Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin corners
Jackson School of Geosciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Geological SciencesBureau of Economic GeologyInstitute for Geophysics

JSG is there!

Fall AGU Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Dec. 11-15, 2006

UT Jackson School of Geosciences
will be at the AGU 2006 Fall Meeting!

UT Austin will be represented at AGU's 2006 Fall Meeting by members of its staff, students, and alumni. JSG will have a booth in the Academic Showcase.

Friends and alumni, join us for lunch!

Paul Mann will join R. Gordon, A. Levander, and G. Beroza as co-convenors for special session, T22, on "Global Strike-Slip Fault Systems: Oblique Divergence, Oblique Convergence, and True Transform Faults."

 

Author(s)

Title

Session

Date/
Location

MONDAY TALKS

J N Richey, R Z Poore, B P Flower, T M Quinn

A 1400-Year Record of Sea-Surface Temperature Variability From the Northern Gulf of Mexico

U12B - Surface Temperature Reconstructions Covering the Past Two Millennia II

1050
Monday
MCW 3018

B R Scanlon, R C Reedy, J A Tachovsky

Impacts of Land-Use Changes on Water Resources Archived in Unsaturated Zone Tracer Profiles, Southern High Plains, USA

H12D - Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Climate Variability on Water Resources II

1105
Monday
MCW 3009

B A Rao, D A Stonestrom, T A Anderson, G J Orris, S Rajagapolan, R M Sandvig, B R Scanlon, M A Walvoord, W Jackson

A Reservoir of Natural Perchlorate in Unsaturated Zones of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions, Southwestern USA

H12D - Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Climate Variability on Water Resources II

1135
Monday
MCW 3009

Kharaka, Y. K., Cole, D. R., Hovorka, S. D., Phelps, T. J., Nance, S.

Potential Environmental Impacts of CO2 Storage in Sedimentary Basins: Results From the Frio Brine Test, Texas, USA invited

Surface and Shallow Subsurface Processes and Risks Related to Geological Carbon Storage I

1600
Monday
MCS 305

MONDAY MORNING POSTERS

K L DeLong, T M Quinn, F W Taylor

Reconstructing 20th Century SST Variability in the Southwest Pacific: A Replication Study Using Multiple Coral Sr/Ca Records From New Caledonia

OS11A - Understanding and Predicting Pacific Decadal-to-Centennial Variability I Posters

0800
Monday
MCW Level 2

I Filina*, D D Blankenship, D A Young

The Crustal Structure Beneath The Onset Region Of Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica, From Joint Interpretation Of Airborne Gravity And Magnetic Data

C11A - Advances in Observations of Ice Sheets and Glaciers: Mass Balance and Beyond I Posters

0800
Monday
MCW Level 2

L Logan, R B Scott, B K Arbic, C L Holland, A Sen, B Qiu

Persistent, Patchy, and Robust Small-Scale Anisotropy in the Upper Ocean – a Fundamental Shift in our View of Geostrophic Turbulence

Oceanic and Atmospheric Observations and Climate Dynamics: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I Posters

0800
Monday
MCW Level 2

N A Ruppert, R A Hansen, S A Estes, M LaFevers, J Sandru, M Fowler, G Pavlis, M Bauer, M A Growdon, L Lowe*

Seismic Component of the STEEP Project, Alaska: Results of the Second Field Season

S11A - Seismic Networks, Arrays, and Instruments I Posters

0800
Monday
MCW Level 1

MONDAY AFTERNOON POSTERS

B K Arbic, K L Polzin, R B Scott

Dissipation of midocean mesoscale eddies: Inferences from satellite altimetry data, in-situ data, and idealized models

Ocean Mixing I Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 2

J Chen, C Wilson, B Tapley

Accelerated Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Observed by GRACE

Multidisciplinary Results and Applications From the GRACE Mission V Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 1

D Kurtzman, B R Scanlon

ENSO and PDO Impacts on Precipitation in Southern and Central US: Spatial Distribution and Predictions Validity

H13B - impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Climate Variability on Water Resources III Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 2

T M Quinn, F W Taylor, H Chang, R L Edwards

Sea Surface Temperature Variations in the Western Pacific Warm Pool in the Pre-Industrial Period

U13A - Surface Temperature Reconstructions Covering the Past Two Millennia III Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 2

R C Reedy, B R Scanlon, J A Tachovsky, D J Kurtzman

Degradation of Water Quality Related to Mobilization of Salts Caused by Land-Use Change

H13B - impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Climate Variability on Water Resources III Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 2

A Sen, B K Arbic, R B Scott, C L Holland, E Logan, B Qiu

Persistent small-scale features in maps of the anisotropy of ocean surface velocities--implications for mixing?

Ocean Mixing I Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 2

K Seo, C Wilson, J Chen, D E Waliser

GRACE's spatial aliasing error

Multidisciplinary Results and Applications From the GRACE Mission V Posters

1340
Monday
MCW Level 1

TUESDAY TALKS

B R Cardenas, J L Wilson

Multiphysics modeling of processes along sediment-water interfaces: towards fundamental understanding and mechanistic predictions invited

Advances in Process Understanding and Implications of Exchanges Across the Sediment-Water Interface I

1020
Monday
MCW 3004

B McElroy*, D Mohrig, J Buttles

Experiments on Substrate Erosion via Subcritical Turbidity Currents

OS24A - New Algorithms and Models for Fluvial and Coastal Sediment Transport and Surface Dynamics I

1630
Tuesday
MCW 3009

G C Ng, D Entekhabi, D McLaughlin, B Scanlon

Assimilation of Chemical and Physical Measurements for Estimation of Recharge Rates

H21I - Recent Advances in Data Assimilation in Terrestrial Hydrology I

0845
Tuesday
MCW 3010

R B Scott, B K Arbic, K L Polzin

Estimates of Small-Scale Dissipation Rates and Eddy Viscosity From Satellite Altimetry

Ocean Mixing II

1500
Monday
MCS 308

G Manatschal, L L Lavier

The Tectonic Evolution of Magma-Poor Rifted Margins
Invited

T23F - Geodynamics of Lithospheric Extension I

1515
Tuesday
MCW 3004

S P Gulick, J M Jaeger, B Willems, R D Powell, L A Lowe*

Glacial climate driven sedimentation overwhelms tectonics in the battle for control of margin architecture: Southeast Alaska, St. Elias Orogeny

T24B - Quantifying Interactions Between Exhumation, Climate, and Tectonics IV: Glaciers and Orogens

1700
Tuesday
MCW 3002

TUESDAY MORNING POSTERS

N L Bangs, G F Moore, T Yoro, H Tanaka, S P Gulick

3-D Seismic Images of Thrust Systems along the NanTroSEIZE Kumano Basin Transect, Southwestern Japan

T21A - New Perspectives on the Seismogenic Zone V Posters

0800
Tuesday
MCW Level 1

J Nicot, S Hovorka, S Lakshminarasimhan

Impact of carbon storage on shallow ground water and pressure-controlled regional capacity for brine aquifers

Surface and Shallow Subsurface Processes and Risks Related to Geological Carbon Storage II Posters

0800
Tuesday
MCW Level 2

W Han, B McPherson, F P Wang

CO2 Sequestration in the Permian Basin SACROC Northern Platform, Site of 35 Years of CO2 Injection

Surface and Shallow Subsurface Processes and Risks Related to Geological Carbon Storage II Posters

0800
Tuesday
MCW Level 2

TUESDAY AFTERNOON POSTERS

O Kwiecien, H W Arz, G H Haug, F Lamy, S Wulf, U Röhl

Reservoir Ages Of The Glacial Black Sea - Evolution and Implications

PP23B - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology General Contributions VII Posters

1340
Tuesday
MCW Level 2

L A Lowe*, S P Gulick, T Pavlis, R L Bruhn, P Mann

Localized deformation zones in the offshore leading edge of the Yakutat microplate, Gulf of Alaska

T23B - Geodynamics of Indentor Corners I Posters

1340
Tuesday
MCW Level 1

C S Jackson, Y Deng, G Huerta, M Sen

Preliminary Calculation of an Upper Bound to Climate Prediction Skill

Critical Climate Uncertainties: Sources, Consequences, and Methods to Address Them II Posters

1340
Tuesday
MCW Level 2

K M Straub, D Mohrig

Morphodynamics of Levees Built by Turbidity Currents: Observations and Models

OS23 - Studies of Sediment Transfer From Land Through the Ocean and Into the Stratigraphic Record V Posters

1340
Tuesday
MCW Level 2

WEDNESDAY TALKS

J X Mitrovica, A M Forte, R Moucha, N A Simmons*, S P Grand

Constraining the Dynamics of the Earth's Deep Mantle Using Seismic, Geodynamic and Mineral Physics Data

MR32A - Transport Properties of the Deep Earth II

1020
Wednesday
MCS 309

S A Pierce*, M Ciarleglio, M Dulay, T S Lowry, J M Sharp Jr., J W Barnes, D J Eaton, V C Tidwell

Solving for Efficiency or Decision Criteria: When the Non-unique Nature of Solutions Becomes a Benefit

H33G - Numerical Modeling in Support of Water Resource Decision-Making and Policy Implementation I

1520
Wednesday
MCS 307

B R Cardenas, J L Wilson

The relationship between shape and drag of triangular bedforms: a numerical simulation study

OS34D - New Algorithms and Models for Fluvial and Coastal Sediment Transport and Surface Dynamics III

1645
Wednesday
MCW 3007

L E Gulden*, M Rodell, Z Yang, G Niu, P J Yeh, J S Famiglietti

Improving land-surface model hydrology: Is an explicit aquifer model better than a deeper soil profile?

H34D - Monitoring, Modeling, and Predicting Groundwater Variability at Regional to Global Scales II

1700
Wednesday
MCS 305

L Moscardelli*, L J Wood

Identification and Classification of Mass Transport Complexes in Offshore Trinidad/Venezuela and Their Potential Anthropogenic Impact as Tsunamigenic Hazards

OS34C - Tsunamis and Submarine Landslide Deposits: Identification and Interpretation of the Geologic Record II

1700
Wednesday
MCS 206

G Strassberg, B Scanlon, G Niu, Z Yang, M Rodell

Comparison of Seasonal Water Storage Variations with Terrestrial Water Storage from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Over the High Plains Aquifer

H34D - Monitoring, Modeling, and Predicting Groundwater Variability at Regional to Global Scales II

1715
Wednesday
MCS 305

K H Kilbourne, T M Quinn, G P Thomas, R S Webb

ecadal- to interannual-scale source water variations in the Caribbean Sea recorded by Puerto Rican coral radiocarbon

PP34A -

1735
Wednesday
MCW 3022

WEDNESDAY MORNING POSTERS

S P Carter*, D D Blankenship, M E Peters, D A Young, D L Morse

Reflection Classification of Subglacial Lakes

C31A - Glacier and Ice Sheet Hydrology: Processes in Subglacial Environments I Posters

8:00 a.m.
Wednesday
MCW Level 2

B D Cey*, B R Scanlon

On the Accuracy of Noble Gas Temperatures From the Last Glacial Maximum

PP31C - Past Climate Variability From the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene in South America and Surrounding Regions II Posters

8:00 a.m.
Wednesday
MCW Level 2

E Choi, M Gurnis, L L Lavier

Factors controlling the variations in the mid-ocean ridge segmentation

T31B - Geodynamics of Lithospheric Extension III Posters

0800
Wednesday
MCW Level 1

I W Dalziel

Geologic Control on the Setting of Antarctic Subglacial Lakes

C31A - Glacier and Ice Sheet Hydrology: Processes in Subglacial Environments I Posters

8:00 a.m.
Wednesday
MCW Level 2

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON POSTERS

M Chen*, C Frohlich, F W Taylor Jr

Seismological, Geological and Geomorphic Aspects of Arc Segmentation and Their Relation to Subducting Bathymetric Features in the Solomon Island Arc, SW Pacific Ocean

T33A - Earthquake Geology, Natural Hazards, and Active Tectonics in South and East Asia III Posters

1340
Wednesday
MCW Level 1

J G Mosolf, B K Horton, L F Wilson, R Matos

Detrital Record of Rapid Neogene Exhumation in the Cordillera Real, Bolivia

T33C - Sedimentary Records of Plateau Uplift and Climate Change II Posters

1340
Wednesday
MCW Level 1

THURSDAY TALKS

H H Schmitt, M A Helper, W Muehlbberger, A W Snoke

Field Exploration Science for a Return to the Moon
Invited

U42B - Science of, on, and From the Moon II

1050
Thursday
MCW 3018

B D Wolaver*, J M Sharp Jr., J M Rodriguez

Regional flow system delineation in arid karstic basins with sparse hydrogeologic data: Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico

H42C - Flow and Contaminant Transport in Karst and Fractured Systems I

1120
Thursday
MCW 3011

C. R. Neal, L. Solvati, P. Lognonné, B. Barnardt, and Y. Nakamura

The Need & Utility of Creating a Global Lunar Seismic Network
Invited

Science of, on, and From the Moon III

1740
Thursday
MCW 3018

THURSDAY MORNING POSTERS

C Frohlich, Nakamura

Geographic Variations in Tidal Control of Deep Moonquake Nests

U41C - Science of, on, and From the Moon I Posters

0800
Thursday
MCW Level 2

J Funk**, P Mann, K McIntosh, S Wulf, R Dull, P Perez, W Strauch

Results From NICLAKES Survey of Active Faulting Beneath Lake Nicaragua, Central American Volcanic Arc

T41D - Development of the Gulf of California and Other Young Divergent Plate Boundaries Along Tectonically Active Continent Margins Posters

0800
Thursday
MCW Level 2

K McIntosh, J Funk**, P Mann, P Perez, W Strauch

Results from NICLAKES Survey of Active Faulting Beneath Lake Managua,Central American Volcanic arc

T41D - Development of the Gulf of California and Other Young Divergent Plate Boundaries Along Tectonically Active Continent Margins Posters

0800
Thursday
MCW Level 2

D A Young, D D Blankenship, M E Peters

Sub-Kilometer Scale Basal Roughness of the Siple Coast Ice Streams, West Antarctic Ice Sheet

C41A - Advances in Glacier Geophysics I Posters

0800
Thursday
MCW Level 1

THURSDAY AFTERNOON POSTERS

P Eichhubl, A Aydin, R H Lander, S E Laubach, R M Reed, J R Boles, X Du Bernard

Deformation band formation as coupled mechanical and chemical processes

T43A - Fracturing and Faulting During Folding of Sedimentary Strata: Field Observations and Mechanical Models I Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 2

L L Lavier, R Bennet

The Tectonics and the Strength of the San Andreas Fault

T43D - Global Strike-Slip Fault Systems: Oblique Divergence, Oblique Convergence, and True Transform Faults IV Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 2

Magnani, M., Mann, P., Zelt, C.A., Levander, A., and Ave Lallemant, H.

Exhumation of high-pressure Metamorphic rocks along the coast of Venezuela: Insights from BOLIVAR Seismic Reflection and Refraction Data

Global Strike-Slip Fault Systems: Oblique Divergence, Oblique Convergence, and True Transform Faults IV Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 2

J A Nittrouer, M A Allison, D Mohrig

Bed Material Flux and Suspended Sand Measurements Within the Lower (Tidally Influenced) Mississippi River: Effects of Water Discharge Variability

H43E - Watershed Characterization I Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 1

C G Schiek, E Leuro*, S Buckley, J M Hurtado Jr

Characterization of Anthropogenic Land Subsidence, its Relation to Fault System Geometry, and Their Consequences for Water Table Position in the El Paso, Texas Area Using InSAR and Gravity

G43B - Short- and Long-Term Strain Accumulation and Transients II Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 2

A Sen, B K Arbic, R B Scott, C L Holland, E Logan, B Qiu

Persistent small-scale features in maps of the anisotropy of ocean surface velocities

The Next Generation: Research Projects of High School Aged Geoscientists Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 2

N A Simmons*, S P Grand, A M Forte

Detailed Image of the African Superplume Density Field and the Dynamical Implications

V13B - Active Mantle Upwellings and Volcanism: What Do We Know? I Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 1

C Sine**, D Wilson, W Gao, S Grand

Tomographic Investigation of the Upper Mantle Beneath the Western Colorado Plateau and the Eastern Great Basin

Geophysical Structure and Dynamics of the Western United States I Posters

1340
Thursday
MCW Level 2

FRIDAY TALKS

G Manatschal, L L Lavier, G Peron-Pinvidic, O Müntener

Crustal Thinning Without Seismic Evidence for Faulting: What Happens in Deep Magma-Poor Margins Prior to Continental Break-up?

T51E - Extensional Processes Leading to the Formation of Basins and Rifted Margins, From Volcanic to Magma-Limited I

0815
Friday
MCW 3004

H J Van Avendonk, L L Lavier, D J Shillington

Seismic structure and geodynamics of the rifted margin of the eastern Grand Banks, Newfoundland

T51E - Extensional Processes Leading to the Formation of Basins and Rifted Margins, From Volcanic to Magma-Limited I

0915
Friday
MCW 3004

T M Diehl*, D Blankenship, J W Holt

Subglacial Geology of the Thwaites Glacier Catchment, West Antarctica: Airborne Gravity Reduction and Inversion

C51C - Advances in Glacier Geophysics II

0915
Friday
MCS 270

T Ricardo, L Ramirez-Guzman, T Tu, E J Kim, J Lopez, J Bielak, O Ghattas, D R O'Hallaron

Scaling up TeraShake: A 1-Hz Case Study

Computational and Numerical-Modeling Methods for Seismic Wave and Rupture Propagation III

0930
Friday
MCW 3011

S Stevenoski, L Lawver, H van Avendonk

Getting past the penguins and polar bears - comparing marine research in the Arctic and Antarctic

ED52A - I*Y: Education and Outreach Activities Supporting IGY+50 II

1105
Friday
MCS 274

D Mohrig

Using Regional Volumes of Seismic Data to Unravel the Autogenic Dynamics of Depositional Landscapes
Invited

NG53A - Autogenic Dynamics in Landscape Evolution and the Geologic Record II

1345
Friday
MCW 3022

R Gutierrez, A L Neuenschwander, T J Urban, B E Schutz, D L Evans

Characteristics of GLAS and Small Footprint Airborne Lidar Waveform Data from East-Central Mississippi Pine/Hardwood Forest and Central Texas Oak/Juniper Savanna

Remote Characterization of Vegetation Structure I Posters

1510
Friday
MCS 310

J W Holt, D Blankenship, E Peters, D G Vaughan, H F Corr

A New Model for Conducting Large-Scale Aerogeophysical Studies in Antarctica Through International Collaboration

C53B - Post International Polar Year: Geophysical Exploration of Antarctica

1510
Friday
MCW 3016

D C Wilson, C Sine**, , R Aster, J Ni

Colorado Plateau Crust and Upper Mantle Structure: Implications for Uplift Mechanisms
Invited

Geophysical Structure and Dynamics of the Western United States III

1020
Friday
MCW 3004

FRIDAY MORNING POSTERS

K K Ellins, H C Olson, M Russ, N Putman

The UTIG/HTU Geodiversity Project—Reflections and Future Directions

ED51A - Successful Partnerships in Geoscience Education: Past and Present II Posters

0800
Friday
MCW Level 2

N Putman, K K Ellins, J Holt, and H C Olson

My Experience as a Student Participant in the Institute for Geophysics/Huston-Tillotson University Geodiversity Project

ED51A - Successful Partnerships in Geoscience Education: Past and Present II Posters

0800
Friday
MCW Level 2

J H Stephens*, C S Fulthorpe, K D McIntosh

Sequence Stratigraphy on an Active Margin: Sandino Forearc Basin, Offshore Nicaragua

T51C - Interpreting the Tectonics of the Pacific Rim Using Plate Kinematics and Slab Window Volcanism I Posters

0800
Friday
MCW Level 2

J Pulliam, A Gangopadhyay, M K Sen

A Global Optimization Based Seismic Waveform Inversion for Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath China

T54C - Understanding the Structure of East Asia From Seismic, Gravity, GPS, and Electromagnetic Methods V

1600
Friday
MCS 302

FRIDAY AFTERNOON POSTERS

A Gangopadhyay, J Pulliam, M K Sen

Velocity Structure of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath Canada by Inversion of S, SP, SsPmP, and Shear-coupled PL waveforms

S53A - Mantle and Crustal Structure IV Posters

1340h
Friday
MCW Level 2

L Lawver, M Davis, H van Avendonk, M Hornbach, P Vermeesch, M Henkart, P Henkart

HLY0602: An integrated geophysical and geological study of the western Canada Basin

OS53B - Tectonic and Paleoclimatic History of the Arctic Ocean Basin: Results From HOTRAX and Other Arctic Ocean Research Programs II Posters

1340h
Friday
MCW Level 2

P I Patel*, L Lavier, S P Grand

Speculation on the Initiation of Back-Arc Extension

T53D - Global Tectonics and Topography of the Global Ocean IV: Modeling Studies Posters

1340
Friday
MCW Level 2

P Vermeesch, H van Avendonk, L Lawver, M Hornbach, M Wiederspahn, S Saustrup, A Mironov, S Stevenoski, C Asher, K Bain, M McDonald, R Young

Acquisition of long-offset seismic refraction data in the Chukchi Borderlands and Mendeleev Ridge

OS53B - Tectonic and Paleoclimatic History of the Arctic Ocean Basin: Results From HOTRAX and Other Arctic Ocean Research Programs II Posters

1340h
Friday
MCW Level 2


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