Session No. 6 Sunday, October 27, 2002 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C101/103 Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology Kelly H. Liu and Diane E. Moore, Presiding Paper # Start Time 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks 8:15 AM DRIVING MECHANISM AND DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK OF PLATE TECTONICS: IMPLICATIONS OF TOP-SIDE TECTONICS : HAMILTON, Warren B., Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, whamilto@mines.edu and ANDERSON, Don L., Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 8:30 AM WILSON CYCLES, TECTONIC INHERITANCE, AND RIFTING OF THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO MARGINS : HARRY, Dennis L. and HUERTA, Audrey D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, dharry@wgs.geo.ua.edu 8:45 AM POSSIBLE SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES IN THE LOWER MANTLE : LIU, Kelly H. and GAO, Stephen S., Geology, Kansas State Univ, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, liu@ksu.edu 9:00 AM TOWARD A RECONCILIATION OF SEISMIC REFLECTION AND GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ACROSS AN INTERNAL BASEMENT MASSIF, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, USA: PINE MOUNTAIN WINDOW : MCBRIDE, John H., Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, P. O. Box 24606, Provo, UT 84602-4606, john_mcbride@byu.edu, HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, and STEPHENSON, William J., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225 9:15 AM EXTENSIONAL AND STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING INTERACTIONS IN THE NORTHERN SIERRAN Â GREAT BASIN TRANSITION ZONE INFERRED FROM NEW INTEGRATED GRAVITY DATA : OPPLIGER, Gary L. | |
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