2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 163
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

T5. Coastal Tectonics of the Pacific Rim: Geomorphology, Structure, and Hazards

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Jeff Marshall and Peter Sak, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Recent Advances In Understanding Earthquake Hazards and Risk In the Pacific Northwest
CLAGUE, John, Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada, jclague@sfu.ca, jclague@sfu.ca
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1:45 PM
Applying Research Data and Results: A Case History of a Cascadia Great Earthquake and Tsunami
HALL, Michelle K., Science Education Solutions, Los Alamos Research Park, 4200 W. Jemez Rd, Suite 301, Los Alamos, NM 87544, MAYHEW, Michael A., Synoptic, LLC, 42 Island Edge Dr, Ocean City, MD 21842, BUTLER, Robert F., Department of Physics, University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203-5798 and WALKER, C. Scott, Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, hall@scieds.com, hall@scieds.com
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2:00 PM
Quantifying Coseismic Subsidence during the Giant AD 1700 Earthquake along the Oregon Coast
HAWKES, Andrea D.1, HORTON, Benjamin P.1 and NELSON, Alan R.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pensylvania, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (2)Geologic Hazards Team, USGS, P.0. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, hawkesa@sas.upenn.edu, hawkesa@sas.upenn.edu
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2:15 PM
Relationship among Rough Crust Subduction, Forearc Kinematics, and Quaternary Uplift Rates, Costa Rican Segment of the Middle America Trench
SAK, Peter1, FISHER, Donald2, GARDNER, Thomas3, MARSHALL, Jeffrey4 and LAFEMINA, Peter2, (1)Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, (2)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Department of Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, (4)Geological Sciences Department, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA 91768, sakp@dickinson.edu, sakp@dickinson.edu
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2:30 PM
Coastal Tectonics of the Nicoya Peninsula Seismic Gap, Costa Rica
MARSHALL, Jeffrey S.1, LAFROMBOISE, Eli J.2, UTICK, John D.1, MORRISH, Shawn C.1, PIESTRZENIEWICZ, Peter1, PROTTI, Marino3, GARDNER, Thomas W.4, SAK, Peter B.5, FISHER, Donald M.6 and SPOTILA, James A.7, (1)Geological Sciences Department, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA 91768, (2)Geological Sciences Department, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, (3)Ovsicori, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, (4)Geosciences Department, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, (5)Department of Geology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, (6)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (7)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, marshall@csupomona.edu, marshall@csupomona.edu
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2:45 PM
Abrupt Cessation of Subsidence and Initiation of Uplift on the Western Solomons and Central New Hebrides Forearcs: Possible Tectonic Mechanisms
TAYLOR, F.W.1, LAVIER, L.1, FROHLICH, C.1, GALLUP, C.2, CARLSON, T.2, FREIBURGER, N.3 and CABIOCH, G.4, (1)Institute for Geophysics- Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Rd. (Bldg 196), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, (3)905 Saulnier St, Houston, TX 77019-4729, (4)Paleotropique, Institut de Recherche pour le developpment, 101 Promenade Roger Laroque - Anse Vata, BP A-5, Noumea, 98848, New Caledonia, fred@ig.utexas.edu, fred@ig.utexas.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
Coastal Marine Terraces of Northern California: A Datum for Estimating Pleistocene Slip Rate across the Northern San Andreas Fault
PRENTICE, Carol S., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, CROSBY, Christopher J., San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, MC 0505, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0505, MERRITTS, Dorothy J., Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 and GARDNER, Tom W., Department of Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, cprentice@usgs.gov, cprentice@usgs.gov
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3:30 PM
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of San Andreas Fault-Driven Distributed Deformation near Point Arena, Mendocino County, California
CROSBY, Christopher J., San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, MC 0505, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0505, ARROWSMITH, Ramon, School of Earth and Space Exploration, EarthScope National Office, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, PRENTICE, Carol S., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and ZIELKE, Olaf, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, ccrosby@sdsc.edu, ccrosby@sdsc.edu
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3:45 PM
Comparative Rates of Uplift and Fluvial Erosion in the Santa Paula and Sespe Watersheds (Western Transverse Ranges), CA
BOOTH, Derek B.1, DOWNS, Pete W.2, DUSTERHOFF, Scott R.2 and LEVERICH, Glen T.2, (1)Stillwater Sciences and University of Washington, 2855 Telegraph Avenue #400, Berkeley, CA 94705, (2)Stillwater Sciences, 2855 Telegraph Avenue #400, Berkeley, CA 94705, dbooth@stillwatersci.com, dbooth@stillwatersci.com
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4:00 PM
The Palos Verdes and Coronado Bank Fault Zones, Inner Continental Borderland, Southern California - Do They Connect?
CONRAD, James E.1, RYAN, Holly F.1, PAULL, Charles K.2, CARESS, David W.2 and SLITER, Ray W.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039, jconrad@usgs.gov, jconrad@usgs.gov
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4:15 PM
Hazardous Landscape at the Fluvio- Alluvial Lower Colorado River Basin, in the Cerro Prieto Area, Mexico
JIMENEZ, Oscar, CFE, Rodano # 14, Colonia Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City, 06598, Mexico, oscar.jimenez03@cfe.gob.mx, oscar.jimenez03@cfe.gob.mx
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