Session: Rocky Mountains III: Post-Laramide Uplift and Erosion of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau (Posters) (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF GRAND MESA, WESTERN COLORADO

BAKER, Franki, RUNDELL, Jacob, HASEBI, Kari, COLE, Rex and ASLAN, Andres, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, P.O. Box 2647, Grand Junction, CO 81502, fbaker@mesastate.edu, fbaker@mesastate.edu

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QUATERNARY DRAINAGE DEVELOPMENT AND INCISION HISTORY IN THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON AREA, COLORADO

SCHNEEFLOCK, Fletcher¹, MEYER, Grant², KARLSTROM, Karl² and WAGNER, Stacy², (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, fletcher57@onebox.com, fletcher57@onebox.com

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CENOZOIC PALEOALTIMETRY AND PALEOHYPSOMETRY OF THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET PLATEAU

ROWLEY, David B., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and CURRIE, Brian S., Dept. of Geology, Miami Univ, Oxford, OH 45056, rowley@geosci.uchicago.edu, rowley@geosci.uchicago.edu

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ESTIMATED AGES OF TERRACES AND PLEISTOCENE MIGRATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

HOOD, W.C., 515 Dove Court, Grand Junction, CO 81503, CARRARA, P.E., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and SCOTT, R.B., U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, whood@compuserve.com, whood@compuserve.com

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ESTIMATING TOPOGRAPHIC HEIGHTS IN THE PERMIAN WICHITA MOUNTAINS, OKLAHOMA

GILBERT, M. Charles, School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, SEC 810, Norman, OK 73019, mcgilbert@ou.edu, mcgilbert@ou.edu

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OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF SMECTITES FROM WEST-CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA SUGGEST HIGH ELEVATIONS IN THE EARLY AND MIDDLE TERTIARY ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION

SJOSTROM, Derek J., Department of Geology, The Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812 and CHAMBERLAIN, C. Page, Earth System Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm 140, Stanford, CA 94305, sjostrom@dartmouth.edu, sjostrom@dartmouth.edu

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⁴⁰AR/³⁹AR LASER INCREMENTAL-HEATING AGES OF DEVIL'S TOWER AND PALEOCENE-EOCENE INTRUSIONS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING

DUKE, Genet I., Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, SD School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, SINGER, Brad S., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706 and DEWITT, Ed, U.S. Geological Survey, DFC, MS 905, Denver, CO 80225, dukesdogden@hotmail.com, dukesdogden@hotmail.com

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NEW CONSTRAINTS ON MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF STRIKE-SLIP MOTION ALONG THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, SIERRA NACIMIENTO, NEW MEXICO

STEWART, Kevin G¹, D'ALBERTO, Lucio¹ and POLLOCK, Caleb², (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (2)ExxonMobil Exploration Company, P.O. BOX 4778, Houston, TX 77210-4778, kgstewar@email.unc.edu, kgstewar@email.unc.edu

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SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGE OF THE JEMEZ LINEAMENT OF NEW MEXICO: EVIDENCE FOR A SOUTH-DIPPING PALEOSUBDUCTION BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE YAVAPAI AND MAZATZAL PROVINCES

MAGNANI, Maria Beatrice¹, MILLER, Kate², LEVANDER, Alan¹, ESHETE, Tefera³ and KARLSTROM, Karl⁴, (1)Department of Earth Science, Rice Univ - MS126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (2)Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968-0555, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, alan@esci.rice.edu, alan@esci.rice.edu

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UPPER MANTLE TOMOGRAPHIC VP AND VS IMAGES OF THE MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN WYOMING, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO: EVIDENCE FOR A THICK HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL LITHOSPHERE

YUAN, Huaiyu and DUEKER, Ken, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, yuan@uwyo.edu, yuan@uwyo.edu

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LITHOSPHERIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE ACROSS THE CHEYENNE BELT NEAR LARAMIE, WYOMING

NEWTON, Seth A. and DUEKER, Ken, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, snewton@uwyo.edu, snewton@uwyo.edu

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LARGE-SCALE CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE WESTERN U.S. FROM TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTIONS

GILBERT, Hersh J. and SHEEHAN, Anne F., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, hersh@cires.colorado.edu, hersh@cires.colorado.edu

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QUANTIFYING UPLIFT AND EROSION ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU IN A GIS—YOUR INPUT REQUESTED

MACKLEY, Rob D., PEDERSON, Joel L. and EDDLEMAN, James L., Geology Department, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322, castnblast44@yahoo.com, castnblast44@yahoo.com

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EVOLUTION OF AN ANCIENT BRAIDED DRAINAGE: ANALYSIS OF FLUVIAL GRAVELS NEAR GUNNISON, COLORADO

GREENE, Larry¹, PANTER, Kurt¹, STORK, Allen² and FILLMORE, Rob², (1)Geology, Bowling Green State Univeristy, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO 81231, dgreene@bgnet.bgsu.edu, dgreene@bgnet.bgsu.edu

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MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: CD-ROM PASSIVE EXPERIMENT

ZUREK, Brian, Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, PO BOX 3006, Laramie, WY 82071-3006 and DUEKER, Ken, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, zurek@uwyo.edu, zurek@uwyo.edu

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CENOZOIC TECTONICS OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA: DEFORMATION OF A UNIQUE WHITE RIVER GROUP (ORELLAN) LAKE DEPOSIT AND OTHER REGIONAL EVIDENCE

LESTER, Joy, Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 3010 W. Omaha St. #3, Rapid City, SD 57702, joygeol@dtgnet.com, joygeol@dtgnet.com

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CLIMATIC CONTROLS EVIDENT IN THE LATE CENOZOIC RECORD OF THE EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS

COUNTS, Ronald C. and PEDERSON, Joel L., Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, counts@cc.usu.edu, counts@cc.usu.edu

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

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