South-Central Section - 46th Annual Meeting (8–9 March 2012)

Session No. 7
Thursday, 8 March 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Espino A & B (Sul Ross University)

T1. Tectonic History of the Trans-Pecos Region

 

John Charles White, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
LOWER CRUST XENOLITHS FROM TEL THANNOUN, SYRIA: INSIGHTS INTO THE LOWER CRUST OF AFRO-ARABIA (AND MAYBE TRANS-PECOS TEXAS)
STERN, Robert, Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Ave, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, REN, Minghua, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, ALI, Kamal, Faculty of Earth Sciences, King Abdulaziz U, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, FÖRSTER, Hans-Juergen, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14472, Germany, AL SAFARJALANI, Abdulrahman, Dept. Environmental Sci, Damascus Univ, Damascus, Syria, NASIR, Sobhi, Dept. Earth Sci, Sultan Qabos University, Muscat, Oman and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J., Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, rjstern@utdallas.edu, rjstern@utdallas.edu
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1:45 PM
ORIGIN OF A SEISMIC ANOMALY IN THE UPPER MANTLE BENEATH THE TRANS PECOS
PULLIAM, Jay1, ROCKETT, Carrie1, XIA, Yu2 and GRAND, Stephen P.3, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station; C1160, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Department of Geological Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, Jay_Pulliam@baylor.edu, Jay_Pulliam@baylor.edu
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2:00 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF VOLCANIC CLASTS CONTAINED IN LOWER, MIDDLE AND UPPER ORDOVICIAN OFF-SHELF SEDIMENT GRAVITY-FLOW DEPOSITS IN THE MARATHON FOLD-THRUST BELT, WEST TEXAS
ROBERTS, Jonathon M.1, DICKERSON, Patricia W.2, HANSON, Richard E.1 and FANNING, C. Mark3, (1)School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, (2)American Geological Institute and Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, j.m.roberts@tcu.edu, j.m.roberts@tcu.edu
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2:15 PM
TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION OF LARAMIDE THRUST AND CRETACEOUS EXTENSION IN THE INDIO MOUNTAINS, TRANS PECOS TEXAS
LANGFORD, Richard P., The University of Texas at El Paso, 500W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, PAVLIS, Terry, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902, PAGE, Seth J., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968 and BUDHATHOKI, Pawan, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, langford@utep.edu, langford@utep.edu
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2:30 PM
TRANS-PECOS MAGMATIC PROVINCE: AN INCONVENIENT MYTH
BARKER, Daniel S., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, dbarker3@austin.rr.com, dbarker3@austin.rr.com
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2:45 PM
FLOOD RHYOLITE MAGMATISM OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS, TRANS-PECOS TEXAS
PARKER, Don F., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Don_Parker@baylor.edu, Don_Parker@baylor.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
IS THE EASTERN ANATOLIAN HIGH PLATEAU A MODERN ANALOGUE FOR PALEOGENE TRANS-PECOS?
WHITE, John Charles, Department of Geosciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Roark 103, Richmond, KY 40475 and ÇUBUKÇU, H. Evren, Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Beytepe-Ankara, 06800, Turkey, john.white@eku.edu, john.white@eku.edu
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3:30 PM
THE YIN AND YANG OF MAKING AND DESTROYING CONTINENTAL CRUST AND SHAPING THE ARCHITECTURE OF NORTH AMERICA BASEMENT ROCK
SCHOLL, David, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and STERN, Robert, Geosciences Department, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, dscholl@usgs.gov, dscholl@usgs.gov
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