Session No. 304
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

P2. 125 Anniversary Pardee Symposium: Advances in Understanding Earth Structure and Process from EarthScope

GSA Geophysics Division

 

Eugene D. Humphreys, Convener
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8:00 AM
THE ROLE OF LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE AND LARGE-SCALE MANTLE FLOW IN THE FORCES THAT AFFECT NORTH AMERICA
HOLT, William E., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, GHOSH, Attreyee, Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India and WANG, Xinguo, Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China, william.holt@stonybrook.edu
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8:20 AM
MANTLE SEISMIC STRUCTURE BENEATH USARRAY: SLAB SEGMENTATION AND DEEP ROOTS OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT
SCHMANDT, Brandon, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, bschmandt@unm.edu
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8:40 AM
STATIC AND DYNAMIC SUPPORT OF WESTERN UNITED STATES TOPOGRAPHY
BECKER, Thorsten W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, FACCENNA, Claudio, Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, Roma, 00146, Italy, HUMPHREYS, Eugene, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, LOWRY, Anthony R., Dept. of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505 and MILLER, Meghan S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, twb@usc.edu
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9:00 AM
DEMISE OF FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION AT THE END OF THE LARAMIDE OROGENY
HUMPHREYS, Eugene D., Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, genehumphreys@gmail.com
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9:20 AM
CONVECTIVE REMOVAL OF COLORADO PLATEAU LITHOSPHERE FROM THE OUTSIDE-IN AND RESULTING MAGMATISM AND SURFACE UPLIFT
LEVANDER, Alan, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, HUMPHREYS, Eugene D., Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, SCHMANDT, Brandon, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, MILLER, Meghan S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, CROW, Ryan S., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, REID, Mary R., School of Earth Sciences & Env. Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BLICHERT-TOFT, J., Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Université Claude 7 Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5276, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, 69007, France, alan@rice.edu
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9:40 AM
MANTLE HETEROGENEITY OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA COMPARED TO THAT OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
VAN DER LEE, Suzan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Tech F379, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, LOU, Xiaoting, Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana St, Rm 33157, Houston, TX 77002 and WOLIN, Emily, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, suzan@earth.northwestern.edu
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10:00 AM
SUPERCONTINENTAL SCARS: VARIATIONS IN CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN
BENOIT, Margaret H.1, CRAMPTON, Melanie1, DYBUS, William1, EBINGER, Cynthia2 and LONG, Maureen D.3, (1)Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing, NJ 08628, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, benoit@tcnj.edu
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10:20 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATION IN THE WESTERN U.S. FOR THE MECHANICS OF STRAIN LOCALIZATION
POLLITZ, F., USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, fpollitz@usgs.gov
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11:00 AM
CHEMOMECHANICAL CONTROLS ON CREEP PROCESSES IN THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT REVEALED IN SAFOD CORE
MOORE, Diane E., U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, RYMER, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and LOCKNER, David A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dmoore@usgs.gov
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11:20 AM
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FAULT ZONE STRENGTH, FABRIC, AND THE MODE OF FRICTIONAL SLIDING: LESSONS FROM EARTHSCOPE
MARONE, Chris, Geosciences, Penn State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, CARPENTER, Brett, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, Rome, 00143, Italy, SAFFER, Demian, Department of Geosciences and Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids, and Geohazards, The Pennsylvania State University, 534 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, IKARI, Matt, Marum, Center for Marine Environmental Science, Universität Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany, HAINES, Samuel H., Chevron Energy Technology Corporation, 1500 Louisiana Street, Room 28092, Houston, TX 77019 and SCUDERI, Marco, Geosciences, Penn State University, 522 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, cjm38@psu.edu
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11:40 AM
CONTINENTAL ARCHITECTURE AND MAGMATIC/HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSES OF SUBDUCTION AND EXTENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE WESTERN U.S. VIEWED FROM EARTHSCOPE MT TA AND FOCUSED MT DATA SETS
WANNAMAKER, Philip, Energy & Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, 423 Wakara Way, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, EGBERT, Gary, College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 COAS Admin. Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, MEQBEL, Naser, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Telegrafenberg 14473, Potsdam, Germany and EVANS, Rob L., Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Clark South 172, MS 24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, pewanna@egi.utah.edu