Session No. 144 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C108/110/112
T102. Rocky Mountains III: Post-Laramide Uplift and Erosion of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau
Joel L. Pederson and Frank J. Pazzaglia, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
144-18:00 AM TIMING AND RATES OF LATE CENOZOIC INCISION BY THE COLORADO RIVER IN GLENWOOD CANYON, COLORADO: BRYANT, Bruce, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, bbryant@usgs.gov, KUNK, M.J., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, and KIRKHAM, R.M., Colorado Geol Survey, 5253 County Road 1 South, Alamosa, CO 81101
144-28:15 AM NEOGENE PROFILE OF THE COLORADO RIVER: DIFFERENT REACHES AND DIFFERENTIAL INCISION WITHIN A YOUNG RIVER SYSTEM: WAGNER, Stacy S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, wagnerss@unm.edu and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
144-38:30 AM QUANTITATIVE TOPOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EROSIONALLY EXHUMED AND TECTONICALLY ACTIVE MOUNTAIN FRONTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: FRANKEL, Kurt L. and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams, Bethlehem, PA 18015, kuf2@lehigh.edu
144-48:45 AM PLEISTOCENE EXHUMATION RATES OF WYOMING INTERMONTANE BASINS FROM (U-TH)/HE DATING OF CLINKER: REINERS, Peter W., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, peter.reiners@yale.edu and HEFFERN, Edward L., Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003
144-59:00 AM PRELIMINARY (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF TERTIARY DENUDATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH: STOCKLI, Daniel F.1, BUMP, Alexander P.2, DAVIS, George2, and FARLEY, Kenneth A.3, (1) Geology Department, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, stockli@ku.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3) California Institute Technology, 1201 E California Blvd MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001
144-69:15 AM MIDDLE TO LATE TERTIARY COOLING OF THE GORE AND WESTERN FRONT RANGES, CENTRAL COLORADO, FROM APATITE FISSION-TRACK DATA: NAESER, Charles W.1, BRYANT, Bruce2, KUNK, Michael J.3, KELLOGG, Karl2, DONELICK, Raymond A.4, and PERRY, William J.5, (1) 926A National Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, cnaeser@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (3) USGS, MS 963, Box 25046, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (4) Donelick Analytical, Inc, 1075 Matson Road, Viola, ID 83872, (5) 2695 Vassar Dr, Boulder, CO 80303-5732
144-79:30 AM AVERAGE EROSION RATE OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU ESTIMATED FROM THERMOCHRONOLOGIC DATA: BERNET, Matthias1, REINERS, Peter1, BRANDON, Mark2, and GARVER, John3, (1) Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, matthias.bernet@yale.edu, (2) Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (3) Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311
144-89:45 AM EVIDENCE FOR ELEVATED REGIONAL HEAT FLOW DURING LATE OLIGOCENE TIME ON THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS: KELLEY, Shari A., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Bullock St, Socorro, NM 87801, sakelley@ix.netcom.com.
 10:00 AM Break
144-910:15 AM NEOGENE UPLIFT HISTORY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU FROM VESICULAR BASALTS: PROUSSEVITCH, Alex, CCRC, EOS, Univ of New Hampshire, 357 Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH 03824, alex.proussevitch@unh.edu and SAHAGIAN, Dork, CCRC, EOS, & Dept.of Earth Sci, Univ of New Hampshire, 164 Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH 03824, dork.sahagian@unh.edu
144-1010:30 AM MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC UPLIFT AND EROSIONAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: LOSEKE, Travis D., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Travis.Loseke@nau.edu and BLAKEY, Ronald C., Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
144-1110:45 AM EVIDENCE FOR LATE CENOZOIC UPLIFT ON THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU, NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU: SCOTT, Robert B.1, STEVEN, Thomas A.2, BETTON, Charles W.3, COLE, Rex D.4, ASLAN, Andres4, and HOOD, William C.4, (1) U.S. Geol. Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rbscott@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol. Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3) 217 Country Club Pk, Grand Junction, CO 81503, (4) Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, P.O. Box 2647, Grand Junction, CO 81502-2647
144-1211:00 AM NEOTECTONISM IN THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE AS SHOWN BY PATTERNS OF EROSION: STEVEN, Thomas A., P.O. Box 27035, Denver, CO 80227, rbscott@usgs.gov.
144-1311:15 AM USING GIS TO ESTIMATE CLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON RIVER INCISION: ZAPROWSKI, Brent J., Geography and Geosciences, Salisbury Univ, Devilbiss Hall, Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD 21801, bjzaprowski@salisbury.edu and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams Hall, Bethlehem, PA 18015
 11:30 AM Discussion - Building and Tearing Down the Rockies, Insights From Sessions T72, T102, T110, and T117

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