WPGM 96
Seismology Sessions and Presentations



S32A   BCC:P5  Wed  1330h
Shear-Wave Modeling and Seismic Anisotropy: Implications for 
Compositional Models on All Scales
Presiding: M Savage, Victoria University; K Gledhill, 
           Inst for Geological and Nuclear Sciences

   1330h   S32A-01  INVITED   Seismic Stratification of 
                    the Upper Mantle: Lids, Low-Velocity Zones, 
                    and Anisotropy: *J B Gaherty, T H Jordan
   1350h   S32A-02   SKS Anisotropy and Continental 
                    Dynamics: *P M Davis
   1410h   S32A-03   Complex Anisotropy in the Australian 
                    Lithosphere From Shear-Wave Splitting in 
                    Broad Band SKS Records: *G  Clitheroe, R 
                    van der Hilst
   1430h   S32A-04   Shear-Wave Splitting Measurements in 
                    the Southern Alps Region, South Island, New 
                    Zealand: *K  Gledhill, M  Savage, K  Marson
   1450h   S32A-05   A Search for Lower Crustal 
                    Anisotropy in Strike-Slip Regions: M K Savage, 
                    K  Gledhill, K  Marson
   1510h   Break
   1530h   S32A-06   Crack Density, Permeability, Seismic 
                    Shear Wave Speed and Attenuation for a 
                    Thermally-Cracked and Fluid-Saturated 
                    Granite: An Experimental Study: *C  Lu, I  
                    Jackson
   1550h   S32A-07   Shear Wave Amplitudes for Seismic 
                    Anisotropic Determination: W Waluyo, J A 
                    McDonald, N F Uren
   1610h   S32A-08   Waveguide Effects of Large-Scale 
                    Structural Variation, Anelastic Attenuation, 
                    and Random Heterogeneity on SV Lg 
                    Propagation: A Finite-Difference Modeling 
                    Study: *R S Jih
   1630h   S32A-09   Seismic Wave Propagation in 
                    Two-Dimensional Models: *S  Cao, S  
                    Greenhalgh



S41A   BCC:P5  Thurs  0830h
Tomography: New Techniques and Applications
Presiding: S Bannister, Inst for Geological and Nuclear Sciences; 
           M Sambridge, Australian National University

   0830h   S41A-01   Teleseismic Tomography Using 
                    Generalized Seismological Data Functionals 
                    and ScS Reverberations: *R Katzman, L Zhao, 
                    J B Gaherty, T H Jordan
   0850h   S41A-02   Tomographic Imaging of the Complex 
                    Lithospheric Slab Structure Beneath the 
                    Indonesian Island Arc: *S  Widiyantoro, R 
                    van der Hilst
   0910h   S41A-03   Probing the Westernmost Pacific 
                    Upper Mantle With Surface Waves: *S  Lebedev, 
                    T  Meier, G  Nolet, F A Dahlen
   0930h   S41A-04   A Fast Velocity Anomaly to the West 
                    of the AAD: Inversion Approach: *W T Liang, 
                    L Y Chiao, B Y Kuo
   0950h   Break
   1010h   S41A-05   Improving Local Earthquake Locations 
                    Using the L1-Norm and Waveform 
                    Cross-Correlation: Application to the 
                    Whittier Narrows, California, Aftershock 
                    Sequence: *P M Shearer
   1030h   S41A-06   Mapping Crustal Thickness Variations 
                    Under Southern California by Stacking PmP 
                    Arrivals: *K B Richards-Dinger, P M Shearer
   1050h   S41A-07   Imaging of Subsurface Faults Using 
                    Teleseismic Waveform - SH Case: *H  Takenaka, 
                    T  Murakoshi, D  Suetsugu, T  Saita, T  
                    Furumura
   1110h   S41A-08   The Rabaul Caldera: Structure and 
                    Velocity Models: *O Gudmundsson, D Finlayson, 
                    H Shimamura, I Itakarai, W Johnson



S42A   BCC:P6  Thurs  1330h
Tomography and Crustal Structure Posters
Presiding: M Sambridge, Australian National University

   1330h   S42A-01  POSTER   Regionalised Tomography With 
                    Voronoi Polyhedra: O  Gudmundsson, M  
                    Sambridge
   1330h   S42A-02  POSTER   Building Multi-scale 3-D 
                    Earth Models Using Natural Neighbours and 
                    Delaunay Tetrahedra: M  Sambridge, J  Braun, 
                    H  McQueen
   1330h   S42A-03  POSTER   3-D Ray Tracing in Delaunay 
                    Tetrahedra Using Ray Perturbation Theory: J H 
                    Davies, M  Sambridge
   1330h   S42A-04  POSTER   Structure of the Crust and 
                    Lithosphere in the Southwest Pacific: 
                    Tomographic Study and Anisotropy From 
                    Surface Waves Velocity, Preliminary Results: 
                    R  Pillet, D  Rouland, *J  Hinderer, V  Ansel, 
                    G  Roult
   1330h   S42A-05  POSTER   Three-Dimensional P-wave 
                    Velocity Structure of Taupo Volcanic Zone, 
                    New Zealand: *S C Bannister, A W Hurst, H  
                    Bibby, C J Bryan, S  Sherburn
   1330h   S42A-06  POSTER   Crustal Velocity Models of 
                    Shear Waves in East Antarctica by Receiver 
                    Function Inversion for Broadband Waveforms: 
                    *M  Kanao, A  Kubo, T  Shibutani



S51A   BCC:M1  Fri  0830h
Earthquake Genesis and Recurrence in Plate Boundary and 
Interplate Regions I
Presiding: E Smith, Victoria University; R Abercrombie, 
           Inst of Geological & Nuclear Sci.

   0830h   S51A-01   Ridge Push Influence on Stress State 
                    and Seismicity of Intraplate Stable 
                    Lithosphere Regions: A F Grachev, *S A 
                    Mukhamediev
   0850h   S51A-02   The Roamane Fault Zone, Porgera, 
                    PNG: An Example of Fault Slip Processes in a 
                    High-Level, Intrusive-Related Hydrothermal 
                    System: S M Munroe, *S F Cox
   0910h   S51A-03   Simulation of Earthquakes With Low 
                    Heat: *P  Mora, D  Place
   0930h   S51A-04   A Lattice Solid Model to Simulate 
                    Fault Gouge and Frictional Heating: *D  Place, 
                    P  Mora
   0950h   S51A-05   Incorporation of Rotational Dynamics 
                    in the Lattice Solid Model: *M  Winter, P  
                    Mora, D  Place
   1010h   Break
   1030h   S51A-06   The Significance of Aseismic Slip in 
                    Earthquake Processes: Evidence From Borehole 
                    Strainmeters: *R L Gwyther, M T Gladwin, 
                    R H G Hart
   1050h   S51A-07   Shapes and Sizes of Source Time 
                    Functions: *N  Nomanbhoy, L  Ruff, Y  Tanioka
   1110h   S51A-08   High Frequency Fall-Off of Source 
                    Spectra of Deep-Focus Earthquakes: *Z  Wu, Y  
                    Chen, S G Kim
   1130h   S51A-09   Stress Diffusion and Aftershock 
                    Migration Pattern: *Y T Yeh, T T Yu, S N 
                    Cheng
   1150h   S51A-10   Large, Medium, and Small Events in 
                    Elastodynamic Earthquake Models: *B E Shaw



S51B   BCC:P6  Fri  0830h
Seismic Hazard Assessment Posters
Presiding: N O Chair, No Affil

   0830h   S51B-01  POSTER   Microzonation for an 
                    Earthquake Risk Assessment for the City of 
                    Mackay, Central Queensland, Australia: An 
                    Intraplate Region: *B M McKavanagh, B W 
                    Boreham, R Zammit, K F McCue, C Bugden
   0830h   S51B-02  POSTER   Comparison of Methodologies 
                    Used in the Microzonation of Earthquake Risk 
                    Assessment for the Central Queensland 
                    Regional Centres of Rockhampton and MacKay: 
                    *B W Boreham, B M McKavanagh, K F McCue, R 
                    Zammit, C Muller, C Bugden
   0830h   S51B-03  POSTER   Detailed Structure of the 
                    Nojima Fault and the Crustal Inhomogeneity 
                    Around the Fault Revealed by the Multi-array 
                    Seismic Observation at the Northern Part of 
                    Awaji Island: *K  Nishigami
   0830h   S51B-04  POSTER   Fault Zone Structure of the 
                    Nojima-Fault of 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu 
                    Earthquake: *Y  Kuwahara, H  Ito
   0830h   S51B-05  POSTER   Site Effect Studies in the 
                    Taipei Basin: *K L Wen, H Y Peng
   0830h   S51B-06  POSTER   Simulation of Seismic Waves 
                    in Complex Structures to Study Site 
                    Amplifications: *F  Coutel, D  Komatitsch, P  
                    Mora
   0830h   S51B-07  POSTER   Performance Test of Source 
                    Parameter Estimation Methods Using Regional 
                    Strong-Motion Data: Case of the 1995 Kobe 
                    Earthquake: *K  Kuge, T  Iwata, K  Irikura
   0830h   S51B-08  POSTER   Stress Drop Distribution of 
                    the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake 
                    Sequence Determined by Spectral Analysis 
                    Using Strong Ground Motion Data: *Y  Shiba
   0830h   S51B-09  POSTER   Seismic Energy Release Along 
                    the New Hebrides Arc and Temporal 
                    Distribution of Aftershock Sequences During 
                    the Years 1993-1995: D  Rouland, P  Lutz, M  
                    Regnier, R  Pillet, *S  Calmant
   0830h   S51B-10  POSTER   Distribution of Strong 
                    Ground Motion Near a Fault Estimated From 
                    Dynamic Modelling: *T  Inoue, T  Miyatake
   0830h   S51B-11  POSTER   Geodynamic Methodology for 
                    the Recognition of Potential Seismic Sources 
                    in Intraplate Regions: *H Ye, Q Zhou



S52A   BCC:M1  Fri  1330h
Earthquake Genesis and Recurrence in Plate Boundary and 
Interplate Regions II
Presiding: E Smith, Victoria University; R Abercrombie, 
           Inst of Geological and Nuclear Sciences

   1330h   S52A-01   Foreshock Activities Associated With 
                    the Nucleation of the 1995 Etorofu Earthquake: 
                    N  Hurukawa, B  Shibazaki
   1350h   S52A-02   The Enigma of the Arthurs Pass 
                    Earthquake: *R E Abercrombie, T H Webb, S  
                    Bannister, R  Robinson, J  Beavan, T  
                    Arnadottir
   1410h   S52A-03   Earthquake Triggering During the 
                    1988 Tennant Creek, Australia, Earthquake 
                    Sequence: Stress Transfer in a Midplate 
                    Setting: *S C Jaume
   1430h   S52A-04   Nucleation Size of Moderate 
                    Earthquakes and Kinematics of the San 
                    Andreas Fault in California From Submicro Hz 
                    to 30 Hz Strain Measurements: *M J S Johnston
   1450h   S52A-05   Deformation for Three Decades 
                    Following a Large Subduction Zone Earthquake: 
                    *S Cohen, J Freymueller
   1510h   Break
   1530h   S52A-06   Determination of Centroidal 
                    Moment-Tensor Solutions for Regional 
                    Earthquakes in Taiwan: *H  Kao, B S Huang, 
                    P R Jian
   1550h   S52A-07   Source Time Functions of the Gonghe, 
                    China Earthquake Retrieved From Long Period 
                    Digital Waveform Data Using Empirical 
                    Green's Function Technique: L S Xu, *Y T Chen
   1610h   S52A-08   Magnitude Distribution Anomalies in 
                    the WBZ Below Japan: *M  Wyss, S  Wiemer, S  
                    Tsuboi
   1630h   S52A-09   On Large Size Earthquakes 
                    Determination in East European Platform 
                    Based on Neotectonic and Seismic Strain 
                    Analysis: A F Grachev, S A Mukhamediev, *S L 
                    Yunga



S61A   BCC:M1  Sat  0830h
Seismic Hazard Assessment in Plate Boundary and Interplate 
Regions
Presiding: J Taber, Victoria University; D Denham, AGSO

   0830h   S61A-01   Outstanding Questions in Earthquake 
                    Hazard Estimation: *D D Jackson
   0850h   S61A-02   Seismogenic Zoning of SE Australia: 
                    E  Spassov, B  Kennett, J  Weekes
   0910h   S61A-03   Results From the Sydney Pilot 
                    Earthquake Microzonation Project: *T D Jones, 
                    M J Neville, G Scott, C Sinadinovski
   0930h   S61A-04   Microzonation of Launceston, 
                    Australia: *M Michael-Leiba, V Jensen, K 
                    McCue
   0950h   Break
   1010h   S61A-05   Effects on Ground Shaking Due to 
                    Man-Made Changes in Surface Shear Wave 
                    Velocity: *J J Taber
   1030h   S61A-06  INVITED   Seismic Response of 
                    Multi-layered Basin With Velocity Graduates 
                    Upon Incidence of Plane Shear Waves: *Y  Zeng, 
                    R  Benites
   1050h   S61A-07   Guided Directivity: A Cause of the 
                    Narrow Damage Zone of the 1995 Kobe 
                    (Hyogo-ken Nanbu), Japan, Earthquake: *K  
                    Koketsu, S  Yoshida, T  Inoue, T  Miyatake
   1110h   S61A-08   Paleoseismology and Structural Style 
                    of Reverse Faults of the Poukawa Fault Zone, 
                    Hikurangi Forearc, New Zealand: H M Kelsey, 
                    *A G Hull, K R Berryman, S M Cashman, P  
                    Cashman, J  Trexler
   1130h   S61A-09   Use of Trans-Pacific Tsunami Data 
                    for Study of Historical Earthquakes: *K  
                    Satake
   1150h   S61A-10   Tsunami Hazard Evaluation in Taiwan 
                    Region -- Inferred From Historical Tsunami 
                    Earthquakes: K F Ma, M F Lee



S62A   BCC:M1  Sat  1330h
Time-Variable Seismic Hazard and Prediction
Presiding: D A Rhoades, Inst of Geological and Nuclear Sciences; 
           P A Reasenberg, USGS, Menlo Park

   1330h   S62A-01  INVITED   Seismic Quiescence Occurs 
                    as a Precursor After All: *M  Wyss, S  Wiemer, 
                    W J Arabasz
   1350h   S62A-02  INVITED   Testing Long-Term 
                    Earthquake Forecasts: D D Jackson, Y Y Kagan
   1410h   S62A-03   Evaluation of Earthquake Forecasts 
                    in California: *P Reasenberg, C Thurber, J 
                    Zschau
   1430h   S62A-04   Effect of Seismic and Aseismic 
                    Stress Increments on Earthquake Occurrence 
                    in Southern California: Y Y Kagan, D D 
                    Jackson
   1450h   S62A-05   Loma Prieta Seismicity: Prediction 
                    Errors Differ Significantly From Independent 
                    Identically Distributed Surrogates: N  Fitton, 
                    *F G Horowitz
   1510h   S62A-06   Performance Testing of Earthquake 
                    Forecasting Methods: *D A Rhoades

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