Session No. 147 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C207
T115. Geometry, Kinematics, and Vorticity of High-Strain Zones
Christopher M. Bailey, Dazhi Jiang and Andy Bobyarchick, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
147-18:15 AM CONCEPTS OF VORTICITY IN REGIONAL SHEAR ZONES: BOBYARCHICK, Andy R., Geography and Earth Sciences, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, arbobyar@email.uncc.edu.
147-28:30 AM MIDCRUST KINEMATICS AND VORTICITY IN THE ZHANGBALING TRANSPRESSION BELT, SE CHINA: ZHANG, Qing1, TEYSSIER, Christian1, ZHU, Guang2, and DUNLAP, William J.3, (1) Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, zhan0174@umn.edu, (2) Geology, Hefei Univ of Technology, Huang shan Road, Hefei, 230009, China, (3) Australian National Univ, Research School Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
147-38:45 AM THE BRINDLE CREEK THRUST: A MAJOR FAULT AND TERRANE BOUNDARY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT, NORTH CAROLINA-SOUTH CAROLINA-GEORGIA: MERSCHAT, Arthur J., HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, and BREAM, Brendan R., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, ARTHURMERSCHAT@HOTMAIL.COM
147-49:00 AM STRAIN, DEFORMATION TEMPERATURES AND VORTICITY OF FLOW AT THE TOP OF THE HIGH HIMALAYAN SLAB, EVEREST MASSIF, TIBET: LAW, R.D.1, SEARLE, M.P.2, and SIMPSON, R.L.2, (1) Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rdlaw@vt.edu, (2) Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
147-59:15 AM GENERAL SHEAR IN CONTRACTIONAL, EXTENSIONAL, AND TRANSPRESSIONAL HIGH-STRAIN ZONES: BAILEY, Christopher M., FRANCIS, Barbara, and FAHRNEY, Eleanor E., Dept. of Geology, College of William & Mary, Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, cmbail@wm.edu
147-69:30 AM TRANSITION FROM STRAIN PARTITIONING TO GENERAL SHEAR IN ULTRAMYLONITES BELOW THE BRITTLE-DUCTILE TRANSITION: SIMPSON, Carol, Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215-1406, csimpson@bu.edu and WHITMEYER, Steven J., Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215-1406
147-79:45 AM KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF LOWER AND MIDDLE CRUSTAL SHEAR ZONES DURING OROGENIC COLLAPSE: SIMONSON, W.C.1, KLEPEIS, K.A.1, and CLAYPOOL, A.L.2, (1) Dept. of Geology, Univ of Vermont, Perkins Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0122, wsimonso@zoo.uvm.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Univ of Vermont, Perkins Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-0122
 10:00 AM Break
147-810:15 AM THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NON-STEADY-STATE PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION FOR THE KINEMATIC INTERPRETATION OF SHEAR ZONES: JIANG, Dazhi, Department of Geology, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, dzjiang@geol.umd.edu.
147-910:30 AM NON-STEADY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS AND THE EFFECTS OF TECTONIC ENVIRONMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH STRAIN ZONES: KLEPEIS, Keith, SIMONSON, W. Corey, and MARCOTTE, Stephen, Geology, Univ of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, kklepeis@zoo.uvm.edu
147-1010:45 AM KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE GOD'S LAKE NARROWS SHEAR ZONE IN THE NORTHWESTERN SUPERIOR PROVINCE, CANADA: EVIDENCE FOR SLIP PARTITIONING AND NON-STEADY-STATE DEFORMATION: LIN, Shoufa, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Canada, shoufa@uwaterloo.ca.
147-1111:00 AM APPLICATION OF A 3D NUMERICAL MODEL OF RIGID CLAST ROTATION IN TRANSPRESSION TO THE WESTERN IDAHO SHEAR ZONE, IDAHO: GIORGIS, Scott and TIKOFF, Basil, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1214 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, scott@geology.wisc.edu
147-1211:15 AM THREE-DIMENSIONAL PURE SHEAR DURING TRANSPRESSION: THE EFFECT OF CRETACEOUS PLUTONISM ON REGIONAL STRAIN FIELDS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, CALIFORNIA: ALBERTZ, Markus, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Avenue, SCI 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089, albertz@usc.edu and PATERSON, Scott R., Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
147-1311:30 AM THE DRAG OF MARKERS NEAR SHEAR ZONES AND THEIR KINEMATIC INTERPRETATION: GRASEMANN, Bernhard and WIESMAYR, Gerhard, Univ Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, bernhard.grasemann@univie.ac.at
147-1411:45 AM FABRIC, KINEMATICS AND FINITE STRAIN: WILLIAMS, Paul F., Dept. of Geology, Univ of New Brunswick, PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3 Canada, pfw@unb.ca.

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