Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

WAS LARAMIDE THICK-SKINNED DEFORMATION CAUSED BY PALEOCENE SLAB FAILURE IN A SUBDUCTING NORTH AMERICAN PLATE?

Robert S. Hildebrand, Utah State University, Logan, UT

122193 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SALINIC BASINS AND TERRANE DISPERSAL IN THE APPALACHIAN HINTERLAND

Allen J. Dennis, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC

122910 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY WITHIN THE BLACK GAP SYNCLINE, WEST TEXAS

Ben Surpless, San Antonio, TX

124228 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PENECONTEMPORANEOUS FOLIATION AS A CONTINUUM FROM SOFT SEDIMENT DEFORMATION

Eric Twelker, N/A, Juneau, AK

124488 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TESTING THE EXTENSIONAL DETACHMENT PARADIGM: SCIENTIFIC DRILLING IN THE SEVIER DESERT BASIN, WESTERN UNITED STATES

Nicholas Christie-Blick, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY and M.H. Anders, Palisades, NY and G. Dresen, D-14473 Potsdam, N/A and G.S. Lister, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, N/A and G. Manatschal, Université Louis Pasteur, 67084 Strasbourg, N/A and B.P. Wernicke, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

124489 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

RECONCILING METAMORPHIC TIMING BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT AND CALEDONIAN ALLOCHTHONOUS COVER IN THE LOFOTEN TERRANE, NORTH NORWAY

Thomas B. Key, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Mark G. Steltenpohl, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL and Willis Hames, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Jacob B. Ball, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL and Arild Andresen, Univ of Oslo, Oslo, N/A

124498 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW VIEW OF UPPER CRUSTAL STRUCTURE AT THE CORNER OF THE ALABAMA PROMONTORY BASED ON DIGITALLY ENHANCED REGIONAL MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY DATA

Mark G. Steltenpohl, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL and David L. Daniels, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Robert Hatcher, Univ Tennessee - Knoxville Room 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN and Michael W. Higgins, The Geologic Mapping Institute, Clayton, GA and James Horton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Isidore Zietz, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Amanda M. Savrda, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL

124577 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL AND CHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE NATURE OF TERTIARY EXTENSION AND BASIN FORMATION IN THE KNOLL MOUNTAIN REGION, NORTHEASTERN NEVADA

Phyllis A. Camilleri, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN and Jack E. Deibert, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN and Michael E. Perkins, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

124610 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

FORMATION AND TRANSFER OF STOPED BLOCKS INTO MAGMA CHAMBERS: THE HIGH TEMPERATURE INTERPLAY BETWEEN CRACKING, FOCUSED POROUS FLOW, AND UNIDIRECTIONAL GROWTH OF SHEETED COMPLEXES

Scott R. Paterson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Geoff Pignotta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Jiri Zak, Charles Univ, Prague, N/A and Valbone Memeti, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Saskia Erdmann, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS and Rita Economos, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

124640 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SEISMIC AND GEOLOGIC EVIDENCES OF A COMPLEX STRUCTURAL INVERSION:”POP UP” STRUCTURES INTO THE EOCENE SEQUENCE ALONG STRIKE SLIP LAMA-ICOTEA FAULT. MARACAIBO BASIN, VENEZUELA

Alejandro Alberto Jaramillo, HALLIBURTON, Maracaibo-Zulia, N/A and Leonardo Enrique Gonzalez, University of Los Andes (ULA), Merida, N/A and Labrador Tomas, Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA, Cabimas-Zulia, N/A and Edixon Barrios, INTEVEP, Los Teques, N/A

124845 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ENCLAVE FORMATION, DISPERSION AND ACCUMULATION IN THE KUNA CREST LOBE OF THE TUOLUMNE BATHOLITH, CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA

Vali Memeti, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO and Scott Paterson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

125128 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PRELIMINARY MAPPING, GEOCHEMICAL DATA AND TECTONIC SETTING OF THE GOBI-TIENSHAN TILTED CONTINENTAL ARC SECTION, SOUTHERN MONGOLIA

Rita C. Economos, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Lkhagua Ochir Siad, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, N/A and Scott R. Paterson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

125181 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRAIN MARKER SHAPE PREFERRED ORIENTATION ACROSS A STRAIN GRADIENT IN A GRANULITE FACIES NORMAL SHEAR ZONE, MT. HAY BLOCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

Cheryl Waters-Tormey, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Kim Wepasnick, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

125234 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

USING THE AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINEMATIC ANALYSIS: A CAUTIONARY TALE

Benjamin J. Wechsler, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA and Matty Mookerjee, Sebastopol, CA

125455 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DUCTILE DEFORMATION OF WALL ROCK AT CONTACTS BETWEEN FERRAR DOLERITE SILLS AND BEACON SANDSTONE, DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA: A CONSEQUENCE OF DISAGGREGATION AND RECEMENTATION IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS DURING INTRUSION

Pragnyadipta Sen, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL and Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Alan Whittington, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Thomas H. Fleming, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

125485 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM KINEMATIC HISTORY OF THE LIQUIÑE-OFQUI FAULT ZONE, SOUTHERN CHILE: A REVIEW AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOLOGIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT

Jose M. Cembrano, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, N/A and Luis L. Lara, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Santiago, N/A and Alain Lavenu, CNRS-IRD-OMP, Toulouse, N/A and Francisco Hervé, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, N/A

125737 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

APPALACHIAN PROMONTORIES AND THE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE OROGEN

James Hibbard, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC

125779 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ORIGIN OF SECOND-GENERATION MESOSCALE FOLDS AND CRENULATION CLEAVAGE IN THE BARABOO SYNCLINE, WISCONSIN

Joshua DeFrates, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL and Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

125868 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE PLIOCENE CHIKURA GROUP IN THE BOSO PENINSULA, JAPAN, AND A MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF COLLISIONAL ACCRETIONARY PRISMS

Satoru Muraoka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Yujiro Ogawa, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A

125916 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

VARIATION IN DEFORMATION STYLE BOTH ACROSS AND ALONG STRIKE IN FOLD-THRUST BELTS: EXAMPLES FROM THE ZAGROS SIMPLY FOLDED BELT, IRAN AND THE SAWTOOTH RANGE, MONTANA

Caroline M. Burberry, Imperial College London, London, N/A and D. Cannon, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and J.W. Cosgrove, Imperial College London, London, N/A and T. Engelder, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and J.G. Liu, Imperial College London, London, N/A

126097 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF SOUTHERN ALASKA: A TEST FOR WEDGE EXTRUSION MODELS?

Deta Gasser, University of Graz, Graz, N/A and Kurt Stuewe, University of Graz, Graz

126320 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEPOSITIONAL AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE LATE CENOZOIC ALASEHIR SUPRADETACHMENT BASIN, WESTERN ANATOLIA (TURKEY)

Zeynep Öner, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH

126395 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SLAM -- A METHOD FOR FINDING SEISMOGENIC FAULTS, AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE CENTRAL SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA MONICA BAY, CALIFORNIA

Vincent Cronin, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Mark A. Millard, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Lauren E. Seidman, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Brian G. Bayliss, Baylor University, Waco, TX

126428 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CAN THE SEISMO-LINEAMENT ANALYSIS METHOD [SLAM] FIND THE SURFACE TRACE OF FAULTS KNOWN TO HAVE RUPTURED DURING LARGE [AND SMALL] EARTHQUAKES?

Ryan D. Lindsay, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Stephen H. Secrest, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Ryan Campbell, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Mark A. Millard, Baylor University, Waco, TX and Vincent Cronin, Baylor University, Waco, TX

126441 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

FORMATION OF SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS IN CONVERGENT MARGIN ACCRETIONARY PRISMS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SOUTHERNMOST BOSO PENINSULA, JAPAN

Yoko Michiguchi, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, Tsukuba, N/A and Yujiro Ogawa, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A

126487 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PRESSURE SOLUTION CLEAVAGE IN THE MCCARTNEY MOUNTAIN FOLD-THRUST SALIENT, SOUTHWEST MONTANA

Elizabeth A. Helmke, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and David R. Lageson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

126850 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL STYLE AND SEDIMENT DISPERSAL IN AN ACTIVE FOLD-AND-THRUST SALIENT, SULAIMAN RANGE, PAKISTAN

Syverine Abrahamson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Elizabeth Helmke, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Adam Hudson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and David Lageson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Kelsey Macnamara, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Ryan E. McKeon, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Scott McLeod, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Justin Tully, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Eric Williams, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

127174 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

XENOLITH INCORPORATION IN PLUTONS: IMPLICATIONS TO STOPING, ASSIMILATION, AND INCREMENTAL PLUTON CONSTRUCTION, ANDALSHATTEN PLUTON, NORWEGIAN CALEDONIDES

Heather Anderson, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX and Aaron Yoshinobu, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX and Kevin Chamberlain, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

127232 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

BIMODAL DIKES IN THE CORE OF THE PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITH: THE SOUTHERN CONTINUATION OF THE SAN MARCOS DIKE SWARM

Sean Callihan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Paul Wetmore, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Mihai Ducea, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Michelle Caplinger, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

127344 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GREEN MOUNTAIN BLOCK, SIERRA MADRE (WYOMING) AND NORTHERN PARK RANGE (COLORADO): A PARTIAL CRUSTAL CROSS-SECTION THROUGH AN ACCRETED PALEOPROTEROZOIC ARC TERRANE?

D.S. Jones, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and J.T. Sigler, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and A.W. Snoke, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

127377 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EVOLUTION OF CENOZOIC VOLCANISM AND EXTENSION IN THE COPPER MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN NEVADA

Allen J. McGrew, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH and Kenneth A. Foland, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Daniel Stockli, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

127480 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SEDIMENT DISPERSAL IN TRIASSIC FLUVIAL SYSTEMS OF SOUTHWEST LAURENTIA: INSIGHTS FROM U-PB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS

William R. Dickinson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Thomas M. Lehman, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX and G.E. Gehrels, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jennifer D. Fox, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Kelley N. Stair, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Carl E. Anderson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jaika Ojha, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Richard A. Brown, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Michael B. Norton, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Nancy Riggs, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

127508 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF VOLATILE-ASSISTED BRECCIATION ACCOMMODATE EMPLACEMENT OF THE BUCKHORN RIDGE SILL, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH

Eric Horsman, Univ. of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Michel de Saint-Blanquat, Obs. Midi-Pyrénées/Un. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, N/A

127516 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOCHEMISTRY OF VOLCANIC AND VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS OF THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC SAN HIPOLITO FORMATION, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO

Ana Gabriela Gutierrez Cirlos Maraña, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico UNAM, Mexico City, N/A and Elena Centeno-Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico D. F, N/A

127542 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE LIVERPOOL LAND ECLOGITE TERRANE – A PIECE OF BALTICA WITHIN THE EAST GREENLAND CALEDONIDES?

L.E. Augland, University of Oslo, Oslo, N/A and Arild Andresen, University of Oslo, Oslo, N/A and Fernando Corfu, University of Oslo, Oslo, N/A and J. Wesley Buchanan, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Mark G. Steltenpohl, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

127652 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

VORTICITY OF FLOW ALONG THE MOINE THRUST ZONE FROM WHITEN HEAD TO NORTHERN ASSYNT, NORTHWEST SCOTLAND

J. Ryan Thigpen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Richard D. Law, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

127696 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

U-PB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN CRETACEOUS STRATA OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU: PROVENANCE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CORDILLERAN FORELAND BASIN

Jennifer L. McGraw, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Carla M. Eichler, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Carl E. Anderson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Erin H. Gleeson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jessica J. Bressmer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Erin V. Brenneman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

127885 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

COASTAL DUNES IN SOUTH WESTLAND, NEW ZEALAND, PROVIDE A RECORD OF PALEOSEISMIC ACTIVITY ON THE ALPINE FAULT

Andrew Wells, Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, N/A and James Goff, National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Ltd, Christchurch, N/A

127977 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TWO DEFORMATIONAL EVENTS IN THE MEXICAN FOLD-THRUST BELT MFTB OF CENTRAL MEXICO

Elisa Fitz-Diaz, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Peter Hudleston, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Gustavo Tolson, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico DF, N/A

127981 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MELT-FILLED HYBRID FRACTURES IN THE SUB-OCEANIC MANTLE OF THE OMAN OPHIOLITE

Christopher Andronicos, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Jason Phipps-Morgan, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Julie M. Hamblock, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and David E. Wolf, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

128008 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCUTRAL AND PETROLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF A CALEDONIAN ECLOGITE TERRANE WITHIN SOUTHERN LIVERPOOL LAND, EAST GREENLAND

John Wesley Buchanan, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Lars Eivind Augland, University of Oslo, Oslo, N/A and Mark G. Steltenpohl, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Arild Andresen, University of Oslo, Oslo, N/A

128068 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Sergei A. Pisarevsky, Univ of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A and Frank P. Bierlein, Univ of Western Australia, Crawley WA, N/A

128083 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE ORIGINS OF CLASTIC DIKES WITHIN BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SD

Michael P. Madison, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL and Mark Fischer, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

128129 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MESOZOIC STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE YANSHAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, NORTHEAST CHINA

Tim D. Cope, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN and Ben Gibson, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN and Allison Barnes, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN and Ben Golden, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

128167 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

COULD THE MARGINAL GRABENS ALONG THE WESTERN AFAR MARGIN (SOUTHERNMOST RED SEA RIFT) REPRESENT THE BREAKAWAY ZONE OF A DETACHMENT FAULT SYSTEM?

Samson Tesfaye, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO

128385 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SYN-CLEAVAGE TWINNING IN CALCITE IN FOLDED CLASTIC DIKES, DELAWARE WATER GAP, NEW JERSEY

Jakob Wartman, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN and John Craddock, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

128414 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CLIMATE-CONTROLLED FAULT-VALVE CYCLES REVEALED BY 3D STRATIGRAPHY AND U-SERIES GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LAPIS TIBURTINUS TRAVERTINE, TIVOLI, CENTRAL ITALY

Luigi De Filippis, Università Roma Tre, Roma, N/A and Claudio Rossetti, Università Roma Tre, Roma, N/A and Claudio Faccenna, Università Roma Tre, Roma, N/A and Michele Soligo, Università Roma Tre, Roma, N/A and Andrea Billi, Università Roma TreCNR, Monterotondo (Rome), N/A and Renato Funiciello, Università Roma Tre, Roma, N/A and Paola Tuccimei, Università Roma Tre, Roma, N/A

128459 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ESTIMATING SEA LEVEL DUE TO CRUSTAL STRETCHING OF THE MARGIN OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

Kisa E. Mwakanyamale, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Michelle A. Kominz, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

128671 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEPOSITIONAL AGES OF METASEDIMENTS FROM TINOS ISLAND, GREECE: NEW INSIGHTS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY

Claudia Gärtner, Zentrallaboratorium für Geochronologie, Universität Münster, Münster, N/A and Michael Bröcker, Zentrallaboratorium für Geochronologie, Universität Münster, Münster, N/A

128711 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE UPLIFT AND THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO

Charles F. Kluth, Colorado School of Mines, Littleton, CO and Harvey R. DuChene, Centennial, CO

128830 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TRANSTENSIONAL EXHUMATION OF MIDDLE AND LOWER CRUSTAL ROCKS IN A TRANSPRESSIONAL OROGEN: THE KAOKO BELT, DAMARA OROGEN, NAMIBIA

David A. Foster, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Ben D. Goscombe, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, N/A and David R. Gray, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, N/A and Warren C. Grice, Univeristy of Florida, Gainesville, FL

128912 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

VEINS AS PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION MARKERS IN FOLDS OF THE MEXICAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, CENTRAL MEXICO

Daniel E. Bolaños-Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, N/A and Gustavo Tolson, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico DF, N/A and Elisa Fitz-Diaz, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Peter Hudleston, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

128956 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE UPPER CRUSTAL EMPLACEMENT OF THE BALBUENA PLUTON BY MULTIPLE MATERIAL TRANSFER PROCESSES

Adam M. Springer, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Fatin Tutak, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Sean M. Callihan, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Paul Wetmore, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Helge Alsleben, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX and Geoff Pignotta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Mihai N. Ducea, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

129019 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TIMESCALES OF MIGMATIZATION AND MELT CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE SKAGIT GNEISS, NORTH CASCADES

S.M. Gordon, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and S. Bowring, MIT, Cambridge, MA and D.L. Whitney, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and R.B. Miller, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA and N. McLean, MIT, Cambridge, MA

129040 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EARLY CRETACEOUS SUTURING OF THE ALISITOS VOLCANIC ARC TO NORTH AMERICA AND THE ROLE OF THE ANCESTRAL AGUA BLANCA FAULT IN THE WESTERN PENINSULAR RANGES OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Helge Alsleben, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX and Paul Wetmore, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Mihai N. Ducea, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and George E. Gehrels, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Tutak Fatin, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Geoff Pignotta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Scott Paterson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

129142 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PETROLOGICAL, STRUCTURAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CUICATECO TERRANE, TEHUANTEPEC ISTHMUS AREA , OAXACA, MEXICO

Rosalva Pérez Gutiérrez, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF, N/A and Luigi Solari Lovati, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM Campus Juriquilla, Juriquilla, N/A and Arturo Gómez Tuena, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM Campus Juriquilla, Juriquilla, N/A and Victor Valencia, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

129224 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PROXIMAL SYNTECTONIC DEPOSITS YIELD DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE OF MAJOR POST-ATOKAN SLIP ON PICURIS–PECOS FAULT, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

Steven M. Cather, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, N/A and Adam S. Read, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Krainer Karl, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, N/A and Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM and Shari A. Kelley, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Barry S. Kues, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Bruce D. Allen, New Mexico Tech, Albuquerque, NM and J. Michael Timmons, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

129264 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE ROLE OF METAMORPHIC FABRIC IN CONTROLLING MID-CRUSTAL SEISMOGENIC RUPTURE AND UPPER CRUSTAL BRITTLE REACTIVATION IN TWO COLORADO SHEAR ZONES: AN EXAMPLE OF PERMANENT LITHOSPHERIC WEAKENING

Joseph L. Allen, Concord University, Athens, WV and Colin Shaw, Bozeman, MT

129411 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MARINE TERRACE AND OFFSHORE SEISMIC EVIDENCE FOR SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY VARYING UPLIFT RATES ADJACENT TO THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Karen Grove, San Francisco State Univ, San Francisco, CA and Holly Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA

129436 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LOCALIZED OUTCROP-SCALE DEFORMATION REFLECTS STRESSES ASSOCIATED WITH REGIONAL DETACHMENT FAULTING: TITUS CANYON FORMATION, DEATH VALLEY REGION, CA-NV

Christie D. Lindemann, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and Eric Riggs, Texas A&M University Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, TX

129519 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

INTERPRETING TECTONIC FABRICS FROM AMS AND NORMALIZED FRY MEASUREMENTS IN LOW-STRAIN SANDSTONE OF THE APPALACHIAN FOLD-THRUST BELT

Kurtis C. Burmeister, Univ. of the Pacific, Stockton, CA and Michael J. Harrison, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN and Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Eric C. Ferre, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL and Roger A. Bannister, The Pennsylvania State University, Normal, IL and Kenneth Kodama, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

129591 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DISTRIBUTION PATTERN OF OPHIOLITIC AND METAMORPHIC ROCK BLOCKS IN THE FAULT ZONE OF THE MINEOKA BELT, BOSO PENINSULA, NW PACIFIC

Tae Chiba, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A and Ryota Mori, MC Exploration Co. Ltd, Tokyo, N/A and Yujiro Ogawa, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, N/A

129594 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LATE MIOCENE EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION OF THE NORTHERN OKINAWA TROUGH: GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES AND PALEOMAGNETIC IMPLICATIONS IN THE KOSHIKIJIMA ISLANDS, JAPAN

Satoshi Tonai, Ocean Rsch Institute, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A and Yusuke Suganuma, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, N/A and Shoichi Kiyokawa, Kyushu Univ, Fukuoka, N/A and Hisashi Oiwane, Ocean Rsch Institute, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A and Juichiro Ashi, Ocean Rsch Institute, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A

129573 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE SHEETED DIKE COMPLEX & EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS OF THE JURASSIC SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE MIRDITA OPHIOLITE, ALBANIA

Charity Phillips-Lander, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH

129700 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

INVESTIGATION OF QUATERNARY FAULT DEFORMATION AND COSEISMIC SLIP OF THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE IN MARIN COUNTY USING THE LAWSON REPORT AND UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS

Alexander Daehne, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Tina Niemi, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

129780 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

USING SPRING DEPOSITS TO TRACK THE EVOLUTION OF FLUID PATHWAYS THROUGH FAULTS: LITTLE GRAND WASH FAULT AND SALT WASH GRABEN, UTAH, USA

Neil M. Burnside, The University Of Glasgow, Glasgow, N/A and Z.K. Shipton, The University Of Glasgow, Glasgow, N/A and R.M. Ellam, Scottish Universitie's Environmental Research Center, East Kilbride, N/A

130088 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

QUANTIFYING EOCENE AND MIOCENE EXTENSION IN THE SEVIER HINTERLAND WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN NORTHEASTERN NEVADA

Jennifer Gifford, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Virginia Newman, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and David Foster, Univ Florida Dept Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL and Keith Howard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Margaret Donelick, Apatite to Zircon, Inc, Viola, ID

130127 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOMETRY OF THE TRACHYTE MESA INTRUSION, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UTAH, AS DETERMINED BY AN INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL AND STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION

Paul Wetmore, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Charles Connor, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, MD and Sarah Kruse, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Geoff Pignotta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and USF's 2007 Geophysics Field School, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

130312 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TEMPORAL AND DIRECTIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON A MAJOR SHEAR ZONE IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS: MONAZITE DATING OF THE ASSABET RIVER FAULT ZONE

Misty M. Stroud, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Ross J. Markwort, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and J. Christopher Hepburn, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

130036 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MINERALIZATION PATTERNS ON THE MESOZOIC EASTERN BORDER FAULT, HARTFORD BASIN, CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS

Jennifer A. Goyette, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT and Timothy Schroeder, Bennington College Science and Mathematics, Bennington, VT

130420 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOLOGIC MAPPING AT OREGON CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT, CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON

Kathryn Nora Barnard, Geological Society of America, Central Lake, MI

130432 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SALTVILLE, VA 7.5 MINUTE QUADRANGLE

Fred Webb, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Loren A. Raymond, Boone, NC

130475 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LATE MIOCENE STRAIN TRANSFER AND CORE-COMPLEX FORMATION IN THE SILVER PEAK-LONE MOUNTAIN EXTENSIONAL COMPLEX IN THE CENTRAL WALKER LANE, NEVADA

Jeffrey Schroeder, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Daniel F. Stockli, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and John Oldow, University of Idaho, Moscow, N/A

130489 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SHORTENING DEFORMATION IN THE TAMPICO-MISANTLA BASIN, ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE MEXICAN FOLD-THRUST BELT (CENTRAL-EASTERN MEXICO)

Beatriz Ortega, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, N/A and Elisa Fitz-Diaz, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Gustavo Tolson, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico DF, N/A

130545 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PRELIMINARY PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM EARLY PERMIAN ROCKS FROM NORTHERN IBERIA, IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF LATE VARISCAN OROCLINAL BENDING

Arlo Brandon Weil, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, N/A and Jordan Conan, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA and Mathew Tomich, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

130862 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STUDY OF STRIKE SLIP FAULTS IN SUB-HIMALAYAN THRUST BELT USING REMOTE SENSING AND SEISMIC DATA

Lize Chen, Houston, TX and Shuhab Khan, University of Houston, Houston, TX

130899 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GNEISS DOME EMPLACEMENT: AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN NEVADA

Mark Colberg, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT and Jonathan Boswell, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

131070 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

FABRIC ANALYSIS USING POINT COUNTING: A NEW 3-D USE FOR AN OLD 2-D TOOL?

Michael J. Kalczynski, SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY and Gary S. Solar, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY

131138 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PROVENANCE AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MESOZOIC SOUTHERN ORDOS BASIN, NORTH CENTRAL CHINA: IMPLICATIONS OF U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY

Xiangyang Xie, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Paul Heller, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Kevin Chamberlain, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Jeffrey Vervoort, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

131208 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MICROSTRUCTURES AND DEFORMATION MECHANISMS ON THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE EUREKA VALLEY-JOSHUA FLAT-BEER CREEK PLUTON, CALIFORNIA

Daniel R. Chandonais, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH and Sven S. Morgan, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Peter Nabelek, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO

131230 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SPHERICAL-LINEAR REGRESSION FOR SPATIAL FABRIC ANALYSIS

Boris Avdeev, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

131302 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

VISUALIZING STRAIN AND THE RF-PHI METHOD WITH AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM

Paul Karabinos, Williams College Dept Geosciences, Williamstown, MA and Chris Warren, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

131303 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXHUMATION OF THE CHORTÍS AND MAYA BLOCKS, CENTRAL GUATEMALA

Virginia Sisson, University of Houston Dept of Geosciences, Houston, TX and Hans Ave Lallemant, Rice University, Houston, TX and George E. Harlow, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and Mary Roden-Tice, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY and H.K. Bruekner, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, Sparkill, NY and Sidney Hemming, Columbia University - LDEO Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palisades, NY and Victor Valencia, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Ashley Francis, Chevron, Houston, TX

131365 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TECTONIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF CARBONATE-RICH TURBIDITES IN THE MISSION MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF THE MINERAL BLUFF GROUP, GEORGIA WESTERN BLUE RIDGE

Mark S. Groszos, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA and James F. Tull, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

131330 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DURATION OF MELT-PRESENT TO SOLID-STATE DEFORMATION IN THE SOUTH FOSDICK DETACHMENT ZONE, FOSDICK MOUNTAINS, WEST ANTARCTICA

Rory McFadden, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Christian Teyssier, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, N/A and Christine S. Siddoway, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO and Mark Fanning, Australian National University, Canberra, N/A

131447 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

USING OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES OF MODERN WATER AND ANCIENT CARBONATE TO RECONSTRUCT THE PALEOELEVATION HISTORY OF THE INTER-ANDEAN VALLEY, ECUADOR

Andrew Leier, University of South Carolina School of the Earth, Ocean and Env., Columbia, SC and Sarah Johnston, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ and Nadine McQuarrie, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

131487 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GIS REPRESENTATION OF GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND THERMOCHRONOLOGIC DATA IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

Andrew B. Prasse, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Jeffrey M. Rahl, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

131547 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE FOR NESTED DIAPIRS IN THE FANGSHAN PLUTON, CHINA

Katharine Johanesen, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Tao Zhang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Bin He, N/A and Scott R. Paterson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

131653 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

USING MAGMATIC STRUCTURES TO UNRAVEL THE GROWTH HISTORY OF MAGMA PLUMBING SYSTEMS

Geoffrey Pignotta, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Scott Paterson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

131683 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MAGMATIC AND SOLID-STATE FABRIC DEVELOPMENT IN MID-CRUSTAL SHEETED PLUTONS, EASTERN TRANSVERSE RANGES, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Kenneth Brown, Greencastle, IN and Andrew P. Barth, Indiana Univ~Purdue Univ, Indianapolis, IN

131748 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LARAMIDE INVERSION OF LATE JURASSIC BASINS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: THE RECORD IN THE EAST POTRILLO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO

Thomas H. Anderson, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and Patricia Campbell, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

131761 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A BLISTER HYPOTHESIS FOR THE CENTRAL MOJAVE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX NEAR BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA

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

131828 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PERSISTENT HIGH TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE INDUCED INCISION IN THE NORTHEAST NORTH CASCADES

Owen A. Callahan, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX and Juliet G. Crider, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

131809 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ALONG-STRIKE PROPAGATION OF SLAB BREAKOFF AT THE END OF THE TACONIC OROGENY: A MODEL OF SHORTENING-EXTENSION TRANSITION ACCOMPANYING STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING

Chul Lim, University at Albany, Albany, NY and William S.F. Kidd, University at Albany, Albany, NY

131843 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DIGITAL COMPILATION OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALAVERAS FAULT DATA FOR THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA QUATERNARY FAULT MAP DATABASE: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH WILLIAM LETTIS &AMP; ASSOCIATES, INC. AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Sean T. Sundermann, William Lettis and Associates, Walnut Creek, CA and Keith I. Kelson, Fugro William Lettis & Associates, Inc, Walnut Creek, CA

132104 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EASTERN SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS, FOOTWALL BLOCK OF THE CATALINA METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, ARIZONA

Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, California State Univ, Chico, Chico, CA

132167 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A MID-CRETACEOUS AGE FOR SYNCONVERGENT OROGEN-PARALLEL EXTENSION IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SEVIER OROGEN CONSTRAINED BY LASERPROBE 40AR/39AR DATING OF STRAIN FRINGES

Michael L. Wells, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Terry L. Spell, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Tonia Arriola, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Thomas D. Hoisch, Northern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ

132175 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRUCTURE AND KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE DURING LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION FROM THE RESOLUTION ISLAND SHEAR ZONE, FIORDLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Paul M. Betka, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Keith Klepeis, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Matthew De Paoli, University of Sydney, Sydney, N/A and Geoffrey Clarke, University of Sydney, Sydney, N/A

132185 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ANDEAN UPLIFT AND FORELAND BASIN FORMATION IN WESTERN ARGENTINA, MENDOZA PROVINCE, 34°30'-35°30'S

Paul E. Baldauf, Union Institute & University, North Miami Beach, FL and Ana M. Combina, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, N/A and Francisco Nullo, NewPhoenix SRL, Buenos Aires, N/A and George Stephens, The George Washington University, Washington D.C, VA

132222 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SYN-EXTENSIONAL, NEOGENE SEDIMENTARY BASIN DEVELOPMENT ON THE MENDERES METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, WESTERN TURKEY

Emily Amber Davis, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Zeynep Oner, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Yildirim Dilek, Miami University, Oxford, OH

132324 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE GUAVIO ANTICLINE, A SURFACE ANALOG MODEL OF A SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE, LLANOS FOOTHILL, COLOMBIAN ANDES

Alejandro Ivan Beltran-Triviño, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, N/A and Alejandro Piraquive-Bermudez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, N/A

132490 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TECTONIC HORSE: FIELD EVIDENCE FROM THE SOUTH PURULIA SHEAR ZONE, INDIA

Swapan Kumar Sahoo, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

132489 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

INTEGRATING ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION AND SEM-BASED CATHODOLUMINESCENCE INTO STUDIES OF CRACK-SEAL TEXTURE AND CRYSTAL GROWTH IN QUARTZ-LINED SANDSTONE MACROFRACTURES

Robert M. Reed, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Julia F.W. Gale, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

132630 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A QUATERNARY ASYMMETRIC ANTICLINAL RIDGE IN THE NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO FOOTHILLS, CALIFORNIA

Andy R. Bobyarchick, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

132660 (Technical Sessions)

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