149 Oceanic Geohazards: Distribution, Controls, and Risks (Posters)

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Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Presiding:
Brandon Dugan and Julia Morgan
Poster #195
Subduction Zones Launch the Highest Magnitude Earthquakes Where Thick, Laterally Continuous Masses of Trench Sediment Enter the Subduction Channel
David W. Scholl, US Geological Survey; Katie Keranen, US Geological Survey; Stephen H. Kirby, U.S. Geological Survey; Richard J. Blakely, US Geological Survey; Ray E. Wells, U.S. Geological Survey; Holly F. Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey; Roland von Huene, U.S. Geological Survey; Michael A. Fisher, U.S. Geological Survey
Poster #196
The Interplay Between Submarine Slope Failure and Volcanic Spreading in Hawaii: Evidence from Seismic Reflection and Submersible Studies
Julia K. Morgan, Rice University; Gregory F. Moore, University of Hawaii, Manoa; David A. Clague, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute
Poster #197
New High-Resolution Seismic Reflection Data Show An Active Fault Linking the San Diego Trough and San Pedro Basin Fault Zones, Inner Continental Borderland, Southern California
James E. Conrad, U.S. Geological Survey; Holly F. Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey; Ray W. Sliter, U.S. Geological Survey
Poster #198
Detailed Fault and Deformation Mapping along a Strike-Slip Fault in a Coastal Environment: The San Gregorio Fault near Half Moon Bay, California
Stephanie L. Ross, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; James E. Conrad, U.S. Geological Survey; Holly F. Ryan, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; John L. Chin, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; Peter Dartnell, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; Brian D. Edwards, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; Eleyne L. Phillips, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; Ray W. Sliter, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey; Florence L. Wong, Western Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey
Poster #199
Moderate Tsunamis, Great Storms Leave Little Sedimentary Record on Tokachi Coast, Hokkaido, Japan
Katie Delbecq, Earlham College; Wes Nutter, Earlham College; Yuichi Nishimura, Hokkaido University; Yugo Nakamura, Hokkaido University; Kazuomi Hirakawa, Hokkaido University; Andrew Moore, Earlham College
Poster #200
Sedimentary Evidence for Great Tsunamis near Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan
Wes Nutter, Earlham College; Katie Delbecq, Earlham College; Yuichi Nishimura, Hokkaido University; Yugo Nakamura, Hokkaido University; Kazuomi Hirakawa, Hokkaido University; Andrew Moore, Earlham College
Poster #201
Tsunamigenic Landslide Deposits Imaged beneath Port Valdez, Alaska
Holly F. Ryan, U. S. Geological Survey; Homa J. Lee, U. S. Geological Survey; Peter J. Haeussler
Poster #202
Unraveling the Source of Large Erratic Boulders on Tonga: Implications for Geohazards and Mega-Tsunamis
Matthew J. Hornbach, The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics; Cliff Frohlich, The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics; Frederick W. Taylor, Univ Texas - Austin
Poster #203
Indication of Submarine Landslide along the Southern Coast of Ceram Island
Yudhicara Yudhicara, CENTER FOR VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL HAZARD MITIGATION
Poster #204
Fault Systems of the Sigsbee Escarpment and Their Level of Late Quaternary Activity
Michael Angell, William Lettis & Associates; Kathryn Hanson, Geomatrix Consultants; Hans Abramsonward, Geomatrix Consultants; Bob Youngs, Geomatrix Consultants; Philippe Jeanjean, BP America, Inc
Poster #205
Linking Seismic Facies, Physical Properties, and Depositional Processes in Mass Transport Deposits, Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico
Derek E. Sawyer, University of Texas at Austin; Peter B. Flemings, University of Texas at Austin; Brandon Dugan, Rice University
Poster #207
Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Submarine Landslides along the U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin
David C. Twichell, United States Geological Survey; Jason D. Chaytor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Uri S. ten Brink, United States Geological Survey; Brian Buczkowski, United States Geological Survey
Poster #208
Assessment of Tsunami Hazard to the U.S. East Coast Using Relationships Between Submarine Landslides and Earthquakes
Uri S. ten Brink, U.S. Geological Survey; Homa J. Lee, U.S. Geological Survey; Eric L. Geist, U.S. Geological Survey; David C. Twichell, U.S. Geological Survey
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