GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 93
Monday, 5 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 243 (Indiana Convention Center)

T180. Plate Tectonics Paradigm and Future Directions of Research—Discovery in Light of Its 50-Year History I

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, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
PLATE TECTONIC EVOLUTION DURING THE LAST 1.5 BILLION YEARS: THE MOVIE
SCOTESE, Christopher, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208
Handouts
  • 2017 Scotese Atlas of Ancient Oceans & Continentsv7r.pdf (18.1 MB)
  • 8:15 AM
    PRIMITIVE PLATE TECTONICS IN THE CONTEXT OF PRESENT-DAY PLATE TECTONICS ON EARTH: A PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE
    YIN, An, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
    8:30 AM
    PLATE TECTONICS ON AN ICY MOON: EUROPA'S MOBILE LID EXAMINED IN THE TERRESTRIAL PLATE TECTONICS PARADIGM
    KATTENHORN, Simon A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, CPISB 101, Anchorage, AK 99508, PROCKTER, Louise, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, COLLINS, Geoffrey C., Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766, COOPER, Catherine M., School of the Environment, Washington State University, PO Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164, PATTERSON, G. Wesley, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 and RHODEN, Alyssa, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Ste 300, Boulder, CO 80302
    8:45 AM
    MELT GENERATION BENEATH PLATE INTERIORS
    MCKENZIE, D.P.1, RUDGE, John1, KLOECKING, Marthe1 and PRIESTLEY, Keith F.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, Madingly Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EZ, United Kingdom, (2)Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EZ, United Kingdom
    9:00 AM
    ENHANCED LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE THINNING IN THE MELT-POOR MALAWI RIFT
    HOPPER, Emily1, GAHERTY, James B.1, SHILLINGTON, Donna J.1, ACCARDO, Natalie J.2, NYBLADE, Andrew A.2, EBINGER, C.J.3, SCHOLZ, Christopher4, CHINDANDALI, P.R.N.5, FERDINAND-WAMBURA, Richard6, MBOGONI, Gabriel John7 and MULIBO, Gabriel D.6, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Geosciences Dept, Pennsylvania State University, 447 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, (4)Department of Earth Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, (5)Geological Survey of Malawi, Zomba, 7173, Malawi, (6)University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of, (7)Geological Survey of Tanzania, Dodoma, Tanzania, United Republic of
    9:15 AM
    FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE REVOLUTION: METAMORPHISM AND PLATE TECTONICS (Invited Presentation)
    BROWN, Michael, Laboratory for Crustal Petrology, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    9:35 AM
    THE GEOLOGIC RECORD OF SLAB BREAK-OFF IN CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS
    COWGILL, Eric1, NIEMI, Nathan A.2, VASEY, Dylan A.1, YOUNG, Elaine K.1 and TREXLER, Charles C.1, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
     
    9:50 AM
    Break
    10:05 AM
    OPHIOLITES: 4-D ARCHIVES OF EARTH'S MELT PRODUCTION AND RECYCLING PROCESSES
    DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056
    10:20 AM
    HOT AND COLD SUBDUCTION INITIATION
    WAKABAYASHI, John, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740 and SHIMABUKURO, David H., Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819
    10:35 AM
    PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE ISHIDO THRUST (OUT-OF-SEQUENCE THRUST) DRILLING IN BOSO PENINSULA, CENTRAL JAPAN: STUDYING EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE TO SHALLOW PORTION OF SUBDUCTION ZONE
    YAMAMOTO, Yuzuru, Jamstec, MAT, 3183-25, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0001, Japan, CHIYONOBU, Shun, Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Akita, 010-8502, Japan and HAMADA, Yohei, KCC, JAMSTEC, Nankoku, 783-8502, Japan
    10:50 AM
    EARTH'S CONSTANT MEAN ELEVATION: IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGES IN DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY, CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL AREA AND MEAN DEPTH OF THE OCEANS AS JOINT DRIVERS OF LONG-TERM SEA LEVEL
    ROWLEY, David B., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
    11:05 AM
    THE GROWTH OF TIBET AND ITS IMPACT OF CLIMATE IN ASIA (Invited Presentation)
    MOLNAR, Peter, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309
    Handouts
  • Ward2018GSAPlateTectonicsLINEAR.pdf (10.0 MB)
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    11:40 AM
    Discussion
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