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Session Proposal: Frontiers in Paleogeography (AGU25)

GP006
Frontiers in Paleogeography

Session ID#: 250309

Session Description:
The time-dependent position of continents and oceans is central to understanding the evolution of Earth's surface and interior. This session seeks contributions that take varied approaches to reconstruct and analyze paleogeography on the regional to global scale across timescales and throughout Earth history. These approaches include those using paleomagnetism, marine geophysical data, geology, seismic tomography, and more. In addition to highlighting research that is furthering the community's ability to reconstruct paleogeography, we welcome contributions that analyze the implications of paleogeographic models for other fields such as geodynamics, paleoclimate, critical minerals, energy, and biodiversity.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • T - Tectonophysics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

1525 Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics: regional, global [GEOMAGNETISM AND PALEOMAGNETISM]
8120 Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8125 Evolution of the Earth [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8155 Plate motions: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Craig Martin, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Austin, United States
Conveners:  Jonny Wu, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States, Athena Eyster, Tufts University, Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, Medford, United States and Alec Brenner, Yale University, New Haven, United States
 
Quantifying Polar Wander and its Impact on Reconstructions of Past Climates (Invited) (1860745)
Bram Vaes1, Pietro Sternai2, Alexis Licht1, Erwan Pineau1, Pierre Maffre3 and Yannick Donnadieu1, (1)Aix Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France, (2)University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy, (3)Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Toulouse, France
 
Using the Leithsville Formation to Infer Laurentia’s Early Cambrian Paleoclimate and Latitude (1884728)
Nathan Gostey1, Philip LaPorta Jr.2 and Margaret LaPorta2, (1)Youngstown State University, Youngstown, United States, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
 
Reconstructing the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Pacific/Panthalassa Mantle Domains since the Mesozoic (1906605)
Aileen Hoyle and Jeremy Tsung Jui Wu, National Taiwan University, Department of Geosciences, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Sensitivity of Phanerozoic Climate Simulations to Paleogeographic Reconstructions (1909135)
Niklas Werner1, Florian Franziskakis2, Andrew Merdith3, Christian Vérard4, Maura Brunetti5, Taras Gerya1 and Paul J Tackley1, (1)ETH Zurich, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)University of Geneva, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland, (3)University of Adelaide, School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Science, Adelaide, Australia, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, (5)Group of Applied Physics and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Kinematics of Continental Blocks during Rifting: Evidence from the Alpine Tethys (1909464)
Gianluca Frasca, National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Geosciences and Earth Resources, Torino, Italy and Gianreto Manatschal, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ITES UMR 7063, Strasbourg, France
 
TOMOPAC, a new class of circum-Pacific plate reconstructions for geodynamic and geologic studies (1935642)
Jonny Wu1,2, Yi-Wei Chen3, Christopher Matthew Calvelage4, Lorenzo Colli5, Yi-An Lin6, Spencer Fuston7, Tsung-Jui Wu3, Moloud Rahimzadeh Bajgiran8 and Edward Clennett9,10, (1)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (3)National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan, (4)EarthScope Consortium, Washington D.C., United States, (5)Modelway, Milan, Italy, (6)CenterPoint Energy, Houston, United States, (7)EOG Resources, Houston, United States, (8)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States, (9)Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom, (10)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
 
The PANALESIS Atlas: a Series of Maps and Indicators Depicting the Earth Evolution During the Phanerozoic (1940056)
Florian Franziskakis1, Niklas Werner2, Christian Vérard3, Jérôme Kasparian4, Sebastien Castelltort5 and Gregory Giuliani1, (1)University of Geneva, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland, (2)ETH Zurich, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, (4)Group of Applied Physics and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, (5)University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Uncertainties on Palæogeographic Reconstructions: Effects of Sea-Level Variation (1943048)
Christian Vérard1, Florian Franziskakis2 and Gregory Giuliani2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, (2)University of Geneva, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Revisiting the Kinematic Evolution of the West Philippine Basin: Insights from Non-Transform Discontiuities (1943062)
Hyeonuk Shin, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), Hanjin Choe, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, Jerome Dyment, Université de Paris, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France, Paris, France and Sang-Mook Lee, Seoul National Univ, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, South Korea
 
Uncertainties on Palæogeographic Reconstructions: Effects of Interpolation Methods (1943603)
Christian Vérard1, Florian Franziskakis2, Gregory Giuliani2 and Jérôme Kasparian3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, (2)University of Geneva, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland, (3)Group of Applied Physics and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
 
Revisiting the opening of the Ulleung Basin: A new model of partitioned back-arc rifting from high-resolution marine magnetic anomalies (1943778)
Seonggyu Choi, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Hanjin Choe, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, Jerome Dyment, Université de Paris, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France, Paris, France and ChangHwan Kim, KIOST Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
 
The International Association for Paleogeography (IAP) and its TimeMachine Platform: A New Paradigm for Collaborative and Reproducible Paleogeographic Research (1996221)
Han Cheng, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China, Christian Vérard, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Haipeng Li, Chengdu University of Technology, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu City, China and Christopher Scotese, PALEOMAP Project, Evanston, IL, United States
 
Disentangling Multiple Generations of Iron Oxides in Red Beds of the Mesoproterozoic Hakatai Shale, Grand Canyon Supergroup, Arizona (2001701)
Laurie A Zielinski1, Prof. Sarah P Slotznick1 and Karl E Karlstrom2, (1)Dartmouth College, Earth Sciences, Hanover, United States, (2)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, United States