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Northeastern Section - 47th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2012)

Session No. 16
Sunday, 18 March 2012: 1:25 PM-5:35 PM
Capital Room 1 (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

T23. Seeing through the Haze: Remote Sensing, Geophysical Investigations, Paleoseismology, and Neotectonics in Northeastern North America

 

Robert J. Altamura and John E. Ebel, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:25 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:30 PM
STRUCTURAL SEISMOLOGY IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA: RECENT RESULTS AND UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES WITH EarthScope
LONG, Maureen D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and BENOIT, Margaret H., Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing, NJ 08628, maureen.long@yale.edu, maureen.long@yale.edu
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1:50 PM
THE SEARCH FOR POTENTIALLY SEISMICALLY ACTIVE FAULTS IN NEW ENGLAND: TARGETS FOR GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES
EBEL, John E., Weston Observatory, Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 381 Concord Rd, Weston, MA 02493, ebel@bc.edu, ebel@bc.edu
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2:10 PM
THE EASTFORD LINEAMENT - EVIDENCE FOR A LATE-STAGE REGIONAL FRACTURE ZONE IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF MOODUS AREA SEISMICITY
ALTAMURA, Robert J., Consulting Geologist, 1601 Yardal Rd, State College, PA 16801, MARPLE, Ronald, U.S. Army, 4883 Battery lane #1, Bethesda, MD 20814, ALEXANDER, Shelton S., Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 and HURD, James, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, The University of Connecticut U-87, Room 308, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269, raltamura@comcast.net, raltamura@comcast.net
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2:30 PM
SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EASTFORD LINEAMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RECENT MOODUS CT EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY AND OLDER FAULTING
ALEXANDER, Shelton S., Geosciences, Penn State University, 403 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, MARPLE, Ronald, 4883 Battery Lane #1, Bethesda, MD 20814 and ALTAMURA, Robert J., Consulting Geologist, 1601 Yardal Rd, State College, PA 16801, ssa2@psu.edu, ssa2@psu.edu
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2:50 PM
HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF AUDIBLE EARTHQUAKES FROM MOODUS, CT: “THE MOODUS NOISES”
GUINNESS, Alison C., 418 Tater Hill Road, East Haddam, CT 06423, wjguinness@snet.net, wjguinness@snet.net
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3:10 PM
EVIDENCE FOR THE POST-ALLEGHANIAN BUNKER HILL FAULT ZONE AND Z FAULT IN THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL CONNECTICUT USING LIDAR AND GEOMORPHIC DATA INTEGRATED WITH FIELD INVESTIGATIONS
MARPLE, Ronald, 4883 Battery Lane #1, Bethesda, MD 20814, ALTAMURA, Robert J., Consulting Geologist, 1601 Yardal Rd, State College, PA 16801 and HURD, James, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, The University of Connecticut U-87, Room 308, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269, rtmarple@comcast.net, rtmarple@comcast.net
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:50 PM
NORTHEAST POCKMARK FIELDS: SHALLOW MARINE LIQUEFACTION LANDFORMS RESULTING FROM SEISMIC EVENTS?
KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469-5790, BROTHERS, Laura, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and BELKNAP, Daniel F., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, jtkelley@maine.edu, jtkelley@maine.edu
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4:10 PM
DETERMINING BEDROCK DEPTH USING THE HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIO (HVSR) PASSIVE SEISMIC METHOD: EXAMPLES FROM THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
VOYTEK, Emily B. and LANE Jr, John W., U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Groundwater, Branch of Geophysics, 11 Sherman Place, Unit 5015, Storrs, CT 06269, ebvoytek@usgs.gov, ebvoytek@usgs.gov
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4:30 PM
SEAFLOOR CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MERRIMACK RIVER EBB TIDAL DELTA
MORRIS, Abigail Lauryn, Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, PE'ERI, Shachak, Center For Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, ACKERMAN, Seth, USGS, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and CLYDE, William C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, aly55@wildcats.unh.edu, aly55@wildcats.unh.edu
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4:50 PM
ANALOG SEISMIC PROFILES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL GIS MODEL: CONSTRAINING THE GEOMETRY OF SUBSURFACE PALEOCHANNELS BENEATH DELAWARE BAY AND THE MID-ATLANTIC INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF
CHILDERS, Daniel P., Geology, Delaware County Community College, 901 S. Media Line rd, Math/Science dept, Media, PA 19063, DELIBERTY, Tracy, Geography, Universilty of Delaware, Pearson Hall, Newark, DE 19711 and MADSEN, John, Department of Geological Sciences, Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, dchilder@dccc.edu, dchilder@dccc.edu
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5:10 PM
LIDAR-DERIVED DIGITAL ELEVATION MAPS OF MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY USED TO IDENTIFY CAROLINA BAY LANDFORMS
DAVIAS, Michael, Stamford, CT 06907, michael@cintos.org, michael@cintos.org
 
5:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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