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North-Central Section (36th) and Southeastern Section (51st), GSA Joint Annual Meeting (April 3–5, 2002)

Session No. 21
Thursday, 4 April 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S7. Ancient Basement Faults and Modern Earthquakes

 

William A. Thomas, Russell L. Wheeler and John H. McBride, Conveners
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8:00 AM
THE BLUE RIDGE FRONT: A FAULT SCARP REVISITED
ACKERMAN, S. D. and KNAPP, J. H., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208, sackerman@geol.sc.edu, sackerman@geol.sc.edu
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8:20 AM
FAULT REACTIVATION, SEISMIC HAZARD, AND BACKGROUND NOISE EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
WHEELER, Russell L., USGS, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, wheeler@usgs.gov, wheeler@usgs.gov
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8:40 AM
FAULT LOADING AND EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCE WITHIN LOCALIZED ZONES OF RELATIVE WEAKNESS
KENNER, Shelley J., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, skenner@uky.edu, skenner@uky.edu
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9:00 AM
SEISMIC REFLECTION INTERPRETATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN MARGIN OF THE REELFOOT RIFT
PARRISH, Shane and VAN ARSDALE, Roy, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, shaneparrish@hotmail.com, shaneparrish@hotmail.com
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9:20 AM
CONTRASTS IN BASEMENT FAULTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BASEMENT GRABEN AND THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE
THOMAS, William A., Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, geowat@pop.uky.edu, geowat@pop.uky.edu
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9:40 AM
MAKING THE CASE FOR FAULT REACTIVATION IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN REGION
MCBRIDE, John H., Illinois State Geological Survey and Dept. of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, mcbride@isgs.uiuc.edu, mcbride@isgs.uiuc.edu
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10:00 AM
SEISMIC REFLECTION INVESTIGATION OF THE COTTAGE GROVE FAULT SYSTEM, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BASIN
DUCHEK, Amanda B., Dept. of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, MCBRIDE, John H., Illinois State Geological Survey and Dept. of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and LEETARU, Hannes E., Illinois State Geological Survey and, Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, duchek@uiuc.edu, duchek@uiuc.edu
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10:20 AM
TERTIARY-HOLOCENE TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERNMOST ILLINOIS
NELSON, W. John1, MCBRIDE, John H.2, PUGIN, Andre J.M.3, DENNY, F. Brett4 and LARSON, Timothy H.3, (1)Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, (2)Illinois State Geological Survey and Dept. of Geology, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, (3)Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody drive, Champaign, IL 61820, (4)Illinois State Geol Survey, 5776 Coal Drive, Carterville, IL 62918, jnelson@isgs.uiuc.edu, jnelson@isgs.uiuc.edu
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10:40 AM
THE EASTERN TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE: SMALL EARTHQUAKES ILLUMINATING MAJOR BASEMENT FAULTS?
CHAPMAN, Martin C.1, MUNSEY, Jeffrey W.2, WHISNER, S. Christopher3 and WHISNER, Jennifer3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)TVA, RSO&E, River Operations, Knoxville, TN 37902, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geological Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, mcc@vt.edu, mcc@vt.edu
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11:00 AM
BASEMENT FAULTS IN THE EAST TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SWAN CREEK GAS FIELD
TAVERNIER, Stephen A. and WILLIAMS, Richard T., Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, rick@tennessee.edu, rick@tennessee.edu
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11:20 AM
PLACING RECENT SEISMICITY AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (SC) IN THE CONTEXT OF REPEATED PHANEROZOIC FAULTING
DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, Univ South Carolina - Aiken, 471 University Pkwy, Aiken, SC 29801-6309 and STEVENSON, Donald, Westinghouse Savannah River Co, Aiken, SC 29803, dennis@sc.edu, dennis@sc.edu
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11:40 AM
HISTORIC SEISMICITY IN NW SOUTH CAROLINA: REACTIVATION OF THE TRIASSIC MARIETTA-TRYON GRABEN SYSTEM?
KNAPP, James H., Geophysical Society at Univsersity of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, knapp@geol.sc.edu, knapp@geol.sc.edu
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