Geological Society of America

9:30 AM

MELANGES AT CONVERGENT PLATE MARGINS: THE FRANCISCAN COMPLEX OF CALIFORNIA

William Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

175115 (Scientific Sessions)

9:50 AM

MELANGE AND MELANGE-FORMING PROCESSES: CASE STUDIES FROM THE APENNINES, APPALACHIANS AND NEW ZEALAND

Andrea Festa, Università di Torino, Torino, N/A and Gian Andrea Pini, Università di Bologna, Bologna, N/A and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Kei Ogata, Università di Parma, Parma, N/A and Giulia Codegone, Università di Torino, Torino, N/A and Angelo Camerlenghi, Istituto Nazionale Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Sgonico (Trieste), N/A

175213 (Scientific Sessions)

10:10 AM

OLISTOSTROMES, MASS-TRANSPORT DEPOSITS AND THE ORIGIN OF MéLANGES

Gian Andrea Pini, Università di Bologna, Bologna, N/A and Kei Ogata, Università di Parma, Parma, N/A and Angelo Camerlenghi, Istituto Nazionale Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Sgonico (Trieste), N/A and Giulia Codegone, Università di Torino, Torino, N/A and Andrea Festa, Università di Torino, Torino, N/A and Claudio Corrado Lucente, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Rimini, N/A

175417 (Scientific Sessions)

10:50 AM

DEVELOPMENT OF TECTONIC MéLANGES DURING SUBDUCTION AND EXHUMATION PROCESSES: CASE-STUDY FROM THE LIGURIAN ALPS (ITALY)

Laura Federico, University of Genova, Genova, N/A and Laura Crispini, University of Genova, Genova, N/A and Giovanni Capponi, University of Genova, Genova, N/A and Marco Scambelluri, University of Genova, Genova

175301 (Scientific Sessions)

11:10 AM

A RECORD OF FRONTAL TECTONIC EROSION IN A FOSSIL ACCRETIONARY WEDGE: THE EXAMPLE OF THE BOCCO SHALE MÉlange, INTERNAL LIGURIDE OPHIOLITIC SEQUENCE (NORTHERN APENNINE, ITALY)

Luca Pandolfi, Università di Pisa, Pisa, N/A and Michele Marroni, Università di Pisa, Pisa, N/A and Francesca Meneghini, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch

175449 (Scientific Sessions)

11:30 AM

SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF CHAOTIC DEPOSITS IN THE VENTIMIGLIA FLYSCH (ROYA-ARGENTINA VALLEY- NW ITALY)

Elena Perotti, Università degli studi di Torino, Torino, N/A and Carlo Bertok, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, N/A and Anna d'Atri, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, N/A and Luca Martire, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, N/A and Alessia Musso, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, N/A and Fabrizio Piana, Torino, N/A and Dario Varrone, Torino, N/A

174662 (Scientific Sessions)

11:50 AM

PROCESSES OF STRATAL DISRUPTION IN THE PORMA MELANGE: SOURCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE “NATIVE” AND “EXOTIC” BLOCKS

Juan Luis Alonso, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, N/A and Alberto Marcos, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, N/A and Angela Súarez, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, León, N/A

174999 (Scientific Sessions)

12:10 PM

THE MéLANGE – OPHIOLITE CONUNDRUM: INSIGHTS FROM IAPETAN AND TETHYAN OPHIOLITES, CANADA AND ALBANIA

Stéphane De Souza, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC and Alain Tremblay, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC and Gilles Ruffet, CNRS-Universite de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes Cedex and Avni Meshi, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana, N/A

174936 (Scientific Sessions)

19 Mélanges and mélange–forming processes. Part 1

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