CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 76
Monday, 10 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T20. Beyond Balanced Sections: New Horizons in Structural and Mechanical Modeling

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Gary G. Gray and Julia K. Morgan, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
USE OF FINITE ELEMENT FORWARD MODELING IN ANALYZING GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GRAY, Gary G. and CHIKICHEV, Ivan, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, gary.g.gray@exxonmobil.com, gary.g.gray@exxonmobil.com
2
8:20 AM
FINITE ELEMENT MODELS OF CONTRACTIONAL FAULT-RELATED FOLDING
ALBERTZ, Markus, LINGREY, Steven and SANZ, Pablo, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77098, pablo.f.sanz@exxonmobil.com, pablo.f.sanz@exxonmobil.com
3
8:35 AM
FEM AND DEM MODELING OF BASEMENT-INVOLVED FOLDS AND THRUSTS, WITH APPLICATION TO SHEEP MOUNTAIN-GREYBULL AREA, WYOMING
ZHANG, Jie1, MORGAN, Julia K.1, GRAY, Gary G.2, HARKINS, Nathan W.2, SANZ, Pablo F.2 and CHIKICHEV, Ivan2, (1)Department of Earth Science, Rice University, MS-126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (2)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, jz7@rice.edu, jz7@rice.edu
4
8:50 AM
THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF TRIANGLE ZONES IN FOLD-AND-THRUST-BELTS: INSIGHTS FROM DEM SIMULATIONS
DEAN, Sarah L., FOURNIER, Tom and MORGAN, Julia, Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, sarah.dean@rice.edu, sarah.dean@rice.edu
5
9:05 AM
REGIONAL-SCALE SALT TECTONICS MODELLING: BENCH-SCALE VALIDATION AND EXTENSION TO FIELD-SCALE PREDICTIONS
THORNTON, Dean A.1, ROBERTS, Daniel T.2, CROOK, Anthony J.L.1 and YU, Jian G.1, (1)Rockfield Software Ltd, ETHOS Building, Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea, SA1 8AS, United Kingdom, (2)Seismic 3D Lab, School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom, d.thornton@rockfield.co.uk, d.thornton@rockfield.co.uk
6
9:25 AM
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE FAULT
COOKE, Michele L., Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, cooke@geo.umass.edu, cooke@geo.umass.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
7
10:00 AM
FRICTIONAL AND GRAVITATIONAL EFFECT ON FAULT REACTIVATION: A MINIMUM-WORK APPROACH
CRUZ, Leonardo, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Braun Hall 215, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and HILLEY, George E., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 455 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, leocruz@stanford.edu, leocruz@stanford.edu
8
10:15 AM
THE MECHANICS OF THRUST FAULT INITIATION AND FOLD AND THRUST BELT EVOLUTION: INSIGHTS FROM DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS
MORGAN, Julia K., Department of Earth Science, Rice University, MS-126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, morganj@rice.edu, morganj@rice.edu
9
10:30 AM
MECHANICAL BASIS OF FAULT-BEND FOLDING
BENESH, Nathan P.1, HUGHES, Amanda N.2, ALT III, Richard C.2 and SHAW, John H.2, (1)ExxonMobil Production Company, 800 Bell St, Houston, TX 77002, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, shaw@eps.harvard.edu, shaw@eps.harvard.edu
10
10:50 AM
MECHANICAL MODELING OF FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDS AND COMPARISON WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA AND ANALOG MODELS
HUGHES, Amanda N.1, BENESH, Nathan P.2, ALT III, Richard C.1 and SHAW, John H.1, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)ExxonMobil Production Company, 800 Bell St, Houston, TX 77002, ahughes@fas.harvard.edu, ahughes@fas.harvard.edu
11
11:05 AM
DEM MODELING OF KUQA SALT-RELATED FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT, CHINA
YIN, Hongwei1, MORGAN, Julia2, WANG, Xin3, WU, Zhengyun1 and WANG, Zhe4, (1)Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Hankou Road 22, Nanjing, 210093, China, (2)Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, (3)Geosciences Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, (4)Geosciences Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China, hwyin@nju.edu.cn, hwyin@nju.edu.cn
12
11:20 AM
FLEXURAL FLOW FOLDING REVISITED
HUDLESTON, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and TREAGUS, Susan, Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, hudle001@umn.edu, hudle001@umn.edu
 
11:35 AM
Concluding Remarks
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