T11A:
An Appraisal of Global Continental Crust: Structure and Evolution I Posters


Session ID#: 9107

Session Description:
The availability of broadband geophysical arrays, such as recent deployments of dense networks across North America and Asia, has substantially increased our ability to characterize crustal properties beneath major continents.  The improved data constraints, coupled with numerical simulations, enable an in-depth analysis of the structure, composition, spatial variability and evolution of the continental crust. This session invites contributions that enhance the current understanding of continental crust from disciplines that include, but are not limited to, seismology, geodynamics, gravity, magnetics and geochemistry.
Primary Convener:  Yu Jeffrey Gu, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Conveners:  Claire A Currie, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Vedran Lekic, University of Maryland, Department of Geology, College Park, United States and Gabi Laske, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Chairs:  Claire A Currie1, Yu Jeffrey Gu1, Vedran Lekic2 and Gabi Laske3, (1)University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada(2)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States(3)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Yu Jeffrey Gu, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Cross-Listed:
  • DI - Study of the Earth's Deep Interior
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • S - Seismology
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

7205 Continental crust [SEISMOLOGY]
8103 Continental cratons [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8110 Continental tectonics: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8169 Sedimentary basin processes [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Secular change in Archean crust formation recorded in Western Australia (60674)
Dr. Huaiyu Yuan, Macquarie University, CCFS, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Virtual Deep Seismic Sounding for a Uniform Measure of Crustal Thickness (61686)
Wang-Ping Chen, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Faculty of the Graduate College, Urbana, United States; Now at Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Chunquan Yu, Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Shenzhen, China and Yang Jiang, Zhejiang University, Ocean College, Zhoushan, China
Perennial plate tectonics with lasting mantle lithosphere scars (62175)
Philip Heron, University of Toronto, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, Russell Pysklywec, University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada and Randell Stephenson, University of Aberdeen, Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Crustal structure in the Tohoku region before and after the Tohoku-Oki earthquake with P to S receiver functions (62338)
Dr. Robert W Porritt, PhD, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States; RCUSS, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan and Shoichi Yoshioka, Kobe University, Research Center for Urban Safety and Security, Kobe, Japan
Constraints on the formation and stability of continental crust from heat flow and heat production data. (62395)
Jean-Claude Mareschal, University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada and Claude P Jaupart, Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), UMR 7154, Paris, France
A Global Perspective on the Composition of the Continental Crust from the Distribution of Heat Producing Elements: Comparison Between Heat Flow Data and Seismological Crustal Models. (62571)
Lidia Iarotsky, GEOTOP-UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada, Jean-Claude Mareschal, University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada and Claude P Jaupart, Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), UMR 7154, Paris, France
Utilizing Thermal Isostasy to Estimate Anomalous Crustal Radioactivity (64035)
Derrick P Hasterok, University of Adelaide, Dept of Earth Sciences, Adelaide, SA, Australia and Matthew Gard, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Evaluating models of the US Continental Crust using Ambient Noise Datasets: A Transdimensional Approach (66277)
Tolulope M Olugboji, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Vedran Lekic, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States, Chao Gao, University of Maryland College Park, Dept. of Geology, College Park, MD, United States and William F McDonough, Tohoku University, Advance Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change, Sendai, Japan
The Seismic Structure of the Crust of Madagascar (68018)
Michael Edward Wysession1, Fenitra Andriampenomanana2, Rakotondraibe Tsiriandrimanana2, Martin J Pratt3, Ghassan I Aleqabi3, Douglas A Wiens3, Andrew Nyblade4, Patrick Shore5, Gérard Rambolamanana6 and Frederik J Tilmann7, (1)Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States, (2)University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, (3)Washington University in St Louis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States, (5)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (6)Institute and Observatory of Geophysics Antananarivo-University of Antananarivo, Physics, Antananarivo, Madagascar, (7)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Estimated thermal regime at volcanic areas in Japan (69126)
Akiko Tanaka, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
Effects of Chemical Composition, Water and Temperature on Physical Properties of Continental Crust (69692)
Mattia Guerri, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland and Fabio Cammarano, University of Copenhagen, København K, Denmark
Crustal Anisotropy in the Cascadia Subduction Zone - Evidence from Teleseismic Receiver Functions (74228)
Hannah Elaine Krueger, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, United States and Erin A Wirth, Yale University, New Haven, United States
Identifying Active Faults in Northeast North America Using Hypocenters and Multiscale Edge Wavelet Analyses of Potential Fields (74809)
Korin Carpenter1, Frank Horowitz2, Cynthia J Ebinger3, Luis C. Navarrete1 and Daniel Diaz-Etchevehere1, (1)University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, (2)Cornell University, Institute for the Study of the Continents, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)Tulane University, School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, United States
New crustal thickness estimates of the Australian Continent using virtual deep seismic soundings (75840)
David A Thompson, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24, United Kingdom, Nicholas Rawlinson, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and Hrvoje Tkalčić, Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Seismicity of the St. Lawrence paleorift faults overprinted by a meteorite impact crater: Implications for crustal strength based on new earthquake relocations in the Charlevoix Seismic Zone, Eastern Canada (76142)
Rebecca M Harrington1, Hongyu Yu2,3, Yajing Liu4, Maurice Lamontagne5 and Meng Pang2, (1)Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Bochum, Germany, (2)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)ITAG Institute of Theoretical and Applied Geophysics, Peking University, Beijing, China, (4)McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, (5)Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Moho Depth and Poisson's Ratio beneath Eastern-Central China and Its Tectonic Implications (76541)
Zigen Wei1, Ling Chen2, Zhiwei LI3, Yuan Ling2 and Jing Li2, (1)CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijng, China, (2)IGG Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Stress Map 2.0: Updating the Stress Map of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (76767)
Deirdre Mallyon1, Douglas R Schmitt1, Claire A Currie2, Yu Jeffrey Gu2 and Oliver Heidbach3, (1)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (2)University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (3)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Vp/Vs crustal map of Brazil : Data compilation (80158)
George Sand Franca1, Magda Oliveira2, Giuliano Sant'Anna Marotta3, Marcelo Peres Rocha3, Diogo Farrapo Albuquerque4 and Marcelo Bianchi5, (1)UNB University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil, (2)UNB University of Brasilia, Instituto de Geociências, Asa Norte, Brazil, (3)University of Brasília, Seismological Observatory / Geosciences Institute, Brasília, Brazil, (4)OBSIS Seismological Observatory of the University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil, (5)USP University of Sao Paulo, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
From Isostasy to Proterozoic Underplating: New Inferences from Crustal Thickness and Vp/Vs Ratio beneath the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin (81715)
Yunfeng Chen, Zhejiang University, School of Earth Sciences, Hangzhou, China and Yu Jeffrey Gu, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Origin and Development of El Bajío Basin in the Central Sector of Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (74499)
Paola Andrea Botero1, Susana A. Alaniz Álvarez2, Ángel F. Nieto Samaniego3, Margarita Lopez-Martinez4, Gilles Levresse3, Shunshan Xu1 and Carlos Ortega Obregón5, (1)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Quéretaro, Mexico, (3)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Querétaro, Mexico, (4)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico, (5)UNAM, Centro de Geociencias, Queretaro, Mexico

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