GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 316
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)

T209. Earth History in the Broadest Context—Ophiolites, Global Tectonics, and Public Awareness of Earth Science II: 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
1:30 PM
THE SECOND HALF OF PLATE TECTONICS: FINDING THE LAST ~200MA OF SUBDUCTED LITHOSPHERE AND INCORPORATING IT INTO PLATE RECONSTRUCTION, WITH THE EXAMPLE OF EAST ASIA/PHILIPPINE SEA
SUPPE, John and WU, Jonny, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 3507 Cullen Blvd, SR1 #312, Houston, TX 77204-5007; Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, P.O. Box 13-318, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, suppe@princeton.edu
1:45 PM
COMPARATIVE SUBDUCTION TECTONICS: NAPPE POLARITY, EXHUMATION OF DEEP-ROCKS AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATION IN THE CORDILLERAN-PACIFIC TYPE OROGENIES OF NORTH AMERICA AND JAPAN
OGAWA, Yujiro, Earth Evolution Science, University of Tsukuba (Professor Emeritus), (Home) 1-1-2-C-740 Yokodai, Century Tsukubamiraidaira, Tsukubamirai, 3002358, Japan and HISADA, Ken-ichiro, Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan, fyogawa45@yahoo.co.jp
2:00 PM
ZIRCON U-PB AGES AND PETROLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH PEAK GRANITIC PLUTON: JURASSIC CRUSTAL GROWTH IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA (Invited Presentation)
ERNST, W. Gary, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Bldg 320, room 118, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, GOTTLIEB, Eric S., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, BARNES, Calvin G., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053 and HOURIGAN, Jeremy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 94305, wernst@stanford.edu
2:20 PM
WHAT IS FRANCISCAN?: REVISITED
RAYMOND, Loren A., Coast Range Geological Mapping Institute, Santa Rosa, CA 95405, raymondla@bellsouth.net
Handouts
  • Paper 316-4.GSA ANN MTNG 2016 PPT. WIF_ copy.pdf (10.6 MB)
  • Paper 316-4.GSA ANN MTNG 2016 WIF?.docx (164.4 kB)
  • 2:35 PM
    STRAIN LOCALIZATION AND MEGATHRUST SLIP ACCOMMODATION MODES IN THE FRANCISCAN COMPLEX, CALIFORNIA
    WAKABAYASHI, John, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, jwakabayashi@csufresno.edu
    2:50 PM
    EXPANSION BRECCIAS IN CARBONATE ROCKS
    ALVAREZ, Walter1, BELZA, Joke2, CLAEYS, Philippe2, PEACOCK, David3 and TAVARNELLI, Enrico4, (1)Dept. Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Dept. Analytical Environmental and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (3)Dept. Earth Science, University of Bergen, P.O.Box 7800, Bergen, 5020, Norway, (4)Dipartimento Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Università di Siena, Siena, 53100, Italy, platetec@berkeley.edu
     
    3:05 PM
    Break
    3:20 PM
    STUDYING AN OPHIOLITE IN ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:  IODP LEG 352 DRILLING IN THE IZU-BONIN-MARIANA FOREARC (Invited Presentation)
    STERN, Robert J., University of Texas at Dallas, Geosciences Dept, 800 W Campbell Ave, Richardson, TX 75093, REAGAN, Mark K., Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 and PEARCE, Julian A., Cardiff U, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, rjstern@utdallas.edu
    Handouts
  • IODP 352 GSA Denver.pptx (56.0 MB)
  • 3:40 PM
    STRUCTURAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE CRUSTAL BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS BASIN AND OZARK DOME: IMPLICATIONS FOR MIDCONTINENT TECTONICS
    DELUCIA, Michael S.1, SEID, Mary2, MARSHAK, Stephen3, ANDERS, Alison4, PAVLIS, Gary L.5, YANG, Xiaotao5, GILBERT, Hersh6, CHEN, Chen6, HAMBURGER, Michael W.5 and LARSON, Timothy7, (1)Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, 605 E. Springfield, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, (3)Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois, 605 E. Springfield, Champaign, IL 61820, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (6)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (7)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, mdelucia@illinois.edu
    3:55 PM
    POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS ON RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN A TIME OF PUBLIC UNCERTAINTY
    WUST, Stephen L., New Mexico State Land Office, 310 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501, swust@slo.state.nm.us
    Handouts
  • GSA.pptx (2.0 MB)
  • 4:10 PM
    THE UEBERROTH ZINC MINE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ITS MASSIVE “CORNISH” ENGINE (1872-76)
    NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, nance@ohio.edu
    4:25 PM
    HONORING ELDRIDGE MOORES’ GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION CONTRIBUTIONS
    WYSESSION, Michael E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, One Brookings Dr., Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63112, michael@wucore.wustl.edu
    Handouts
  • Wysession_Moores.pptx (28.9 MB)
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    4:40 PM
    Discussion
     
    4:55 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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