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  • 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

 

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Session No. 203
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 102D-F (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T32. Ophiolites, Ultrahigh Pressure Minerals, and the Origin of Podiform Chromitites: Implications for Mantle Heterogeneity

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA International Section

 

Jingsui Yang and Paul T. Robinson, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF OPHIOLITES
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056, FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway and ROBINSON, Paul T., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, dileky@miamioh.edu, dileky@miamioh.edu
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2:00 PM
OPHIOLITIC CHROMITITES: ORIGINS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANTLE DYNAMICS
ARAI, Shoji, Department of Earth Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan, ultrasa@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp, ultrasa@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
3
2:20 PM
MANTLE EVOLUTION RECORDED IN CR-SPINEL FROM THE BAY OF ISLAND OPHIOLITIC COMPLEX, NORTHERN APPALACHIANS
STERN, Fabio1, HATTORI, Kéiko H.1 and BÉDARD, Jean H.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Quebec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, fster095@uottawa.ca, fster095@uottawa.ca
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2:35 PM
DIAMOND DISCOVERED FROM SIX DIFFERENT ULTRAMAFIC MASSIFS ALONG THE YARLUNG ZANGBU SUTURE BETWEEN THE INDIAN AND EURASIAN PLATES
YANG, Jingsui1, XU, Xiangzhen2, LI, Yuan3, LIU, Zhao3, LI, Jinyang3, BA, Denzhu3 and ROBINSON, Paul T.4, (1)National Key Laboratory for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, (2)National Key Laboratory for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, (3)National Key Laboratory for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhunag Road, Beijing, 100037, China, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, B3H 4J1, Canada, yangjingsui@yahoo.com.cn, yangjingsui@yahoo.com.cn
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2:50 PM
CRUSTAL MINERALS IN OPHIOLITIC MANTLE ROCKS
ROBINSON, Paul T., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, YANG, Jingsui, State Key Lab for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics of China, Institute of Geology, CAGS, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, TRUMBULL, Robert, GeoForschungsZentrum, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, D-14473, Germany and SCHMITT, Axel, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1577, p.robinson@ns.sympatico.ca, p.robinson@ns.sympatico.ca
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3:05 PM
CARBONIFEROUS OPHIOLITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QIANGTANG BLOCK, NORTHERN TIBET: GEOCHEMISTRY, SHRIMP U-PB DATING AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
ZHAI, Qingguo, Institute of Geology, CAGS, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, Beijing, 100037, China and JAHN, Bor-ming, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, bmjahn@ntu.edu.tw, bmjahn@ntu.edu.tw
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3:20 PM
PRECAMBRIAN GREENSTONE BELTS AS DIFFERENT OPHIOLITE TYPES
FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056 and DE WIT, Maarten, AEON & Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no
 
3:40 PM
Discussions and Concluding Remarks
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