Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting (20–22 March 2011)

Session No. 14
Sunday, 20 March 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Bob Hope (Omni William Penn Hotel)

Structural Geology/Tectonics

 

D.K. Holm and Jean Crespi, Chairs
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
MESOZOIC NORMAL FAULTS IN THE TACONIC SLATE BELT AND THE EFFECT OF PREEXISTING STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY ON FAULT DEVELOPMENT
CRESPI, Jean M., Department of Geology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1504, Slovenia, jean.crespi@uconn.edu, jean.crespi@uconn.edu
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1:45 PM
VARIABLY DEVELOPED JOINTS IN THE ORDOVICIAN STRATA OF THE TUG HILL PLATEAU, NEW YORK
VALENTINO, Joshua, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126 and VALENTINO, David, Department of Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, jvalent1@oswego.edu, jvalent1@oswego.edu
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2:00 PM
EVIDENCE FOR ALLEGHANIAN DEFORMATION IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY, VERMONT
WASHINGTON, Paul A., Salona Exploration LLC, Mill Hall, PA 17751, paul.washington@gmail.com, paul.washington@gmail.com
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2:15 PM
EVIDENCE FOR MESOZOIC FAULT REACTIVATION AND UNROOFING OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC BASED ON APATITE FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS
RODEN-TICE, Mary K., Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, 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 and GARCIA, Sade M., Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, mary.rodentice@plattsburgh.edu, mary.rodentice@plattsburgh.edu
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2:30 PM
A STRUCTURAL, GEOCHRONOLOGIC, AND ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (AMS) STUDY OF THE BLACK LAKE SHEAR ZONE, ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS (GRENVILLE PROVINCE, NEW YORK)
WONG, Martin S.1, PECK, William H.1 and SELLECK, Bruce W.2, (1)Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, (2)Department of Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, mswong@colgate.edu, mswong@colgate.edu
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2:45 PM
PALEOSTRESS FIELDS OF MESOZOIC DIKES AND JOINTS IN GREAT GULF, TUCKERMAN RAVINE, AND HUNTINGTON RAVINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
EUSDEN Jr., J. Dykstra1, CASTRO, Carlos F.2, GARDNER, J. Patrick3 and KINDLEY, Carter A.3, (1)Geology, Bates College, 44 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, ME 04240, (2)Geophysics, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, 2100 Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2300, Denmark, (3)Geology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240, deusden@bates.edu, deusden@bates.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
PALEOMAGNETISM OF THE KITTERY FORMATION: A RECORD OF TECTONISM AND ROTATION
BOUCHER, Julianne B., University of New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824, CLYDE, William C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 and BOTHNER, W.A., Earth Sciences, UNH, Durham, NH 03824, jb40@cisunix.unh.edu, jb40@cisunix.unh.edu
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3:30 PM
THE VOGAR FISSURE SWARM, REYKJANES PENINSULA, ICELAND: ASEISMIC KINEMATICS OF AN OBLIQUE RIFT ZONE
RUNNALS, Keegan T., Geology, Bates College, 44 Campus Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240, EINARSSON, Pàll, Geosciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 101, Iceland and EUSDEN Jr., J. Dykstra, Geology, Bates College, 44 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, ME 04240, krunnals@bates.edu, krunnals@bates.edu
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3:45 PM
GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FOLDED GREYWACKE LAYERS FROM PACHECO PASS, CALIFORNIA
SAJA, David B., Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, dsaja@cmnh.org, dsaja@cmnh.org
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4:00 PM
EXPLORATION SIGNIFICANCE OF UNCONFORMITY STRUCTURE ON SUBTLE POOLS
WU Sr, Kongyou, China University of Petroleum (Hua Dong), College of Geo-Resources and Information, 271 Bei 2 Rd., Dongying, No. 66, Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266555, China, wukongyou@163.com, wukongyou@163.com
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4:15 PM
TRANSIENT UPPER CRUSTAL KINEMATIC COMPATIBILITY STRUCTURE ILLUMINATED BY THE CHI CHI EARTHQUAKE: RESULTS FROM STRAIN INVERSIONS IN THE LULIAO REGION, TAIWAN
LAMONT, Ellen Ari, Geoscience Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 850 Fairview Ave, Indiana, PA 15701, LEWIS, Jonathan C., Geoscience Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 302 East Walk, Walsh Hall, Rm 111, Indiana, PA 15705, BYRNE, Timothy, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Univ of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269-2045, CRESPI, Jean M., Department of Geology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1504, Slovenia and RAU, Ruey-Juin, Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, e.a.lamont@iup.edu, e.a.lamont@iup.edu
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4:30 PM
ADVANCES IN QUANTITATIVE RIETVELD ANALYSIS (XRPD) FOR MINERALS AND MINING APPLICATIONS
SEYFARTH, Alexander, BRUKER AXS Inc, 5465 E Cheryl Pkwy, Madison, WI 53711 and KERN, Arnt, Bruker AXS GmbH, Oestliche Rheinbrueckenstrasse 49, Karlsruhe, 76187, Germany, Alexander.Seyfarth@bruker-axs.com, Alexander.Seyfarth@bruker-axs.com
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4:45 PM
WAVES-ROPES-LOBES, FLUIDIZATION AND DEFORMATION AT LACCOLITH-HOST CONTACTS (ELBA ISLAND, ITALY)
WESTERMAN, David S.1, DINI, Andrea2, ROCCHI, Sergio3 and RONI, Emanuele3, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, (2)Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pisa, I-56124, Italy, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria, 53, Pisa, I-56126, Italy, westy@norwich.edu, westy@norwich.edu
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5:00 PM
THE TIMING OF RIFT INITIATION BETWEEN THE NORTH AUSTRALIA AND GAWLER/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA CRATONS
CONNELLY, Daniel P., 4815 Covered Bridge Rd, Millville, NJ 08332, danielconnelly@comcast.net, danielconnelly@comcast.net