T253 The Backbone of America from Patagonia to Alaska: Plateau Uplift, Shallow Subduction, and Ridge Collision

Wednesday, 19 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE AND DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BACKBONE OF ALASKA: THE BROOKS RANGE OROGENIC BELT
  Thomas E. Moore, U.S.Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Gary Fuis, La Honda, CA and Christopher J. Potter, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Paul O'Sullivan, Apatite to Zircon, Inc, Viola, ID
  91311 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  BASEMENT-INVOLVED DEFORMATION OF THE NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ARCTIC COASTAL PLAIN, ALASKA – FAR-FIELD OROGENIC RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN ALASKAN COLLISIONAL TECTONICS
  Christopher J. Potter, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Thomas E. Moore, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  92244 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  COMPLEX CRUSTAL STRATIFICATION IN A DUCTILE ATTACHMENT ZONE WITHIN THE CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX, SOUTHERN ALASKA
  L.J. O'Driscoll, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and T.L. Pavlis, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and E. Day, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  92275 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR KILOMETER-SCALE INCISION OF THE NORTHERN PERUVIAN ANDES
  Matthew Montario, State University of New York At Albany, Albany, NY and John Garver, Union College, Schenectady, NY and Peter Reiners, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT and Joan Ramage, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA and Mark Brandon, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  97422 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  THE LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE OF THE SIERRAS PAMPEANAS REGION OF ARGENTINA
  Susan L. Beck, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Hersh Gilbert, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Lara Wagner, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Patricia Alvarado, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Megan Anderson, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and George Zandt, N/A and Mario Araujo, Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica, San Juan, N/A and Enrique Triep, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, N/A
  94574 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  NEOGENE PLATEAU MAGMATISM AND RIDGE SUBDUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN PATAGONIAN ANDES
  Matthew L. Gorring, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ and Suzanne Kay, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY and Victor Ramos, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, N/A
  97432 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  THE IMPORTANCE OF GLACIAL EROSION IN CONTROLLING THE LATE CENOZOIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATAGONIAN ANDES
  Stuart N. Thomson, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Jonathan H. Tomkin, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA and Mark Brandon, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Peter Reiners, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT
  97497 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  POLYPHASE DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHERN ACATLAN COMPLEX, SOUTHERN MEXICO: A RECORD OF CLOSURE OF THE RHEIC OCEAN FOLLOWED BY CONVERGENCE ON THE PACIFIC MARGIN OF PANGEA
  Brent Barley, Ohio University, Athens, OH and R. Damian Nance, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH and J. Duncan Keppie, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, N/A
  92566 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  WATER DELIVERY BY SUBDUCTING SLABS: DOES FLAT MEAN MORE?
  Holger Sommer, Rice University, Houston, TX and Craig O'Neill, Rice University, Houston, TX and Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University, Houston, TX and Adrian Lenardic, Rice University, Houston, TX
  93318 (Technical Sessions)