Cordilleran Section (104th Annual) and Rocky Mountain Section (60th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 March 2008)
Session No. 17 Thursday, 20 March 2008
1:30 PM-5:10 PM, University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Student Union 208A

S1. Seismic Hazards Summit–Southern Nevada Region II

Wanda J. Taylor, Craig M. dePolo, Jim Werle, Catherine M. Snelson and Barbara Luke, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
17-11:30 PM THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FAULT SYSTEM: WHAT IF?: WONG, Ivan, OLIG, Susan, and DOBER, Mark, Seismic Hazards Group, URS Corporation, 1333 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612, Ivan_Wong@urscorp.com
17-21:50 PM CHARACTERIZING THE EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FAULT SYSTEM: DEPOLO, Craig M., Nevada Bureau Mines & Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557-0178, cdepolo@unr.edu and TAYLOR, Wanda J., Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154
17-32:10 PM IMAGING THE LAS VEGAS BASIN: RESULTS FROM SEISMIC REFRACTIONS EXPERIMENTS: SNELSON, Catherine M., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, snelson@ees.nmt.edu, TAYLOR, Wanda, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 89154-4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, LUKE, Barbara, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015, and WAGONER, Jeff, Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94551
17-42:30 PM DEVELOPMENT OF LAS VEGAS BASIN, NEVADA WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SEISMIC HAZARDS: TAYLOR, Wanda J.1, CARTER, Jonathan1, LUKE, Barbara2, SNELSON, Catherine M.3, and WAGONER, Jeff4, (1) Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, wanda.taylor@unlv.edu, (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015, (3) Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (4) Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94551
17-52:50 PM SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY CHARACTERIZATION TO ADDRESS IMPACTS OF SHALLOW SEDIMENTS ON GROUND SHAKING FOR LAS VEGAS: LUKE, Barbara1, MURVOSH, Helena2, TAYLOR, Wanda3, GONZALEZ, Eduardo1, SNELSON, Catherine4, WAGONER, Jeff5, and SU, Qiuhong1, (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4015, barbara.luke@unlv.edu, (2) Stanley Consultants, Inc, 5820 S. Eastern Ave. No. 200, Las Vegas, NV 89119, (3) Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (4) Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (5) Atmospheric, Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94551
 3:10 PM Break
17-63:30 PM EARTHQUAKE HAZARD CLASS MAPPING BY PARCEL IN UNINCORPORATED URBAN CLARK COUNTY: LOUIE, John N., Nevada Seismological Lab. and Dept. of Geological Sciences & Engineering, Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering- University of Nevada, Mailstop 0174, Reno, NV 89557, louie@seismo.unr.edu
17-73:50 PM IMAGING THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE BLACK HILLS FAULT SYSTEM, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: ZARAGOZA, Shelley A.1, SNELSON, Catherine M.2, and SALDAÑA, Sandra C.2, (1) Geophysical Operations, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 233 Benmar, Houston, TX 77060, shelley.a.zaragoza@exxonmobil.com, (2) Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
17-84:10 PM NEW LINKAGE OF THE ARROW CANYON RANGE AND WILDCAT WASH FAULTS, SOUTHERN NEVADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEISMIC HAZARDS: EVANS, Tricia D. and TAYLOR, Wanda J., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, TriciaDawn@hotmail.com
17-94:30 PM PRELIMINARY PSEUDO 3-D IMAGERY OF THE STATE LINE FAULT, STEWART VALLEY, NEVADA USING SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA: SALDAÑA, Sandra1, SNELSON, Catherine1, TAYLOR, Wanda2, BEACHLY, Matthew3, COX, Catherine4, DAVIS, Robert2, STROPKY, Michelle2, PHILLIPS, Richard5, and ROBINS, Colin2, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, ssaldana@nmt.edu, (2) Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, 89154-4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (3) Department of Physics, Hastings College, 710 N Turner, Hastings, NE 68901, (4) Despartment of Geoscience, Middle Tenessee State University, 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132-0001, (5) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
17-104:50 PM GPS VELOCITY CONSTRAINTS ON THE KINEMATICS OF ACTIVE TECTONICS IN GREATER SOUTHERN NEVADA: KREEMER, Corné1, HAMMOND, William2, and BLEWITT, Geoffrey1, (1) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557, kreemer@unr.edu, (2) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0088

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