Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin corners
Jackson School of Geosciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Geological SciencesBureau of Economic GeologyInstitute for Geophysics

JSG Meetings

Backbone of the Americas
- Patagonia to Alaska -

Mendoza, Argentina
April 3-7, 2006

UT Jackson School will be at the Backbone of the Americas meeting sponsored by GSA!

MONDAY

Author(s)

Title

Session

Room

Date/Time

Grand, S.

Upper Mantle Seismic Structure Beneath the Cordillera

T1. Plenary I: The Backbone of the Americas

Congress & Exhibition Center: Auditorio Bustelo

Monday, 10:10 a.m.

Aschoff, J.L.* and Steel, R.J.

LINKS BETWEEN THRUST-BELT KINEMATICS, FORELAND BASIN ARCHITECTURE AND DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS CHANGE: A 500 KM TRANSECT THROUGH THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERAN FORELAND BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO, USA

T3. Shallowing and Steepening Subduction Zones I
Poster

Congress & Exhibition Center: Foyer and Auditorio Bustelo
Booth 40

Monday

Dickerson, P.

ANDINOTYPE VS. INTRAPLATE OROGENESIS – HIGH PLATEAUS AND LOWER CRUSTAL STRUCTURES

T2. Plateau and Cordillera Uplift I
Poster

Congress & Exhibition Center: Foyer and Auditorio Bustelo
Booth 11

Monday

Lowe, L.A.*, Gulick, S.P.S., Mann, P., Freymueller, J.T., and Pavlis, T.

Seismicity Patterns and High Resolution Bathymetry Define Active Structures on the Yakutat Microplate Shelf and Slope, Alaska

T4. Triple Junction Regions I
Poster

Congress & Exhibition Center: Foyer and Auditorio Bustelo
Booth 84>

Monday

Patel, P.*, Lavier, L., and Grand, S.P.

A POTENTIAL MECHANISM FOR SLAB UN-FLATTENING

T3. Shallowing and Steepening Subduction Zones I
Poster

Congress & Exhibition Center: Foyer and Auditorio Bustelo
Booth 34

Monday

THURSDAY

Gulick, S P.S., Willems, B., Freymueller, J. T., Powell, R., Jaeger, J., Kalbas, J., Pavlis, T., Lowe, L.A.*, Mayer, L., and Gardner, J.

SIGNIFICANT TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC EVENTS FOR THE YAKUTAT BLOCK COLLISION, GULF OF ALASKA: PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL INTENSIFICATION IN THE ST. ELIAS MOUNTAINS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FAIRWEATHER AND TRANSITION FAULTS

T4. Triple Junction Regions II

Congress & Exhibition Center: Aula Magna

Thursday, 9:30 a.m.

Cloos, M.

SUBDUCTION CHANNEL MODEL FOR ACCRETION, SEDIMENT SUBDUCTION, AND TECTONIC EROSION AT CONVERGENT PLATE MARGINS: EFFECTS OF SUBDUCTING BATHYMETRIC HIGHS

T5. Processes, Comparisons and Other Cordilleran Issues III

Congress & Exhibition Center: Aula Magna

Friday, 10:30 a.m.

   * UT PhD student
** UT graduate student