Start |Author Index | View Uploaded Presentations | Meeting Information

GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 172
Monday, 26 September 2016: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)

T214. Along-Strike Variations in Mountain Belts: Why Are They Important and What Causes Them? (Posters)

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
172-1
410
HETEROGENEOUS EXHUMATION OF MID-CRUSTAL ROCKS ALONG THE HAYES RESTRAINING BEND OF THE CENTRAL DENALI FAULT
TAIT, Laura1, ROESKE, Sarah1, MOOKERJEE, Matty2, BENOWITZ, Jeff3 and HUFF, Casey4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Geology Department, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, (3)Geophysical Institute and Geochronology Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (4)Geology Department, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, ldtait@ucdavis.edu
172-2
411
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSIVE FAULT SYSTEMS: COMPARISON OF THE NORUMBEGA FAULT, MAINE, AND THE CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX SHEAR ZONE SYSTEM, ALASKA
HOOKS, Benjamin P., Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN 38238 and SCHARMAN, Mitchell R., Geology Department, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, bhooks@utm.edu
172-3
412
TRANSPRESSIONAL HIGH STRAIN ALONG THE TACONIC-ACADIAN INTERFACE IN CENTRAL VERMONT
KOTEAS, G. Christopher, ANCHUKAITIS, Brett and EDDY, Christopher M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, gkoteas@norwich.edu
172-4
413
USING PETROLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE TO EXPLAIN A MECHANISM FOR PLUTON EMPLACEMENT ACROSS A MAJOR TECTONIC BOUNDARY IN THE CENTRAL VERMONT APPALACHIANS
DEL AVELLANO, Adele, LORTIE, Kirstin and KOTEAS, G. Christopher, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, adelavel@stu.norwich.edu
172-5
414
MICROGEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY RESULTING FROM TRANSPRESSIONAL SHEARING ACROSS THE TACONIC-ACADIAN INTERFACE IN CENTRAL VERMONT
EDDY, Christopher M. and KOTEAS, G. Christopher, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, ceddy@stu.norwich.edu
172-6
415
DEXTRAL STRIKE-SLIP OVERPRINT ON THE BYLLESBY-FALLS FAULT ZONE, IRON MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
SCHARMAN, Mitchell R., Geology Department, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, scharman@marshall.edu
172-7
416
3D STRAIN FROM RUTILATED QUARTZ AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO QUARTZ CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS
FOX, Josh A.1, RAHL, Jeffrey M.1 and GABRIELSON, Tyler2, (1)Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, (2)Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, 204 W Washington St, Lexington, VA 24450, foxj19@mail.wlu.edu
172-8
417
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LATERAL RAMPS AND AN ORTHOGONAL BEND IN THE PELL CITY FAULT, JACKSONVILLE WEST 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT, ALABAMA
JACKSON Jr., William T.1, MCKAY, Matthew P.2, THOMAS, William A.3, IRVIN, G. Daniel1 and OSBORNE, W. Edward1, (1)Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, (2)Geography, Geology and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, (3)Emeritus University of Kentucky, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, wjackson@gsa.state.al.us
172-9
418
RAMPS AND SLIDES: THE CONTROL OF UPPER-CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE ON LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FOLD AND THRUST BELT
MCKAY, Matthew P., Geography, Geology and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, JACKSON Jr., William T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and OSBORNE, W. Edward, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, matthewpaulmckay@gmail.com
172-10
419
HOW DO CONTRACTIONAL DUPLEX STRUCTURES CHANGE ALONG STRIKE OF THE ARKOMA BASIN-OUACHITA FOLD AND THRUST BELT TRANSITION ZONE?
ATKINS, Carmen A. and CEMEN, Ibrahim, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, caatkins@crimson.ua.edu
172-11
420
ALONG-STRIKE VARIATION IN FOLD-THRUST BELTS CAUSED BY PRE-EXISTING FAULTS: INSIGHTS FROM ANALOG MODELS
BURBERRY, Caroline M.1, SWIATLOWSKI, Jerlyn L.2 and PALU, Jason M.1, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, cburberry2@unl.edu
172-12
421
CONSTRAINING CUBAN SUBDUCTION MIGRATION FROM ALONG-STRIKE VARIATIONS IN OROGENIC CONVERGENCE?
KEPPIE, D. Fraser, Nova Scotia Department of Energy, 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS B3j3j9, Canada, Fraser.keppie@novascotia.ca
172-13
422
ALONG-STRIKE VARIATIONS IN CURVED THRUST BELTS: EXAMPLES FORM THE CENTRAL-NORTHERN APENNINES OF ITALY
TAVARNELLI, Enrico, Dipartimento Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell’Ambiente, Università di Siena, Siena, 53100, Italy, PACE, Paolo, Ferrara and CALAMITA, Fernando, Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31, Chieti Scalo (CH), I-66013, Italy, enrico.tavarnelli@unisi.it
172-14
423
PALEOZOIC DOCKING OF TACHENG OCEANIC PLATEAU INTO WESTERN JUNGGAR, NW CHINA AND CONTRIBUTION TO ARCHITECTURAL HETEROGENEITY OF WESTERN ALTAIDS
ZHANG, Ji'en1, XIAO, Wenjiao2, CHEN, Yichao3, LUO, Jun4, SONG, Dongfang1 and HAN, Chunming5, (1)Tethys Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, (2)Tethys Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China, (3)Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China, (4)Petroleum exploration and production research institute, SINOPEC, Beijing, 100083, China, (5)Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; Tethys Research Center, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, zhangjien@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
172-15
424
LATERAL VARIATION IN STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE SIKKIM HIMALAYAN FOLD THRUST BELT: INSIGHTS FROM A BLIND LESSER HIMALAYAN DUPLEX
PARUI, Chirantan and BHATTACHARYYA, Kathakali, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education Research Kolkata (IISERK), Mohanpur Campus, Mohanpur, 741246, India, kathakali@iiserkol.ac.in
See more of: Technical Sessions
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>