Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia

Session No. 39
Thursday, 7 October 2010: 14:30-16:50
Kemal Kurdas Salon (METU Convention and Cultural Centre)

Subduction, collision and orogeny. Part 2

Yitim zonu jeodinamigi, çarpisma tektonigi ve orojenez

 

Gary Axen and Yildirim Dilek, Chairs
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14:30
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PERI-GONDWANA BLOCKS AND THE INTERIOR OF GONDWANA IN THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC AND EARLY PALEOZOIC TIMES
GARFUNKEL, Zvi, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, zvi.garfunkel@huji.ac.il, zvi.garfunkel@huji.ac.il
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14:50
CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ANATOLIAN-AFRICAN PLATE BOUNDARY AND THE CENOZOIC OROGENIC BELTS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology, Miami University, 116 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056, dileky@muohio.edu, dileky@muohio.edu
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15:10
FROM SUBDUCTION TO COLLISION: THE ROLE OF THE ERATOSTHENES SEAMOUNT IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
HALL, Jeremy1, HÜBSCHER, Christian2, EHRHARDT, Axel3, DEHGHANI, Ali2, HÖLZ, Sebastian4, LOUDEN, Keith5, AKSU, Ali1 and SCHATTNER, Uri6, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada, (2)Institute for Geophysics, University of Hamburg, Bundesstrasse 55, Hamburg, D-20146, Germany, (3)Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Stilleweg 2, Hannover, 30655, Germany, (4)IFM-GEOMAR, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Kiel, 24148, Germany, (5)Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, (6)Dept. of Marine Geosciences, CSMS, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, jeremyh@mun.ca, jeremyh@mun.ca
 
15:30
Break
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15:50
HOW MANY SUBDUCTION ZONES AND OCEANS, POST-CRETACEOUS EVOLUTION OF TURKEY: INFERENCES FROM MANTLE TOMOGRAPHY
KAYMAKCI, Nuretdin1, SPAKMAN, Wim2, OZACAR, A. Arda1, BIRYOL, C. Berk3 and VAN HINSBERGEN, Douwe4, (1)Geological Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey, (2)Mantle Dynamics , Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4)Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 24, Oslo, 0316, Norway, kaymakci@metu.edu.tr, kaymakci@metu.edu.tr
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16:10
DISTRIBUTED OBLIQUE-DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSION IN THE HIGH ZAGROS MOUNTAINS, IRAN
AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, FAKHARI, Mohammad, Dept. Earth & Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, GUEST, Bernard, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, GAVILLOT, Yann, Dept. of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97330, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045 and HORTON, Brian, Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, gaxen@ees.nmt.edu, gaxen@ees.nmt.edu
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16:30
LATE PLIOCENE DENUDATION OF THE HIGHER HIMALAYA: FISSION-TRACK EVIDENCE FROM NEPAL AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE HIMALAYA
SORKHABI, Rasoul, Energy & Geoscience Institute, 423 Wakara Way Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 and STUMP, Edmund, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, rsorkhabi@egi.utah.edu, rsorkhabi@egi.utah.edu
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