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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 227
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)

T177. Insights and Challenges for Geomorphic, Geologic, and Paleoseismic Investigations in the Rocky Mountain– Central U.S. Transition Region (New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana)

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists; Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists-Rocky Mountain Section; Colorado Geological Survey; Colorado Scientific Society
Mark S. Zellman, Dean Ostenaa, Richard W. Briggs and Will Levandowski, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
227-1
1:40 PM
LITHOSPHERIC HYDRATION GRADIENT AND ELEVATED OLIGOCENE HEAT FLOW ACROSS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA AND CRATONIC INTERIOR (Invited Presentation)
LANDMAN, Rachel L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, FLOWERS, Rebecca M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 and KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, rachel.landman@colorado.edu
227-2
2:00 PM
LITHOSPHERIC RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT: 2D ANISOTROPIC INVERSION OF MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA
FEUCHT, Daniel, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, BEDROSIAN, Paul A., Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and SHEEHAN, Anne, Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, daniel.feucht@colorado.edu
227-3
2:15 PM
A HIGH RESOLUTION, LOCAL-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION OF LG ATTENUATION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN–CENTRAL UNITED STATES TRANSITION ZONE
ABDELHAMEID, Danya, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185, LEVANDOWSKI, Will, US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, MS-966, PO BOX 25046, Denver, CO 80225, BOYD, Oliver S., U.S. Geological Survey, 3876 Central Ave, Suite 2, Memphis, TN 38152 and MCNAMARA, Daniel E., US Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, deabdelhameid@email.wm.edu
227-4
2:30 PM
COMPLEX STRESS WHERE EAST MEETS WEST: RESULTS FROM MOMENT TENSOR INVERSIONS ACROSS THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
LEVANDOWSKI, Will, US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, MS-966, PO BOX 25046, Denver, CO 80225, BRIGGS, Richard W., Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401 and ZELLMAN, Mark S., Fugro Consultants, Inc, 1726 Cole Boulevard, Suite 230, Lakewood, CO 80401, wlevandowski@usgs.gov
227-5
2:45 PM
USING SURFICIAL DEPOSITS TO CONSTRAIN QUATERNARY FAULT MOVEMENT IN COLORADO: INSIGHTS FROM RELATIVE DATING AND COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE DATING (Invited Presentation)
FOSTER, Melissa A., Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007 and ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, mfoster@usbr.gov
 
3:05 PM
Break
227-6
3:20 PM
SEISMICITY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE RIFT FROM THE USARRAY AND CREST TEMPORARY SEISMIC NETWORKS, 2008-2010 (Invited Presentation)
NAKAI, Jenny S., Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, SHEEHAN, Anne F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and BILEK, Susan L., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, jenny.nakai@colorado.edu
227-7
3:40 PM
ISSUES IN ASSESSING SEISMIC HAZARDS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN-CENTRAL U.S. TRANSITION REGION IN COLORADO
WONG, Ivan G.1, OLIG, Susan2, BOTT, Jacqueline3, THOMAS, Patricia1 and DOBER, Mark3, (1)Lettis Consultants International, 1981 N Broadway, Suite 330, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (2)Olig Seismic Geology, Concord, CA, (3)AECOM, 1333 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94501, wong@lettisci.com
227-8
3:55 PM
COLORADO PALEOSEISMIC CONUNDRUMS – IS THE HAZARD REALLY AS LOW AS IT SEEMS?
OSTENAA, Dean, Ostenaa Geologic, 25 Grays Peak Trail, Dillon, CO 80435, deano3geo@gmail.com
227-9
4:10 PM
PALEOSEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE CHERAW FAULT
ZELLMAN, Mark S., Fugro Consultants, Inc, 1726 Cole Boulevard, Suite 230, Lakewood, CO 80401 and OSTENAA, Dean, Research, Denver, CO 80401, m.zellman@fugro.com
227-10
4:25 PM
THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF DEGLACIATION AND POSTGLACIAL TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN THE TETON RANGE FROM LAKES IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WY
LARSEN, Darren, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, CRUMP, Sarah E., Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, HARBERT, William, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, ABBOTT, Mark B., Department of Geology & Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 and WATTRUS, Nigel J., Large Lakes Observatory, Univ of Minnesota, Duluth, 10 University Drive, 215 RLB, Duluth, MN 55812-2496, djlarsen@pitt.edu
227-11
4:40 PM
INVESTIGATING RECENTLY ACTIVE FAULTS BASED ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF EPHEMERAL CHANNELS IN THE GUADALUPE AND BROKEOFF MOUNTAINS, WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
SALINAS, Christine Marie, Geology-Geography Department, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400 and TRANEL, Lisa M., Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, 100 N. University Street, Normal, IL 61761, cmsalin@ilstu.edu
227-12
4:55 PM
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF QUATERNARY INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHERN WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
DELISLE, Clarke, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Bldg., Columbia, MO 65211, GOMEZ, Francisco, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and SANDVOL, Eric, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, fgomez@missouri.edu
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