Geological Society of America

11:15 AM

THE INITIATION OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN BASIN

Ian W.D. Dalziel, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Lawrence A. Lawver, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Brendan Murphy, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS

189584 (Theme Sessions)

11:45 AM

LEARNING FROM FAILURE: NEW INSIGHTS INTO CONTINENTAL RIFTING FROM NORTH AMERICA'S FAILED MID-CONTINENT RIFT

Carol Stein, University of Illinois at Chicago Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science, Chicago, IL and Seth Stein, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Suzan van der Lee, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

189549 (Theme Sessions)

12:05 PM

BREAKING THE CRATONIC EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC BRIDGE: WHY THERE IS NO SAHARAN OCEAN

Christian Heine, The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney, N/A and Sascha Brune, GFZ-Potsdam, Potsdam, N/A

189822 (Theme Sessions)

12:20 PM

FULL WAVEFORM TOMOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC UPPER MANTLE

Lorenzo Colli, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich and Andreas Fichtner, Utrecht University, Utrecht, N/A and Hans-Peter Bunge, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich, N/A

189510 (Theme Sessions)

12:35 PM

LAND-OCEAN INTERACTIONS IN AFRICA RECORDED IN DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS

Gerold Wefer, University of Bremen, Bremen, N/A and Stefan Mulitza, University of Bremen, Bremen, N/A and Michael Schulz, University of Bremen, Bremen, N/A

189479 (Theme Sessions)

2:00 PM

ELEVATED, PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS: NOT RIFT SHOULDERS BUT EXPRESSIONS OF EPISODIC, POST-RIFT BURIAL AND EXHUMATION DRIVEN BY CHANGES IN PLATE MOTION AND/OR MANTLE FLOW

Peter Japsen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, N/A and James A. Chalmers, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, N/A and Paul F. Green, Geotrack International, Melbourne, N/A and Johan M. Bonow, Copenhagen, N/A

189494 (Theme Sessions)

2:30 PM

EFFECT OF MANTLE CONVECTION ON THE TOTAL TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE OF SOUTH ATLANTIC MARGINS

Nicolas E. Flament, The University of Sydney, Sydney, N/A and Simon E. Williams, University of Sydney, Sydney, N/A and Christian Heine, Sydney, N/A and Maria Seton, University of Sydney, Sydney, N/A and Michael Gurnis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and R. Dietmar Müller, The University of Sydney, Sydney

189838 (Theme Sessions)

2:45 PM

THE THERMAL FIELD OF PASSIVE MARGINS AS DERIVED FROM 3D DATABASED, REGIONAL BASIN MODELS

Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Yuriy Maystrenko, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Julia Autin, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Judith Sippel, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A

189627 (Theme Sessions)

3:00 PM

STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO BASIN, ARGENTINE PASSIVE MARGIN

Julia Autin, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Rolando di Primio, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Markus J. Loegering, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Zahie Anka, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, N/A and Eduardo Vallejo, Petrobras Energía S.A, Buenos Aires, N/A and Jorge F. Rodriguez, Petrobras Energía S.A, Buenos Aires, N/A and Denis Marchal, Petrobras Energía S.A, Buenos Aires, N/A and Fabian Dominguez, Petrobras Energía S.A, Buenos Aires, N/A and Christian Reichert, BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, N/A

189633 (Theme Sessions)

3:15 PM

TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF WALVIS RIDGE, OFFSHORE NAMIBIA: EVIDENCE FROM REFLECTION SEISMIC AND HIGH-RESOLUTION BATHYMETRIC DATA

Jan H. Behrmann, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, N/A and Lars Planert, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, N/A and Wilfried Jokat, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Bremerhaven, N/A

189765 (Theme Sessions)

3:50 PM

MANTLE DYNAMIC IMPACT ON PASSIVE MARGIN EVOLUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR ARCHITECTURE AND DERIVED SEA LEVEL HISTORIES

David B. Rowley, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Alessandro M. Forte, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC and Robert Moucha, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Jerry X. Mitrovica, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Nathan A. Simmons, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA and Stephen P. Grant, University of Texas, Austin, N/A

189876 (Theme Sessions)

4:20 PM

SEA LEVEL AND VERTICAL MOTION OF CONTINENTS SINCE THE LATE CRETACEOUS FROM DYNAMIC EARTH MODELS

Sonja Spasojevic, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Michael Gurnis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

189575 (Theme Sessions)

4:35 PM

THE SCOTIA SEA GATEWAY: NO OUTLET FOR PACIFIC MANTLE

Rainer Nerlich, Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, N/A and Stuart Clark, Fornebu, N/A and Hans-Peter Bunge, University of Munich (LMU), Munich

190439 (Theme Sessions)

4:50 PM

CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP ON REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALE: INSIGHTS FROM 3D NUMERICAL MODELING

Sascha Brune, GFZ-Potsdam, Potsdam, N/A and Anton Popov, GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, N/A and Stephan Sobolev, GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, N/A

190421 (Theme Sessions)

5:05 PM

CONSTRAINING THE EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE NORWEGIAN PASSIVE MARGIN THROUGH LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE SOGNEFJORD-HARDANGERFJORD REGIONS, SW-NORWAY

Fabian Kohlmann, University of Bergen, Bergen, N/A and Anna Katharina Ksienzyk, University of Bergen, Bergen, N/A and Joachim Jacobs, University of Bergen, Bergen, N/A and Haakon Fossen, University of Bergen, Bergen, N/A

189047 (Theme Sessions)

2 Evolution of the South Atlantic, Adjacent Continents, and Passive Continental Margins in General

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