South-Central Section - 47th Annual Meeting (4-5 April 2013)

Session No. 3
Thursday, 4 April 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Classroom 202 (AT&T Center)

T10. Results from EarthScope and Related Studies in the South-Central United States

GSA Geophysics Division

 

Jay Pulliam and Harold Gurrola, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
3-1
8:05 AM
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA: INVESTIGATION INTO TECTONIC EVENTS THAT SHAPED SOUTHERN LAURENTIA
COMISKEY, Cody S., Dept of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798, cody_comiskey@baylor.edu
3-2
8:25 AM
SEISMIC VP & VS TOMOGRAPHY OF TEXAS & OKLAHOMA WITH A FOCUS ON THE GULF COAST MARGIN
EVANZIA, Dominic1, AINSWORTH, Ryan1, PRATT, Kevin2, PULLIAM, Jay3 and GURROLA, Harold2, (1)Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, (3)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, dominic_evanzia@baylor.edu
3-3
8:45 AM
INVESTIGATION OF THE LITHOSPHERE OF THE GULF COAST PLAIN AND LLANO UPLIFT USING RECEIVER FUNCTIONS AND PN TOMOGRAPHY
HARRINGTON, Thomas, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79424 and GURROLA, Harold, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, tom.harrington@ttu.edu
3-4
9:05 AM
SP RECEIVER FUNCTION IMAGING OF A TRANSECT ACROSS TEXAS’S GULF COAST PLAIN
AINSWORTH, Ryan1, KNUPPEL, Mark2, EVANZIA, Dominic1, PULLIAM, Jay3 and GURROLA, Harold4, (1)Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbcok, TX 79409, (3)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (4)Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, ryan_ainsworth@baylor.edu
3-5
9:25 AM
LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE OF THE SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AULACOGEN AND SURROUNDING REGION AS DETERMINED FROM BROADBAND SEISMOLOGY AND GRAVITY
TAVE, Matthew and GURROLA, Harold, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, matthew.a.tave@ttu.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
3-6
10:05 AM
A SEISMIC ANOMALY IN THE UPPER MANTLE BENEATH THE TRANS PECOS
PULLIAM, Jay1, ROCKETT, Carrie1, XIA, Yu2 and GRAND, Stephen P.3, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station; C1160, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Department of Geological Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, Jay_Pulliam@baylor.edu
3-7
10:25 AM
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE BENEATH THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT
XIA, Yu, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Geological Sciences, 2275 Speedway Stop C9000, JGB 4.216B, Austin, TX 78712, GRAND, Stephen P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712 and PULLIAM, Jay, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, yu.xia@utexas.edu
3-8
10:45 AM
RECEIVER FUNCTION INVESTIGATION OF THE CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT
GURROLA, Harold and CASTILE, Kriss, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, harold.gurrola@ttu.edu
3-9
11:05 AM
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE UPPER MANTLE AND LITHOSPHERE BENEATH THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND CHAIN USING PP BOUNCE POINT PRECURSORS
ROGERS, Kenney, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41059, Lubbock, TX 79409 and GURROLA, Harold, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, kenneth.rogers@ttu.edu
11:25 AM
PP-PRECURSOR STUDY OF LITHOSPHERIC AND UPPER-MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES BENEATH THE LINE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
SCARBROUGH, M. Ginger, Dept. Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and GURROLA, Harold, Dept. Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409, gscarbro@nmsu.edu
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