2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 55
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T142. Controversies, Conundrums, and Innovative Approaches in Extensional Tectonics: A Tribute to Ernie Anderson

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

James E. Faulds, Robert G. Bohannon, Keith A. Howard and L. Sue Beard, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
EXTENSION AND MAGMATISM IN THE NORTHERN COLORADO RIVER CORRIDOR: ERNIE'S CONUNDRUMS REVISITED
GANS, Phillip B., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, gans@geol.ucsb.edu, gans@geol.ucsb.edu
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1:55 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE COMPLEX MIOCENE DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE LAKE MEAD AREA USING DETAILED BASIN ANALYSIS: NEW DATA FROM THE EAST AND WEST LONGWELL RIDGE AREA, BITTER SPRING QUAD, NV
LAMB, Melissa A., Geology Department, Univ of St. Thomas, OWS 153, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, HICKSON, Thomas, Geology, Univ of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, MARTIN, Kevin Luke, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BEARD, L. Sue, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1637, tahickson@stthomas.edu, tahickson@stthomas.edu
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2:10 PM
ONGOING STUDIES OF TILTING AND UPLIFT IN THE SOUTH VIRGIN MOUNTAINS, NEVADA
BRADY, Robert J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, rbrady@ucalgary.ca, rbrady@ucalgary.ca
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2:25 PM
DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL RELIEF IN BROAD EXTENDED DOMAINS: THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF DEFORMATION IN THE MIDDLE-CRUST
BOHANNON, Robert G., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, bbohannon@usgs.gov, bbohannon@usgs.gov
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2:40 PM
KEY STEPS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF A METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX: A VIEW FROM THE “ARIZONA SCHOOL” OF THOUGHT
REYNOLDS, Stephen J., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, sreynolds@asu.edu, sreynolds@asu.edu
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2:55 PM
FIELD AND PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF MYLONITIC FABRICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC CORRGUATION DEVELOPMENT, TANQUE VERDE RIDGE, ARIZONA, USA
PERRY, Ethan R. and MOSHER, Sharon, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station Stop C1140, Austin, TX 78712-0254, ethan.perry@mail.utexas.edu, ethan.perry@mail.utexas.edu
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3:10 PM
METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX EVOLUTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE SIERRA MAZATÁN CASE STUDY
WONG, Martin S., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Building 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630 and GANS, Phillip, Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, mwong@umail.ucsb.edu, mwong@umail.ucsb.edu
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3:25 PM
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER FAULT ZONE, SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA : INSIGHTS FROM STRATIGRAPHIC AND THERMOBAROMETRIC CONSTRAINTS
LEMIEUX, Yvon, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E7, Canada, THOMPSON, Robert I., Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada, ERDMER, Philippe, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and CHACKO, Thomas, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, ylemieux@ualberta.ca, ylemieux@ualberta.ca
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3:55 PM
EXHUMATION OF HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS BY PERVASIVE BRITTLE THINNING OF THE UPPER CRUST, CRETE, GREECE
RAHL, Jeffrey M.1, BRANDON, Mark T.2, ANDERSON, Kristin M.2 and FASSOULAS, Charalambos3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (3)Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71409, Greece, jrahl@umich.edu, jrahl@umich.edu
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4:10 PM
STRAIN LOCALIZATION WITHIN THE DUCTILE AND BRITTLE REGIMES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATLANTIS BANK OCEANIC DETACHMENT FAULT SYSTEM, SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE
MIRANDA, Elena A.1, HIRTH, Greg2 and JOHN, Barbara E.1, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA 02543, emiranda@uwyo.edu, emiranda@uwyo.edu
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4:25 PM
TRACKING THE ALONG-STRIKE DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL-FAULT SYSTEMS: A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING PROCESSES OF LARGE-MAGNITUDE EXTENSION
FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, jfaulds@unr.edu, jfaulds@unr.edu
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4:40 PM
TECTONIC MEGAOSCILLATORS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LARGE-SCALE STRESS TRANSFER IN THE LITHOSPHERE
WERNICKE, Brian1, NIEMI, Nathan1, DAVIS, James L.2, BISNATH, Sunil2 and ELOSEGUI, Pedro2, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, brian@gps.caltech.edu, brian@gps.caltech.edu
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4:55 PM
WHAT STORY DO WE BEGIN WITH FIRST?
GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mesico, 203 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and ZOBACK, Mary Lou, USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS. 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jgeiss@unm.edu, jgeiss@unm.edu
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5:10 PM
LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH NEEDS
ANDERSON, R. Ernest, P.O. Box 347, Kernville, CA 93238, ernie.anderson2@verizon.net, ernie.anderson2@verizon.net
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