Session No. 217
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)

T212. The Role of Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Extension

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

John Singleton, Martin S. Wong and Michael Wells, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
TECTONIC INHERITANCE DURING EXTENSION IN RIFTS AND PASSIVE MARGINS: A REVIEW
HOLDSWORTH, Robert E.1, IMBER, Jonathan1, MCCAFFREY, Kenneth1, WILSON, Robert W.2, ASHBY, David2 and DE PAOLA, Nicola1, (1)Dept of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (2)BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd, Sunbury Research Centre, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 7LN, United Kingdom, R.E.Holdsworth@durham.ac.uk
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8:25 AM
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8:40 AM
SCALE DEPENDENT INFLUENCE OF PRE-EXISTING SHEAR ZONES ON BRITTLE FAULT GEOMETRY, ARCHITECTURE AND FLUID FLOW STRUCTURE DURING RIFTING
KIRKPATRICK, James1, SODEN, Aisling2, SHIPTON, Zoe3, LUNN, Rebecca3, BEZERRA, Hilario4, PYTHAROULI, Stella3 and DO NASCIMENTO, Aderson4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Strathclyde University, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Geophysics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 59078-970, Brazil, James.Kirkpatrick@colostate.edu
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8:55 AM
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9:10 AM
THE ROLE OF PREEXISTING STRUCTURES DURING EXTENSION OF CALEDONIAN CRUST AND FORMATION OF THE NORTHERN NORTH SEA RIFT
FOSSEN, Haakon, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, FALEIDE, Jan Inge, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, 1048, Norway and BELL, Rebecca, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, haakon.fossen@geo.uib.no
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9:25 AM
CONTRACTIONAL TO EXTENSIONAL EVOLUTION OF A ≥40 MA MID-CRUSTAL SHEAR ZONE, YANSHAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, NORTHERN CHINA
DAVIS, Gregory A. and XIA, Haoran, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, gdavis@usc.edu
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9:45 AM
INHERITED STRUCTURES AND EXHUMATION OF MID-CRUSTAL ROCKS IN CONVERGENT OROGENS: INSIGHTS FROM THE HIMALAYA, NW INDIA
JESSUP, Micah J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, LANGILLE, Jackie, Department of Environmental Science, University of North Carolina at Asheville, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, COTTLE, John, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and AHMAD, Talat, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar, 190 006, India, mjessup@utk.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
METAMOPRHIC CORE COMPLEXES IN FOUR DIMENSIONS:THE ROLE OF POLYPHASE DEFORMATION, NON-CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES, AND TECTONIC HEREDITY IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE SNAKE RANGE-KERN MOUNTAINS-DEEP CREEK COMPLEX, EASTERN NEVADA
GANS, Phillip B.1, WONG, Martin S.2, BENDER, Will3, ELMIGER, Jordan4, KENNEY, Michael J.S.1, LERBACK, Jory5, MONROE, Evan1, PORTELA, Casey2 and WILCH, Joe6, (1)Dept. of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, (2)Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, (3)Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (4)Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5)Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, (6)Geology Department, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, gans@geol.ucsb.edu
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10:35 AM
EVIDENCE FOR MIOCENE REACTIVATION OF A LATE CRETACEOUS TO EARLY TERTIARY SHEAR ZONE IN THE HARCUVAR AND BUCKSKIN-RAWHIDE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES, ARIZONA
WONG, Martin S., Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, SINGLETON, John, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, BAUGHMAN, Jaclyn, Department of Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346 and BUNTING, Kaitlyn C., Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Box: B334, Hamilton, NY 13346, mswong@colgate.edu
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10:50 AM
MESOZOIC ANCESTRY OF THE FUNERAL MOUNTAINS METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX: INFLUENCE OF THRUST BURIAL AND INCLINED RHEOLOGICAL LAYERING ON POLYPHASE MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC EXTENSIONAL REACTIVATION
WELLS, Michael, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, BEYENE, Mengesha A., Federal Highway Administration, 2 Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, McLean, VA 22101, HOISCH, Thomas D., School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, SPELL, Terry L., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and VERVOORT, Jeff, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, michael.wells@unlv.edu
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11:05 AM
UNFOLDING THE STORY OF LATE CRETACEOUS TECTONIC INHERITANCE IN THE RUBY-EAST HUMBOLDT-WOOD HILLS METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, NEVADA: PHANTOM THRUST BELTS, THINNING FOLD-NAPPES, AND OTHER ENIGMAS
MCGREW, Allen J., Department of Geology, The University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, CAMILLERI, Phyllis A., Department of Geosciences, Austin Peay State University, P.O. Box 4418, Clarksville, TN 37044 and SNOKE, A.W., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, amcgrew1@udayton.edu
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11:20 AM
INHERITED CONTROLS ON THE RHEOLOGIC AND KINEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIONEER CORE COMPLEX FOOTWALL
VOGL, James J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, RODGERS, David W., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209 and LINK, Paul K., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, jvogl@ufl.edu
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11:35 AM
THE INFLUENCE OF TECTONIC INHERITANCE IN THE CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSIONAL PROVINCE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE WESTERN LAKE MEAD DOMAIN
UMHOEFER, Paul J.1, ANDERSON, Z.W.2, SAMRA, Charles P.1 and CASSIDY, Colleen1, (1)School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 S. Knoles Drive, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, paul.umhoefer@nau.edu
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