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Session No. 79
Monday, 1 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

Recent Advances in Tectonics

 

Willis E. Hames and Matthew T. Huebner, Chairs
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8:00 AM
LATE-STAGE CALEDONIAN COLLISIONAL TECTONICS OF NORTHERN SCANDINAVIA – LINKED CONTRACTIONAL AND EXTENSIONAL EXHUMATION OF THE BALTOSCANDIAN MARGIN
ANDERSON, Mark W., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, STELTENPOHL, Mark G., Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, KEY, Thomas B., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL AL36849, ANDRESEN, Arild, Department of Geology, Univ of Oslo, 1047 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Oslo, Norway and HAMES, Willis E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, manderson@plymouth.ac.uk, manderson@plymouth.ac.uk
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8:15 AM
A TERRANE BOUNDARY IN THE CENTRAL GEORGIA (USA) INNER PIEDMONT CONFIRMED USING NEW U-PB SHRIMP AGES OF GRANITIC ROCKS
HUEBNER, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, WOODEN, Joseph L., USGS-Stanford Ion Microprobe Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, mhuebne1@utk.edu, mhuebne1@utk.edu
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8:30 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC AND DETRITAL SOURCE CONSTRAINTS FOR LOWER PALEOZOIC POTTSVILLE FORMATION OF ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI
UDDIN, Ashraf1, HAMES, Willis E.2, PEAVY, Tara2 and PASHIN, Jack C.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (3)Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, uddinas@auburn.edu, uddinas@auburn.edu
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8:45 AM
THE MIDDLE JURASSIC FLOOD BASALTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA
HAMES, Willis E.1, SALTERS, Vincent J.2, MORRIS, Daniel1 and BILLOR, M. Zeki1, (1)Geology Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Geological Sciences, Florida State University & National High Magnet Field Laboratory, B302 NHMFL FSU, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32310-3706, hameswe@auburn.edu, hameswe@auburn.edu
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9:00 AM
PLIOCENE MARINE TRANSGRESSION OF THE COASTAL PLAIN, EASTERN UNITED STATES, THE CASE FOR DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHIC UPLIFT
ROWLEY, David B., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, FORTE, Alessandro M., Geotop, Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, CP 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C3P9, Canada, MOUCHA, Robert, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, GRAND, Stephen P., Department of Geological Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 and SIMMONS, Nathan A., Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550-9234, rowley@geosci.uchicago.edu, rowley@geosci.uchicago.edu
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9:15 AM
EVIDENCE FROM LU-HF GARNET GEOCHRONOLOGY OF REGIONAL PROTEROZOIC POLYPHASE METAMORPHISM IN WESTERN LAURENTIA
NESHEIM, Timothy O.1, VERVOORT, Jeff2, MCCLELLAND, William C.3, LANG, Helen M.4 and GILOTTI, Jane A.3, (1)North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND 58501, (2)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (4)Dept. Geology & Geography, West Virginia Univ, P.O. Box 6300, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, tnesheim@yahoo.com, tnesheim@yahoo.com
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
KINEMATIC HISTORY OF THE WILDHORSE DETACHMENT FAULT, PIONEER MOUNTAINS, SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO
DIEDESCH, Timothy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, RODGERS, David W., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209 and VOGL, James J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, tdiedesc@utk.edu, tdiedesc@utk.edu
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10:00 AM
SECONDARY MAGNETIZATION SUGGESTS A LATE JURASSIC DEFORMATION IN CENTRAL TEXAS
STEINER, Maureen B., Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University, dept 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, magnetic@uwyo.edu, magnetic@uwyo.edu
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10:15 AM
DATING TECTONIC EVENTS on THE CHORTíS BLOCK
GORDON, Mark B.1, PALL-GORDON, Cecilia2, BLYTHE, Ann E.3, COPELAND, Peter4, DONELICK, Margaret5, DEFFONTAINES, Benoît2 and ANGELIER, Jacques2, (1)Shell Int. Expl. Prod, Bellaire Technology Center, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, (2)UPMC, Boite 129, Paris, 75252, France, (3)Dept. of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (4)Geoscience, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77204, (5)Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Road, Viola, ID 83872-9709, mark.b.gordon@shell.com, mark.b.gordon@shell.com
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10:30 AM
STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE PUNCOVISCANA FORMATION IN SIERRA DE QUILMES, NORTHERN SIERRAS PAMPEANAS, NW ARGENTINA
PINAN-LLAMAS, Aranzazu, Department of Geosciences, IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, ESCAMILLA-CASAS, Jose C., Esia-Ticoman, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Av. Ticoman No. 600, Col. San Jose Ticoman, Mexico, D.F, 07340, Mexico and LOPEZ Sr, Jose Pablo, Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica - CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Miguel Lillo 205, San Miguel de Tucumán - Tucuman, Tucuman, 49422, Argentina, pinana@ipfw.edu, pinana@ipfw.edu
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10:45 AM
DEVONIAN TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NORTHWESTERNMOST PRECORDILLERA TERRANE (NW ARGENTINA)
SCHMIDT, Christopher J.1, ASTINI, Ricardo A.2, MARTINA, Federico3 and ALBERTENGO, Mario3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (2)CICTERRA-CONICET, Laboratorio de Análisis de Cuencas- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Velez Sarsfield 1611, Córdoba, X5016GCA, Argentina, (3)Laboratorio de Análisis de Cuencas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Velez Sarsfield 1611, 2º piso, of. 7, Córdoba, X5016GCA, Argentina, schmidt@wmich.edu, schmidt@wmich.edu
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11:00 AM
SURFACE RUPTURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 14 APRIL, 2010 YUSHU EARTHQUAKES, EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU, QINHAI PROVINCE, CHINA
LI, Dewei1, BARTHOLOMEW, Mervin J.2, LUO, Wenxing3 and FENG, Cheng3, (1)Faculty of Earth Sciences and Earthquake Research Center, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430074, China, (2)Earth Sciences, Univ of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (3)Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430074, China, dewei89@sina.com, dewei89@sina.com
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