Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

MAKING SENSE OF CAOS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM AN INTEGRATED GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC SYSTEM (= ALTAIDS)

An Yin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Stephanie M. Briggs, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Craig E. Manning, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and T.K. Kelty, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and Z.L. Chen, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Batulzii Dash, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, N/A

89724 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

STRUCTURAL, PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC RESULTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE ERTIX THRUST IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL CHINESE ALTAI

Stephanie M. Briggs, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and An Yin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Craig E. Manning, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Z.L. Chen, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, N/A

89754 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

UNRAVELING THE COMPLEX RECORD OF GROWTH AND DEFORMATION IN ASIA: DETAILS FROM THE EASTERN GOBI ALTAI, SOUTHWESTERN MONGOLIA

Melissa A. Lamb, Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and Gombosuren Badarch, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaan Baatar, N/A and Tiffani F. Navratil, Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

95722 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

DETRITAL-ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE HANGAY-HENTEY BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONICS OF THE MONGOL-OKHOTSK OCEAN, MONGOLIA

T.K. Kelty, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and A. Yin, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA and B. Dash, Mongolian Technical University, Ulaan Bator, N/A and George Gehrels, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Xu Bei, Peking Univeristy, Beijing, N/A and K. Rice, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA and O. Katsuk, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

96147 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN ORDOS PLATEAU, NORTH CHINA

Ke Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, N/A and Heping Zou, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, N/A and Jianbo Cai, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, N/A and Shining Liu, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, N/A

90292 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

DIACHRONOUS HISTORIES FOR THE DABIE-SULU OROGEN FROM HIGH-TEMPERATURE GEOCHRONOLOGY

Mary L. Leech, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA and Laura E. Webb, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and T.N. Yang, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, N/A

93858 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

ABOR VOLCANICS: SLAB WINDOW VOLCANISM AT THE INDIA-ASIA COLLISION ZONE

Neptune Srimal, Florida International Univ, Miami, FL

93182 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

ANCIENT DIETS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT UPLIFT OF SOUTHERN TIBET AFTER 7 MYR AGO

Yang Wang, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, Tallahassee, FL and Tao Deng, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Dana Biasatti, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, Tallahassee, FL

90336 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

RESOLVING "OUTBOARD" EQUATORIAL PERI-GONDWANALAND DURING THE EARLY PALEOZOIC: A HIMALAYAN PERSPECTIVE

Nigel C. Hughes, Univ of California Riverside, Riverside, CA and Paul M. Myrow, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO and Ganqing Jiang, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

95571 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

ARCHAEOCYATHAN REEFS WITHIN A SILICICLASTIC SUCCESSION: NEW DISCOVERY IN THE CAMBRIAN (TOYONIAN) LALUN FORMATION OF NORTHERN IRAN, THE PROTO-PALEOTETHYS PASSIVE MARGIN OF NORTHERN GONDWANA

Yaghoob Lasemi, Teacher Training University, Tehran, N/A and Hadi Amin-Rasooli, Teacher Training University, Tehran, N/A

95927 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

NEW STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC DATA FOR THE TETHYAN OF BHUTAN

Paul M. Myrow, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO and Nigel Hughes, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA and Mark Fanning, Australian National University, Canberra, N/A and O.N. Bhargava, Geological Survey of India, Harayana and S.K. Tangri, Geological Survey of India, Chandigarh, N/A

95539 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE ANDAMAN FOREARC RIDGE

Andrew Carter, Birkbeck, University of London, London and Ruth Allen, Lancaster University, Lancaster, N/A

93236 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

HIMALAYAN AND ZAGROS FORELAND BASINS: PLATE TECTONIC PARALLELS, STRUCTURAL VARIETIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR HYDROCARBON PROSPECTIVITY

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

93806 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

SUPERSEQUENCE FRAMEWORK AND THE RELATIVE SEA-CHANGE OF THE PHANEROZOIC SEDIMENTARY COVER OF THE PERSIAN PLATFORM

Ezat Heydari, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

93138 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

REVISED AGE OF THE PROXIMAL BAKHTIYARI FORMATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE HIGH ZAGROS

Mohammad Fakhari, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA and Gary J. Axen, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA and Brian K. Horton, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Abdolhossein Amini, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, N/A and Jamshid Hassanzadeh, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, N/A and Mohammad Ghavidel-Syooki, National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, N/A and S.A. Hosseini, National Iranian Oil Company, Tehran, N/A

96926 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

PRELIMINARY GEOCHEMICAL RESULTS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAIKOP SERIES, SHAMAKHA-GOBUSTAN OIL PROVINCE, EASTERN AZERBAIJAN

Samuel M. Hudson, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Cari Johnson, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Harold D. Rowe, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Mila Efendiyeva, Geological Institute of Azerbiajan (GIA), Baku, N/A and Akper Feyzullaev, Geological Institute of Azerbiajan (GIA), Baku, N/A and Chingiz Aliyev, Geological Institute of Azerbiajan (GIA), Baku, N/A

94809 (Technical Sessions)

T23 Out of the Tethys: The Making of Asia

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