T22B:
Causes and Consequences of Flat Slab Subduction I

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Lara S Wagner, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States and Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Primary Conveners:  Megan L Anderson, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
Co-conveners:  Lara S Wagner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Megan L Anderson, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
T22B-01
 
What really causes flat slab subduction?
Vlad Constantin Manea, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Queretaro, Mexico, Marta Perez-Gussinye, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom and Marina Manea, UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
10:35 AM
T22B-02
 
Necessity of the Ridge for the Flat Slab Subduction: Insights from the Peruvian Flat Slab
Sanja Knezevic Antonijevic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Lara S Wagner, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Susan L Beck, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Maureen D Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, George Zandt, Retired, Washington, DC, United States and Hernando Tavera, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Lima, Peru
10:50 AM
T22B-03
 
Was there a Laramide "flat slab"?
Craig H Jones, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
11:05 AM
T22B-04
 
Crustal Geothermal Properties and Evidence of Laramide Thermal Perturbation of the Western United States
Michael A Berry1, Anthony R Lowry2, Derek Schutt3 and Ravi V S Kanda1, (1)Utah State University, Geology, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States
11:20 AM
T22B-05
 
Subducted Farallon Plate Carries Water for Hydration Above the Flat Slab and Deep into the Mantle: Evidence from the Navajo Volcanic Field HP and UHP Xenolith Suite
Daniel J Schulze1, Herwart Helmstaedt2 and Don Davis1, (1)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)Queen's University, Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada
11:35 AM
T22B-06
 
Flat Subduction and Dynamic Topography
Carolina R Lithgow-Bertelloni1, Federico M Dávila2, Caroline M Eakin3 and Fabio Crameri1, (1)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (2)Lab. de Análisis de Cuencas, Córdoba, Argentina, (3)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
11:50 AM
T22B-07
 
Magmatism and the Shallowing of the Chilean Flatslab in the Central Andes
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
12:05 PM
T22B-08
 
Effects of Flat Slab Subduction on Andean Thrust Kinematics and Foreland Basin Evolution in Western Argentina
Brian K Horton, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, Facundo Fuentes, Pluspetrol, Buenos Aires, Argentina, N Ryan McKenzie, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, Kurt N Constenius, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States and Patricia M Alvarado, National University of San Juan, Geophysics and Astronomy, San Juan, Argentina; CONICET and Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Departamento de Geofísica y Astronomía, FCEFN, San Juan, Argentina
 
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