Session: Successes, Failures, and the Future of Area-Volume Balancing and Structural Restoration: A Critical Evaluation Honoring the Centennial of R.T. Chamberlin’s Groundbreaking Paper On Depth-to-Detachment Calculation I (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T149. Successes, Failures, and the Future of Area-Volume Balancing and Structural Restoration: A Critical Evaluation Honoring the Centennial of R.T. Chamberlin’s Groundbreaking Paper On Depth-to-Detachment Calculation I

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

Richard H. Groshong Jr, Bob Ratliff and Alan D. Gibbs, Advocates

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Start Time

8:00 AM

INFERENCE UNCERTAINTY: CHAMBERLIN'S FIRST BALANCED SECTION, WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHY It MATTERS

GROSHONG Jr, Richard H., department of Geological Sciences, Emeritus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, rhgroshong@cs.com, rhgroshong@cs.com

8:20 AM

WHERE DID CHAMBERLIN GO WRONG? DATA, MECHANICAL INTERPRETATION AND WHAT CONSITITUTES PROOF

WILTSCHKO, David V., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3115, College Station, TX 77843-3115, d.wiltschko@tamu.edu, d.wiltschko@tamu.edu

8:35 AM

APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL MODELS TO FOLD-THRUST BELTS – POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE OUTCOMES FOR UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION

BOND, Clare E., Dept of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, clare.bond@abdn.ac.uk, clare.bond@abdn.ac.uk

8:50 AM

BALANCING: THE END GAME OR JUST THE START

GIBBS, Alan D., Midland Valley Exploration, 144 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2HG, United Kingdom, alan@mve.com, alan@mve.com

9:05 AM

Break

9:20 AM

CROSS-SECTION RESTORATION – SPICIER WITH A TOUCH OF SALT

ROWAN, Mark G., Rowan Consulting Inc, 850 8th St, Boulder, CO 80302 and RATLIFF, Robert A., Landmark Software and Services, 1435 Yarmouth Avenue, Suite 106, Boulder, CO 80304-4338, mgrowan@frii.com, mgrowan@frii.com

9:35 AM

BENEFITS OF USING ITERATIVE RESTORATION AND FORWARD MODELING FOR BALANCED SECTION CONSTRUCTION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SUN RIVER CANYON, MONTANA

RATLIFF, Robert A., Landmark Software and Services, 1435 Yarmouth Avenue, Suite 106, Boulder, CO 80304-4338 and HENNINGS, Peter, ConocoPhillips Subsurface Technology, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, Bob.Ratliff@Halliburton.com, Bob.Ratliff@Halliburton.com

9:50 AM

THE EVOLUTION OF SECTION CONSTRUCTION METHODS IN THRUST BELTS AND HOW TO PRACTICALLY APPLY THEM

COOPER, Mark, Sherwood GeoConsulting Inc, 208 1235 17th Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T0C2, Canada, mark@sherwoodgeo.com, mark@sherwoodgeo.com

10:05 AM

THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL MODELS, BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS, AND KINEMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS IN IMPROVING 3-D INTERPRETATIONS

MITRA, Shankar, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, SEC 810, Norman, OK 73019, smitra@ou.edu, smitra@ou.edu

10:25 AM

break

10:40 AM

ERROR PROPAGATION VIA AREA BALANCING IN BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS

ALLMENDINGER, Richard W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504 and JUDGE, Phoebe A., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, rwa1@cornell.edu, rwa1@cornell.edu

10:55 AM

KINK-BAND AND VELOCITY-BOUNDARY INTERFERENCE

TOWNSEND, Meredith R. and CONNORS, Christopher D., Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, townsendm11@mail.wlu.edu, townsendm11@mail.wlu.edu

11:10 AM

IS HANGING WALL FOLD GEOMETRY ADEQUATE FOR DETERMINING SUBSURFACE NORMAL FAULT SHAPE?

RESOR, Phillip G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459 and POLLARD, Dave D., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, presor@wesleyan.edu, presor@wesleyan.edu

11:25 AM

PITFALLS AMONG THE PROMISE OF MECHANICS-BASED STRUCTURAL RESTORATION

LOVELY, Peter, Geological and Environmental Science, Stanford University, Braun Hall, Bldg. 320, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, POLLARD, David D., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, GUZOFSKI, Chris, Chevron ETC, 1500 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002 and FLODIN, Eric A., Tengizchevroil, Atyrau, 060001, Kazakhstan, plovely@stanford.edu, plovely@stanford.edu

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