AAPG: Recent Advances in Structure and Tectonics
Room Ballroom 4
Co-Chairs: J. H. Shaw and B. McBride
8:00 -- Introductory Remarks
8:05 -- M. M. Swan, S. B. Keith, T. L. Thompson: Foreland Basin Analysis Based on Stratotectonic, Crustal Oxidation State and Wet Zone Studies in the Arc and Foreland of the Cordillera of North and South America
8:25 -- H. I. Stanton, E. A. Erslev: Rotational Fault-Bend Folds: An Alternative to Kink-Band Models with Implications for Reservoir Geometry and Heterogeneity
8:45 -- J. C. Coogan: Duplex Thrust Systems in the Wyoming-Utah-Idaho Thrust Belt: Prevalence, Hydrocarbon Potential, Kinematics, and Implications for Wedge Mechanics
9:05 -- F. Corredor, J. H. Shaw, F. D. Bilotti: Modeling of Complex Imbricate Thrust Systems Using Growth Strata in the Deep-Water Niger Delta
9:25 -- F. Bilotti, J. H. Shaw: Modeling the compressive toe of the Niger Delta as a critical taper wedge
9:45 -- A. Bernal, S. Hardy: Coupling 3D Numerical Modelling of Compressional Structures and Sedimentation: Analysis of Structural Evolution and Syn-Tectonic Strata
10:05 -- Break
10:20 -- M. Coward: 3D Fault Restoration and Kinematic Analysis, Viking Graben, North Sea
10:40 -- B. C. Vendeville, V. Gaullier, J. Mascle: 3-D Geometry and Kinematics of Polygonal Minibasins and Associated Salt Ridges during Radial Spreading of Sediment Lobes above Salt
11:00 -- R. H. Groshong, Jr, J. C. Pashin, R. D. Schneeflock: Sub-Resolution Faults In A Gulf of Mexico Growth Graben: Predictions From Area Balance Confirmed By 3-D Seismic
11:20 -- S. Mitra: Characteristic Geometry And Evolution Of Faulted Detachment Folds