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

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Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

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8:10 AM

ACTIVE FATE OF PASSIVE MARGINS: A DEEP SEISMIC PERSPECTIVE

BROWN, Larry D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, 3124 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, brown@geology.cornell.edu, brown@geology.cornell.edu

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8:25 AM

AFRICA'S RIFTED MARGIN LITHOSPHERIC ARCHITECTURE

BURKE, Kevin, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Houston, Houston Texas 77204-5503, Houston, TX 77204-5503, kburke@uh.edu, kburke@uh.edu

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8:45 AM

HOW DATA CONCERNING THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF SELECTED NORTH ATLANTIC CONJUGATE MARGINS CAN HELP IN THE DATA INTERPRETATION OF THE ANGOLA MARGIN

SIBUET, Jean-Claude¹, CONTRUCCI, Isabelle¹, GÉLI, Louis¹, MOULIN, Maryline¹, MALOD, Jacques A.², NOUZÉ, Hervé¹, OLIVET, Jean-Louis¹, RÉHAULT, Jean-Pierre², SÉRANNE, Michel³ and UNTERNEHR, Patrick⁴, (1)DRO/GM, Ifremer Centre de Brest, B.P. 70, Plouzane, 29280, France, (2)Domaines Océaniques UMR6538, IUEM, Place Copernic, Technopole Brest Iroise, Plouzane, 29280, France, (3)CNRS, Universite Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, 34095, France, (4)TotalFinaElf, CSTJ, Avenue Larribau, Pau cedex, 64018, France, jcsibuet@ifremer.fr, jcsibuet@ifremer.fr

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9:05 AM

PROTO-OCEANIC CRUST: TYPES, EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS, AND RELATIONSHIPS TO HYDROCARBON MATURATION

ODEGARD, Mark E., Geophysical Exploration Technology, Inc, 12503 Exchange Dr., Suite 510, Stafford, TX 77477 and DICKSON, William G., Dickson Int'l Geosciences (DIGs), 615 Ramblewood Rd, Houston, TX 77079-6904, meo@getech.com, meo@getech.com

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9:25 AM

WEST AFRICAN AND BRAZILIAN MARGINS: PRE-DRIFT TO EARLY DRIFT PLATE CONFIGURATIONS AND CONJUGATE SEISMIC PAIRINGS

ROSENDAHL, B. R., Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, MOHRIAK, W. U., PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - E&P - CORP/EXP/TSP, Avenida Chile, 65 - room 1301-E, 20035-900, Rio de Janeiro, 77477, Brazil, ODEGARD, M. E., GETECH (Geophysical Exploration Technology), 12503 Exchange Dr., Suite 510, Stafford, TX 77477 and WEGER, R., Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sci, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, brucerr@earthlink.net, brucerr@earthlink.net

9:45 AM

Break

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10:00 AM

U.S.EAST COAST MARGIN AND IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE ARCHITECTURE OF VOLCANIC MARGINS

TALWANI, Manik, Rice Univ, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005-1892, manik@rice.edu, manik@rice.edu

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10:15 AM

RIFTING, DRIFTING, MAGMATIC ACTIVITY, AND BASIN INVERSION ON THE PASSIVE MARGIN OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

WITHJACK, Martha Oliver¹, SCHLISCHE, Roy W.¹ and OLSEN, Paul E.², (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ, RT 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, drmeow3@yahoo.com, drmeow3@yahoo.com

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10:30 AM

BASEMENT ARCHITECTURE OF THE RIFTED NORTHEAST ATLANTIC MARGIN: EVIDENCE FROM A COMBINED GEOCHRONOLOGY, FISSION-TRACK AND POTENTIAL FIELD STUDY

SCANLON, Ray and DALY, J. Stephen, Department of Geology, Univ College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, raymond.scanlon@ucd.ie, raymond.scanlon@ucd.ie

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10:45 AM

PLUME/LITHOSPHERE INTERACTIONS AND THEIR GEODYNAMIC EFFECTS; POSSIBLE EXAMPLES FROM THE CRETACEOUS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC

MORRISSEY, T., SHANNON, P. M. and MENUGE, J. F., Geology Dept, Univ College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland, timothy.morrissey@ucd.ie, timothy.morrissey@ucd.ie

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11:00 AM

RIFT ARCHITECTURE AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE LATE TRIASSIC TAYLORSVILLE AND RICHMOND RIFTS, VIRGINIA

LETOURNEAU, Peter M., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY 10964, letour@ldeo.columbia.edu, letour@ldeo.columbia.edu

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11:15 AM

SEAWARD-DIPPING REFLECTORS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR BASIN OPENING

IMBERT, Patrice, Exploration Division, TotalFinaElf E&P USA, 800 Gessner, suite 700, Houston, TX 77024, CRAMEZ, Carlos, 2, Passage des Francs Sujets, 2072 Saint Blaise, Switzerland, TALWANI, Manik, Rice Univ, Schlumberg Prof, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005-1892 and JACKSON, Martin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, pimbert@pdq.net, pimbert@pdq.net

11:30 AM

Discussion

11:45 AM

Concluding Remarks

GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

T4. Crustal Architecture of Rifted Continental Margins I