2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 14 Sunday, 18 October 2009
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: B110/111/112

T59. 50th Anniversary of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake: Lessons Learned in Extensional Tectonic Regimes (GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; U.S. Geological Survey Earth Surface Processes Team, Denver; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division)

David Lageson and C.A. Ruleman, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
14-18:00 AM GEOLOGIC EFFECTS OF THE HEBGEN LAKE EARTHQUAKE, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, AUGUST 17, 1959, AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: EPSTEIN, Jack, US Geological Survey, MS926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, jepstein@usgs.gov
14-28:20 AM THE MADISON RANGE AND MADISON VALLEY, MONTANA – LARAMIDE CONTRACTION AND UPLIFT SET THE STAGE FOR CENOZOIC BASIN FORMATION: KELLOGG, Karl S., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, kkellogg@usgs.gov
14-38:35 AM THE UNUSUAL 1959 MW 7.3 HEBGEN LAKE, MT, EARTHQUAKE: LITHOSPHERIC AND VOLCANO SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARD: SMITH, Robert B., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 155 S. 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, robert.b.smith@utah.edu
14-48:50 AM THE 1959 HEBGEN LAKE, MONTANA, SURFACE RUPTURE AND RECORD OF LATE-PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKES: SCHWARTZ, D.P.1, HECKER, S.1, STENNER, H.D.2, HALLER, Kathleen M.3, PIERCE, Kenneth L.4, LAGESON, David R.5, and MACHETTE, M.N.6, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dschwartz@usgs.gov, (2) Exponent, Oakland, CA 94607, (3) U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4) U.S. Geological Survey, Bozeman, MT 59717-3492, (5) Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, (6) U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225
14-59:05 AM LATE QUATERNARY TECTONIC ACTIVITY ALONG THE MADISON RANGE FAULT ZONE, NORTHERN ARM OF THE YELLOWSTONE TECTONIC PARABOLA, SOUTHWEST MONTANA: RULEMAN, C.A., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 980, Denver, CO 80225, cruleman@usgs.gov
14-69:20 AM THE 1983 BORAH PEAK, IDAHO EARTHQUAKE—A MODEL FOR SURFACE-RUPTURING EVENTS IN THE WESTERN U.S: CRONE, Anthony J. and HALLER, Kathleen M., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, crone@usgs.gov
14-79:35 AM COMBINING APATITE (U-TH)/HE AND FISSION-TRACK DATING: IMPLICATIONS FOR DIFFERENTIAL UPLIFT OF THE TETON RANGE AND INITIATION OF THE TETON FAULT, WYOMING: BROWN, Summer J.1, SPOTILA, James A.2, TRANEL, Lisa M.2, KRUGH, William C.3, CARRAPA, Barbara3, and THIGPEN, J. Ryan2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, summerb@vt.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3) Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071-3006
 9:50 AM Break
14-810:05 AM HEBGEN LAKE – RED CANYON NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM, MT: AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY-STAGE STRUCTURAL INVERSION: LAGESON, David R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, lageson@montana.edu
14-910:20 AM RECENT SEISMICITY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE 1959 EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK ZONE: STICKNEY, Michael and SMITH, Deborah, Earthquake Studies Office, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701, dsmith@mtech.edu
14-1010:35 AM "STRESS SWITCHING" ALONG THE LIMA RESERVOIR FAULT IN YELLOWSTONE'S WAKE: BARTHOLOMEW, Mervin J.1, BONE, Michael J.2, RITTENOUR, Tammy M.3, MICKELSON, Andrew M.2, and STICKNEY, Michael C.4, (1) Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, jbrthlm1@memphis.edu, (2) Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (3) Dept. of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (4) Earthquake Studies Office, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701
14-1110:50 AM PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A NEWLY DISCOVERED HOLOCENE SCARP ON THE SAWTOOTH FAULT, CENTRAL IDAHO: THACKRAY, Glenn D., RODGERS, David W., JOHNSON, Eric M., and SHAPLEY, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, thacglen@isu.edu
14-1211:05 AM LACUSTRINE RECORDS OF SEISMIC EVENTS ON THE SAWTOOTH FAULT, CENTRAL IDAHO: JOHNSON, Eric M., Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209, johneric@isu.edu, THACKRAY, Glenn D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, SHAPLEY, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave. STOP 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, and FINNEY, Bruce P., Dept. of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007
14-1311:20 AM EVALUATION OF RIGHT-LATERAL SHEAR ACROSS THREE NW-TRENDING NORMAL FAULTS NORTHWEST OF THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO: PAYNE, Suzette J., Structural and Seismic Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203, Suzette.Payne@inl.gov, MCCAFFREY, Robert, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, KING, Robert W., EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, and KATTENHORN, Simon A., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, PO Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844-3022
14-1411:35 AM LATERAL AND VERTICAL CHANNEL MOVEMENT AND BED-MATERIAL ENTRAINMENT POTENTIAL ON THE MADISON RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM EARTHQUAKE LAKE, MONTANA: CHASE, Katherine J. and MCCARTHY, Peter M., Montana Water Science Center, USGS, 3162 Bozeman Ave, Helena, MT 59601, kchase@usgs.gov

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