T189 The Nature, Significance, and Evolution of Transtensional Tectonic Regimes

Tuesday, 18 October 2005
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  TRANSTENSION: KINEMATICS AND SCALE
  John F. Dewey, UC Davis, Davis, CA
  90969 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  CRUSTAL ANISOTROPY, STRAIN LOCALIZATION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSTENSIONAL STRAIN PARTITIONING IN THE CENTRAL WALKER LANE, WESTERN GREAT BASIN
  John S. Oldow, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  90736 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  GRAPHICAL METHOD TO RELATE KINEMATIC VORTICITY, VELOCITY, AND INCREMENTAL STRAIN WITHIN PLANE AND NONPLANE CONDITIONS: EXAMPLE FROM THE TRANSTENSIONAL WALKER LANE BELT, WESTERN GREAT BASIN
  Justin J. Murphy, Washington State University, Pullman, WA and A. John Watkinson, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA and John S. Oldow, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  92821 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  TWO STYLES OF ACTIVE, TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION ALONG THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICA-CARIBBEAN PLATE BOUNDARY ZONE
  Robert D. Rogers, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR and Paul Mann, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Charles DeMets, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI and Carlos Tenorio, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, N/A and Manuel Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, N/A
  94988 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  NORMAL FAULTS AND ROTATING BLOCKS IN TRANSTENSIONAL BASINS
  John W.F. Waldron, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  91891 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF STRAIN PARTITIONING DURING OBLIQUE EXTENSION
  N. De Paola, University of Perugia (Italy), Peugia, N/A and R.E. Holdsworth, University of Durham, Durham, N/A and K.J.W. McCaffrey, University of Durham, Durham, N/A and M.R. Barchi, University of Perugia (Italy), Peugia, N/A
  93950 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  THE MANY FACETS OF TRANSTENSION, FROM OBLIQUE RIFTING TO OBLIQUE OROGENIC COLLAPSE
  Christian Teyssier, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  94548 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  CONVERGENCE, COLLISION AND THE FORMATION OF CONTINENTAL TRANSFORMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSTENSIONAL DOMAINS
  Thomas H. Anderson, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  96097 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  TIME-VARIABLE FAULTING BEHAVIOR AT AN OBLIQUE SPREADING CENTER, SOUTHWEST ICELAND
  Simon A. Kattenhorn, Houston, TX and Amy E. Clifton, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, N/A
  92321 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  THE IMPORTANCE OF MAGMATIC PERIODICITY FOR FAULT EVOLUTION AT AN OBLIQUE SPREADING CENTER
  Leslie C. Fernandes, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Simon A. Kattenhorn, Houston, TX
  92323 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  MID-CRUSTAL TRANSTENSION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ARC MAGMATISM AND RHEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY IN AN ANCIENT OROGEN
  Keith Klepeis, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Maria Luisa Crawford, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and George Gehrels, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  93233 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  DIFFERENTIAL STRAIN RATE AS A MECHANISM FOR THE FORMATION OF DETACHMENT FAULT CORRUGATIONS AND THE EXHUMATION OF UHP ROCKS: A CASE STUDY FROM WESTERN NORWAY
  Scott M. Johnston, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and Bradley R. Hacker, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, N/A
  96528 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  THE ROLE OF FAULT REACTIVATION AND GROWTH IN THE UPLIFT OF WESTERN FENNOSCANDIA ~ THE 'GHOST' OF THE MESOZOIC
  T.F. Redfield, Royal Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Norway, Trondheim, N/A and P.T. Osmundsen, Royal Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Norway, Trondheim, N/A and B.W.H. Hendriks, Royal Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Norway, Trondheim, N/A
  93406 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION OF THE LOWER CONTINENTAL CRUST, ARUNTA BLOCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
  Cheryl Waters-Tormey, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Basil Tikoff, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  94754 (Technical Sessions)