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

Session No. 59
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
119/120 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

Geophysics/Geodynamics

 

Catherine M. Snelson and Robert Mellors, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1:00 PM
APPLICATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TO SUBSURFACE EXPLOSION SOURCE PHYSICS
ANTOUN, Tarabay1, VOROBIEV, Oleg1, EZZEDINE, Souheil2 and GLENN, Lew3, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-105, Livermore, CA 94551, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Engineering Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-105, Livermore, CA 94551, (3)Akima Infrastructure Services, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550
1:15 PM
LARGE SCALE MODELING OF UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS IN FRACTURED GRANITE BASED ON GEOLOGICAL, GEOMECHANICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION
VOROBIEV, Oleg1, EZZEDINE, Souheil2, GLENN, Lew3 and ANTOUN, Tarabay1, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-105, Livermore, CA 94551, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Engineering Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-105, Livermore, CA 94551, (3)Akima Infrastructure Services, Engineering Directorate, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550
1:30 PM
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS: EFFECT OF JOINTS NEAR THE SOURCE ON ENERGY COUPLING AND SHEAR MOTIONS GENERATION
EZZEDINE, Souheil1, VOROBIEV, Oleg2, ANTOUN, Tarabay2 and GLENN, Lew3, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Computational Engineering, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-126, Livermore, CA 94551, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-105, Livermore, CA 94551, (3)Akima Infrastructure Services, Engineering Directorate, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550
1:45 PM
A 3D GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK MODEL OF THE SOURCE PHYSICS EXPERIMENT (SPE) PHASE I TEST BED
SNELSON, Catherine M., BRADLEY, Christopher R., COBLENTZ, David, PATTON, Howard J., SUSSMAN, Aviva and WHITAKER, Rodney W., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
2:00 PM
MODELING FULL SEISMIC WAVEFORMS IN A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT
MELLORS, Robert, PITARKA, Arben, MATZEL, Eric, WALTER, William, FORD, Sean, HAUK, Teresa and GANZBERGER, Michael, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551
2:15 PM
PARAMETRIC STUDIES OF NEAR-SURFACE EXPLOSIONS
RODGERS, Artie1, EZZEDINE, Souheil2, FORD, Sean3, VOROBIEV, Oleg4 and PITARKA, Arben3, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Lab, AAED, 7000 east avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Engineering Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-126, Livermore, CA 94551, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551, (4)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, P.O.Box 808, M/S L-105, Livermore, CA 94551
 
2:30 PM
Break
59-7
2:45 PM
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3:00 PM
REACTION VEINS AND THE PERMEABILITY OF THE UPPER CRUST
BUCHER, Kurt and STOBER, Ingrid, Mineralogy, University of Freiburg, Albert 23b, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
Handouts
  • GSA 59-8 3.00PM Bucher cond.pdf (37.4 MB)
  • 3:15 PM
    PERMEABILITY AND FLUID FLOW IN THE UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST
    STOBER, Ingrid and BUCHER, Kurt, Mineralogy, University of Freiburg, Albert 23b, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
    Handouts
  • 59-9 GSA 2014 Stober.pdf (2.1 MB)
  • 3:30 PM
    MEASURING THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY USING A DIVIDED BAR: NEW EQUATIONS FOR IRREGULAR SAMPLES
    CROWELL, James Joshua, School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St. Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202
    3:45 PM
    INTRA-CRUSTAL DISCONTINUITIES IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: EVIDENCE FOR SHEAR LOCALIZATION DURING CONTINENTAL COLLISION
    PARKER, E. Horry, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St, Athens, GA 30602, HAWMAN, Robert B., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, FISCHER, Karen M., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and WAGNER, Lara S., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015
    59-12
    4:00 PM
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