Rocky Mountain Section - 64th Annual Meeting (9–11 May 2012)

Session No. 19
Thursday, 10 May 2012: 8:15 AM-10:00 AM
Alvarado A&B (Hotel Albuquerque)

T10. Deep Lithospheric Structure of the Rocky Mountain Region

GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Division

 

Richard Aster and Jolante van Wijk, Advocates
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8:15 AM
LITHOSPHERIC CROSS SECTION OF SOUTHWESTERN CANADA AND THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
COOK, Frederick, Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada, fcook@ucalgary.ca, fcook@ucalgary.ca
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8:30 AM
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT FROM JOINTLY INVERTED BODY AND SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY
PORRITT, Robert, University of California Berkeley, 225 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, ALLEN, Richard, Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 377 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 and POLLITZ, F., USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, rob@seismo.berkeley.edu, rob@seismo.berkeley.edu
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8:45 AM
INTERPRETATION OF PS/SP SUB-MOHO NEGATIVE POLARITY ARRIVALS FROM DULUTH TO FLAGSTAFF, FINGERPRINTING THE NAVAJO VOLCANIC FIELD SOURCE REGION, AND THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ROCKY MTS CURRENT THERMAL THICKNESS
DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, HANSEN, Steven M., Cires, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, MCCLENAHAN, Joe, Laramie, WY 82070, FOSTER, Katie, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070 and SCHMANDT, Brandon, Cal-Tech, Pasedena, WY 1, dueker@uwyo.edu, dueker@uwyo.edu
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9:00 AM
SYSTEMATIC SPATIAL VARIATION OF SEISMIC ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE COLORADO ROCKIES AND ADJACENT REGIONS REVEALED BY CREST
ASTER, Richard, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, LIU, Kelly, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 125 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409-0410, DUEKER, Ken, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, aster@nmt.edu, aster@nmt.edu
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9:15 AM
STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN LITHOSPHERE FROM CREST AND TA SEISMIC DATA
HANSEN, Steven M., Cires, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 and DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, steven.hansen@colorado.edu, steven.hansen@colorado.edu
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9:30 AM
SP RECEIVER FUNCTION IMAGING OF LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY AND MID-LITHOSPHERIC DISCONTINUITY UNDER WESTERN US WITH TRANSPORTABLE ARRAY DATA
FOSTER, Katie, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, 810 E Kearney St apt 2, Laramie, WY 82070 and DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, kfoste14@uwyo.edu, kfoste14@uwyo.edu
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