2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 289 Wednesday, 8 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 322AB

T64. Lithospheric Structure and Geologic Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Passive Margin (GSA Geophysics Division; GSA South-Central Section; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Elizabeth Y. Anthony, Stephen S. Gao and Robert J. Stern, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory remarks
289-18:10 AM Block Kinematics and Extensional Styles during Gulf of Mexico Evolution: PINDELL, James, Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, jim@tectonicanalysis.com
289-28:30 AM Triassic – Jurassic Kinematics of the Gulf of Mexico, Central Atlantic Ocean, and North America: BIRD, Dale E.1, BURKE, Kevin2, HALL, Stuart A.2, and CASEY, John F.2, (1) Bird Geophysical, 16903 Clan Macintosh, Houston, TX 77084, dale@birdgeo.com, (2) Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building I, Houston, TX 77204-5007
289-38:45 AM Opening of the Gulf of Mexico and Motion of the Terranes of Mexico: LAWVER, Lawrence A., GAHAGAN, Lisa M., and NORTON, Ian O., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd., Bldg. 196, J. J. Pickle Research Campus, Austin, TX 78758-4445, lawver@ig.utexas.edu
 9:00 AM Discussion 1
289-49:15 AM The Structure and Evolution of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A View from Laurentia: KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, grkeller@gcn.ou.edu
289-59:35 AM Geodynamic Constraints on Opening of the Gulf of Mexico and the Nature of the Crust: HARRY, Dennis L., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, dharry@warnercnr.colostate.edu
289-69:50 AM Potential Field Evidence for a Volcanic Rifted Margin along the Texas-Louisiana Gulf of Mexico Transitional Lithosphere: MICKUS, Kevin, Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu, STERN, Robert, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, MS FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, and ANTHONY, Elizabeth Y., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902
289-710:05 AM Mantle Velocity Structure and Anisotropy beneath the Gulf of Mexico and Adjacent Areas: Constraining the Geometry of the North American Continental Keel and Possible Asthenospheric Flow Field around It: GAO, Stephen S. and LIU, Kelly H., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, sgao@mst.edu
 10:20 AM Discussion 2
 10:35 AM Break
289-810:50 AM Tectonics of the Gulf of Mexico at the Transition from Rift to Drift: Crustal Structure of the Basin during Salt Deposition: NORTON, Ian O., LAWVER, Lawrence A., and GAHAGAN, Lisa A., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, norton@ig.utexas.edu
289-911:05 AM New Insights about How Mesozoic Rifting Formed the Texas Continent-Ocean Boundary: STERN, Robert J., Geosciences Dept, U Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75080, rjstern@utdallas.edu, ANTHONY, Elizabeth Y., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, DICKINSON, William R., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, GRIFFIN, William R., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, MS FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, and MICKUS, Kevin, Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897
289-1011:20 AM Tectonic Development of Northeastern Mexico from Late Middle Jurassic through Miocene Time: LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, tlawton@nmsu.edu
289-1111:40 AM A Paleomagnetic Investigation of the Mojave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis in North-Central and Northeastern Mexico: WARRIOR, Shalina, Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968, swarrior@miners.utep.edu and HURTADO, Jose, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968
 11:55 AM Concluding remarks

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