Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 119/120
GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Yildirim Dilek, Yujiro Ogawa and John Wakabayashi, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
FOUR BILLION YEARS OF OCEAN CRUST FORMATION
FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no, DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, 114 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, and DE WIT, Maarten J., AEON, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa
8:15 AM
OPHIOLITES AND OCEAN CRUST: A FEW COMPOSITIONAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES
MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, emmoores@ucdavis.edu
8:30 AM
ACCRETION TECTONICS OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT
WINDLEY, Brian, Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, brian.windley@btinternet.com and XIAO, Wenjiao, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
8:45 AM
OPHIOLITES AND ACCRETION HISTORY OF JAPAN (AND ORIGIN OF THE ALPINE TYPE LHERZOLITES IN THE PACIFIC RIM)
ISHIWATARI, Akira, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 41, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576 Japan, geoishw@cneas.tohoku.ac.jp
9:00 AM
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MELANESIAN BACK-ARC BASINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU ACCRETION
SETON, Maria1, MORTIMER, Nick2, WILLIAMS, Simon E.3, QUILTY, Patrick4, MEFFRE, Sebastein4, GANS, Phillip B.5, MICKLETHWAITE, Steven6, MOORE, Jarrod7, and ZAHIROVIC, Sabin7, (1) School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Building (F09), The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia, maria.seton@sydney.edu.au, (2) GNS Science, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand, (3) School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Building F09, Sydney, 2006, Australia, (4) School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, Centenary Building, Hobart, 7001, Australia, (5) Dept. of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, (6) Centre for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia, (7) School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Blg F09, Sydney, 2006, Australia
9:15 AM
GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN AND OBDUCTION OF THE OMAN OPHIOLITE: 40 YEARS AFTER GLENNIE ET AL
GREGORY, Robert T., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, bgregory@smu.edu and GRAY, David R., Geostructures Pty. Ltd, 712 Deviot Rd, Deviot 7275, Tasmania, Australia
9:30 AM
FIELD INVESTIGATION OF INFERRED UPPER OCEANIC CRUSTAL FRAGMENTS EXPOSED IN THE SOUTHERN INDOBURMAN RANGES, WEST COAST OF MYANMAR, NE INDIAN OCEAN
MOORE, Gregory F.1, AUNG, Lin Thu2, NAING, Win3, and THAN, Win Min3, (1) Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, gmoore@hawaii.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology, Yangon University, Yangon, 12345, Myanmar/Burma, (3) Dept. Geology, Sittwe University, Sittwe, 12345, Myanmar/Burma
9:45 AM
SUBDUCTION INITIATION RECORD IN FOREARC OPHIOLITES
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, 114 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, dileky@miamioh.edu and FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway
 
10:00 AM
Break
270-9
 
CORDILLERAN SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE (SSZ) OPHIOLITES: THE FORE-ARC CONNECTION (Withdrawn)
10:30 AM
VARIETY OF OPHIOLITIC ROCKS AND THEIR EMPLACEMENT SETTINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA CORDILLERA
WAKABAYASHI, John, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, jwakabayashi@csufresno.edu
10:45 AM
NEW EVIDENCE FOR BACKARC BASIN INTERPRETATION FOR EOCENE COAST-RANGE TERRANE
BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, mark.brandon@yale.edu, HOURIGAN, Jeremy, The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 96064, and GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union ST, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311
11:00 AM
SOUTHERN CORDILLERA OPHIOLITE  ASSOCIATIONS, NORTHERN CORDILLERA SUPERTERRANE ACCRETION, AND DEEP MANTLE SEISMIC WAVE SPEED ANOMALIES-AN INTEGRATED SYNTHESIS
SALEEBY, Jason B., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001, jason@gps.caltech.edu
11:15 AM
PETIT-SPOT AND GEOLOGY IN NW PACIFIC
HIRANO, Naoto, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Kawauchi 41, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576, Japan, nhirano@m.tohoku.ac.jp, NAKANISHI, Masao, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-0022, Japan, MACHIDA, Shiki, Waseda University, Tokyo, 169-8555, Japan, YAMAMOTO, Junji, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 874-0903, Japan, and ISHII, Teruaki, Fukada Geological Institute, Tokyo, 113-0021, Japan
11:30 AM
GEOLOGY OF HORAISAN SERPENTINITE MELANGE IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN AND INITIAL STRUCTURE OF DEEP SUBDUCTION CHANNEL
UEDA, Hayato, Department of Geology, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-ninocho, Nishiku, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan, ueta@geo.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp and ORIHASHI, Yuji, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyocho, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
11:45 AM
REVISION OF PALEOGENE PLATE MOTIONS IN THE PACIFIC AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HAWAII-EMPEROR BEND
WRIGHT, Nicky M.1, MÜLLER, R. Dietmar1, SETON, Maria2, and WILLIAMS, Simon E.1, (1) School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Blg F09, Sydney, 2006, Australia, nicky.wright@sydney.edu.au, (2) School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Building (F09), The University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia
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