2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 49 Sunday, 22 October 2006
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 108 B

T145. Unraveling Tectonics: The Power Behind Balanced Cross Sections and Kinematic Reconstructions

Nadine McQuarrie and Delores Robinson, Presiding
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49-11:30 PM PROBLEMS INHERENT WITH 2D BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS: HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, bobmap@utk.edu and GEISER, Peter
49-21:45 PM BALANCING THE MONTANA ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRIANGLE ZONE: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LAYER-PARALLEL STRAIN?: SEARS, James W.1, MEERE, Patrick A.2, BRADWAY, Michael D.1, and HENRY, Heather M.1, (1) Geoscience, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, james.sears@umontana.edu, (2) Univ College Cork, Dept Geology, Cork, Co Cork, Ireland
49-32:00 PM STRAIN RATE IN A TURBIDITE FOLD-THRUST BELT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN LACHLAN OROGEN, AUSTRALIA: FOSTER, David A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesvile, FL 32611, dafoster@ufl.edu and GRAY, David R., Earth Sciences, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010
49-42:15 PM INCORPORATING STRAIN AND MICROSTRUCTURAL DATA INTO BALANCED CROSS-SECTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR VIABILITY OF RESTORED SECTIONS: MITRA, Gautam, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, mitr@troi.cc.rochester.edu
49-52:30 PM BALANCED CROSS-SECTIONS AND KINEMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS: AN EXAMPLE FROM WESTERN NEPAL: ROBINSON, Delores M., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, dmr@geo.ua.edu
49-62:45 PM WHAT SHOULD BE BALANCED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION OF CROSS SECTIONS?: MAERTEN, Laurent1, MAERTEN, Frantz1, ARBEAUMONT, Arnaud1, MUTLU, Ovunc2, and POLLARD, David D.2, (1) Igeoss, Cap Omega, Rd Pt Benjamin Franklin, Montpellier Cedex2, 34960, France, laurent.maerten@igeoss.com, (2) Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, dpollard@pangea.stanford.edu
49-73:00 PM SELF-CONSISTENT MODELS OF DECOLLEMENT FOLDING AND WEDGE MECHANICS ABOVE SALT: FLETCHER, Raymond C., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, rfletche@geosc.psu.edu
49-83:15 PM USING BALANCED STRUCTURAL CROSS-SECTIONS TO DETERMINE STRAIN PARTITIONING FROM THE CENTRAL OUACHITAS TO THE ARKOMA FORELAND BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA: ÇEMEN, Ibrahim1, SAHAI, Surinder2, KAYA, Gultekin1, SADEQI, Wahab1, PARKER, William1, and COLLINS, Marline1, (1) School of Geology, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK 74078, icemen@okstate.edu, (2) Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 NRC, OSU, Stillwater, OK 74078
 3:30 PM Break
49-93:45 PM EXTRACTING HIGH-RESOLUTION RECORDS OF DEFORMATION FROM WELL-IMAGED SECTIONS: SUPPE, John1, GONZALEZ-MIERES, Ramon1, and HUBERT-FERRARI, Aurélia2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544, suppe@princeton.edu, (2) Section de Sismologie, Royal Observatory, Av. de la Circulaire 3, Bruxelles, B-1180, Belgium
49-104:00 PM A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE THRUST BELT ARCHITECTURE OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF TAIWAN: RODRIGUEZ-ROA, Fernando A., Geology, Texas A&M University, Halbouty Building, Geology & Geophysics, College Station, TX 77843-3115, ferrodriguez@tamu.edu and WILTSCHKO, David, Geology, Texas A&M University, 151 M.T. Halbouty Building, Geology & Geophysics, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115
49-114:15 PM THE SCIENCE IN MAKING MOVIES: ELUCIDATING THE VIABILITY OF KINEMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS: MCQUARRIE, Nadine, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, nmcq@princeton.edu
49-124:30 PM GRAPHICAL METHOD THAT RELATES DISPLACEMENT FIELDS AND STRAIN FOR THE KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF DEFORMING TECTONIC ZONES: EXAMPLES FROM THE WALKER LANE, WESTERN GREAT BASIN AND ALEUTIAN ISLAND ARC, ALASKA: MURPHY, Justin J.1, WATKINSON, A. John1, and OLDOW, John S.2, (1) Geology, Washington State University, PO Box. 642812, Webster 1228, Pullman, WA 99163, murphywsu@hotmail.com, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, PO Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844
49-134:45 PM CONSTRAINTS ON LATE CRETACEOUS KINEMATICS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA FROM STRAIN ANALYSIS AND TRANSPRESSIONAL MODELING: HORSMAN, Eric, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, eric@geology.wisc.edu, TIKOFF, Basil, Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, and CZECK, Dyanna, Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201
49-145:00 PM POINT MARKERS: AN EMERGING APPROACH TO LARGE-SCALE RECONSTRUCTION OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE: WERNICKE, Brian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, brian@gps.caltech.edu
49-155:15 PM A SUPERIMPOSED HALF-GRABEN MODEL FOR METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES: SEEDORFF, Eric, Center for Mineral Resources, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, seedorff@geo.arizona.edu

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