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Session No. 264
Wednesday, 3 November 2010: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

T86. Transformative Science in the Himalaya and Tibet: Insight from Geophysical, Geochemical, and Geologic Studies (Posters)

GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

Authors will be present from 9 to 11 AM, and 4:30 to 5:30 PM.

 

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LATE NEOGENE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE CENTRAL HIMALAYA RELATED TO TECTONIC UPLIFT AND ORBITAL FORCING
WANG, Yang1, DENG, Tao2, FLYNN, Lawrence3, WANG, Xiaoming4, YIN, A.5, XU, Yingfeng6, PARKER, William6, LOCHNER, Eric7 and BIASATTI, Dana8, (1)Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL 32310, (2)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, (3)Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4)Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (5)Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (6)Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 E Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32310, (7)Analytical Facilities, MARTECH, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4351, (8)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu
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PLIOCENE UPLIFT AND PALEOCLIMATIC EVOLUTION IN THE NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU: EVIDENCE FROM 40AR/39AR AND STABLE ISOTOPE DATA OF SUPERGENE JAROSITE
CHEN, Lei1, LI, Jianwei1, RYE, R.O.2, VASCONCELOS, Paulo M.3 and GULBRANSEN, Cayce A.2, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Wuhan 430074, China, Faculty of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)USGS, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia, chenlei1211@gmail.com, chenlei1211@gmail.com
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KINEMATIC AND TIMING CONSTRAINTS on THE LEO PARGIL SHEAR ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION DURING EXHUMATION OF THE LEO PARGIL DOME, NW INDIA
LANGILLE, Jackie, Department of Environmental Science, University of North Carolina at Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, JESSUP, Micah, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, COTTLE, John M., Department of Earth Science, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2028 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, LEDERER, Graham, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and AHMAD, Talat, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, 190 006, India, jlangill@unca.edu, jlangill@unca.edu
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THE SOUTH LUNGGAR RIFT: A JUVENILE DETACHMENT IN WESTERN TIBET?
STYRON, Richard H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, TAYLOR, Michael H., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, SUNDELL, Kurt E., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Rm. 312, Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 66045, LIU, Deliang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuang Qing Rd, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, 100085, China and DING, Lin, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, richard.h.styron@gmail.com, richard.h.styron@gmail.com
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THE EAST JHOMOLARI FAULT SYSTEM, NW BHUTAN: ONSET, DISPLACEMENT, AND MOST RECENT ACTIVITY OF A YOUNG LITTLE KNOWN FUALT ZONE AND ITS REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
CANNON, J. Matthew R.1, HURTADO Jr, Jose Miguel1 and TENZIN, Tashi2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, (2)Department of Geology and Mines, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Bhutan, P.O. Box 173, Thimphu, Bhutan, mrcannon@miners.utep.edu, mrcannon@miners.utep.edu
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METAMORPHISM AND SUBDUCTION IN THE SWAT REGION, PAKISTAN HIMALAYA
DIPIETRO, Joseph A., Geology, Univ Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712-3534, dipietro@usi.edu, dipietro@usi.edu
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TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF NEW ISOTOPIC AGES FOR ROCKS FROM THE PESHAWAR PLAIN OF PAKISTAN INCLUDING A U/PB AGE FOR THE FIRST REPORTED CENOZOIC VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE LESSER HIMALAYA
BURKE, Kevin, Dept Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Rm 312 S&R 1 University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Blvd, Houston, TX 77204-5007, KHAN, Shuhab, Geosciences, Univ of Houston, 312 S & R Bldg 1, Houston, TX 77204, LAPEN, T.J., Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5007 and AHMAD, Irshad, NCE in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, 25120, Pakistan, kburke@uh.edu, kburke@uh.edu
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GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO AN ACTIVE TRANSPRESSIVE REGIME: A CASE STUDY ALONG THE CHAMAN STRIKE-SLIP FAULT, WESTERN PAKISTAN
UL-HADI, Shams, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, 312, SR-1, Houston, TX 77204, KHAN, Shuhab, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, 312, SR-1, Houston, TX 77204, OWEN, Lewis A., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and KHAN, Abdul Salam, Center of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Baluchistan, Quetta, 75400, Pakistan, sulhadi@mail.uh.edu, sulhadi@mail.uh.edu
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PALEOGENE EROSIONAL RECORD OF THE HIMALAYAN-TIBETAN OROGEN ALONG THE YARLUNG-ZANGBO SUTURE ZONE, SOUTHERN TIBET
HU, Xiumian and WANG, Jiangang, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Hankou Road 22, Nanjing, 210093, China, huxm@nju.edu.cn, huxm@nju.edu.cn
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS: RECOVERING THE EROSIONAL HISTORY FROM THE REMAINING SEDIMENT
ROBINSON, Delores M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Ave, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, dmr@geo.ua.edu, dmr@geo.ua.edu
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DISCOVERIES OF PERMIAN FUSULINE FAUNAS FROM THE SHUANGHU AREA, CENTRAL TIBET AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLIMATIC CHANGE AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE QIANGTANG BLOCK
ZHANG Sr, Yichun, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institution of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China, geozyc@yahoo.com, geozyc@yahoo.com
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DETRITAL-ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND IN-SITU HAFNIUM (HF) ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF THE LATE TRIASSIC TETHYS HIMALAYA SEQUENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROVENANCE AND TECTONIC SETTING
LI, Guangwei, LIU, Xiaohan, WEI, Lijie, LIU, Xiaobing and ZHOU, Xuejun, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China, guangweili@itpcas.ac.cn, guangweili@itpcas.ac.cn
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