Cordilleran Section - 113th Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 18
Tuesday, 23 May 2017: 1:30 PM-4:50 PM
Room 319A (Hawai‘i Convention Center)

T4. The Pacific Plate through Geologic Time

 

Paul Wessel and Simon E. Williams, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
RECENT PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGIN OF THE HAWAIIAN-EMPEROR BEND
GORDON, Richard G., Earth Science--MS 126, Rice Univ, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 and PHIPPS MORGAN, Jason, Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, rgg@rice.edu, rgg@rice.edu
1:55 PM
PLUME-SPOTTING: DERIVING THE ABSOLUTE MOTION OF HOTSPOTS AND PLATES
BODINIER, Guillaume, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard Lyon, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, Villeurbanne, 69100, France, WESSEL, Paul, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 and CONRAD, Clinton P., Center for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1028 Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway, pwessel@hawaii.edu, pwessel@hawaii.edu
2:15 PM
LINKING THE HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN HOTSPOT MOTION TO PACIFIC PLATE EVOLUTION AND DEEP MANTLE PROCESSES: NEW PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM MIDWAY ATOLL (~27 MA)
BONO, Richard K., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627 and TARDUNO, John A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, richard.bono@rochester.edu, richard.bono@rochester.edu
2:35 PM
GEOLOGIC AND KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS ON LATE CRETACEOUS TO MID EOCENE PLATE BOUNDARIES IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
WILLIAMS, Simon E.1, MATTHEWS, Kara J.2, WHITTAKER, Joanne M.3, SETON, Maria1 and MÜLLER, Dietmar1, (1)School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (3)Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, IMAS Building, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7005, Australia, simon.williams@sydney.edu.au, simon.williams@sydney.edu.au
 
2:55 PM
Break
3:25 PM
THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN BASIN SINCE CHRON 34Y (83 MA)
WRIGHT, Nicky M., SETON, Maria, WILLIAMS, Simon E. and MÜLLER, R. Dietmar, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, nicky.wright@sydney.edu.au, nicky.wright@sydney.edu.au
3:45 PM
MAPPING THE ELLICE BASIN: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM CRUISE KM1609
BENYSHEK, Elizabeth1, WESSEL, Paul2, CHANDLER, Michael T.3, TAYLOR, Brian1, WRIGHT, Nicky M.4, HELLEBRAND, Eric5, DAVIDSON, Peter6 and KOPPERS, Anthony7, (1)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (3)Deep-sea and Seabed Resources Research Division, KIOST, Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South), (4)School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, (5)SOEST - University of Hawaii, SOEST - University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST612B, Honolulu, HI 96822, (6)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (7)College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, benyshek@hawaii.edu, benyshek@hawaii.edu
4:05 PM
REVISED MACQUARIE PLATE MOTION AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS ON PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC-AUSTRALIAN INTERACTION
KIM, Seung-Sep, Geology and Earth Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 30064, Korea, Republic of (South), CHOI, Hakkyum, Geology and Earth Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 30064, Korea, Republic of (South); Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, 21990, Korea, Republic of (South), DYMENT, Jérôme, Marine Geosciences, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris & CNRS, 1 rue Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, GRANOT, Roi, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel, PARK, Sung-Hyun, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, 21990, Korea, Republic of (South) and CHANDLER, Michael T., Deep-sea and Seabed Resources Research Division, KIOST, Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South), seungsep@cnu.ac.kr, seungsep@cnu.ac.kr
4:25 PM
ESTIMATION OF THE PACIFIC PLATE DEFORMATION
YASUSHI, Harada, Department of Marine and Earth Science, Tokai University, 3-20-1 Shimizu, Orido, Shizuoka, 424-8610, Japan and WESSEL, Paul, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, harada@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp, harada@scc.u-tokai.ac.jp
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