T321 Southwest Pacific Cenozoic Tectonics and Comparisons with Other Orogenic Belts

Wednesday, 8 October 2008
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  A Geophysical Characterization of the Orogenic Rifting to Sealoor Spreading Transition in Western Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea
  Jorden L. Hayes, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Andrew M. Goodliffe, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  150142 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  What Can We Learn from Indonesia That Is Relevant to Other Orogenic Belts ?
  Robert Hall, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, N/A
  148019 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  Evidence for Subduction of the Solomon Sea Plate at the Trobriand Trough, Papua New Guinea
  Milo L. Cameron, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Andrew M. Goodliffe, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  150736 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  Reconstructing Taiwan. A New View of a Classic Orogen
  Timothy Byrne, Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Yu-Chang Chan, Academia Sinica, Taipei, N/A and Yuan-Hsi Lee, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, N/A and Jian-Cheng Lee, Academia Sinica, Taipei, N/A and Ruey-Juin Rau, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, N/A
  147609 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  Syntectonic(?) Mafic Gravel Associated with Miocene Obduction and Subduction Initiation in New Zealand
  Kathleen Marsaglia, California State Univ - Northridge Dept Geological Sciences, Northridge, CA and Carrie Bender, California State Univ Northridge, Northridge, CA and Jessica Dillon, California State Univ Northridge, Northridge, CA and Colin Mazengarb, Hobart, Tasmania, N/A and Michael Marden, Gisborne, N/A and Elena A. Miranda, California State University at Northridge, Northridge, CA
  143540 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  Tetiary-Recent Subduction Zone Products along the Japanese Island Arcs as Modern Analogues of Ancient Orogenic Belts: Emplacement of Trench Sediments, Metamorphic and Ophiolitic Rocks into Forearc Areas
  Yujiro Ogawa, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Satoru Muraoka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Ryo Anma, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Kiichiro Kawamura, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi and Ryota Mori, Tokyo, N/A
  149383 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  Structural Geology of the Nankai Accretionary Prism; Tenryu Submarine Canyon, Japan
  Kurtis C. Burmeister, Univ of the Pacific, Stockton, CA and Nicholas W. Hayman, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Ryo Anma, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Yasuhiro Yamada, Kyoto University, Kyoto, N/A and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Yujiro Ogawa, Institute of Geoscience, Tsukuba, N/A and Kiichiro Kawamura, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi
  151111 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  Tibetan-Indonesian-Style Tectonic Evolution of Tethyan Orogenic Belts In the Eastern Mediterranean Region
  Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  147429 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  Pacific Plate Motion Linked to Changes in Deformation at the Plate Margins
  Joann M. Stock, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Zvi Ben-Avraham, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, N/A
  152257 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  Tectonics of the SW Pacific Region as an Analogue for the Mesozoic Tectonics of the North American Cordillera
  Eli Silver, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  143769 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  SW Pacific Tectonics and the E. Pacific Cordillera
  Eldridge M. Moores, University of California, Davis, CA
  150249 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  The Rate of SW Pacific Cenozoic Tectonic Transitions Compared to Models of North American Cordilleran Tectonics: Are the Latter Too Simplistic?
  John Wakabayashi, Fresno, CA and Chris Smart, California State University, Fresno, CA
  148704 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  Hot and Deep: Rock Record of Subduction Initiation, Feather River Ultramafic Belt, California
  Christopher M. Smart, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA and John Wakabayashi, Fresno, CA
  150784 (Technical Sessions)