High Lava Plains Workshop

July 19 – 21, 2006

Bend, Oregon and environs

July 19: Field trip to the Cascades, Anita Grunder leader

July 20: Workshop at the High Desert Museum 9-5.

High Desert Museum, M.J. Education Center, Classroom A

59800 South Highway 97, Bend Oregon,

General Introduction to HLP Project

9:00 – Introduction to workshop (Rick Carlson)

9:15 – Status and plans for seismic installation (David James, Matt Fouch, Randy Keller)

Geology/Geochemistry/Volcanology (Moderators – Tim Grove, Anita Grunder)

9:30 – Mesozoic tectonics of Eastern Oregon (Becky Dorsey)

9:45 – Helium isotope variations in basalts from the High Lava Plains and the Yellowstone-Snake River Plain System
(David Graham, Mary Reid, Brennan Jordan, Anita Grunder, Bill Leeman)

10:00 – Coffee Break

10:15 – Chemical and isotopic variation at Newberry Volcano (Rick Carlson, Julie Donnelly-Nolan, Tim Grove)

10:30 – Basaltic volcanism in the Jordan Valley Area (Bill Hart)

10:45 – Silicic volcanism in the Hawkes Valley Area (Bill Hart)

11:00 – Structural view of HLP in the Coleman Hills area (Kaleb Scarberry)

11:15 – Discussion

12:00 Lunch

Structure/Tectonics/Seismology (Moderators – Randy Keller, David James, Matt Fouch)

1:00 - Active tectonics and structural style of normal faulting in the SE Oregon Basin and Range (Andrew Meigs)

1:15 – Crustal structure of Northern Nevada (Joe Colgan)

1:30 – Results from the OATS array (Richard Allen)

1:45 – Data analysis status and shear- wave splitting (Matt Fouch)

2:00 – Crustal receiver functions (Shaji Nair)

2:15 – Regional/local seismicity (Kevin Eagar)

2:30 - Preliminary surface wave results across the region of the HLP seismic array (David James, Linda Warren, Arthur Snoke)

2:45 – Southern Cascadia velocity structure and planned HLP efforts (Jeff Roth)

3:00 – Cookies and General Discussion

Causes and Consequences of Volcanism (Moderators – Rick Carlson, Bill Hart)

4:00 – The Wallowa Mountain investigation and thoughts about how Yellowstone started (Gene Humphreys)

4:20 – Subduction influence (Chris Kincaid)

4:40 - Basaltification of the crust (Anita Grunder)

5:00 – General discussion (over beer and barbecue) back at the Ranch (the Indian #3 house at Sunriver)

July 21: Field Trip to Newberry, Julie Donnelly Nolan leader

The trip will include Newberry crater, the western flanks and end in Bend at Pilot Butte.

To find the High Desert Museum: It lies about 10 miles south of the south side of Bend, on the east side of Highway 97.
For a map and info find the website: http://www.highdesertmuseum.org