T11E:
New Insights into the Active Deformation, Tectonic Evolution, and Hazard Mitigation of the Caribbean Plate and South America I Posters


Session ID#: 7814

Session Description:
This session seeks to discuss the current state of knowledge of Caribbean plate geodynamics, kinematics and tectonic evolution. Recent studies have quantified how strain is accommodated along the plate boundary, have been able to better constraint geological hazards, and have postulated new models to explain its tectonic evolution. The Caribbean Plate is tectonically active with subduction zones, volcanism, and transpressional zones that produce large seismic and volcanic hazards. The densification of seismic and geodetic instrumentation, capacity building, international collaborations, and collection of new data sets during the past decade are improving our understanding of the Caribbean plate. We seek contributions that use geophysical (seismic, geodetic, remote sensing), numerical and/or analog modeling, and geological techniques to understand strain accommodation along active faults, earthquake, tsunami and volcanic hazards, subduction processes, deformation history, and plate kinematics. This session also encourages contributions on future research directions on tectonics of the Caribbean Plate.
Primary Convener:  Daniel A Laó-Dávila, Oklahoma State University, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Stillwater, OK, United States
Conveners:  Katharine V Cashman, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Alberto M M Lopez Venegas, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Geology, Mayaguez, PR, United States and Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, Department of Geosciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Chairs:  Katharine V Cashman, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom and Daniel A Laó-Dávila, Oklahoma State University Main Campus, Stillwater, OK, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Alberto M M Lopez Venegas, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Geology, Mayaguez, PR, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • G - Geodesy
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • S - Seismology
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

8150 Plate boundary: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8155 Plate motions: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8170 Subduction zone processes [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8185 Volcanic arcs [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Scale is not an Issue : Opportunities for Collaboration among Geoscientists in Latin America and the Caribbean (Invited) (75310)
Barbara Elaine Carby, University of the West Indies, Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Building Better Volcanic Hazard Maps Through Scientific and Stakeholder Collaboration (Invited) (71842)
Jan Marie Lindsay, The University of Auckland, School of Environment, Auckland, New Zealand, Eliza Calder, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Mary Anne Thompson, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand and IAVCEI Working Group on Volcanic Hazard Mapping
A Collaborative Approach to Monitoring Ambient Volcanogenic Pollution at Sulphur Springs, Saint Lucia. (63479)
Erouscilla P Joseph1, Denise M Beckles2, Leonette Cox2, Viveka Brian Jackson3 and Dominic Alexander4, (1)University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre, Kingston, Jamaica, (2)University of the West Indies, Chemistry, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, (3)University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, (4)Soufriere Regional Development Foundation, Soufriere, Saint Lucia
Volcanic Ash Hazards and Risk in Argentina: Scientific and Social Collaborative Approaches. (75566)
Elizabeth Ivonne Rovere II, SEGEMAR, Regional Geology Division, Andean Provinces, Argentina; Civil Association GEVAS RED ARGENTINA, Geology, Volcanoes, Environment and Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Roberto Antonio Violante, Argentina Hydrographic Survey., Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics., Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marcelo Dario Vazquez Herrera, Favaloro University, Environmental Sciences, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ma de la Paloma Martinez Fernandez, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Facultad de Turismo AUSMA, San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen., Argentina and Ester Geopayunkas Team
A Collaborative Approach to Flood Early Warning Systems In South East Westmoreland, Jamaica (74847)
Tracy-Ann Hyman, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Large Earthquake Potential in the Southeast Caribbean (83334)
David Mencin, EarthScope Consortium, Boulder, United States, Hector Mora-Paez, Servicio Geologico Colombiano, Bogota, Colombia, Roger Bilham, University of Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Peter C La Femina, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States, Glen S Mattioli, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Peter H Molnar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Franck A Audemard, FUNVISIS, Caracas, Venezuela and Omar J Perez, Simón Bolívar University, Miranda, Venezuela
Tsunamis from Tectonic Sources along Caribbean Plate Boundaries (85436)
Alberto M M Lopez Venegas1, Silvia Elena Chacon-Barrantes2, Natalia Zamora3, Franck A Audemard4, Frederic Jean-Yves Dondin5, Valerie Clouard6, Finn Løvholt7, Carl Bonnevie Harbitz7, Elizabeth A Vanacore8 and Victor A Huerfano Moreno9, (1)University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Geology, Mayaguez, PR, United States, (2)National University of Costa Rica, SINAMOT, Heredia, Costa Rica, (3)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (4)FUNVISIS, Caracas, Venezuela, (5)The UWI Seismic Research Centre, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, (6)Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, (7)Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway, (8)Puerto Rico Seismic Network, Mayaguez, United States, (9)University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Seismic Network, Mayaguez, PR, United States
Off Shore Geodetic Measurements Simulations in the Context of Seismic and Tsunami Hazard Evaluation in the Lesser Antilles (61848)
Pierre Sakic1, Valerie Ballu1, Helen Piete2, Jean-Yves Royer3 and Jean-Bernard de Chabalier4, (1)University of La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France, (2)Univ. Brest / CNRS, Plouzané, France, (3)Univ. Brest / CNRS, Laboratoire Geosciences Ocean, Plouzane, France, (4)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France
COCONet and TLALOCNet: Multi-hazard GNSS/Met Observatories, Enhancing Geodetic Infrastructure and the Scientific Community in Mexico and the Caribbean (81724)
Karl Feaux1, David K Adams2, John Braun3, Enrique Cabral-Cano4, Korey Dausz1, Timothy T Dittmann1, Michael Fend1, John Galetzka1, Glen S Mattioli1, M Meghan Miller1, James Normandeau1, Luis Salazar-Tlaczani5, John Sandru1, Yolande L Serra6 and Guoquan Wang7, (1)UNAVCO, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (2)National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, (3)Univ Corp Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (4)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Departamento de Geomagnetismo y Exploración, Instituto de Geofísica, Mexico City, Mexico, (5)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (6)University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
New GPS Constrains on Crustal Deformation within the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands Microplate (82019)
Margarita M Solares, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, United States, Alberto M M Lopez Venegas, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Geology, Mayaguez, PR, United States, Pamela E Jansma, Univ of TX-Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States and Glen S Mattioli, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
Birth of an island arc : Stuctural and Kinematics records of upper plate deformation. Example of St Barthelemy, Lesser Antilles (French West Indies). (61817)
Lucie Legendre1, Mélody Maéva Philippon2, Yves Mazabraud2 and Lebrun Jean-Frederic2, (1)University of the French West Indies and Guiana, Fouillole, Finland, (2)UMR 5243 Geosciences Montpellier, Antilles University, Pointe à Pitre, France
The tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Imbert Formation, northern Dominican Republic: a record of syn-collisional basin development and ophiolite emplacement during Caribbean island arc-North America continent collision (74893)
Javier Escuder-Viruete1, Ángela Suárez-Rodríguez1, Janet Gabites2 and Andrés Pérez-Estaún3, (1)Instituto Geologico Minero Espana, Madrid, Spain, (2)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)ICTJA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Identifying active interplate and intraplate fault zones in the western Caribbean plate from seismic reflection data and the significance of the Pedro Bank fault zone in the tectonic history of the Nicaraguan Rise (72699)
Bryan Ott, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Paul Mann, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
San Andres Rift, Nicaraguan Shelf: A 346-Km-Long, North-South Rift Zone Actively Extending the Interior of the “Stable” Caribbean Plate (78982)
Luis Carlos Carvajal, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Paul Mann, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
Late Cretaceous-recent tectonic assembly of diverse crustal blocks in Central America, the Nicaraguan Rise, the Colombian Basin and northern South America as seen on a 1600-km-long, geologic and structural transect (85597)
Javier Sanchez, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Paul Mann, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
STRUCTURE OF THE LA VELA OFFSHORE BASIN, WESTERN VENEZUELA: AN OBLIQUELY-OPENING RIFT BASIN WITHIN THE SOUTH AMERICA-CARIBBEAN, STRIKE-SLIP PLATE BOUNDARY (86468)
Joan Marie Blanco, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Freiberg, Germany and Paul Mann, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States
Tectonic geomorphology of large normal faults bounding the Cuzco rift basin within the southern Peruvian Andes (86691)
Callum Byers, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Paul Mann, University of Houston, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Houston, TX, United States

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