2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 270
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
119/120 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T3. Ridge to Trench Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere and Its Accretion Tectonics in the Pacific Rim (Past and Present)

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

 

Yildirim Dilek, Yujiro Ogawa and John Wakabayashi, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
FOUR BILLION YEARS OF OCEAN CRUST FORMATION
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, 208 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056 and DE WIT, Maarten J., AEON, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
8:15 AM
OPHIOLITES AND OCEAN CRUST: A FEW COMPOSITIONAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES
MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
8:30 AM
ACCRETION TECTONICS OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT
WINDLEY, Brian, Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom and XIAO, Wenjiao, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
8:45 AM
OPHIOLITES AND ACCRETION HISTORY OF JAPAN (AND ORIGIN OF THE ALPINE TYPE LHERZOLITES IN THE PACIFIC RIM)
ISHIWATARI, Akira, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 41, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576, Japan
9:00 AM
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MELANESIAN BACK-ARC BASINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU ACCRETION
SETON, Maria1, MORTIMER, Nick2, WILLIAMS, Simon E.3, QUILTY, Patrick4, MEFFRE, Sebastein4, GANS, Phillip B.5, MICKLETHWAITE, Steven6, MOORE, Jarrod7 and ZAHIROVIC, Sabin7, (1)School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, (2)GNS Science, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand, (3)School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Building F09, Sydney, 2006, Australia, (4)School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, Centenary Building, Hobart, 7001, Australia, (5)Dept. of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, (6)Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia, (7)School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Blg F09, Sydney, 2006, Australia
9:15 AM
GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN AND OBDUCTION OF THE OMAN OPHIOLITE: 40 YEARS AFTER GLENNIE ET AL
GREGORY, Robert T., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395 and GRAY, David R., Geostructures Pty. Ltd, 712 Deviot Rd, Deviot 7275, Tasmania, Australia
9:30 AM
FIELD INVESTIGATION OF INFERRED UPPER OCEANIC CRUSTAL FRAGMENTS EXPOSED IN THE SOUTHERN INDOBURMAN RANGES, WEST COAST OF MYANMAR, NE INDIAN OCEAN
MOORE, Gregory F.1, AUNG, Lin Thu2, NAING, Win3 and THAN, Win Min3, (1)Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)Dept. of Geology, Yangon University, Yangon, 12345, Myanmar/Burma, (3)Dept. Geology, Sittwe University, Sittwe, 12345, Myanmar/Burma
9:45 AM
SUBDUCTION INITIATION RECORD IN FOREARC OPHIOLITES
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 208 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056 and FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
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10:30 AM
VARIETY OF OPHIOLITIC ROCKS AND THEIR EMPLACEMENT SETTINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA CORDILLERA
WAKABAYASHI, John, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740
10:45 AM
NEW EVIDENCE FOR BACKARC BASIN INTERPRETATION FOR EOCENE COAST-RANGE TERRANE
BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, HOURIGAN, Jeremy, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 96064 and GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union ST, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311
11:00 AM
SOUTHERN CORDILLERA OPHIOLITE  ASSOCIATIONS, NORTHERN CORDILLERA SUPERTERRANE ACCRETION, AND DEEP MANTLE SEISMIC WAVE SPEED ANOMALIES-AN INTEGRATED SYNTHESIS
SALEEBY, Jason B., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001
11:15 AM
PETIT-SPOT AND GEOLOGY IN NW PACIFIC
HIRANO, Naoto, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 41, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576, Japan, NAKANISHI, Masao, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-0022, Japan, MACHIDA, Shiki, Waseda University, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan, YAMAMOTO, Junji, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 874-0903, Japan and ISHII, Teruaki, Fukada Geological Institute, Tokyo, 113-0021, Japan
11:30 AM
GEOLOGY OF HORAISAN SERPENTINITE MELANGE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN AND INITIAL STRUCTURE OF DEEP SUBDUCTION CHANNEL
UEDA, Hayato, Department of Geology, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-ninocho, Nishiku, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan and ORIHASHI, Yuji, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyocho, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
11:45 AM
REVISION OF PALEOGENE PLATE MOTIONS IN THE PACIFIC AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HAWAII-EMPEROR BEND
WRIGHT, Nicky M., MÜLLER, R. Dietmar, SETON, Maria and WILLIAMS, Simon E., School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
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