GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 53
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 203 (Colorado Convention Center)

T210. Folds and Folding: Form, Process, and Consequences

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Juliet G. Crider and Andreas Eckert, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
NEOTECTONIC STRUCTURAL AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE FRONTAL HIMALAYA: INSIGHTS FROM THE GORUBATHAN RECESS, DARJILING HIMALAYA, INDIA
SRIVASTAVA, Vinee, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Rm 007, Continental Deformation Laboratory, Powai, MUMBAI, 400076, India and MUKUL, Malay, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India; Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Rm 007, Continental Deformation Laboratory, Powai, MUMBAI, 400076, India, vineejas@gmail.com
1:50 PM
MAIN FRONTAL THRUST DEFORMATION AND RELATED TOPOGRAPHIC GROWTH IN THE NORTHWEST HIMALAYA
MUKUL, Malay, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India, SRIVASTAVA, Vinee, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Rm 007, Continental Deformation Laboratory, Powai, MUMBAI, 400076, India and BARNES, Jason B., Landscape Analytics LLC, Seattle, WA 98115, malaymukul@iitb.ac.in
2:05 PM
EVIDENCE OF A LARGE-MAGNITUDE PALEOEARTHQUAKE AT THE LAL DHANG TRENCH SITE ON THE HIMALAYAN FRONTAL THRUST IN INDIA
DANIELS, Robyn L., Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5110 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall 420, Kansas City, MO 64110, NIEMI, Tina M., Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall 420, Kansas City, MO 64110 and JAYANGONDAPERUMAL, R., Structure and Tectonic Group, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, #33 GMS Road, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248001, India, rldwvf@mail.umkc.edu
2:20 PM
KINK DEFORMATION AND MINERALIZING PROCESSES
KLIPFEL, Paul D., Mineral Resource Services Inc., 4889 Sierra Pine Dr., Reno, NV 89519; 4889 Sierra Pine Drive, Reno, NV 89519, p.klipfel@sbcglobal.net
2:35 PM
STRESS EVOLUTION DURING 3D SINGLE-LAYER VISCO-ELASTIC BUCKLE FOLDING: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF FRACTURES
LIU, Xiaolong, Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1400 N Bishop Ave, Rolla, MO 65409, xlwz9@mst.edu
2:50 PM
FLEXURAL-SLIP DURING VISCO-ELASTIC BUCKLE FOLDING
ECKERT, Andreas, Geosciences and Geological and Petroelum Engineering, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO 65409, DAMASCENO, Davi R., Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65401 and LIU, Xiaolong, Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1400 N Bishop Ave, Rolla, MO 65409, eckertan@mst.edu
3:05 PM
GROWTH OF FAULT-CORED ANTICLINES BY FLEXURAL SLIP FOLDING (Invited Presentation)
JOHNSON, Kaj, Geological Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E. Tenth St, Bloomington, IN 47405, kajjohns@indiana.edu
3:20 PM
INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON CONTRACTIONAL FAULT-RELATED FOLDING STYLE THROUGH DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING (Invited Presentation)
HUGHES, Amanda N., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721 and SHAW, John H., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, hughes@post.harvard.edu
 
3:35 PM
Break
3:45 PM
THRUST FAULT NUCLEATION AND PROPAGATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOTWALL SYNCLINES
WIGGINTON, Sarah S.1, FERRILL, David A.1, MORRIS, A.P.1, SMART, Kevin J.1, MCGINNIS, Ronald N.1 and LEHRMANN, Dan2, (1)Department of Earth, Material, and Planetary Sciences, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (2)Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, sarahwigginton92@gmail.com
4:00 PM
DUPLEXES AS SLIP-TRANSFER ZONES: AN UPDATED SYNTHESIS
BOYER, Steven E., 5726 Overlook Ave NE, Tacoma, WA 98422 and MITRA, Gautam, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 208A Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, boyersteve@me.com
Handouts
  • Boyer-Mitra_DuplexSlipTransfer.pptx (38.7 MB)
  • 4:15 PM
    MAJOR PITFALLS IN THE QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION OF MAP-SCALE FOLD-THRUST GEOMETRY
    GROSHONG Jr., Richard H., Tallahassee, FL 32311; Geological Sciences, emeritus, University of Alabama, 2504 Twain Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32311, rhgroshong@cs.com
    4:30 PM
    A NEW METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF TRISHEAR FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDS, WITH APPLICATION TO STRUCTURES IN NORTH CANTERBURY, NEW ZEALAND
    OAKLEY, David O.S., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and FISHER, Donald M., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, doo110@psu.edu
    4:45 PM
    QUANTITATIVELY MODELING ANGULAR UNCONFORMITIES IN FAULT-RELATED FOLDS
    EICHELBERGER, Nathan W.1, MCGREGOR, Ian1, NUNNS, Alan G.1 and CLARONI, Daniel J.2, (1)StructureSolver, P.O. Box 335, Danville, CA 94526, (2)Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, nate@structuresolver.com
    5:00 PM
    UNSTEADY FOLDING RATES RECOVERED AT INTERMEDIATE TIME SCALES, SPANISH PYRENEES
    ANASTASIO, David J.1, KODAMA, Kenneth P.1, PARÉS, Josep M.2, CARRIGAN, James H.3 and TELETZKE, Allison L.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)CENIEH, Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca s/n, Burgos, 09002, Spain, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, dja2@lehigh.edu
     
    5:15 PM
    Discussion
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