Session No. 80 Monday, October 28, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: C108/110/112
T117. Rocky Mountains II: Lithospheric Structure and Evolution of Rocky Mountain Region, from Deep Mantle to Mountain Tops I
Karl E. Karlstrom and Michael L. Williams, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
80-18:00 AM OXYGEN AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR THE ABRUPT AND STEEPLY-DIPPING SUTURE BETWEEN LITHOSPHERIC PLATES IN THE IDAHO BATHOLITH: KING, E.M.1, BEARD, B.L.2, JOHNSON, C.M.2, and VALLEY, J.W.2, (1) Dept. of Geography-Geology, Illinois State Univ, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400, emking@ilstu.edu, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706
80-28:15 AM AGE-CONSTRAINTS ON FABRIC REACTIVATION IN THE TUSAS RANGE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, USING ELECTRON-MICROPROBE MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NATURE OF REGIONAL ~1400 GA DEFORMATION: KOPERA, Joseph P., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, jkopera@geo.umass.edu, WILLIAMS, Michael L., Dept. of Geosciences, Morrill Sci Ctr, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, and JERCINOVIC, Michael J., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820
80-38:30 AM PARSING THE LONG-LIVED OROGEN: USING MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND MICROPROBE MONAZITE DATING TO CLARIFY THE PROTEROZOIC HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, mlw@geo.umass.edu, JERCINOVIC, Michael J., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
80-48:45 AM SLOW-COOLING OR REHEATING: CAN SW USA THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA BE RECONCILED?: HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, matt@nmt.edu.
80-59:00 AM PROTEROZOIC ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: DISTINGUISHING OPHIOLITES FROM ARC CUMULATES: LOW, P.C.1, SEAMAN, S.J.1, KARLSTROM, K.E.2, and WILLIAMS, M.L.1, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, low@geo.umass.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrup Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
80-69:15 AM TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON, COLORADO: NEW U/PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND EVIDENCE FOR BOTH PALEOPROTEROZOIC AND MESOPROTEROZOIC DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM: JESSUP, Micah1, KARLSTROM, Karl1, CONNELLY, James2, JONES, Jamey2, and WILLIAMS, Michael L.3, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, micahjessup@hotmail.com, (2) Dept. Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (3) Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820
80-79:30 AM DEFORMATION HISTORY AND STRUCTURAL KINEMATICS OF A QUARTZITE-SCHIST SEQUENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROTEROZOIC TECTONICS IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: MAI, Katrin and SMART, Kevin J., School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 810 Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019-1009, Katrin.Mai-1@ou.edu
80-89:45 AM THE MESOPROTEROZOIC RECORD IN THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: SIDDOWAY, Christine S.1, JONES, Jamey2, WILLIAMS, Michael L.3, ANDRONICOS, Christopher L.4, CONNELLY, James2, and KARLSTROM, Karl E.5, (1) Geology Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, csiddoway@ColoradoCollege.edu, (2) Dept. Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (3) Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, (4) Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, (5) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
 10:00 AM Break
80-910:15 AM PROTEROZOIC AND PALEOZOIC ANCESTRY OF REGIONAL LARAMIDE FAULT NETWORKS: USING 40AR/39AR K-FELDSPAR THERMOCHRONOLOGY TO EVALUATE EARLY COOLING/EXHUMATION HISTORIES ACROSS DISCRETE FAULT ZONES: TIMMONS, J. Michael, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1116, mtimm@unm.edu, HEIZLER, Matt, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, and KARLSTROM, Karl, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
80-1010:30 AM EARLY LARAMIDE DEFORMATION IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN COLORADO: CATHER, Steven M., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu.
80-1110:45 AM LARAMIDE KINEMATICS AND TECTONICS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: ERSLEV, Eric A. and BOLAY-KOENIG, Nicole, Department of Earth Resources, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO 80523, erslev@cnr.colostate.edu
80-1211:00 AM CHARACTERISTICS OF BRITTLE DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION ZONES IN PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO FRONT RANGE: CAINE, Jonathan, U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jscaine@usgs.gov.
80-1311:15 AM LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS-SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF THE CD-ROM (CONTINENTAL DYNAMICS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS) EXPERIMENT: KARLSTROM, Karl and CD-ROM, Working Group, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek1@unm.edu
 11:30 AM Panel Discussion

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