Start |Author Index | View Uploaded Presentations | Meeting Information

Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 60
Tuesday, 16 March 2010: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
International E (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T5. Vorticity and Strain in Shear Zones

 

J. Ryan Thigpen and Micah J. Jessup, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
TECHNIQUES FOR VORTICITY ANALYSIS: A SELECTIVE REVIEW OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR APPLICATION
LAW, R.D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rdlaw@vt.edu, rdlaw@vt.edu
2
8:25 AM
VORTICITY ESTIMATION USING SHEAR BAND CLEAVAGES AS A MEANS TO CHARACTERIZE STRAIN PARTITIONING IN A MAJOR ARCHEAN GENERAL SHEAR ZONE
SHORT, Heather A., Dept of Geosciences, John Abbott College, 21 275 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3L9, Canada and TREMBLAY, Alain, Sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, 201 President-Kennedy Av, PO Box 8888, Montreal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada, heather.short@johnabbott.qc.ca, heather.short@johnabbott.qc.ca
3
8:45 AM
MID-CRUSTAL FLOW, STRAIN PARTITIONING AND EXHUMATION IN THE CENTRAL HIMALAYA, TIBET/NEPAL
JESSUP, Micah, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, COTTLE, John, Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and LANGILLE, Jackie, Department of Environmental Science, University of North Carolina at Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, mjessup@utk.edu, mjessup@utk.edu
4
9:05 AM
EXAMINATION OF VORTICITY AT DIFFERENT CRUSTAL LEVELS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE MOINE THRUST ZONE, NW SCOTTISH CALEDONIDES
THIGPEN, J. Ryan, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, 215 McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA 23185, LAW, Richard D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ROTH, Benjamin L., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, LLOYD, Geoffrey E., School of Earth and Environment, Leeds University, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom and BROWN, Summer J., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, thigpe05@vt.edu, thigpe05@vt.edu
5
9:25 AM
INTEGRATED STRAIN, PETROFABRIC AND VORTICITY ANALYSIS OF MOINE THRUST FOOTWALL MYLONITES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ASSYNT WINDOW, NW SCOTLAND
ROTH, Benjamin L.1, LAW, Richard D.2, THIGPEN, J. Ryan3 and BROWN, Summer J.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, broth@vt.edu, broth@vt.edu
6
9:45 AM
CYLINDRICAL FOLDS AT A LOW ANGLE TO THE STRETCHING LINEATION IN THE TACONIC SLATE BELT
CRESPI, Jean, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, jean.crespi@uconn.edu, jean.crespi@uconn.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
7
10:25 AM
GENERAL SHEAR ZONES AT THE EASTERN BASEMENT-COVER CONTACT, BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE, VIRGINIA
BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, cmbail@wm.edu, cmbail@wm.edu
8
10:45 AM
3D RESTORATION OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC SUGAR HOLLOW RIFT BASIN USING STRAIN AND VORTICITY ANALYSIS, BLUE RIDGE, CENTRAL VIRGINIA
LASKOWSKI, Andrew, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, THIGPEN, J. Ryan, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, aklask@wm.edu, aklask@wm.edu
9
11:05 AM
QUANTIFYING THE KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE SLIDE LAKE SHEAR ZONE, SAWATCH RANGE, COLORADO
LEE, P. Elizabeth1, JESSUP, Micah J.2, SHAW, Colin A.3 and HICKS III, Gordon L.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, plizlee@gmail.com, plizlee@gmail.com
10
11:25 AM
CONSTRAINING THE DEFORMATION GEOMETRY OF THE YAVAPAI-MAZATAL OROGENY USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRAIN ANALYSIS IN THE PROTEROZOIC VALLECITO CONGLOMERATE, NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
SNELL, Alexandra K., Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 and BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, aksnel@wm.edu, aksnel@wm.edu
See more of: Technical Sessions
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>