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

Session No. 7
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 347/348 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T5. Bridging Two Continents: Geologic Configuration of the Tibetan Plateau Region Prior to the Indo-Asian Collision: Setting the Stage for Development of a High Elevation Plateau

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Amy L. Weislogel, Delores M. Robinson and Chengshan Wang, Session Chairs
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Start Time
7-1
8:00 AM
TECTONIC ASSEMBLY OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA AND INDOCHINA FROM LATE PALEOZOIC TO PRESENT: INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFERENT TECTONIC SYSTEMS BEFORE AND DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
BURCHFIEL, B. Clark, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1010 Green Building, 54-1010, Cambridge, MA 02139 and WANG, D., Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, No. 2, Yinhuanlu, Beisanduan, Chengdu, 610081, China, bcburch@MIT.EDU
7-2
8:20 AM
CONTRASTING EXHUMATION HISTORIES ALONG A CRUSTAL-SCALE STRIKE-SLIP FAULT ZONE: THE EOCENE TO MIOCENE AILAO SHAN-RED RIVER SHEAR ZONE IN SOUTHEASTERN TIBET
CHEN, Xiaoyu, LIU, Junlai and HAN, Xin, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China, 373669896@qq.com
7-3
8:35 AM
LOW LATITUDE TERRESTRIAL CLIMATE OF SOUTHEASTERN TIBET REVEALED THROUGH CLUMPED ISOTOPE THERMOMETRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LATE CRETACEOUS ELEVATION HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN TIBET
SHANG, Fei1, WEISLOGEL, Amy L.1, ROBINSON, Delores M.2, SHARMA, Shikha3, CHEN, Ruiqian4, JACKSON Jr., William T.5, QI, Zhaolin6 and TRIPATI, Aradhna7, (1)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 241 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Ave, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, (3)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506, (4)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506, (5)Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (6)Geosciences department, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, WV 100000, China, (7)Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, fshang@mix.wvu.edu
7-4
8:50 AM
UTILIZING DETRITAL ZIRCON DATA TO UNDERSTAND INDISTINCT PROVENANCE AGE SIGNATURES THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
JACKSON Jr., William T.1, ROBINSON, Delores M.1, WEISLOGEL, Amy L.2, SHANG, Fei2 and JIAN, Xing2, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 241 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, jacks022@crimson.ua.edu
7-5
9:05 AM
TECTONIC AND SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF TRIASSIC NANPANJIANG BASIN, SOUTH CHINA
DUAN, Liang, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Taibaibeilu 229, Xi'an, 710069, China and MENG, Qing-Ren, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19 Beitucheng West Road, Beijing, 100029, China, duanl@nwu.edu.cn
7-6
9:20 AM
THE SONGPAN-GANZI TERRANE OF TIBET: WAS IT A PART OF SOUTH CHINA SINCE THE NEOPROTEROZOIC?
YIN, An, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, yin@ess.ucla.edu
7-7
9:35 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGES AND HF ISOTOPES OF TRIASSIC SONGPAN-GANZI AND YIDUN TURBIDITES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLOSURE OF EASTERN PALEO-TETHYS OCEAN
JIAN, Xing1, WEISLOGEL, Amy L.1 and PULLEN, Alex2, (1)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 241 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, xing.jian@mail.wvu.edu
7-8
9:50 AM
THE NEOPROTEROZOIC-PALEOZOIC TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE QILIAN SHAN AND ITS CONTROL ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU’S NORTHERN MARGIN
ZUZA, Andrew V., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Drive, East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, YIN, An, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and WU, Chen, Structural Geology Group, China University of Geosciences-Beijing, Beijing, 100081, China, azuza@ucla.edu
7-9
10:05 AM
LHASA’S JURASSIC-TO-PALEOCENE LATITUDE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CENOZOIC TECTONICS AND CLIMATE OF TIBET
LIPPERT, Peter C.1, HUANG, Wentao2, VAN HINSBERGEN, Douwe J.J.3, DING, Lin4, LI, Zhenyu4 and DUPONT-NIVET, Guillaume5, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick A. Sutton Building, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands, (4)Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute for Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China, (5)University of Postdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Building 27, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Postdam, 14476, Germany, pete.lippert@utah.edu
10:25 AM
PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE HIGH ELEVATION FO THE LINZIZONG ARC IMPLIES LARGE-SCALE SUBDUCTION OF CONTINENTAL CRUST DURING INDIA-ASIA COLLISION
INGALLS, Miquela1, ROWLEY, David B.2, OLACK, Gerard3 and COLMAN, Albert3, (1)Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, (3)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, ingalls@uchicago.edu
10:40 AM
EARLY CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN HOH XIL BASIN, CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU
LI, Lin, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623 and GARZIONE, Carmala, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623, li.lin8611@gmail.com
10:55 AM
U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY, THERMOBAROMETRY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF LATE CRETACEOUS-AGED GRANITOIDS IN THE NORTHERN INDO-BURMA RANGES, NE INDIA; INSIGHTS INTO NORTHERN GANGDESE BELT ROCKS IN THE EASTERNMOST HIMALAYAN OROGEN
HAPROFF, Peter Jasura, Dept. of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and YIN, An, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, peterhaproff@gmail.com
11:10 AM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE COLLISION AND THE PRE-COLLISION TECTONIC CONFIGURATION BETWEEN INDIA AND ASIA FROM DETRITAL GEOCHRONOLOGY, THERMOCHRONOLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY STUDIES IN THE LOWER INDUS BASIN, PAKISTAN
ZHUANG, Guangsheng1, NAJMAN, Yani2, GUILLOT, Stéphane3, RODDAZ, Martin4, ANTOINE, Pierre-Olivier5, CARTER, Andrew6, MARIVAUX, Laurent5 and MÉTAIS, Grégoire7, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)LEC, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4AH, United Kingdom, (3)ISTerre CNRS, Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, 38041, France, (4)Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, F-31400, France, (5)ISEM, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, F-34095, France, (6)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 75x, United Kingdom, (7)Sorbonne universités, Paris, CP 38, 75005, France, zhuanggsh@gmail.com
11:30 AM
NEW PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS FROM LADAKH, WESTERN HIMALAYA SUPPORT MULTI-STAGE COLLISION SCENARIO BETWEEN INDIA AND EURASIA
JAGOUTZ, Oliver, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, BAILEY, Elizabeth, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, WEISS, Benjamin P., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 54-724, Cambridge, MA 02139, EDDY, Michael P., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ROYDEN, Leigh H., Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 and TIKOO, Sonia M., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Caltech 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, jagoutz@mit.edu
11:45 AM
MESOZOIC SHORTENING AND SYN-TECTONIC SEDIMENTATION IN THE SOUTHERN PAMIR: IMPLICATIONS FOR GNEISS-DOME METAMORPHISM AND CRUSTAL THICKENING
CHAPMAN, James B.1, ROBINSON, Alex C.2, WORTHINGTON, James1, CARAPPA, Barbara1, KAPP, Paul1, GADOEV, Mustafo3 and ILLHOM, Oimahmadov3, (1)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Bldg. 1, Houston, TX 77204, (3)Institute of Geology, Seismology, and Earthquake Engineering, Dushanbe, 734012, Tajikistan, jaychapman@email.arizona.edu
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