Abstract
The 80th annual meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America took place in Kingston, Ontario, 5–7 October 2008. It was a well-attended meeting, with 75 registrants, 25 of them students. Fifty-one papers were presented, 36 oral and 15 by poster. There were three special sessions during the meeting: “Induced and Mining Seismicity” (eight papers), “The April 18, 2008, Southern Illinois Earthquake: Post Earthquake Studies” (two papers), and “Seismic Hazard Related to the Nuclear Industry” (12 papers). The rest of the presentations and posters were part of general sessions. Eight oral presentations and seven posters were by students. The award for the best student oral presentation went to Alan Baird of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, for his paper, “Stress chanelling and partitioning of seismicity in the Charlevoix seismic zone, Quebec, Canada.” His co-authors were Steve McKinnon and Laurent Godin. The awards for second- and third-best student papers went to Katie Ploeger (Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario) and Kathryn Gunberg (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia). The best poster presentation award was won by Ken MacPherson of University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, for his paper, “Strong ground motion in the Upper Mississippi Embayment from finite-fault, finite-difference simulations,” with co-authors Edward Woolery and Zhenming Wang. The awards for second- and third-best student posters went to Caitlin Latimer (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario) and Leo Leon (University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta). ▴ The best oral presenters: Katie Ploeger (left), Alan Baird (middle), Kathryn Gunberg (right). Photo by S. Dineva. The pre-meeting field trip had both a scientific part and a visit to wineries in Prince Edward County. Dr. Laurent Godin of Queen's University led 23 participants to four geological stops north of Kingston, Ontario. At the first stop they were able to see evidence for the complex deformation and reactivation history …
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