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