Dear Colleagues: you may be interested in the following symposium and field trip entitled "Amalgamation & Breakup of Pangæa: the type example of the supercontinent cycle" to be held in conjunction with the 2012 GSA Cordilleran section, March-April 2012. The symposium is co-sponsored by IGCP 597 and 574, and is a tribute to the career of Duncan Keppie.
Regards,
Brendan Murphy,
Co-leader IGCP 597
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1st Circular: Symposium and field trip in Mexico
2012 GSA Cordilleran Section meeting and IGCP Projects 597 and 574
Amalgamation & Breakup of Pangæa: the type example of the supercontinent cycle
. Symposium is a tribute to the career of J. Duncan Keppie
Symposium Location and time: Queretaro-Juriquilla, Mexico: Date: 29-31st March, 2012
. Conveners: Brendan Murphy, Jarda Dostal, Damian Nance
Field Trip location and time: 31-3rd April, 2012
. Field Trip Leaders: Duncan Keppie, Brendan Murphy, Gonzalo Galaz, Moritz Kirsch, and Maria Helbig.
Pangæa symposium held at the GSA Cordilleran conference. See (geosociety.org/sections/cord/ and http://www.hotelesmision.com.mx/mexico/queretaro/queretaro/hoteles/Mision-Queretaro-Juriquilla/descripcion.aspx) to present papers followed by a 3-day field trip in the Acatlán Complex of southern Mexico to examine the geological record of an orogen on the western periphery of Pangea. For information on Abstract submissions and deadlines as well as field trip registration, please see GSA website for the meeting. It is our intention to publish papers submitted to the conference (venue to be decided). The complete papers are due 31st May, 2012.
Timing of Events
29-31st March
1-2 day symposium in Queretaro followed by ½ day travel south on the third day.
1st April
A Devonian-Permian sequence synchronous with Carboniferous extrusion of high-pressure rocks into the upper plate above a subduction zone on the western periphery of Pangæa.
2nd April
Late Carboniferous - Early Permian synchronous arc magmatism and pull-apart basin sedimentation followed by Triassic thrusting on the western periphery of Pangæa.
3rd April
Triassic-Jurassic deposition of a clastic sequence intruded by tholeiitic mafic dikes that underwent high-grade metamorphism and migmatization and exhumation on the western margin of Pangæa. Banquet in the evening in Mexico City.
4th April: Drive to Queretaro airport (with option to get taxi to Mexico City airport)
Conference Registration (to be paid to the Geological Society of America)
Field Trip Registration: US$500-600 (to be paid to the Geological Society of America)
Includes: *4 nights accommodation in shared double occupancy rooms (31st March-3rd April inclusive),
*Transportation from & to Queretaro airport, and field trip (participants may opt to leave from Mexico City on the 4th April),
*All meals starting with dinner on the 31st March and ending with banquet on the 3rd April in Mexico City.
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