Cordilleran Section - 106th Annual Meeting, and Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (27-29 May 2010)

Session No. 53
Saturday, 29 May 2010: 1:30 PM-4:05 PM
Platinum 4 (Marriott Anaheim Hotel)

Structural Geology/Tectonics II

 

Jonathan A. Nourse and Jeanette C. Arkle, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
LATE-CRETACEOUS SHEAR ZONES FORMED BY EMPLACEMENT, REGIONAL DEXTRAL SLIP, AND STRAIN PARTITIONING AROUND THE TUOLUMNE BATHOLITH: IMPLICATIONS FOR SHEAR ZONE DEVELOPMENT IN ARCS AND CRETACEOUS TECTONICS
CAO, Wenrong1, PATERSON, Scott R.2, WHITESIDES, Andrew1, MEMETI, Vali3 and MILLER, Robert B.4, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Zumberge Hall of Science (ZHS), Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130-4862, (4)Geology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0102, wenrongc@usc.edu, wenrongc@usc.edu
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2:00 PM
TRANSITION FROM DUCTILE TO BRITTLE MOTION ON THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE EASTERN SIERRA CREST SHEAR ZONE (ESCSZ) IN THE SADDLEBAG LAKE PENDANT, CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CA
WHITESIDES, Andrew1, CAO, Wenrong1, PATERSON, Scott R.2, ENRIQUEZ, Marcus3, EHRET, Phillip4, CULBERT, Kristan5, GROSS, M. Benjamin6, ZHANG, Tao7, MEMETI, Vali8 and MUNDIL, Roland9, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Zumberge Hall of Science (ZHS), Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Cal State L.A, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (5)National Park Service, Saguaro National Park/Sonoran Desert Network, 12661 E. Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85730, (6)National Park Service (Partner), Mount Rainier National Park, 70004 SR 410 E, Enumclaw, WA 98022, (7)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (8)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130-4862, (9)Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211, andrew.whitesides@gmail.com, andrew.whitesides@gmail.com
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2:20 PM
GEOLOGY AND SEISMIC POTENTIAL OF THE HUSTAIN FAULT, CENTRAL MONGOLIA
DAY, Paul P., Geological Sciences, California State University, 595 Charles Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095, KELTY, Thomas K., Geological Sciences, CSULB, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840 and DASH, Batulzii, School of Geology, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, PO Box 46/520, Ulaanbaatar, 210646, Mongolia, paulday@ucla.edu, paulday@ucla.edu
 
2:40 PM
Break
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2:55 PM
STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF A SEGMENT OF THE PENINSULAR RANGES BATHOLITHS (PRB), SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: NEW EVIDENCE FOR PRE-130 MA AND POST- TO SYN-116 MA DEFORMATION
BETHEL-THOMPSON, C.E.M., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile, San Diego, CA 92182, SAINBURY, J.S., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, RICKETTS, J.W., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, GIRTY, Gary H., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 and KIMBROUGH, David L., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182, cbethelt@gmail.com, cbethelt@gmail.com
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3:15 PM
TECTONIC AND STRUCTURAL SETTING OF GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE SONORA-MOJAVE BELT: EXAMPLE FROM THE JUAREZ-TAJITOS AREA
NOURSE, Jonathan A., Geological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 West Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768 and IRWIN, James J., Colibri Resource Corporation, 803-1720 Balsam Street, Vancouver, BC V6K3M2, Canada, janourse@csupomona.edu, janourse@csupomona.edu
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3:35 PM
THE COPPER BASIN FAULT: A NEWLY DEFINED REGIONAL REVERSE FAULT IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER REGION, SE CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF INITIATION OF THE ECSZ
SUTTON, Lauren A.1, RICKETTS, J.W.2, SAINSBURY, J.S.2, GORDON, Erik M.2, HASTEN, Zachary E.L.3 and GIRTY, Gary H.1, (1)Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, (2)Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, (3)Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, L.alisutton@gmail.com, L.alisutton@gmail.com
 
3:55 PM
Concluding Remarks