Cordilleran Section - 108th Annual Meeting (29–31 March 2012)

Session No. 36

Saturday, 31 March 2012: 08:30-13:00

Siglo XVIII (Hotel Misión Juriquilla)

T6. Terrane Accretion, Flat Slab Subduction, and Convergence Rate Variations: What Caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene Shortening across the Mexican Cordillera?

Michelangelo Martini, Mariano Cerca, Martin Valencia, Elisa Fitz, Gabriel Chávez and Timothy F. Lawton, Advocates

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Start Time

08:30

Introductory Remarks

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08:40

KEYNOTE: NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE MEXICAN FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT

CRUZ, Leonardo, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Braun Hall 215, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, FITZ-DÍAZ, Elisa, University of Michigan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and HUDLESTON, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, leocruz@stanford.edu, leocruz@stanford.edu

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09:10

KEY ISSUES OF THE MEXICAN FOLD AND THRUST BELT WHICH MUST BE ADDRESSED BY PROPOSED MECHANISMS OF CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE SHORTENING

TOLSON, Gustavo, Depto. de Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cto. de la Investigación Científica s/n, Cd. Universitaria, México, 04510, Mexico, FITZ-DÍAZ, Elisa, University of Michigan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, HUDLESTON, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and CHÁVEZ-CABELLO, Gabriel, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Linares, 67700, Mexico, tolson@unam.mx, tolson@unam.mx

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09:30

SYNCHRONOUS WANING OF LARAMIDE SHORTENING AND INITIATION OF CENOZOIC EXTENSION IN NORTHWESTERN MEXICO: A STILL UNSOLVED ISSUE

VALENCIA-MORENO, Martín, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, L.D. Colosio y Madrid S/N, Hermosillo, 83240, Mexico, CHÁVEZ-CABELLO, Gabriel, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ave. Universidad S/N, Col. Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de Los Garza, 66451, Mexico, CERCA-MARTÍNEZ, Mariano, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico and FERRARI, Luca, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, valencia@geologia.unam.mx, valencia@geologia.unam.mx

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09:50

MECHANISMS OF THE FAULTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LARAMIDE FOLDS IN THE MESA CENTRAL, MEXICO

XU Sr, Shunshan, NIETO-SAMANIEGO, A.F. and LOZA-AGUIRRE Sr, I., Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Apartado Postal 1-742, Queretaro, Qro, 76001, Mexico, sxu@geociencias.unam.mx, sxu@geociencias.unam.mx

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10:10

DATING OF FOLDS IN THE MEXICAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, CENTRAL MEXICO

FITZ-DIAZ, Elisa, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, HUDLESTON, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, SOLÉ-VIÑAS, Jesús, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Av. Universidad #3000, Mexico, DF, 04510, Mexico, PI-PUIG, Teresa, Department of Geochemistry, Institute of Geology, UNAM, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico and VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, fitzdiaz@umich.edu, fitzdiaz@umich.edu

10:30

Break

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10:50

AGE OF THE CARACOL FORMATION, SIERRA DE PARRAS, COAHUILA, MEXICO

LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, tlawton@nmsu.edu, tlawton@nmsu.edu

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11:10

CRETACEOUS TECTONICS IN SONORA: CONSTRAINING TIME OF THE SHORTENING EVENTS

GONZÁLEZ-LEÓN, Carlos M., Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Apartado Postal 1039, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico, LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and SOLARI, Luigi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Santiago de Querétaro, 76001, Mexico, cmgleon@unam.mx, cmgleon@unam.mx

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11:30

PROVENANCE ANALYSIS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN UPPER CRETACEOUS SANDSTONES IN THE ARIVECHI REGION, EASTERN SONORA, MEXICO

RODRÍGUEZ-CASTAÑEDA, José Luis and ROLDÁN-QUINTANA, Jaime, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Colosio y Madrid, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico, jlrod@unam.mx, jlrod@unam.mx

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11:50

THE GUERRERO TERRANE SUTURE BELT AT GUANAJUATO AND ITS RELATION WITH THE MEXICAN FOLD-THRUST BELT

MARTINI, Michelangelo, UNAM, Instituto de Geología, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, mmartini@geologia.unam.mx, mmartini@geologia.unam.mx

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12:10

RECONSTRUCTING REGIONAL DEFORMATIONAL EVENTS IN THE ZIHUATANEJO TERRANE FROM STRATIGRAPHY AND ZIRCON GEOCRONOLOGY

CENTENO-GARCÍA, Elena, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegacion Coyoacan, 04510, Mexico, centeno@servidor.unam.mx, centeno@servidor.unam.mx

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12:30

THE PIRATE MODEL FOR DERIVATION OF THE CHORTIS AND CHIAPAS BLOCKS FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO IN THE LATEST CRETACEOUS-CENOZOIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL AND ZONGOLICA FOLDBELTS

KEPPIE, D. Fraser, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, 1701 Hollis St., PO Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J2T9, Canada, keppiedf@gov.ns.ca, keppiedf@gov.ns.ca

12:50

Concluding Remarks

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