GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 70
Sunday, 4 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 243 (Indiana Convention Center)

T184. Geodynamic, Orogenic, and Surface Processes of Flat-Slab Subduction

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA International Interdisciplinary Interest Group

 

Tomas N. Capaldi, Emily S. Finzel and Majie Fan, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
NEW INSIGHTS ON THE FORMATION AND CONSEQUENCE OF FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION (Invited Presentation)
LIU, Lijun and HU, Jiashun, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61821
1:50 PM
GEODYNAMIC MODELS OF SHORT-LIVED, LONG-LIVED AND PERIODIC FLAT SLAB SUBDUCTION
SCHELLART, Wouter P., Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands
2:05 PM
WHAT IS THE MECHANISM OF UPPER-PLATE DEFORMATION AS A RESULT OF FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION?
VAN WIJK, Jolante W., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, CURRIE, Claire A., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
2:20 PM
THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL COLLISION CONTROLLED BY THE WIDTH OF ADJACENT SUBDUCTION ZONE
WILLIS, David1, BETTS, Peter2, MORESI, Louis3, AILLERES, Laurent4 and O'FARRELL, Keely1, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508, (2)School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Australia, (3)School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, School of Earth Sciences, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 3010, Australia, (4)School of Geosciences, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia
2:35 PM
TIME VARIANT FLAT SLAB GEOMETRIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE OVERRIDING CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE (Invited Presentation)
WAGNER, Lara S., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, DC 20015, BECK, Susan L., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and LONG, Maureen D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
2:55 PM
MODULATION OF CRUSTAL FAULTING IN THE CRESCENT TERRANE BY THE VOLUME OF UNDERTHRUST ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX ALONG THE WASHINGTON CASCADIA FOREARC
BROCHER, Thomas M., U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025
3:10 PM
APPLYING AN EPEIROGENIC TYPE UPLIFT TO SUPPOSED PASSIVE MARGINS: GEOMETRY AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE CANTERBURY BASIN, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND
DVORAK, Katherine, Western Michigan University, Geological and Environmental Studies, 1903 West Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, KOMINZ, Michelle, Western Michigan University, Geological and Environmental Studies, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, FULTHORPE, Craig, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758-4445 and CRUNDWELL, Martin P., GNS Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
GEOMORPHIC RECORDS OF LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES: CASE STUDIES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA (Invited Presentation)
YANITES, Brian J.1, MITCHELL, Nathaniel2 and LYNCH, Brigid M.1, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
4:00 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC RESPONSE TO NEOGENE FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION, ARGENTINA
CAPALDI, Tomas N., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, HORTON, Brian K., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 – 1722, MCKENZIE, N. Ryan, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, MACKAMAN-LOFLAND, Chelsea, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78712, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, ORTÍZ, Gustavo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan -Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), San Juan, 5406, Argentina and ALVARADO, Patricia A., Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, CIGEOBIO, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, 5406, Argentina
4:15 PM
DEFORMATION PATTERNS ACROSS THE LARAMIDE AND SIERRA PAMPEANAS THICK-SKINNED FORELAND SYSTEMS; RELATIONS TO PLATE DYNAMICS, LITHOSPHERIC STRESS TRANSMISSION, AND CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE
WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and YONKEE, Adolph, Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408
4:30 PM
OROGEN-WIDE RESPONSE OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES TO ASEISMIC RIDGE INDUCED FLAT SUBDUCTION
BISHOP, Brandon T.1, BECK, Susan L.1, WAGNER, Lara S.2 and LONG, Maureen D.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, DC 20015, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
4:45 PM
INVESTIGATING THE DRIVING MECHANISMS FOR THE SEDIMENTATION HISTORY OF THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY USING LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION MODELS
CHANG, Ching, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820 and LIU, Lijun, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61821
5:00 PM
MIGRATING MANTLE AND SLAB-DRIVEN DRAINAGE DISRUPTION AND LAKE FORMATION IN THE HINTERLAND AND FORELAND OF THE PALEOGENE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA
SMITH, M. Elliot, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, CASSEL, Elizabeth J., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 3022, Moscow, ID 83844 and JICHA, Brian R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706
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