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

 

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Session No. 49
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 200A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Tectonics: Recent Advances in Tectonics

 

Yildirim Dilek and Bernard Guest, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE AFRICA/ARABIA–ANATOLIA PLATE BOUNDARIES AND THE CENOZOIC OROGENIC BELTS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056, dileky@miamioh.edu, dileky@miamioh.edu
2
1:50 PM
A REASSESSMENT OF THE TIMING OF THE ARABIA-EURASIA COLLISION WITH REGIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
GUEST, Bernard, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and MATTHEWS, William A., Earth Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada, bguest@ucalgary.ca, bguest@ucalgary.ca
3
2:05 PM
MESOZOIC MODIFICATION OF THE ARABIAN RIFT MARGIN: CONSEQUENCES FOR CENOZOIC EVOLUTION
MATTHEWS, William A., Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada and GUEST, Bernard, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, wamatthe@ucalgary.ca, wamatthe@ucalgary.ca
4
2:20 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF OPHIOLITIC ROCKS IN THE TOKAT MASSIF, NORTH-CENTRAL TURKEY
HUBER, Kathryn G., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78704 and CATLOS, E.J., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78712, kathryngrace@mail.utexas.edu, kathryngrace@mail.utexas.edu
5
2:35 PM
TECTONIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VERY HIGH PRESSURE SUBDUCTION COMPLEX ASSEMBLAGES AND CO-EXISTING GRANITOIDS IN THE TAVSANLI ZONE, SIVRIHISAR MASSIF, TURKEY
SHIN, Timothy A. and CATLOS, E.J., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78712, timashin@gmail.com, timashin@gmail.com
6
2:50 PM
TECTONICS AND TETHYAN EVOLUTION OF SE ANATOLIAN OROGEN
KAYMAKCI, Nuretdin, Geological Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey, kaymakci@metu.edu.tr, kaymakci@metu.edu.tr
 
3:05 PM
Discussion
7
3:20 PM
SUPRADETACHMENT BASIN EVOLUTION IN CONTINENTAL EXTENSION: THE AEGEAN PROVINCE OF WESTERN ANATOLIA, TURKEY
ONER, Zeynep, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Sciences, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, onerz@muohio.edu, onerz@muohio.edu
8
3:35 PM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON LATE QUATERNARY SLIP RATES ALONG THE GOBI-ALTAY FAULT IN SW MONGOLIA
MUSHKIN, Amit, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malke Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, GILLESPIE, Alan R., Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, FEATHERS, James K., TL Dating Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 and BAYASGALAN, A., School of Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Mongolia University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 49/418, Ulaanbaatar, 210349, Mongolia, mushkin@gsi.gov.il, mushkin@gsi.gov.il
9
3:50 PM
THE LONGEST JOURNEY: MANTLE PLUME, CONTINENTAL RIFTING, COLLISION TECTONICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN PLATE
CHATTERJEE, Sankar1, GOSWAMI, Arghya2 and SCOTESE, Christopher R.2, (1)Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 3301 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, (2)Geology, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76010, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu
 
4:05 PM
Break
10
4:20 PM
DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF A PLUTONIC COMPLEX IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT: GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSES AND THEIR TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
HOWARD, Christopher W.1, HUEBNER, Matthew T.1 and HATCHER Jr., Robert D.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, christopherwhoward@gmail.com, christopherwhoward@gmail.com
11
4:35 PM
NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND RESEARCH IN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, CHEROKEE AND PISGAH NATIONAL FORESTS, APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE, VA-NC-TN
CARTER, Mark W.1, SOUTHWORTH, Scott1, MERSCHAT, Arthur J.1, SMOOT, Joseph1, ALEINIKOFF, John N.2, TOLLO, Richard P.3 and HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Geological Sciences Program, George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052, (4)U. S. Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, mcarter@usgs.gov, mcarter@usgs.gov
12
4:50 PM
PLATE TECTONICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT AT THE KP BOUNDARY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR A TERRESTRIAL CAUSE IN THE GREAT KP EXTINCTION CONTROVERSY
CROOK, Paula J., Geography and the Environment, University of Texas Austin, 321 Williams St, Elgin, TX 78621, paulacrook@email.com, paulacrook@email.com
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