Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia

Session No. 4
Monday, 4 October 2010: 10:50-12:30
Kemal Kurdas Salon (METU Convention and Cultural Centre)

Strike-slip and transform fault tectonics. Part 1

Dogrultu atim ve transform fay tektonigi

 

Zvi Garfunkel and Paul Mann, Chairs
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10:50
COEVAL GLOBAL EXTENSIONAL EVENTS – AN INDICATION OF TRANSMISSION OF CHANGES IN PLATE MOTIONS IN RESPONSE TO COLLISION, COUPLING, AND CAPTURE
ANDERSON, Thomas H., Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, taco@pitt.edu, taco@pitt.edu
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11:10
BIRTH OF A PLATE BOUNDARY: TRANSTENSIONAL TECTONICS AND MAGMATISM, SIERRA NEVADA MICROPLATE AND GULF OF CALIFORNIA RIFT
BUSBY, Cathy J., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Webb Hall, BLDG 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630 and PUTIRKA, Keith, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University - Fresno, 2345 E. San Ramon Ave, MS/MH24, Fresno, CA 93720, cathy@crustal.ucsb.edu, cathy@crustal.ucsb.edu
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11:30
TRANSFORM MOTION ACROSS THE SCOTIA ARC: INFLUENCE ON OCEANIC CIRCULATION
DALZIEL, Ian W.D., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758 and LAWVER, Lawrence, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, ian@ig.utexas.edu, ian@ig.utexas.edu
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11:50
THE CARIBBEAN PLATE: A NATURAL LABORATORY FOR THE STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE AND SEISMIC POTENTIAL OF ACTIVE STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS
MANN, Paul, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research, Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, pmann@uh.edu, pmann@uh.edu
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12:10
STRIKE-SLIP TRANSLATIONS IN EVOLVING OROGENS: THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA EXAMPLE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOTECTONIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES
WYLD, Sandra J., N/a, MapTect LLC, 196 Alps Rd, Suite 2 - 168, Athens, GA 30606 and WRIGHT, James E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, swyld2@gmail.com, swyld2@gmail.com
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