GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 294
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 3B (Colorado Convention Center)

T220. Physical and Numerical Modeling of Geologic Processes

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Raphaël Gottardi, Suzon Jammes, Lijun Liu, Gabriele Morra, Mélody Philippon, Jacqueline E. Reber and Jolante W. van Wijk, Advocates
8:00 AM
MODELING GAS MIGRATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SATURATION IN A STRUCTURALLY AND PETROLOGICALLY EVOLVING TIGHT GAS RESERVOIR
DAVIS, J. Steve, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, BELIEN, Isolde, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389 and DOUGHERTY, Susan L., ExxonMobil Development Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389, j.steve.davis@exxonmobil.com
8:15 AM
RELATING MANTLE CONVECTION, EPEIROGENY AND GRAVITY ANOMALIES (Invited Presentation)
COLLI, Lorenzo, GHELICHKHAN, Siavash and BUNGE, Hans-Peter, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Theresienstr. 41, Munich, 80333, Germany, colli@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de
8:30 AM
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION IN PENETRATIVE STRAIN DURING COMPRESSION: INSIGHTS FROM ANALOG MODELS (Invited Presentation)
BURBERRY, Caroline M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, cburberry2@unl.edu
8:45 AM
LASTING MANTLE SCARS LEAD TO PERENNIAL PLATE TECTONICS: DAMAGE STRUCTURES, JELLY SANDWICHES, AND A CRèME BRûLéE
HERON, Philip J.1, PYSKLYWEC, Russell N.1 and STEPHENSON, Randell2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (2)School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, philip.heron@utoronto.ca
9:00 AM
ADVECTIVE HEAT TRANSPORT AND THE SALT CHIMNEY EFFECT: A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
CANOVA, David P.1, FISCHER, Mark P.1, POLLYEA, Ryan2 and JAYNE, Rick2, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Geoscience, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, David.canova@gmail.com
9:15 AM
NUMERICAL MODELING OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS IN POROUS MEDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HYDROLOGY OF MID-CRUSTAL SHEAR ZONES
CONLIN, Daniel, School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley Street, Hamilton Hall, Lafayette, LA 70503, GOTTARDI, Raphaël, School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley Street, Hamilton Hall, Lafayette, LA 70504 and MORRA, Gabriele, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Physics and School of Geosciences, Lafayette, LA 70504, danielconlin724@gmail.com
9:30 AM
HIGH-RESOLUTION LITHOSPHERE VISCOSITY AND DYNAMICS REVEALED BY MAGNETOTELLURIC IMAGING
LIU, Lijun and HASTEROK, Derrick, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 605 E Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, ljliu@illinois.edu
9:45 AM
GEODYNAMIC MODELING OF SLAB-DRIVEN MANTLE FLOW AND UPWELLING AT SLAB EDGES (Invited Presentation)
JADAMEC, Margarete, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, mjadamec@central.uh.edu
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