T112 Forward Modeling in Tectonics and Structural Geology

Monday, 28 October 2002
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  ORIGIN OF “DRAG” FOLDS BORDERING SALT DIAPIRS
  Daniel D. Schultz-Ela, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  44742 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  VISCOUS CREEP OF SUBSTRATUM AND ITS TECTONIC EFFECT ON VISCOUS AND BRITTLE OVERBURDEN: APPLICATIONS TO SALT BASINS AND CONTINENTAL PLATEAUS
  Lykke Gemmer, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS and Steven Ings, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS and Sergei Medvedev, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS and Christopher Beaumont, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS
  40644 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  3D GEOMETRIC MODELING OF SALT TECTONICS, SEDIMENT DISPERSAL PATHS, ACCUMULATION HISTORY, AND HYDROCARBON MIGRATION THROUGH TIME
  David R. Richards, Midland Valley Exploration, Glasgow, N/A and Paul Griffiths, Midland Valley Exploration, Glasgow, N/A and Stuart Bland, Midland Valley Exploration, Glasgow, N/A
  46034 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  FORWARD MODELING OF FAULTED DOMES: GEOLOGIC INSIGHTS FROM 3-D KINEMATIC MODELS
  Hongwei Yin, Univ Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL and Richard Groshong, Univ Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL
  42688 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  NEW NUMERICAL TOOL FOR INVERSE AND FORWARD MODELING OF COMPLEX GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES: APPLICATION TO THE ANALYSIS OF A SANDBOX EXPERIMENT
  Laurent Maerten, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA and Frantz Maerten, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA
  41100 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  SIMULATING ALONG-STRIKE INTERACTION BETWEEN LATERALLY OFFSET FAULTS: A NEW PHYSICAL MODELING APPROACH
  Joel H. Le Calvez, College Station, TX and Bruno C. Vendeville, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  41735 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  FORWARD 3D MODELING OF COMPLEX FAULT SYSTEMS USING AN ELASTIC BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD
  David D. Pollard, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Frantz Maerten, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Laurent Maerten, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Phillip G. Resor, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA and Patricia E. Fiore, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  41187 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  INTERPLAY OF FLEXURE AND FAULTING IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO
  Mousumi Roy, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  45096 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF A POPULATION OF NORMAL FAULTS IN A SCALED PHYSICAL MODEL
  Amber Granger, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ and Roy W. Schlische, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ and Martha Oliver Withjack, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ
  42795 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  EFFECT OF DEFORMATION RATE ON FAULT POPULATIONS
  Roy W. Schlische, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ and Martha Oliver Withjack, Rutgers Univ, Piscataway, NJ and Amy E. Clifton, Nordic Volcanological Institute, 108 Reykjavik, N/A
  41936 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  PHYSICAL MODELS OF INTRACONTINENTAL WRENCH ZONES
  Bruno C. Vendeville, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Laurent P. Boniface, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  40046 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  NEW TECHNIQUES IN PHYSICAL MODELING OF BASEMENT-INVOLVED FAULT-RELATED FOLDS
  Mark P. Fischer, Northern Illinois Univ, DeKalb, IL and David P. Keating, Northern Illinois Univ, De Kalb, IL
  46041 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  VISCOUS LAYER MODEL FOR A FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLD
  Thomas L. Patton, BP Exploration, Sunbury on Thames, N/A and R.C. Fletcher, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  38332 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  EVOLUTION OF SMALL- AND MESOSCALE STRUCTURE AND FABRIC IN AN ACCRETIONARY WEDGE
  Raymond C. Fletcher, Univ Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO
  38113 (Technical Sessions)