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2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 181
Tuesday, 29 October 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T110. Rocky Mountains IV: Tectonics, Climate Change, and the Late Cenozoic Evolution of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, and Western Great Plains

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Margaret E. McMillan and Catherine Riihimaki, Advocates
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1:30 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS-CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
CHAPIN, Charles E., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, chapin@gis.nmt.edu, chapin@gis.nmt.edu
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1:45 PM
LARAMIDE RANGE MORPHOLOGY AND GEOMORPHIC IMPLICATIONS
SAFRAN, Elizabeth B.1, GILBERT, Graham J.1, ANDERSON, Robert S.2, RIIHIMAKI, Catherine2 and ZELLERS, Niels A.1, (1)Environmental Studies, Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, (2)Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, safran@lclark.edu, safran@lclark.edu
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2:00 PM
LATE CENOZOIC GLACIAL AND FLUVIAL INCISION OF LARAMIDE RANGES
ANDERSON, Robert S.1, RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A.1, SAFRAN, Elizabeth B.2 and STOCK, Greg3, (1)Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Environmental Studies, Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, (3)Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, rsand@es.ucsc.edu, rsand@es.ucsc.edu
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2:15 PM
MORPHOLOGY OF THE GRANITE MOUNTAINS, WYOMING, AS AN ANALOGUE FOR PRE-EXHUMATION LARAMIDE RANGES
RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A.1, ANDERSON, Robert S.1 and SAFRAN, Elizabeth B.2, (1)Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Environmental Studies, Lewis and Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd, Portland, OR 97219, riihimak@es.ucsc.edu, riihimak@es.ucsc.edu
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2:30 PM
THE UPPER MIOCENE MOONSTONE FORMATION OF CENTRAL WYOMING: LINKING VERTEBRATE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY WITH POST-LARAMIDE TECTONISM
SCOTT, Jessica W., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3006 and CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin, Geology & Geophysics Department, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, jwscott@uwyo.edu, jwscott@uwyo.edu
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2:45 PM
LATE CENOZOIC RECORD OF CLIMATIC AND TECTONIC CHANGES AT THE JUNCTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU, SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND CENTRAL RIO GRANDE RIFT
CONNELL, Sean D., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Rscs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2808 Central Av. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 and LOVE, David W., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Rscs, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, connell@gis.edu, connell@gis.edu
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3:00 PM
A LATE PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT GLACIAL AND PERIGLACIAL RECORD FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
FAWCETT, Peter J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and ARMOUR, Jake, 805 Jefferson St NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110-6205, fawcett@unm.edu, fawcett@unm.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
POST-LARAMIDE TECTONICS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT GREAT PLAINS AS INDICATED BY LATE EOCENE TO RECENT DRAINAGE PATTERNS IN COLORADO AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING
EVANOFF, Emmett, Museum, Univ of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, evanoff@stripe.colorado.edu, evanoff@stripe.colorado.edu
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3:45 PM
MIDDLE CENOZOIC QUIESCENCE AND LATE CENOZOIC EXHUMATION-HOW BASE-LEVEL CHANGE THROUGH DRAINGE DEVELOPMENT AND EPEIROGENESIS HAS SCULPTED THE WEST
PEDERSON, Joel L., Geology Department, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322 and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015, bolo@cc.usu.edu, bolo@cc.usu.edu
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4:00 PM
LONG-TERM EROSION RATES DERIVED FROM 10BE IN SEDIMENT FROM SMALL CATCHMENTS, NORTHERN FRONT RANGE AND SOUTHERN WYOMING
DETHIER, David P., Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main St, Williamstown, MA 01267, OUIMET, Will, Department of Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, BIERMAN, Paul, Geology, Univ of Vermont, Perkins Hall, Rm. 001, Burlington, VT 05405 and FINKEL, Robert C., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, MS L-202, Livermore, CA 94550, ddethier@williams.edu, ddethier@williams.edu
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4:15 PM
COMPARISON OF LONG-TERM RATES OF INCISION ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN OROGENIC PLATEAU
MCMILLAN, Margaret E. and HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, mcmillan@uwyo.edu, mcmillan@uwyo.edu
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4:30 PM
AGE AND TECTONICS OF MIDDLE TERTIARY BASALTIC VOLCANISM AND EFFECTS ON THE LANDSCAPE OF WEST-CENTRAL MONTANA
REYNOLDS, Mitchell W., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 913, Denver Federal Ctr, Denver, CO 80225, MIGGINS, Daniel P., USGS, Box 25046, MS 913, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and SNEE, Lawrence W., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 974, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, mwreynol@usgs.gov, mwreynol@usgs.gov
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4:45 PM
CENOZOIC ALTITUDES AND PALEOBOTANY OF WESTERN-INTERIOR UNITED STATES
HAMILTON, Warren B., Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, whamilto@mines.edu, whamilto@mines.edu
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5:00 PM
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS INDICATE A PLEISTOCENE UPLIFT OF GRAND TETONS
LEOPOLD, Estella B., Department of Botany, Univ of Washington, Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195 and LOVE, J. David, Geology, Univ of Wyoming, Box 3007 University Station, Laramie, WY 82071, eleopold@aol.com, eleopold@aol.com
 
5:15 PM
Discussion
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