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245 Alpine Concepts in Geology and the Evolution of Geological Thought

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 361C

Presiding:
Yildirim Dilek , W. G. Ernst and Giovanni B. Piccardo
8:00 AM
245-1
The “Classification” of Mountains in the Alpine Region during the 18th Century
Ezio Vaccari, Università dell'Insubria
8:15 AM
245-2
Alpine Geology and Geosynclines: Birth and Death of the Concept In a Small Mountain Range
Jean-Paul Schaer, Université de Neuchâtel; A.M. Celâl Sengör, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
8:30 AM
245-3
Discovery of Strike-Slip Faulting In the Alps
A.M. Celâl Sengör, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
8:45 AM
245-4
Mountain Building Paradigms and New Tools for Tectonic Analysis In the Continental Crust of the European Alps
Guido Gosso, Università di Milano; Maria Iole Spalla, Università di Milano
9:00 AM
245-5
Tectonic Analysis Vs Numerical Modelling: Insight from the Polycyclic Continental Lithosphere of the Alps
Maria Iole Spalla, Università di Milano; Anna Maria Marotta, Università di Milano; Guido Gosso, Università di Milano; Francesca Salvi, Università di Milano; Michele Zucali, Università di Milano
9:15 AM
245-6
Alpine Definition of Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere and the Evolution of Geological Thought
Yildirim Dilek, Miami University; Giovanni B. Piccardo, University of Genova
9:30 AM
245-7
New Ophiolite Classification
Yildirim Dilek, Miami University; Harald Furnes
9:45 AM
245-8
Mantle Evolution from Continental Rifting to Ocean Birth: The Record of Alpine-Apennine Ophiolitic Peridotites
Alessandra Montanini, University of Parma; Giovanni B. Piccardo, University of Genova; Riccardo Tribuzio, University of Pavia
10:00 AM
245-9
Pre-Alpine Rifting and Alpine Subduction Signature in the Cima Della Sassa Gabbro (Dent Blanche nappe, Valpelline, Western Alps)
Guido Gosso, Università di Milano; M. Iole Spalla, Università di Milano; Luca Baletti, Università di Milano
10:15 AM
245-10
Contribution of Petrologic Studies from the Western Alps to the Understanding of the HP / UHP Metamorphism
Roberto Compagnoni, University of Torino
10:30 AM
245-11
High- and Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism—a View from the Western and Central Alps
W.G. Ernst, Stanford University
10:45 AM
245-12
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; Maria Luce Frezzotti, University of Siena; Maurizio Petrelli, University of Perugia; Roberto Compagnoni, University of Torino
11:00 AM
245-13
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; Maria Iole Spalla, Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA; Guido Gosso, Università di Milano and CNR-IDPA
11:15 AM
245-14
Recognition of Alpine-Type Tectonics and Its Re-Interpretation as Subduction Tectonics In Japan
Y. Ogawa, University of Tsukuba; Ken'ichiro Hisada, University of Tsukuba
11:30 AM
245-15
Tectonic Facies Concept Based upon An Alpine Model as Applied to the Geology of Tibet
Kenneth J. Hsü, Henan University; Liu Xiaohan, Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:45 AM
245-16
Alpine Tectonics and the Western US Cordillera
Eldridge M. Moores, University of California
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