Technical Sessions - Geological Society of America

ecommenDaTion To recogniZe The TerTiarY aS
a Formal PerioD/SYSTem oF The cenoZoic
96-16 11:45 AM Van Couvering, John*; Aubry, Marie-Pierre; Dowsett,
Harry J.; Delson, Eric: The PleiSTocene anD The
QUaTernarY: a STUDY in oPTionS
SeSSion no. 97
T149. Successes, Failures, and the Future of Area-Volume
Balancing and Structural Restoration: A Critical Evaluation
Honoring the Centennial of R.T. Chamberlin’s Groundbreaking
Paper On Depth-to-Detachment Calculation I (GSA Structural
Geology and Tectonics Division)
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 702
Richard H. Groshong Jr, Bob Ratliff, and Alan D. Gibbs, Presiding
97-1 8:00 AM Groshong, Richard H. Jr.*: inFerence UncerTainTY:
chamBerlin’S FirST BalanceD SecTion, WhaT
WenT Wrong anD WhY it maTTerS
97-2 8:20 AM Wiltschko, David V.*: Where DiD chamBerlin go
Wrong? DaTa, mechanical inTerPreTaTion anD
WhaT conSiTiTUTeS ProoF
97-3 8:35 AM Bond, Clare E.*: aPPlicaTion oF STrUcTUral
moDelS To FolD-ThrUST BelTS – PoSiTiVe anD
negaTiVe oUTcomeS For UnDerSTanDing
STrUcTUral eVolUTion
97-4 8:50 AM Gibbs, Alan D.*: Balancing: The enD game or JUST
The STarT
9:05 AM Break
97-5 9:20 AM Rowan, Mark G.*; Ratliff, Robert A.: croSS-SecTion
reSToraTion – SPicier WiTh a ToUch oF SalT
97-6 9:35 AM Ratliff, Robert A.*; Hennings, Peter: BeneFiTS oF USing
iTeraTiVe reSToraTion anD ForWarD moDeling
For BalanceD SecTion conSTrUcTion: an
eXamPle From The SUn riVer canYon, monTana
97-7 9:50 AM Cooper, Mark*: The eVolUTion oF SecTion
conSTrUcTion meThoDS in ThrUST BelTS anD
hoW To PracTicallY aPPlY Them
97-8 10:05 AM Mitra, Shankar*: The role oF STrUcTUral
moDelS, BalanceD croSS SecTionS, anD
KinemaTic reconSTrUcTionS in imProVing 3-D
inTerPreTaTionS
10:25 AM Break
97-9 10:40 AM Allmendinger, Richard W.*; Judge, Phoebe A.: error
ProPagaTion Via area Balancing in BalanceD
croSS SecTionS
97-10 10:55 AM Townsend, Meredith R.*; Connors, Christopher D.: KinK-
BanD anD VelociTY-BoUnDarY inTerFerence
97-11 11:10 AM Resor, Phillip G.*; Pollard, Dave D.: iS hanging Wall
FolD geomeTrY aDeQUaTe For DeTermining
SUBSUrFace normal FaUlT ShaPe?
97-12 11:25 AM Lovely, Peter*; Pollard, David D.; Guzofski, Chris;
Flodin, Eric A.: PiTFallS among The PromiSe oF
mechanicS-BaSeD STrUcTUral reSToraTion
SeSSion no. 98
T156. Controls and Consequences of Continental Rifting:
From Heat Flow, Stress, and Strain to Magmatism, Landscape-
Basin Evolution, and Development of Natural Resources (GSA
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics
Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Volcanology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA
Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
Geomorphology Division; GSA International Section)
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 704/706
Yildirim Dilek, Benjamin J. Drenth, Ren A. Thompson, Harald Furnes, and
Jonathan Saul Caine, Presiding
98-1 8:00 AM Thybo, Hans*: moho, magmaTiSm anD eXTenSion
SESSION NO. 98
98-2 8:15 AM Ebinger, Cynthia*; Belachew, Manahloh; Keir, Derek; Cote,
Dustin; Lindsey, Nate: magmaTic conTrolS on alongaXiS
riFT SegmenTaTion: VieWS From aFar
98-3 8:30 AM Farmer, G. Lang*: cenoZoic eVolUTion oF manTle
liThoSPhere in WeSTern U.S. From magmaTic
SPace-Time-comPoSiTion PaTTernS
98-4 8:45 AM Kreemer, Corné*; Blewitt, Geoffrey; Bennett, Richard A.:
PreSenT-DaY crUSTal DeFormaTion acroSS
The coloraDo PlaTeaU anD rio granDe riFT
meaSUreD BY gPS
98-5 9:00 AM Minor, Scott A.*; Hudson, Mark R.; Caine, Jonathan Saul;
Thompson, Ren A.: FaUlT KinemaTicS anD
PaleoSTreSSeS oF an accommoDaTion Zone
linKing BaSinS oF The miDDle rio granDe riFT,
neW meXico
98-6 9:15 AM Drenth, Benjamin J.*; Grauch, V.J.S.; Thompson,
Ren A.: graViTY inVeSTigaTion oF The Three-
DimenSional geomeTrY oF The San lUiS BaSin,
norThern rio granDe riFT – PreliminarY
reSUlTS
98-7 9:30 AM Bennett, Scott E.K.*; Oskin, Michael E.; Iriondo, Alexander:
TranSTenSional riFTing in The laTe ProTo-gUlF
oF caliFornia near Bahía Kino anD on iSla
TiBUrón, Sonora, méXico
98-8 9:45 AM Gilbert, M. Charles*; Weaver, Barry L.: PeTrologic
SignalS relaTeD To The riFTing ProceSS in The
camBrian SoUThern oKlahoma aUlacogen
10:00 AM Break
98-9 10:15 AM Hanan, Barry*; Sinha, A. Krishna; Shervais, John W.:
BaSalTic magmaTiSm aSSociaTeD WiTh TWo
SUPerconTinenT DiSPerSalS in The cenTral
aPPalachian orogen: moDeling SoUrceS
ThroUgh Time
98-10 10:30 AM Dilek, Yildirim; Furnes, Harald*: The naTUre oF
magmaTiSm anD melT eVolUTion in non-Volcanic
riFTeD marginS oF Pelagonia (TriaSSic) anD
araBia (miocene) in WeSTern gonDWana
98-11 10:45 AM Jacobs, Joachim*; Emmel, Benjamin; Kumar, Rajeev; Ueda,
Kosuke; Thomas, Robert J.: PUll-aParT riFTing anD
eXhUmaTion hiSTorY along The eaST aFrican
conTinenTal margin oF norThern moZamBiQUe:
neW Thermochronological DaTa
98-12 11:00 AM Gani, M. Royhan*; Gani, Nahid D.S.: manTle-PlUme
conTrolleD STraTigraPhY anD SeDimenT
DiSPerSionS oF The eaST coaST oF inDia DUring
meSoZoic riFTing
98-13 11:15 AM Behrendt, John C.*: acTiVe-recenT SUBglacial
VolcaniSm WiThin The WeST anTarcTic riFT
SYSTem, inTerPreTeD From aeromagneTic anD
raDar ice SoUnDing maY eFFecT The STaBiliTY
oF The WeST anTarcTic ice SheeT (WaiS) Which
FloWS ThroUgh iT
98-14 11:30 AM Waters-Tormey, Cheryl*: The DeeP crUSTal rooT oF
an eXTenSional Shear Zone: caPricorn riDge,
mT. haY BlocK, cenTral aUSTralia
98-15 11:45 AM Martinez, F.J.; Iriondo, A.; Aleinikoff, J.N.; Peucat, J.-J.;
Cires, J.; Dietsch, C.*: U-PB ShrimP Zircon ageS anD
nD SignaTUre oF VariScan BaSemenT, eaSTern
PYreneeS (France) anD caTalan coaSTal
rangeS (SPain): riFT-relaTeD graniToiDS aBoVe
crYPTic caDomian BaSemenT
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