2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 182
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 322/323 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T63. Intraplate Earthquakes, Seismotectonics, and Geodynamics in Eastern and Central North America

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; EarthScope; U.S. Geological Survey
J. Wright Horton Jr., Christine A. Powell and Robert A. Williams, Session Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
TECTONIC FABRIC OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
THOMAS, William A., Emeritus University of Kentucky, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, geowat@uky.edu
8:20 AM
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, EASTERN UNITED STATES
SOTO-CORDERO, Lillian, MELTZER, Anne S. and STACHNIK, Josh, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, lis213@lehigh.edu
8:35 AM
THE LITHOSPHERIC SIGNATURE OF THE REELFOOT RIFT AS REVEALED IN THE SHEAR VELOCITY STRUCTURE BENEATH THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES
CHEN, Chen1, GILBERT, Hersh1, PAVLIS, Gary L.2, HAMBURGER, Michael W.2, MARSHAK, Stephen3, LARSON, Timothy4 and YANG, Xiaotao2, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3)School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, (4)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, chen1072@purdue.edu
8:50 AM
TECTONIC ACTIVITY AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN BORDERING BASINS AND THE MIDCONTINENT BLOCK IN THE USA CRATONIC PLATFORM: HINTS FROM ANALYSIS OF THE OZARK DOME - ILLINOIS BASIN BOUNDARY
DELUCIA, Michael S.1, MARSHAK, Stephen2, GUENTHNER, William R.3, ABERT, Curtis4, LARSON, Timothy5, YANG, Xiaotao6, PAVLIS, Gary L.6, HAMBURGER, Michael W.6, CHEN, Chen7 and GILBERT, Hersh7, (1)Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, 605 E. Springfield, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois, 605 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820, (3)Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 152 Computer Applications Bldg, 605 E. Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, (4)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 136 Natural Resources Bldg, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, (5)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (7)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, mdelucia@illinois.edu
9:05 AM
DAMAGED CRUST AND MODERN INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY
THOMAS, William A., Emeritus University of Kentucky, Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999 and POWELL, Christine A., Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152, geowat@uky.edu
9:20 AM
HAVE WE SEEN THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA?
STEIN, Seth1, MERINO, Miguel2, ADAMS, John3, VANNESTE, Kris4, VLEMINCKX, Bart4 and CAMELBEECK, Thierry4, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, (2)Chevron Corporation, 1400 Smith Street, Houston, TX 77002, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y3, Canada, (4)Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, seth@earth.northwestern.edu
9:35 AM
A MODEL FOR THE INTRAPLATE DYNAMICS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
GHOSH, Attreyee, Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India and HOLT, William E., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, william.holt@stonybrook.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
THE 2011 MINERAL, VIRGINIA, EARTHQUAKE AS A STIMULUS FOR RESEARCH ON INTRAPLATE SEISMIC HAZARDS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
HORTON Jr., J. Wright, U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, CHAPMAN, Martin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and GREEN, Russell A., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 120B Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, whorton@usgs.gov
10:25 AM
GEOMORPHIC PALEOGEODESY AND INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINERAL, VA EARTHQUAKE AND SURROUNDING CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE (CVSZ)
PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Ave, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 and MALENDA, Helen Fitzgerald, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Berthoud Hall, Golden, CO 80401, fjp3@lehigh.edu
10:45 AM
PALEOLIQUEFACTION STUDY OF THE EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL OF THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE (CVSZ)
TUTTLE, Martitia, M.Tuttle & Associates, P.O. Box 345, Georgetown, ME 04548, CARTER, Mark W., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and DUNAHUE, James, M. Tuttle & Associates, P.O. Box 345, Georgetown, ME 04548, mcarter@usgs.gov
11:00 AM
COSMOGENIC 26AL-10BE BURIAL DATING OF LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER TERRACE DEPOSITS: AN APPLICATION TO THE EAST TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE
GLASBRENNER, Jacob C.1, HATCHER Jr., Robert D.1 and LI, Yingkui2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, jglasbre@utk.edu
11:15 AM
SEISMIC HAZARD MAPPING OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION USING RANDOM FIELD MODELS
BARHAM, Thomas A., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, OLGUN, C. Guney, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 111A Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, EDDY, Morgan A., Steele Foundation, LLC, 3299 K Street NW #601, Washington, DC 20007, TILASHALSKI, Mark, Froehling and Robertson, Sterling, VA 20166, CHAPMAN, Martin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and RODRIGUEZ-MAREK, Adrian, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 214 Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, colgun@vt.edu
11:30 AM
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRE-EXITING STRUCTURE, REGIONAL STRESS ORIENTATION, AND SEISMICITY INDUCED BY WASTEWATER INJECTION, NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN, USA
FREE, James C., CURRIE, Brian S., BRUDZINSKI, Michael and SKOUMAL, Robert, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 133 Culler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, freejc@miamioh.edu
11:45 AM
IDENTIFYING SEISMIC RISK IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN GEOTHERMAL PLAY FAIRWAY ANALYSIS PROJECT USING POTENTIAL FIELDS, SEISMICITY, AND THE WORLD STRESS MAP
HOROWITZ, Franklin G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 3134 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, frank.horowitz@cornell.edu
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