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Agenda | Salton Trough Seismic Project Workshop
SALTON TROUGH SEISMIC PROJECT WORKSHOP
Conveners: John Hole, Joann Stock, and Gary Fuis
NSF (Margins/Earthscope) and the USGS are funding an active-source seismic study of
the Salton Trough, including the Mexicali, Imperial, and Coachella Valleys, to take place
in January 2010. Please see the web site http://www.geophys.geos.vt.edu/hole/salton
for current details. This 1.5 day SCEC workshop is designed to promote synergy between
this study and other related research efforts, and to inform relevant land management
agencies of the plans and goals of the project. We will discuss the survey plans, other
piggyback and complementary studies that have already been proposed, and the general
tectonic background of the region. The goal of this workshop is threefold: 1) to update
interested researchers and land managers on the current state of plans for this major
study; 2) to seek community suggestions for details of instrument placement, timing of
shots, etc. in the context of possible piggyback studies; and 3) to encourage discussion of
other types of complementary projects in tectonics, geology, seismology, engineering
seismology, etc. that may be suitable for proposal submission to SCEC or other funding
sources in 2008.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 — Plaza Ballroom AB
14:00 – 14:10 Intro from SCEC Regarding Objectives of Workshop (T. Jordan)
14:10 – 14:25 USGS Multihazards Initiative; Relevance of the Salton Trough Seismic
Imaging survey (L. Jones)
14:25 – 14:40 Southern San Andreas Fault Evaluation Project (TBA)
14:40 – 15:00 Salton Trough Seismic Imaging Survey Goals and Tentative Field Plan (J.
Hole)
15:00 – 15:15 Q&A
15:15 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 15:45 Gulf of California and Salton Trough Tectonic Overview (J. Stock)
15:45 – 16:00 Review of Existing Subsurface Knowledge of Imperial Valley (G. Fuis)
16:00 – 16:15 Fault and Basin Structure of the Salton Trough: Insights from the SCEC
Community Models (J. Shaw)
16:15 – 16:30 Seismicity Patterns, Earthquake Relocations (E. Hauksson)
16:30 – 16:45 Active Faulting and Past Earthquakes in the Salton Trough (TBA)
16:45 – 17:00 Mexican Research Goals (A. Gonzalez-Fernandez)
17:00 – 18:00 Discussion
18:00 Poster viewing
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