2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 131
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Tectonics II: Transtension and Extension

 

Paul Fitzgerald, Christopher D. Henry and Tatia R. Taylor, Chairs
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8:00 AM
RECONSTRUCTING LATE MIOCENE BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSION ALONG THE OLDEST PART OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOT SPOT TRACK IN NORTHWESTERN NEVADA
COLGAN, Joseph P., Stanford Univ, Bldg 320, Palo Alto, CA 94305-2115 and DUMITRU, Trevor A., Dept. Geological and Envir. Sci, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94306, jcolgan@pangea.stanford.edu, jcolgan@pangea.stanford.edu
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8:15 AM
PLEISTOCENE DEXTRAL FAULT SLIP ALONG THE WHITE MOUNTAINS FAULT ZONE, CALIFORNIA
SCHROEDER, Jeffrey M.1, LEE, Jeffrey1, OWEN, Lewis A.2 and FINKEL, Robert C.3, (1)Geological Sciences, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA 98926, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94550, jschroed@geology.cwu.edu, jschroed@geology.cwu.edu
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8:30 AM
TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF ASH-FLOW TUFFS AND PALEOVALLEYS IN THE WESTERN US
HENRY, Christopher D., FAULDS, James E., GARSIDE, Larry J. and HINZ, Nicholas H., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, chenry@unr.edu, chenry@unr.edu
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8:45 AM
TRANSTENSIONAL FAULT PATTERNS OF THE WALKER LANE-EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE, EASTERN MARGIN, SIERRA NEVADA MICROPLATE
TAYLOR, Tatia R., Department of Geology, Univ of California Davis, 174 Physics/Geology, Davis, CA 95616 and DEWEY, John F., Geology, Univ of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, tatia.taylor@geology.ucdavis.edu, tatia.taylor@geology.ucdavis.edu
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9:00 AM
DEXTRAL DISPLACEMENT ON THE HONEY LAKE FAULT ZONE, NORTHERN WALKER LANE, NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERNMOST NEVADA: PRELIMINARY CONSTRAINTS INFERRED FROM OLIGOCENE ASH-FLOW TUFF STRATIGRAPHY
HINZ, Nicholas H., FAULDS, James E. and HENRY, Christopher D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557, nhinz@unr.nevada.edu, nhinz@unr.nevada.edu
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9:15 AM
PATTERNS OF LATE PLIOCENE TO QUATERNARY FAULTING IN THE LAKE TAHOE REGION, CA-NV
SCHWEICKERT, Richard A., Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557 and LAHREN, Mary M., Reno, NV 89508, richschw@unr.edu, richschw@unr.edu
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9:45 AM
MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE VOLCANIC-SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEFORMATION IN THE EXTENSIONALLY DISMEMBERED PANAMINT VALLEY REGION, SE CALIFORNIA
ANDREW, Joseph E., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Youngstown State Univ, Moser Hall 2120, Youngstown, OH 44555 and WALKER, J. Douglas, Univ Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-2124, jeandr@wm.edu, jeandr@wm.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
THE SOUTH VIRGIN-WHITE HILLS DETACHMENT: THE CONTROLLING STRUCTURE OF THE EASTERN LAKE MEAD EXTENSIONAL DOMAIN, NEVADA AND ARIZONA
DUEBENDORFER, Ernest M.1, COVEN, Brian J.1, ROSS, Kristi L.1, FAULDS, James E.2, FITZGERALD, Paul G.3 and SHARP, Warren D.4, (1)Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada Reno, Mail Stop 178, Reno, 89557-0088, (3)Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, (4)Berkeley Geochronology Lab, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, ernie.d@nau.edu, ernie.d@nau.edu
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10:30 AM
THERMOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON EXTENSION VIA DETACHMENT FAULTING IN THE WHITE HILLS OF NW ARIZONA AND GOLD BUTTE BLOCK OF SE NEVADA
FITZGERALD, P.G., Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, O'SULLIVAN, P.B., Apatite to Zircon, 1521 Pine Cone Road, Moscow, ID 83843, DUEBENDORFER, E.M., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, FAULDS, J.E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and FRYXELL, J.E., Geological Sciences, California State Univ, San Bernardino, CA 92407, pgfitzge@syr.edu, pgfitzge@syr.edu
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10:45 AM
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TERTIARY MAGMATISM AND EXTENSION IN THE COLORADO RIVER EXTENSIONAL CORRIDOR, UNION PASS AREA, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA
MURPHY, Ryan T. and FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS178, Reno, NV 89557, rmurphy@unr.nevada.edu, rmurphy@unr.nevada.edu
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11:00 AM
MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF TERTIARY NORMAL FAULTS AND RELATED TILTING NEAR HACKBERRY WASH, TORTILLA MOUNTAINS, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA
SEEDORFF, Eric and MAHER, David J., Center for Mineral Resources, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, seedorff@geo.arizona.edu, seedorff@geo.arizona.edu
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11:15 AM
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11:30 AM
EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS IN WESTERN ANATOLIA, TURKEY
ÇEMEN, Ibrahim1, SEYITOGLU, Gurol2, ISIK, Veysel3 and CATLOS, Elizabeth J.1, (1)School of Geology, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK 74078, (2)Dept. of Geol. Eng, Ankara Univ, Ankara, 06100, Turkey, (3)Dept. of Geol. Eng, Ankara Univ, Ankara, 06100, icemen@okstate.edu, icemen@okstate.edu
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11:45 AM
A KM-SCALE LOWER CRUSTAL SHEAR ZONE RECORDING OBLIQUE EXTENSION IN A BACK-ARC SETTING, MT HAY BLOCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
WATERS-TORMEY, Cheryl1, TIKOFF, Basil1 and KELSO, Paul2, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, cwaters@geology.wisc.edu, cwaters@geology.wisc.edu