T21B:
From the Lithosphere to the Delta: Academic and Industry Geophysical Data to Address Scientific and Societal Issues Across the U.S. Gulf Coast and Beyond Posters

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Session ID#: 31528

Session Description:
The U.S. Gulf Coast lithosphere is shaped by two rifting episodes (~530 and 220-165 Ma) and ~310 Ma continental collision. Evidence of these events is buried beneath thick sediments and salt, both onshore and offshore but forms the basis to understand both the tectonic evolution and modern processes in the coastal zone. Populated and industrialized coastal zones are especially subject to changes in groundwater quality and availability, agricultural soil conditions attending relative sea-level rise. Industry data, including 3-D seismic, can help integrate our understanding of subsurface and the near-surface conditions and improve overall coastal resilience. This session includes a broad spectrum of contributions from academic and industry geoscientists that help understand the structure and evolution of the buried lithosphere of this region and highlight ways in which academic and industry collaborations can address issues with significant societal impact.
Primary Convener:  Jay Pulliam, Baylor University, Department of Geosciences, Waco, United States
Conveners:  Patricia Persaud, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Rui Zhang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, School of Geosciences, Lafayette, LA, United States and Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Chairs:  Patricia Persaud, Louisiana State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Baton Rouge, United States and Rui Zhang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, School of Geosciences, Lafayette, LA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jay Pulliam, Baylor University, Department of Geosciences, Waco, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

4302 Geological [NATURAL HAZARDS]
7218 Lithosphere [SEISMOLOGY]
8110 Continental tectonics: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8175 Tectonics and landscape evolution [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

History of fault slip and interaction with deltaic depostion from the middle Miocene to the Present - Barataria Fault, coastal Louisiana (272588)
Chris McLindon, New Orleans Geological Society, New Orleans, LA, United States
Seismic Interferometry of Gulf of Mexico Basin Opening (GUMBO) Data: Extraction of Body and Surface Waves with a Mixed-Mode Array (284026)
Joseph Soloman Soloman Thangraj, Baylor University, Waco, TX, United States, Diego Quiros, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Jay Pulliam, Baylor University, Department of Geosciences, Waco, United States
Fault Activity in the Terrebonne Trough, Southeastern Louisiana: A Continuation of Salt-Withdrawal Fault Activity from the Miocene into the late Quaternary and Implication for Subsidence Hot-Spots (285538)
Akinbobola Olumuyiwa Akintomide, Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, United States and Nancye H Dawers, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States
Investigating The Relationship Between Structural Geology and Wetland Loss Near Golden Meadow, Louisiana By Utilizing 3D Seismic Reflection and Well Log Data (287572)
Amanda S Johnston1, Rui Zhang2, Raphael Gottardi1 and Nancye H Dawers3, (1)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States, (2)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, School of Geosciences, Lafayette, LA, United States, (3)Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States
Paleohighs and Paleolows in the Basement Rocks of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (278829)
Delores Robinson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Amy L Weislogel, West Virginia University, Geology & Geography, Morgantown, United States
Where is the Ocean-Continent boundary in the Northwestern and Central GOM? (279311)
Irina Filina, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE, United States
Rayleigh and Love Wave Phase Velocities in the Northern Gulf Coast of the United States (288139)
Yao Yao, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States and Aibing Li, University of Houston, EAS, Houston, TX, United States

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