Session: Earthquakes and Deformation in Eastern North America and Other Continental Interiors: What We Know, What We Don’t, What We Think, and Which Is Which? (GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Session No. 208

Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 238-239 (Indiana Convention Center)

T63. Earthquakes and Deformation in Eastern North America and Other Continental Interiors: What We Know, What We Don’t, What We Think, and Which Is Which?

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

Leah Salditch and James S. Neely, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

208-1

1:30 PM

DOES LONG-TERM FAULT MEMORY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY OF CONTINENTAL INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY?

SALDITCH, Leah, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, STEIN, Seth A., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, SPENCER, Bruce D., Department of Statistics and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 and BROOKS, Edward M., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130

208-2

1:45 PM

TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF LARGE INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES AND THE POSSIBLE CAUSES (Invited Presentation)

LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, CHEN, Yuxuan, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO, MO 65211 and LUO, Gang, Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

208-3

2:05 PM

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE USGS’S 2017 ONE-YEAR SEISMIC HAZARD FORECAST FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES

BROOKS, Edward M.¹, STEIN, Seth¹, SPENCER, Bruce D.², SALDITCH, Leah¹, NEELY, James S.¹, PETERSEN, Mark David³ and MCNAMARA, Daniel E.⁴, (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, (3)Geologic Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 966, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (4)US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401

208-4

2:20 PM

PAST AND FUTURE LOCATIONS AND RATES OF STRONG EARTHQUAKES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA (Invited Presentation)

EBEL, John E., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 20467

208-5

2:40 PM

MEGASEISMITES IN THE TYPE AREA OF THE LANCE FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN, CRETACEOUS; NIOBRARA COUNTY, WYOMING)

WISE, Kurt, Truett McConnell University, 101 Alumni Dr., Cleveland, GA 30528

208-6

2:55 PM

TEARING OF INDIAN MANTLE LITHOSPHERE FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC IMAGES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LITHOSPHERE COUPLING IN SOUTHERN TIBET

LI, Jiangtao, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820 and SONG, Xiaodong, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820; School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China

Handouts

GSA_2018_Li_Song.pdf (2.7 MB)

208-7

3:10 PM

AN EROSIONAL MECHANISM TO EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN AND ONGOING ACTIVITY OF THE INTRAPLATE EASTERN TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE

GALLEN, Sean F., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Colorado State University, 400 University Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80523 and THIGPEN, J. Ryan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 121 Washington Ave., Lexington, KY 40506

3:25 PM

Break

208-8

3:40 PM

FOUR MAJOR HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKES ON THE REELFOOT FAULT, NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE (Invited Presentation)

GOLD, Ryan D.¹, DUROSS, Christopher B.¹, DELANO, Jaime¹, JIBSON, Randall W.¹, BRIGGS, Richard W.¹, MAHAN, Shannon A.² and WILLIAMS, Robert¹, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, 1711 Illinois Ave., Golden, CO 80401, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, MS 974, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225

208-9

4:00 PM

STRAIN ACCUMULATION IN THE EASTERN REELFOOT RIFT MARGIN: SURFICIAL EVIDENCE NEAR FORT PILLOW, TENNESSEE

MARLOW, Christopher S., Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, 111 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152 and COX, Randal T., Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, 3600 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38152

208-10

4:15 PM

LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE FAULTING SOUTHEAST OF THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE: THE JOINER RIDGE AND MEEMAN-SHELBY BLIND HORSTS, EASTERN ARKANSAS

COUNTS, Ronald¹, WOOLERY, Edward², EASON, Audrey Colleen³, LARSEN, Daniel⁴ and VAN ARSDALE, Roy⁴, (1)SubstratiGraphics LLC, 2855 O'Hunter Ave, Newburgh, IN 47630, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (3)Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 121 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, (4)Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 113 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152

208-11

4:30 PM

EARTHQUAKES INDUCED BY HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ARE PERVASIVE IN OKLAHOMA

RIES, Rosamiel¹, SKOUMAL, Robert², BRUDZINSKI, Michael R.¹, BARBOUR, Andrew² and CURRIE, Brian¹, (1)Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)USGS, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025

208-12

4:45 PM

USING SEISMIC HAZARD MAPS TO MITIGATE THE HAZARD FROM EARTHQUAKES DUE TO OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION

STEIN, Seth¹, BROOKS, Edward M.², SALDITCH, Leah¹ and KELLER, G. Randy³, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, (3)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, Norman, OK 73019

208-13

5:00 PM

ANCIENT FAULT-FLUID INTERACTIONS IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

HAMILTON, Matt, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Norman, OK 73019, ENGEL, Michael H., ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, SEC 710, Norman, OK 73019, ELMORE, Douglas, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center, Suite 710, Norman, OK 73019 and EVANS, Stacey, Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, Room N131, Norman, OK 73019

Handouts

Hamilton_GSA2018_Paper208-13_Abst324719.pdf (12.1 MB)

208-14

5:15 PM

A SPATIO-TEMPORALLY CONSTRAINED VOLUMETRIC THRESHOLD FOR INDUCING SEISMICITY IN THE MIDCONTINENT, USA

HOLLENBACH, Andrew Michael, BIDGOLI, Tandis S., ANSARI, Esmail and NOLTE, Alex, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047

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