GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 130
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 407 (Colorado Convention Center)

T66. Structure and Tectonics of the South-Central United States: Craton to Gulf of Mexico and the Annual George P. Woollard Award Presentation

GSA Geophysics Division
Harold Gurrola, Kevin L. Mickus, Gregory Dumond, Melanie A. Barnes and G.R. Keller, Advocates
1:30 PM
AN OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE GULF COAST REGION OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
MICKUS, Kevin L., Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, PULLIAM, Jay, Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798 and GURROLA, Harold, Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, MS 1053, Science Building, Room 125, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu
1:45 PM
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY BENEATH THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES FROM SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING ANALYSIS UTILIZING ALL THE USARRAY AND OTHER STATIONS
LIU, Kelly H., YANG, Bin B., LIU, Yunhua and GAO, Stephen S., Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, liukh@mst.edu
2:00 PM
NEW INSIGHT INTO THE LITHOSPHERE OF THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF NORTH AMERICA FROM EARTHSCOPE SEISMIC DATA
GURROLA, Harold, Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, MS 1053, Science Building, Room 125, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, PULLIAM, Jay, Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, MICKUS, Kevin L., Dept. of Geosciences, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897 and KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, harold.gurrola@ttu.edu
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2:15 PM
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2:45 PM
STRUCTURAL AND PETROLOGICAL INSIGHTS AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE WICHITA AND ARBUCKLE SEGMENTS OF THE SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AULACOGEN AS REVEALED BY DEEP DRILLING INTO RIFT-RELATED ROCKS
PUCKETT, Robert E., 12700 Arrowhead Lane, Oklahoma City, OK 73120, HANSON, R., Geology Dept, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, BRUESEKE, Matthew E., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, PRICE, Jonathan D., Kimbell School of Geosciences, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd., Wichita Falls, TX 76308, KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, BULEN, Casey L., Department of Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 64468, ESCHBERGER, Amy M., Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver, CO 80203, HOBBS, Jasper M., Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502 and MERTZMAN, Stanley A., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, bpuckett@priceedwards.com
3:00 PM
PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT OF WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO, THE STORY FROM CORE AND CUTTINGS
BARNES, Melanie A., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 and DENISON, Tim, Department of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 North Floyd Road, P.O. Box 830688, MS FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, melanie.barnes@ttu.edu
3:15 PM
A PROPOGATING RIFT MODEL FOR SEAFLOOR SPREADING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BETWEEN 169-150 MA
HARRY, Dennis L. and JHA, Sumant, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, Dennis.Harry@colostate.edu
3:30 PM
INVESTIGATION OF P-WAVE REFLECTIVITY BENEATH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS USING THE SESAME BROADBAND ARRAY
VERELLEN, Devon N.1, ALBERTS, Erik C.1, PARKER, E. Horry1, HAWMAN, Robert B.1, FISCHER, Karen M.2 and WAGNER, Lara S.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, dnv14337@uga.edu
3:45 PM
EOCENE FAULTING AND STRUCTURE, TIPTON COUNTY, TN, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CENOZOIC STRESS FIELD ROTATION
VANDERLIP, Christopher, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 109 Johnson Hall, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 and COX, Randel T., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 109 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, cvndrlip@memphis.edu
 
4:00 PM
Break
 
4:15 PM
Introduction of Woollard Speaker, by Randy Keller
4:25 PM
GSA GEOPHYSICS DIVISION GEORGE P. WOOLLARD LECTURE: CRACKING OF A CONTINENT
HINZE, William J., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, wjh730@comcast.net
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