2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 171
Tuesday, 24 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Tectonics (Posters)

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TRANSCONTINENTAL GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTION
MUEHLBERGER, William R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Science Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, DENISON, Rodger E., Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, SALEEBY, Jason, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001 and MARTINEZ, Cindy M., American Geological Institute, 4220 King St, Arlington, VA 22305, wmuehl@mail.utexas.edu, wmuehl@mail.utexas.edu
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NEOTECTONIC SETTING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE IN RELATION TO THE CHICXULUB IMPACT
HERMAN, Gregory C., New Jersey Geological Survey, P.O. Box 427, 29 Arctic Parkway, Trenton, NJ 08625, greg.herman@dep.state.nj.us, greg.herman@dep.state.nj.us
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CONTINENTAL EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN ARCHEAN WYOMING PROVINCE: INTEGRATING GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS ACROSS 4.0 GA OF EARTH HISTORY
MOGK, David W., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, FOSTER, David, Department of Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and WOODEN, Joseph L., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mogk@montana.edu, mogk@montana.edu
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CROSS SECTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE HAMBURG 7.5' QUADRANGLE, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
BREWER, Margaret C., Department of Natural Sciences, LaPorta and Associates, L.L.C. and SUNY Purchase, P.O. Box 596, Warwick, NY 10990 and LAPORTA Jr, Philip C., LaPorta and Associates, L.L.C., Geological Consultants, 5 First Street #73, Warwick, NY 10990, mbrewer@laportageol.com, mbrewer@laportageol.com
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CRETACEOUS UPLIFT AND DENUDATION OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW, NORTH CAROLINA: ANOMALOUS APATITE FISSION-TRACK AGES
NAESER, Charles W., NAESER, Nancy D. and SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, cnaeser@usgs.gov, cnaeser@usgs.gov
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TERTIARY UPLIFT AND EROSION HISTORY OF THE BEARTOOTH OVERTHRUST, MONTANA-WYOMING, FROM MODEL TIME-TEMPERATURE PATHS OF APATITE FISSION-TRACK PARAMETERS
OMAR, Gomaa I., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 262 Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and GIEGENGACK, Robert, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, Room 251 Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, gomar@sas.upenn.edu, gomar@sas.upenn.edu
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KINEMATICS OF TERRANE ACCRETION AND STRIKE-SLIP RECORDED IN THE SUTURE ZONE OF THE WRANGELLIA COMPOSITE TERRANE, REINDEER HILLS, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA
ROTHFUSS, Jennifer L.1, FLANAGAN, Daniel2, FISCHIETTO, Nicholas E.1, COLE, R.B.3 and LAYER, Paul W.4, (1)Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main St, Meadville, PA 16335, (2)Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335, (3)Dept. of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, (4)Geophysical Institute, Univ of Alaska, Natural Sciences Building, 900 Yukon Drive, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, rothfuj@allegheny.edu, rothfuj@allegheny.edu
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LATE PALEOZOIC EXHUMATION OF SUBDUCTED OCEANIC CRUST BY EXTENSIONAL REACTIVATION OF A MID-PALEOZOIC SUBDUCTION MARGIN: CENTRAL METAMORPHIC TERRANE, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
BARROW, Wendy M., METCALF, Rodney V. and FAIRHURST, Robert J., Geoscience Department, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154, wendyj@unlv.nevada.edu, wendyj@unlv.nevada.edu
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GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY OF THE EASTERN TRANSVERSE RANGES, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NEEDY, Sarah K.1, BARTH, Andrew P.1, ANDERSON, J. Lawford2 and WOODEN, Joseph3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana Univ~Purdue Univ, Indianapolis, 723 W. Michigan St, SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (3)USGS-SUMAC, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305-2220, sneedy@iupui.edu, sneedy@iupui.edu
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USING STRUCTURAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO RECONSTRUCT BACKFOLDING IN THE SWISS ALPS
MCPHILLIPS, Devin, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109 and VANCE, Joseph A., Univ Washington, PO Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, devin.mcphillips@yale.edu, devin.mcphillips@yale.edu
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MID-CRUSTAL STRAIN DURING EPISODIC EXTENSION IN SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY WORK IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE PIONEER CORE COMPLEX
VOGL, James J.1, MCFADDEN, Rory2 and GRUDEM, Emily1, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, jvogl@geology.ufl.edu, jvogl@geology.ufl.edu
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RAPID MIDDLE MIOCENE UNROOFING OF THE SOUTHERN RUBY MOUNTAINS, NEVADA
COLGAN, Joseph P., U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and METCALF, James R., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, jcolgan@usgs.gov, jcolgan@usgs.gov
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MULTIPLE MIOCENE BASIN-AND-RANGE EXTENSIONAL EPISODES IN THE DEEP CREEK RANGE, WESTERN UTAH
METCALF, James R., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, BROWN, Roderick W., Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Glasgow, G128QQ and DUMITRU, Trevor A., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, jmetcalf@pangea.stanford.edu, jmetcalf@pangea.stanford.edu
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U-PB SHRIMP DATING OF ZIRCONS FROM CRUSTAL XENOLITHS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AGE OF THE CRUST AND TIMING OF RIFTING IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
ATHENS, Carmen and AMATO, Jeffrey, Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3AB, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, cathens@nmsu.edu, cathens@nmsu.edu
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VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RELAY RAMPS IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO
SUSSMAN, Aviva, EES: Geophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, OLIVA, Belèn, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, LEWIS, Claudia, EES: Seismic Hazards, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, SOTO, Ruth, Física, Universidad de Burgos, Av. Cantabria s/n, Burgos, 09006, Spain and GOTETI, Rajesh, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, River Campus, Rochester, NY 14627, spring@lanl.gov, spring@lanl.gov
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SYNCHRONOUS OLIGO-MIOCENE TECTONIC EXHUMATION OF METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES IN NW MEXICO: PRELIMINARY 40AR/39AR THERMOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS
WONG, Martin, Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346 and GANS, Phillip, Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, mswong@mail.colgate.edu, mswong@mail.colgate.edu
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THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE SAHUARIPA BASIN, EAST-CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO
BLAIR, Karen D. and GANS, Phillip B., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, kblair@umail.ucsb.edu, kblair@umail.ucsb.edu
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NEW INSIGHTS ON THE AGE OF THE JALISCO BLOCK (GUERRERO TERRANE OF WEST-CENTRAL MEXICO) FROM U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY
VALENCIA, Victor A.1, RIGHTER, Kevin2, GEHRELS, George E.3, RUIZ, Joaquin3 and ROSAS-ELGUERA, Jose4, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4)Geologia, Univ de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, victorv@email.arizona.edu, victorv@email.arizona.edu
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INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION PHASE I OF THE EAST GOBI FAULT ZONE, MONGOLIA: EARLY MESOZOIC SINISTRAL SHEAR
WEBB, Laura E., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and JOHNSON, Cari L., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, WBB 719/609, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, lewebb@syr.edu, lewebb@syr.edu
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PRE-COLLISIONAL PALEOCENE ALTIPLANO-STYLE PALAEO-TOPOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN TIBET: CROC SUGGESTS NO!
ROWLEY, David B.1, CURRIE, Brian S.2, WILCOX, William T.2 and SHI, Xuhua3, (1)Dept of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, (3)Tibetan Plateau Research Division, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, xuhua.shi@gmail.com, xuhua.shi@gmail.com
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MULTIPLE PRE-SCANDIAN TECTONOTHERMAL EVENTS PRESERVED IN THE CENTRAL NORWEGIAN CALEDONIDES
MARKO, Wayne, YOSHINOBU, Aaron and BARNES, Calvin, Geosciences, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, marko_t_wayne@yahoo.com, marko_t_wayne@yahoo.com
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NEW U-PB GEOCHONOLOGY FOR THE HELGELAND NAPPE COMPLEX (HNC), NORWEGIAN CALEDONIDES: CONSTRAINTS AND CONUNDRUMS
BARNES, Calvin G., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, ALLEN, Charlotte M., Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia, BARNES, Melanie A., Department of Geology, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX 79409, FROST, Carol D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and VIETTI, Laura A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive, Pillsbury Hall, Room 108, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, cal.barnes@ttu.edu, cal.barnes@ttu.edu
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ND AND SR ISOTOPIC DATA ON CONGLOMERATE CLASTS IN THE SAUREN-TORGHATTEN NAPPE, NORTH-CENTRAL NORWAY: A RECORD OF OCEANIC PROVENANCE
MCARTHUR, Kelsey1, FROST, Carol1, BARNES, Calvin2 and PRESTVIK, Tore3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Geosciences, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, (3)Dept. of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, kmcarthu@uwyo.edu, kmcarthu@uwyo.edu
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SEDIMENT PROVENANCE IN THE HELGELAND NAPPE COMPLEX (HNC), NORWEGIAN CALEDONIDES: ND ISOTOPIC DATA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ORDOVICIAN TECTONIC EVOLUTION
FROST, Carol1, VIETTI, Laura A.2, MCARTHUR, Kelsey3, BARNES, Calvin4, NORDGULEN, Oystein5 and MEREDITH, Michael3, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive, Pillsbury Hall, Room 108, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, (4)Geosciences, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, (5)Norwegian Geol Survey, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, frost@uwyo.edu, frost@uwyo.edu
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THERMOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF EXHUMATION IN THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS: CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF THE ARABIA-EURASIA CONTINENTAL COLLISION
GAVILLOT, Yann G., Earth and Space Sciences Department, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 East Charles Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095, HORTON, Brian K., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, FAKHARI, Mohammad D., 569 Station Road, Columbus, OH 43228-2292 and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, gavillot@ess.ucla.edu, gavillot@ess.ucla.edu
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A LATE PLIOCENE TECTONIC SWITCH FROM TRANSPRESSION TO TRANSTENSION IN THE HARAZ SECTOR OF CENTRAL ALBORZ: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF DAMAVAND VOLCANO
HASSANZADEH, Jamshid1, OMIDIAN, Safiye1 and DAVIDSON, Jon2, (1)Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, (2)Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, jamshidh@khayam.ut.ac.ir, jamshidh@khayam.ut.ac.ir
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CORDILLERAN-STYLE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES IN CENTRAL IRAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TETHYSIDES
VERDEL, Charles1, WERNICKE, Brian1, HASSANZADEH, Jamshid2 and RAMEZANI, Jahandar3, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, (3)Dept. Earth, Atm. & Planet. Sci, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, cverdel@gps.caltech.edu, cverdel@gps.caltech.edu
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STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE KAYABUKU SHEAR ZONE, SW TURKEY
DINIZ, Emre1, ÇEMEN, Ibrahim2, GONCUOGLU, Cemal3, KONAK, Nesat4 and CATLOS, Elizabeth J.1, (1)School of Geology, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK 74078, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (3)Dept. of Geol. Engineering, METU, Ankara, TR-06531, Turkey, (4)General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Ankara, 06520, Turkey, emre.diniz@okstate.edu, emre.diniz@okstate.edu
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TERTIARY EXTENSIONAL FAULTING AND STRATIGRAPHY IN THE HAMD-JIZIL HALF-GRABEN ALONG THE CENTRAL RED SEA RIFT SYSTEM IN SAUDI ARABIA
SZYMANSKI, Eugene1, STOCKLI, Daniel1, JOHNSON, Peter2, KATTAN, Fayek H.2 and AL SHAMMARI, Abdullah2, (1)Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall - Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Saudi Geological Survey, PO Box 54141, Jiddah, 21514, Saudi Arabia, eugene@ku.edu, eugene@ku.edu
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DOCUMENTING NEOPROTEROZOIC TO DEVONIAN EVENTS WITHIN INDIA'S SOUTHERN GRANULITE TERRAIN USING IN SITU ION MICROPROBE MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY
CATLOS, Elizabeth J., School of Geology, Oklahoma State Univ, Stillwater, OK 74078, DUBEY, Chandra S., Department of Geology, Delhi, 110007, INDIA, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India and SIVASUBRAMANIAN, P., Marine Geochemistry Research Lab, V.O. Chidambaram College, Trunelveli, 627011, India, ej.catlos@okstate.edu, ej.catlos@okstate.edu