Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) 2014 Annual Meeting SDSU Abstract
The Bimaterial Effect on the Earthquake Cycle Brittany A. Erickson and Steven M. Day Both laboratory studies and dynamic rupture simulations on a bimaterial fault […]
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ABSTRACTS: 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)
Department Abstracts submitted to the 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014) MIDDLE MIOCENE HIGH-MAGNESIUM ANDESITE AND HIGH-SILICA ADAKITE IN […]
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Timing and significance of gabbro emplacement within two distinct plutonic domains of the Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern and Baja California
Dr. David Kimbrough’s new paper published on zircon U-Pb ages for the gabbro from the PRB. It establishes a chronological framework for understanding the role of mafic intrusions in the […]
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Detrital zircon provenance of the Late Cretaceous–Eocene California forearc: Influence of Laramide low-angle subduction on sediment dispersal and paleogeography
Dr. David Kimbrough’s new paper published using the California forearc to provide a case study of the utility of detrital zircon geochronology in resolving landscape evolution in an active margin setting. Particularly […]
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Sourcing sandstone cobble grinding tools in southern California using petrography, U–Pb geochronology, and Hf isotope geochemistry
Dr. David Kimbrough and Dr. Pat Abbott’s new paper where the authors investigated the geological origins and sources of sandstone cobble grinding tools. This paper is […]
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Helium Isotope Variations and Mantle Plume-Spreading Ridge Interactions Along the Galápagos Spreading Center
Dr. Barry Hanan’s new paper published as chapter 18 in the “The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences”. Collectively, The Galápagos presents case studies illustrating the […]
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Assembly of a large earthquake from a complex fault system: Surface rupture kinematics of the 4 April 2010 El Mayor–Cucapah (Mexico) Mw 7.2 earthquake
A new paper from Dr. Tom Rockwell and others that discusses the complex rupture dynamics of the El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake on April 4th 2010. The primary multifault rupture […]
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A Paleoseismic Record of Earthquakes for the Dead Sea Transform Fault between the First and Seventh Centuries C.E.: Nonperiodic Behavior of a Plate Boundary Fault
A new paper from Dr. Tom Rockwell and others present evidence for eight events that pre-date the 1202 and 1759 C.E. for the Dead Sea Transform Fault. In […]
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A Statistical Framework for Calculating and Assessing Compositional Linear Trends Within Fault Zones: A Case Study of the NE Block of the Clark Segment, San Jacinto Fault, California, USA
A new paper from Brian Rockwell, Dr. Gary Girty, and Dr. Tom Rockwell looks at the San Jacinto fault zone architecture and linear compositional trends with alteration intensity factors. […]
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Testing Models of the Oceanside Blind Thrust through High-Resolution Mapping and Age Control on Marine Terrace Deformation, Coastal Southern California
Erik Haaker and Dr. Tom Rockwell’s poster presentation for the Rocky Mountain (66th Annual) and Cordilleran (110th Annual) Joint Meeting, Bozeman Montana Rocky Mountain (66th […]
