2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 288
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T56. Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Transform Faults

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Alexander Robinson, Michael Murphy, Gary Axen and John Dewey, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Rheological Heterogeneity and the Role of Strain Partitioning in the Development of a Continental Transform Fault: A Lower Crustal Record from the Western Canadian Shield
DUMOND, Gregory1, MAHAN, Kevin2, GONCALVES, Philippe3, MCLEAN, Noah4, BOWRING, Samuel5, JERCINOVIC, Michael1 and ANDRONICOS, Christopher6, (1)Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado AVE, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)Département des Géosciences, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, Besançon, 25030, France, (4)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)EARTHTIME, 77 Moss Ave, MIT54-1120, Cambridge, MA 02139, (6)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, gdumond@geo.umass.edu, gdumond@geo.umass.edu
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8:15 AM
Deformation of Continental Crust along the Queen Charlotte Transform Boundary, Coast Mountains, British Columbia and SE Alaska
RUSMORE, Margaret E.1, BOGUE, Scott W.1, FARLEY, Ken A.2, WOODSWORTH, Glenn J.3 and CHAVEZ, Karen1, (1)Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Geol Survey of Canada, 101-605 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, rusmore@oxy.edu, rusmore@oxy.edu
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8:30 AM
Making Continental Transforms – Lessons from New Zealand and California
FURLONG, Kevin P., Geosciences, Penn State Univ, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, kevin@geodyn.psu.edu, kevin@geodyn.psu.edu
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8:45 AM
Down-Dip Segmentation of Strike-Slip Fault Zones in the Brittle Crust
NEMSER, Eliza S. and COWAN, Darrel S., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, enemser@u.washington.edu, enemser@u.washington.edu
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9:00 AM
Polycyclic Deformation, Reactions and Disequlibrium in Mylonites from An Evolving Fault Zone
STOESZ, Erin, Department of Geological Scineces, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, 47405, WINTSCH, Robert, Geology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, IN 47405, estoesz@indiana.edu, estoesz@indiana.edu
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9:15 AM
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Deformation along the Karakoram Fault System, Western Tibet
SANCHEZ, Veronica1, MURPHY, Michael1, ZHANG, Ran2 and LIN, Ding3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Bldg. 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Bldg. 1, Houston, TX 77204, (3)Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100864, China, veronica.sanchez@mail.uh.edu, veronica.sanchez@mail.uh.edu
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9:30 AM
Evolution of the Karakorum Fault: Propagation and Abandonment along An Intercontinental Strike-Slip Fault
ROBINSON, Alexander C., Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, acrobinson@uh.edu, acrobinson@uh.edu
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9:45 AM
Crust Deformation around Non-Planar Transform Faults: Observation and Physical Modeling
LI, Qingsong, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 and ZHANG, Huai, The Computational Geodynamics Lab, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China, li@lpi.usra.edu, li@lpi.usra.edu
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10:00 AM
Deformation History of the Garlock Fault, Eastern California
WALKER, J. Douglas1, MONASTERO, Francis C.2, KIRBY, Eric3, RITTASE, William1 and CASEY, Zachary1, (1)Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)8597 Timaru Trail, Reno, NV 89523, (3)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, jdwalker@ku.edu, jdwalker@ku.edu
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10:15 AM
The Role of the Garlock Fault in the Development of Contractional Structures along the San Andreas Fault North of the Big Bend: An Analogue-Modeling Approach
HOWE, Tracy M. and YIN, An, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, thowe11@ucla.edu, thowe11@ucla.edu
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10:30 AM
Evolution and Localization of Dextral Plate-Boundary Shear in the Gulf of California Extensional Province
AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, gaxen@ees.nmt.edu, gaxen@ees.nmt.edu
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10:45 AM
Left-Shear and N-S Contraction In Monterey Formation, Northwestern Santa Barbara Channel, California: Structural Evidence In Support of Neogene Vertical Axis Rotation
LINGREY, Steven, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189, steve.lingrey@exxonmobil.com, steve.lingrey@exxonmobil.com
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11:00 AM
Numerical and Analog Models of the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault through the San Gorgonio Knot
DAIR, Laura, COOKE, Michele and DEL CASTELLO, Mario, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, ldair@nsm.umass.edu, ldair@nsm.umass.edu
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11:15 AM
Comparing Geologic and Geodetic Patterns of Deformation across the San Andreas Fault System in Central California
DYSON, Mark, Department of Geology, Carleton College, One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, TITUS, Sarah, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, DEMETS, Charles, The Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconson - Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and TIKOFF, Basil, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, mark.e.h.dyson@gmail.com, mark.e.h.dyson@gmail.com
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11:30 AM
Preliminary Apatite (U-Th)/he Thermochronology of the Eastern Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Blocks, Peninsular Ranges, Southern California
LUTHER, Amy, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, STOCKLI, Daniel, Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, KELLEY, Shari, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, aluther1228@gmail.com, aluther1228@gmail.com
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11:45 AM
Quantifying Strain across a Paleotransform Fault Using Incremental Deformation, Bogota Peninsula, New Caledonia
TITUS, Sarah, Department of Geology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, DAVIS, Joshua R., Department of Mathematics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, FERRE, Eric C., Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901 and TIKOFF, Basil, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, stitus@carleton.edu, stitus@carleton.edu
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