For the winter semester 2015 we'll focus our reading and discussions on the climate, tectonics and geodynamics of the Andes. Specifically, we'll aim to review the general tectonics and then focus on relevant papers related to two new research projects on the Andes. Seminars will take place at 12-13.30 in room D501 of the Exactum. You may also want to see more information about the general format of the seminar. A tentative schedule of readings is below. | Date | Discussion leader(s) | Topic and papers |
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| 5.2.2015 | n/a | Organizational meeting. Selection of seminar meeting time, suggested papers to discuss, ideas for other topics, etc. | 19.2.2015 (postponed) | Dave | Introduction to Andean tectonics
Discussion paper: Dewey, J. F., and S. H. Lamb (1992), Active tectonics of the Andes, Tectonophysics, 205(1–3), 79–95
Supplemental reading: Lamb, S., L. Hoke, L. Kennan, and J. Dewey (1997), Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121(1), 237–264.
| | 26.2.2015 | Dave | Introduction to Andean tectonics Discussion paper: Dewey, J. F., and S. H. Lamb (1992), Active tectonics of the Andes, Tectonophysics, 205(1–3), 79–95 Supplemental reading: Lamb, S., L. Hoke, L. Kennan, and J. Dewey (1997), Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121(1), 237–264. | | 12.3.2015 | Jorina | Geological background on the Andes Discussion paper: Lamb, S., L. Hoke, L. Kennan, and J. Dewey (1997), Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 121(1), 237–264. Supplemental reading: Isacks, 1988, Uplift of the Central Andean Plateau and bending of the Bolivian Orocline, Journal of Geophysical Research | | 19.3.2015 | Lars | Nazca plate subduction Discussion paper: Gutscher, M.-A., W. Spakman, H. Bijwaard, and E. R. Engdahl (2000), Geodynamics of flat subduction: Seismicity and tomographic constraints from the Andean margin, Tectonics, 19(5), 814–833, doi:10.1029/1999TC001152. | | 26.3.2015 | Dave | Influence of flat slab subduction on South American dynamic topography Discussion paper: Eakin, C. M., C. Lithgow-Bertelloni, and F. M. Dávila (2014), Influence of Peruvian flat-subduction dynamics on the evolution of western Amazonia, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 404(C), 250–260, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.027 | | 2.4.2015 | Jorina | Climate and uplift in the Andes Discussion papers: Montgomery, D. R., G. Balco, and S. D. Willett (2001), Climate, tectonics, and the morphology of the Andes, Geology, 29(7), 579–582 Lamb, S., and P. Davis (2003), Cenozoic climate change as a possible cause for the rise of the Andes, Nature, 425(6960), 792–797, doi:10.1038/nature02049 | | 23.4.2015 | Niclas | Climate, erosion and tectonics in the Bolivian Andes Discussion papers: McQuarrie, N., T. A. Ehlers, J. B. Barnes, and B. Meade (2008), Temporal variation in climate and tectonic coupling in the central Andes, Geology, 36(12), 999–1002 Barnes, J. B., T. A. Ehlers, N. Insel, N. McQuarrie, and C. J. Poulsen (2012), Linking orography, climate, and exhumation across the central Andes, Geology, 40(12), 1135–1138 | | 7.5.2015 | Dharmindar | Isotope records of Andean uplift Discussion papers: Garzione, C. N., G. D. Hoke, J. C. Libarkin, S. Withers, B. MacFadden, J. Eiler, P. Ghosh, and A. Mulch (2008), Rise of the Andes, Science, 320(5881), 1304–1307, doi:10.1126/science.1148615 Leier, A., N. McQuarrie, C. Garzione, and J. Eiler (2013), Stable isotope evidence for multiple pulses of rapid surface uplift in the Central Andes, Bolivia, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 371-372(0), 49–58, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.025 | | 21.5.2015 | Niclas | Geomorphic record of Andean uplift Discussion papers: Gubbels, T. L., B. L. Isacks, and E. Farrar (1993), High-level surfaces, plateau uplift, and foreland development, Bolivian central Andes, Geology, 21(8), 695–698 Hoke, G. D., B. L. Isacks, T. E. Jordan, N. Blanco, A. J. Tomlinson, and J. Ramezani (2007), Geomorphic evidence for post-10 Ma uplift of the western flank of the central Andes 18°30′–22°S, Tectonics, 26(5), n/a–n/a, doi:10.1029/2006TC002082 | | 28.5.2015 | Francis | Andean analogues Discussion paper: Schulmann, K., J. Konopásek, V. Janoušek, O. Lexa, J.-M. Lardeaux, J.-B. Edel, P. Štípská, and S. Ulrich (2009), An Andean type Palaeozoic convergence in the Bohemian Massif, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 341(2-3), 266–286, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2008.12.006 |
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