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

Session No. 241
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 347/348 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T59. Advances in Crustal Geophysics and Tectonics II: In Honor of G.R. Keller

GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division
Kevin L. Mickus, Catherine M. Snelson and Dennis L. Harry, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
 
1:35 PM
Donath Medal: MULTI-SCALE MAPPING OF THE NORTH AMERICA MANTLE AND CRUST WITH SEISMOLOGY
SCHMANDT, Brandon, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, bschmandt@unm.edu
1:55 PM
TECTONIC CONTROLS ON THE STATE OF STRESS FROM THE PLATE- TO RESERVOIR-SCALE
SNELSON, Catherine M., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environment Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, MS F665, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and COBLENTZ, David, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, snelsonc@lanl.gov
2:10 PM
CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL MAGNETIZATION—FROM THE PRESERVATION OF GEOLOGICALLY ANCIENT MAGNETIZATIONS AT FINE CRUSTAL SCALE TO THE RECORDING OF MIDDLE AND DEEP CRUSTAL PROCESSES THROUGH GRADIENTS IN MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, ROC21, Richardson, TX 75080 and AIKEN, Carlos L.V., Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, geissman@utdallas.edu
2:25 PM
FIELD ANALOG FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN 7.XX KM/S LAYER IN THE CANADIAN SHIELD
DUMOND, Gregory, Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, ANDRONICOS, Christopher L., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, GONCALVES, Philippe, UMR Chrono-environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, Besançon, 25030, France and WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, gdumond@uark.edu
2:40 PM
STRUCTURAL AND GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS ON ROATAN ISLAND, HONDURAS, WESTERN CARIBBEAN
SUTTON, Daniel, Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley St, Hamilton Hall, Rm 323, Lafayette, LA 70506 and GOTTARDI, Raphael, Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley St, Hamilton Hall, RM 323, Lafayette, LA 70506, daniel.sutton104@gmail.com
2:55 PM
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE IN EURASIA
THYBO, Hans, Geology Section, IGN, University of Copenhagen, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, ARTEMIEVA, Irina M., Geological Section, IGN, Copenhagen University, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark and CHEREPANOVA, Yulia, Igg, University of Copenhagen, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark, thybo@geo.ku.dk
3:10 PM
ADVANCEMENTS IN RECOGNITION OF THE STRUCTURE AND PHANEROZOIC TECTONO-SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION OF THE EAST EUROPEAN CRATON IN POLAND REVEALED BY RECENT REGIONAL SEISMIC DATA
KRZYWIEC, Piotr1, MAZUR, Stanislaw2, MALINOWSKI, Michal3, BUFFENMYER, Vinton4, KUFRASA, Mateusz2, GAGALA, Lukasz5 and LEWANDOWSKI, Marek2, (1)Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Science, Twarda 51/55, Warszawa, 00-818, Poland, (2)Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, (3)Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, (4)ION Geophysical, Denver, CO 303, (5)Georex, Argenteuil, France, piotr.krzywiec@twarda.pan.pl
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE AGE OF BURIED CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE OF ARABIA
STERN, Robert, Geosciences Department, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, rjstern@utdallas.edu
3:55 PM
WHAT CAUSES A HIGH TOPOGRAPHY OF THE KALAHARI CRATON?
ARTEMIEVA, Irina M., Geology Section, IGN, University of Copenhagen, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark and VINNIK, Lev, Inst. Physics of the Earth, Moscow, 123995, Russia, irina@ign.ku.dk
4:10 PM
THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF HOT SPRINGS OF THE LUANGWA RIFT VALLEY, ZAMBIA SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF MANTLE PROCESSES
ATEKWANA, Eliot, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, ATEKWANA, Estella A., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, ABDELSALAM, Mohamed, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078 and NILES, Mary C., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Noble Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, eliot.atekwana@okstate.edu
4:25 PM
POSSIBLE CRUSTAL AND SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE DECOUPLING BENEATH THE MALAWI RIFT
NJINJU, Emmanuel A.1, ATEKWANA, Estella A.2, ABDELSALAM, Mohamed3, MICKUS, Kevin L.4, ATEKWANA, Eliot A.1 and LAO DAVILA, Daniel3, (1)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (2)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, USA, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (3)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, (4)Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, estella.atekwana@okstate.edu
4:40 PM
GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR METACRATONIZATON OF THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CONGO CRATON IN CAMEROON
GOUSSI NGALAMO, J.F.1, ABDELSALAM, Mohamed G.2, BISSO, D.3, ATEKWANA, Estella A.2 and EKODECK, G.E.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, P.O.Box 812, Cameroon; Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, USA, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (2)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, USA, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, P.O.Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon, g.ngalamo@yahoo.fr
4:55 PM
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE BENEATH THE INCIPIENT OKAVANGO RIFT, BOTSWANA
YU, Youqiang, Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, LIU, Kelley, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University for Science and Technology, McNutt Hall, 1400 N. Bishop, Rolla, MO 65409, REED, Cory A., Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, GAO, Stephen, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University for Science and Technology, B-35 McNutt Hall, 1400 N Bishop Ave, Rolla, MO 65409, MICKUS, Kevin L., Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897 and ATEKWANA, Estella, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu
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