1 They Say That “Breaking up Is Hard to Do”: Geological, Geophysical, and Remote Sensing Investigations of Continental Rifts

Sunday, 11 April 2010
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Compton Ferry

Presentations

• 3:45 PM
  MICROPLATE MODELING OF THE AFAR DEPRESSION USING 4D LITHOSPHERIC MODEL (4DLM) AND SPLATES : IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PLATE BOUNDARIES
  Helen Carrie Bender, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Allison Thurmond, STATOIL ASA, Bergen, N/A and Jakob Skogseid, Bergen, N/A and Stuart Clark, Fornebu, N/A and Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO
  171527 (Symposia Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  GRAVITY ANALYSIS OF THE CRUSTAL STRUCTURE WITHIN THE TENDAHO GRABEN, CENTRAL AFAR, ETHIOPIA
  Kevin L. Mickus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Ben Weide, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and David Bridges, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Stephen S. Gao, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Abera Alemu, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, N/A
  170864 (Symposia Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  DETAILED MAGNETIC STUDY OF THE RED SEA PROPAGATOR WITHIN AFAR, ETHIOPIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TRANSITIONING FROM CONTINENTAL RIFTING TO SEA FLOOR SPREADING
  David L. Bridges, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO and Kevin L. Mickus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Stephen S. Gao, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO and Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO and Workineh Haro, Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, N/A
  171315 (Symposia Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  SEISMIC ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE AFAR DEPRESSION, ETHIOPIA, AND ADJACENT AREAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANTLE FLOW
  Stephen S. Gao, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Kelly Liu, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
  170803 (Symposia Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF RIFTING IN THE PROTO-ANDEAN MARGIN (WESTERN ARGENTINA) DURING THE MISSISSIPPIAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC SWITCHING
  Ricardo A. Astini, Laboratorio de Análisis de Cuencas- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba and Federico Martina, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, N/A
  171074 (Symposia Sessions)