Room: Ballroom
Date: 4/20/2023
Session Time: 8:00 AM to 5:45 PM (local time)
Active Faults in the Caribbean and Central America
The Caribbean - Central America region is tectonically complex and diverse including convergent, divergent and transform plate boundaries. Numerous damaging historical earthquakes and tsunamis demonstrate the high level of earthquake hazard in the region, yet in many areas the specifics necessary for accurate hazard analysis and earthquake forecasting, such as fault slip rates, fault rupture history, earthquake chronologies and recurrence intervals, and even fault locations remain uncertain. We invite presentations of studies that elucidate any of these factors, including those employing terrestrial or subaqueous earthquake geology, geomorphology, paleoseismology, paleogeodesy or instrumental geodesy, paleotsunami studies, geophysics or seismology, or efforts to map active faults using any technique.
Additionally, we accept presentations of work on the interface between earthquake science and society, including risk management, citizen science and public policy. Submissions emphasizing the contribution of geoscience research to stakeholders in the evaluation of infrastructure resilience in the region are encouraged. Presentations that highlight cutting-edge methods are particularly welcome.
Conveners
Daniel A. Laó-Dávila, Oklahoma State University (daniel.lao_davila@okstate.edu)
Belle Philibosian, U.S. Geological Survey (bphilibosian@usgs.gov)
Kate Scharer, U.S. Geological Survey (kscharer@usgs.gov)
Lorna G. Jaramillo-Nieves, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (lorna.jaramillo@upr.edu)
Alberto M. López Venegas, University of Puerto Rico (alberto.lopez3@upr.edu)
Carol Prentice, U.S. Geological Survey (cprentice@usgs.gov)
Nathalie Feuillet, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (feuillet@ipgp.fr)
Poster Presentations
| Participant Role | Details | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Submission | Surface Structure of the Punta Montalva Fault in Southwestern Puerto Rico Using High-Resolution Digital Elevation Models | View |
| Submission | New Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Survey Over Puerto Rico and Surrounding Offshore Areas | View |
| Submission | Age Dating and Sedimentology of a Pre-Colombian Tsunami Deposit, Northwest Puerto Rico | View |
| Submission | Is the Source of the 1918 Puerto Rico Tsunami a Landslide or a Fault Rupture? a View From the Sea Floor | View |
| Submission | Imaging of Tectonic Tremor Activity Along the NW Caribbean Coast and its Implication with Subduction Processes: A Study Case with Colombia-Venezuela CARMA Seismological Network | View |
| Submission | Toward a Multi-Stakeholder Socio-Seismological Observation Network for Seismic Risk Reduction in Haiti | View |
Active Faults in the Caribbean and Central America [Poster]
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