GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 223
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Ballroom 6A (Washington State Convention Center)

P5. Origin, Accretion, and Translation of Mesozoic-Cenozoic Terranes along the Pacific Margin of North America

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
David T. Katopody, Mark T. Brandon and Bernard Housen, Conveners
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
THE CASE FOR COASTWISE DISPLACEMENTS: A PERSONAL VIEW
COWAN, Darrel S, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, darrel@uw.edu
1:55 PM
GEODYNAMIC CONSTRAINTS ON TERRANE ACCRETION ALONG THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA
LIU, Lijun, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, ljliu@illinois.edu
2:15 PM
A SYNOPSIS OF PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM CRETACEOUS ROCKS OF NORTH AMERICA AND CORDILLERAN TERRANES
HOUSEN, Bernard A., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, bernieh@wwu.edu
2:35 PM
TRUE POLAR WANDER AND THE ORIGIN OF THE HAWAIIAN-EMPEROR BEND: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND CIRCUM-PACIFIC TERRANE TRANSLATION
GORDON, Richard G., WOODWORTH, Daniel T., SEIDMAN, Lily E. and ZHENG, Lin, Earth Science--MS 126, Rice Univ, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, rgg@rice.edu
2:55 PM
USING PALEOCLIMATE DATA TO ESTIMATE PALEOLATITUDE OF CORDILLERAN TERRANES
BRANDON, Mark T., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, MITCHELL, Ross N., Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, 6102, Australia, HYLAND, Ethan G., Dept. of Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Dr., Raleigh, NC 27695, WARD, Peter D., Departments of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98125 and MILLER, Ian M., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, mark.brandon@yale.edu
 
3:35 PM
Break
3:50 PM
ACCRETION AND TRANSLATION OF THE CHUGACH, PRINCE WILLIAM, AND YAKUTAT TERRANES IN ALASKA
GARVER, John I., Geology, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 and DAVIDSON, Cameron, Department of Geology, Carleton College, 1 N College St, Northfield, MN 55057, garverj@union.edu
4:10 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE NANAIMO BASIN, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA: AN INDEPENDENT TEST OF LATE CRETACEOUS TO CENOZOIC NORTHWARD TRANSLATION
MATTHEWS, William A.1, GUEST, Bernard2, BOIVIN, Marie-Pier1, COUTTS, Daniel S.1 and HUBBARD, Stephen M.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (2)34 Avenue NW, Calgary, AB T2L1Y2, Canada, wamatthe@ucalgary.ca
4:30 PM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHALLOW SUBDUCTION OF THE PELONA AND RELATED SCHISTS AND DISMEMBERMENT OF THE MOJAVE/SALINAN MARGIN OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, JACOBSON, C.E., Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; Earth & Space Sciences, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383, JOHNSTON, Scott M., Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, SHARMAN, Glenn R., Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and HOURIGAN, Jeremy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 94305, mjgrove@stanford.edu
4:50 PM
TWO HITS, ONE RUN, AND A FEW ERRORS: THE EFFECT OF THE PRECAMBRIAN RIFTED MARGIN ON THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN US CORDILLERA
TIKOFF, Basil1, KAHN, Maureen1, DAVENPORT, Kathy K.2, HOLE, John A.3 and KELSO, Paul R.4, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, (3)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Department of Geology and Physics, Lake Superior State University, 650 W. Easterday Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783, basil@geology.wisc.edu
5:10 PM
SUBDUCTION INITATION AND TERRANE ACCRETION
STERN, Robert J., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, rjstern@utdallas.edu