Session: Controls and Consequences of Continental Rifting: From Heat Flow, Stress, and Strain to Magmatism, Landscape-Basin Evolution, and Development of Natural Resources (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T156. Controls and Consequences of Continental Rifting: From Heat Flow, Stress, and Strain to Magmatism, Landscape-Basin Evolution, and Development of Natural Resources

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA International Section

Yildirim Dilek, Benjamin J. Drenth, Ren A. Thompson, Harald Furnes and Jonathan Saul Caine, Advocates

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8:00 AM

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8:15 AM

MAGMATIC CONTROLS on ALONG-AXIS RIFT SEGMENTATION: VIEWS FROM AFAR

EBINGER, Cynthia¹, BELACHEW, Manahloh², KEIR, Derek³, COTE, Dustin¹ and LINDSEY, Nate¹, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, 14627, (3)Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, ebinger@earth.rochester.edu, ebinger@earth.rochester.edu

8:30 AM

CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF MANTLE LITHOSPHERE IN WESTERN U.S. FROM MAGMATIC SPACE-TIME-COMPOSITION PATTERNS

FARMER, G. Lang, Dept. of Geological Sciences and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, farmer@colorado.edu, farmer@colorado.edu

8:45 AM

PRESENT-DAY CRUSTAL DEFORMATION ACROSS THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE RIFT MEASURED BY GPS

KREEMER, Corné, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, BLEWITT, Geoffrey, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557 and BENNETT, Richard A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 East 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, kreemer@unr.edu, kreemer@unr.edu

9:00 AM

FAULT KINEMATICS AND PALEOSTRESSES OF AN ACCOMMODATION ZONE LINKING BASINS OF THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO

MINOR, Scott A., HUDSON, Mark R., CAINE, Jonathan Saul and THOMPSON, Ren A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, sminor@usgs.gov, sminor@usgs.gov

9:15 AM

GRAVITY INVESTIGATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY OF THE SAN LUIS BASIN, NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT – PRELIMINARY RESULTS

DRENTH, Benjamin J., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, GRAUCH, V.J.S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and THOMPSON, Ren A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, bdrenth@usgs.gov, bdrenth@usgs.gov

9:30 AM

TRANSTENSIONAL RIFTING IN THE LATE PROTO-GULF OF CALIFORNIA NEAR BAHíA KINO AND on ISLA TIBURóN, SONORA, MéXICO

BENNETT, Scott E.K.¹, OSKIN, Michael E.¹ and IRIONDO, Alexander², (1)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu

9:45 AM

PETROLOGIC SIGNALS RELATED TO THE RIFTING PROCESS IN THE CAMBRIAN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AULACOGEN

GILBERT, M. Charles, ConocoPhillips School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 710 Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019-1009 and WEAVER, Barry L., ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center, Norman, OK 73019, mcgilbert@ou.edu, mcgilbert@ou.edu

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

BASALTIC MAGMATISM ASSOCIATED WITH TWO SUPERCONTINENT DISPERSALS IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN OROGEN: MODELING SOURCES THROUGH TIME

HANAN, Barry, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, SINHA, A. Krishna, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420 and SHERVAIS, John W., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, barry.hanan@sdsu.edu, barry.hanan@sdsu.edu

10:30 AM

THE NATURE OF MAGMATISM AND MELT EVOLUTION IN NON-VOLCANIC RIFTED MARGINS OF PELAGONIA (TRIASSIC) AND ARABIA (MIOCENE) IN WESTERN GONDWANA

DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology, Miami University, 116 Shideler Hall, Patterson Avenue, Oxford, OH 45056 and FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no

10:45 AM

PULL-APART RIFTING AND EXHUMATION HISTORY ALONG THE EAST AFRICAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE: NEW THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA

JACOBS, Joachim¹, EMMEL, Benjamin¹, KUMAR, Rajeev¹, UEDA, Kosuke¹ and THOMAS, Robert J.², (1)Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, (2)British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, joachim.jacobs@geo.uib.no, joachim.jacobs@geo.uib.no

11:00 AM

MANTLE-PLUME CONTROLLED STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENT DISPERSIONS OF THE EAST COAST OF INDIA DURING MESOZOIC RIFTING

GANI, M. Royhan and GANI, Nahid D.S., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, mgani@uno.edu, mgani@uno.edu

11:15 AM

ACTIVE-RECENT SUBGLACIAL VOLCANISM WITHIN THE WEST ANTARCTIC RIFT SYSTEM, INTERPRETED FROM AEROMAGNETIC AND RADAR ICE SOUNDING MAY EFFECT THE STABILITY OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET (WAIS) WHICH FLOWS THROUGH IT

BEHRENDT, John C., INSTAAR, University of Colorado, (also USGS), Boulder, CO 80309-0450, john.behrendt@colorado.edu, john.behrendt@colorado.edu

11:30 AM

THE DEEP CRUSTAL ROOT OF AN EXTENSIONAL SHEAR ZONE: CAPRICORN RIDGE, MT. HAY BLOCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

WATERS-TORMEY, Cheryl, Geosciences & Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, cherylwt@wcu.edu, cherylwt@wcu.edu

11:45 AM

U-PB SHRIMP ZIRCON AGES AND ND SIGNATURE OF VARISCAN BASEMENT, EASTERN PYRENEES (FRANCE) AND CATALAN COASTAL RANGES (SPAIN): RIFT-RELATED GRANITOIDS ABOVE CRYPTIC CADOMIAN BASEMENT

MARTINEZ, F.J., Departament de Geologia, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, IRIONDO, Alex, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, ALEINIKOFF, J.N., USGS, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, PEUCAT, J.-J., UMR 6118 Géosciences Rennes, CNRS Université de Rennes 1 - Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes Cedex, 35042, France, CIRES, J., Institut Geologic de Catalunya, Balmes 209-211, Barcelona, 08006, Spain and DIETSCH, Craig, 500 Geology-Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, dietscc@ucmail.uc.edu, dietscc@ucmail.uc.edu

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