GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T209. Earth History in the Broadest Context—Ophiolites, Global Tectonics, and Public Awareness of Earth Science I: Celebrating the Contributions of Eldridge Moores

Session No. 293
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)
 
Introductory Remarks by Session Chairs
Abstract ID#: 281139
 
Introduction of the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), by xxxxx
Abstract ID#: 281140
YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (DONATH MEDAL): METAMORPHIC HETEROGENEITY AND TRANSIENT RHEOLOGY OF THE DEEP SUBDUCTION INTERFACE
Abstract ID#: 276871
BEHR, Whitney M., KOTOWSKI, Alissa and ASHLEY, Kyle T., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, behr@utexas.edu
THE OPHIOLITE CONUNDRUM: TECTONIC SETTING FOR THE ORIGIN AND EMPLACEMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON OMAN
Abstract ID#: 286299
GREGORY, Robert T., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395 and COLEMAN, Robert G., Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, bgregory@smu.edu
SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE (SSZ) HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPHIOLITES
Abstract ID#: 282475
MOORES, Eldridge M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and SIMMONS, Nathan A., Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, emmoores@ucdavis.edu
CHARACTERIZATION AND PETROGENESIS OF INTERMEDIATE TO SILICIC ROCKS IN OPHIOLITES: A GLOBAL SYNTHESIS
Abstract ID#: 284274
FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway and DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Shideler Hall, Spring Street, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, harald.furnes@uib.no
OPHIOLITIC CHROMITITES INDICATE TRANSITION ZONE MANTLE DEPTHS FOR THEIR INITIAL ORIGIN AND A DEEP MANTLE UPWELLING RECORD OF OPHIOLITIC PERIDOTITES
Abstract ID#: 287599
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Shideler Hall, Spring Street, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, YANG, Jing-Sui, CARMA, State Key Laboratory for Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26, Baiwanzhuang Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100037, China and CARMA, Group, Center for Advanced Research on Mantle, Its Mineralogy, Petrology & Structure, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, dileky@miamioh.edu
MANTLE UPWELLING FROM ~ 410 KM TRANSITION ZONE BELOW THE NEO - TETHYAN INDUS  OPHIOLITE IN NIDAR, NW HIMALAYA. BASU,
Abstract ID#: 283157
BASU, Asish, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St, 107 Geoscience Building, Arlington, TX 76019, DAS, Souvik, Physical research Laboratory, Navrangpura,, Ahmedabad, 380009, India and MUKHERJEE, Barun, Petrology and Geochemistry Group, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 GMS Road, Dehradun, 248001, India, abasu@uta.edu
IS THE TRINITY OPHIOLITE A PIECE OF HYPEREXTENDED CONTINENTAL MARGIN?
Abstract ID#: 285525
SHIMABUKURO, David H., Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819 and HAUGEN, Emily A., Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505, dhs@csus.edu
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 288259
OPHIOLITES AS FRAGMENTS OF SEAMOUNTS AND OCEANIC PLATEAUX IN THE ALTAIDS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PHANEROZOIC CONTINENTAL GROWTH
Abstract ID#: 284490
XIAO, Wenjiao1, WINDLEY, Brian F.2, WAN, Bo1, ZHANG, Ji'en1, AO, Songjian1 and LIU, Xijun3, (1)Tethys Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, (2)Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, (3)College of Earth Science, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China, wj-xiao@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
CRUSTAL AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF ACCRETIONARY OROGENS IN NE ASIA
Abstract ID#: 285004
JAHN, Bor-ming, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, bmjahn@ntu.edu.tw
A FAULT SYSTEM DEFINES THE NORTHEASTERN MARGIN OF THE WESTERN COSTA RICA ARC SLIVER
Abstract ID#: 285584
LEWIS, Jonathan, Geoscience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, MONTERO, Walter, Central American School of Geology, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, 11501, Costa Rica and ARAYA, Maria C., Section of Seismology, Volcanology and Exploration Geophysics, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, 11501, Costa Rica, jclewis@iup.edu
EFFECTS OF IRREGULAR BASEMENT TOPOGRAPHY ON TAIWAN DOUBLY-VERGENT WEDGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE BEHAVIORS IN PROWEDGE AND LICHI MELANGE IN RETROWEDGE
Abstract ID#: 279200
CHI, Wu-Cheng1, CHEN, Liwen1, LIU, Char-Shine2 and BERNAL-OLAYA, Rocio1, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, P. O. Box 1-55, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, (2)Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, wchi@sinica.edu.tw
 
Discussion
Abstract ID#: 288258
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