Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

UPPER CRUSTAL DEFORMATION IN SOUTHERN TIBET BEFORE AND DURING THE INDO-ASIAN COLLISION

Shundong He, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Andrew Leier, Univ of arizona, Tucson, AZ and Paul Kapp, Univ of arizona, Tucson, AZ

58397 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GROWTH OF AN ACCRETIONARY PRISM ASSOCIATED WITH ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION IN THE HENGCHUN PENINSULA, SOUTHERN TAIWAN

Lauren D. Bierly, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN and Kenneth D. Ridgway, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN and Wen-Shan Chen, National Taiwan Univ, Taipei, N/A and Yue-Gau Chen, National Taiwan Univ, Taipei, N/A and Ching-Hua Lo, National Taiwan Univ, Taipei, N/A

58970 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL STYLE OF THE WESTERN ALBANIA THRUSTBELT AND ITS IMPLICATION ON HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION

Telo K. Velaj, Warminster, PA and Mehmet H. Zacaj, ISTN, Tirana, Albania, Tirana, N/A

58984 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EVOLUTION OF THE NORDFJORD-SOGN DETACHMENT ZONE AND THE STYLE OF CALEDONIAN EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION, HORNELEN REGION, NORWAY

Frances Cooper and Scott M. Johnston, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and Simon Wallis and Bradley R. Hacker, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and George Gehrels, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

59686 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF CENOZOIC MAGMATISM IN TIBET AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS

John E. Volkmer, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Joe Cook, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Paul Kapp, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jessica D'Andrea-Kapp, Univ of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Lin Ding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A

60735 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CALCITE TWINNING CONSTRAINTS ON ALPINE NAPPE EMPLACEMENT, HELLENIC ARC, CRETE, GREECE

Hayley K. Campbell, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN and John P. Craddock, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN and Thomas H. Klein, Univ of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, N/A

61030 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

KINEMATIC RELATIONS OF A NEOPROTEROZOIC DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE BETWEEN THE GEORGE RIVER SUITE AND BRAS D’OR GNEISS IN THE CREIGNISH HILLS, NOVA SCOTIA

Zachary, R. Wessel, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH and R. Damian Nance, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH and J.D. Keppie, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, N/A and J.B. Murphy, St. Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS

61223 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

U-PB ZIRCON DATING AND 40AR/39AR THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF THE AMDO GNEISS, CENTRAL TIBET

Jerome H. Guynn, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Paul Kapp, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and George Gehrels, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

61243 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EXHUMATION OF UHP ROCKS IN WESTERN NORWAY - THE ROLE OF THE NORDFJORD-SOGN DETACHMENT ZONE

David J. Young, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and Bradley R. Hacker, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and Torgeir B. Andersen, Univ of Oslo, Oslo, N/A and Philip Gans, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

61265 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

NEW U-PB ZIRCON AGES INDICATE MAJOR EXTENSION IN DEATH VALLEY, CA PREDATED 10 MA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MODELS OF CRUSTAL EXTENSION

Martin G. Miller, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Richard Friedman, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

61426 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EOCENE BASINS IN NORTHEASTERN GREAT BASIN, UTAH AND NEVADA, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

C.J. Nutt, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, N/A and K.A. Howard, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO

61910 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE KUMHARSAIN SHEAR ZONE IN THE GARHWAL HIMALAYA: A SEGMENT OF THE FOLDED SOUTH TIBET DETACHMENT SOUTH OF THE GREATER HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINES?

An Yin, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA and T. Mark Harrison, Australian National University, Canberra, N/A and C.S. Dubey, Delhi Univ, Delhi, N/A and B.K. Sharma, Delhi Univ, Delhi, N/A and A. Webb, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA

62487 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SIGNIFICANCE OF SUBDUCTION-RELATED METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN SW CYPRUS AND NW SYRIA

Gavin Chan, Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A and John Malpas, Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A and Costas Xenophontos, Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, N/A and Ching-Hua Lo, National Taiwan Univ, Taipei, N/A

62844 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ND ISOTOPIC STUDY OF UPPER CAMBRIAN CONODONTS FROM KOREA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY PALEOZOIC PALEOGEOGRAPHY

Heon Jeong, Seoul National Univ, Seoul, Seoul, N/A and Yong Il Lee, Seoul National Univ, Seoul, Seoul, N/A

62915 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PALEOMAGNETIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEFORMATION MODELS FOR UPPERMOST OCEANIC CRUST EXPOSED AT THE HESS DEEP RIFT: IMPLICATIONS FOR AXIAL PROCESSES AT THE EAST PACIFIC RISE

Robert J. Varga, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH and Jeffrey A. Karson, Duke Univ, Durham, NC and Jeffrey S. Gee, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

63369 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE ROLE OF BASAL TRACTION IN MODELING NEOGENE DEFORMATION IN THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE, COAL VALLEY AREA, MINERAL AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA

R. Ernest Anderson, Kernville, CA and Byron R. Berger, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO

63414 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL AND GEOMORPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS USING LOW TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY: A STUDY OF THE FORD NUNATAKS, REEDY GLACIER AREA, ANTARCTICA

Simon K. Kline, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY and Paul G. Fitzgerald, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY and Suzanne L. Baldwin, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY and Jarg Pettinga, Univ of Canterbury, Christchurch, N/A

63663 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

OLIGOCENE-MIDDLE MIOCENE CRUSTAL THICKENING AND LATE MIOCENE EXHUMATION ALONG THE EASTERN PAMIR, CHINA

Alexander C. Robinson, Univ of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and An Yin, Univ of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Craig E. Manning, Univ of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and T. Mark Harrison, Univ of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Wang Xiao-Feng, Chinese Academy of Geol Sciences, Beijing, N/A

64192 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC FAULT INDUCTION, APPLICATIONS TO ROTATIONAL BLOCKS IN LISTRIC FAULT SYSTEMS, SIERRA DIABLO BOUNDING FAULT SYSTEM, VAN HORN, TX

Jonas E. Harrell, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, TX and Lisa L. Harrell, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, TX

64495 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CENOZOIC EXTENSION AND STRIKE SLIP TECTONICS IN THE MOUNT IRISH RANGE, NEVADA; CHANGES IN STRESS FIELDS THROUGH TIME

John M. Sandru, Universtiy of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Wanda Taylor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

64573 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEFORMATIONAL AND SEDIMENTARY RESPONSES TO THE NORMAL FAULTING ALONG THE NORTHERN FORELAND OF THE AILAO SHAN-RED RIVER SHEAR ZONE

Erchie Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Liangzhong Chen, Institute of Geol Sciences, Kunming, N/A

64866 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

RIFT-DRIFT, SEAFLOOR SPREADING, AND COLLISION TECTONICS OF THE ALBANIDES WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN ALPINE OROGEN

Yildirim Dilek, Miami Univ, Oxford, OH and Minella Shallo, Universiteti Politeknik, Tirana, N/A and Harald Furnes, Univ of Bergen, Bergen, N/A

65428 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CONSTRAINTS ON THE MAGNITUDE AND RATE OF PLIOCENE TO RECENT SLIP ALONG THE LEFT-LATERAL COALDALE FAULT, CENTRAL WALKER LANE BELT, NEVADA

David B. Bradley, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Daniel F. Stockli, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Jeff Lee, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA and Nathan D. Winters, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

65475 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOMETRY AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BASCAYIR DETACHMENT, BUYUK MENDERES GRABEN, WESTERN TURKEY

Oguz Gogus, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK and Ibrahim Çemen, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK and E.J. Catlos, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK and Veysel Isik, Ankara Univ, Ankara, N/A and Gurol Seyitoglu, Ankara Univ, Ankara, N/A

65733 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LATE CENOZOIC EXHUMATION PROCESSES OF MENDERES MASSIF AND RELATED EXTENSIONAL BASIN FORMATION IN WESTERN TURKEY

Gurol Seyitoglu, Ankara Univ, Ankara, N/A and Ibrahim Çemen, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK and Veysel Isik, Ankara Univ, Ankara, N/A and E.J. Catlos, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK

66180 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SURFACE PROCESSES IN THE ACCRETIONARY PRISM SOUTH OF TAIWAN: RESPONSE TO TECTONIC FORCING AND OCEANIC ‘CLIMATE’

Neil Lundberg, Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL

66200 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PLIOCENE FAULTING IN EASTERN QUEEN VALLEY, NEVADA; IMPLICATIONS FOR STRAIN TRANSFER IN THE CENTRAL WALKER LANE BELT

Christopher R. Tincher, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Daniel F. Stockli, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Jeff Lee, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA and Jason D. Garwood, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA

66234 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF THE HOPE BASIN, ALASKA

Virginia L. Elswick, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and Jaime Toro, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV

66247 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EXTENSIONAL STRUCTURES OF THE MENDERES CORE COMPLEX, WESTERN TURKEY

Veysel Isik, Ankara Univ, Ankara, N/A and Gurol Seyitoglu, Ankara Univ, Ankara, N/A and Ibrahim Çemen, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK

66295 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SAN JOSÉ ISLAND ACCOMMODATION ZONE, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR RIFT SEGMENTATION AND STRAIN PARTITIONING IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA

William R. Drake, Northern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ and Paul J. Umhoefer, Northern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ

66629 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EVIDENCE FOR 35-50 KM DISPLACEMENT ON THE CLOUDBURST-SUIZO DETACHMENT FAULT SYSTEM NORTH OF TUCSON, ARIZONA, AND RESTORATION OF A MESOZOIC HIGH-ANGLE FAULT SYSTEM

S.M. Richard, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ and J.E. Spencer, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ and C.A. Ferguson, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ and W.R. Dickinson, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and T.R. Orr, U. S. Geol Survey, Hilo, HI

66656 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

RB/SR AND SM/ND AGE CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF FABRIC DEVELOPMENT IN ECLOGITES FROM BENEATH THE SAMAIL OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, OMAN

Robert T. Gregory, SMU, Dallas, TX and David R. Gray, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, N/A and John McL. Miller, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, N/A

66892 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EVIDENCE FOR EXTENSION IN THE LOMA DE LAS CHACRAS, SIERRA DE LA HUERTA, WESTERN SIERRAS PAMPEANAS, ARGENTINA

Joseph C. Cain, Univ of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Sarah M. Roeske, Univ of California, Davis, CA and William C. McClelland, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Graciela I. Vujovich, Univ of Buenos Aires-CONICET, Buenos Aires, N/A

67271 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TORTOLITA MOUNTAINS, SUIZO MOUNTAINS AND DURHAM HILLS, CATALINA METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, ARIZONA

Bradford J. Johnson, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ and Charles A. Ferguson, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ and Jon E. Spencer, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ and Stephen M. Richard, Arizona Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ

67334 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

U-PB ZIRCON CRYSTALLIZATION AGES FOR PLUTONIC ROCKS WITHIN THE SIERRA EL MAYOR AND SIERRA CUCAPA, NORTHWESTERN BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Marty Grove, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA and John Fletcher, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada, N/A and Gary Axen, Univ of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Daniel F. Stockli, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

67592 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEFORMATION HISTORY IN NEOGENE SEDIMENTS OF HONEY LAKE BASIN, NORTHERN WALKER LANE, LASSEN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Kevin B. Mass, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Patricia H. Cashman, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and James H. Trexler, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Hyunmee Park, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Michael E. Perkins, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

67624 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

NEOGENE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA – BASIN AND RANGE TRANSITION ZONE AT THE LATITUDE OF CARSON CITY, NEVADA: GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE

Patricia Cashman, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and James Trexler, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Tom Muntean, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and James Faulds, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, NV and John Louie, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV and Gary Oppliger, Mackay School of Mines-University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Robert Abbott, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and Matt Clark, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV

67728 (Technical Sessions)

27 Tectonics (Posters) I: Strike-slip, Extension, Alpine-Himalayan Tectonics

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