Rocky Mountain Section - 61st Annual Meeting (11-13 May 2009)
Session No. 13 Tuesday, 12 May 2009
1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Utah Valley University: Auditorium

T6. Quaternary Tectonics and Earthquake-Hazard Characterization in the Rocky Mountain Region II

Christopher B. DuRoss, Greg N. McDonald, Ivan G. Wong and Michael P. Bunds, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
13-11:00 PM OVERVIEW OF SEISMICITY IN UTAH RELEVANT TO SEISMOTECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS: ARABASZ, Walter J., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East Rm 705, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, arabasz@seis.utah.edu and BURLACU, Relu, University of Utah Seismograph Stations, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 705 WBB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111
13-21:20 PM ASSESSING THE EARTHQUAKE GROUND SHAKING HAZARD ALONG THE WASATCH FRONT, UTAH - A LONG AND WINDY ROAD: WONG, Ivan, OLIG, Susan, and THOMAS, Patricia A., Seismic Hazards Group, URS Corporation, 1333 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612, Ivan_Wong@urscorp.com
13-31:40 PM EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL ALONG THE WASATCH FAULT: TESTING ACCELERATING MOMENT RELEASE (AMR) ALONG ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS: ROBINSON, Jamie S., Raser Technologies, 5152 N. Edgewood Drive, Provo, UT 84604, jamie.robinson@rasertech.com, MAJOR, Jonathan, Geologic Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, HARRIS, Ron A., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-349 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, and BOWMAN, David, Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, McCarthy Hall Room 254, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850
13-42:00 PM GeoEarthScope LIDAR SURVEY ALONG THE NEPHI SEGMENT, WASATCH FAULT, UTAH: BRUHN, Ronald L., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South, 1460 East, Room 383, FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, ron.bruhn@utah.edu
13-52:20 PM THE WEST VALLEY FAULT ZONE, SALT LAKE VALLEY, UTAH – WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT ITS SEISMIC HAZARD: HYLLAND, Michael D., Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, mikehylland@utah.gov
13-62:40 PM NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF PREHISTORIC EARTHQUAKES ON THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF THE NEPHI SEGMENT OF THE WASATCH FAULT, UTAH: HORNS, Daniel M., REY, Kevin A., BARNES, Connie S., MCSHINSKY, R. Dawn, and PALMER, Mallory, Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Pkwy, MS 179, Orem, UT 84058, hornsda@uvu.edu
 3:00 PM Break
13-73:20 PM HOLOCENE PALEOSEISMOLOGY OF THE NEPHI, WEBER, AND BRIGHAM CITY SEGMENTS OF THE WASATCH FAULT ZONE, UTAH: INSIGHTS FROM RECENT TRENCH INVESTIGATIONS: DUROSS, Christopher B.1, BRIGGS, Richard W.2, CRONE, Anthony J.2, LUND, William R.3, MCDONALD, Greg N.1, and PERSONIUS, Stephen F.2, (1) Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, christopherduross@utah.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3) Utah Geological Survey, 88 East Fiddler Canyon Road, Cedar City, UT 84720
13-83:40 PM LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE MAPLETON MEGATRENCH ABOUT THE RUPTURE BEHAVIOR OF THE WASATCH FAULT ZONE, UTAH: OLIG, Susan S., Seismic Hazard Group, URS Corporation, 1333 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612, susan_olig@urscorp.com, MCDONALD, Greg, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, BLACK, Bill D., Western GeoLogic, LLC, 74 N St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103, DUROSS, Christopher B., Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, #3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, and LUND, William R., Utah Geological Survey, 88 East Fiddler Canyon Road, Cedar City, UT 84720
13-94:00 PM OBSERVATIONS REGARDING WASATCH FAULT VERTICAL SLIP RATES: INSIGHTS USING THE AGE OF SEDIMENTS IN TIMPANOGOS CAVE, UTAH: MAYO, Alan L.1, BRUTHANS, Jiri2, TINGEY, David1, KADLEC, Jaroslav3, and NELSON, Steve T.1, (1) Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, alan_mayo@live.com, (2) Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, 2, Czech Republic, (3) Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, 6, Czech Republic
13-114:20 PM THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF KISAR ISLAND, INDONESIA: MAJOR, Jonathan R., Geologic Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, jon.r.major@gmail.com and HARRIS, Ron, Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
13-104:40 PM Paper Withdrawn

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