@fiu.edu

274

A New Look at the Virgin Islands Batholith

SCHRECENGOST, K.L., GLAZNER, A.F. and COLEMAN, D.S., Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, kschrec@unc.edu, kschrec@unc.edu

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