Session: Along-Strike Variations in Mountain Belts: Why Are They Important and What Causes Them? (Posters) (GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA

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HETEROGENEOUS EXHUMATION OF MID-CRUSTAL ROCKS ALONG THE HAYES RESTRAINING BEND OF THE CENTRAL DENALI FAULT
Abstract ID#: 286859

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

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CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSIVE FAULT SYSTEMS: COMPARISON OF THE NORUMBEGA FAULT, MAINE, AND THE CHUGACH METAMORPHIC COMPLEX SHEAR ZONE SYSTEM, ALASKA
Abstract ID#: 284834

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

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TRANSPRESSIONAL HIGH STRAIN ALONG THE TACONIC-ACADIAN INTERFACE IN CENTRAL VERMONT
Abstract ID#: 287199

KOTEAS, G. Christopher, ANCHUKAITIS, Brett and EDDY, Christopher M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, gkoteas@norwich.edu

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USING PETROLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE TO EXPLAIN A MECHANISM FOR PLUTON EMPLACEMENT ACROSS A MAJOR TECTONIC BOUNDARY IN THE CENTRAL VERMONT APPALACHIANS
Abstract ID#: 286982

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

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MICROGEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY RESULTING FROM TRANSPRESSIONAL SHEARING ACROSS THE TACONIC-ACADIAN INTERFACE IN CENTRAL VERMONT
Abstract ID#: 287156

EDDY, Christopher M. and KOTEAS, G. Christopher, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, ceddy@stu.norwich.edu

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DEXTRAL STRIKE-SLIP OVERPRINT ON THE BYLLESBY-FALLS FAULT ZONE, IRON MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
Abstract ID#: 279919

SCHARMAN, Mitchell R., Geology Department, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, scharman@marshall.edu

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3D STRAIN FROM RUTILATED QUARTZ AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO QUARTZ CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS
Abstract ID#: 283636

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

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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
Abstract ID#: 284828

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

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RAMPS AND SLIDES: THE CONTROL OF UPPER-CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE ON LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FOLD AND THRUST BELT
Abstract ID#: 280337

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

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HOW DO CONTRACTIONAL DUPLEX STRUCTURES CHANGE ALONG STRIKE OF THE ARKOMA BASIN-OUACHITA FOLD AND THRUST BELT TRANSITION ZONE?
Abstract ID#: 284202

ATKINS, Carmen A. and CEMEN, Ibrahim, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, caatkins@crimson.ua.edu

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ALONG-STRIKE VARIATION IN FOLD-THRUST BELTS CAUSED BY PRE-EXISTING FAULTS: INSIGHTS FROM ANALOG MODELS
Abstract ID#: 279498

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

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CONSTRAINING CUBAN SUBDUCTION MIGRATION FROM ALONG-STRIKE VARIATIONS IN OROGENIC CONVERGENCE?
Abstract ID#: 287187

KEPPIE, D. Fraser, Nova Scotia Department of Energy, 1690 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS B3j3j9, Canada, Fraser.keppie@novascotia.ca

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ALONG-STRIKE VARIATIONS IN CURVED THRUST BELTS: EXAMPLES FORM THE CENTRAL-NORTHERN APENNINES OF ITALY
Abstract ID#: 284617

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

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PALEOZOIC DOCKING OF TACHENG OCEANIC PLATEAU INTO WESTERN JUNGGAR, NW CHINA AND CONTRIBUTION TO ARCHITECTURAL HETEROGENEITY OF WESTERN ALTAIDS
Abstract ID#: 280200

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

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LATERAL VARIATION IN STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE SIKKIM HIMALAYAN FOLD THRUST BELT: INSIGHTS FROM A BLIND LESSER HIMALAYAN DUPLEX
Abstract ID#: 284605

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

GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

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