31 GSA: Tectonics and Structural Geology—From Ductile to Brittle

Wednesday, 10 May 2006
8:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  IMPLICATIONS FOR CENOZOIC EXHUMATION OF THE CENTRAL ANDEAN PLATEAU BASED ON THERMOCHRONOLOGY, GEOCHRONOLOGY AND UPPER CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE CORDILLERA REAL, BOLIVIA
  Robert J. Gillis, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, AL and Brian K. Horton, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA and Marty Grove, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
  104310 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 8:20 AM
  FOLIATION TRANSPOSITION AND VORTICITY IN A LATE PALEOZOIC OROGEN-PARALLEL SHEAR ZONE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
  Andy R. Bobyarchick, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
  104173 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 8:40 AM
  MAPPING AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE SIERRA EL COBRE: A NEW LOCALITY OF METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX(?) IN NORTHWEST SONORA, MEXICO
  Jose Luis Rodriguez-Castañeda, UNAM, Hermosillo, N/A and Juan Carlos García y Barragán, UNAM, Hermosillo, N/A and Luis Carlos Arellano-González, Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A and Manuel Alejandro Gutiérrez-Coronado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Hermosillo, N/A and Jesús Oswaldo Medina-Salazar, Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A
  104425 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 9:00 AM
  THE SAN ANDREAS TRANSFORM AS A LITHOSPHERIC SHEAR ZONE
  John Platt, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  104182 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 9:20 AM
  EVOLUTION OF A MID-CRUSTAL STRIKE-SLIP SYSTEM DURING PROGRADE METAMORPHISM: THE CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX, EASTERN CHUGACH MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
  Terry L. Pavlis, Univ New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Erik Day, Univ of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Leland J. O'Driscoll, Univ New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  104267 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  THE IMPACT OF STRAIN RATE ON FOLDING AND BOUDINAGE UNDER PLANE STRAIN: RESULTS FROM ANALOGUE MODELLING
  Mathurin Enama Mengong, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, N/A and Gernold Zulauf, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, N/A
  103767 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 10:20 AM
  CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE 3-D STRAIN FIELD IN THE RIVER MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF ORTHORHOMBIC FAULTS IN RAPIDLY EXTENDING TERRAINS
  William Michael Rittase, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Wanda Taylor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  104642 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 10:40 AM
  CENOZOIC EXTENSION AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS OF GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN THE HOT SPRINGS MOUNTAINS, WESTERN NEVADA
  James E. Faulds, University of Nevada, Reno, NV and Larry Garside, University of Nevada, Reno, NV and Gary Oppliger, University of Nevada, Reno, NV and Michael Perkins, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  104543 (GENERAL SESSIONS)
• 11:00 AM
  CENOZOIC STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL HISTORY OF PART OF THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATIONS
  R.A. Schweickert, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV and G.B. Arehart, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV and R.A. Donelick, Apatite to Zircon, Inc, Viola, ID and P. Vikre, U.S. Geological Survey, Reno, NV
  104576 (GENERAL SESSIONS)