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. 320
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T81. Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts I

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; IUGS Task Group on Structural Geology and Tectonics; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Hermann Lebit, Luke A. Jensen, Terry Pavlis and Rob Butler, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
Structural Style of Passive-Margin Thrust Belts Compared to Orogenic Thrust Belts: Lessons from Namibia and Elsewhere
PEEL, Frank J., BHP BIlliton Petroleum, 1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056 and TABOR, John, BHP Billiton Petroleum, 1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056, frank.j.peel@bhpbilliton.com, frank.j.peel@bhpbilliton.com
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2:05 PM
Detachment-Style Folding in the Outer Fold and Thrust Belt of the Niger Delta
KOSTENKO, Olga V. and NARUK, Steve, Bellaire Technology Center, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, olga.kostenko@shell.com, olga.kostenko@shell.com
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2:20 PM
Passive Margin Fold and Thrust Belts
LEBIT, Hermann, Worldwide Exploration - International New Ventures, Marathon Oil Company, 5555 San Felipe, Houston, TX 77056-2725, JENSEN, Luke A., Exploration - New Ventures, Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc, 200 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079 and THOMAS, Joy, Worldwide Exploration and Production, Marathon Oil Company, 5555 San Felipe, Houston, TX 77056-2725, HDLebit@MarathonOil.com, HDLebit@MarathonOil.com
4
2:35 PM
Active Tectonics of An Onshore-Offshore Fold-Thrust Belt Undergoing Intense Mass Redistribution by Erosion and Deposition: Initial Results from the ST. Elias Erosion and Tectonics Project (STEEP)
PAVLIS, Terry, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, CHAPMAN, James B., Geological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, BERGER, Aaron L., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SPOTILA, James A., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4064 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ENKELMANN, Eva, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, BRUHN, Ronald L., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 S 1460 E RM 716, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, RIDGWAY, Kenneth, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 500 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, WORTHINGTON, Lindsay A., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758-4445 and GULICK, Sean, The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX 78758, tlpavlis@utep.edu, tlpavlis@utep.edu
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2:50 PM
Orogenic Response to Intense Quaternary Glaciation: The St. Elias Orogen, Alaska
BERGER, Aaron L., ConocoPhillips Company, P.O. Box 2197, Houston, TX 77079-1175, SPOTILA, James A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, GULICK, Sean P.S., Jackson School of Geosciences, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, #600, Austin, TX 78759, PAVLIS, Terry, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 and UPTON, Phaedra, Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, alberger@vt.edu, alberger@vt.edu
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3:05 PM
Temporal and Spatial Shifts in Deformation Pattern of a Glacially Impacted Submarine Fold-Thrust Belt, Northern Gulf of Alaska
WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, GULICK, Sean, The Institute for Geophysics, The Univ of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Rd., Austin, TX 78758 and PAVLIS, Terry, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79902, lindsay@ig.utexas.edu, lindsay@ig.utexas.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
Factors Controlling the Evolution of the Perdido Fold Belt, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Determined from Numerical Modeling
GRADMANN, Sofie, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H4J1, Canada and BEAUMONT, Christopher, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, s.gradmann@dal.ca, s.gradmann@dal.ca
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3:55 PM
Bivergent Thrust Wedges Surrounding Island Arcs: Insights from Observations
TEN BRINK, Uri S., Woods Hole Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, MARSHAK, Stephen, School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 and GRANJA, José-Luis, Geodynamics Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Jose Anotnio Novais, Madrid, 28040, Spain, utenbrink@usgs.gov, utenbrink@usgs.gov
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4:10 PM
Elusive Ridge, Brooks Range, Northern Foothills, Structural and Stratigraphic Relationships Between Allochthon and Parautochthon
POLKOWSKI, Steve, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Reichardt Building Room 308, 900 Yukon Drive, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, StevePolkowski@gmail.com, StevePolkowski@gmail.com
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4:25 PM
Cenozoic Thermal Evolution of the Darwin Complex and Related Terranes in Tierra Del Fuego
GOMBOSI, David J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, BARBEAU Jr, David L., Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union AVE, Schenectady, NY 12308 and REINERS, Peter W., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, dgombosi@geol.sc.edu, dgombosi@geol.sc.edu
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4:40 PM
Numerical Investigation of the Energy Budget of Fault Evolution within Experimental and Natural Thrust Systems
DEL CASTELLO, Mario and COOKE, Michele, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, mariod@geo.umass.edu, mariod@geo.umass.edu
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4:55 PM
Two Roles of Pore-Fluid Pressures In the Mechanics of Thrust Belts and Accretionary Wedges
SUPPE, John, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, P.O. Box 13-318, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, suppe@princeton.edu, suppe@princeton.edu
 
5:10 PM
Discussion
 
5:25 PM
Concluding Remarks
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