GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

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

Session No. 113
Monday, 26 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2B (Colorado Convention Center)
 
Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288225
113-113-1
VARIATIONS IN TECTONIC STYLE AND SETTING ALONG THE SOUTHERN ALASKA MARGIN SINCE THE JURASSIC
Abstract ID#: 281279
JONES III, James V. and TODD, Erin, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, jvjones@usgs.gov
113-113-2
CAUSES OF ALONG-STRIKE VARIATION IN THE BROOKS RANGE OROGEN OF NORTHERN ALASKA
Abstract ID#: 287028
MOORE, Thomas E., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 969, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and POTTER, Christopher J., U.S. Geological Survey, 610 Taylor Road, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08854, tmoore@usgs.gov
113-113-3
GEODYNAMIC MODELS OF SLAB-DRIVEN UPPER PLATE DEFORMATION IN AN OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION ZONE SETTING
Abstract ID#: 288033
JADAMEC, Margarete, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204 and HAYNIE, K.L., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Science & Research Building 1, Rm. 312, 3507 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77204, mjadamec@central.uh.edu
113-113-4
ALONG-STRIKE COMPARISON OF DIACHRONOUS PLATEAU DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA AND ITS MODES OF COLLAPSE BY OROGEN-PARALLEL AND OROGEN-NORMAL EXTENSION
Abstract ID#: 286270
GIBSON, H. Daniel, Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada and STAPLES, Reid D., Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, hdgibson@sfu.ca
113-113-5
BUILDING MOUNTAINS IN OLD CONTINENTAL CRUST: EXAMPLES FROM ARGENTINA AND IDAHO-MONTANA
Abstract ID#: 286436
PEARSON, David M., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, BECKER, Thomas P., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77067 and GUENTHNER, William R., Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 152 Computer Applications Bldg, 605 E. Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, peardavi@isu.edu
113-113-6
THE UNGLUING OF CONTINENTAL CRATONS: A SOLUTION TO THE PARADOX OF LARAMIDE CRUSTAL DETACHMENT
Abstract ID#: 284573
ERSLEV, Eric A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071 and AYDINIAN, Karen, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, eric.erslev@colostate.edu
113-113-7
THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA AS AN ARCHETYPICAL EXAMPLE OF ALONG STRIKE-VARIATIONS RELATED TO MULTIPLE STRIKE-SLIP EPISODES
Abstract ID#: 280256
PAVLIS, Terry L., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, tlpavlis@utep.edu
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 288226
113-113-8
OROGEN-PARALLEL VARIATIONS IN STRUCTURAL STYLE AND TECTONIC EXHUMATION DURING THE MIOCENE COLLISION-ESCAPE TRANSITION IN ANATOLIA
Abstract ID#: 283585
DARIN, Michael H.1, UMHOEFER, Paul J.1, THOMSON, Stuart N.2 and LEFEBVRE, Côme3, (1)School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St., Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Michael.darin@nau.edu
113-113-9
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE: ALONG-STRIKE VARIATION AT THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN’S THICK- TO THIN-SKINNED DEFORMATION FRONT
Abstract ID#: 287590
BAILEY, Christopher M., Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, cmbail@wm.edu
113-113-10
LATE PALEOZOIC TRANSPRESSION, EXTRUSION, AND LATERAL ESCAPE IN THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, USA: THE INFLUENCE OF PROMONTORIES AND EMBAYMENTS ON AN OBLIQUE MARGIN
Abstract ID#: 284824
MASSEY, Matthew A., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 504 Rose Street, 204 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 and MOECHER, David P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, 121 Washington St, Lexington, KY 40506, matthew.massey@uky.edu
113-113-11
A POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO APPARENTLY CONTRASTING ALLEGHANIAN TECTONIC HISTORIES ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE APPALACHIANS IN EASTERN MA, RI AND CT
Abstract ID#: 286063
KUIPER, Yvette D., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, ykuiper@mines.edu
113-113-12
ALONG-STRIKE VARIATIONS IN AVALONIA AND OTHER PERI-GONDWANAN ARCS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC-CAMBRIAN: ANALOGOUS WITH THE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE CORDILLERA?
Abstract ID#: 285203
MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 and KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Departamento de Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF 04510, Mexico, bmurphy@stfx.ca
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