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. 161
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

Structural Geology / Tectonics / Neotectonics/Paleoseismology I

 

Roberto S. Molina-Garza, Richard M. Engelkemeir and Steve Whitmeyer, Chairs
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
Timing of Tectonic Juxtaposition of the Bourne and Greenhorn Subterranes, Baker Terrane, NE Oregon
SCHWARTZ, Joshua J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and SNOKE, Arthur, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, joshua.j.schwartz@gmail.com, joshua.j.schwartz@gmail.com
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1:45 PM
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2:00 PM
Kinematic Analysis of Structures from Serpentinite in Southwestern Puerto Rico: Implications for Early Tertiary Transpression along the Boundary Between the Caribbean and North America Plates
LAÓ-DÁVILA, Daniel Alberto, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC Building, 4107 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260-3332 and ANDERSON, Thomas H., Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC Building, 4107 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, dal12@pitt.edu, dal12@pitt.edu
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2:15 PM
Movement along Shear Zones of the Northwestern Superior Boundary Zone
KUIPER, Yvette D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, LIN, Shoufa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada and BOHM, Christian O., Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, Geological Survey, 360 – 1395 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3G 3P2, Canada, kuipery@bc.edu, kuipery@bc.edu
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2:30 PM
Kinematic Vorticity of Brevard Fault Zone Mylonite, South Carolina
TU, Ching, HATCHER Jr, Robert D. and JESSUP, Micah J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, ctu@utk.edu, ctu@utk.edu
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2:45 PM
Deformation of Late Miocene Plutons along the Tonalá Shear Zone: A Relict Plate Boundary in the Eastern Tehuantepec Region
MOLINA-GARZA, Roberto S., Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, WAWRZYNIEC, Timothy F., Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Western State Colorado University, 31C Hurst Hall, Gunnison, CO 81231, IRIONDO, Alex, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, GEISSMAN, John, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, Northrop Hall 141, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MUGGLETON, Scott, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, rmolina@geociencias.unam.mx, rmolina@geociencias.unam.mx
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3:00 PM
Rapid Emplacement of the Mcdoogle Pluton into the Sawmill Lake Shear Zone, Sierra Nevada, California
STEARNS, Michael, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, BARTLEY, John M., Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and COLEMAN, Drew S., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, michael.a.stearns@gmail.com, michael.a.stearns@gmail.com
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3:15 PM
Lacunarity Analysis of Fracture Networks
ROY, Ankur, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, PERFECT, Edmund, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, DUNNE, William, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 37996 and ODLING, Noelle, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, roy@mail.utexas.edu, roy@mail.utexas.edu
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3:30 PM
Improving Statistical Predictions of Subseismic Faults
SOLUM, John G., Bellaire Technology Center, Shell International Exploration and Production, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, NARUK, S.J., Bellaire Technology Center, Shell International E&P, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77005 and DULA, W.F., Shell International E&P, Rijswijk, Netherlands, F.Dula@shell.com, F.Dula@shell.com
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3:45 PM
Fault Frequency, Strain, and Subseismic Fault Prediction
MORRIS, Alan Paul1, FERRILL, David A.2 and MCGINNIS Jr, Ronald N.1, (1)Department of Earth, Material, and Planetary Sciences, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (2)Department of Earth, Material, and Planetary Sciences, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, amorris@swri.org, amorris@swri.org
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4:00 PM
Characterizing Houston Surface Faults with DEMs and Other GIS Data
ENGELKEMEIR, Richard M., HTC - GG&V Engineering, Schlumberger Information Solutions, 5599 San Felipe Suite 100, Houston, TX 77056, rengelkemeir@houston.oilfield.slb.com, rengelkemeir@houston.oilfield.slb.com
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4:15 PM
Photogrammetric 3D Mapping of the Permian Reef, NM and TX, USA
BENNUM, George1, RESOR, Phillip1, FLODIN, Eric A.2 and FAIRBANKS, Jeremy3, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, (2)Chevron Energy Technology Company, 6001 Bollinger Canyon Rd, CHVPK C1164, San Ramon, CA 94597, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, MSEC 208, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, gbennum@wesleyan.edu, gbennum@wesleyan.edu
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4:30 PM
Large-Scale Emergent Cross Sections of Crustal Structures In Google Earth
WHITMEYER, Steve, Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and DE PAOR, Declan G., Dept. of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, ddepaor@odu.edu, ddepaor@odu.edu