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Earthscope Workshop: Making and Breaking a Continent: Abstracts

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Author Affiliation Title Co-Authors
Abercrombie, Rachel Boston Univ. Physics of Earthquakes: Nucleation and source properties.  
Abers, Geoffrey Boston Univ. Subduction to accretion to continental mantle: Cascadia and Alaska to Craton  
Agnew, Duncan Scripps(UCSD) The Salton trough and Eastern California shear zone: an EarthScope target area for fault-system studies. Tom Rockwell
Ahern, Judson Univ of Oklahoma Understanding displacements and crustal strain in the midcontinent. M. Charles Gilbert
Allen, Richard Caltech Extending the lessons of regional tomography to a continent.  
Ammon, Charles Penn State High-resolution shear-velocity mapping & the evolution of continental lithosphere. Jordi Julia, Robert Herrmann, Thorne Lay
Anderson, Greg SCEC Roles for EarthScope in understanding Earthquake stress transfer.  
Arrowsmith, Ramon ASU The South-Central San Andreas Fault sstem: a natural laboratory for EarthScope.  
Artemieva, Irina USGS-Menlo Park Thermal thickness of cratonic lithosphere: a global study Walter Mooney
Aster, Rick New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Imaging of Magma-Associated Crust and Mantle Structures in Extended Interior Western North America Scott Baldridge, Wei Gao, Steve Grand, Jim Ni, John Schlue, Steve Semken, Dave Wilson
Bawden, Gerald USGS-Menlo Park Recognizing and exploiting the effects of human-induced surface motion on continuous GPS networks.  
Ben-Zion, Yehuda USC Multi-disciplinary imaging of structural and material properties of Earthquake fault zones. David Okaya
Bokelmann, Gotz Stanford Interaction of Continents with the underlying mantle.  
Brocher, Tom USGS-Menlo Park Interactions of the slab, seismicity, and forearc basins in the Pacific Northwest Ray Wells, Sam Johnson, Craig Weaver, Steve Kirby, Tom Pratt, Rick Blakely, Pat McCrory
Brodsky, Emily UCB Distant dynamic triggering and EarthScope  
Brown, Larry Cornell Unexplained Mysteries: COCORP revisited  
Brown, Michael Univ. of Maryland The Northen Apalachians: what we know and what we would like to know, and how studies of ancient orogens can contribute to interpretation of regions of active tectonics.  
Bruhn, Ronald Univ. of Utah EarthScope opportunities in the Saint Elias Orogen, Southern Alaska - Western Canada. Terry Pavlis, Lora Serpa
Carlson, Richard Carnegie Mechanisms of continent growth: an example from the Pacific Northwest.  
Christensen, Douglas Univ. of Alaska EarthScope in Alaska Roger Hansen
Christensen, Nikolas Univ. of Wisconsin Deep crustal processes: constraints from EarthScope seismology and laboratory velocity studies.  
d'Alessio, Matthew UCB Heat, friction, and the mechanics of faults Roland Burgmann
Dennis, Allen Univ. of South Carolina Reference stations for continuous GPS measurements in the intraplate region of the eastern US are necessary for the Plate Boundary Observatory and can help solve geodynamic problems in the eastern US.  
Dorsey, Rebecca Univ. of Oregon Use of Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy and geomorphology in the study of Active Plate-Boundary deformation: an example from the San Jacinto Fault Zone.  
Dragert, Herb Geo Survey of Canada Episodic silent slip: a new aspect of Cascadia megathrust behavior.  
Ducea, Mihai Univ. of Arizona USArray and xenolith studies  
Dziewonski, A.M. Harvard Crust-mantle interactions: Mapping the deep structure of North America. M. Nettles, L.Boschi, Y.J. Gu, G.Ekstrom
Earle, Paul USGS-Denver Investigating fine-scale deep earth structure using the USArray. John Vidale
Fialko, Yuri UCSD Study of the dynamics of large-scale crustal magmatism and the associated deformation using InSAR measurements in neovolcanic areas.  
Fielding, Eric JPL Imaging Deformation in Areas of Complex Faulting
with SAR Interferometry
 
Fitzenz, Delphine Switzerland The SAFOD project: an opportunity to combine field and laboratory data to constrain forward modeling parameters. Stephen Miller
Flesch, Lucy SUNY Using GPS, seismic, gravity, and topographic data to understand the dynamics of the western North American Plate boundary zone. Bingming Shen-Tu, William Holt, A. John Haines
Foulger, G.R. USGS-Menlo Park Testing topside tectonics.  
Freed, Andrew UCB Listening in on conversations between faults. Roland Burgmann
Freund, Friedemann SJSU/NASA Electronic charge carriers in Igneous rocks and their activation through tectonic processes.  
Freymueller, Jeff University of Alaska, Fairbanks How do Terranes Accrete? EarthScope should study North America's actively accreting terrane Peter Haeussler, Hilary Fletcher and Chris Larsen
Fuis, Gary USGS-Menlo Park USArray targets in Southern California: Los Angeles Region, Ventura Basin  
Fuis, Gary USGS-Menlo Park USArray high-resolution seismic-imaging targets in Southern California Rufus Catchings, Michael Rymer, David Okaya, Thomas Henyey
Furlong, Kevin Penn State Imaging the partitioning and localization of the Pacific-North America plate boundary: completing the circuit in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Tim Dixon, Rocco Malservisi, Jane Lock
Grant, Lisa UCI Paleo-PBO: a fault database for 4D Plate Boundary Observation.  
Gwyther, Ross CSIRO, Australia Focussed study of aseismic fault processes. Michael Gladwin, Rhodes Hart, Marie Mee
Hacker, Bradley UCSB Deformation and diagenesis within the San Andreas fault zone & intermediate-depth earthquakes and dehydration in the Cascadia Slab.  
Hadizadeh, Jafar Univ. of Louisville Textural analysis and strain estimation in Cataclastic deformation supported by digital image technique.  
Haeussler, Peter USGS-Anchorage Tectonis, mountain building, subduction, and volcanism in South-central Alaska. Jeff Freymueller, Seth Moran, John Power, Rick Saltus
Hall-Wallace, Michelle Univ. of Arizona Developing National and local efforts for EarthScope education and outreach. Terry Wallace
Hamburger, Michael Indiana Univ. An Integrated education and outreach program for the EarthScope initiative. Chuck Meertens, Michelle Hall-Wallace, John Taber
Hammond, William USGS-Menlo Park The dynamics of western United States Tectonism. Wayne Thatcher
Hansen, Roger Univ. of Alaska Seismicity and Seismo-tectonics of Alaska: Alaska as a natural laboratory for EarthScope Natasha Ratchovski, Trilby Cox, Douglas Christensen
Harris, Robert Univ. of Utah Thermal measurements for EarthScope: Implications for rheology and deformation. David Chapman, Colin Williams
Harris, Ron Brigham Young University The Combination of GPS, Paleoseismicity and Structural Data Reveal Strong Evidence for Both Temporal and Spatial Clustering of Earthquake Activity Along the Southern Wasatch Fault  
Herring, Tom MIT Development of an integrated GPS network management and data distribution system for PBO. R. King, C.Meertens, M.Johnson, W. Shiver, Y. Bock, M. Scharber, B.Gilmore, P.Jamason, G.Blewitt, B.Holt, D.Stowers,F.Webb, Y.Bar-sever, C.Noll
Hildenbrand, Tom USGS-Menlo Park USArray initiative and the U.S. Geological Survey Walter Mooney
Hildenbrand, Tom USGS-Menlo Park USArray science and crustal sctructures related to mineral deposit patterns in the Great Basin Keith Howard
Hill, David USGS-Menlo Park The Long Valley Caldera - White Mountains region: a study of coupled tectonism and magmatism William Ellsworth, Susan Owen
Holt, William SUNY Using surface observations to constrain the direction and magnitude of mantle flow beneath western North America Paul Silver
House, Leigh LANL Studies of microseismicity and fluid systems, imaging of the crust and upper mantle, and wave propagation and verification studies with EarthScope data L.Steck, J. Rutledge, C. Aprea, W.S. Baldridge, M. Fehler, H. Hartse, D. Krier, W.S. Phillips, S. Taylor, A. Velasco
Houston, Heidi UCLA Stress Orientations Around the San Andreas Plate Boundary System  
Howard, K.A. USGS-Menlo Park Strain partitioning at a transpressional plate boundary: Crustal and lithospheric underpinnings of the Southern California knot. V.E.Langenheim, G.S.Fuis
Hudnut, Kenneth USGS-Pasadena Decimeter-order spatial resolution: Imaging and swath mapping systems for tectonic, volcanic, geodetic and paleoseismic research  
Igel, Heiner Germany Regional to global 3D seismic wave effects relevant to EarthScope: Site effects, fault zones, volcanoes, subduction zones, plumes. Yehuda Ben-Zion
Iturrino, Gerardo Lamont-Doherty Integration of core and downhole images in the San Andreas fault zone. David Goldberg, Richard Ketcham
James, David Carnegie The EarthScope facility and its application to understanding the formation, evolution and stability of continental crust and lithospheric mantle.  
Janecke, Susanne Utah State Applications of the USArray and BO facilities to tectonic problems in the northern Basin-and-Range province and the eastern Snake River Plain.  
Johnston, M.J.S. USGS-Menlo Park EarthScope and PBO real-time borehole seismic/strain/pressure/GPS sites M. Lisowski, R. Mueller, J. Power, D. Myren
Jordan, Tom Univ. of Southern California The Integrative Power of EarthScope  
Julian, Bruce USGS-Menlo Park Detecting and Resolving seismic and volcanic sources by radar interferometry. G.R. Foulger
Karner, Garry Lamont-Doherty Symbiotic relationship between the MARGINS program and EarthScope Olaf Svenningsen
Kenner, S.J. Univ. of Kentucky Estimating stress accumulation rates along major faults: inferences from studies of postseismic deformation following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. P. Segall
King, N.E. USGS-Pasadena Lessons for EarthScope from the Southern California integrated GPS network. D.C. Agnew, J.Galetzka, K.Hurst, J.Langbein, M.van Domselaar, F.H.Webb
Klemperer, Simon Stanford Ultra-low frequency electromagnetic monitoring within PBO. Tony Fraser-Smith, Greg Beroza, Darcy Karakelian
Langbein, John USGS Earthquake Research at Parkfield  
Larsen, Jessica Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks Linking Geophysics with Field and Experimental Petrology and Geochemistry: The
PBO Aleutian Arc Network as a Natural Volcano Laboratory
 
Levin, Vadim Some things for EarthScope to do: 1) Delamination of the mantle lithosphere-a widespread process? 2) Studies of the Juan de Fuca Slab William Menke, Jeffrey Park
Li, Yong-Gang USC Characterization of the San Andreas fault by fault-zone trapped waves. John Vidale, Steven Day
Liu, Mian Univ. Of Missouri Geodynamics of diffuse plate boundary deformation: opportunities and challenges.  
Lowry, Anthony Univ. of Colorado, Boulder Keeping tabs on the slip transition at major faults. Kristine Larson
Masterlark, T. USGS-Sioux Falls Homogeneous vs. realistic heterogeneous material-properties in subduction zone models: Coseismic and postseismic deformation. C. DeMets, H.F. Wang, O. Sanchez, J. Stock
McBride, John Illinois State Geo Survey Refining the target for EarthScope in the central Midcontinent Dennis Kolata, Thomas Hildenbrand
McGarr, Art USGS-Menlo Park Probing the rheology of the San Andreas fault using seismic data.  
McGuire, Jeff Imaging of aseismic slip transients to study fault mechanics. Paul Segall
Melbourne, Tim Central Washington University Mechanical insight from joint analysis of dense seismic and geodetic array data: An example from TriNet and SCIGN bearing on the Pacific-North American Plate Boundary Don Helmberger
Mellors, Robert SDSU Combining InSAR and seismology with EarthScope.  
Miller, Stephen Switzerland Inferring fault strength from earthquake rupture properties.  
Molnar, Peter CIRES/Colorado Large-scale continental dynamics.  
Moran, Seth USGS-Anchorage Seismic studies in the Mount Peulik/Becharof Lake area, Alaska Peter Haeussler, John Power
Nadeau, Robert UCB Integrating EarthScope components and geology using repeating earthquakes.  
Nettles, M. Harvard Seismotectonics and the state of stress in the North American lithosphere: Analysis of small, unusual earthquakes. G.Ekstrom, A.M. Dziewonski
Nicholson, Craig ICS-UCSB Past is key: tectoninc evolution of the Pacific-North American plate boundary and its implications for crust/mantle structure and current plate boundary strain.  
Nolet, Guust Princeton A wealth of waves, a load to lift  
Olsen, Kim ICS-UCSB Rupture dynamics natural laboratory Sophie Peyrat, Raul Madariaga
Ouzonunov, Dimitar NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Ground-atmosphere-ionosphere interations related to earthquakes: how can EarthScope help? Friedemann Freund
Park, Stephen UCR Shocking results: electromagnetic studies with USArray. Robert Bielinski
Plank, Terry Boston Univ. Using igneous rocks to probe the evolution of the lithosphere.  
Pollitz, Fred USGS-Menlo Park Deep structure and driving forces in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.  
Power, J. USGS-Anchorage Magmatic, eruptive and tectonic processes in the Aleutian Arc, Alaska M. Johnston, J.Freymueller, M.Lisowski, T.Murray, Zhong Lu, J. Eichelberger, D.Dzurisin, S.McNutt, S.Moran, M.Wyss, D.Mann, S.Wicks, S.Nye, W.Thatcher, J.F.Larson, P.Haeussler
Prescott, William USGS-Menlo Park Access to Strain and other low frequency geophysical observations. Kathleen Hodgkinson, Douglas Neuhauser, Stanley Silverman, Page Stites, Stephane Zuzlewski
Price, Evelyn Univ. of Alaska Seismicity and active tectonics of interior Alaska  
Ritsema, Jeroen Caltech NARS-Baja: a 5-year deployment of broadband seismic instrumentation around the Gulf of California.  
Ritzwoller, M.H. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder Lithospheric inversions and the assimilation of complementary information: Some examples relevant for EarthScope. N.M. Shapiro
Rolandone, Frederique UCB Heat flow paradox and thermo-mechanics of faulting and ductile deformation ina stike-slip shear zone. Claude Jaupart, Roland Burgmann
Romanowicz, Barbara UCB A Pitch for the Alaska component of USArray.  
Romanowicz, Barbara UCB The "mini-PBO" project: goals and current status. M.Murray, R.Burgmann, T.McEvilly, P.Silver, A.Linde, S.Sacks, .Bock, D.Sandwell, M.Johnston, W.Thatcher, J.Langbein
Rudnick, Roberta Univ. of Maryland Making continents  
Rushmer, Tracy Univ. of Vermont The role of magmatism in the evolution of continental lithosphere: Possible tests using high resolution seismic imaging.  
Sandwell, David Scripps-UCSD InSAR and EarthScope: The good, the bad, and the ugly.  
Savage, Brian Caltech Seismic velocity variations beneath the Southern Sierra Nevada and the Western Basin and Range. Ji Chen, Don Helmberger
Schmidt, David UCB Scientific discovery through the study of transient deformation Roland Burgmann
Seber, Dogan Cornell A Prototype information system for EarthScope. Muawia, Barazangi, Christine Sandvol, Carrie Brindisi
Segall, Paul Stanford EarthScope's Role in the earthquake and volcano mechanics  
Sheng, J. Univ. of Utah Imaging of Crustal layers by teleseismic Ghosts and its application to studies of structure and extensional tectonics in the Wasatch Front Region, Utah G.RT.Schuster, R.L.Nowack, J.C.Pechmann
Shervais, John Utah State Intermediate depth drilling of the Snake River Plain in support of EarthScope: Tracking the Yellowstone plume (?) through space and time.  
Smith, Bob Univ. of Utah Extensional Breakup of the Western U. S.   
Spiess, F.N. Scripps-UCSD Oceanic connections S.D.Shadwell, H.Dragert, J.A.Hildebrand
Spotila, J.A. Virginia Tech Enhancing EarthScope by constraining vertical motions of the continental crust and surface.  
Talwani, Manik Rice Univ. Airborne gravity gradiometry an important new technology.  
Tandon, Kush Univ. of Louisianna Mechanics of continental rupture: Red Sea as a test laboratory (integrating 3D numerical modeling and an InSAR mission).  
Thatcher, Wayne USGS-Menlo Park EarthScope and natural hazards research  
Tikoff, Basil Univ. of Wisconsin The need to combine geological and geophysical data.  
Thurber, Cliff University of Wisconsin-Madison PASSCAL Real-Time Array at Parkfield, CA: Preparing for Earthscope Steve Roecker
Torgersen, Thomas Univ. of Connecticut Fluid Transport Analysis and Rare Gas "Ages" of Matrix Porosity Fluids in Drill Core Martin Stute and Peter Schlosser
Torgersen, Thomas Univ. of Connecticut EarthScope for geochemists, hydrogeologists and petrologists.  
van der Pluijm, Ben Univ. of Michigan Mineral transformations and faulting (SAFOD)  
van der Pluijm, Ben Univ. of Michigan Deep-crustal structure of the Eastern US (USArray)  
Velsaco, Aaron LANL The EarthScope knowledge base  
Wannamaker, Philip Univ. of Utah Physico-chemical state and cryptic structures of the crust and upper mantle: Role of the electromagnetic array measurements in EarthScope. Steven Park, John Booker
Wdowinski, Shimon Tel Aviv Univ. Geodetic detection of active faults along the Pacific-North America diffuse plate boundary Yehuda Bock
Williams, Colin USGS-Menlo Park Heat flow and the EarthScope Initiative with an emphasis on heat flow studies in support of the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth(SAFOD) Arthur Lachenbruch, John Sass
Wyession, Michael Washington Univ. Using USArray as a window to the core-mantle boundary.  
Zhdanov, Michael Univ. of Utah Electromagnetic methods in the EarthScope project. Nikolay Golubev

 

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