GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 329
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 609 (Washington State Convention Center)

T36. Asthenosphere to Atmosphere: Tectonics, Topography, and Climate

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
A. Alexander G. Webb and Peter D. Clift, Advocates
1:30 PM
CHICKEN OR EGG: CLIMATE AND MANTLE TECTONICS ALONG THE HIMALAYA
WEBB, A. Alexander G., Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 405 James Lee Building, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong, CLIFT, Peter D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, GUO, Hongcheng, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and HUSSON, Laurent, ISTerre, Universite Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, aagwebb@hku.hk
1:45 PM
MECHANISMS GOVERNING THE EFFECT OF PLATEAUS ON LOW-LATITUDE REGIONAL CLIMATE (Invited Presentation)
BOOS, William R., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and HU, Shineng, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, william.boos@berkeley.edu
2:00 PM
INTERACTIONS OF FLUVIAL EROSION, CLIMATE AND TECTONICS IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYAN SYNTAXIS (Invited Presentation)
HUNTINGTON, Katharine W., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, LANG, Karl A., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, 72074, Germany and TURZEWSKI, Michael D., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, kate1@uw.edu
2:15 PM
DUPLEXING IN SOUTHERN TIBET AND BIRTH OF THE YARLUNG RIVER: A STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OLIGOCENE—MIOCENE RELIEF IN THE GANGDESE MOUNTAINS
LASKOWSKI, Andrew, Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 226 Traphagen Hall, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, TAYLOR, Michael H., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, KAPP, Paul, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and CAMPBELL, Clay, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, andrew.laskowski@montana.edu
2:30 PM
14.6 MA ARIDIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANCESTRAL TAKLIMAKAN DESERT BETWEEN THE PAMIR AND TIAN SHAN OROGENS, WESTERN CHINA
HEERMANCE, Richard V.1, PEARSON, Jozi2, VILKAS, Marius1, MOE, Annelisa1, LIU, Langtao3, XU, Jianhong4, CHEN, Jie4, RICHTER, Fabiana5, GARZIONE, Carmala6, NIE, Junsheng7 and BOGUE, Scott8, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330-8266, (2)Earth Science, University California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Department of Prospecting Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, 199, Guangming South Street, Handan,, Hebei, 056038, China, (4)State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, P.O.Box 9803, Huayanli, Beitucheng West street,, Chaoyang District,, Beijing, 100029, China, (5)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, PO Box 270221, Rochester, NY 14627, (6)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, (7)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14620, (8)Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041, richard.heermance@csun.edu
2:45 PM
MODERN AND CENOZOIC EROSION RECORDS OF NORTHWEST TIBET AND PAMIR
CLIFT, Peter D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ZHENG, Hongbo, School of Resource, Environment and Earth Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China, JONELL, Tara N., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, CARTER, Andrew, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom, BÖNING, Philipp, Max Planck Research Group for Marine Isotope Geochemistry, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129, Germany, SHAN, Xin, Key Laboratory of Marine Sedimentology and Environmental Geology, Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266061, China, PAHNKE, Katharina, Max-Planck Research Group for Marine Isotope Geochemistry, ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129, Germany and WEI, Xiaochun, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China, pclift@lsu.edu
3:00 PM
CONTRASTING LATE MIOCENE TO PRESENT LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION ACROSS MONGOLIA’S KHANGAY MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE LENS OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL WEATHERING PROCESSES
BAYASGALAN, Gantulga1, WEGMANN, Karl W.1, FODOR, R.V.1 and AMGALAN, Bayasgalan2, (1)Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, (2)School of Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, 210349, Mongolia, gbayasg@ncsu.edu
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3:15 PM
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3:45 PM
RIDGE OUTGASSING AND MELT PRODUCTION FROM 4GA TO PRESENT
FUENTES, Jocelyn1, CROWLEY, John2, DASGUPTA, Rajdeep3 and MITROVICA, Jerry X.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y7, Canada, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, jfuentes@fas.harvard.edu
4:00 PM
THE CONTRIBUTION OF NUMERICAL MODELS TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHANEROZOIC CO2 HISTORY
DONNADIEU, Yannick, CNRS, CEREGE, Aix en Provence, 13545, France and GODDERIS, Yves, CNRS, GET, Toulouse, 31400, France, donnadieu@cerege.fr
Handouts
  • Ward GSA Talk 329-12 on 171115 Posted.pdf (3.2 MB)
  • 4:30 PM
    HOW FAR INTO THE CARIBBEAN DOES FOREBULGE INDUCED SUBSIDENCE EXTEND?  A NEW SEA LEVEL CHRONOLOGY FROM THE TECTONICALLY STABLE CENTRAL COAST OF COLOMBIA
    GONZALEZ, Juan L., School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539, juan.l.gonzalez@utrgv.edu
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