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Saturday, October 4, 2008: Using GPS Data to Study Crustal Deformation, Earthquakes, and Volcanism: A Workshop for College Faculty--LiDAR componentRamón Arrowsmith (This site is modifed from one developed by Christopher Crosby (GEON/SDSC)) Main page at UNAVCO: http://www.unavco.org:8080/cws/learn/shortcourseGSAfall2008/ PRESENTATION elements: Earthquakes in the landscape presentation - Using digital topography to investigate earthquake faulting High-Resolution Topography and Remote Sensing in the Earth Sciences Other possibly useful powerpoints, etc.: Introduction to the San Andreas Fault System and Simple model for earthquake cycle: elementary dislocation theory U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1515 titled The San Andreas Fault System, California Tectonic Geomorphology class lectures Laboratory exercise focusing on Wallace Creek and the Bidart Fan Accompanying photographs and figures in powerpoint for Bidart Fan site RESOURCES: Exercise 1 - SAF Deformation handout Exercise 2 - Offset channels in the Carrizo Plain DATA: Here is an excellent resource for data: www.opentopography.org/data 1/2 meter LiDAR Digital Elevation Models (DEM) in Google Earth Format (.kmz) for the Wallace Creek area of the Central San Andreas fault: WallaceCrk1.kmz WallaceCrk2.kmz WallaceCrk3.kmz WallaceCrk4.kmz Laboratory exercise focusing on Wallace Creek and the Bidart Fan |
