Session: Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts II

Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 332CF

Presiding:

Luke A. Jensen , Hermann Lebit , Terry Pavlis and Rob Butler

8:00 AM

8:15 AM

Strain Localization, Basement Involvement and Interpretation Strategies for Continental Thrust Belts
Robert W.H. Butler, University of Aberdeen

8:35 AM

343-2

Tectonic Evolution of a Doubly-Vergent, Thick-Skinned Fold and Thrust Belt in the Patagonian Andes, Southernmost South America
Keith Klepeis, Univ of Vermont; Paul Betka, Univ of Vermont; Javier Alvarez, Universidad de Chile; Fernando Poblete, Universidad de Chile; Stuart Thomson, Yale; George Gehrels, Univ of Arizona; Geoffrey Clarke, University of Sydney

8:50 AM

343-3

The Role of Pre-Existing Extensional Structure and Stratigraphy on the Geometry, Evolution and Neotectonics of the Western Taiwan Foothills Fold-and-Thrust-Belt
Kamil Ustaszewski, National Taiwan University; John Suppe, National Taiwan University

9:05 AM

343-4

Localization of Arabia-Eurasia Convergence in the Kura Fold-Thrust Belt: The Effect of the East Anatolian Plateau and Pre-Existing Crustal Weaknesses?
Adam M. Forte, Univ of California Davis; Eric Cowgill, Univ of California Davis

9:20 AM

343-5

Foreland Signature of Indenter Tectonics: Results from the Tennessee Salient of the Appalachians
James S. Hnat, University of Michigan; Ben A. van der Pluijm, University of Michigan; Rob Van der Voo, University of Michigan

9:35 AM

Break

9:50 AM

343-6

The Geometry and Kinematics of the Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalaya, India
Kathakali Bhattacharyya, University of Rochester; Gautam Mitra, University of Rochester; Malay Mukul, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation

10:05 AM

343-7

InSAR Observation of the Strike Slip Faults in the NW Himalayan Frontal Thrust System
Lize Chen, University of Houston; Shuhab Khan, University of Houston

10:20 AM

343-8

The Eastern Syntaxis of the St. Elias Fold and Thrust System, Alaska
James Chapman, University of Texas at El Paso; Terry Pavlis, UTEP; Aaron Berger, Virginia Tech; Adam Barker; Eva Enkelmann, Lehigh University

10:35 AM

343-9

Structural Analysis of the Flumendosa Area, External Nappe Zone, Sardinia, Italy
Ashley V. Dack, Boise State University; Clyde J. Northrup, Boise State University; Antonio Funnedda, University of Cagliari

10:50 AM

343-10

Quantifying Active Hinge Migration and Fault Propagation from a Fluvial Terrace Record, Apennine Mountain Front, Italy
Luke F. Wilson, Lehigh University; David J. Anastasio, Lehigh University; Frank J. Pazzaglia, Lehigh University

11:05 AM

Discussion

11:20 AM

Concluding Remarks

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343 T81. Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts II(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; IUGS Task Group on Structural Geology and Tectonics; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

343 T81. Continental and Marine Fold and Thrust Belts II
(GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; IUGS Task Group on Structural Geology and Tectonics; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)