2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 24
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 343 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T208. Perspectives on Orogenic Evolution, Dating Brittle Faults and Mylonitic Shear Zones, Bending Mountains, and Assembling Supercontinents I: A Session to Honor the Career of Ben Van Der Pluijm

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Arlo Brandon Weil, Eric Tohver, Bernard Housen and Samuel Haines, Session Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
GENERATION AND EVOLUTION OF FAULT-PARALLEL VEINS IN A FOLD-THRUST BELT
MAGER, Stephanie M., Geology, University of Illinois, 605 E Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820 and MARSHAK, Stephen, Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois, 605 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820, mager2@illinois.edu
8:15 AM
FORMATION OF CRENULATION CLEAVAGE AND KINK BANDS IN THE BARABOO SYNCLINE, WISCONSIN: A MECHANISM TO ACCOMMODATE SUBSIMPLE SHEAR DURING REGIONAL FOLDING
MARSHAK, Stephen, Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois, 605 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820, WILKERSON, M. Scott, Geosciences, DePauw University, 602 South College Avenue, Greencastle, IN 46135 and DEFRATES, Joshua, Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois, 605 E. Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, smarshak@illinois.edu
8:30 AM
INTERPRETATION OF OPHIOLITE COMPLEXES: A TWEETER IN WOOFER’S CLOTHING?
MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada and NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, bmurphy@stfx.ca
8:50 AM
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC VORTICITY AXES ANALYSES FROM THE WESTERN IDAHO SHEAR ZONE: EVIDENCE FOR OROGENIC-SCALE TRANSPRESSION
TIKOFF, Basil, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, MICHELS, Z.D., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, BRAUDY, Nicole, Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and STETSON-LEE, Tor, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53715, basil@geology.wisc.edu
9:05 AM
STRAIN VARIATIONS IN MARBLES ACROSS THE PROTEROZOIC GRENVILLE OROGEN, USA
CRADDOCK, John, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105 and CRADDOCK, Suzanne, Northern Arizona University, Geology Department, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, craddock@macalester.edu
9:20 AM
TIMING OF DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM IN THE PEARYA TERRANE FROM U-PB SIMS ANALYSIS OF MONAZITE AND TITANITE
WARD, William P.1, MCCLELLAND, William C.1, COBLE, Matthew A.2 and MALONE, Shawn J.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)Department of Geosciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, william-ward@uiowa.edu
9:35 AM
COOLING AND EXHUMATION ALONG THE CURVED ALBANY-FRASER OROGEN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SCIBIORSKI, Elisabeth1, TOHVER, Eric1 and JOURDAN, Fred2, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, 6009, Australia, (2)Western Australian Argon Isotope Facility, John de Laeter Centre, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, elisabeth.scibiorski@research.uwa.edu.au
 
9:50 AM
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10:20 AM
OROCLINAL BUCKLING OF THE ARMORICAN CONTINENTAL RIBBON: AN ALTERNATIVE TECTONIC MODEL FOR PANGEAN AMALGAMATION AND VARISCAN OROGENESIS
SHAW, Jessica, School of Earth and Ocean Science, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, CA V8W 2Y2 and JOHNSTON, Stephen T., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada, jesshaw@uvic.ca
10:35 AM
THE SYNCHRONEITY AND DURATION OF THE SHURAM CARBON-ISOTOPE EXCURSION
KODAMA, Kenneth P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015 and MINGUEZ, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 1 W Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, kpk0@lehigh.edu
10:55 AM
ESTABLISHING AMS AS A ROBUST PROXY FOR LAYER-PARALLEL SHORTENING IN WEAKLY DEFORMED CLASTIC ROCKS FROM COMPLEX RETROARC AND FORELAND SYSTEMS
WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and YONKEE, Adolph, Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408, aweil@brynmawr.edu
11:10 AM
KINEMATICS OF OROCLINE RELATED SHORTENING IN THE PONGA UNIT: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE TARNA SYNFORM AND THE RIO MONASTERIO ANTIFORM, NORTHERN SPAIN
DEL GRECO, Kassandra1, JOHNSTON, Stephen T.2, GUTIERREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel3 and FERNÁNDEZ-LOZANO, J.3, (1)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 Station CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada, (2)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada, (3)Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, Spain, kdel@uvic.ca
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