T53D:
Three-Dimensional Observations and Models of Lithospheric Extension II

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Timothy A Minshull, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom and Sascha Brune, University of Sydney, EarthByte Group, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Primary Conveners:  Dale S Sawyer, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Timothy A Minshull, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom and Timothy J Reston, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaisons:  Dale S Sawyer, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
T53D-01
 
Three-dimensional numerical modeling of extensional basin formation
Ritske S Huismans, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
1:55 PM
T53D-02
 
Influence of lower crustal rheology on onset and distribution of melting and serpentinisation during rifting: comparison with the Brazilian/African conjugate margins
Marta Perez-Gussinye1, Mario Neto Araujo2, Marco Thoaldo Romeiro2, Miguel Andres Martinez1, Jason Phipps Morgan1 and Elena Ros1, (1)Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom, (2)PETROBRAS, CENPES, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2:10 PM
T53D-03
 
3D Dynamics of Oblique Rift Systems: Fault Evolution from Rift to Break-up
Sascha Brune, University of Sydney, EarthByte Group, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Geodynamic Modelling Section, Potsdam, Germany
2:25 PM
T53D-04
 
Asymmetric and dual 3D rift evolution over mantle plumes in presence of far-field stresses. Insights from ultra-high resolution numerical models
E B Burov1, Taras Gerya2, Alexander Koptev1, Eric Calais3 and Sylvie D Leroy1,4, (1)University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, Paris, France, (2)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, Paris, France, (4)Univ Paris 06 CNRS UMR7193, Sorbonne Univ. ISTEP, Paris, France
2:40 PM
T53D-05
 
Development of Core Complex Domes Due to Along-Axis Variation in Diking
W Roger Buck, Columbia University of New York, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory - LDEO, Palisades, NY, United States, Eunseo Choi, University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, TN, United States and Xiaochuan Tian, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States
2:55 PM
T53D-06
 
3D Discrete Element Modelling of Normal Fault Network Evolution in Multi-Phase Rift Basins
Rob L Gawthorpe, University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science, Bergen, Norway and Emma Finch, University of Manchester, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Manchester, United Kingdom
3:10 PM
T53D-07
 
The Growth and Interaction of Faults in Multiphase Rifts: Horda Platform, Norwegian North Sea
Oliver B Duffy1, Rebecca E Bell2, Christopher A-L Jackson2, Rob L Gawthorpe3 and Paul S Whipp4, (1)Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (3)University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science, Bergen, Norway, (4)Statoil Norway Bergen, Bergen, Norway
3:25 PM
T53D-08
 
Spatial and temporal variations in fault activity during early development of rift polarity within the offshore Corinth rift, central Greece
Casey W Nixon1, Aaron Moyle2, Lisa Clare McNeill1, Rebecca E Bell3, Jonathan M Bull1 and Timothy Henstock1, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)Mining Searches UK, Redruth, United Kingdom, (3)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
 
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