UMass-Amherst Structure and Tectonics Research Group

Fall 2009 Structure Seminar

Wednesday – 12:20 to 1:10

NEIGC registration form

NEIGC field trip summaries

Sept. 16

M. Williams

Organizational Meeting

Sept. 23

Reiners & Shuster, 2009, Thermochronology and Landscape Evolution, Physics Today, 31-36.

Sept. 30

Terri Poruznick

Stevenson, 2009, The relationship betweeen forceful and passive emplacement; The interplay between tectonic strain and magma supply in the Rosses Granitic Complex, NW Ireland, Journal of Structural Geology, v.31, p.270-287.

Oct. 7

Liam Bevan

Hesse, S., Back, S., and Franke, D., The deep-water fold-and-thrust belt offshore NW Borneo: Gravity-driven versus basement-driven shortening. GSA Bulletin, v.121, p.939-953.

Oct. 14

Jason Kaiser

Tristán-González, M., Aguirre-Díaz, G.I., Labarthe-Hernández, G., Torres-Hernández, J.R., Bellon, H., Post-Laramide and pre-Basin and Range deformation and implications for Paleogene (55-25 Ma) volcanism in central Mexico: A geological basis for a volcano-tectonic stress model. Tectonophysics, v.471, p.136-152.

Oct. 21

Justin Herbert

R.G. Hickman, R.J. Varga, and R.M. Altany, 2009, Structural style of the Marathon thrust belt, West Texas. Journal of Structural Geology, v.31, p.900-909.

Oct. 28

Evan Earnest-Heckler

P.M. Fulton and D.M. Saffer, 2009, Potential role of mantle-derived fluids in weakening the San Andreas fault. Journal of Geophysical Research, v.114, p.1-15.

Nov. 4

Chris Koteas

C. Beaumont, R.A. Jamieson, J.P. Butler, C.J. Warren, 2009, Crustal structure: A key constraint on the mechanism of ultra-high-pressure rock exhumation. EPSL, v.297, p.116-129.

Nov. 11

Veteran's Day - no classes

Nov. 18

Moucha, R., Forte, A.M., Mitrovica, J.X., Rowley, D.B., Quéré, Simmons, N.A., Grand, S.P., 2008, Dynamic topography and long-term sea-level variations: There is no such thing as a stable continental platform. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.271, p. 101-108.

 

Nov. 25

Evan Earnest-Heckler

Dec. 2

Julien Allaz

M.W. Jessell, P.D. Bons, A. Giera, L.A. Evans, C.J.L. Wilson, 2009, A tale of two viscosities. Journal of Structural Geology, v.31, p.719-736.

Dec. 9

Chris Koteas