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. 223 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 330A

Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology II

Timothy L. Clarey and Jonathan E. Snow, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
223-18:00 AM Numerical Models of Deformation for the Askja Volcano Complex and Rift Segment, Iceland: DICKINSON, H.1, MASTERLARK, T.1, SIGMUNDSSON, F.2, OFEIGSSON, B.2, and STURKELL, E.2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, dicki009@bama.ua.edu, (2) Institute of Earth Sciences - Nordic Volcanological Center, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, Reykjavik, IS-101, Iceland
223-28:15 AM Geology of the Arctic Ridge System: SNOW, Jonathan E., Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, jesnow@uh.edu, DICK, Henry, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA 02543, and HELLEBRAND, Eric, SOEST - University of Hawaii, SOEST - University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST612B, Honolulu, HI 96822
223-38:30 AM Amagmatic Accretionary Segments, Ultraslow Spreading, and How Continents Break: DICK, Henry J.B., Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, hdick@whoi.edu and SNOW, Jonathan E., Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
223-48:45 AM Postrift Deformation on the Passive Margin of Nova Scotia, Canada: Is It Really Passive?: DURCANIN, Michael A., WITHJACK, Martha Oliver, and SCHLISCHE, Roy W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, mdurca1@eden.rutgers.edu
223-59:00 AM Developing and Testing a Model to Quantify Extension of Passive Margins with Implications for Sea Level Change: KIRSCHNER, J.P. and KOMINZ, M.A., Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1187 ROOD Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, j3kirsch@wmich.edu
223-69:15 AM Experimental Modeling of Transfer Zones In Listric Normal Fault Systems: BOSE, Shamik, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Ste 810, Norman, OK 73019, shamik.bose-1@ou.edu and MITRA, Shankar, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, SEC 810, Norman, OK 73019-1009
223-79:30 AM The Role of the Sheephead Fault Zone In Bounding Neogene Extension and Magmatism In the Death Valley Area, California: RENIK, Byrdie and CHRISTIE-BLICK, Nicholas, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, renik@ldeo.columbia.edu
223-89:45 AM Basin Geometry, Fault Offsets, and Influence of Pre-Existing Structure IN the Northern Colorado River Extensional Corridor and the Lake Mead REGION, Nevada and Arizona: LANGENHEIM, V.E., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, zulanger@usgs.gov, BEARD, Sue, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, and FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
223-910:00 AM Role of Fault Interactions in the Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift of North-Central New Mexico: Insights from Numerical Experiments: GOTETI, Rajesh, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, River Campus, Rochester, NY 14627, gsrajesh@earth.rochester.edu, MITRA, Gautam, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, SUSSMAN, Aviva, and LEWIS, Claudia, EES: Seismic Hazards, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
 10:15 AM Break
223-1010:30 AM Rock Deformation at the Base of Large Carbonate Block Slides: The Key to Assessing Emplacement Mode: ANDERS, Mark H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10968, manders@ldeo.columbia.edu, FOUKE, Bruce W., Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, and LOSH, Steven, Dept. of Chemistry and Geology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001
223-1110:45 AM Gravity Sliding: An Under-Recognized Phenomenon in the Basin and Range Province?: WALKER, Christopher David, BP America Inc, 501 Westlake Park Boulevard, WL2 653c, Houston, TX 77079, walk40@bp.com and ANDERS, M.H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964
223-1211:00 AM The Case against a Gravity-Slide Origin for Low-Angle Faults in the Mormon – Beaver Dam Mountains (MBDM) Extensional Corridor, Southeastern Nevada and Southwestern Utah: AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, gaxen@ees.nmt.edu
223-1311:15 AM Basin-and-Range Border Fault Geometry in NV-UT-AZ Region: Steep-Dip Normal Fault Model Versus Shallow-Dip Detachment Model: CARPENTER, James A., P.O. Box 2146, R Lacy Inc, 222 East Tyler Street, Longview, TX 75606, jcarpenter@rlacyinc.com
223-1411:30 AM The Break-Away Point of the South Fork Superfault: A Catastrophic Gravity Slide, Wyoming, USA: CLAREY, Timothy L., Geology, Delta College, 1961 Delta Road, D-165, University Center, MI 48710, tlclarey@delta.edu
223-1511:45 AM A Re-Evaluation of the Million Hills Wash Fault, South Virgin Mountains, Nevada: CHRISTIE-BLICK, Nicholas1, SCHON, Samuel C.2, and SPIEGELMAN, Marc1, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, ncb@ldeo.columbia.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912

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