Rocky Mountain Section - 69th Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 13
Saturday, 10 June 2017: 9:00 AM-12:10 PM
Roderick Mah Centre, Ross Glen Hall, EC1060 (Mount Royal University)

T1. From Earthscope to EarthsCAN and the Canadian Cordillera Array

 

David W. Eaton and Katherine Boggs, Advocates
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Start Time
 
9:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:05 AM
DEEP ROOTS AND SHALLOW DAMAGE STRUCTURE OF THE DENALI FAULT ZONE FROM TOMOGRAPHIC AND LARGE-N SMALL-APERTURE ARRAY SEISMIC IMAGING
ALLAM, Amir1, LIN, Fan-Chi1 and TAPE, Carl2, (1)Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S. 1460 E., FASB Rm. 271, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Geophysical Institute - University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, amir.allam@utah.edu, amir.allam@utah.edu
9:30 AM
MOHO TEMPERATURE AND COMPOSITIONAL CONTROLS ON LITHOSPHERIC BENDING STRENGTH IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
SCHUTT, Derek L., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, LOWRY, Anthony R., Dept. of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505 and BUEHLER, Janine S., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA 92093, derek.schutt@colostate.edu, derek.schutt@colostate.edu
9:50 AM
FACTORS CONTROLLING THERMAL SPRINGS IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA
FERGUSON, Grant, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada, grant.ferguson@usask.ca, grant.ferguson@usask.ca
10:10 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF AN ABRUPT CRATON EDGE: CONDITIONS FOR EXTRUSION OF THE CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE
DICAPRIO, Lydia, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and EATON, David W., Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada, lydia.j.dicaprio@gmail.com, lydia.j.dicaprio@gmail.com
 
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITHOSPHERE TEMPERATURES AND MOHO GEOMETRY IN SOUTHWESTERN CANADA
CURRIE, Claire A.1, WANG, Huilin2, HYNDMAN, Roy D.3, CHEN, Yunfeng1 and GU, Yu Jeffrey1, (1)Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada, (2)Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 W. Saanich, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada, claire.currie@ualberta.ca, claire.currie@ualberta.ca
11:10 AM
CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURES SURROUNDING THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FORELAND BASIN IN SOUTHWESTERN CANADA
CHEN, Yunfeng1, GU, Yu Jeffrey1 and HUNG, Shu-Huei2, (1)Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada, (2)Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 13-318, Taiwan, yunfeng1@ualberta.ca, yunfeng1@ualberta.ca
11:30 AM
THE LEWIS THRUST:  WHOSE FAULT IS IT, ANYWAY?
JONES, Peter, ITC, 715 4th Street NW, Calgary, AB T2N1P3, Canada, peter.jones.itc@gmail.com, peter.jones.itc@gmail.com
11:50 AM
MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SHEAR: ACCOMMODATING VARIABLE EXTENSION IN THE NORTHERN BASIN AND RANGE AND EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN
PARKER, Stuart D., Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, stuart.parker@umontana.edu, stuart.parker@umontana.edu
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