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Session No. 214
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)

T188. Tethyan Evolution and Seismotectonics of Southwest Asia: In Honor of the 40 Years of Manuel Berberian’s Research Contributions I

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

 

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Eric J. Fielding, Mark Allen and Jahandar Ramezani, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
INSIGHT INTO THE TECTONIC UNITS OF THE IRANIAN PLATEAU
BERBERIAN, Manuel, Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, OCean COunty College, 1 College Drive, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, manuel.berberian@gmail.com
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8:30 AM
TECTONO-MAGMATIC EPISODES IN IRAN: 32 YEARS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF BERBERIAN AND BERBERIAN (1981)
GHALAMGHASH, Jalil, Geological Survey of Iran, P.O. Box: 13185-1494, Tehran, 13185, Iran, RAMEZANI, Jahandar, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 and GHADERI, Majid, Department of Geology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-175, Iran, ramezani@mit.edu
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8:45 AM
TETHYAN EVOLUTION AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF SW ASIA: EVIDENCE FROM OPHIOLITES OF IRAN
SHAFAII MOGHADAM, Hadi, School of Earth Sciences, Damghan University, Damghan, 123456, Iran and STERN, Robert, Geosciences Department, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson TX 75080-3021, Texas, TX TX 75080-302, rjstern@utdallas.edu
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9:00 AM
A TALE OF TWO OROGENS: TECTOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF ZAGROS AND HIMALAYA
SORKHABI, Rasoul, University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, 423 Wakara Way Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 and FAKHARI, Mohammad D., Granite Geological Consulting, 5782 Stonepath Drive, Hilliard, OH 43026, rsorkhabi@egi.utah.edu
 
9:15 AM
Break
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9:30 AM
SUBDUCTION INITIATION ALONG A PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN:  LESSONS FROM THE NEOTETHYAN MESOZOIC ARC IN THE SANANDAJ-SIRJAN ZONE, IRAN
HASSANZADEH, Jamshid and WERNICKE, Brian P., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, jamshid@caltech.edu
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9:45 AM
SLAB MELTING, ADAKITE DIFFERENTIATION AND EMPLACEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE SABZEVAR SUBDUCTION CHANNEL (NE CENTRAL IRAN)
ROSSETTI, Federico1, NASRABADY, Mohsen2, THEYE, Thomas3, GERDES, Axel4, MONIÉ, Patrick5, LUCCI, Federico6 and VIGNAROLI, Gianluca6, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, Roma, 00146, Italy, (2)Department of Geology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran, (3)Institut für Mineralogie, Stuttgart, Germany, (4)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, D-60438, Germany, (5)Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, (6)Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, Roma, 00146, rossetti@uniroma3.it
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10:00 AM
THE SABZEVAR AND DORUNEH-KASHMAR OPHIOLITE BELTS (NE IRAN), DETACHED SUTURE ZONES
MALEKPOUR-ALAMDARI, Ahmadreza, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, HEIZLER, Matthew, New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801-4796 and HASSANZADEH, Jamshid, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, amalekpo@nmt.edu
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10:15 AM
A CRYPTIC CONTINENT-CONTINENT SUTURE IN THE CAUCASUS? CLOSURE OF RELICT OCEAN BASINS MAY ACCOMMODATE CONTINENTAL CONVERGENCE WITH MINIMAL CRUSTAL SHORTENING
FORTE, Adam M.1, COWGILL, Eric1, NIEMI, Nathan2, AVDEEV, Boris2, MUMLADZE, Tea3, ELASHVILI, Mikheil3 and TREXLER, Charles C.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Institute of Earth Sciences, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, 0177, Georgia, amforte@ucdavis.edu
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10:30 AM
THE EOCENE GOLPAYGAN METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, CENTRAL IRAN: A CASE HISTORY OF OROGEN-PARALLEL FOREARC RIFTING ALONG AN ANDEAN-TYPE CONTINENTAL MARGIN
VERDEL, Charlie1, HASSANZADEH, Jamshid2, WERNICKE, Brian P.2 and STOCKLI, Daniel F.3, (1)School of Earth Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, c.verdel@uq.edu.au
 
10:45 AM
Break
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11:00 AM
GEOMETRY AND EVOLUTION OF FOLD STRUCTURES WITHIN THE HIGH FOLDED ZONE: ZAGROS FOLD-THRUST BELT, KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ
ZEBARI, Mjahid, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 131 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583 and BURBERRY, Caroline M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 206 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0340, mmhzeb@huskers.unl.edu
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11:15 AM
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF MOGHAN BASIN NORTHWEST IRAN
FAKHARI, Mohammad D.1, SHOGHI, Jaber2, FATHI, Mashallah2 and SHABAN, Ali3, (1)Granite Geological Consulting, 5782 Stonepath Drive, Hilliard, OH 43026, (2)Pars Petro Zagros, #5 Dodangeh St, Jahan Ara Ave, Tehran, 14318, Iran, (3)Exploration Directorate, NIOC, Tehran, 19938, Iran, mdfakhari@yahoo.com
 
11:30 AM
Discussion
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