2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 14
Sunday, 18 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
B110/111/112 (Oregon Convention Center)

T59. 50th Anniversary of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake: Lessons Learned in Extensional Tectonic Regimes

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; U.S. Geological Survey Earth Surface Processes Team, Denver; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

David Lageson and C.A. Ruleman, Advocates
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8:00 AM
GEOLOGIC EFFECTS OF THE HEBGEN LAKE EARTHQUAKE, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, AUGUST 17, 1959, AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
EPSTEIN, Jack, US Geological Survey, MS926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, jepstein@usgs.gov, jepstein@usgs.gov
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8:20 AM
THE MADISON RANGE AND MADISON VALLEY, MONTANA – LARAMIDE CONTRACTION AND UPLIFT SET THE STAGE FOR CENOZOIC BASIN FORMATION
KELLOGG, Karl S., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, kkellogg@usgs.gov, kkellogg@usgs.gov
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8:35 AM
THE UNUSUAL 1959 MW 7.3 HEBGEN LAKE, MT, EARTHQUAKE: LITHOSPHERIC AND VOLCANO SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARD
SMITH, Robert B., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 155 S. 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, robert.b.smith@utah.edu, robert.b.smith@utah.edu
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8:50 AM
THE 1959 HEBGEN LAKE, MONTANA, SURFACE RUPTURE AND RECORD OF LATE-PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKES
SCHWARTZ, D.P.1, HECKER, S.1, STENNER, H.D.2, HALLER, Kathleen M.3, PIERCE, Kenneth L.4, LAGESON, David R.5 and MACHETTE, M.N.6, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Exponent, Oakland, CA 94607, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey, Bozeman, MT, Bozeman, MT 59717-3492, (5)Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, (6)U.S. Geological Survey - Retired, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, dschwartz@usgs.gov, dschwartz@usgs.gov
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9:05 AM
LATE QUATERNARY TECTONIC ACTIVITY ALONG THE MADISON RANGE FAULT ZONE, NORTHERN ARM OF THE YELLOWSTONE TECTONIC PARABOLA, SOUTHWEST MONTANA
RULEMAN, C.A., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 980, Denver, CO 80225, cruleman@usgs.gov, cruleman@usgs.gov
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9:20 AM
THE 1983 BORAH PEAK, IDAHO EARTHQUAKE—A MODEL FOR SURFACE-RUPTURING EVENTS IN THE WESTERN U.S
CRONE, Anthony J. and HALLER, Kathleen M., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 966, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, crone@usgs.gov, crone@usgs.gov
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9:35 AM
COMBINING APATITE (U-TH)/HE AND FISSION-TRACK DATING: IMPLICATIONS FOR DIFFERENTIAL UPLIFT OF THE TETON RANGE AND INITIATION OF THE TETON FAULT, WYOMING
BROWN, Summer J.1, SPOTILA, James A.1, TRANEL, Lisa M.1, KRUGH, William C.2, CARRAPA, Barbara2 and THIGPEN, J. Ryan1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, summerb@vt.edu, summerb@vt.edu
 
9:50 AM
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10:05 AM
HEBGEN LAKE – RED CANYON NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM, MT: AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY-STAGE STRUCTURAL INVERSION
LAGESON, David R., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Department of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, lageson@montana.edu, lageson@montana.edu
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10:20 AM
RECENT SEISMICITY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE 1959 EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCK ZONE
STICKNEY, Michael and SMITH, Deborah, Earthquake Studies Office, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701, dsmith@mtech.edu, dsmith@mtech.edu
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10:35 AM
"STRESS SWITCHING" ALONG THE LIMA RESERVOIR FAULT IN YELLOWSTONE'S WAKE
BARTHOLOMEW, Mervin J.1, BONE, Michael J.1, RITTENOUR, Tammy M.2, MICKELSON, Andrew M.1 and STICKNEY, Michael C.3, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (2)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (3)Earthquake Studies Office, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, 1300 West Park Street, Butte, MT 59701, jbrthlm1@memphis.edu, jbrthlm1@memphis.edu
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10:50 AM
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF A NEWLY DISCOVERED HOLOCENE SCARP ON THE SAWTOOTH FAULT, CENTRAL IDAHO
THACKRAY, Glenn D., RODGERS, David W., JOHNSON, Eric M. and SHAPLEY, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, thacglen@isu.edu, thacglen@isu.edu
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11:05 AM
LACUSTRINE RECORDS OF SEISMIC EVENTS ON THE SAWTOOTH FAULT, CENTRAL IDAHO
JOHNSON, Eric M., Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209, THACKRAY, Glenn D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, SHAPLEY, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S 8th Ave, STOP 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209 and FINNEY, Bruce P., Dept. of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007, johneric@isu.edu, johneric@isu.edu
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11:20 AM
EVALUATION OF RIGHT-LATERAL SHEAR ACROSS THREE NW-TRENDING NORMAL FAULTS NORTHWEST OF THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO
PAYNE, Suzette J., Structural and Seismic Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203, MCCAFFREY, Robert, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, KING, Robert W., EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 and KATTENHORN, Simon A., ConocoPhillips Company, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, Suzette.Payne@inl.gov, Suzette.Payne@inl.gov
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11:35 AM
LATERAL AND VERTICAL CHANNEL MOVEMENT AND BED-MATERIAL ENTRAINMENT POTENTIAL ON THE MADISON RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM EARTHQUAKE LAKE, MONTANA
CHASE, Katherine J. and MCCARTHY, Peter M., Montana Water Science Center, USGS, 3162 Bozeman Ave, Helena, MT 59601, kchase@usgs.gov, kchase@usgs.gov
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