Cordilleran Section - 103rd Annual Meeting (4–6 May 2007)

Session No. 8
Friday, 4 May 2007: 1:00 PM-5:30 PM

T15. The Evolution of Transform Faulting and Propagation of Extension and Volcanism: The West-northwest Margin of the Basin and Range Province, USA

 

Kaleb C. Scarberry and James E. Faulds, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:05 PM
EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA FRONTAL FAULT ZONE: CLUES FROM VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY
HAGAN, Jeanette C.1, BUSBY, Cathy J.1 and WAGNER, David L.2, (1)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)California Geological Survey, 801 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814, hagan@umail.ucsb.edu, hagan@umail.ucsb.edu
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1:25 PM
EVIDENCE FOR DEXTRAL SHEAR ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE CARSON SINK: THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WALKER LANE, WESTERN NEVADA
FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and PERKINS, Michael E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, jfaulds@unr.edu, jfaulds@unr.edu
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1:45 PM
KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE OLINGHOUSE FAULT IN THE NORTHERN WALKER LANE, WESTERN NEVADA: A LEFT-LATERAL FAULT ZONE IN A REGION OF DEXTRAL SHEAR
STURMER, Daniel M., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89502, FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and PERKINS, Michael E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, sturmerd@unr.nevada.edu, sturmerd@unr.nevada.edu
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2:05 PM
LATE OLIGOCENE PALEOTOPOGRAPHY AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE PAH RAH RANGE, WESTERN NEVADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSTRAINING SLIP ON THE RIGHT-LATERAL WARM SPRINGS VALLEY FAULT IN THE NORTHERN WALKER LANE
DELWICHE, Benjamin M.1, FAULDS, James E.2 and HENRY, Christopher D.2, (1)Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, bdelwich@unr.nevada.edu, bdelwich@unr.nevada.edu
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2:25 PM
EVOLUTION OF CENOZOIC EXTENSIONAL NORMAL FAULTING IN THE TOBIN RANGE, NEVADA; AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE
GONSIOR, Zachary J., Chesapeake Energy Corporation, 6100 N. Western Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 and DILLES, John H., Dept Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, dillesj@geo.oregonstate.edu, dillesj@geo.oregonstate.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
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3:05 PM
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERN OF NEOGENE AND QUATERNARY FAULT SLIP-RATES IN THE ALVORD EXTENSIONAL BASIN, NORTHWESTERN GREAT BASIN, USA
OLDOW, John S., WHIPPLE, Kim L. and SINGLETON, Eron S., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, oldow@uidaho.edu, oldow@uidaho.edu
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3:25 PM
LOCATION-SPECIFIC TIMING AND STYLE OF PLIOCENE AND QUATERNARY BASIN-RANGE FAULTING, FRENCHGLEN AREA (WEST OF STEENS MOUNTAIN), SOUTHEAST OREGON
SHERROD, David R., Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Vancouver, OR 98683, dsherrod@usgs.gov, dsherrod@usgs.gov
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3:45 PM
STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ABERT RIM FAULT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INCEPTION OF BASIN AND RANGE FAULTING IN SOUTHERN OREGON
SCARBERRY, Kaleb C., Geosciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson Hall 104, Corvallis, OR 97331, scarberk@geo.oregonstate.edu, scarberk@geo.oregonstate.edu
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4:05 PM
GEOPHYSICAL DOMAINS OF THE OREGON ARC AND BACKARC AND THEIR TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE
GLEN, Jonathan, U.S. Geological Survey, MS989, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and BLAKELY, Richard, USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Jglen@usgs.gov, Jglen@usgs.gov
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4:25 PM
NEOGENE BASALTIFICATION OF THE CRUST AT THE NORTHWESTERN MARGIN OF THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE: MAGMATIC ACCOMMODATION OF EXTENSION?
GRUNDER, Anita L.1, IADEMARCO, Mike1 and STRECK, Martin2, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (2)Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, 97207, grundera@geo.oregonstate.edu, grundera@geo.oregonstate.edu
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