T32A:
Crustal and Lithospheric Structure of Cratons Inferred with Geophysical Methods III

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  David A Thompson, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom and Sid-Ali Ouadfeul, University of Boumerdes, Geophysics, BOUMERDES, Algeria
Primary Conveners:  Christian Sippl, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, Australia
Co-conveners:  Hrvoje Tkalcic, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, David A Thompson, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom and Sid-Ali Ouadfeul, University of Boumerdes, Geophysics, BOUMERDES, Algeria
OSPA Liaisons:  Christian Sippl, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
T32A-01
 
Electrical resistivity structure of the Trans-North China Orogen: implications for lithospheric deformation history
Yaotian Yin, Wenbo Wei, Sheng Jin and Gaofeng Ye, China Univ. of Geosciences, Beijing, China
10:35 AM
T32A-02
 
The Lithospheric Structure of Ordos, China: Evidence from Refined Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding (VDSS)
Tianze Liu1, Kai TAO2,3, Simon L Klemperer1 and Jieyuan Ning2, (1)Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Peking University, Beijing, China, (3)China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China
10:50 AM
T32A-03
 
New Seismic Observables Constrain Structure within the Continental Lithosphere
Erin Elisabeth Cunningham, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Vedran Lekic, University of Maryland College Park, Dept. of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
11:05 AM
T32A-04
 
MLDs, LABs, and Moho’s, Oh My! Using Geodynamical Models to Guide Interpretations of Geophysical Observations
Catherine M Cooper, WSU, Pullman, WA, United States and Meghan Samantha Miller, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
11:20 AM
T32A-05
 
The Effect of Recent Volcanic Activity on the Seismic Structure of Madagascar
Michael Edward Wysession1, Ghassan I Aleqabi2, Martin J Pratt2, Patrick Shore3, Douglas A Wiens2, Andrew Nyblade4, Gérard Rambolamanana5, Fenitra Sy Tanjona Andriampenomanana Ny Ony5 and Rakotondraibe Tsiriandrimanana5, (1)Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States, (2)Washington University in St Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States, (3)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (4)Penn St Univ, University Park, PA, United States, (5)Institute and Observatory of Geophysics Antananarivo-University of Antananarivo, Physics, Antananarivo, Madagascar
11:35 AM
T32A-06
 
Mapping the Traces of the Assembly and Multistage Breakup of Gondwanaland in the Lithosphere of Madagascar
Elisa Josiane Rindraharisaona1,2, Frederik J Tilmann1, Xiaohui Yuan3, Georg Rumpker4, Ben Heit1, Gérard Rambolamanana2 and Keith F Priestley5, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Institute and Observatory of Geophysics Antananarivo-University of Antananarivo, Physics, Antananarivo, Madagascar, (3)Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Potsdam, Germany, (4)Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, (5)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
11:50 AM
T32A-07
 
Imaging a Precambrian Mantle Suture in the Subandean Lithosphere by Surface Wave Tomography
Kevin M Ward1, George Zandt1, Susan L Beck1, Lara S Wagner2, Estela Minaya3 and Hernando Tavera4, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Observatorio San Calixto, La Paz, Bolivia, (4)Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Lima, Peru
12:05 PM
T32A-08
 
Reconstructed Oceanic Sedimentary Sequence in the Cape Three Points Area, Southern Axim-Konongo (Ashanti) Greenstone Belt in the Paleoproterozoic Birimian of Ghana.
Shoichi Kiyokawa, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Takashi Ito, Ibaraki University, Education, Mito, Japan, Nyame K Frank, University of Ghana, Geology, Accra, Ghana and Tetteh M George, University of Mines and Technology, Mine geology, Tarkwa, Ghana
 
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