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. 149
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM

T4. Oceanic Geohazards: Distribution, Controls, and Risks (Posters)

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

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Subduction Zones Launch the Highest Magnitude Earthquakes Where Thick, Laterally Continuous Masses of Trench Sediment Enter the Subduction Channel
SCHOLL, David W.1, KERANEN, Katie2, KIRBY, Stephen H.3, BLAKELY, Richard J.4, WELLS, Ray E.5, RYAN, Holly F.6, VON HUENE, Roland6 and FISHER, Michael A.6, (1)US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 2122 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 977, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (4)US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 989, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dscholl@usgs.gov, dscholl@usgs.gov
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The Interplay Between Submarine Slope Failure and Volcanic Spreading in Hawaii: Evidence from Seismic Reflection and Submersible Studies
MORGAN, Julia K., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, MOORE, Gregory F., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 and CLAGUE, David A., Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039, morganj@rice.edu, morganj@rice.edu
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New High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Data Show An Active Fault Linking the San Diego Trough and San Pedro Basin Fault Zones, Inner Continental Borderland, Southern California
CONRAD, James E., RYAN, Holly F. and SLITER, Ray W., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jconrad@usgs.gov, jconrad@usgs.gov
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Detailed Fault and Deformation Mapping along a Strike-Slip Fault in a Coastal Environment: The San Gregorio Fault near Half Moon Bay, California
ROSS, Stephanie L., CONRAD, James E., RYAN, Holly F., CHIN, John L., DARTNELL, Peter, EDWARDS, Brian D., PHILLIPS, Eleyne L., SLITER, Ray W. and WONG, Florence L., Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jconrad@usgs.gov, jconrad@usgs.gov
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Moderate Tsunamis, Great Storms Leave Little Sedimentary Record on Tokachi Coast, Hokkaido, Japan
DELBECQ, Katie1, NUTTER, Wes1, NISHIMURA, Yuichi2, NAKAMURA, Yugo3, HIRAKAWA, Kazuomi4 and MOORE, Andrew1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, (2)Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, (3)Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 007-0835, Japan, (4)Laboratory of Geoecology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N-10 W-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, delbeka@earlham.edu, delbeka@earlham.edu
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Sedimentary Evidence for Great Tsunamis near Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan
NUTTER, Wes1, DELBECQ, Katie1, NISHIMURA, Yuichi2, NAKAMURA, Yugo3, HIRAKAWA, Kazuomi4 and MOORE, Andrew1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, (2)Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, (3)Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 007-0835, Japan, (4)Laboratory of Geoecology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, N-10 W-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, nuttewe@earlham.edu, nuttewe@earlham.edu
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Tsunamigenic Landslide Deposits Imaged beneath Port Valdez, Alaska
RYAN, Holly F.1, LEE, Homa J.1 and HAEUSSLER, Peter J.2, (1)U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, hryan@usgs.gov, hryan@usgs.gov
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Unraveling the Source of Large Erratic Boulders on Tonga: Implications for Geohazards and Mega-Tsunamis
HORNBACH, Matthew J., Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, FROHLICH, Cliff, Jackson School of Geoscience, The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, J.J. Pickle Research Campus Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758-4445 and TAYLOR, Frederick W., Univ Texas - Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759-8500, matth@gmail.com, matth@gmail.com
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Indication of Submarine Landslide along the Southern Coast of Ceram Island
YUDHICARA, Yudhicara, GEOLOGICAL AGENCY OF INDONESIA, CENTER FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARD MITIGATION, JL. DIPONEGORO NO. 57, Bandung, 40122, Indonesia, yudhicara@yahoo.com, yudhicara@yahoo.com
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Fault Systems of the Sigsbee Escarpment and Their Level of Late Quaternary Activity
ANGELL, Michael, Fugro William Lettis & Associates, Inc, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, HANSON, Kathryn, AMEC Geomatrix, Inc, 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 1100, Oakland, CA 94612, ABRAMSONWARD, Hans, AMEC Geomatrix, Inc, 2101 Webster Street, 12th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, YOUNGS, Bob, Geomatrix Consultants, 2101 Webster Street, 12th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 and JEANJEAN, Philippe, BP America, Inc, 501 WestLake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, N/A, N/A
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Linking Seismic Facies, Physical Properties, and Depositional Processes in Mass Transport Deposits, Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico
SAWYER, Derek E.1, FLEMINGS, Peter B.1 and DUGAN, Brandon2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (2)Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, derek.sawyer@mail.utexas.edu, derek.sawyer@mail.utexas.edu
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Strength History of Sediments from IODP Expedition 308, Northern Gulf of Mexico: Slope (In)Stability and Mass Transport Complexes
DUGAN, Brandon, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, dugan@rice.edu, dugan@rice.edu
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Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Submarine Landslides along the U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin
TWICHELL, David C.1, CHAYTOR, Jason D.2, TEN BRINK, Uri S.1 and BUCZKOWSKI, Brian1, (1)United States Geological Survey, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS# 24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jchaytor@whoi.edu, jchaytor@whoi.edu
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Assessment of Tsunami Hazard to the U.S. East Coast Using Relationships Between Submarine Landslides and Earthquakes
TEN BRINK, Uri S.1, LEE, Homa J.2, GEIST, Eric L.2 and TWICHELL, David C.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, utenbrink@usgs.gov, utenbrink@usgs.gov
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