T23G:
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

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Session ID#: 31534

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:

8110 Continental tectonics: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

THE LITHOSPHERIC FABRIC OF SOUTHERN NORTH AMERICA AND THE WIDE GULF OF MEXICO RIFT (Invited) (213012)
Robert J Stern, University of Texas at Dallas, Geosciences, Richardson, TX, United States
The Role of Transforms in Gulf of Mexico Opening (Invited) (218197)
Erik Lundin, Statoil Norway Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway and Anthony G Doré, Energy & Geoscience Institute, Salt Lake City, United States
Variations of Oceanic Crust in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico From Integrated Geophysical Analysis  (214097)
Mei Liu, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE, United States and Irina Filina, Assistant professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE, United States
Integrated Geophysical Models Extending From The Craton Across The Gulf Coast Region Of The USA (227468)
G Randy Keller, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, Kevin Lee Mickus, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, United States and William A Thomas, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
S-wave velocity measurements along levees in New Orleans using passive surface wave methods (221922)
Koichi Hayashi, Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan, Juan M Lorenzo, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Mitchell S Craig, California State Univ East Bay, Hayward, CA, United States and Adama Gostic, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Geophysical surveying in the Sacramento Delta for earthquake hazard assessment and measurement of peat thickness (Invited) (209200)
Mitchell S Craig1, Niket Kundariya1, Koichi Hayashi2, Ankit Srinivas1, Maximilian Burnham1 and Patty Y Oikawa1, (1)California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, United States, (2)Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Monitoring earthen dams and levees with ambient seismic noise (272901)
Thomas Planès, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Justin B Rittgers, Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Denver, CO, United States, Mike Mooney, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Willem Kanning, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands and Deyan Draganov, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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