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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
GSA TODAY | MAY 2015 Stratigraphy This session seeks contributions from field-based, microstruc-
tural, experimental, and modeling studies that provide new insights
T205. Integration of Microfossils and Sedimentology in on the deformation processes promoting strain localization and
Stratigraphic Analysis shear zone formation in the lower crust and upper mantle.
Disciplines: Stratigraphy; Paleontology, Biogeography/
Biostratigraphy; Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy T210. Strike-Slip Fault Systems Transfer Stress Inboard from
Advocate: Peter P. McLaughlin Jr. the Subduction Zone Margin Leading to Basin Subsidence and
Orogenesis, Are Conduits for Magmatism, and Are Responsible
The integration of sedimentology and microfossils brings signifi- for Far-Traveled Terrane Translation
cant benefits to stratigraphic analysis. This session will cover prac- Disciplines: Structural Geology; Tectonics/Tectonophysics
tical geologic problem-solving and novel approaches in the Advocates: Jeff Benowitz; John I. Garver; Michele Cooke
integration of microfossils and sedimentologic analysis for strati-
graphic investigations of ancient terrestrial and marine sediments. Strike-slip faults act to partition and transfer plate boundary
stresses into the continental interior and are responsible for block
Structural Geology translation. We seek contributions from all geologic and geophys-
ical disciplines on the geodynamics of strike-slip faults.
T206. Constraints on Fault Constitutive Behavior from Nature,
Lab, and Theory T211. Structural Geology and Geomechanics in the
Disciplines: Structural Geology; Geophysics/Geodynamics Petroleum Industry
Advocates: Phillip G. Resor; Johanna M. Nevitt; W. Ashley Disciplines: Structural Geology; Economic Geology; Oil/Gas/
Griffith; Thomas M. Mitchell Alternative Energy
Advocates: J. Steve Davis; Peter Hennings
In this session we seek contributions from studies of active
deformation, exhumed faults, and laboratory experiments that This session highlights structural geology and geomechanics
characterize the range of fault constitutive behavior and the research with strong petroleum industry applicability. Topics
underlying physical processes and properties that govern fault slip. include regional structural analysis, computational and kinematic
deformation modeling, fracture and fault characterization, and
T207. Folds and Folding: Earth’s Surface to Depth the interaction of buoyant fluids with geologic structures.
Disciplines: Structural Geology; Tectonics/Tectonophysics;
Economic Geology Tectonics/Tectonophysics
Advocates: Juliet G. Crider; Mary Beth Gray
T212. Deconstructing Rodinia: Neoproterozoic-Cambrian
We seek contributions on the kinematics and mechanics of Geologic Evolution of Laurentia’s Margins
folds, active or ancient, across the spectrum of rheology and scale, Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics; Precambrian Geology;
and the relationship of folding to tectonic history, active crustal Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
deformation, and fluid migration. Advocates: Chris Holm-Denoma; Arthur J. Merschat
T208. Perspectives on Orogenic Evolution, Dating Brittle Faults This session aims to bring together scientists with broad
and Mylonitic Shear Zones, Bending Mountains, and Assembling interests and ideas regarding the breakup of Rodinia and its
Supercontinents: A Session to Honor the Career of Ben Van impact on the geosphere and biosphere, especially in regard
der Pluijm to the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian geologic evolution of
Disciplines: Structural Geology; Tectonics/Tectonophysics; Laurentia’s margins.
Petrology, Metamorphic
Advocates: Arlo Brandon Weil; Eric Tohver; Bernie Housen; T213. Integrating Perspectives on the Formation, Evolution,
Samuel Haines and Destruction of Continental Crust: From 0 to 4600 Ma
Disciplines: Tectonics/Tectonophysics; Petrology, Igneous;
This session honors the work of Ben van der Pluijm with a focus Precambrian Geology
on the variety of temporal and spatial scales that Ben and his Advocates: Paul A. Mueller; Robert Stern; David Snyder;
students work on to better understand the complex evolution of M.B. Magnani; M.E. Bickford
orogenic systems.
Constraining the extent to which the geochemical, geophys-
T209. Rheological Behavior of Ductile Lithosphere during ical, and tectonic characteristics of modern arc systems (oceanic
Strain Localization and continental) and LIPS (large igneous provinces) can be
Disciplines: Structural Geology; Tectonics/Tectonophysics; applied to the Precambrian record (Archean and Proterozoic)
Geophysics/Geodynamics of crustal evolution.
Advocates: Vasileios Chatzaras; Julie Newman; Basil Tikoff
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