Session No. 24
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 506 (Colorado Convention Center)

T202. Critical Taper and Orogenic Flow: Compatible or Incompatible Elements?

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Dan Gibson and Felix Gervais, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
HOW DOES THE MID-CRUST ACCOMMODATE DEFORMATION IN LARGE, HOT COLLISIONAL OROGENS? INSIGHT FROM THE HIMALAYA-TIBET SYSTEM
COTTLE, John, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, LARSON, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada and KELLETT, Dawn, Geological Survey of Canada, Central Canada Division, Natural Resources Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, K1A 0E8, Canada, cottle@geol.ucsb.edu
2
8:25 AM
QUANTIFYING CONTINENTAL DEFORMATIONAL PROCESSES THROUGH DOCUMENTING CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES AND RATES: EXAMPLES FROM THE BHUTAN HIMALAYA
MCQUARRIE, Nadine, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, nmcq@pitt.edu
3
8:45 AM
THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS AND ANALOGOUS SYSTEMS WERE BUILT BY UNDERPLATING
WEBB, A. Alexander G.1, YU, Hongjiao1, HE, Dian1, LARSON, Kyle2 and SCHMITT, Axel K.3, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada, (3)Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, awebb@lsu.edu
4
9:00 AM
TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITIES IN THE HIMALAYAN MID-CRUST
LARSON, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada, kyle.larson@ubc.ca
 
9:15 AM
Discussion
 
9:30 AM
Break
5
9:45 AM
DYNAMIC SYSTEM AND KINEMATICS MODEL OF CENOZOIC STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION IN QAIDAM BASIN AND THE NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
GUAN, Shuwei1, ZHANG, Shuichang2, GUO, Zhaojie3, WANG, Liangshu4, FANG, Shihu5, CHENG, Feng6, MA, Dade7 and WANG, Liqun7, (1)Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Petrochina, P.O. Box 910, 20# Xueyuan Road, Beijing, China, Beijing, 100083, China, (2)Petroleum Geology Research and Laboratory Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing, 100083, China, (3)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, (4)School of Earth Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, No.22 Hankou Rd, Nanjing, 210093, China, (5)PetroChina Exploration and Development Institute, Beijing, 100083, China, (6)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (7)Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield Company, Dunhuang, 736202, guan@petrochina.com.cn
6
10:00 AM
QUATERNARY LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING
SPENCER, Jon E., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress St., #100, Tucson, AZ 85704, jon.spencer@azgs.az.gov
7
10:15 AM
RECENT ADVANCES IN QUANTITATIVE CRITICAL-TAPER WEDGE MECHANICS: MODELS AND REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS
STRAYER, Luther M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward, CA 94542 and SUPPE, John, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, P.O. Box 13-318, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, luther.strayer@csueastbay.edu
8
10:30 AM
MODES OF EXTENSION IN COLLAPSING OROGENS
WU, Guangliang, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200), Austin, TX 78712, LAVIER, Luc L., Institute for Geophysics- Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Rd. (Bldg 196), Austin, TX 78758-4445 and CHOI, Eunseo, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis, 3890 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38152, glwu@utexas.edu
9
10:45 AM
EVOLUTION OF A FRICTIONAL WEDGE USING VELOCITY AND DEFORMATION FIELDS FROM SAND EXPERIMENTS
BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109 and MA, Keith, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, mark.brandon@yale.edu
10
11:00 AM
A MID-CRETACEOUS PLATEAU OF ALTIPLANO PROPORTIONS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORIDLLERA - WAS IT DEFLATED BY DEEP CRUSTAL FLOW?
GIBSON, H. Daniel, Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, hdgibson@sfu.ca
11
11:15 AM
WEDGING THE FLOW! THE CRITICAL EVOLUTION OF AN OROGENIC CHANNEL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA
GERVAIS, Felix, Civil, geological, mining engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Campus de l'Université de Montréal, 2500, chemin de Polytechnique, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada, felix.gervais@polymtl.ca
 
11:30 AM
Discussion
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
See more of: Technical Sessions