Northeastern Section - 47th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2012)

Session No. 46
Tuesday, 20 March 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom D (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

T2. High-Strain Zone Kinematics, From the Microscopic to the Macroscopic Scale

 

Yvette D. Kuiper and Scott Giorgis, Advocates
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8:00 AM
MAGMATISM AND THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH STRAIN ZONES IN THE LOWER CRUST DURING LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION AND OROGENIC COLLAPSE, FIORDLAND, NEW ZEALAND
KLEPEIS, Keith A., Geology, University of Vermont, Trinity Campus, Burlington, VT 05405, STOWELL, Harold H., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, ODOM PARKER, Karen, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and WEBBER, Jeffrey, Geology, University of Vermont, Trinity Campus, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, Keith.Klepeis@uvm.edu, Keith.Klepeis@uvm.edu
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8:20 AM
INTERPRETING THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF CRUSTAL-SCALE HIGH STRAIN ZONES: INSIGHTS FROM THE CORA LAKE SHEAR ZONE, WESTERN CHURCHILL PROVINCE
REGAN, Sean, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01002, WILLIAMS, M.L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 N Pleasant ST, Amherst, MA 01003, HOLLAND, Mark Edward, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, LESLIE, S., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, MAHAN, K.H., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, JERCINOVIC, Michael J., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003-9297 and ALLAZ, Julien, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, sregan@geo.umass.edu, sregan@geo.umass.edu
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8:40 AM
4
9:00 AM
HYDROTHERMAL MASS TRANSFER AND MAGNETITE MINERALIZATION IN DILATIONAL SHEAR ZONES, WESTERN HUDSON HIGHLANDS, NY
KALCZYNSKI, Michael J., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall, Newark, NJ 07102 and GATES, Alexander E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith Hall Room 137, Newark, NJ 07102, mjkalz@gmail.com, mjkalz@gmail.com
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9:20 AM
FROM ISOCLINAL FOLDS TO SHEATH FOLDS: THE PRESERVATION OF INTERMEDIATE-STAGE STRUCTURES ALONG AN ORDOVICIAN THRUST ZONE, WATERBURY RESERVOIR, CENTRAL VERMONT
KIM, Jonathan, Vermont Geological Survey, 103 South Main Street, Logue Cottage, Waterbury, VT 05671-2420 and KLEPEIS, Keith A., Geology, University of Vermont, Trinity Campus, Burlington, VT 05405, jon.kim@state.vt.us, jon.kim@state.vt.us
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9:40 AM
A PROMINENT ZONE OF EARLY DEVONIAN CRUSTAL WEAKNESS AND MIGMATIZATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL MAINE
POLLOCK, S.G., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038, WEST Jr, D.P., Dept. of Geology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, GROVER, T.W., Dept. of Natural Sciences, Castleton University, Castleton, VT 05735 and BERRY IV, H.N., Maine Geological Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, pollock@usm.maine.edu, pollock@usm.maine.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
EXHUMATION OF THE TURNER MOUNTAIN SYENITE FAULT SLIVER IN THE NORUMBEGA FAULT ZONE OF MAINE: IMPLICATIONS FOR KINEMATICS OF OROGEN-PARALLEL FAULT REACTIVATION
WANG, Chunzeng, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769 and LUDMAN, Allan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367-1597, chunzeng.wang@maine.edu, chunzeng.wang@maine.edu
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10:40 AM
RHEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY, STRAIN PARTITIONING, SHEAR STRESS COUPLING, AND KINEMATICS IN PORPHYROBLASTIC SCHISTS
FRIEMAN, Ben M., JOHNSON, Scott E. and GERBI, Christopher, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469, ben.frieman@maine.edu, ben.frieman@maine.edu
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11:00 AM
MICROSTRUCTURE AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE MICROGARNET AGGREGATES DEVELOPED DURING FLATTENING, GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING, AND DIFFUSION CREEP
MASSEY, Matthew A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 and MOECHER, David, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, matthew.massey@uky.edu, matthew.massey@uky.edu
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11:20 AM
AN INVERSE APPROACH TO EXTRACTING STRAIN AND VORTICITY DATA FROM PORPHYROCLAST POPULATIONS
GIORGIS, Scott, Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454 and DAVIS, Joshua R., Mathematics Department, Carleton College, 1 N. College St, Northfield, MN 55057, giorgis@geneseo.edu, giorgis@geneseo.edu
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