Geological Society of America

8:05 AM

THE POLYGENETIC HEAVEN’S BEACH MELANGE, FRANCISCAN COMPLEX, CALIFORNIA, USA

Loren Raymond, Sonoma State University & Coast Range Geological Mapping Institute, Rohnert Park, CA and Loren Raymond, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

298739 (Technical Sessions)

8:25 AM

SEDIMENTARY COMPARED TO TECTONIC SERPENTINITE MÉLANGES AND BLOCKS OF ONE TYPE OF MÉLANGE IN ANOTHER: COASTAL CALIFORNIA EXAMPLES

John Wakabayashi, California State University, Fresno, CA

303241 (Technical Sessions)

8:40 AM

LARGE RANGE OF METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS RECORDED IN BLOCKS OF A SINGLE MéLANGE ZONE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE FRANCISCAN COMPLEX OF CALIFORNIA

Jessie E. Shields, California State University, Fresno, CA and John Wakabayashi, California State University, Fresno, CA

304993 (Technical Sessions)

8:55 AM

STRUCTURAL FABRICS, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE REINDEER HILLS MELANGE, A SUTURE ZONE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA

Sara E. Bier, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY and Donald M. Fisher, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Maureen Feineman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Paul O'Sullivan, GeoSep Services Inc., Moscow, ID

305230 (Technical Sessions)

9:10 AM

BLOCK-IN-MATRIX ROCKS AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HUMBER ARM ALLOCHTHON, PORT AU PORT PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND APPALACHIANS

Ryan A. Lacombe, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and John Waldron, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Nicholas B. Harris, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

306222 (Technical Sessions)

9:25 AM

TECTONIC FLOW MÉLANGE AND OLISTOSTROMES IN THE FRANCISCAN COMPLEX: WHICH IS MORE ABUNDANT?

Mark Cloos, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Estibalitz Ukar, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

301300 (Technical Sessions)

10:10 AM

LIQUEFACTION-INDUCED MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSIT: STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR SEQUENCE OF INTERMITTENT EVENTS

Yuzuru Yamamoto, MAT, Yokohama and Yasuhiro Yamada, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama and Shunsuke Kawakami, Shibuya

301025 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

SEDIMENTARY STRATAL DISRUPTION AND LITHOLOGICAL MIXING IN POLYGENETIC MÉLANGES

Kei Ogata, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and Andrea Festa, Department of Earth Sciences, Torino and Gian Andrea Pini, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste

307534 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

TECTONIC CONTROL OF MÉLANGES FORMATION OF SEDIMENTARY AND POLYGENETIC ORIGIN: EXAMPLES FROM PALEOZOIC TO MESOZOIC ACCRETIONARY COMPLEXES OF SOUTHWEST JAPAN

Koji Wakita, Yamaguchi University Division of Geoshere Sciences, Yamaguchi

296422 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

ACCRETION OF NEO-TETHYS OCEANIC SUBDUCTION IN EARLIEST CRETACEOUS ALONG THE YARLUNG ZANGBO SUTURE ZONE, SANGSANG AREA, SOUTHERN TIBET

Houqi WANG, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Houqi WANG, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Lin Ding, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Paul Kapp, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Fulong Cai, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Christopher Andrew Clinkscales, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Qiang Xu, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Yahui Yue, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Shun Li, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

302850 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

MUD DIAPIRS ORIGINATED FROM MUD-RICH MASS TRANSPORT DEPOSITS: EXHUMED FIELD CASES AND MODERN ANALOGUES

Gian Andrea Pini, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste and Stefano Conti, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena and Andrea Festa, Department of Earth Sciences, Torino and Daniela Fontana, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena and Claudio Corrado Lucente, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Rimini, N/A and Kei Ogata, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

308707 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

CAN SUBDUCTION OF SEDIMENTARY MÉLANGES CONTROL THE MECHANICS OF SHALLOW MEGATHRUST?

Andrea Festa, Department of Earth Sciences, Torino and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, Oxford, Ohio, OH and Silvia Mittempergher, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano and Kei Ogata, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam and Gian Andrea Pini, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste and Francesca Remitti, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena

308678 (Technical Sessions)

T322 Polygenetic Mélanges: A Glimpse on Tectono-Sedimentary Recycling in Convergent Margins

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