Session: Insights and Challenges for Geomorphic, Geologic, and Paleoseismic Investigations in the Rocky Mountain– Central U.S. Transition Region (New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana) (GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA

Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288412

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LITHOSPHERIC HYDRATION GRADIENT AND ELEVATED OLIGOCENE HEAT FLOW ACROSS THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA AND CRATONIC INTERIOR
Abstract ID#: 283290

LANDMAN, Rachel L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, FLOWERS, Rebecca M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 and KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, rachel.landman@colorado.edu

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LITHOSPHERIC RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT: 2D ANISOTROPIC INVERSION OF MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA
Abstract ID#: 287663

FEUCHT, Daniel, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, BEDROSIAN, Paul A., Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and SHEEHAN, Anne, Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, daniel.feucht@colorado.edu

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A HIGH RESOLUTION, LOCAL-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION OF LG ATTENUATION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN–CENTRAL UNITED STATES TRANSITION ZONE
Abstract ID#: 285154

ABDELHAMEID, Danya, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185, LEVANDOWSKI, Will, US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, MS-966, PO BOX 25046, Denver, CO 80225, BOYD, Oliver S., U.S. Geological Survey, 3876 Central Ave, Suite 2, Memphis, TN 38152 and MCNAMARA, Daniel E., US Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, deabdelhameid@email.wm.edu

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COMPLEX STRESS WHERE EAST MEETS WEST: RESULTS FROM MOMENT TENSOR INVERSIONS ACROSS THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
Abstract ID#: 285231

LEVANDOWSKI, Will, US Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, MS-966, PO BOX 25046, Denver, CO 80225, BRIGGS, Richard W., Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401 and ZELLMAN, Mark S., Fugro Consultants, Inc, 1726 Cole Boulevard, Suite 230, Lakewood, CO 80401, wlevandowski@usgs.gov

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USING SURFICIAL DEPOSITS TO CONSTRAIN QUATERNARY FAULT MOVEMENT IN COLORADO: INSIGHTS FROM RELATIVE DATING AND COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE DATING
Abstract ID#: 285714

FOSTER, Melissa A., Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007 and ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, mfoster@usbr.gov

Break
Abstract ID#: 288413

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SEISMICITY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE RIFT FROM THE USARRAY AND CREST TEMPORARY SEISMIC NETWORKS, 2008-2010
Abstract ID#: 284881

NAKAI, Jenny S., Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, SHEEHAN, Anne F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and BILEK, Susan L., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, jenny.nakai@colorado.edu

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ISSUES IN ASSESSING SEISMIC HAZARDS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN-CENTRAL U.S. TRANSITION REGION IN COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 285813

WONG, Ivan G.¹, OLIG, Susan², BOTT, Jacqueline³, THOMAS, Patricia¹ and DOBER, Mark³, (1)Lettis Consultants International, 1981 N Broadway, Suite 330, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (2)Olig Seismic Geology, Concord, CA, (3)AECOM, 1333 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94501, wong@lettisci.com

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COLORADO PALEOSEISMIC CONUNDRUMS – IS THE HAZARD REALLY AS LOW AS IT SEEMS?
Abstract ID#: 287970

OSTENAA, Dean, Ostenaa Geologic, 25 Grays Peak Trail, Dillon, CO 80435, deano3geo@gmail.com

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PALEOSEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE CHERAW FAULT
Abstract ID#: 280751

ZELLMAN, Mark S., Fugro Consultants, Inc, 1726 Cole Boulevard, Suite 230, Lakewood, CO 80401 and OSTENAA, Dean, Research, Denver, CO 80401, m.zellman@fugro.com

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THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF DEGLACIATION AND POSTGLACIAL TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN THE TETON RANGE FROM LAKES IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WY
Abstract ID#: 287954

LARSEN, Darren, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, CRUMP, Sarah E., Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, HARBERT, William, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, ABBOTT, Mark B., Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107 O'Hara St, SRCC, Room 301, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 and WATTRUS, Nigel J., Large Lakes Observatory, Univ of Minnesota, Duluth, 10 University Drive, 215 RLB, Duluth, MN 55812-2496, djlarsen@pitt.edu

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INVESTIGATING RECENTLY ACTIVE FAULTS BASED ON THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF EPHEMERAL CHANNELS IN THE GUADALUPE AND BROKEOFF MOUNTAINS, WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
Abstract ID#: 281626

SALINAS, Christine Marie, Geology-Geography Department, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400 and TRANEL, Lisa M., Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, 100 N. University Street, Normal, IL 61761, cmsalin@ilstu.edu

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GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF QUATERNARY INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHERN WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
Abstract ID#: 287097

DELISLE, Clarke, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Bldg., Columbia, MO 65211, GOMEZ, Francisco, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and SANDVOL, Eric, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, fgomez@missouri.edu

GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T177. Insights and Challenges for Geomorphic, Geologic, and Paleoseismic Investigations in the Rocky Mountain– Central U.S. Transition Region (New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana)