Tuesday, October 22

Oral Session VI (GSII): General Session II. Session Conveners:

8:30-8:45High Resolution Lithospheric Imaging with Probabilistic Deconvolution of SS waves. Ziqi Zhang* (University of Rochester), T. Olugboji (University of Rochester), 
D. Kim (Imperial College London)
8:45-9:00Improved locations of shallow earthquakes near rock quarries in Illinois (11/4/2013) and Minnesota (4/5/2017) from satellite InSAR. Rowena Lohman (Cornell), Suzan van der Lee (Northwestern), Matthew E. Pritchard (Cornell)
9:00-9:15High resolution dispersion measurement and separation of surface waves using nonlinear signal comparison methods. Yingcai Zheng (University of Houston), J. McNease (University of Houston), J. Villagomez (University of Houston), H. Hu (University of Oklahoma)
9:15-9:30The Role of East Antarctic Tectonic Basin Structure in Future Global Sea-Level Rise. Samantha E. Hansen (University of Alabama) and E.L. Emry (Sandia National Laboratories)
9:30-9:45The Large-Enrollment Seismology Skill Building Workshop as a Geoscience Recruiting Tool. W. Ventura-Valentin (Miami University, Ohio), Michael R. Brudzinski (Miami University, Ohio), G. Haberli (EarthScope), M. Hubenthal (EarthScope)

Posters 9:45 a.m. -10:45 a.m (GSII and Enviro.)

  1. The 2024 Tewksbury, NJ, Earthquake and its Significance for Regional Seismic Monitoring Efforts in Eastern North America. Felix Waldhauser (Columbia University), E. Beauce (Columbia University), K. Wang (Columbia University), W.-Y. Kim (Columbia University), D. Schaff (Columbia University)
  2. Improved characterization of earthquake sequence patterns in the Mexican subduction zone using seismogram correlation to enhance detection of smaller seismicity. Mehrnaz Khalkhali* (Miami University), M. R. Brudzinski (Miami University), W. Ventura-Valentin (Miami University), S. Fasola (University of Kansas)
  3. Testing the Spatial Coherence of the Waveform Template Matching Technique. Grant M. Spraker* (University of Utah) and S. Jaume (College of Charleston)
  4. A high-resolution aftershock catalog following the 2023 Kahramanmara Earthquake Sequence and the associated fault zone structures using ultra-dense nodal recording. Phuc Mach* (Georgia Institute of Technology), Z. Peng (Georgia Institute of Technology), M. Ergin (TU ̈BI ̇TAK Marmara Research Center), E. Zor (TU ̈BI ̇TAK Marmara Research Center), E. Sandvol (University of Missouri), X. Si (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  5. Waveform Event Correlation Clustering and Multi-Event Deconvolution of Earthquake Sequences. Keith L. McLaughlin (Leidos)
  6. Earthquake Energy Calculations from Seismogeodetic Data. Hiba Kunwer* (Georgia Tech), A. Newman (Georgia Tech), Barry Hirshorn (UC San Diego), Yehuda Bock (UC San Diego)
  7. Constraints of Upper Mantle Thermodynamic State Parameters with the Very Broadband Rheology calculator (VBRc) given In Situ Seismic and Magnetotelluric Observations. Samuel Ofori* (Georgia Tech), Samer Naif (Georgia Tech), Christopher Havlin (University of Illinois at Urban Champaign), and Benjamin K Holtzman (Columbia University)
  8. Spatial variations in surface heat flux during stagnant-lid convection: Applications to Venus and other rocky planets. Raven McRae* (Fort Valley State University)
  9. Putting Bounds on Outerise Earthquake Potential Along the Puerto Rico Trench, Developments with a New Semi-automated Python Toolbox. Quincey Nielson* (Georgia Tech), Ethan Losasso (Georgia Tech), Andrew Newman (Georgia Tech)
  10. Seismic and InSAR Monitoring near Ithaca, New York, Reveals Microseismicity and Surface Deformation in an Intraplate Region. Z. S. Katz (Colorado School of Mines), G. A. Abers (Cornell), Y. Yang (Cornell), A. Ferris (Cornell), T. E. Jordan (Cornell), Matt E. Pritchard (Cornell), P. M. Fulton (Cornell), O. Gustafson (Cornell), R. Lohman (Cornell), Y. Molan (Cornell)
  11. Advancing Near-Trench Geodesy: Meshed GNSS-Acoustic Arrays for Observation in Complex Subduction Zones. Nathalie Chavarria* (Georgia Tech), A. Newman (Georgia Tech), S. Xie (Houston University), M. Zumberge (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), G. Sasagawa (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), D. Rimington (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and D. Price (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
  12. Unraveling Upper Mantle Anisotropy: Insights from SKS and SKKS Wave Splitting in the Sierra Nevada. Saurabh Shukla* (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur), S. Maurya (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), G. Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), A. Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), C. Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India).
  13. Monitoring the Reykjanes Peninsula Volcanic Unrest through Ambient Seismic Noise and Earthquake Source Analysis: A Joint Interpretation of dv/v and Regional Moment Tensors. Y. Cubuk-Sabuncu (Icelandic Meterological Office), Felix Rodrıguez-Cardozo (University of South Florida), R. De Plaen (Royal Observatory of Belgium), K. J ́onsd ́ottir (Icelandic Meterological Office), C. Caudron (Universit ́e Libre de Bruxelles), T. Lecocq (Royal Observatory of Belgium), M. Parks (Icelandic Meterological Office), A. Mordret (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland), J. Soubestre (Institut des Sciences de la Terre), V. Hj ̈orleifsd ́ottir (University of Reykjav ́ık), J. Braunmiller (University of South Florida)
  14. Seismic Detection of Rock Exfoliation Events at Arabia Mountain, Georgia. Zhigang Peng (Georgia Tech), A. Reynolds (Georgia Tech), Y. Qian (Chongqing University), P. Mach (Georgia Tech), C. Ding (Georgia Tech), K. Lang (Georgia Tech), M. C. Eppes (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), S. Ni (Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  15. Contribution of Microcracks to Seismic Anisotropy in Granitic Rocks from the Utah FORGE Fracture Stimulation Well for Enhanced Geothermal Systems. Mayra D. Lopez Carrasquilla (University of Houston), C. M. Sayers, and Y. Zheng
  16. Detecting and locating mining blasts in the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone. Z. Gu and Lupei Zhu (Saint Louis University)
  17. Characterization of noise levels in Hudson, Florida using seismic and infrasound data. Stephen R. McNutt (University of South Florida)
  18. Imaging the Subsurface Structure of Earth Embankment Dams and Levees using HVSR and MASW. John E. Ebel (Boston College, W. E. Doll (University of Tennessee), J. E. Simms (USACE), and S. T. Maniscalco (Boston College)
  19. Gravity techniques for site characterization. Will Levandowski (Tetra Tech, Inc.), L. Steele (Tetra Tech, Inc.), D.R.H. O’Connell (Tetra Tech, Inc.), and M. Mirzanejad (Tetra Tech, Inc.)

Oral Session VII (Enviro.): Geophysics in a Changing World – Environmental Monitoring Applications. Session Conveners: Seth Carpenter, Felix Rodrıguez-Cardozo

10:45-11:00How Fast, How Deep, and How Much? — Seismic Sensing of Groundwater Recharge from the Atmospheric-2 River Storms of 2023 (Invited). Shujuan Mao (University of Texas at Austin),W. L. Ellsworth, Y. Zheng, G. C. Beroza
11:00-11:154-D Passive Aquifer Characterization in the Upper Mississippi Embayment with Nodal Geophones: Background and Instrument Evaluation. N. Seth Carpenter (University of Kentucky), F. Rodriguez Cardozo (University of South Florida), E.W Woolery (University of Kentucky), J.P. Schmidt (University of Kentucky), J. Braunmiller (University of South Florida), Z. Wang (University of Kentucky)
11:15-11:30A multiparameter catalog of rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center, 2016-2022. Glenn Thompson (University of South Florida, thompsong@usf.edu), S. Krupa, RG. Brown, J. Grisales, K. Locher, P. Bremner, Han Byul Woo, AK. Farrell, J. Kiriazes, C. Mehta, S. McNutt, J. Braunmiller, F. Cardozo, and P. Spellman
11:30-11:45Urban Traffic Monitoring using Distributed Acoustic Sensing. Lawrence Arthur* (Texas A&M University), Xiaowei Chen (Texas A&M University), Heng Cai (Texas A&M University), Hao Tian (Texas A&M University)
11:45-12:00Acquiring Baseline Seismicity for the Gulf of Mexico in Texas and Louisiana. Johanna Villagomez* (University of Houston), J. McNease (University of Houston), Z. Zhang (University of Houston), M. L. Carrasquilla (University of Houston), M. Murphy (University of Houston), J. Suppe (University of Houston), Y. Zheng (University of Houston)

Eastern Section SSA Business Meeting, for all ES-SSA members (12:00 – 12:30 PM)

Buffet Lunch (12:30-1:30 pm)

Oral Session VIII (EARS): Geophysical Insights into the Tectonics of the East Africa Rift System. Session Conveners: Cindy Ebinger, Julie Elliott

1:30-1:45Transient Deformation from the 2021 Nyiragongo Eruption and Dike Intrusion in the Kivu Rift. Derrick Murekezi* (Georgia Tech), A. Newman (Georgia Tech), K. Murray (University of Hawaii-Manoa), C. Wauthier (Pennsylvania State University ), C. Ebinger (Tulane University) , J. Gonzalez Santana (Pennsylvania State University , P. Lundgren(JPL), T.Niyitegeka ( Rwanda Mining Board), T.Habiyakare (Rwanda Mining Board), G. Nyandwi (Rwanda Mining Board), E. Mudakikwa (Rwanda Environmental Management Authority)
1:45-2:00Seismicity Patterns Following the May 2021 Kivu Rift Volcanic Eruption and Dike Intrusion. Cirus Kalugana* (Tulane University), C.J. Ebinger (Tulane University), D. Murekezi (Georgia Tech), A. Kyambikwa (Tulane University and Goma Volcano Observatory), A.V. Newman (Georgia Tech), S. Naif (Georgia Tech), C. Wauthier (Penn State University), T. Niyitegeka (Rwanda Mines and Gas Board), F. Habineza (Rwanda Environmental Management Authority), and A. Uwasempabuka (Rwanda Environmental Management Authority)
2:00-2:15Evolving Rift Faulting and Sediment Transport Mechanisms in the Active, Early-Stage Northern Malawi Rift: Evidence from the MWERA Project. Patrick R. Chindandali* (Northern Arizona University), Donna Shillington (Northern Arizona University), C.A. Scholz (Syracuse University), J. Greenlee (Syracuse University), D. Wood (Syracuse University), R. Moucha (Syracuse University), L. Xue (Syracuse University)
2:15-2:30Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the Damara Belt in Central Southern Africa. H. Saeidi* (University of Alabama), S. E. Hansen (University of Alabama), and A. A. Nyblade (Penn State)

Posters 2:30-3:30

  1. Tectonic, volcanic, anthropogenic, and seasonal deformation of the central and southern sections of the East African Rift System with InSAR and GNSS. Andie Gomez-Patron* (Cornell University), M. Pritchard (Cornell University), J. Elliott (Michigan State University), K. Murray (University of Hawaii)
  2. Quantifying deformation in central Africa: The Southwestern Rift. Billy E. Kachingwe (Malawi University of Science and Technology), C.J. Ebinger (Tulane University,), M. Musila (Tulane University), J. Elliott (Michigan State University)
  3. Pre-Eruption Seismicity Associated with the May 2021 Eruption of Nyiragongo Volcano, Kivu Rift. Albert M. Kyambikwa* (Tulane University), C.J Ebinger (Tulane University), A.T. Sadiki (Goma Volcano Observatory), O. M. Munguiko (Goma Volcano Observatory), D.A Ciza (Goma Volcano Observatory), C. Kalugana (Tulane University), G.T. Mavonga (Goma Volcano Observatory), W. McCausland (US geological Survey), C.M. Balagizi (Goma Volcano Observatory), J.J Wellik II (US geological Survey)
  4. Data Analysis and Machine Learning Prediction of Gas Hydrate Occurrence and Saturation in Marine Sediments Offshore India. Emanuel Murphy* (Fort Valley State University)
  5. Estimating Earthquake Moment Magnitude with Machine Learning Techniques Using the NGA-West2 Data. Najme Alidadi* (University of Memphis) and S. Pezeshk (University of Memphis)
  6. Rapid Automated Discernment of Swarms Versus Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences in the Mexico Subduction Zone. Sharif Coker* (Miami University), M. R. Brudzinski (Miami University), W. Ventura-Valentin (Miami University)
  7. Tuning into Earth’s Voice: Leveraging Large Language Models for Earthquake Detection. Xu Si (Georgia Tech), X. Wu (USTC), J. Li (USTC), X. Cui (USTC), H. Sheng (USTC), H. Gao (USTC), Z. Li (USTC), Z. Peng (Georgia Tech)

Oral Session IX New Frontiers of Machine Learning Applications in Seismology and Earthquake Sciences. Session Conveners: Jesse Williams, Xu Si

3:30-3:45A Deep Learning Phase Picker for Regional Waveforms: Application to the Northeastern U.S. Kaiwen Wang (Columbia University), W. Zhu (UC Berkeley), F. Waldhauser (Columbia University), W. Y. Kim (Columbia University), D. Schaff (Columbia University), and E. Beauce (Columbia University)
3:45-4:00Seismic Event Monitoring with Intelligent AI for a Carbon Storage Site. Chengping Chai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and M. Maceira (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
4:00-4:15Evaluating Automated Seismic Detection Methods in Polar Environments: Insights from Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Long M. Ho* ( University of Alabama), J. I. Walter (The University of Oklahoma), S. E. Hansen ( University of Alabama), J. L. Sanchez-Roldan (Complutense University of Madrid), Z. Peng (Georgia Institute of Technology)

4:15-4:45 pm Raffle sponsored by Raspberry Shake, and Closing Remarks