2014 Forum Abstracts
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Damaged Goods in the Marmion Tonalites, Superior Province, Ontario: Deformation Fabrics in a Gold-Bearing Damage Zone.
A structural geology abstract page presenting research on deformation fabrics within the Marmion Tonalites of Ontario’s Superior Province, focusing on the relationship between brittle damage zones, structural controls, and disseminated gold mineralization at the Hammond Reef deposit. auto-generated
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Flinn's K-value Versus Lode's Ratio
This abstract page from the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum evaluates Flinn's k-value and Lode's ratio as ellipsoid shape parameters, using synthetic datasets to compare their effectiveness across strain regimes and highlighting limitations in confidence region geometry and strain dependency. auto-generated
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New GPS Evidence for Continental Transform Fault Creep, Central Range Fault, Trinidad, Caribbean-South American Plate Boundary and Geological/Hazard Implications
Academic abstract page presenting GPS-derived evidence of aseismic creep along the Central Range Fault in Trinidad, a major transform boundary within the Caribbean-South American plate system, with analysis of geodetic data, fault modeling, and implications for seismic hazard assessment and neotectonic deformation in the region. auto-generated
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Geochronology of Rare Earth Element Mineralization in a High-grade Metamorphic Terrane, Music Valley, California
Academic abstract page presenting geochronologic research on rare earth element mineralization in Proterozoic gneiss from Music Valley, California, utilizing SEM, EPMA, and LA-MC-ICPMS to constrain REE deposition to ~1785 Ma during igneous crystallization, with implications for metamorphic and metasomatic history in a high-grade terrane. auto-generated
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Interactions Between Regional Transcurrent Shearing, Rifting, and Mantle Flow on Venus ‒ Radar and Gravity Interpretations and Earth Analogues
Academic abstract page presenting geological research on Venus, focusing on interactions between transcurrent shearing, rifting, and mantle flow, supported by radar and gravity data from NASA's Magellan mission and analogues to Earth's tectonic processes. auto-generated
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The Central Piedmont Shear Zone of the Southern Appalachian Piedmont
This abstract page presents geological research on the Central Piedmont Shear Zone in the Southern Appalachian Piedmont, detailing its structural relationships, tectonic history, metamorphic conditions, and regional context within Carolinia and Laurentia terranes, as part of the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum. auto-generated
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Quantitative Structural Analysis: Where does it start?
This webpage is an abstract from the 2014 Structure and Tectonics Forum discussing the foundational role of conservation laws in quantitative structural geology, advocating for the integration of continuum mechanics—specifically the Equation of Continuity and Cauchy’s Laws of Motion—to analyze geologic structures through stress and kinematic quantities, supported by field data, constitutive laws, and boundary conditions, with implications for improving undergraduate education and research methodologies. auto-generated
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Tracking Fault History in Sandbox Models
This page presents a research abstract on using sandbox modeling and particle image velocimetry to analyze fault evolution in analog fold and thrust belts, detailing how thrust faults initiate, rotate, and reactivate under controlled conditions that mimic non-Mohr-Coulomb behavior observed in natural systems. auto-generated
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Uplift and Seismicity Driven by Groundwater Depletion in Central California
Scientific abstract page presenting research on lithospheric flexure and seismicity in central California induced by groundwater depletion, detailing GPS-measured rock uplift, seasonal crustal deformation, and implications for stress changes on the San Andreas Fault. auto-generated
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Why Should I Care About Your Slop? Linking Shallow Geologic Observations to Deeper Earth Processes
This conference abstract page presents a geoscience presentation by Rich Briggs (USGS) discussing the integration of shallow geologic observations with deeper Earth processes, emphasizing the critical role of field-based, low-precision but strategically placed data in discriminating between geophysical models, particularly in earthquake geology across regions like Sumatra, Haiti, Alaska, and Pakistan. auto-generated
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