Session: Forward Modeling in Tectonics and Structural Geology (Posters) (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

Session No. 146

Tuesday, 29 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T114. Forward Modeling in Tectonics and Structural Geology (Posters)

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

Authors will be present from .

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184

APPLICATIONS OF NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING TO PROBLEMS IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS

SMART, Kevin J., School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 810 Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019-1009, ABOUSLEIMAN, Younane, Rock Mechanics Institute and School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center - P119, 100 E.Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019-1014 and ONAISI, Atef, Geomechanics and Laboratory Section, TotalFinaElf, Pau cedex, France, kjsmart@ou.edu, kjsmart@ou.edu

185

FBF, A SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BALANCED CROSS-SECTIONS

JUAN, Contreras, Geology Department, CICESE, Km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, BC, 22860, Mexico, juanc@cicese.mx, juanc@cicese.mx

186

THRUST FAULT GEOMETRY AND EVOLUTION DURING CRITICAL COULOMB WEDGE GROWTH: INSIGHTS FROM DEM SIMULATIONS

CODY, Rosemary D. and MORGAN, Julia K., Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS-126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, rcody@rice.edu, rcody@rice.edu

187

FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS ON SALT: 3D GEOMETRY OF THRUST FRONTS IN NATURAL SETTINGS AND IN PHYSICAL MODELS

COSTA, Elisabetta¹, MOSCONI, Alessandro² and CAVOZZI, Cristian¹, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Univ. of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, Parma, 43100, Italy, (2)Eni S.p.A, Agip Div, Via dell'Unione Europea, 3, San Donato Milanese (MI), 20097, Italy, costae@unipr.it, costae@unipr.it

188

A FORWARD MODELING PROGRAM FOR FAULT-BEND FOLDING

CONNORS, Christopher D., Department of Geology, Washington and Lee Univ, Lexington, VA 24450 and UPCHURCH, Jeanne, Department of Computer Science, Washington and Lee Univ, Lexington, VA 24450, connorsc@wlu.edu, connorsc@wlu.edu

189

FORWARD MODELING OF SHALE/SALT-CORED ANTICLINES AND LISTRIC NORMAL FAULTS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO USING AREA-CONSTANT GEOMETRIC MODELS WITH GROWTH SEDIMENTS

SPANG, John H., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, spang@geo.tamu.edu, spang@geo.tamu.edu

190

PHYSICAL MODELING TO ESTABLISH CONTROLS ON FAULT DEVELOPMENT IN LARAMIDE STYLE FAULT-RELATED FOLDS

KEATING, David P. and FISCHER, Mark P., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois Univ, 406 Davis Hall, De Kalb, IL 60115-2854, dkeating2112@hotmail.com, dkeating2112@hotmail.com

191

MECHANICS OF LITHOPHERIC DELAMINATION FROM PHYSICAL MODELS

MOORE, Vernon¹, VENDEVILLE, Bruno² and WILTSCHKO, David V.¹, (1)Dept. Geology and Geophysics, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (2)Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78758, vernon_m_moore@yahoo.com, vernon_m_moore@yahoo.com

192

A NEW NUMERICAL CODE TO SIMULATE SIMULTANEOUS HIGH-STRAIN BRITTLE AND VISCOELASTIC DEFORMATION

TUCKWELL, George, Earth Sciences and Geography, Keele Univ, Keele, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom, g.w.tuckwell@esci.keele.ac.uk, g.w.tuckwell@esci.keele.ac.uk

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