Session No. 40 Wednesday, April 11, 2001

8:05 AM-11:50 AM, Sheraton Universal: Terrace D
T6. Climate, Tectonics, and Lakes of the Cenozoic Cordillera
Vicki A. Pedone and H. Paul Buchheim, Presiding
Start Time
8:05 AM Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM THE CLIMATE OF EOCENE FOSSIL LAKE (GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING) AS DETERMINED FROM VERTICAL AND LATERAL FACIES TRENDS: BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Laboratory of Limnogeology, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, pbuchheim@univ.llu.edu and LOEWEN, Mark A., Utah Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112,
8:30 AM CONTROLLING FACTORS ON DEPOSITION OF SALINE LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS IN THE EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF FOSSIL BASIN, WYOMING: CUSHMAN, Robert A. Jr, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, bcushman@ns.llu.edu.
8:50 AM MARKER BED CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE MUD HILLS, CALICO MTS., AND DAGGETT RIDGE, CENTRAL MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA: REYNOLDS, Robert E., LSA Associates, 3403 10th St, Riverside, CA 92501, bob.reynolds@lsa-assoc.com and WOODBURNE, Michael O., Univ California - Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521-0423,
9:10 AM PH-CONTROLLED OXYGEN ISOTOPE VARIATIONS IN MIOCENE LACUSTRINE CALCITE: MONTANEZ, Isabel P., Geology, Univ California - Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616-8605, montanez@geology.ucdavis.edu and PEDONE, Vicki A., Geological Sciences, CSU Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330-8266,
9:30 AM LATE PLIOCENE TO MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE PALEOCLIMATE AND TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONS OF DEATH VALLEY: KNOTT, J. R., Unocal Corporation, 376 Valencia Ave, Brea, CA 92831 and SARNA-WOJCICKI, A. M., US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA,
9:50 AM Break
10:10 AM MID-HOLOCENE DEBRIS-FLOW AND LAKE STAND EVENTS AT SILURIAN LAKE, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA: MILLER, David M., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dmiller@usgs.gov, YOUNT, James C., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, and MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 974, Denver, CO 80225,
10:30 AM CLIMATE DRIVEN DEPOSITIONAL EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE PLEISTOCENE MANIX FORMATION, CENTRAL MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA: JEFFERSON, George T., Colorado Desert District Stout Research Center, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 200 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA 92004, jefferson@statepark.org.
10:50 AM ONCOLITE-ASSOCIATED LITHOFACIES SEQUENCES AND CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE LACUSTRINE LATE PLEISTOCENE MANIX FORMATION, CALIFORNIA: AWRAMIK, Stanley M., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, awramik@geol.ucsb.edu, BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, LEGGITT, Leroy, Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda Univ, Loma Linda, CA 92350, and WOO, Kyung Sik, Department of Geology, Kangwon National Univ, Kangwondo, 200-701, South Korea,
11:10 AM CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN RECORDED BY GEOCHEMICAL SIGNALS IN CLOSED-BASIN LAKE SEDIMENTS: LI, Hong-Chun, Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, hli@earth.usc.edu, KU, Teh-Lung, Univ Southern California, 3651 University Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, and BISCHOFF, James L., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561,
11:30 AM LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY OF LANDSLIDING AND FAULTING IN LAKE TAHOE: KARLIN, Robert E.1, SCHWEICKERT, Richard1, LAHREN, Mary1, SHANE, Smith1, PATTERSON, Mary1, DINKELMAN, Ilka1, and SEITZ, Gordon2, (1) Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Reno, Mackay School of Mines/172, Reno, NV 89557, karlin@mines.unr.edu, (2) Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94550

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