North-Central Section (44th Annual) and South-Central Section (44th Annual) Joint Meeting (11–13 April 2010)

Session No. 2
Sunday, 11 April 2010: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Compton Ferry (Branson Convention Center)

T1. Lithospheric Structure of the Mid-Continent Region: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and What EarthScope Can Tell Us

GSA Geophysics Division

 

G. Randy Keller and Kevin L. Mickus, Advocates
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1:45 PM
SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE FOR A GREATLY DENSIFIED PERMANENT SEISMIC NETWORK IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS UTILIZING USArray
GAO, Stephen S.1, NIEMI, Tina M.2, BLACK, Ross A.3, LIU, Kelly H.4, ANDERSON, R.R.5, JOECKEL, Robert6, BUSBY, Robert7, TABER, John7 and WOODWARD, Robert8, (1)Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Flarsheim Hall 420, Kansas City, MO 64110, (3)Department of Geology, Univ of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (4)Geological sciences and engineering, Missouri university of science and technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, (5)Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa City, 52242, (6)School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, (7)IRIS, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (8)IRIS, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, sgao@mst.edu, sgao@mst.edu
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2:00 PM
THE EARTHSCOPE MAGNETOTELLURIC EXPERIMENT: PROGRESS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS
MICKUS, Kevin L., Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu
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2:15 PM
SOME NEW OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF RIFTING IN THE MID-CONTINENT REGION
KELLER, G. Randy1, ELEBIJU, Olubunmi2 and RONDOT, Amanda2, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics and Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Suite 810, Norman, OK 73019, grkeller@ou.edu, grkeller@ou.edu
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2:30 PM
MANTLE ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE AND ADJACENT AREAS
MOIDAKI, Moikwathai, Physics, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, GAO, Stephen S., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, LIU, Kelly H., Geological sciences and engineering, Missouri university of science and technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409 and ATEKWANA, Estella, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, moidaki@mopipi.ub.bw, moidaki@mopipi.ub.bw
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2:45 PM
LATE JURASSIC LAMPROPHYRES FROM LOUISIANA SALT DOMES
STERN, Robert1, ANTHONY, Elizabeth2, REN, Minghua2, LOCK, Brian E.3, NORTON, Ian4, KIMURA, Jun Ichi5, MIYAZAKI, Takashi5, HANYU, Takeshi5, QING, Chang5 and HIRAHARA, Yuka6, (1)Geosciences Department, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, (3)Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, PO Box 44530, Lafayette, LA 70520, (4)Institute for Geophysics, U TX Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (5)Ifree-Jamstec, IFREE-JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan, (6)IFREE-JAMSTEC, IFREE-JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan, rjstern@utdallas.edu, rjstern@utdallas.edu
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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