T245 Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought

Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  The “Classification” of Mountains in the Alpine Region during the 18th Century
  Ezio Vaccari, University of Insubria, Varese
  150667 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:15 AM
  Alpine Geology and Geosynclines: Birth and Death of the Concept In a Small Mountain Range
  Jean-Paul Schaer, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchatel, N/A and A.M. Celâl Şengör, Istanbul Technical Univ, Istanbul
  147687 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  Discovery of Strike-Slip Faulting In the Alps
  A.M. Celâl Şengör, Istanbul Technical Univ, Istanbul
  147675 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  Mountain Building Paradigms and New Tools for Tectonic Analysis In the Continental Crust of the European Alps
  Guido Gosso, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and Maria Iole Spalla, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A
  147330 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  Tectonic Analysis Vs Numerical Modelling: Insight from the Polycyclic Continental Lithosphere of the Alps
  Maria Iole Spalla, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and Anna Maria Marotta, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and Guido Gosso, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and Francesca Salvi, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and Michele Zucali, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A
  147381 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  Alpine Definition of Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere and the Evolution of Geological Thought
  Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Giovanni B. Piccardo, University of Genova, Genova, N/A
  146498 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  New Ophiolite Classification
  Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Harald Furnes, Bergen, N/A
  150483 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  Mantle Evolution from Continental Rifting to Ocean Birth: The Record of Alpine-Apennine Ophiolitic Peridotites
  Alessandra Montanini, University of Parma, Parma, N/A and Giovanni B. Piccardo, University of Genova, Genova, N/A and Riccardo Tribuzio, University of Pavia, Pavia, N/A
  147261 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  Pre-Alpine Rifting and Alpine Subduction Signature in the Cima Della Sassa Gabbro (Dent Blanche nappe, Valpelline, Western Alps)
  Guido Gosso, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and M. Iole Spalla, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A and Luca Baletti, Università di Milano, Milano, N/A
  149357 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  Contribution of Petrologic Studies from the Western Alps to the Understanding of the HP / UHP Metamorphism
  Roberto Compagnoni, University of Torino, Torino, N/A
  149376 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  High- and Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism—a View from the Western and Central Alps
  W.G. Ernst, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  147217 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  Metasomatic Influx of LILE-Enriched Complex Brines at UHP Conditions In Dora-Maira Whiteschists (western Alps): Petrology and Fluid Inclusion Data
  Simona Ferrando, University of Torino, Torino and Maria Luce Frezzotti, University of Siena, Siena, N/A and Maurizio Petrelli, University of Perugia, Perugia and Roberto Compagnoni, University of Torino, Torino, N/A
  147698 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  Late Collisional Plutons as a Key to Constrain the Exhumation of Continental HP Units: An Example from the Italian Western Alps
  Davide Zanoni, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB and Maria Iole Spalla, Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA, Milano, N/A and Guido Gosso, Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA, Milano, N/A
  148035 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  Recognition of Alpine-Type Tectonics and Its Re-Interpretation as Subduction Tectonics In Japan
  Y. Ogawa, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Ken'ichiro Hisada, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A
  145890 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  Tectonic Facies Concept Based upon An Alpine Model as Applied to the Geology of Tibet
  Kenneth J. Hsü, Henan University, Kaifeng, N/A and Liu Xiaohan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A
  148572 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:45 AM
  Alpine Tectonics and the Western US Cordillera
  Eldridge M. Moores, University of California, Davis, CA
  150293 (Technical Sessions)