South-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (April 1–2, 2005)

Session No. 2
Friday, 1 April 2005: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

General Session 1. Remote Sensing/GIS, Structure and Tectonics

 

Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Chair
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Start Time
 
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:40 AM
URBAN HOT ISLAND PHENOMENON OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS USING TIME SERIES OF TEMPERATURE FROM MODIS IMAGES
YTUARTE, Sandra L., Earth and Environmental Science Master's Program, The Unversity of Texas at San Antonio, Castroville, TX 78009 and CASTELLANO, Noreen, Earth and Environmental Science Master's Program, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78009, sytuarte@lonestar.utsa.edu, sytuarte@lonestar.utsa.edu
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9:00 AM
FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT BASED ON MODIS-DERIVED VEGETATION INDICE IN WEST TEXAS HIGH DESERT
CABICO, Mei Lani, Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249 and XIE, Hongjie, Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249, lani.cabico@bc-b.com, lani.cabico@bc-b.com
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9:20 AM
INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING DATA WITH GIS AND GEOCHEMISTRY IN EXPLORATION FOR HYDROCARBON SURFACE EXPRESSIONS, WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
OKO, Albert S., Geology & Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148 and CWICK, Gary J., Geosciences, Southeast Missouri State Univ, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, oko_man2000@yahoo.com, oko_man2000@yahoo.com
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9:40 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE OLYMPUS MONS AND VALLES MARINERIS USING THEMIS IMAGERY
MENA-FERNANDEZ, Selene, PEREZ, Raymond and XIE, Hongjie, Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N Loop 1604 W, San Antonio, TX 78249, smenafer@yahoo.com, smenafer@yahoo.com
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:40 AM
GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF THE GORGE OF THE NILE IN ETHIOPIA: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FROM ASTER, RADARSAT, DEMS, AND FIELD STUDIES
SULTANA, D. Nahid, Department of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, FO 21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688 and ABDELSALAM, Mohamed G., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 North Floyd Rd, PO Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, dns022000@utdallas.edu, dns022000@utdallas.edu
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11:00 AM
TRACING ALONG-STRIKE STRUCTURAL CONTINUITY IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC ALLAQI-HEIANI SUTURE, SOUTHERN EGYPT USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA), FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM (FFT), AND REDUNDANT WAVELET TRANSFORM (RWT) OF ASTER DATA
REN, Dianwei and ABDELSALAM, Mohamed G., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Road, P.O.Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, rencui@utdallas.edu, rencui@utdallas.edu
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11:20 AM
THE BIRTH OF A PLATE BOUNDARY: THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE NUBIAN/SOMALIAN AND ARABIAN PLATES WITHIN THE AFAR DEPRESSION, ETHIOPIA
ABDELSALAM, Mohamed G., Geoscience, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 North Floyd Rd, PO Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688 and BEYENE, Alebachew, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Road, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, abdels@utdallas.edu, abdels@utdallas.edu
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11:40 AM
TECTONIC HISTORY OF TWO DISPARATE HIGH-PRESSURE, LOW-TEMPERATURE METAMORPHIC BELTS ALONG THE MOTAGUA FAULT ZONE, GUATEMALA
FRANCIS, A.H.1, AVÉ LALLEMANT, H.G.1 and SISSON, V.B.2, (1)Department of Earth Science - MS-126, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, ahfran@rice.edu, ahfran@rice.edu