Geological Society of America

8:30 AM

LITHOSPHERIC THICKENING AND FOUNDERING: A COMPARISON OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANDES

Susan L. Beck, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Hersh Gilbert, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Lara Wagner, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, N/A and Patricia Alvarado, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Megan Anderson, U.S.G.S, Menlo Park, CA and Josh Calkins, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and George Zandt, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

100307 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

8:50 AM

WAS THE FORMATION OF THE ANDEAN HIGH-PLATEAU TRIGGERED BY DRY CLIMATE? PROPOSALS FROM PROCESS NUMERICAL MODELING

Daniel Garcia-Castellanos, ICTJA-CSIC Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, Barcelona, N/A

100622 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

9:10 AM

LATE CENOZOIC GEOMORPHOLOGIC SIGNALS OF ANDES DEFORMATION IN A UPLIFTING AND CLIMATIC CHANGES CONTEXT (26°S-28°S)

Rodrigo Riquelme, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, N/A and Gérard Hérail, IRD, Toulouse, N/A and Joseph Martinod, LMTG, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, N/A and Reynaldo Charrier, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, N/A and José Darrozes, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, N/A

101416 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

9:30 AM

PLIO-PLEISTOCENE PLATE-BOUNDARY COUPLING, MEJILLONES REGION, NORTHERN CHILE: LOCAL SUPPORT FOR A CLIMATE-TECTONIC FEEDBACK MECHANISM FOR CENTRAL ANDEAN UPLIFT

Nicholas Pinter, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Constanza Casanova, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Scott E. Ishman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

101442 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

9:50 AM

REVISITING IDEAS ABOUT GIANT EARTHQUAKES, THE SUBDUCTION PROCESS, AND THEIR RELATION TO ANDEAN MOUNTAIN BUILDING IN THE LIGHT OF THE SUMATRA MEGAEARTHQUAKE

Emile A. Okal, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Seth Stein, Earth and Planetary Sciences Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

99638 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

10:10 AM

SURFACE UPLIFT OF THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE PUNA SEGMENT OF THE CENTRAL ANDEAN PLATEAU

Teresa E. Jordan, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Constantino Mpodozis, Sipetrol S.A, Santiago, N/A and Nicolás Blanco, SERNAGEOMIN, Santiago, N/A and Gregory D. Hoke, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and Peter L. Nester, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

101115 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

10:50 AM

REVISITING SHORTENING ESTIMATES ALONG THE BOLIVIAN OROCLINE: IMPLICATIONS OF THERMAL HEATING, EROSION AND CRUSTAL FLOW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH ELEVATION PLATEAU

Nadine McQuarrie, Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ

101355 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

11:10 AM

UNSTEADY EXHUMATION OF THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE CENTRAL ANDEAN PLATEAU, NORTHERN BOLIVIA

Brian K. Horton, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Robert J. Gillis, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA and Marty Grove, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

101358 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

11:30 AM

A COMPARISON OF THE NORTH AMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN RETROARC FORELAND BASIN SYSTEMS

Peter G. DeCelles, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Brian K. Horton, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Barbara Carrapa, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, N/A

101201 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

11:50 AM

LEAD ISOTOPE DOMAINS OF THE CENTRAL ANDES (13°S-28°S) CONSTRAINED BY 3D DENSITY MODEL

Mirian Mamani, Goettingen University, Goettingen, N/A and Gerhard Wörner, Goettingen University, Goettingen, N/A and Andres Tassara, Frei Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A

99902 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

12:10 PM

LATE MIOCENE PLATEAU-WIDE SURFACE UPLIFT IN THE CENTRAL ANDES: AN INTEGRATION OF STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOALTIMETRY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY

Gregory D. Hoke, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and Carmala N. Garzione, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY

101227 (SUBMIT ABSTRACT)

8 T2. Plateau and Cordillera Uplift II

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