Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

Numerical Models of Deformation for the Askja Volcano Complex and Rift Segment, Iceland

H. Dickinson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and T. Masterlark, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and F. Sigmundsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, N/A and B. Ofeigsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, N/A and E. Sturkell, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, N/A

150551 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

Geology of the Arctic Ridge System

Jonathan E. Snow, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Henry Dick, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA and Eric Hellebrand, SOEST - University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

150946 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

Amagmatic Accretionary Segments, Ultraslow Spreading, and How Continents Break

Henry J.B. Dick, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA and Jonathan E. Snow, University of Houston, Houston, TX

150865 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

Postrift Deformation on the Passive Margin of Nova Scotia, Canada: Is It Really Passive?

Michael A. Durcanin, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ and Martha Oliver Withjack, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ and Roy W. Schlische, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ

151476 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

Developing and Testing a Model to Quantify Extension of Passive Margins with Implications for Sea Level Change

J.P. Kirschner, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and M.A. Kominz, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

142726 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

Experimental Modeling of Transfer Zones In Listric Normal Fault Systems

Shamik Bose, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Shankar Mitra, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

147003 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

The Role of the Sheephead Fault Zone In Bounding Neogene Extension and Magmatism In the Death Valley Area, California

Byrdie Renik, Palisades, NY and Nicholas Christie-Blick, Palisades, NY

144647 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

Basin Geometry, Fault Offsets, and Influence of Pre-Existing Structure IN the Northern Colorado River Extensional Corridor and the Lake Mead REGION, Nevada and Arizona

Victoria Langenheim, US Geological Survey Mail Stop 989, Menlo Park, CA and Sue Beard, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ and James E. Faulds, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

145903 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

Role of Fault Interactions in the Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift of North-Central New Mexico: Insights from Numerical Experiments

Rajesh Goteti, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and Gautam Mitra, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and Aviva Sussman, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Claudia Lewis, Los Alamos, NM

148094 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

Rock Deformation at the Base of Large Carbonate Block Slides: The Key to Assessing Emplacement Mode

Mark H. Anders, Palisades, NY and Bruce W. Fouke, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Steven Losh, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

148501 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

Gravity Sliding: An Under-Recognized Phenomenon in the Basin and Range Province?

Christopher David Walker, BP America Inc, Houston, TX and M.H. Anders, Palisades, NY

151914 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

The Case against a Gravity-Slide Origin for Low-Angle Faults in the Mormon – Beaver Dam Mountains (MBDM) Extensional Corridor, Southeastern Nevada and Southwestern Utah

Gary Axen, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

151558 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

Basin-and-Range Border Fault Geometry in NV-UT-AZ Region: Steep-Dip Normal Fault Model Versus Shallow-Dip Detachment Model

James A. Carpenter, R Lacy Inc, Longview, TX