GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 124
Monday, 23 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Yakima 1 (The Conference Center)

D44. Geophysics to Solve Geological Problems and the Annual George P. Woollard Award Presentation

Benjamin Drenth and Kevin L. Mickus, Chairs
1:30 PM
CRUSTAL SCALE SEISMIC IMAGING IN DENSELY POPULATED REGIONS: THE ENAM-CSE
MAGNANI, M. Beatrice, Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, HARDER, Steven, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX 79968, LIZARRALDE, Daniel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 86 Water Street, Woods Hole, TX 02543, LUCKIE, Thomas W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mmagnani@smu.edu
1:45 PM
SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY IN THE SUBDUCTED OCEANIC CRUST FROM AUTOCORRELATION OF TECTONIC TREMOR SIGNALS
DUCELLIER, Ariane, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195 and CREAGER, Kenneth, Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall Rm-070 Box 351310, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, ariane.ducellier.pro@gmail.com
2:00 PM
ARE CALIBRATIONS NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE DUNE DETECTOR?  BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY AND GEONEUTRINO FLUX ESTIMATION, SURROUNDING THE HOMESTAKE GOLD MINE, IN LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
YOUNG, Dylan W., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, dylan.young@my.und.edu
2:15 PM
A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF REFLECTION SEISMIC IMAGING METHOD
ALAMOOTI, Moones, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, Carrier Hall, University, MS 38677 and AYDIN, Adnan, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, malamoot@go.olemiss.edu
2:30 PM
DID SUBDUCTION PLATE TECTONICS START WITH A BANG?
MOERDYK, David, Retired, 12222 SE 233rd, Kent, WA 98031, dmoerdyk@comcast.net
Handouts
  • Did Plate tectonics start with a big bang.pptx (1.5 MB)
  • 2:45 PM
    FAULT-ZONE EXPLORATION IN HIGHLY URBANIZED SETTINGS USING GUIDED WAVES: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE RAYMOND FAULT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
    CATCHINGS, R.D.1, HERNANDEZ, Janis L.2, SICKLER, Robert R.1, GOLDMAN, M.R.1, CHAN, Joanne H.1 and CRILEY, Coyn J.1, (1)Earthquake Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)California Geological Survey, 320 W. 4th Street, Suite 850, Los Angeles, CA 90013, catching@usgs.gov
     
    3:00 PM
    Break
    3:15 PM
    DELINEATION OF CRUSTAL DOMAINS IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS
    LIU, Mei, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 and FILINA, Irina, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, meiliuxy@163.com
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    3:30 PM
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    3:45 PM
    STRUCTURAL AND GEOPHYSICAL MODELING OF THE BELUGA MOUNTAIN FAULT, SOUTHERN ALASKA
    POTTER, Christopher J., U.S. Geological Survey, 610 Taylor Road, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ 08854, SALTUS, Richard W., Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80035, LEWIS, Kristen A., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, HAEUSSLER, Peter J., U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, STANLEY, Richard G., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, SHAH, Anjana K., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and PHILLIPS, Jeffrey D., U.S. Geological Survey, M.S. 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, cpotter@usgs.gov
    4:00 PM
    DERIVING RELIABLE GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION FROM SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY
    JULIAN, Bruce and FOULGER, Gillian, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science Site, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, b.r.julian@durham.ac.uk
     
    4:15 PM
    Introduction of Woollard Speaker
    4:25 PM
    GSA GEOPHYSICS DIVISION GEORGE P. WOOLLARD LECTURE: CONTRIBUTIONS OF MODERN SEISMIC IMAGING TO UNDERSTANDING THE FORMATION OF THE ANDES
    BECK, Susan L.1, ZANDT, George1, WAGNER, Lara S.2, WARD, Kevin M.3, DELPH, Jonathan R.4, LYNNER, Colton1, PORTNER, Daniel E.1, BISHOP, Brandon T.1, ALVARADO, Patricia A.5, PORTER, Ryan C.6, SCIRE, Alissa7, LINKIMER, Lepolt8 and KOCH, Clint1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, DC 20015, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (4)Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, (5)Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, CIGEOBIO, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, 5406, Argentina, (6)School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (7)IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, (8)Escuela Centroamericana de Geología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, slbeck@email.arizona.edu
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