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

Session No. 6
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T1. Bridging Two Continents: Active Intracontinental Tectonics in Asia and North America and the Associated Geohazards

Jing Liu, An Yin and Mian Liu, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
6-1
8:05 AM
A COMPARISON OF THE DYNAMICS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE INDIA-EURASIA COLLISION
WANG, Xinguo, Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China, HOLT, William E., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 and GHOSH, Attreyee, Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India, william.holt@stonybrook.edu
6-2
8:25 AM
LITHOSPHERIC CONTROLS ON INTRACONTINENTAL MOUNTAIN BUILDING AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS IN THE GOBI CORRIDOR REGION OF CENTRAL ASIA, AND COMPARISONS WITH THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA
CUNNINGHAM, Dickson, Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226, cunninghamw@easternct.edu
6-3
8:40 AM
GRAVITY-DRIVEN STRAIN IN THE NORTH AMERICAN GREAT PLAINS
LEVANDOWSKI, Will, US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, MS-966, PO BOX 25046, Denver, CO 80225, ZELLMAN, Mark S., Fugro Consultants, Inc, 1726 Cole Boulevard, Suite 230, Lakewood, CO 80401 and BRIGGS, Richard W., Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, wlevandowski@usgs.gov
6-4
8:55 AM
CENEZOIC DEFORMATION HISTORY OF QAIDAM BASIN AND ITS TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
SUN, Yanpeng, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, SHAW, John H., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, GUAN, Shuwei, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Petrochina, Box 910, Xueyuan Road, Haidian ditrict, Beijing, China, Beijing, 100083, China and MA, Dade, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield Company, Dunhuang, 736202, yanpengsun@fas.harvard.edu
6-5
9:10 AM
CONSTRAINING THE LATE CENOZOIC TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL MONGOLIA (HANGAY MTNS) USING LANDSCAPE METRICS AND SEQUENCE DIVERGENCE OF FRESHWATER FISHES
WEGMANN, Karl W.1, MENDELSON, Tamra2, SABAJ-PÉREZ, Mark H.3, SMITH, Stephen G.1, LOPRESTI, Michael2, GOSSE, John C.4, GALLEN, Sean Francis5 and BAYASGALAN, Gantulga1, (1)Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, (3)The Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, (5)Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, karl_wegmann@ncsu.edu
6-6
9:25 AM
ACTIVE TECTONICS AND SEISMICITY IN INTRACONTINENTAL CHINA: A REVIEW
LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, lium@missouri.edu
 
9:40 AM
Break
6-7
10:00 AM
EARTHQUAKE GATES: LINKING RUPTURE LENGTH TO GEOLOGICALLY CONSTRAINED DYNAMICS OF FAULT COMPLEXITY, WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE ALTYN TAGH AND SAN ANDREAS FAULTS
OSKIN, Michael E.1, ELLIOTT, Austin J.2, DUAN, Benchun3, LIU-ZENG, Jing4, LIU, Zaifeng3, SHAO, Yanxiu4, PRUSH, Veronica5, MORELAN, Alex5, CHESTER, Judith S.6 and ELIZONDO, Daniel7, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, London, England, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (4)State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100029, China, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (6)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845, (7)Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX 77843, meoskin@ucdavis.edu
6-8
10:20 AM
CUMULATIVE OFFSETS REVEALED BY NEWLY-ACQUIRED AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA ALONG THE LAOHUSHAN SECTION OF THE HAIYUAN FAULT, NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
LIU, Jing1, CHEN, Tao2, SHAO, Yanxiu3, ZHANG, Peizhen4, HUDNUT, Ken5, LEI, Qiyun3 and LI, Zhanfei6, (1)China Earthquake Administration, Institute of Geology, Beijing, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Huayanli #A1, Beijing, (3)State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Huayanli #A1, Beijing, 100029, China, (4)State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100083, China, (5)USGS Pasadena Office, Pasadena, NY CA91125, (6)State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Huayanli #A1, Beijing, 100029, China; Huayanli #A1, Beijing, 100029, China, liu-zeng@ies.ac.cn
6-9
10:35 AM
QUATERNARY ACTIVITY OF THE RANGE FRONT BLIND THRUST AND ITS SPLAY FAULTS IN THE LONGMEN SHAN PIEDMONT, REVEALED BY SEISMIC IMAGING AND GROWTH STRATA RECORDS
LI, Zhigang, State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China, Beijing, 100086, China, LIU, Jing, China Earthquake Administration, Institute of Geology, Beijing, China, JIA, Dong, Nanjing University, 22 Hankou road, Nanjing , China, Nanjing, 210093, China, CHEN, Wei, School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 10086, WEI, Wang, Beijing, 100086 and SUN, Chuang, Nanjing, 210093, zgli_geology@126.com
10:50 AM
THE MS 7.5 14 APRIL 1955 ZHEDUOTANG EARTHQUAKE AND A RECORD OF HOLOCENE-LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEOSEISMICITY ALONG THE ZHEDUOTANG FAULT WITHIN THE XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA
CHEN, Guifan, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, LI, Dewei, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, BARTHOLOMEW, Mervin J., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, ARMSTRONG, Taylor F., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152; School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China and FENG, Minxuan, Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, England, gchen3@memphis.edu
11:05 AM
QUATERNARY FAULTING IN BLOUNT COUNTY TENNESSEE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ACTIVE TECTONISM IN THE EASTERN TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE
GAMBLE, Eric1, COX, Randel Tom1, HATCHER Jr., Robert D.2, GLASBRENNER, Jacob C.2 and BOUZEID, Karim1, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, egamble@memphis.edu
11:20 AM
USING HISTORICAL INTENSITY DATA TO ASSESS LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MAPS
BROOKS, Edward M., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, STEIN, Seth, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130 and SPENCER, Bruce D., Department of Statistics and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, ebrooks@earth.northwestern.edu
11:35 AM
CHALLENGES IN ASSESSING INTRAPLATE SEISMIC HAZARD
STEIN, Seth, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130 and LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, seth@earth.northwestern.edu
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