Rocky Mountain Section–58th Annual Meeting (17–19 May 2006)
Session No. 18 Friday, 19 May 2006
9:00 AM-11:40 AM, Western State College: Cottonwood Room

T1. Structural, Stratigraphic, and Igneous Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift System

W. Scott Baldridge and John Fletcher, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
18-19:00 AM COLORADO ROCKIES EXPERIMENT AND SEISMIC TRANSECTS (CREST): TIME-SPACE PATTERNS OF CENOZOIC UPLIFT-MAGMATISM AND THEIR CORRESPONDENCE TO THE ASPEN ANOMALY: KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, DUEKER, Ken2, CROSSEY, Laura J.3, and CREST, Team1, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek@unm.edu, (2) Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, (3) Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
18-29:20 AM PLIOCENE TO MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER RIO GRANDE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHERN COLORADO: MACHETTE, Michael N., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, machette@usgs.gov and MARCHETTI, David W.
18-39:40 AM SURPRISES IN THE CULEBRA GRABEN, A MAJOR SUB-BASIN WITHIN THE SAN LUIS BASIN OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: KIRKHAM, Robert M., 5253 County Road 1 South, Alamosa, CO 81101, rmk@amigo.net
18-410:00 AM ROLE OF TECTONIC INHERITANCE AND MODE OF CONTINENTAL EXTENSION IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE RIFT: FLETCHER, John M.1, COOGAN, Jim2, BENSON, C.W.2, CSAR, A.J.2, GULLETT, C.J.2, OLIVER, S.R.2, and TERAN, O.J.2, (1) Departamento de Geologia, CICESE, Ensenada, 22800, Mexico, jfletche@cicese.mx, (2) Western State College, Gunnison, CO
18-510:20 AM TEMPORAL, STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE CERROS DEL RIO VOLCANIC FIELD, NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO: THOMPSON, Ren1, HUDSON, Mark1, MCINTOSH, William2, MIGGINS, Daniel3, GRAUCH, V.J.S.4, MINOR, Scott5, SAWYER, David1, and DETHIER, D.P.6, (1) USGS, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rathomps@usgs.gov, (2) New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, (3) USGS, MS 974, Box 25046, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (4) USGS, Box 25046, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, (5) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (6) Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267
18-610:40 AM WEATHERING-CONTROLLED ABRASION IN THE MODERN RIO GRANDE: DOWNSTREAM FINING AND THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF TECTONISM: JONES, Lawrence S., Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 81501, lajones@mesastate.edu

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