Session: Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

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8:15 AM

DRIVING MECHANISM AND DYNAMIC FRAMEWORK OF PLATE TECTONICS: IMPLICATIONS OF TOP-SIDE TECTONICS

HAMILTON, Warren B., Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and ANDERSON, Don L., Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, whamilto@mines.edu, whamilto@mines.edu

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8:30 AM

WILSON CYCLES, TECTONIC INHERITANCE, AND RIFTING OF THE U.S. ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO MARGINS

HARRY, Dennis L. and HUERTA, Audrey D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, dharry@wgs.geo.ua.edu, dharry@wgs.geo.ua.edu

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8:45 AM

POSSIBLE SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES IN THE LOWER MANTLE

LIU, Kelly H. and GAO, Stephen S., Geology, Kansas State Univ, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, liu@ksu.edu, liu@ksu.edu

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9:00 AM

TOWARD A RECONCILIATION OF SEISMIC REFLECTION AND GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ACROSS AN INTERNAL BASEMENT MASSIF, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, USA: PINE MOUNTAIN WINDOW

MCBRIDE, John H., Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, P. O. Box 24606, Provo, UT 84602-4606, HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and STEPHENSON, William J., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, john_mcbride@byu.edu, john_mcbride@byu.edu

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9:15 AM

EXTENSIONAL AND STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING INTERACTIONS IN THE NORTHERN SIERRAN – GREAT BASIN TRANSITION ZONE INFERRED FROM NEW INTEGRATED GRAVITY DATA

OPPLIGER, Gary L.¹, WIDMER, Michael², FAULDS, James E.³ and HENRY, Christopher D.³, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada Reno, Mackay School of Mines /172, Reno, NV 89557-0138, (2)Water Resources, Washoe County, 4930 Energy Way, Reno, NV 89502, (3)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada Reno, Mail Stop 178, Reno, 89557-0088, oppliger@mines.unr.edu, oppliger@mines.unr.edu

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9:30 AM

DATE AND ORIGIN OF FLUID FLOW EVENTS ALONG THE MOINE THRUST, NORTHERN SCOTLAND

BLUMSTEIN, Raleigh D.¹, ELMORE, R. Douglas¹, ENGEL, Michael H.¹ and PARNELL, John², (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Ab24 3UE, United Kingdom, showtime@ou.edu, showtime@ou.edu

9:45 AM

Break

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10:00 AM

MAPPING THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION OF THE SERPENTINE MINERAL CHRYSOTILE RELATIVE TO EFFECTIVE NORMAL STRESS AND TEMPERATURE

MOORE, Diane E., Earthquake Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 977, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, LOCKNER, David A., Earthquake Hazards Team, U. S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 977, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, TANAKA, Hidemi, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan and IWATA, Kengo, Bio/Geoscience, Ehime Univ, Bunkyo-cho 2-5, Matsuyama, Japan, dmoore@usgs.gov, dmoore@usgs.gov

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10:15 AM

EVALUATION OF EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL FOR CHINA: A GEOLOGICAL APPROACH

RONG, Yufang and JACKSON, David D., Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young E. Drive, 3806 Geology Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, yfrong@ucla.edu, yfrong@ucla.edu

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10:30 AM

PALEOMAGNETISM OF UPPER TRIASSIC (CHUGWATER GROUP) STRATA ON THE NORTHEAST FLANK OF THE GROS VENTRE RANGE, NORTHWEST WYOMING, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LARAMIDE-STYLE DEFORMATION

PURCELL, Christopher J. and GEISSMAN, John W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1116, cpurcell@unm.edu, cpurcell@unm.edu

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10:45 AM

PALEOMAGNETIC DATING OF BURIAL DIAGENESIS IN THE DESERET LIMESTONE, UTAH

MILLER, Angela¹, ELMORE, R. Douglas² and ENGEL, Michael H.¹, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019-1009, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, scubabear@ou.edu, scubabear@ou.edu

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11:00 AM

PALEOMAGNETIC DATING OF CLASTIC DIKES IN PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT, NORTHWEST SCOTLAND: EVIDENCE FOR SYNDEPOSITIONAL FAULTING DURING DEPOSITION OF THE TORRIDONIAN

MYERS-DULIN, Shannon¹, ELMORE, R. Douglas¹, ENGEL, Michael H.¹, PARNELL, John² and KELLY, Jason³, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Ab24 3UE, United Kingdom, (3)Geology & Petroleum Geology, Univ of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, ShannonAnn42@aol.com, ShannonAnn42@aol.com

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11:15 AM

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CLAMP ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY TERTIARY CHUCKANUT FORMATION, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON

DONOHOO, Linda, Geology, Western Washington Univ, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, HOUSEN, Bernie, Geology, Western Washignton Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225 and MUSTOE, George, Geology, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225, lld78@hotmail.com, lld78@hotmail.com