GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 141
Monday, 23 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 127ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T64. Celebrating the Legacy of Professor Eldridge Moores in Global Tectonics and Societal Relevance of Geosciences

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA International; Geological Society of London; Geological Society of China

 

Yildirim Dilek and John Wakabayashi, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introduction of Penrose Medalist, by Arthur Sylvester
1:35 PM
PENROSE MEDAL: CONTINENTAL PLATE TECTONICS AND SOME LONG-STANDING CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
ATWATER, Tanya M., Earth Science Department, Univ. California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
1:55 PM
A TRANSPRESSIONAL TERRANE OROGENIC MODEL FOR THE SEVIER-LARAMIDE OROGENY
TIKOFF, Basil, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706 and HOUSEN, Bernard, Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225
2:10 PM
CONTROLS OF PULL-APART BASIN SIZE AND SUBSIDENCE RATE ON ARC MAGMATISM: EXAMPLES FROM THE ANCESTRAL CASCADES ARC, CALIFORNIA (Invited Presentation)
BUSBY, Cathy J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616 and PUTIRKA, Keith, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University - Fresno, 2345 E. San Ramon Ave, MS/MH24, Fresno, CA 93720
Handouts
  • Busby and Putirka GSA 9_22_19.pdf (3.2 MB)
  • 2:30 PM
    THE BIRTH OF THE GREAT VALLEY FOREARC BASIN, CALIFORNIA
    ORME, Devon A., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59715 and SURPLESS, Kathleen D., Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78232
    2:45 PM
    STACKED DETACHMENTS, HYDROTHERMAL FLUID FLOW, AND BASIN-AND-RANGE FORMATION; EVIDENCE FROM THE WHITE PINE RANGE, EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA
    FRANCIS, Robert D.1, HOLK, Gregory J.2 and WALKER, Charles T.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and IIRMES, California State Univ Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840
    3:00 PM
    PALEOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ALXA TECTONIC BELT (NW CHINA), SOUTHERN CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT
    SONG, Dongfang, XIAO, Wenjiao and HAN, Chunming, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
    3:15 PM
    DIVERGENT METAMORPHISM OF THE DUNHUANG COMPLEX, NORTHWEST CHINA: IMPLICATION FOR THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION IN A SUBDUCTION CHANNEL
    WANG, Hao and XIAO, Wenjiao, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19, Beitucheng Western Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
     
    3:30 PM
    Break
    3:45 PM
    EVIDENCE FOR A LONG-LIVED STAGNANT LID DURING THE MESOPROTEROZOIC (Invited Presentation)
    CONDIE, Kent C., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and STERN, Robert J., Dept. of Geosciences, U. Texas at Dallas, Richarson, TX 75080
    4:05 PM
    OPHIOLITES AND THE HISTORY OF THE OCEANS: PLATE TECTONICS, OCEAN VOLUME AND CONTINENTAL EVOLUTION
    GREGORY, Robert T., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395
    4:20 PM
    CENOZOIC MAGMATISM AND EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION IN WESTERN ANATOLIA AS A RESULT OF MANTLE RESPONSE TO COLLISION, SLAB BREAK-OFF, AND LITHOSPHERIC TEARING
    DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 208 Shideler Hall, 250 South Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056 and ALTUNKAYNAK, Safak, Geological Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey
    4:35 PM
    THE GEOLOGY OF CRYPTIC SUTURES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WESTERN GREATER CAUCASUS
    VASEY, Dylan A.1, COWGILL, Eric1 and NIEMI, Nathan A.2, (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
    4:50 PM
    IZANAGI-PACIFIC RIDGE SUBDUCTION IN NE ASIA IN THE EARLY CENOZOIC: A REVIEW OF GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM NE ASIA
    LIU, Kai, Beijing, 100029, China, ZHANG, Jinjiang, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Peking University, Yiheyuan Road 5, Haidian district, Beijing, China, Beijing, 100871, China, XIAO, Wenjiao, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China and WILDE, Simon, Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, 6102, Australia
    5:05 PM
    ELDRIDGE MOORES AS A VISIONARY RESEARCHER IN TECTONICS AND MENTOR: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
    WAKABAYASHI, John, Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University Fresno, 2576 E San Ramon Ave, M/S ST24, Fresno, CA 93740
     
    5:20 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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