T156 Afghanistan Reconstruction—USGS Activities in Afghanistan

Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE HIMALAYAN OROGEN AND THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN SYNTAXIS
  Shannon R. Leslie, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Walter Mooney, USGS, Menlo Park, CA and Robert Bohannon, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  131980 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  THE STATE OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN AFGHANISTAN
  Robert G. Bohannon, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  126022 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  OVERVIEW OF USGS WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN
  Ingrid M. Verstraeten, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Verne R. Schneider, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Michael P. Chornack, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  131234 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  THE GLACIER MONITORING COMPONENT OF THE USGS AFGHANISTAN PROJECT
  Bruce Franklin Molnia, USGS, Reston, VA and Paul Geissler, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ and Ella Lee, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ
  125489 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  DEFINING THE HAZARD POSED BY EARTHQUAKES IN AFGHANISTAN
  A.J. Crone, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and H. Benz, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  127090 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  MAPPING AFGHANISTAN'S PROBABLE AND SUSPECT QUATERNARY FAULTS
  C.a. Ruleman, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and A.J. Crone, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and M.N. Machette, U.S. Geological Survey - Retired, Denver, CO
  128885 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  A PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MAP FOR AFGHANISTAN
  Oliver Boyd, U.S. Geological Survey, Memphis, CA and Charles S. Mueller, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Kenneth S. Rukstales, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  132756 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  AFGHANISTAN AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL AND REMOTE SENSING SURVEY
  Jared D. Abraham, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Robert T. Liang, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and John M. Brozena, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and Vicki A. Childers, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and Benjamin J. Drenth, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Carol A. Finn, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Joan M. Gardener, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC and Charles R. Lindsay, National Park Service Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, AK and Jeffrey D. Phillips, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Ronald E. Sweeney, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  131732 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  REGIONAL GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC DATA HELP MAP SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF AFGHANISTAN
  Carol A. Finn, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Benjamin Drenth, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  129281 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF NON-FUEL MINERAL RESOURCES OF AFGHANISTAN
  Stephen G. Peters, U.S. Geological Survey, Reno, NV and Stephen D. Ludington, Menlo Park, CA and Greta J. Orris, Tucson, AZ and David M. Sutphin, Reston, VA and James D. Bliss, Tucson, AZ
  127010 (Technical Sessions)