2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 17 Sunday, 28 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 403

T108. Reservoirs to Ruptures: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Studying Fault Rock Distribution and Evolution in the Seismogenic Crust

Ruth H. Wightman, Jonathan Imber, Steven Smith, Robert E. Holdsworth and Zoe K. Shipton, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
17-18:10 AM STRAIN LOCALIZATION & FLUID FLOW ACROSS FAULTS: VROLIJK, Peter1, MYERS, Rodrick1, URAI, Janos L.2, NOLLET, Sofie1, and SCHMATZ, Joyce2, (1) ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P. O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, peter.vrolijk@exxonmobil.com, (2) Geologie-Endogene Dynamik, RWTH Aachen, Lochnerstr. 4-20, Aachen, 52056, Germany
17-28:30 AM QUANTIFYING FAULT ZONE THICKNESSES AND FAULT ROCK DISTRIBUTION IN COAL MEASURES SEQUENCES USING TERRESTRIAL LASER SCAN DATA: WIGHTMAN, Ruth H.1, IMBER, Jonathan1, and JONES, Richard R.2, (1) Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, ruth.wightman@durham.ac.uk, (2) Geospatial Research Ltd, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
17-38:45 AM CHARACTERISING SAND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN FAULT ZONES THAT CUT INTERBEDDED SANDSTONE-SHALE SEQUENCES: IMBER, Jonathan1, WIGHTMAN, Ruth1, JONES, Richard2, MCCAFFREY, Kenneth1, and LONG, Jonathan1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Sourth Road, Durham, DH1 3lE, United Kingdom, jonathan.imber@durham.ac.uk, (2) Geospatial Research Ltd, Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH13LE, United Kingdom
17-49:00 AM A WORK MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF FAULT STRUCTURES WITHIN ACCRETIONARY WEDGES: COOKE, Michele and DEL CASTELLO, Mario, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, cooke@geo.umass.edu
 9:15 AM Break
17-59:30 AM TRACING PREFERENTIAL FLUID FLOW ALONG FAULT ZONES IN THE UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS OF THE LOWER RHINE EMBAYMENT: BENSE, Victor F.1, PERSON, Mark Austin2, SAUER, Peter2, PLUMMER, L. Niel3, CREMER, Nils4, and SIMON, Stefan4, (1) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom, v.bense@uea.ac.uk, (2) Geoloigcal Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3) U. S. Geological Survey, National Center, MS432, Reston, 20192, (4) Groundwater, Erftverband, Paffendorfer Weg 42, Bergheim, D 50126, Germany
17-69:50 AM DIAGENETIC CONTROLS ON THE EVOLUTION OF FAULT-ZONE ARCHITECTURE AND PERMEABILITY STRUCTURE, AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SAN GREGORIO FAULT, CA: COOK, Jennie and GOODWIN, Laurel, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, jcook@geology.wisc.edu
17-710:05 AM FAULTS, FAULT ROCKS AND FRACTURES IN BASALTS: THE FAROE ISLANDS, NE ATLANTIC MARGIN: WALKER, Richard1, IMBER, Jonathan2, and HOLDSWORTH, Robert E.1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, r.j.walker@durham.ac.uk, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Sourth Road, Durham, DH1 3lE, United Kingdom
17-810:20 AM OBSERVATIONS FROM THE CAJON PASS CRYSTALLINE CORE, CALIFORNIA: FORAND, David H., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, dforand@gmail.com and EVANS, James P., Dept of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505
17-910:35 AM FOOTWALL EXTENSION DURING LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING: CONTROLS ON FAULT ZONE STRUCTURE AND FAULT ROCK DISTRIBUTION: SMITH, Steven, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Reactivation Research Group, South Road, Durham, DH11NA, United Kingdom, steven.smith@durham.ac.uk, HOLDSWORTH, Robert E., Dept of Earth Sciences, Univ of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, COLLETTINI, Cristiano, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Piazza dell'Università 1, Perugia, 06100, Italy, and IMBER, Jonathan, Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
17-1010:50 AM POLYCYCLIC DEFORMATION AND CEMENTATION IN THE EXHUMED NORUMBEGA FAULT ZONE, MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE: STOESZ, Erin1, WINTSCH, R.P.1, and SCHIEBER, Juergen2, (1) Department of Geological Scineces, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, 47405, estoesz@indiana.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, IN 47405
 11:05 AM Concluding Remarks

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