154 Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region (Posters)

Poster Session
Topical Sessions
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Presiding:
Sandra J. Wyld and James E. Wright
Poster #261
Jurassic-Paleogene Igneous Activity at the Southern End of the Caribbean Plate in Northern Colombia
Alejandro Pinilla, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Paula A. Rios, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carlos A. Zuluaga, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Poster #263
Mesozoic Rocks in the Northernmost Portion of Colombia: Implications for Caribbean Geodynamic Evolution
Paula A. Medina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Carlos A. Zuluaga, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Alejandro Pinilla, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Paula A. Rios, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Nathalia M. Guerrero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Ana Maria Martinez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Poster #264
Detrital Zircon Geochronology of Paleocene/Eocene Turbidites from Venezuela and Offshore Islands: Implications for Late Cretaceous Subduction Initiation along the Leeward Antilles and Aves Ridge
Mariela Noguera, University of Georgia; Corin Stedman, University of Georgia; Emily First, University of Georgia; Edwin Lord, University of Georgia; Augie Parrinello, University of Georgia; J.E. Wright, University of Georgia; Franco Urbani, UCV; Joe Colgan, USGS
Poster #265
Exhumation History of the Leeward Antilles Coeval with Regional Deformation and Island Arc Accretion
Amanda G. Beardsley, Rice University; Virginia B. Sisson, American Museum of Natural History; Hans G. Ave Lallemant, Rice Univ; Mary K. Roden-Tice; Ann Blythe, University of Southern California
Poster #267
Using Orthographic Projection and ArcGIS to Constrain the Kinematics of Folding in the Central Range Fault Zone, Trinidad
William Pierce, SUNY Geneseo; Jenna Hojnowski, SUNY Geneseo; Scott Giorgis, SUNY Geneseo
Poster #268
Age and Geochemistry of the Central American Forearc Basement: Insights into Mesozoic Arc Volcanism and Seamount Accretion on the Fringe of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province
Joerg Geldmacher, Texas A&M University; Kaj Hoernle, University of Kiel-GEOMAR Forschungszentrum; Paul v.d. Bogaard, Leibniz-Institute for Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR; Folkmar Hauff, Leibniz-Institute for Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR; Andreas Klügel, University Bremen
Poster #269
Development of the Mosquitia Megafan in Response to Mantle Upwelling beneath Central America
Robert Rogers, California State University, Stanislaus; Peter A. Emmet, Brazos Valley Services
Poster #270
The Influence of the Panama Fracture Zone on Arc Magmatism
David W. Farris, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Agustin Cardona, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Camilo Montes, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Sara Moron, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; German Bayona, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Poster #272
Role of the Northern Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone In Concentrating Movement Between the Americas during the Past 70 Million Years
Armando Altamira, University of Houston; Dale Bird, Bird Geophysical; Kevin Burke, University of Houston
Poster #273
Paleogeography of the Caribbean Plate: Constraints from a Paleomagnetic Study of Cretaceous Arc Terranes in Central Hispaniola
Kate E. Glaccum, Florida International University; Bradford M. Clement, Florida International University; Grenville Draper, Florida International University
Poster #274
A New Look at the Virgin Islands Batholith
K.L. Schrecengost, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; A.F. Glazner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; D.S. Coleman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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