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2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 80
Monday, 2 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T3. Bridging Two Continents: Comparative Studies of Accretionary Orogenesis in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, North American Cordillera, and Other Orogenic Belts I

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
John Wakabayashi, Wenjiao Xiao and Laura E. Webb, Session Chairs
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
80-1
8:05 AM
ACCRETIONARY OROGENS IN SOUTH ASIA AND ALASKA COMPARED AND CONTRASTED
CLIFT, Peter D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and EAST, Amy E., U.S. Geological Survey, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, pclift@lsu.edu
80-2
8:25 AM
THE OROGENIC BELTS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
XIAO, Wenjiao, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China, NATAL'IN, Boris, İTÜ Maden Fakültesi, Jeoloji Bölümü and Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, Ayazağa, İstanbul, 34469, Turkey and ŞENGÖR, A.M. Celãl, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Maden Fakultesi, Jeoloji Bolumu and Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitusu, Ayazağa, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, wj-xiao@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
80-3
8:40 AM
HIGHWAY TO THE SUTURE ZONE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TERRANE ACCRETION BETWEEN THE MESOZOIC SALMON RIVER SUTURE ZONE OF THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. CORDILLERA AND THE CENOZOIC PENGLAI SUTURE, TAIWAN 
MCKAY, Matthew P., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506; Geological Survey of Alabama, 3410 Royal Oak Circle, Tuscaloosa, AL 35473, GRAY, Keith D., Department of Geology, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Street, Wichita, KS 67260, JACKSON Jr., William T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and THOMAS, William A., Emeritus University of Kentucky, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, matthewpaulmckay@gmail.com
80-4
8:55 AM
LATE CARBONIFEROUS RIDGE SUBDUCTION AND CONTINENTAL GROWTH IN THE WEST JUNGGAR OF NW CHINA: INSIGHTS FROM ALASKAN-STYLE MAGMATIC ASSOCIATIONS
YIN, Jiyuan1, CHEN, Wen2, XIAO, Wenjiao3, YUAN, Chao4, SUN, Min5 and LONG Sr., Xiaoping4, (1)State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19, Beitucheng Western Road,, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China; Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037, China, (2)Laboratory of Isotope Thermochronology, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China, (4)State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China, (5)Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, 0000, Hong Kong, yinjiyuan1983@163.com
80-5
9:10 AM
INITIATION OF SUBDUCTION BELOW THE ZAVKHAN TERRANE OF MONGOLIA AND THE ONSET OF ACCRETIONARY OROGENESIS IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT
BOLD, Uyanga, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford street, Cambridge, MA 02138, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, SMITH, Emily F., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 and CROWLEY, James L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, uyangabold@gmail.com
80-6
9:25 AM
INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT: THE VIEW FROM NORTH CHINA
COPE, Tim D., Geosciences, DePauw Univ, 602 S. College Ave, Greencastle, IN 46135 and WILLIAMS, Nicholas J., Geosciences, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135, tcope@depauw.edu
80-7
9:40 AM
MELTING ACCRETIONARY WEDGE AND BUILDING MATURE CONTINENTAL CRUST IN THE ALTAI OROGENIC BELT, CENTRAL ASIA
JIANG, Yingde1, SCHULMANN, Karel2, SUN, Min3, ŠTÍPSKÁ, Pavla2, GUY, Alexandra2, LEXA, Ondrej4 and JANOUŠK, Vojtěch2, (1)Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China, (2)Center for Lithospheric Research, Czech Geological Survey, Prague, 11821, Czech Republic, (3)Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, 0000, Hong Kong, (4)Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Charles University, 12843 Praha 2, Prague, 12843, Czech Republic, jiangyingde@gmail.com
 
9:55 AM
Break
80-8
10:10 AM
Withdrawn
80-9
10:25 AM
MESOZOIC TO EARLY CENOZOIC GRANITOIDS OF THE SIKHOTE-ALIN OROGENIC BELT, RUSSIAN FAR EAST: PETROGENESIS, CRUSTAL GROWTH AND REGIONAL TECTONIC EVOLUTION
JAHN, Bor-ming, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, VALUI, Galina, Far Eastern Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 00000, Russia, KRUK, Nikolai, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,, Novosibirsk,, Russia, GONEVCHUK, V., Far Eastern Geological Institute,, Russian Academy of Sciences,, Vladivostok, Russia, USUKI, Masako, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan and WU, Jeremy T.J., Dept. of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd.,, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, bmjahn@ntu.edu.tw
80-10
10:40 AM
OBLIQUE CLOSURE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN PALAEO-TETHYS IN CENTRAL CHINA
LIU, Shaofeng, College of Geosciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Xueyuan Rd. 29, Beijing, 100083, China, shaofeng@cugb.edu.cn
80-11
10:55 AM
MULTIPLE SOURCES OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC FLYSCH IN EASTERN HIMALAYA OROGEN, TIBET, CHINA: IMPLICATIONS TO PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION
LI, Xianghui, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, #163, Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210046, China, leeschhui@126.com
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