Release Date: November 3, 2000
Release Number: R10-00-94
November 29, 2000
Westin Hotel
SEATTLE, Wash., Washington
A public forum highlighting some of the most recent work by the USGS and our partners on earthquake and landslide hazards issues in central Puget Sound.
Opening | 8:30 | Welcome and Introduction, John Filson and Craig Weaver, USGS |
8:45 | Mayor Paul Schell, City of SEATTLE, Wash. (introduced by Jim Mullen, SEATTLE, Wash. Emergency Management) |
What's New: Regional Partnerships and Co-investigations. Craig Weaver--moderator | |
9:00 | Partnership: Where we are and where we're going, Jim Mullen, SEATTLE, Wash. Emergency Management |
9:10 | The Puget Sound Lidar Consortium, Jerry Harless, Puget Sound Regional Council |
9:25 | Regional Partnership: Mapping the Geology of SEATTLE, Wash., Kathy Troost, University of Washington |
9:40 | Regional Partnership: The Puget Sound Base Station Consortium, Ken Conradi, City of SEATTLE, Wash. |
9:50 | Advanced National Seismic System comes to Puget Sound: SEATTLE, Wash. shakes in real-time. Steve Malone, University of Washington |
10:05 | Discussion |
10:30 | Break |
What's New: Findings from the field. Ray Wells--moderator | |
10:45 | The hunt for surface faulting, Brian Sherrod, USGS |
11:00 | Geology from your desk chair-new perspectives on geologic mapping, Ralph Haugerud, USGS |
11:15 | Crustal faults and sedimentary basins in Puget Sound: Evidence from the SHIPS seismic surveys. Tom Brocher, USGS |
11:30 | Discussion |
Noon | Lunch |
What's new: Using Earthquake Studies. Tom Brocher--moderator | |
1:15 | Ground motion models in SEATTLE, Wash.. Art Frankel, USGS |
1:35 | Regional Impacts: The I-5 system after an earthquake. Dan Ballantyne, EQE and King-Pierce Project Impact |
1:55 | Discussion |
What's new: Landslides in Puget Sound. Ed Harp--moderator | |
2:15 | Progress on the SEATTLE, Wash. landslide hazard map. Ed Harp, USGS |
2:30 | Real-time landslide monitoring. Rex Baum, USGS |
2:45 | Discussion |
3:00 | Break |
What next: Art Frankel--moderator | |
3:30 | Plate tectonic motions and shallow earthquakes in Western Washington. Ray Wells, USGS |
3:45 | Next stops on the science and regional partnership road. Craig Weaver, USGS |
4:00 | Discussion |
4:30 | Adjourn-John Filson, USGS |
There is no charge to attend this conference, but because of space limitations we ask that you register either of the following ways:
E-mail your name, organization, address, phone number to: usgsmeetings@geophys.washington.edu. You will receive an automatic reply.
Fax your name, organization, address, phone number, and e-mail address to: 206-553-8350. The fax should be addressed to USGS Meetings. You will receive a reply by either e-mail or fax.
There will be number of poster displays immediately outside the conference meeting room. The posters will be on display until 5:00 and will be available during the breaks and lunch.
Local Contact:
Craig Weaver
Geophysics Program, Box 351650
University of Washington
SEATTLE, Wash., WA 98195
206-553-0627
206-553-8350, fax
craig@geophys.washington.edu
Last Modified: Monday, 17-Nov-2003 13:22:51