Session No. 1 Tuesday, May 7, 2002

8:00 AM-11:50 AM, Sharwan Smith Center: Theater
S1. Recent Investigations of Basin and Range Paleoseismology I
Michael N. Machette and Susan S. Olig, Presiding
Start Time
8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM PALEOSEISMIC STUDIES ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE, THE MOST ACTIVE PART OF THE PROVINCE: RAMELLI, Alan R., DEPOLO, Craig M., and BELL, John W., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, ramelli@unr.edu
8:30 AM EPISODIC HOT SPRING ACTIVITY AND PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE DIXIE VALLEY FAULT IN NORTHERN DIXIE VALLEY, NEVADA: LUTZ, Susan Juch, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute, 423 Wakara Way, Ste. 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, sjlutz@egi.utah.edu and CASKEY, S. John, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132-4163
8:50 AM PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE CLAN ALPINE FAULT, WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA: MACHETTE, Michael N.1, HALLER, Kathleen M.2, OKUMURA, Koji2, RULEMAN, Chester A.2, DEBRAY, Sylvan2, and MAHAN, Shannon2, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 966, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, machette@usgs.gov, (2) USGS
9:10 AM EVIDENCE FOR EARTHQUAKES ALONG THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FAULT SYSTEM, SOUTHERN NEVADA: DEPOLO, Craig M.1, BORRON, Steve2, BELL, John1, and SLEMMONS, D. Burton3, (1) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, cdepolo@unr.edu, (2) American Geotechnical, 5764 Pacific Center Blvd., Suite 112, San Diego, CA 92121, (3) Professor Emeritis, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Reno, 89557
9:30 AM PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE HURRICANE FAULT ZONE IN NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: PEARTHREE, Philip A., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress St. #100, Tucson, AZ 89501, phil.pearthree@azgs.az.gov, AMOROSO, Lee, Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, FENTON, Cassandra R., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, and STENNER, Heidi D., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
9:50 AM LONG-TERM SLIP RATES FROM DISPLACED BASALT FLOWS ON THE HURRICANE FAULT IN UTAH, AND EVIDENCE FOR A PROPOSED NEW FAULT SEGMENT: LUND, William R., Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 9053, Cedar City, UT 84720-2498, lund@suu.edu, HOZIK, Michael J., Richard Stockton College of NJ, PO Box 195, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, and HATFIELD, Stan C., Geology, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL 62221
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM NEW PALEOSEISMIC RESULTS FROM THE CENTRAL PART OF THE 1959 HEBGEN FAULT RUPTURE, MONTANA: HECKER, Suzanne1, STENNER, Heidi D.2, COSTA, Carlos H.3, SCHWARTZ, David P.2, and HAMILTON, John C., (1) U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, shecker@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3) Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
10:50 AM PALEOSEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE 1959 RED CANYON FAULT, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: HALLER, Kathleen M.1, TSUTSUMI, Hiroyuki2, MACHETTE, Michael N.1, ESSEX, James1, and HANCOCK, Dean3, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80228, haller@usgs.gov, (2) Kyoto Univ, Dept Geophysics, Kyoto, 606-8224, Japan, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 939, Denver, CO 80228
11:10 AM NEOTECTONICS ALONG THE RED ROCK FAULT, SW MONTANA: HARKINS, Nathan W.1, ANASTASIO, David J.1, PAZZAGLIA, Frank J.2, and LATTA, Diana K.3, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015, nwh2@lehigh.edu, (2) Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3188, (3) Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3188
11:30 AM TEMPORAL CLUSTERING OF EARTHQUAKES AND TIME-DEPENDENT SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSES: EXAMPLES FROM THE WASATCH AND LOST RIVER FAULTS: OLIG, Susan S., WONG, Ivan G., THOMAS, Patricia G., and DOBER, Mark C., Seismic Hazard Group, URS Corporation, 500 12th Street, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94607, susan_olig@urscorp.com

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