Geological Society of America

8:30 AM

TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF LA MONTAÑA GROUP: A NEW LOWER CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHIC UNIT IN THE PUZZLING TRUNCATED CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF SOUTHERN MEXICO

Mariano Elias-Herrera, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Mexico, N/A and Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Mexico, N/A and Consuelo Macías Romo, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, México D. F, N/A and José Luis Sánchez-Zavala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City and Luigi Solari, Centro de Geociencias, Santiago de Querétaro and Enrique Martínez-Hernández, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, México, D. F, N/A

201531 (Theme Sessions)

8:50 AM

THE TRANSPRESSIVE LEFT-LATERAL SIERRA MADRE DE CHIAPAS AND ITS BURIED FRONT IN THE TABASCO PLAIN (SOUTH MEXICO)

Cesar Witt, Universite Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, N/A and Claude Rangin, Collège de France, BP 80 - 13545 Aix en Provence, N/A and Andrew Carter, Birkbeck, University of London, London and Stephanie Brichau, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, N/A

201604 (Theme Sessions)

9:10 AM

THE CHORTÍS BLOCK - SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO CONNECTION DURING THE LATE MESOZOIC - CENOZOIC: U-PB ZIRCON CONSTRAINTS

Rafael Torres de León, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F, N/A and Luigi Solari, Centro de Geociencias, Santiago de Querétaro and Fernando Ortega-Gutiérrez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F, N/A and Uwe Martens, Tectonic Analysis Ltd, Walnut Creek, CA

201520 (Theme Sessions)

9:30 AM

PALEOMAGNETISM OF THE VALLE ANGELES GROUP, HONDURAS, REVISITED: EVIDENCE OF LARGE MAGNITUD CENOZOIC ROTATION

Roberto S. Molina Garza, UNAM, Queretaro, Queretaro, N/A and Rob Rogers, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA and Douwe van Hinsbergen, University of Oslo, Oslo, N/A

201413 (Theme Sessions)

9:50 AM

SEISMOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE MOTION OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA FOREARC SLIVER

Marco Guzman-Speziale, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro, N/A

201664 (Theme Sessions)

10:10 AM

READING THE FRAGMENTARY RECORD OF LATE CRETACEOUS TO EOCENE ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION AND SUBDUCTION INITIATION IN THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE CARIBBEAN

Agustin Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, N/A and Marion Weber, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín and Camilo Montes, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, N/A and Germán Bayona, Corporación Geológica ARES, Bogotá and Samuel Jaramillo, Corporación Geológica ARES, Medellin, N/A and Jakeline Vanegas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, N/A and Juan Carlos Silva-Tamayo, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, N/A and Victor Valencia, Washington State University, Pullman, WA and Luis I. Quiroz, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, N/A and Andres Pardo, Caldas University, Manizales, N/A

201823 (Theme Sessions)

10:50 AM

MIOCENE DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION IN THE FALCON BASIN AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE AND CARIBBEAN TECTONICS

Luis I. Quiroz, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and Luis A. Buatois, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and Maria Gabriela Mangano, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and Agustin Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin and Camilo Montes, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, N/A and Juan Carlos Silva-Tamayo, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, N/A and Maria Camila Vallejo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A

201839 (Theme Sessions)

11:10 AM

MIDDLE MIOCENE VOLCANISM IN THE SOUTH CARIBBEAN DEFORMED BELT (SINU BELT, NORTHERN COLOMBIA): PETROTECTONIC HYPOTHESIS

Mario Lara, Bogotá, N/A and Agustin Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin and Victor Valencia, Washington State University, Pullman, WA and Marion Weber, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín and Felipe De la Parra, Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo - ECOPETROL S.A, Piedecuesta, N/A and Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Margarita López-Martínez, Ensenada, Baja California Norte, N/A and Camilo Montes, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, N/A

201838 (Theme Sessions)

11:30 AM

INTRAPLATE UPLIFT AND BASIN GENERATION ON THE SW CORNER OF THE MARACAIBO BLOCK: DISTAL EVIDENCES OF CARIBBEAN PLATEAU - NORTHWESTERN SOUTH AMERICA COLLISION

Omar Camilo Montenegro, Corporacion Geologica Ares, Bogota, N/A and Germán Bayona, Corporación Geológica ARES, Bogotá and Carolina Ojeda, Universidad de Sau Paulo, Sau Paulo, N/A and Carolina Ayala, Corporación Geológica ARES, Bogota, N/A and Agustin Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin and Victor Valencia, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

201801 (Theme Sessions)

11:50 AM

THE CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY TECTONIC HISTORY OF WESTERN COLOMBIA

Diego Villagómez, University of Geneva, Geneva, N/A and Richard Spikings, University of Geneva, Geneva

201748 (Theme Sessions)

12:10 PM

SR-ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY AS AN ALTERNATIVE PROVENANCE TOOL OF OLIGOCENE AND MIOCENE SEDIMENTS ALONG NW COLOMBIA: PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARIBBEAN PLATE- SOUTH AMERICA INTERACTION

Juan Carlos Silva-Tamayo, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, N/A and Agustin Cardona, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin and Andres Pardo, Caldas University, Manizales, N/A and Mihai Ducea, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Sebastian Rosero, Caldas University, Manizales, N/A and Camilo Montes, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, N/A and Victor Valencia, Washington State University, Pullman, WA and Germán Bayona, Corporación Geológica ARES, Bogotá

201841 (Theme Sessions)

12:30 PM

KEYNOTE: PLATE BOUNDARY CONTROL ON THE LINKED KINEMATIC HISTORIES OF THE MACUSPANA, AKAL-REFORMA, COMALCALCO, AND DEEP WATER CAMPECHE BASIN TECTONIC ELEMENTS, SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

James Pindell, Tectonic Analysis Ltd, Duncton, West Sussex, N/A and Ernesto Miranda, Pemex, Villahermosa, N/A

201800 (Theme Sessions)

20 The Caribbean Plate and its Geologic Connections with North and South America

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