GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 287
Wednesday, 7 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 243 (Indiana Convention Center)

T182. The Cenozoic Evolution of Tibet—How Do We Unify Seemingly Contradictory Evidence?

GSA International Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Nadine McQuarrie, Gregory D. Hoke and Eric Kirby, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
PROXY FIDELITY ASSESSMENT IN ROBUST ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE HIGH ELEVATION NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE LHASA TERRANE (Invited Presentation)
INGALLS, Miquela, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, ROWLEY, David B., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, CURRIE, Brian S., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and COLMAN, Albert, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
1:55 PM
NO HIGH TIBETAN PLATEAU UNTIL THE NEOGENE
SU, Tao1, FARNSWORTH, Alexander2, SPICER, Robert3, HUANG, Jian1, WU, Feixiang4, LIU, Jia5, LI, Shufeng5, XING, Yao-Wu5, HUANG, Yong-Jiang6, HE, Tang5, XU, Cong-Li5, ZHAO, Fan5, SRIVASTAVA, Gurav7, DENG, Tao8 and VALDES, Paul9, (1)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China, (2)School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, (3)School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK76BJ, (4)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, P O Box 643, Beijing 100044, (5)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, 666303, China, (6)Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, (7)Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, (8)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China, (9)School of Geographical Sciences, School of Geographical Sciences, University road, Bristol, BS81SS, United Kingdom
2:10 PM
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN CLIMATE AND TECTONICS DURING THE UPWARD AND OUTWARD GROWTH OF THE QILIAN SHAN OROGENIC WEDGE, NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
CHENG, Feng1, GARZIONE, Carmala N.1, MITRA, Gautam1, GUO, Zhaojie2, LU, Huayu3, LI, Xiangzhong4, ZHANG, Bo2, ZHANG, Daowei5, ZHANG, Changhao5, ZHANG, Hanzhi3 and ZHANG, Qiquan5, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, (2)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, (3)School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Boulevard, Qixia District, Nanjing University (Xianlin Campus), Nanjing, 210023, China, (4)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS, Xi'an, 710061, (5)Qinghai Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Dunhuang, Gansu, 736202, China
2:25 PM
DRAWBACKS OF USING THE THERMODYNAMIC PALEOALTIMETRY METHOD
ACOSTA, R. Paul, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 50 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and HUBER, Matt, Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907
2:40 PM
TSUGA SEED CONES FROM THE LATE PALEOGENE OF SOUTHWESTERN CHINA AND THEIR EVOLUTIONARY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
WU, Meng-Xiao1, HUANG, Jian2, SU, Tao2, LENG, Qin3 and ZHOU, Zhe-Kun4, (1)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China, (2)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China, (3)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (4)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China; Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, China
2:55 PM
LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF SE TIBET: COMBINING SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL APPROACHES (Invited Presentation)
GOURBET, Loraine1, MAHÉO, Gweltaz2, LELOUP, P.H.2, FELLIN, Maria Giuditta1, RONG, Yang3, SORREL, Philippe2, PAQUETTE, Jean-Louis4 and WILLETT, Sean D.1, (1)Geologisches Institut, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, (2)Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon:Terre,Planètes,Environnement,Université de Lyon, Lyon, 69622, France, (3)Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China, (4)Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, 5 rue Kessler, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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3:15 PM
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3:30 PM
RECONCILING CONTRADICTIONS IN KINEMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS OF GREATER INDIA AND TIBET, AND THE GEODYNAMICS OF PLATEAU RISE AND PLATE MOTION CHANGE
VAN HINSBERGEN, Douwe J.J., Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands
3:45 PM
A CASE STUDY AND PALEOMAGNETIC TEST OF THE GREATER INDIA VERSUS GREATER INDIAN BASIN HYPOTHESES: STATISTICALLY RIGOROUS TESTS COMPARING PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY MEANS WITH APPARENT WANDER PATHS
ROWLEY, David B., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
4:00 PM
KINEMATIC EVOLUTION ACROSS NORTHERN TIBET AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HIMALAYAN-TIBETAN OROGEN
ZUZA, Andrew V., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, GAVILLOT, Yann, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, HAPROFF, Peter J., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 and WU, Chen, Structural Geology Group, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, China
4:15 PM
DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS ALONG THE INDIA-ASIA COLLISION ZONE, TIBET
ORME, Devon A.1, LASKOWSKI, Andrew, K.2, CAI, Fulong3 and DING, Lin3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 226 Traphagen Hall, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, (2)Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 226 Traphagen Hall, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, (3)Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
4:30 PM
PROVENANCE OF CRETACEOUS–PALEOGENE STRATA OF NORTHWEST INDIA: DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND HF ISOTOPIC INSIGHTS INTO THE TIMING OF INDIA–ASIA COLLISION
COLLEPS, Cody L.1, MCKENZIE, N. Ryan1, HORTON, Brian K.2 and WEBB, A. Alexander G.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, (2)Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 – 1722
4:45 PM
MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATE OPTIMUM RESULTS IN RAPID DOWNCUTTING OF THE MEKONG RIVER (Invited Presentation)
NIE, Junsheng1, RUETENIK, Gregory2, GALLAGHER, Kerry3, HOKE, Gregory D.4, GARZIONE, Carmala5, STOCKLI, Daniel F.6, STEVENS, Thomas7, DANISIK, Martin8, HU, Xiaofei9 and WANG, Zhao1, (1)Geography, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, (2)SYRACUSE, NY 13244, (3)Rennes, 111111, France, (4)Department of Earth Sciences*, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (5)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (7)Uppsala University, Villavägen, 75236, Sweden, (8)Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3204, New Zealand, (9)GEOGRAPHY, LANZHOU U, LANZHOU; Geography, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
 
5:05 PM
Discussion
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