Session: Crustal Architecture of Rifted Continental Margins II (GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001)

Session No. 88

Tuesday, 6 November 2001: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T4. Crustal Architecture of Rifted Continental Margins II

Webster V. Mohriak and Bruce R. Rosendahl, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:40 PM

CRUSTAL THINNING BENEATH ACTIVE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES, WOODLARK RIFT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

ABERS, Geoffrey A.¹, FERRIS, Aaron¹, LERNER-LAM, Arthur², MUTTER, John² and TAYLOR, Brian³, (1)Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)SOEST, Univ of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, abers@bu.edu, abers@bu.edu

1:55 PM

NEW CONSTRAINTS ON RIFT MARGIN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTEGRATION OF DEEP-IMAGING SEISMIC INTERPRETATION AND GRAVITY MODELING

WEGER, R. J.¹, ROSENDAHL, B. R.¹ and ODEGARD, M. E.², (1)Marine Geology and Geophysics, RSMAS / Univ of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, (2)US Operations, GETECH Inc, 12503 Exchange, Suite 510, Stafford, TX 77477, rweger@rsmas.miami.edu, rweger@rsmas.miami.edu

2:10 PM

SEISMIC RESPONSE OF DEEP-WATER RESERVOIRS IN SALT BASINS OFFSHORE BRAZIL AND WEST AFRICA

FAINSTEIN, Roberto, Schlumberger, Av. Presidente Wilson, 231 - 20 andar, Rio de Janeiro, 20030-021, Brazil, fainstein@rio-de-janeiro.oilfield.slb.com, fainstein@rio-de-janeiro.oilfield.slb.com

2:25 PM

DEEP STRUCTURE OF THE ANGOLA MARGIN FROM WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION / REFRACTION OBS

ISABELLE, Contrucci¹, LOUIS, Géli², LUIS, Matias³, MARYLINE, Moulin², HERVÉ, Nouzé², JEAN-LOUIS, Olivet², FRAUKE, Klingelhofer⁴, JEAN-PIERRE, Réhault¹, JEAN-CLAUDE, Sibuet² and PATRICK, Unternehr⁵, (1)Domaines océaniques, IUEM, Place Nicolas Copernic, Plouzane, 29280, France, (2)DRO/GM, Ifremer, BP 70, Plouzané, 29280, France, (3)Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, Lisboa, 1269-102, Portugal, (4)Bullard Laboratories, Univ of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OEZ, England, (5)Total Fina Elf, Avenue Larribau, Pau, 64018, France, icontruc@sdt.univ-brest.fr, icontruc@sdt.univ-brest.fr

2:40 PM

Poster Introduction

2:45 PM

BOUNDARY ELEMENT MODELING OF THE ARCUATE GEOMETRY OF THE TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS FRONT

KOENIG, Elissa and STUMP, Edmund, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, koenig@asu.edu, koenig@asu.edu

2:50 PM

SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF TRANSPRESSION AND UPLIFT ON THE PASSIVE ROMANCHE TRANSFORM MARGIN, OFFSHORE GHANA

ATTOH, Kodjopa, BROWN, Larry, GUO, Jingru and HAENLEIN, Joel, Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853, ka17@cornell.edu, ka17@cornell.edu

2:55 PM

SUPRACRUSTAL FAULTS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIFT SYSTEM, QUEBEC: KINEMATICS AND GEOMETRY AS REVEALED BY FIELD MAPPING AND MARINE SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA

TREMBLAY, Alain¹, LONG, Bernard¹ and GLASMACHER, Ulrich A.², (1)INRS-Géoressources, Quebec Geoscience Ctr, 880 Chemin Sainte-Foy, P.O. Box 7500, Sainte Foy, QC G1V 4C7, Canada, (2)Forschungsstelle Archäometrie der Heidelberg, Akademie der Wissenschaften am Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, Heidelberg, 69029, Germany, atremblay@inrs.uquebec.ca, atremblay@inrs.uquebec.ca

3:00 PM

THE STRUCTURE OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN, WEST OF IRELAND

SHRYANE, Therese and RYAN, Paul D., Geology Dept, National Univ Ireland, Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, 123, Ireland, therese_shryane@hotmail.com, therese_shryane@hotmail.com

3:05 PM

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