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

Session No. 144
Tuesday, 29 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T102. Rocky Mountains III: Post-Laramide Uplift and Erosion of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Joel L. Pederson and Frank J. Pazzaglia, Advocates
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8:00 AM
TIMING AND RATES OF LATE CENOZOIC INCISION BY THE COLORADO RIVER IN GLENWOOD CANYON, COLORADO
BRYANT, Bruce, U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, KUNK, M.J., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225 and KIRKHAM, R.M., Colorado Geol Survey, 5253 County Road 1 South, Alamosa, CO 81101, bbryant@usgs.gov, bbryant@usgs.gov
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8:15 AM
NEOGENE PROFILE OF THE COLORADO RIVER: DIFFERENT REACHES AND DIFFERENTIAL INCISION WITHIN A YOUNG RIVER SYSTEM
WAGNER, Stacy S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, wagnerss@unm.edu, wagnerss@unm.edu
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8:30 AM
QUANTITATIVE TOPOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EROSIONALLY EXHUMED AND TECTONICALLY ACTIVE MOUNTAIN FRONTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
FRANKEL, Kurt L. and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams, Bethlehem, PA 18015, kuf2@lehigh.edu, kuf2@lehigh.edu
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8:45 AM
PLEISTOCENE EXHUMATION RATES OF WYOMING INTERMONTANE BASINS FROM (U-TH)/HE DATING OF CLINKER
REINERS, Peter W., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and HEFFERN, Edward L., Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, peter.reiners@yale.edu, peter.reiners@yale.edu
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9:00 AM
PRELIMINARY (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF TERTIARY DENUDATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH
STOCKLI, Daniel F.1, BUMP, Alexander P.2, DAVIS, George2 and FARLEY, Kenneth A.3, (1)Geology Department, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)California Institute Technology, 1201 E California Blvd MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001, stockli@ku.edu, stockli@ku.edu
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9:15 AM
MIDDLE TO LATE TERTIARY COOLING OF THE GORE AND WESTERN FRONT RANGES, CENTRAL COLORADO, FROM APATITE FISSION-TRACK DATA
NAESER, Charles W., 926A National Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, BRYANT, Bruce, U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, KUNK, Michael J., USGS, MS 963, Box 25046, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, KELLOGG, Karl, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, DONELICK, Raymond A., Donelick Analytical, Inc, 1075 Matson Road, Viola, ID 83872 and PERRY, William J., Jr, 2695 Vassar Dr, Boulder, CO 80303-5732, cnaeser@usgs.gov, cnaeser@usgs.gov
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9:30 AM
AVERAGE EROSION RATE OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU ESTIMATED FROM THERMOCHRONOLOGIC DATA
BERNET, Matthias1, REINERS, Peter1, BRANDON, Mark2 and GARVER, John3, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (2)Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, (3)Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, matthias.bernet@yale.edu, matthias.bernet@yale.edu
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9:45 AM
EVIDENCE FOR ELEVATED REGIONAL HEAT FLOW DURING LATE OLIGOCENE TIME ON THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
KELLEY, Shari A., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Bullock St, Socorro, NM 87801, sakelley@ix.netcom.com, sakelley@ix.netcom.com
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
NEOGENE UPLIFT HISTORY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU FROM VESICULAR BASALTS
PROUSSEVITCH, Alex, CCRC, EOS, Univ of New Hampshire, 357 Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH 03824 and SAHAGIAN, Dork, CCRC, EOS, & Dept.of Earth Sci, Univ of New Hampshire, 164 Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH 03824, dork.sahagian@unh.edu, dork.sahagian@unh.edu
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10:30 AM
MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC UPLIFT AND EROSIONAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA
LOSEKE, Travis D., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BLAKEY, Ronald C., Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Travis.Loseke@nau.edu, Travis.Loseke@nau.edu
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10:45 AM
EVIDENCE FOR LATE CENOZOIC UPLIFT ON THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU, NORTHEASTERN COLORADO PLATEAU
SCOTT, Robert B.1, STEVEN, Thomas A.1, BETTON, Charles W.2, COLE, Rex D.3, ASLAN, Andres3 and HOOD, William C.3, (1)U.S. Geol. Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)217 Country Club Pk, Grand Junction, CO 81503, (3)Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, P.O. Box 2647, Grand Junction, CO 81502-2647, rbscott@usgs.gov, rbscott@usgs.gov
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11:00 AM
NEOTECTONISM IN THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE AS SHOWN BY PATTERNS OF EROSION
STEVEN, Thomas A., P.O. Box 27035, Denver, CO 80227, rbscott@usgs.gov, rbscott@usgs.gov
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11:15 AM
USING GIS TO ESTIMATE CLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON RIVER INCISION
ZAPROWSKI, Brent J., Geography and Geosciences, Salisbury Univ, Devilbiss Hall, Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD 21801 and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams Hall, Bethlehem, PA 18015, bjzaprowski@salisbury.edu, bjzaprowski@salisbury.edu
 
11:30 AM
Discussion - Building and Tearing Down the Rockies, Insights From Sessions T72, T102, T110, and T117
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