T13E:
Geology and Geophysics of the National Capital Region Posters


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Session ID#: 53105

Session Description:
The United States national capital region sits at a nexus of geology and geophysics, and population and power. The population and power arrived as a result of this nation’s founders locating the new capital on inexpensive swamp land along the Potomac River downstream of the fall line separating the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The geology and geophysics preceded all types of settlement, and through today continually affects the livelihood of residents, business people, and politicians in Washington, DC, and in the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs. We invite abstracts on research investigating geologic and geophysical phenomena with a direct impact on the nation capital region’s population and infrastructure.
Primary Convener:  Marc L Buursink, Potomac Geophysical Society, Tysons Corner, United States
Convener:  Catherine Enomoto, Potomac Geophysical Society, Tysons Corner, United States
Primary Liaison:  Marc L Buursink, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center, Reston, United States
Chairs:  Marc L Buursink, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center, Reston, United States and Catherine Enomoto, Potomac Geophysical Society, Tysons Corner, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Marc L Buursink, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center, Reston, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • NS - Near Surface Geophysics
  • S - Seismology
Index Terms:

1817 Extreme events [HYDROLOGY]
4323 Human impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
7223 Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction [SEISMOLOGY]
9350 North America [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Seismic Observations in the Washington, D.C. Area With a Raspberry Shake Network (392747)
Jay J Pulli, Raytheon BBN Technologies Arlington, Arlington, VA, United States
Seismic Hazard Maps With The Effect Of Local Geology For Washington, DC (399321)
Chris H Cramer, University of Memphis, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, United States and Roshan Bhattarai, University of Memphis, CERI, Memphis, United States
Lessons Learned from Bedrock Investigations in the Epicentral Region of the 2011 M5.8 Mineral, Virginia Earthquake (417551)
William C Burton1, J. Wright Horton Jr1, Anjana K Shah2, Mark W Carter3, David B Spears4, Nick H Evans5, Ryan J. McAleer6, Richard W. Harrison7 and Michael J. Kunk6, (1)USGS, Reston, VA, United States, (2)USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (4)Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (5)Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy, Charlottesville, United States, (6)USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States
Insights from Aftershocks of the 30 November 2017 Dover, DE, Earthquake (446577)
Dr. Karen M Pearson, PhD, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Won-Young Kim, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Thomas L Pratt, U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Reston, United States and Vedran Lekic, University of Maryland, Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, College Park, United States
Geochemistry of the Elk Hill Volcanic Complex and Pegmatite Belt, and their tectonic significance within the central Appalachian Piedmont, Virginia. (451197)
Claudia Isabel Roig, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Department of Geology, Mayaguez, PR, United States and K. Stephen Hughes, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Department of Geology, Mayaguez, United States
Subsurface Framework and Results for the U.S. Geological Survey Assessment of Potential Carbon Dioxide Storage Resources of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain and Eastern Mesozoic Rift Basins (439459)
Marc L Buursink1, William Craddock2, Matthew D Merrill3, Tina Roberts-Ashby4, Sean T Brennan3, Ronald Drake II5, Peter D Warwick3, Madalyn S Blondes3, Philip A. Freeman1, Steven M. Cahan6, Christina A. DeVera3 and Celeste D. Lohr1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center, Reston, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA, United States

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