2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 342 Thursday, 9 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 322AB

T62. Recent Advances in the Study of the Laramide Orogeny and Related Processes in Mexico and the Southern United States

Mariano Cerca, Martin Valencia and Gabriel Chávez-Cabello, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
342-18:00 AM Style and Timing of Laramide Deformation in Northeastern Mexico: LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, tlawton@nmsu.edu and ROWAN, Mark G., Rowan Consulting Inc, 850 8th St, Boulder, CO 80302
342-28:20 AM Evidence of Basement Inversion during the Laramide Orogeny in the Sabinas Basin Area, Coahuila, Mexico: CHÁVEZ, Gabriel1, ARANDA, Jorge2, IRIONDO, Alexander2, ARANDA, Mario3, PETERSON, Rolando3, and EGUILUZ, Samuel4, (1) Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, km 8 Carretera Linares-Cerro Prieto, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Linares, N.L, Linares, N.L, 67700, Mexico, gabchave@hotmail.com, (2) Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, (3) PEMEX, Exploración y Producción, Villahermosa, Mexico, (4) Consultor, Independiente, Mexico
342-38:35 AM Structure and Stratigraphy within the Evaporite Décollement of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeastern México: CROSS, Gareth E. and MARRETT, Randall, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, gecross@mail.utexas.edu
342-48:50 AM A Thermochronologic Transect of Basement Rocks across Central Sonora, Mexico: Implications for Laramide Tectonics and Cenozoic Extension: WONG, Martin S., Geology Department, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, mswong@mail.colgate.edu and GANS, Phillip B., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630
342-59:05 AM Insights on the Origin of the Laramide Porphyry Copper Deposits of Northwestern Mexico: VALENCIA-MORENO, Martín, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, L.D. Colosio y Madrid S/N, Hermosillo, 83240, Mexico, valencia@geologia.unam.mx, LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, Margarita, Lab. de Geocronologia, CICESE, Km. 107, carr. Tij-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, and OCHOA-LANDÍN, Lucas, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Blvd. Rosales y L.D. Colosio S/N, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico
342-69:20 AM Folding on the Flanks of the Southernmost Laramide Uplift, Big Bend Region, Texas: SATTERFIELD, Joseph I.1, BARKER, Chris A.2, NIELSON, R. LaRell2, SONNTAG, Ryan1, SCHREINER, Henry F. III1, and DYESS, Jonathan3, (1) Physics Department, Angelo State University, ASU Station #10904, San Angelo, TX 76909, joseph.satterfield@angelo.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology, Stephen F. Austin State Univ, Box 13011, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, (3) Earth and Physical Sciences Department, Sul Ross State University, Box C-139, Alpine, TX 79832
342-79:35 AM High Resolution, Ground-Based Magnetic Surveys Over Exposed and Buried Tertiary Intrusions within Laramide Folds and Faults, Big Bend Region, TX: POPPELIERS, Christian, PARHAM, Christopher W., ALLISON, John, NADOLSKY, Michael W., and SAWYER, Rebecca L., Dept. of Chemistry and Physics, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904, cpoppeli@aug.edu
 9:50 AM Break
342-810:05 AM Santonian-Maastrichtian Arc Related Basins: Age Constraints on Deformation in Western Mexico, Colima and Michoacán States: CENTENO GARCÍA, Elena, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F, 04510, Mexico, centeno@servidor.unam.mx, BUSBY, Cathy, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, and BENAMMI, Mouloud, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F, 04510
342-910:25 AM Concurrent Cretaceous-Paleogene Deformation, Basin Development, Magmatism, and Shallow Angle Subduction in the Laramide Province of the SW US and Northern Mexico: MCMILLAN, Nancy and LAWTON, Timothy, Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, nmcmilla@nmsu.edu
342-1010:40 AM Laramide Sedimentation and Deformation along Papalutla Fault System: SILVA-ROMO, Gilberto and MENDOZA-ROSALES, Claudia C., Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, silvarg@servidor.unam.mx
342-1110:55 AM Mechanical Response of the Southern Mexico Lithosphere to Laramide Shortening: CERCA, Mariano, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apdo. Postal. 1-742, Queretaro, 76001, Mexico, mcerca@geociencias.unam.mx and FERRARI, Luca, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico
342-1211:10 AM The Acapulco Granite, Southern Mexico: New Geochemical and Geochronological Data for New Interpretations: HERNANDEZ PINEDA, Guillermo A.1, SOLARI, Luigi2, GÓMEZ-TUENA, Arturo2, MÉNDEZ CÁRDENAS, Doris L.3, PÉREZ ARBIZU, Ofelia2, and SOLIS, Gabriela4, (1) Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, gahp@exalumno.unam.mx, (2) Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, (3) Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, (4) Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
342-1311:25 AM The Laramide Orogeny in Mexico: An Updated Revision: CHÁVEZ, Gabriel, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, km 8 Carretera Linares-Cerro Prieto, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Linares, N.L, Linares, N.L, 67700, Mexico, gabchave@hotmail.com, CERCA, Mariano, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apdo. Postal. 1-742, Queretaro, 76001, Mexico, and VALENCIA, Martin, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM-ERNO, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico
342-1411:40 AM Plate Tectonics of the North American Continent at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary and Implications for a Terrestrial Cause In the Great KT Extinction Controversy: CROOK, Paula J., Geography and the Environment, University of Texas Austin, 1411 Old Sayers Rd, Bastrop, TX 78602, paulacrook@email.com

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