CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 12
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 102D-F (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T34. Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism: Observations from Nano- through Outcrop- to Plate-Tectonic Scales I: In Honor of J.G. Liou, 2011 MSA Roebling Medalist

Mineralogical Society of America

 

W.G. Ernst, Advocate
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
MANTLE-CRUST INTERACTION DURING DEEP SUBDUCTION: RECORDS IN MICRODIAMONDS FROM UHPM TERRANES
DOBRZHINETSKAYA, Larissa, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, WIRTH, Richard, GeoForschungsZentrum-GFZ, Potsdam, D-14473, Germany, SUMINO, Hirochika, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan and GREEN, Harry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, 92521, larissa@ucr.edu, larissa@ucr.edu
2
8:35 AM
CHARACTERISTICS OF SYNTHETIC DIAMOND OVERGROWTHS ON CRUSHED NATURAL SEEDS IN METAL, SILICATE, AND CARBONATE FLUXES
HOLSING, Nicholas A. and JENKINS, David M., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, nholsin1@binghamton.edu, nholsin1@binghamton.edu
3
8:50 AM
MYSTERIOUS RAMAN BANDS FROM UHP METAMORPHIC MICRODIAMONDS: A RELICT OF INTERMEDIATE PHASE FOR DIAMOND FORMATION
OGASAWARA, Yoshihide1, HASHIGUCHI, Yoko2, IGARASHI, Mina2 and HARADA, Yohei2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan, (2)Earth Sciences, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan, yoshi777@waseda.jp, yoshi777@waseda.jp
4
9:05 AM
AEM CHARACTERIZATION OF METAMORPHIC MICRODIAMONDS FROM GARNET-CLINOPYROXENE ROCK (KUMDY KOL) AND GNEISS (BARCHI KOL), KOKCHETAV MASSIF
HWANG, Shyh-Lung, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 970, Taiwan, CHU, Hao-Tsu, Central Geological Survey, MOEA, Taipei, 100, Taiwan, YUI, Tzen-Fu, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan, SHEN, Pouyan, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan and SOBOLEV, Nikolai V., Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, tfyui@earth.sinica.edu.tw, tfyui@earth.sinica.edu.tw
5
9:20 AM
LASER-ABLATION SPLIT-STREAM (LASS) PETROCHRONOLOGY OF THE ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE WESTERN GNEISS REGION
HACKER, Bradley R., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and KYLANDER-CLARK, Andrew, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, hacker@geol.ucsb.edu, hacker@geol.ucsb.edu
 
9:40 AM
Break
6
9:55 AM
(ULTRA)HIGH-PRESSURE TECTONISM: INSIGHTS FROM LASER ABLATION SPLIT-STREAM (LASS) PETROCHRONOLOGY
KYLANDER-CLARK, Andrew, HACKER, Bradley R. and GINSBURG, Adam, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, kylander@geol.ucsb.edu, kylander@geol.ucsb.edu
7
10:10 AM
EXHUMATION OF HP AND UHP ROCKS RELATED TO EARLY DEVONIAN THRUST AND EXTENSIONAL FAULTS, NORTHERN WESTERN GNEISS REGION, NORWAY
ROBINSON, Peter, Geol Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway and TERRY, Michael, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, peter.robinson@ngu.no, peter.robinson@ngu.no
8
10:25 AM
A HUGE UHP METAMORPHIC BELT OF OCEANIC-TYPE IN SW TIANSHAN, CHINA: ZIRCON U-PB DATING AND PETROTECTONIC EVOLUTION
ZHANG Sr, Lifei, Department of Geology, Peking University, China, Beijing, 100871, China, Lfzhang@pku.edu.cn, Lfzhang@pku.edu.cn
9
10:40 AM
A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT A VERY CLASSIC UHP WHITESCHIST FROM DORA MAIRA, ITALIAN ALPS: EMP MONAZITE DATING AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA
TRACY, Robert J., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, LOEHN, Clayton, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and CADDICK, Mark J., Institute for Mineralogy and Petrology, ETH Zürich, NW D77.2, Clausiusstrasse 25, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland, rtracy@vt.edu, rtracy@vt.edu
10
10:55 AM
EUROPEAN OROGENIC GARNET PERIDOTITES: GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY, COOLING RATES, AND TECTONOTHERMAL IMPLICATIONS
MEDARIS Jr., L. Gordon, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and WANG, Herb F., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, medaris@geology.wisc.edu, medaris@geology.wisc.edu
11
11:10 AM
SUBDUCTION, OBDUCTION, AND SLAB GRAVEYARDS IN THE NEW GUINEA REGION
BALDWIN, Suzanne L., Dept of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, FITZGERALD, Paul G., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and WEBB, Laura E., Dept. of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, sbaldwin@syr.edu, sbaldwin@syr.edu
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