2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 42 Sunday, November 7, 2004
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 108/110/112

T77. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains I and II: Surface Processes, Geodynamics, and the Roles of Neotectonics and Climate in Development of Modern Topography

Eric Kirby, Margaret E. McMillan, Karl E. Karlstrom and Rick Aster, Presiding
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42-11:30 PM EARTHSCOPE UNDERWAY: PROGRESS, GOALS, AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: VAN DER VINK, Gregory E., EarthScope, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005, gvdv@earthscope.org and SMITH, Robert B., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 So. 1460 East, Rm. 702, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
42-21:45 PM 4-D IMAGES OF THE LITHOSPHERE BENEATH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND CHALLENGES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE: KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek1@unm.edu and WHITMEYER, Steven J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrup Hall, Room 141, MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
42-32:00 PM GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON PROTEROZOIC LITHOSPHERIC EVOLUTION, SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: BOWRING, Samuel1, FLOWERS, Rebecca1, CROWLEY, Jim1, SCHOENE, Blair1, KARLSTROM, Karl2, and WILLIAMS, M.L.3, (1) Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, sbowring@MIT.EDU, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
42-42:15 PM CURRENT PROBLEMS IN BASEMENT-INVOLVED LARAMIDE FORELAND DEFORMATION, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, USA: 3D STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND CONNECTIONS TO PLATE PROCESSES: ERSLEV, Eric A., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO 80523, erslev@cnr.colostate.edu.
42-52:30 PM COUPLING BETWEEN CRUSTAL FLOW AND DETACHMENT TECTONICS DURING EXHUMATION OF THE NORTHERN CORDILLERAN METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES: TEYSSIER, Christian1, WHITNEY, Donna L.1, KRUCKENBERG, Seth1, FERRÉ, Eric2, and VANDERHAEGHE, Olivier3, (1) Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, teyssier@umn.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, Carbondale, IL 62901, (3) UMR 7566 G2R, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, BP 239, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, 54506, France
42-62:45 PM PALEO-SUBDUCTION AND MODERN BASALT EXTRACTION STRUCTURES IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: MULTI-BAND IMAGES FROM THE CD-ROM EXPERIMENT: LEVANDER, Alan1, MAGNANI, Maria Beatrice1, DUEKER, Ken2, and MILLER, Kate3, (1) Department of Earth Science, Rice Univ - MS126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, alan@esci.rice.edu, (2) Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, (3) Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968
42-73:00 PM SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT AND WYOMING CRATON: SCHUTT, Derek L. and DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, 82071, schutt@uwyo.edu
42-83:15 PM NEOGENE FAULTING IN COLORADO’S HIGH PLAINS: MATTHEWS, Vincent III, Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman Street # 715, Denver, CO 80203, vince.matthews@state.co.us and MORGAN, Matthew L., Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman St. #715, Denver, CO 80203
 3:30 PM Break
42-93:45 PM DETERMINING PALEOELEVATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND COLORADO PLATEAU: A CHALLENGE FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHY: SAHAGIAN, Dork, CCRC, EOS, & Dept.of Earth Sci, Univ of New Hampshire, 164 Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH 03824, dork.sahagian@unh.edu.
42-104:00 PM HOW HIGH WAS THE CORDILLERA? EOCENE ELEVATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA RECORDED IN STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF DETACHMENT MYLONITES: MULCH, Andreas1, TEYSSIER, Christian2, CHAMBERLAIN, Page3, VENNEMANN, Torsten4, COSCA, Mike4, and WELLS, Michael5, (1) Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, mulch001@umn.edu, (2) Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3) Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, (4) Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Univ of Lausanne, BFSH-2, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, (5) Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
42-114:15 PM LARAMIDE UPLIFT, OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION, AND BASIN-MARGIN RAINFORESTS: AN EARLY PALEOCENE TEST CASE FROM THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE: JOHNSON, Kirk R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, KJohnson@dmns.org, ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, BARCLAY, Richard S., Earth Sciences Department, Denver Mus. of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, and REYNOLDS, Michele L., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205
42-124:30 PM TESTING THE IMPACT OF LATE CENOZOIC ROCK UPLIFT ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A., Dept. of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, riihimak@es.ucsc.edu, ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences, INSTAAR, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, and SAFRAN, Elizabeth B., Environmental Studies, Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219
42-134:45 PM DRAINAGE INTEGRATION AS A FIRST-ORDER CONTROL ON THE EROSIONAL EXHUMATION OF THE INTERIOR WEST—THE EXAMPLE OF THE GREEN RIVER AND THE UINTA MOUNTAINS: PEDERSON, Joel, Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322, bolo@cc.usu.edu.
42-145:00 PM GRAVITY MODELS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN AND TULAROSA BASIN IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO: PETERSON, Chloe L., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, chloebug@unm.edu and ROY, Mousumi, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
42-155:15 PM MIDDLE TERTIARY BUOYANCY MODIFICATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ROCK EXHUMATION, COOLING, AND SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION AT THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU: ROY, Mousumi, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mroy@unm.edu, KELLEY, Shari, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, PAZZAGLIA, Frank, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015, CATHER, Steve, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, and HOUSE, Martha, Natural Sciences Division, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA 91106

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