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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Index More Information
Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Index More Information Index Abancay Deflection, 201, 204–206, 223 Allmendinger, R. W., 206 Abant, Turkey, earthquake of 1957 Ms 7.0, 286 allochthonous terranes, 26 Abdrakhmatov, K. Y., 381, 383 Alpine fault, New Zealand, 482, 486, 489–490, 493 Abercrombie, R. E., 461, 464 Alps, 245, 249 Abers, G. A., 475–477 Alquist-Priolo Act, California, 75 Abidin, H. Z., 464 Altay Range, 384–387 Abiz, Iran, fault, 318 Alteriis, G., 251 Acambay graben, Mexico, 182 Altiplano Plateau, 190, 191, 200, 204, 205, 222 Acambay, Mexico, earthquake of 1912 Ms 6.7, 181 Altunel, E., 305, 322 Accra, Ghana, earthquake of 1939 M 6.4, 235 Altyn Tagh fault, 336, 355, 358, 360, 362, 364–366, accreted terrane, 3 378 Acocella, V., 234 Alvarado, P., 210, 214 active fault front, 408 Álvarez-Marrón, J. M., 219 Adamek, S., 170 Amaziahu, Dead Sea, fault, 297 Adams, J., 52, 66, 71–73, 87, 494 Ambraseys, N. N., 226, 229–231, 234, 259, 264, 275, Adria, 249, 250 277, 286, 288–290, 292, 296, 300, 301, 311, 321, Afar Triangle and triple junction, 226, 227, 231–233, 328, 334, 339, 341, 352, 353 237 Ammon, C. J., 464 Afghan (Helmand) block, 318 Amuri, New Zealand, earthquake of 1888 Mw 7–7.3, 486 Agadir, Morocco, earthquake of 1960 Ms 5.9, 243 Amurian Plate, 389, 399 Age of Enlightenment, 239 Anatolia Plate, 263, 268, 292, 293 Agua Blanca fault, Baja California, 107 Ancash, Peru, earthquake of 1946 M 6.3 to 6.9, 201 Aguilera, J., vii, 79, 138, 189 Ancón fault, Venezuela, 166 Airy, G. -
Kinematic Reconstruction of the Caribbean Region Since the Early Jurassic
Earth-Science Reviews 138 (2014) 102–136 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Earth-Science Reviews journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/earscirev Kinematic reconstruction of the Caribbean region since the Early Jurassic Lydian M. Boschman a,⁎, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen a, Trond H. Torsvik b,c,d, Wim Spakman a,b, James L. Pindell e,f a Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands b Center for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 24, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway c Center for Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, 7491 Trondheim, Norway d School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa e Tectonic Analysis Ltd., Chestnut House, Duncton, West Sussex, GU28 OLH, England, UK f School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3YE, UK article info abstract Article history: The Caribbean oceanic crust was formed west of the North and South American continents, probably from Late Received 4 December 2013 Jurassic through Early Cretaceous time. Its subsequent evolution has resulted from a complex tectonic history Accepted 9 August 2014 governed by the interplay of the North American, South American and (Paleo-)Pacific plates. During its entire Available online 23 August 2014 tectonic evolution, the Caribbean plate was largely surrounded by subduction and transform boundaries, and the oceanic crust has been overlain by the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) since ~90 Ma. The consequent Keywords: absence of passive margins and measurable marine magnetic anomalies hampers a quantitative integration into GPlates Apparent Polar Wander Path the global circuit of plate motions. -
Virginia B. Sisson
Virginia B. Sisson Education: Ph.D., Princeton University, 1985, Dissertation: Contact Metamorphism and Fluid Evolution Associated with the Ponder pluton, Coast Plutonic Complex, British Columbia, Canada M.A., Princeton University, 1981 A.B., Bryn Mawr College cum laude with honors in geology, 1979 Research Interests and Skills: Field oriented petrotectonic studies in Alaska and Guatemala on convergent margins, triple junction interactions, granite emplacement, subduction zone metamorphism and exhumation processes, and jadeitite formation. Have also done field work in Venezuela, British Columbia, India, Malaysia, Norway, California, Washington, Montana, Nevada, Maine, Pennsylvania, and Myanmar Fluid inclusion studies and boron geochemistry of metamorphic rocks Languages Spanish and French at a basic level. Employment: 2008 - present Research Associate Professor, Director Geology Field Course, Co-Director Learning Center, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston 2001 - present Research Associate, American Natural History Museum 2003 - present Research Associate, Department of Geology, University of Utah 2001 - 2004 Research Scientist, Department of Earth Science, Rice University 2001 - 2003 Research Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Utah 1999 - 2001 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University 1999 - 2001 Advisor for Encyclopedia Britannica on Rocks and Minerals 1992 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University -
The Caribbean-North America-Cocos Triple Junction and the Dynamics of the Polochic-Motagua Fault Systems
The Caribbean-North America-Cocos Triple Junction and the dynamics of the Polochic-Motagua fault systems: Pull-up and zipper models Christine Authemayou, Gilles Brocard, C. Teyssier, T. Simon-Labric, A. Guttierrez, E. N. Chiquin, S. Moran To cite this version: Christine Authemayou, Gilles Brocard, C. Teyssier, T. Simon-Labric, A. Guttierrez, et al.. The Caribbean-North America-Cocos Triple Junction and the dynamics of the Polochic-Motagua fault systems: Pull-up and zipper models. Tectonics, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2011, 30, pp.TC3010. 10.1029/2010TC002814. insu-00609533 HAL Id: insu-00609533 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00609533 Submitted on 19 Jan 2012 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. TECTONICS, VOL. 30, TC3010, doi:10.1029/2010TC002814, 2011 The Caribbean–North America–Cocos Triple Junction and the dynamics of the Polochic–Motagua fault systems: Pull‐up and zipper models C. Authemayou,1,2 G. Brocard,1,3 C. Teyssier,1,4 T. Simon‐Labric,1,5 A. Guttiérrez,6 E. N. Chiquín,6 and S. Morán6 Received 13 October 2010; revised 4 March 2011; accepted 28 March 2011; published 25 June 2011. -
ABSTRACTS ACTAS IAGOD 2019 31Ene.Pmd
SALTA, ARGENTINA 28-31 AUGUST 2018 15th Quadrennial International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits Symposium SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS COPPER SPONSORS Co-sponsored by SALTA, ARGENTINA 28-31 AUGUST 2018 15th Quadrennial International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits Symposium SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CHAIR Lira Raúl – (University of Córdoba – CONICET, Argentina) MEMBERS Bineli-Betsi Thierry – (Botswana International University of Science and Technology) Chang Zhaoshan – (Colorado School of Mines, USA) Cherkasov Sergey – (Vernadsky State Geological Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences) Cook Nigel – (University of Adelaide, Australia) Gozalvez Martín – (Geological and Mining Survey of Argentina) Guido Diego – (CONICET/Austral Gold S.A, Argentina) Lentz David – (University of New Brunswick, Economic Geology Chair) López Luis – (National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina) Mao Jingwen – (Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences/Hebei GEO University, China) Meinert Larry – (Consultant) Pons Josefina – (IIPG – University of Río Negro – University of Comahue – CONICET, Argentina) Rubinstein Nora – (IGEBa–University of Buenos Aires – CONICET) Sanematsu Kenzo – (Geological Survey of Japan, AIST) Schutesky Della Giustina Maria Emilia – (University of Brasília, Brasil) Tornos Fernando – (Spanish National Research Council – CSIC) Watanabe Yasushi – (Faculty of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Japan) EDITED BY Daniel Rastelli, Dolores Álvarez, Noelia -
Present Day Plate Boundary Deformation in the Caribbean and Crustal Deformation on Southern Haiti Steeve Symithe Purdue University
Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 4-2016 Present day plate boundary deformation in the Caribbean and crustal deformation on southern Haiti Steeve Symithe Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Caribbean Languages and Societies Commons, Geology Commons, and the Geophysics and Seismology Commons Recommended Citation Symithe, Steeve, "Present day plate boundary deformation in the Caribbean and crustal deformation on southern Haiti" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 715. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/715 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Graduate School Form 30 Updated ¡ ¢¡£ ¢¡¤ ¥ PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance This is to certify that the thesis/dissertation prepared By Steeve Symithe Entitled Present Day Plate Boundary Deformation in The Caribbean and Crustal Deformation On Southern Haiti. For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Is approved by the final examining committee: Christopher L. Andronicos Chair Andrew M. Freed Julie L. Elliott Ayhan Irfanoglu To the best of my knowledge and as understood by the student in the Thesis/Dissertation Agreement, Publication Delay, and Certification Disclaimer (Graduate School Form 32), this thesis/dissertation adheres to the provisions of Purdue University’s “Policy of Integrity in Research” and the use of copyright material. Andrew M. Freed Approved by Major Professor(s): Indrajeet Chaubey 04/21/2016 Approved by: Head of the Departmental Graduate Program Date PRESENT DAY PLATE BOUNDARY DEFORMATION IN THE CARIBBEAN AND CRUSTAL DEFORMATION ON SOUTHERN HAITI A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Steeve J. -
A GPS and Modelling Study of Deformation in Northern Central America
Geophys. J. Int. (2009) 178, 1733–1754 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04251.x A GPS and modelling study of deformation in northern Central America M. Rodriguez,1 C. DeMets,1 R. Rogers,2 C. Tenorio3 and D. Hernandez4 1Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA. E-mail: [email protected] 2Department of Geology, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA 95382,USA 3School of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 4Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Km. 5 1/2 carretera a Santa Tecla, Colonia y Calle Las Mercedes, Plantel ISTA, San Salvador, El Salvador Accepted 2009 May 9. Received 2009 May 8; in original form 2008 August 15 SUMMARY We use GPS measurements at 37 stations in Honduras and El Salvador to describe active deformation of the western end of the Caribbean Plate between the Motagua fault and Central American volcanic arc. All GPS sites located in eastern Honduras move with the Caribbean Plate, in accord with geologic evidence for an absence of neotectonic deformation in this region. Relative to the Caribbean Plate, the other stations in the study area move west to west–northwest at rates that increase gradually from 3.3 ± 0.6 mm yr−1 in central Honduras to 4.1 ± 0.6 mm yr−1 in western Honduras to as high as 11–12 mm yr−1 in southern Guatemala. The site motions are consistent with slow westward extension that has been inferred by previous authors from the north-striking grabens and earthquake focal mechanisms in this region. -
Emergent Tsunami Warning System for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands *
EMERGENT TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS * CHRISTA G. VON HILLEBRANDT-ANDRADE Puerto Rico Seismic Network, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 9017 Mayagüez, PR 00681-9017, USA VÍCTOR HUÉRFANO MORENO Puerto Rico Seismic Network, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 9017 Mayagüez, PR 00681-9017, USA A tsunami warning system has been under development for the Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands (PRVI) region since 2000 as part of the Puerto Rico Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Program (PRTWMP). This system is in response to the historical tsunamis which have impacted Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and the potential for tsunamis to affect the region in the future. This emergent warning system has five thrust areas: definition of the tsunami scenarios, tsunami detection, tsunami protocol, communication, dissemination and education. The detection capabilities of the system are based on the detection of potentially tsunamigenic earthquakes by the Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN) and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC). A protocol to respond to a potential tsunami has been developed. The messages would be broadcast through the Civil Emergency Alert System of the San Juan Field Office of the U. S. National Weather Service in coordination with the Puerto Rico Seismic Network and the Puerto Rico State Emergency Management Agency. Educational initiatives have been taken so that the threatened population is aware of the hazards and can respond effectively in case of a tsunami. * This is a draft of a paper which is to be included in the proceedings of the Caribbean Tsunami Workshop which was sponsored by NSF, PR Emergency Maangement, Sea Grant and the UPR on March 30 and 31, 2004. -
By Philip R. Woodside U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 8L This
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO By Philip R. Woodside U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 8l This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature* Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsment by the USGS. 1981 CONTENTS Page For ewo r d •————————•———-————————————————•————————•—•————•—— Abstract —• Introduction ——————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Structural Geology ————•—-———————•———•—•—————-———•—•——•—— 4 Introduction -——————————————————————————————————————— 4 Structural Areas of Trinidad ——————————————————————————— 5 The Northern Range ——————————•—————————————————————— 5 The Northern (Caroni) Basin —————————————————————————— 6 The Central Range ————————————————————————————————— 6 The Southern Basin (including Naparima Thrust Belt) ———————— 6 Los Bajos fault ———————————————————————————————— 7 The Southern Range ————————————————————————————————— 9 Shale Diapirs ———————————————————————————————————— 10 Stratigraphy ——————————————————————————————————————————— 11 Northern Range and Northern Basin ——————————————————————— 11 Central Range —————————————————————————————————————— 12 Southern Basin and Southern Range —————-————————————————— 14 Suimnary ————————————————————————————————————————————— 18 Oil and Gas Occurrence ———•——————————•——-——————•————-—•—•— 19 Introduction ————•—•————————————————————————-—— 19 Hydrocarbon Considerations -
Map and Database of Quaternary Faults in Venezuela and Its Offshore Regions
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Map and Database of Quaternary Faults in Venezuela and its Offshore Regions By Franck A. Audemard M., Michael N. Machette, Jonathan W. Cox, Richard L. Dart, and Kathleen M. Haller Open-File Report 00-018 (paper edition) This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards nor with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey. 2000 Map and Database of Quaternary Faults in Venezuela and its Offshore Regions A project of the International Lithosphere Program Task Group II-2, Major Active Faults of the World Data and map compiled by 1 FRANCK A. AUDEMARD M., 2 MICHAEL N. MACHETTE, 2 JONATHAN W. COX, 2 RICHARD L. DART, AND 2 KATHLEEN M. HALLER 1 Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (FUNVISIS) Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra, Prolongacion Calle Mara, El Llanito Caracas 1070-A, Venezuela 2 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Central Geologic Hazards Team MS 966, P.O. Box 25046 Denver, Colorado, USA Regional Coordinator for Central America CARLOS COSTA Universidad Nacional de San Luis Departmento de Geologia Casilla de Correo 320 San Luis, Argentina ILP Task Group II-2 Co-Chairman, Western Hemisphere MICHAEL MACHETTE U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Central Geologic Hazards Team MS 966, P.O. Box 25046 Denver, Colorado, USA January 2000 version i TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................................................1 -
Plate Motion, Sedimentation, and Seismicity at a Restraining Bend
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 70 (1984) 311-324 311 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam - Printed in The Netherlands [31 Neotectonics of Hispaniola: plate motion, sedimentation, and seismicity at a restraining bend Paul Mann 1, Kevin Burke 2 and Tosimatu Matumoto 1 Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 (U.S.A.) 2 Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3303 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058; and Department of Geosciences, University of Houston/Central Campus, Houston, TX 77004 (U.S.A.) Received November 28, 1983 Revised version received July 9, 1984 The pattern of Neogene faulting,volcanism, and sedimentation in Hispaniola helps to resolve a problem that arises in attempting to determine the direction of Caribbean plate motion from earthquakes alone, namely: How well do earthquake mechanisms define plate motion? Hispaniola occupies a compressional north-step or restraining bend in the generally east-west-trending Motagua-Cayman Trough-Puerto Rico Trench fault system which marks an active plate boundary zone (PBZ) of left-lateral strike-slip motion between the North America and Caribbean plates. Four areas are distinguishable in Hispaniola from field mapping and from the interpretation of satellite imagery and conventional aerial photographs. Two of these areas consist of active left-lateral strike-slip fault systems that roughly define the northern and southern coasts of the island. The structure of both fault systems suggest a roughly east-west-trending direction of relative plate motion consistent with previous findings. The intervening area consists of en echelon mountain ranges thrust up at the restraining bend from the early Miocene. -
Earthquake-Induced Landslides in Central America
Engineering Geology 63 (2002) 189–220 www.elsevier.com/locate/enggeo Earthquake-induced landslides in Central America Julian J. Bommer a,*, Carlos E. Rodrı´guez b,1 aDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2BU, UK bFacultad de Ingenierı´a, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafe´ de Bogota´, Colombia Received 30 August 2000; accepted 18 June 2001 Abstract Central America is a region of high seismic activity and the impact of destructive earthquakes is often aggravated by the triggering of landslides. Data are presented for earthquake-triggered landslides in the region and their characteristics are compared with global relationships between the area of landsliding and earthquake magnitude. We find that the areas affected by landslides are similar to other parts of the world but in certain parts of Central America, the numbers of slides are disproportionate for the size of the earthquakes. We also find that there are important differences between the characteristics of landslides in different parts of the Central American isthmus, soil falls and slides in steep slopes in volcanic soils predominate in Guatemala and El Salvador, whereas extensive translational slides in lateritic soils on large slopes are the principal hazard in Costa Rica and Panama. Methods for assessing landslide hazards, considering both rainfall and earthquakes as triggering mechanisms, developed in Costa Rica appear not to be suitable for direct application in the northern countries of the isthmus, for which modified approaches are required. D 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Landslides; Earthquakes; Central America; Landslide hazard assessment; Volcanic soils 1.