GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 146
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Sagamore Ballroom 5 (Indiana Convention Center)

P3. Plate Tectonics Paradigm 50 Years after the Seminal Work of Morgan, Mckenzie, and Le Pichon

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; American Geophysical Union

 

Yildirim Dilek and Eldridge M. Moores, Conveners
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Start Time
8:00 AM
PLATE TECTONICS AT 50
MCKENZIE, D.P., Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, Madingly Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EZ, United Kingdom
8:20 AM
WHEN DID PLATE TECTONICS INITIATE?
HARRISON, Mark, Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA, P.O. Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-0000; Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
8:40 AM
THE ONSET OF PLATE TECTONICS IN THE EOARCHEAN
WINDLEY, Brian F., Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, KUSKY, Timothy M., State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Center for Global Tectonics, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China and POLAT, Ali, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
 
9:00 AM
Introduction of Penrose Medalist, by Robert J. Stern
9:05 AM
PENROSE MEDAL: THE EVOLUTION OF PLATE TECTONICS ON PLANET EARTH: TWO LITHOSPHERIC TRANSITIONS IN THE LAST 4 GYR
CONDIE, Kent C., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
9:25 AM
GREAT NORMAL FAULTS AND THEIR ROLE IN ACCOMMODATING THE RISE OF COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN BELTS
WERNICKE, Brian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125 and PRICE, Jason B., Ibex Exploration LLC, 1861 S Youngfield Ct, Lakewood, CO 80228
9:40 AM
OROGENESIS: COLLISION, PLATE CAPTURE, MANTLE WAVES, DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY AND TECTONIC DUNKS - CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND MANIFESTATIONS
ANDERSON, Thomas H., Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:15 AM
EVOLUTION OF PACIFIC BASIN PLATES AND BOUNDARIES: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND REMAINING MYSTERIES
STOCK, Joann M., Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, MC 252-21, Pasadena, CA 91125
10:35 AM
SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS, CORDILLERAN MOUNTAINS AND BACKARC BASINS
SCHELLART, Wouter P., Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands
10:55 AM
CARBON RECYCLING AT SUBDUCTION ZONES
PLANK, Terry A.1, MALINVERNO, Alberto2 and AIUPPA, Alessandro2, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 304A Oceanography, 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000
11:15 AM
THE EVOLUTION OF AN ANDEAN MARGIN: A MAGMATIC AND TECTONIC VIEW FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ANDES
KAY, Suzanne Mahlburg, EAS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504
11:30 AM
TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY INSIGHTS TO FRONTIER RESEARCH IN PLATE TECTONICS WITH EXAMPLES FROM PLATE BOUNDARY AND PLATE INTERIOR SETTINGS
PAZZAGLIA, Frank, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015
11:45 AM
PLATE TECTONIC DRIVEN CHANGES IN PLANETARY WEATHERABILITY AS THE LONG-TERM CONTROL OF EARTH'S CLIMATE STATE
SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas L.1, MACDONALD, Francis2, PARK, Yuem2, JAGOUTZ, Oliver3 and GODDERIS, Yves4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 54-1212, Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)CNRS, GET, Toulouse, 31400, France