2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 149 Sunday, 5 October 2008
8:00 AM-4:45 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: Exhibit Hall E

T4. Oceanic Geohazards: Distribution, Controls, and Risks (Posters)

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149-1195Subduction Zones Launch the Highest Magnitude Earthquakes Where Thick, Laterally Continuous Masses of Trench Sediment Enter the Subduction Channel: SCHOLL, David W.1, KERANEN, Katie2, KIRBY, Stephen H.3, BLAKELY, Richard J.4, WELLS, Ray E.5, RYAN, Holly F.6, VON HUENE, Roland6, and FISHER, Michael A.6, (1) US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dscholl@usgs.gov, (2) US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3) U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 977, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (4) US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (5) U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (6) U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025
149-2196The Interplay Between Submarine Slope Failure and Volcanic Spreading in Hawaii: Evidence from Seismic Reflection and Submersible Studies: MORGAN, Julia K., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, morganj@rice.edu, MOORE, Gregory F., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, and CLAGUE, David A., Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039
149-3197New High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Data Show An Active Fault Linking the San Diego Trough and San Pedro Basin Fault Zones, Inner Continental Borderland, Southern California: CONRAD, James E., RYAN, Holly F., and SLITER, Ray W., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jconrad@usgs.gov
149-4198Detailed Fault and Deformation Mapping along a Strike-Slip Fault in a Coastal Environment: The San Gregorio Fault near Half Moon Bay, California: ROSS, Stephanie L.1, CONRAD, James E.2, RYAN, Holly F.1, CHIN, John L.1, DARTNELL, Peter1, EDWARDS, Brian D.1, PHILLIPS, Eleyne L.1, SLITER, Ray W.1, and WONG, Florence L.1, (1) Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, sross@usgs.gov, (2) Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jconrad@usgs.gov
149-5199Moderate Tsunamis, Great Storms Leave Little Sedimentary Record on Tokachi Coast, Hokkaido, Japan: DELBECQ, Katie1, NUTTER, Wes1, NISHIMURA, Yuichi2, NAKAMURA, Yugo2, HIRAKAWA, Kazuomi3, and MOORE, Andrew1, (1) Department of Geosciences, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, delbeka@earlham.edu, (2) Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 007-0835, Japan, (3) Laboratory of Geoecology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N-10 W-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
149-6200Sedimentary Evidence for Great Tsunamis near Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan: NUTTER, Wes1, DELBECQ, Katie1, NISHIMURA, Yuichi2, NAKAMURA, Yugo2, HIRAKAWA, Kazuomi3, and MOORE, Andrew1, (1) Department of Geosciences, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, nuttewe@earlham.edu, (2) Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 007-0835, Japan, (3) Laboratory of Geoecology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N-10 W-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
149-7201Tsunamigenic Landslide Deposits Imaged beneath Port Valdez, Alaska: RYAN, Holly F.1, LEE, Homa J.1, and HAEUSSLER, Peter J.2, (1) U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, hryan@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
149-8202Unraveling the Source of Large Erratic Boulders on Tonga: Implications for Geohazards and Mega-Tsunamis: HORNBACH, Matthew J.1, FROHLICH, Cliff1, and TAYLOR, Frederick W.2, (1) Jackson School of Geoscience, The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, J.J. Pickle Research Campus Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758-4445, matth@ig.utexas.edu, (2) Univ Texas - Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759-8500
149-9203Indication of Submarine Landslide along the Southern Coast of Ceram Island: YUDHICARA, Yudhicara, GEOLOGICAL AGENCY OF INDONESIA, CENTER FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARD MITIGATION, JL. DIPONEGORO NO. 57, Bandung 40122 Indonesia, yudhicara@yahoo.com
149-10204Fault Systems of the Sigsbee Escarpment and Their Level of Late Quaternary Activity: ANGELL, Michael1, HANSON, Kathryn2, ABRAMSONWARD, Hans2, YOUNGS, Bob2, and JEANJEAN, Philippe3, (1) William Lettis & Associates, 1777 Botelho Ave, Suite 262, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, angell@lettis.com, (2) Geomatrix Consultants, 2101 Webster Street, 12th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, (3) BP America, Inc, 501 WestLake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079
149-11205Linking Seismic Facies, Physical Properties, and Depositional Processes in Mass Transport Deposits, Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico: SAWYER, Derek E.1, FLEMINGS, Peter B.1, and DUGAN, Brandon2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, derek.sawyer@mail.utexas.edu, (2) Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005
149-12206Strength History of Sediments from IODP Expedition 308, Northern Gulf of Mexico: Slope (In)Stability and Mass Transport Complexes: DUGAN, Brandon, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, dugan@rice.edu
149-13207Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Submarine Landslides along the U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin: TWICHELL, David C.1, CHAYTOR, Jason D.2, TEN BRINK, Uri S.1, and BUCZKOWSKI, Brian1, (1) United States Geological Survey, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, dtwichell@usgs.gov, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS# 24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jchaytor@whoi.edu
149-14208Assessment of Tsunami Hazard to the U.S. East Coast Using Relationships Between Submarine Landslides and Earthquakes: TEN BRINK, Uri S.1, LEE, Homa J.2, GEIST, Eric L.2, and TWICHELL, David C.1, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, utenbrink@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025

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