T289 Lithospheric Structure and Geologic Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Passive Margin

Wednesday, 8 October 2008
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:10 AM
  Block Kinematics and Extensional Styles during Gulf of Mexico Evolution
  James Pindell, Tectonic Analysis Ltd, Duncton, West Sussex, N/A
  146596 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  Triassic – Jurassic Kinematics of the Gulf of Mexico, Central Atlantic Ocean, and North America
  Dale E. Bird, Bird Geophysical, Houston, TX and Kevin Burke, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Stuart A. Hall, University of Houston, Houston, TX and John F. Casey, University of Houston, Houston, TX
  144541 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  Opening of the Gulf of Mexico and Motion of the Terranes of Mexico
  Lawrence A. Lawver, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Lisa M. Gahagan, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Ian O. Norton, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  147889 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  The Structure and Evolution of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A View from Laurentia
  George Keller, Houston, TX
  148244 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:35 AM
  Geodynamic Constraints on Opening of the Gulf of Mexico and the Nature of the Crust
  Dennis L. Harry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  147199 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:50 AM
  Potential Field Evidence for a Volcanic Rifted Margin along the Texas-Louisiana Gulf of Mexico Transitional Lithosphere
  Kevin L. Mickus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Robert Stern, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and George Keller, Houston, TX and Elizabeth Y. Anthony, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  148893 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:05 AM
  Mantle Velocity Structure and Anisotropy beneath the Gulf of Mexico and Adjacent Areas: Constraining the Geometry of the North American Continental Keel and Possible Asthenospheric Flow Field around It
  Stephen S. Gao, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Kelly H. Liu, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
  146280 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:50 AM
  Tectonics of the Gulf of Mexico at the Transition from Rift to Drift: Crustal Structure of the Basin during Salt Deposition
  Ian O. Norton, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Lawrence A. Lawver, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Lisa A. Gahagan, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX
  148461 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:05 AM
  New Insights about How Mesozoic Rifting Formed the Texas Continent-Ocean Boundary
  Robert Stern, U Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and Elizabeth Y. Anthony, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and William R. Dickinson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and William R. Griffin, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and Kevin L. Mickus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
  145675 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  Tectonic Development of Northeastern Mexico from Late Middle Jurassic through Miocene Time
  Timothy F. Lawton, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  147918 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:40 AM
  A Paleomagnetic Investigation of the Mojave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis in North-Central and Northeastern Mexico
  Shalina Warrior, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Jose Hurtado, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  152066 (Technical Sessions)