2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 184 Wednesday, 25 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 113 B

Tectonics II

Tristan Ashcroft and Richard Saltus, Presiding
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184-18:00 AM INFORMATICS BASED DISCOVERY AND INTEGRATION OF DATA TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE FATE OF PALEO-LITHOSPHERES FOR EASTERN NORTH AMERICA: SINHA, A.K.1, LIN, Kai2, HANAN, Barry B.3, SHIREY, Steven B.4, SHERVAIS, John W.5, and SEBER, Dogan2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, pitlab@vt.edu, (2) San Diego Supercomputer Center, Univ of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0505, La Jolla, CA 92093-0505, (3) Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, (4) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broadbranch Road, N.W, Washington, DC 20015, (5) Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505
184-28:15 AM LONG-LIVED DEXTRAL STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENTS IN THE CABOT FAULT ZONE: ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE EARLY PALEOZOIC TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND APPALACHIANS: BREM, Arjan G.1, LIN, Shoufa1, and VAN STAAL, Cees R.2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, agbrem@uwaterloo.ca, (2) Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada
184-38:30 AM EVIDENCE FOR POST-CALEDONIAN OROGENESIS IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: WASHINGTON, Paul A., Department of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209, paul.washington@gmail.com and CHISICK, Steven A., 9549 Prairie Ave, Ste. 2, Highland, IN 46322
184-48:45 AM REGIONAL MAGNETIC ANOMALIES INDICATE CRUSTAL CONTROLS ON THE LOCATION OF THE NORTHERN CORDILLERA FOLD AND THRUST BELT: SALTUS, Richard W., Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U. S. Geological Survey, DFC, PO Box 25046, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, saltus@usgs.gov and HUDSON, Travis L., American Geological Institute, 902 Vista del Mar, Sequim, WA 98382
184-59:00 AM LATE PALEOZOIC DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHERN ADOBE RANGE, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: ASHCROFT, Tristan J.1, CASHMAN, P.H.1, TREXLER, J.H. Jr1, DAVYDOV, V.I.2, and SNYDER, W.S.2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, ashcrof2@unr.nevada.edu, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
184-69:15 AM HETEROGENEOUS EXHUMATION ALONG THE SOUTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT AS INFERRED FROM (U-TH)/HE AGES IN THE NORTHERN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: BUSCHER, Jamie T., Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, jbuscher@vt.edu and SPOTILA, James A., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4064 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
184-79:30 AM AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR LATE NEOGENE UPLIFT OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA: PHILLIPS, Fred M., Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, phillips@nmt.edu
184-89:45 AM ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BAKER TERRANE, NE OREGON: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOURNE AND GREENHORN SUBTERRANES: SCHWARTZ, Joshua J., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070, joshua.j.schwartz@gmail.com, SNOKE, Arthur, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, and FROST, Carol, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071
184-910:00 AM NEW U/PB SHRIMP-RG AGES FROM THE MANASTASH INLIER, CENTRAL CASCADES, WASHINGTON: MACDONALD, James H. Jr1, HARPER, Gregory D.1, MILLER, Robert B.2, and MILLER, Jonathan S.2, (1) Earth and Atmos. Science, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222, macdonal@atmos.albany.edu, (2) Department of Geology, San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102
184-1010:15 AM STRAIN PARTITIONING WITHIN THE WESTERN CHUGACH-ST. ELIAS OROGEN, ALASKA: THE EFFECT OF GLACIAL EROSION: BERGER, Aaron L., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, alberger@vt.edu and SPOTILA, James A., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4064 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
184-1110:30 AM LONG-TERM EROSION RATES AND EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE “ALTIPLANO ANTIOQUEÑO”, NORTHERN ANDES (COLOMBIA) FROM APATITE (URANIUM-THORIUM)/HELIUM THERMOCHRONOLOGY: RESTREPO, Sergio Andres1, FOSTER, David A.1, STOCKLI, Daniel F.2, and PARRA, Luis N.3, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, sergiorm@ufl.edu, (2) Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (3) Instituto de Ciencias Naturales y Ecologia (ICNE), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Medellin, Colombia
184-1210:45 AM THE GLACIAL BUZZSAW: FACT OR FICTION? SEARCHING FOR AN ANSWER IN THE PATAGONIAN ANDES: THOMSON, Stuart N., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, stuart.thomson@yale.edu, TOMKIN, Jonathan H., Department of Geology and Geography, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, and REINERS, Peter W., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
184-1311:00 AM INTEGRATING ISOSTASY INTO TRANSPRESSION: A PRELIMINARY APPLICATION TO THE CENTRAL RANGE FAULT SYSTEM, TRINIDAD: GIORGIS, Scott, Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, giorgis@geneseo.edu and TONG, John, The Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115
184-1411:15 AM NEOPROTEROZOIC RIFTING IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA AND THE BREAKUP OF RODINIA: GREENE, David C., Dept. of Geosciences, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, greened@denison.edu
184-1511:30 AM DID CRETACEOUS ACCRETION OF EASTERN FIORDLAND TO THE GONDWANA MARGIN CAUSE HIGH-P METAMORPHISM AND PARTIAL MELTING?: SCOTT, J.M.1, COOPER, A.F.1, PALIN, J.M.1, and TULLOCH, A.J.2, (1) Geology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9001, New Zealand, james.scott@paradise.net.nz, (2) Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Dunedin, New Zealand
184-1611:45 AM SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS AS PART OF AN EARLY SITE PERMIT FOR NEW NUCLEAR POWER UNITS AT THE NORTH ANNA POWER STATION: HINTZ, Donald W., Dominion Generation, 5000 Dominion Blvd, Glen Allen, VA 23060, donald_hintz@dom.com

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