2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 139 Monday, 19 October 2009
1:30 PM-6:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: A105

T129. Combining Geophysics and Geology: The George P. Woollard Award Session (GSA Geophysics Division)

Catherine Snelson and Kevin Mickus, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
139-11:35 PM MANTLE XENOLITHS MAY BE NON-REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CRATONIC MANTLE: GEOPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE: ARTEMIEVA, Irina M., Geological Institute, Copenhagen University, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen DK-1350 Denmark, irina@geo.ku.dk
139-21:50 PM HOW DOES THE PERMANENT RECORD (PALEOMAGNETIC DATA) OF CRUSTAL VERTICAL AXIS ROTATIONS IN THE WESTERN US CORDILLERA COMPARE WITH THE GROWING (BUT SHORT) GEODETIC RECORD?: GEISSMAN, J.W., SUSSMAN, Aviva, and MASON, Stephanie N., Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131, jgeiss@unm.edu
139-32:05 PM RESOLVING PANGEA RECONSTRUCTIONS WITH NEW PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS FROM LATE PERMIAN – EARLY TRIASSIC IGNEOUS ROCKS IN NORWAY AND ARGENTINA: VAN DER VOO, Rob1, DOMEIER, Matthew M.1, DOMINGUEZ, Ada R.1, and TORSVIK, Trond H.2, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, voo@umich.edu, (2) Centre for Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) and University of Oslo, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway
139-42:20 PM SOURCE-SIDE SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING AND UPPER MANTLE FLOW BENEATH THE ARAKAN SLAB, INDIA-ASIA-SUNDALAND TRIPLE JUNCTION REGION: RUSSO, R.M., Dept. of Goelogical Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, rrusso@ufl.edu
139-52:35 PM TRANSFORM FAULTS, SEISMIC ANISOTROPY, AND LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE: THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, 420 Hackberry Lane, P. O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, geowat@uky.edu
139-62:50 PM RECEIVER FUNCTION AND RAYLEIGH WAVE IMAGING OF THE LITHOSPHERE IN THE MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION REGION: LEVANDER, Alan1, MILLER, Meghan S.2, ZHAI, Yongbo1, and LIU, Kaijian1, (1) Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, alan@rice.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall of Science (ZHS), 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089
139-73:05 PM LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE COLORADO PLATEAU DETERMINED BY RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY USING USArray TELESEISMIC DATA: MILLER, Meghan S.1, LEVANDER, Alan2, and LIU, Kaijian2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall of Science (ZHS), 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, msmiller@usc.edu, (2) Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, alan@rice.edu
 3:20 PM Break
139-83:35 PM SITE SURVEY OF MAY 28, 2009 HONDURAN EARTHQUAKE: SHULMAN, Deborah J., Geosciences, San Francisco State University, 50 Upper Terrace, San Francisco, CA 94117, deborahjshulman@gmail.com and MOONEY, Walter D., Earthquake Hazards, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591
139-93:50 PM GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR AQUEOUS FLUIDS WITHIN THE EARTH'S CRUST AND MANTLE: MOONEY, Walter D., Earthquake Hazards, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, mooney@usgs.gov and JOHNSON, Ajeet, Geosciences, Oregon State University, 1492 8th Ave SW, Albany, OR 97321
139-104:05 PM OCEANIC HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION MATTERS: STEIN, Carol A. and HUGHES, Kevin, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, cstein@uic.edu
139-114:20 PM DEEP SEISMIC PROFILES FOR CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BEAUFORT SEA CONTINENTAL MARGIN, ARCTIC CANADA: HELWIG, James A., Consulting Geoscientist, 968 CR 206, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, jim.helwig@iongeo.com, KUMAR, Naresh, Growth Energy, P.O. Box 835961, Richardson, TX 75083 5961, EMMET, Peter A., Brazos Valley Services, 14555 Skinner Road, Suite D-2, Cypress, TX 77249, and DINKELMAN, Menno G., GX Technology, ION Geophysical Corp, 2105 CityWest Blvd., Suite 900, Houston, TX 77042 2837
139-124:35 PM SEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GLACIAL SEDIMENTS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS BASED ON DOWNHOLE SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS: ISMAIL, Ahmed, STUMPF, Andrew, and DEY, William, Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, ismail@isgs.illinois.edu
139-134:50 PM INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY IN NORTH AMERICA: A NEW VIEW: MOONEY, Walter, USGS, 345 MIddlefield Rd, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mooney@usgs.gov and RITSEMA, Jeroen, Department of Geosciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 5:05 PM Introduction of the 2009 Woollard Award Recipient - Dr. Seth Stein
139-145:10 PM GEORGE P. WOOLLARD TECHNICAL LECTURE: NEW VIEW OF NEW MADRID: LITTLE MOTION, COMPLEX FAULTS, SMALL HAZARD: STEIN, Seth, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, seth@earth.northwestern.edu, CALAIS, Eric, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, and LI, Qingsong, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058

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