GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 293
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)

T209. Earth History in the Broadest Context—Ophiolites, Global Tectonics, and Public Awareness of Earth Science I: Celebrating the Contributions of Eldridge Moores

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA International/International Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division
John Wakabayashi and Yildirim Dilek, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks by Session Chairs
 
8:05 AM
Introduction of the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), by Elizabeth Catlos
8:10 AM
YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (DONATH MEDAL): METAMORPHIC HETEROGENEITY AND TRANSIENT RHEOLOGY OF THE DEEP SUBDUCTION INTERFACE
BEHR, Whitney M., KOTOWSKI, Alissa and ASHLEY, Kyle T., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, behr@utexas.edu
8:30 AM
THE OPHIOLITE CONUNDRUM: TECTONIC SETTING FOR THE ORIGIN AND EMPLACEMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON OMAN
GREGORY, Robert T., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395 and COLEMAN, Robert G., Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, bgregory@smu.edu
8:45 AM
SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE (SSZ) HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPHIOLITES
MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and SIMMONS, Nathan A., Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, emmoores@ucdavis.edu
9:00 AM
CHARACTERIZATION AND PETROGENESIS OF INTERMEDIATE TO SILICIC ROCKS IN OPHIOLITES: A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS
FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway and DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 208 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, harald.furnes@uib.no
9:15 AM
OPHIOLITIC CHROMITITES INDICATE TRANSITION ZONE MANTLE DEPTHS FOR THEIR INITIAL ORIGIN AND A DEEP MANTLE UPWELLING RECORD OF OPHIOLITIC PERIDOTITES
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 208 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, YANG, Jing-Sui, CARMA, State Key Laboratory for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26, Baiwanzhuang Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100037, China and CARMA, Group, Center for Advanced Research on Mantle, Its Mineralogy, Petrology & Structure, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, dileky@miamioh.edu
9:30 AM
MANTLE UPWELLING FROM ~ 410 KM TRANSITION ZONE BELOW THE NEO - TETHYAN INDUS  OPHIOLITE IN NIDAR, NW HIMALAYA. BASU,
BASU, Asish, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St, 107 Geoscience Building, Arlington, TX 76019, DAS, Souvik, Physical research Laboratory, Navrangpura,, Ahmedabad, 380009, India and MUKHERJEE, Barun, Petrology and Geochemistry Group, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun, 248001, India, abasu@uta.edu
9:45 AM
IS THE TRINITY OPHIOLITE A PIECE OF HYPEREXTENDED CONTINENTAL MARGIN? (Invited Presentation)
SHIMABUKURO, David H., Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819 and HAUGEN, Emily A., Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505, dhs@csus.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
OPHIOLITES AS FRAGMENTS OF SEAMOUNTS AND OCEANIC PLATEAUX IN THE ALTAIDS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PHANEROZOIC CONTINENTAL GROWTH
XIAO, Wenjiao1, WINDLEY, Brian F.2, WAN, Bo1, ZHANG, Ji'en1, AO, Songjian1 and LIU, Xijun3, (1)Tethys Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, (2)Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, (3)College of Earth Science, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China, wj-xiao@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
10:35 AM
CRUSTAL AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF ACCRETIONARY OROGENS IN NE ASIA
JAHN, Bor-ming, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, bmjahn@ntu.edu.tw
10:50 AM
A FAULT SYSTEM DEFINES THE NORTHEASTERN MARGIN OF THE WESTERN COSTA RICA ARC SLIVER
LEWIS, Jonathan, Geoscience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, MONTERO, Walter, Central American School of Geology, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, 11501, Costa Rica and ARAYA, Maria C., Section of Seismology, Volcanology and Exploration Geophysics, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, 11501, Costa Rica, jclewis@iup.edu
11:05 AM
EFFECTS OF IRREGULAR BASEMENT TOPOGRAPHY ON TAIWAN DOUBLY-VERGENT WEDGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE BEHAVIORS IN PROWEDGE AND LICHI MELANGE IN RETROWEDGE
CHI, Wu-Cheng1, CHEN, Liwen1, LIU, Char-Shine2 and BERNAL-OLAYA, Rocio1, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, P. O. Box 1-55, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, (2)Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, wchi@sinica.edu.tw
 
11:20 AM
Discussion
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