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

Session No. 124
Monday, 19 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 254 (Oregon Convention Center)

P2. Crustal Tectonic Deformation as Revealed by Seismic Anisotropy

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

David Okaya, Kevin Mahan, Mark T. Brandon and Nikolas I. Christensen, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
 
1:35 PM
Part 1: Seismological view of anisotropic crustal material
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1:50 PM
IMAGING OF CRUSTAL SEISMIC ANISOTROPY: HOW WE MEASURE IT AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
ZANDT, George, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, PORTER, Ryan C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015 and OKAYA, David, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, gzandt@email.arizona.edu, gzandt@email.arizona.edu
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2:10 PM
CRUSTAL SEISMIC ANISOTROPY - SOME FIRST PRINCIPLES
OKAYA, David, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and CHRISTENSEN, Nikolas I., Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, okaya@usc.edu, okaya@usc.edu
 
2:30 PM
Discussion: Can seismics
 
2:50 PM
Part 2: Geological view of anisotropic crustal material
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3:05 PM
RELATING DEFORMATION FABRICS AND TECTONICS TO SEISMIC ANISOTROPY IN CONTINENTAL CRUST
BUTLER, Robert W.H., Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom and LLOYD, Geoffrey E., School of Earth and Environment, Leeds University, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, rob.butler@abdn.ac.uk, rob.butler@abdn.ac.uk
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3:25 PM
INFLUENCE OF METAMORPHIC AND DEFORMATION PROCESSES ON THE EVOLUTION OF CRUSTAL SEISMIC ANISOTROPY
MAHAN, Kevin H., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, mahank@colorado.edu, mahank@colorado.edu
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3:40 PM
DUCTILE FLOW WITHIN AN OROGENIC WEDGE, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SEISMIC ANISTROPY
BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, mark.brandon@yale.edu, mark.brandon@yale.edu
 
3:55 PM
Discussion: Are texture-based discriminants possible?
 
4:15 PM
Break
 
4:30 PM
Part 3: Natural examples and future directions
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4:45 PM
THE PELONA-OROCOPIA-RAND SCHISTS FOR CALIBRATION OF CRUSTAL SEISMIC ANISOTROPY INTENSITY AND SCALES: NATURAL EXPOSURES, THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIES, AND QUANTIFICATION OF INHERENT FABRIC ANISOTROPY
JACOBSON, Carl, Dept. Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3212, OKAYA, David, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and CHRISTENSEN, Nikolas I., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, cejac@iastate.edu, cejac@iastate.edu
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5:00 PM
VELOCITY ANISOTROPY OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS—EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE FROM ELECTRON BACK-SCATTER DIFFRACTION
HACKER, Bradley R.1, ERDMAN, Monica1, MC KAY, Hannah1, SEWARD, Gareth1 and ZANDT, George2, (1)Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, hacker@geol.ucsb.edu, hacker@geol.ucsb.edu
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5:15 PM
NUMERICAL MODELING OF MICROSTRUCTURAL PROCESSES AND FABRIC EVOLUTION: AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN EXPLORING CRUSTAL SEISMIC ANISOTROPY
JOHNSON, Scott E., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469, NAUS-THIJSSEN, FĂ©lice M.J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, VEL, Senthil S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 and OKAYA, David, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, johnsons@maine.edu, johnsons@maine.edu
 
5:30 PM
Convenors summary: Disciplinary and cross-disciplinary challenges
 
5:40 PM
Discussion: What multi-disciplinary ties are needed to assess this statement:
 
6:10 PM
Concluding Remarks