Session No. 182
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)

T205. From Extension to Rift to Drift: Geological, Geophysical, and Geodynamic Perspectives

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Eunseo Choi, Maria Beatrice Magnani and Nicholas W. Hayman, Advocates
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1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:05 PM
CRUSTAL THINNING PROCESSES AT RIFTED CONTINENTAL MARGINS: THE KEY ROLE OF NECKING ZONES
MOHN, Geoffroy1, MANATSCHAL, Gianreto2, BELTRANDO, Marco3, MASINI, Emmanuel2, PETRI, Benoit2, KUSZNIR, Nick4 and KARNER, Garry5, (1)Department of Geosciences and Environment, Université Cergy-Pontoise, 5, mail Gay Lussac, Neuville-sur-Oise, 95031, France, (2)Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, Strasbourg, 67084, France, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche e Petrologiche, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, (4)Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, United Kingdom, (5)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77098, Geoffroy.Mohn@u-cergy.fr
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1:25 PM
CONSTRICTION AND PLIOCENE ACCELERATION OF EAST-WEST EXTENSION IN THE NORTH LUNGGAR RIFT REGION OF WEST-CENTRAL TIBET
SUNDELL, Kurt E., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, TAYLOR, Michael H., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, STYRON, Richard H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, KAPP, Paul, Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, LIU, Deliang, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 18 Shuang Qing Rd, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing, 100085, China and DING, Lin, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, kurtsundell@gmail.com
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1:40 PM
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1:55 PM
FAILURE WAS NOT AN OPTION- THE MID-CONTINENT RIFT SYSTEM SUCCEEDED
STEIN, Carol A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, STEIN, Seth, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, MERINO, Miguel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, FLESCH, Lucy M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906 and JURDY, Donna M., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, cstein@uic.edu
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2:10 PM
NEW EVIDENCE OF SEAFLOOR SPREADING MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR OPENING OF THE GULF
HARRY, Dennis L. and ESKAMANI, Philip K., Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, dharry@warnercnr.colostate.edu
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2:25 PM
THE STYLES OF EXTENSION AND MAGMATISM AROUND THE ULLEUNG BASIN, THE EAST SEA (SEA OF JAPAN)
KIM, Gi Bom, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, LEE, Sang-Mook, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151747, South Korea and YOON, Seok Hoon, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences/Marine and Environmental research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju, 690-701, South Korea, corona@snu.ac.kr
 
2:40 PM
Break
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2:55 PM
TRANSTENSIONAL RIFTING: FROM PULL-APART BASINS TO SHEARED MARGINS
VAN WIJK, Jolante W.1, ABERA, Rediet1, BIALAS, Rob2, MANN, Paul3 and MURPHY, Michael4, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)Shell International Exploration and Production, Houston, TX 77252, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research, Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, (4)Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, jolantevanwijk@gmail.com
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3:15 PM
RAPID ROTATION OF NORMAL FAULTS DUE TO FLEXURAL STRESSES: AN EXPLANATION FOR THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF NORMAL FAULT DIPS
OLIVE, Jean-Arthur L., Geology and Geophysics, MIT / WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, 360 Woods Hole Rd, MS #24, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and BEHN, Mark, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Road, Mail Stop 22, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jaolive@mit.edu
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3:30 PM
THE EFFECT OF CRUSTAL THICKNESS AND LITHOSPHERIC RHEOLOGY ON THE WIDTH AND SUBSIDENCE HISTORY OF RIFTED MARGINS
SVARTMAN DIAS, Anna Eliza, E&P-EXP/PETROBRAS and Institute for Geophysis - Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Rd., Bldg 196, Austin, TX 78758-4445, 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 HAYMAN, Nicholas W., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg 196, Austin, TX 78758, annasvartman@gmail.com
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3:45 PM
THE ROLE OF DIKE INTRUSION IN THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH ALTANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN
MCCAFFREY, Ken1, ASHBY, David2, HOLDSWORTH, Robert E.3, ALMEIDA, Julio4, WILSON, Robert W.2 and IMBER, Jonathan5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Sourth Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (2)BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd, Sunbury Research Centre, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 7LN, United Kingdom, (3)Dept of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (4)TEKTOS, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, 20550-013, (5)Earth Sciences, Durham University, Reactivation Research Group, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, k.j.w.mccaffrey@durham.ac.uk
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4:00 PM
RIFT TO DRIFT TRANSITION AT VOLCANIC RIFTS AND RIFTED MARGINS: LESSONS FROM ICELAND
KARSON, Jeffrey, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, jakarson@syr.edu
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4:15 PM
TWO ASPECTS OF DIKE INTRUSION AT RIFTS AND SPREADING CENTER
BUCK, W. Roger, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, buck@ldeo.columbia.edu
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