GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 29
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Tahoma 5 (The Conference Center)

T223. Intraplate Earthquake Sources, Processes, and Hazards in Central and Eastern North America

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; EarthScope National Office
J. Wright Horton Jr., Christine A. Powell and Robert A. Williams, Advocates
8:00 AM
INSIGHTS INTO MIDCONTINENT (USA) TECTONICS AND SEISMICITY FROM THE OIINK EARTHSCOPE FLEXARRAY EXPERIMENT (Invited Presentation)
MARSHAK, Stephen1, PAVLIS, Gary2, HAMBURGER, Michael W.2, GILBERT, Hersh3, YANG, Xiaotao4, CHEN, Chen5, DELUCIA, Michael S.1, LARSON, Timothy6 and RUPP, John7, (1)Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3)Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, BC T2N 1N4, Canada, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA 01003, (5)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (6)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, (7)Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405, smarshak@illinois.edu
8:20 AM
CRUSTAL STRUCTURE AND VERTICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT AND OZARK UPLIFT
LIU, Lin1, GAO, Stephen S.1, LIU, Kelly H.2, MICKUS, Kevin L.3, SONG, Jianguo4 and YU, Youqiang5, (1)Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, 1400 North Bishop Avenue, Rolla, MO 65409, (3)Department of Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897, (4)Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409; School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Qingdao, China, (5)State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China, sgao@mst.edu
Handouts
  • GSA_Gao_NMSZ_v1.pptx (4.7 MB)
  • 8:35 AM
    GEOLOGY OF THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE REGION OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES REVEALS SLEEPING GIANTS
    VAN ARSDALE, Roy B., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 235 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, rvanrsdl@memphis.edu
    8:50 AM
    POSSIBLE CAUSES OF LOW VELOCITY IN THE UPPER MANTLE BENEATH THE MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT
    POWELL, Christine1, SAXENA, Arushi1 and CHOI, Eunseo2, (1)University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 3890 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38152, (2)Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis, 3890 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38152, capowell@memphis.edu
    9:05 AM
    MIDCONTINENT RIFT STRUCTURES IN SE NEBRASKA
    SEARLS, Mindi, FILINA, Irina, BURBERRY, Caroline M. and QUARTOROLI, Evan, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, msearls2@unl.edu
    9:20 AM
    NEW AIRBORNE MAGNETIC AND GROUND GRAVITY DATA USED TO IMAGE FAULTS AND CONTACTS IN THE CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT OF NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
    SHAH, Anjana K., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and CRAIN, Keivn, The School of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, RM-710, Norman, OK 73019, ashah@usgs.gov
    9:35 AM
    CONCENTRATED CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES
    THOMAS, William A., Emeritus University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 and POWELL, Christine A., Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152, geowat@uky.edu
     
    9:50 AM
    Break
    10:05 AM
    STRUCTURE OF THE CRUST AND MANTLE LITHOSPHERE BENEATH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS: RESULTS FROM THE MAGIC EXPERIMENT (Invited Presentation)
    LONG, Maureen D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and BENOIT, Margaret H., Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey, PO Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd, Ewing, NJ 08628, maureen.long@yale.edu
    10:25 AM
    INFLUENCE OF BEDROCK STRUCTURE ON SHALLOW AFTERSHOCKS IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE
    HORTON Jr., J. Wright1, CARTER, Mark W.1, CHAPMAN, Martin C.2, WU, Qimin2, SHAH, Anjana K.3 and WITT, Anne C.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (4)Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy, 900 Natural Resources Drive, Suite 500, Charlottesville, VA 22903, whorton@usgs.gov
    10:40 AM
    EARTHQUAKE CYCLICITY IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA
    GATES, Alexander E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren St, Smith Hall Room 136, Newark, NJ 07102 and KALCZYNSKI, Michael J., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall, Newark, NJ 07102, agates@rutgers.edu
    10:55 AM
    A NEW PARADIGM FOR LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN STABLE CONTINENTAL PLATE INTERIORS (Invited Presentation)
    CALAIS, Eric, Geosciences, Ecole normale superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, Paris, 75005, France, CAMELBEECK, Thierry, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, STEIN, Seth, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 and CRAIG, Timothy, University of Leeds, Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, Leeds, 12345, United Kingdom, eric.calais@ens.fr
    11:15 AM
    THE EUROPEAN PLATE BOUNDARY ZONE: HOW RELIABLE ARE THE EUROPEAN SEISMIC HAZARD MAPS?
    ŞENGÖR, A.M. Celâl1, LOM, Nalan2 and SAĞDIC, Nurbike G.2, (1)Avrasya Yerbilimleri Enstitüsü, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Ayazaga, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, (2)Istanbul Technical University, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Maslak, Istanbul, 34469, Turkey, sengor@itu.edu.tr
    11:30 AM
    HOW GOOD SHOULD WE EXPECT EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MAPS FOR CONTINENTAL INTERIORS TO BE?
    STEIN, Seth1, VANNESTE, Kris2, CAMELBEECK, Thierry2 and VLEMINCKX, Bart2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, seth@earth.northwestern.edu
    11:45 AM
    PERFORMANCE OF USGS ONE-YEAR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MAP FOR NATURAL AND INDUCED SEISMICITY IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES
    BROOKS, Edward M1, STEIN, Seth1, SPENCER, Bruce D.2 and SALDITCH, Leah1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Department of Statistics and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, eddie@earth.northwestern.edu
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