2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 238 Wednesday, November 10, 2004
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 705/707

T97. Geologic History and Processes of the Colorado River

Keith A. Howard and Cassandra Fenton, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
238-11:30 PM MIOCENE DRAINAGE HISTORY OF WESTERN GRAND CANYON, AZ: YOUNG, Richard A., Geological Sciences, State Univ of New York at Geneseo, Department of Geological Sciences, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, young@geneseo.edu.
238-21:45 PM HISTORY OF HEADWARD EROSION OF THE GRAND CANYON FROM A STUDY OF SPELEOTHEMS: POLYAK, Victor J., HILL, Carol A., and ASMEROM, Yemane, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, polyak@unm.edu
238-32:00 PM ALLUVIAL AND LACUSTRINE STRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR THE LATE NEOGENE INCEPTION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER IN THE VICNITY OF PYRAMID CANYON, NEVADA / ARIZONA: HOUSE, P. Kyle1, PEARTHREE, Philip A.2, FAULDS, James E.1, and BELL, John1, (1) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0088, khouse@unr.edu, (2) Arizona Geol Survey, 416 W. Congress #100, Tucson, AZ 85701
238-42:20 PM LATE PLEISTOCENE AGGRADATION AND INCISION OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE GRAND CANYON: LUNDSTROM, Scott C., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, MS/913, Denver, CO 80225, sclundst@usgs.gov, MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 974, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and HUDSON, Mark R., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225-0046
238-52:35 PM THE LONGITUDINAL PROFILE OF THE COLORADO RIVER ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU: HOW DEEP IS ALLUVIUM BENEATH THE RIVER?: WEBB, R.H.1, GRIFFITHS, P.G.1, FLEMING, J.B.1, CALLEGARY, J.B.1, FENTON, C.R.1, and HANKS, T.C.2, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, rhwebb@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
238-62:55 PM INCISION-RATE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE PRESENCE OF TRANSIENT AGGRADATION AND DEGRADATION OF DEBRIS FILL IN THE RIVER CHANNEL: THE COLORADO RIVER IN GRAND CANYON: HANKS, Thomas C., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, thanks@usgs.gov and WEBB, Robert H., U.S. Geol Survey, 520 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719
238-73:10 PM RELATING ROCK STRENGTH CONTROLS TO LARGE-SCALE VARIATIONS IN THE COLORADO RIVER’S PROFILE, GLEN AND GRAND CANYONS, UT AND AZ: MACKLEY, Rob D., Geology Department, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322, mackley@cc.usu.edu and PEDERSON, Joel, Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322
238-83:25 PM COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.: LONGITUDINAL PROFILES, DIFFERENTIAL INCISION, AND A HYPOTHESIS FOR QUATERNARY TECTONISM AT BOTH ENDS: KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek1@unm.edu and KIRBY, Eric, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, 218 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
 3:40 PM Break
238-93:50 PM HOLOCENE AGGRADATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER IN GRAND CANYON: DAVIS, Sidney W. and DAVIS, Marie E., P.O. Box 734, Georgetown, CA 95634, davis@innercite.com
238-104:05 PM MODERN CHANNEL CHANGE IN THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM: A MANDATE FOR RESTORATION?: SCHMIDT, John C., Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-5210, jack.schmidt@usu.edu.
238-114:25 PM SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS ON THE BOTTOM OF LAKE MEAD: A 70-YEAR RECORD OF DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES: TWICHELL, David C.1, HANSON, Andrew D.2, CROSS, VeeAnn A1, and RUDIN, Mark J.3, (1) US Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598, dtwichell@usgs.gov, (2) Dept. of Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 So. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89119, (3) Dept. Health Physics, UNLV, 4505 So. Maryland Parkway, Box 453037, Las Vegas, NV 89119
238-124:45 PM AT THE END OF THE RIVER: SEDIMENTARY AND BIOTIC EFFECTS OF RIVER MANAGEMENT ON THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA: FLESSA, Karl W.1, CARRIQUIRY, J.D.2, AVILA-SERRANO, G.E.3, TÉLLEZ-DUARTE, M.A.3, CINTRA-BUENROSTRO, C.E.1, ROWELL, K.1, and DETTMAN, D.L.1, (1) Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, kflessa@geo.arizona.edu, (2) Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Apdo Postal 453, Ensenada, B.C, C.P. 22800, Mexico, (3) Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Apdo Postal 453, Ensenada, B.C, C.P. 22800, Mexico
238-135:00 PM PONCHO’S RADICAL RUNUP: UNUSUAL ANCIENT GRAND CANYON LANDSLIDE, COLORADO RIVER, ARIZONA: WARME, John E., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jwarme@mines.edu.
238-145:15 PM SPRING AND GAS CHEMISTRY OF TRAVERTINE-DEPOSITING SYSTEMS IN GRAND CANYON AND THE COLORADO PLATEAU: A PALEOHYDROLOGIC RECORD: CROSSEY, Laura J.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, NEWELL, Dennis2, FISCHER, Tobias3, HILTON, David4, PATCHETT, P. Jonathan5, and SHARP, Warren6, (1) Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, lcrossey@unm.edu, (2) Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3) Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4) Geosciences Research Div, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, Univ. of Calif. San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, (5) Departmentof Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (6) Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709

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