GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 177
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 407 (Colorado Convention Center)

Geophysical Solutions to Geological Problems: Current Research Results

Nathan A. Simmons and Carol A. Finn, Chairs
8:00 AM
DISCOVERY OF A MAJOR INTRA-OCEANIC SUBDUCTION EVENT REVEALED BENEATH THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
SIMMONS, Nathan A.1, MYERS, Stephen C.1, JOHANNESSON, Gardar1, MATZEL, Eric1 and GRAND, Stephen P.2, (1)Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, simmons27@llnl.gov
Handouts
  • GSA_2016_Simmons_talk.pptx (22.0 MB)
  • 8:15 AM
    DEEP EARTHQUAKES SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION: NUMERICAL MODELING OF STRESS AND STORED ELASTIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE SUBDUCTING LITHOSPHERE
    GUNAWARDANA, Prasanna, Physics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 166 - I, 200, East Lewis Street, Lafayette, LA 70503 and MORRA, Gabriele, School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, PO Box 43705, Lafayette, LA 70504, pmgunawardana@gmail.com
    Handouts
  • Prasanna Gunawardana.pptx (3.0 MB)
  • 8:30 AM
    ADJOINT-WAVEFIELD TOMOGRAPHY OF SOUTHCENTRAL MEXICO
    JUAREZ-ZUÑIGA, Alan and RAMIREZ-GUZMAN, Leonardo, Instituto de Ingenieria, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, AV. UNIVERSIDAD Nº 3000, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO, C.U, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, lramirezg@iingen.unam.mx
    8:45 AM
    IMAGING EARTHQUAKES AT THE SURFACE FROM BACKPROJECTION OF IONOSPHERIC SIGNALS
    LEE, Rebekah and MIKESELL, Dylan, Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, beckafe@gmail.com
    9:00 AM
    LITHOSPHERE MANTLE DENSITY BENEATH THE SIBERIAN CRATON
    ARTEMIEVA, Irina M. and CHEREPANOVA, Yulia, Geological Section, IGN, Copenhagen University, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, irina@ign.ku.dk
    9:15 AM
    GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING OF THE BURIED EXTENTS OF SELECTED LAYERED MAFIC INTRUSIONS AND RELATION TO PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT EXPLORATION
    FINN, Carol, U.S. Geolgical Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, ZIENTEK, Michael L., U.S. Geological Survey, 904 W Riverside Ave, Room 202, Spokane, WA 99201, BEDROSIAN, Paul A., Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, COLE, Janine, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, WEBB, Susan J., School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa and CHANDLER, Val, Minnesota Geological Survey, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, cfinn@usgs.gov
     
    9:30 AM
    Break
    9:45 AM
    QUANTITATIVE TEXTURAL MEASURES OF POTENTIAL FIELD ANOMALY DATA
    GETTINGS, Mark E., U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Ave. Rm 355, Tucson, AZ 85719, mgetting@usgs.gov
    10:00 AM
    NEW CONCEPTS IN GEOPHYSICAL DATA ANALYSIS FOR CONCEALED MINERAL DEPOSITS
    BULTMAN, Mark W., U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Ave. Suite 355, Tucson, AZ 85719 and GETTINGS, Mark E., U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Ave. Rm 355, Tucson, AZ 85719, mbultman@usgs.gov
    10:15 AM
    ASSESSING GEOPHYSICAL LANDMINE DETECTION METHODS IN SAND AND SOIL BEDS SIMILAR TO DONETSK REGION OF EASTERN UKRAINE
    HOUSER, Leah M.1, BECHTEL, Timothy D.2, THOMAS, Roger D.3, KREBBS, Ken J.4, LIU, Lanbo5, MERRITTS, Dorothy J.3 and WALTER, Robert C.3, (1)Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603, (2)Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, (3)Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, NA, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, (4)Physics and Astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603, (5)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, Storrs, CT 06269, lhouser@fandm.edu
    10:30 AM
    USING CHIRP SUBBOTTOM PROFILES TO CONSTRAIN PRE-HOLOCENE TO MODERN DEPOSITION AND EROSION IN THE LOWER DELAWARE ESTUARY
    DAW, Julianne Christine and MADSEN, John, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, adaw@udel.edu
    10:45 AM
    TOOLBOX FOR ANALYSIS OF FLEXURAL ISOSTASY (TAFI) – A MATLAB® TOOLBOX FOR MODELING FLEXURAL DEFORMATION OF THE LITHOSPHERE
    JHA, Sumant, HARRY, Dennis L. and SCHUTT, Derek L., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, sumant.jha@colostate.edu
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