Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 119/120
GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

 

Delores M. Robinson, Soumyajit Mukherjee and Barun Kumar Mukherjee, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
HIMALAYAN METAMORPHIC CHRONOLOGY COMES OF AGE – REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
KOHN, Matthew J., Dept. of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, mattkohn@boisestate.edu
8:20 AM
EVOLUTION AND LATE STAGE DEFORMATION OF THE HIMALAYAN METAMORPHIC CORE, KANCHENJUNGA REGION, EASTERN NEPAL
BUCKINGHAM, Heather M.1, LARSON, Kyle P.1, COUTAND, Isabelle2, CAMACHO, A.3, and AMBROSE, Tyler K.1, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada, buckingham.heather@gmail.com, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
8:35 AM
LINKING THE MANASLU GRANITE TO ITS SOURCE USING MONAZITE PETROCHRONOLOGY
LEDERER, Graham1, COTTLE, John M.1, and LARSON, Kyle P.2, (1) Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, grahamlederer@umail.ucsb.edu, (2) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
8:50 AM
GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF TOURMALINE AS A TOOL FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN CENTRAL THRUST, CENTRAL NEPAL
KERSWELL, Buchanan1, FELLOWS, Steven A.1, EMERMAN, Steven H.1, PANDAY, Suman2, and ADHIKARI, Santosh2, (1) Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, buck.kerswell@gmail.com, (2) Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal
9:05 AM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE GREATER HIMALAYAN SEQUENCE, ANNAPURNA-DHAULAGIRI HIMALAYA, CENTRAL NEPAL
PARSONS, Andrew J., Institute of Geophysics & Tectonics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, eeap@leeds.ac.uk, PHILLIPS, Richard J., Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, LLOYD, Geoffrey E., Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, SEARLE, Micheal P., Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, and LAW, Richard D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
9:20 AM
DEFORMATION WITHIN THE GREATER HIMALAYAN SEQUENCE IN CENTRAL HIMALAYA: IN-SEQUENCE SHEARING AND METAMORPHISM BY CRUSTAL ACCRETION FROM THE INDIAN PLATE
CAROSI, Rodolfo1, MONTOMOLI, Chiara2, and IACCARINO, Salvatore2, (1) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Turin, Italy, Via Valperga Caluso, 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, rodolfo.carosi@unito.it, (2) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa, Italy, Via S. Maria, 53, Pisa, 56126, Italy
9:40 AM
A NEW MODEL FOR BUILDING THE HIMALAYA USING THE GREATER HIMALAYAN THRUST SYSTEM
ROBINSON, Delores M.1, KHANAL, Subodha1, KOHN, Matthew J.2, and MANDAL, Subhadip1, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, dmr@ua.edu, (2) Dept. of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
TESTING TECTONIC MODELS USING TIME-VARYING CRUSTAL THICKNESS VARIATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN TIBET
HARRISON, T. Mark1, WIELICKI, Matthew2, LOVERA, Oscar M.3, DEPAOLO, D.J.4, ZHU, Di-Cheng5, ZHAO, Zhidan5, YIN, An6, and MO, Xuanxue7, (1) Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, tmh@argon.ess.ucla.edu, (2) Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA, P.O. Box 951567, Los Angeles, 90095, (3) Dept. of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (4) Earth and Planetary Science, Univ California - Berkeley, 301 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, (5) School of Earth Science and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, 29 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China, (6) Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (7) Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 29 Xueyuan Road, Beijing, 100083, China
10:25 AM
DYNAMICS OF EAST-WEST EXTENSION IN THE WESTERN REGION OF THE INDO–ASIAN COLLISION ZONE
TAYLOR, Michael H., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, mht@ku.edu, STYRON, Richard H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, MURPHY, Michael A., Earth and Atmos. Sci, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204, SUNDELL, Kurt E., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, MCCALLISTER, Andrew T., Chevron, 1500 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, GOSSE, John C., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, and WHIPP, David M. Jr, Department of Geophysics and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 68, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland
10:40 AM
EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS ALONG THE INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE, SOUTHERN TIBET: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF THE INITIAL STAGES OF THE INDIA-ASIA COLLISION
ORME, Devon A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, dorme@email.arizona.edu, CARRAPA, Barbara, Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, and DECELLES, P.G., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
11:00 AM
PROVENANCE OF THE INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE MÉLANGE AND THE ONSET OF TETHYAN HIMALAYA-ASIA COLLISION, SOUTHERN TIBET
METCALF, Kathryn, KAPP, Paul, ORME, Devon A., and LASKOWSKI, Andrew, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, kmetcalf@email.arizona.edu
11:15 AM
EARLY EOCENE THICKENING REVEALED BY TIBETAN GARNET
SMIT, Matthijs A., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, msmit@eos.ubc.ca, HACKER, Brad, Geological Sciences, UC, Santa Barbara, Department of Geological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara—Building 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, and LEE, Jeff, Central Washington University, 400 East University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926
11:30 AM
NEW U-PB AGE AND TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF YOUNG METAMORPHIC ZIRCON RIMS FROM THE UHP TSO MORARI COMPLEX, NW HIMALAYA, DISTINGUISHES PEAK FROM RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM
LEECH, Mary, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, leech@sfsu.edu, COBLE, Matthew A., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, SINGH, Sandeep, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Department of Earth Sciences, Roorkee, 247667, India, GUILLOT, Stéphane, ISTerre CNRS, Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, 38041, and JAIN, A.K., Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, 247667, India
11:45 AM
TIMING OF BARROVIAN METAMORPHISM AND DUCTILE THINNING IN LHAGOI KANGRI DOME, SOUTHERN TIBET
DIEDESCH, Timothy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, tdiedesc@utk.edu, JESSUP, Micah J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, COTTLE, John M., Department of Earth Science, University of California-Santa Barbara, 2028 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, and ZENG, Lingsen, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037, China
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