2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 159
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
119/120 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T136. Geophysical Solutions to Geological Problems: Current Research Results and the Annual George P. Woollard Award Presentation

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division

 

Samantha E. Hansen and Anna M. Courtier, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1:00 PM
MANTLE DYNAMICS AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY POTENTIAL OF THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA: CONSTRAINTS FROM SEISMIC AND MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA
CURRIE, Claire A., Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada, RIPPE, Dennis, Federal Institude for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, D-30655, Germany and UNSWORTH, Martyn, Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2J1, Canada
159-2
1:15 PM
Withdrawn
1:30 PM
GEOELECTRIC AND GEOMAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FRACTURE TRACES IN THE LA SAL MOUNTAINS, UTAH
ARNOFF, Michael J.1, FLETCHER, Andrew W.1, JENSEN, Zachary A.1, KELLUM, Lawrence T.1, SELCK, Jeff1, DASTRUP, Dylan B.1, CARLSON, J. Kade2, SUTTERFIELD, David R.1, JUDD, Emily1 and EMERMAN, Steven H.1, (1)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506
1:45 PM
MULTI-SCALE MAGNETIC FOOTPRINT OF SERPENTINITE CARBONATION – IMPLICATIONS FOR GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING OF IN SITU GEOLOGICAL CO2 SEQUESTRATION
TOMINAGA, Masako1, BEINLICH, Andreas2, HAMPTON, Brian A.3, LIMA, Eduardo Andrade4, WEISS, Benjamin P.4 and HARIGANE, Yumiko5, (1)Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Ln, East Lansing, MI 48823, (2)Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences & Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU), The University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada, (3)Dept. of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, (4)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 54-724, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tukuba, Japan
2:00 PM
EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN CRATONS BASED ON SEISMIC IMAGING
THYBO, Hans, YOUSSOF, Mohammad and ARTEMIEVA, Irina M., Geology Section, IGN, University of Copenhagen, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark
 
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
WHAT DRIVES MICRO-PLATE MOTION AND DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN PLATE BOUNDARY REGION?
GOVERS, Rob, VAN BENTHEM, Steven and WORTEL, M.J. Rinus, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80021, Utrecht, 3508 TA, Netherlands
2:45 PM
THREE DESTRUCTIVE MODERATE-SIZED EARTHQUAKES: INSTRUMENTAL AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS FROM THE EASTERN US, NEW ZEALAND AND CHINA
MOONEY, Walter, USGS, 345 MIddlefield Rd, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, WANG, Honglei, Hebei Earthquake Administration, 262 Huaizhong Rd, Shijiazhuang, 050021, China and DREILING, Jennifer, Institute of Geoscience, Kiel University, Otto-Hahn-Platz 1, Kiel, D24118, Germany
3:00 PM
IS THE PROTEROZOIC LADOGA RIFT (SE BALTIC SHIELD) A RIFT?
ARTEMIEVA, Irina M., Geological Section, IGN, Copenhagen University, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark and SHULGIN, Alexey, GEOMAR, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Kiel, 24148, Germany
3:15 PM
IMAGING THE UPPER MANTLE LOW VELOCITY ZONES AND CONDUITS BENEATH THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS OF MOROCCO: LINKS TO VOLCANISM AND OROGENESIS
MILLER, Meghan S.1, SUN, Daoyuan1, O'DRISCOLL, Leland J.1, BECKER, Thorsten W.1, HOLT, Adam1, BUTCHER, Amber J.1, DIAZ, Jordi2 and THOMAS, Christine3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Earth's Structure and Dynamics and Crystallography, ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, (3)Institut für Geophysik, WWU Münster, Munster, Germany
3:30 PM
GEOPHYSICS AND GEOLOGY: AN ESSENTIAL COMBINATION ILLUSTRATED BY LITHOPROBE INTERPRETATIONS
CLOWES, Ronald M., Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Handouts
  • CLOWES-GSA VAncouver 2014-Session 159-Geophysics&Geology.pptx (14.3 MB)
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    3:45 PM
    Break
     
    4:00 PM
    Introduction of Woollard Speaker
    4:10 PM
    GSA GEOPHYSICS DIVISION GEORGE P. WOOLLARD LECTURE: WAS THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION AN ARTIFACT OF TRUE POLAR WANDER?
    KIRSCHVINK, Joseph L., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, MITCHELL, Ross N., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Intitute of Technology / Yale University, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 06511, RAUB, Timothy D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St. Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom and SILVA, Samuel C., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3042
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