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2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 42
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T77. Pre-EarthScope Synthesis of the Rocky Mountains I and II: Surface Processes, Geodynamics, and the Roles of Neotectonics and Climate in Development of Modern Topography

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division; Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists; Colorado Scientific Society; EarthScope

 

Eric Kirby, Margaret E. McMillan, Karl E. Karlstrom and Rick Aster, Advocates
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1:30 PM
EARTHSCOPE UNDERWAY: PROGRESS, GOALS, AND EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
VAN DER VINK, Gregory E., EarthScope, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005 and SMITH, Robert B., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 So. 1460 East, Rm. 702, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, gvdv@earthscope.org, gvdv@earthscope.org
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1:45 PM
4-D IMAGES OF THE LITHOSPHERE BENEATH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND CHALLENGES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE
KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and WHITMEYER, Steven J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrup Hall, Room 141, MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, kek1@unm.edu, kek1@unm.edu
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2:00 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON PROTEROZOIC LITHOSPHERIC EVOLUTION, SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
BOWRING, Samuel1, FLOWERS, Rebecca2, CROWLEY, Jim2, SCHOENE, Blair2, KARLSTROM, Karl3 and WILLIAMS, M.L.4, (1)EARTHTIME, 77 Moss Ave, MIT54-1120, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, sbowring@MIT.EDU, sbowring@MIT.EDU
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2:15 PM
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN BASEMENT-INVOLVED LARAMIDE FORELAND DEFORMATION, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, USA: 3D STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION AND CONNECTIONS TO PLATE PROCESSES
ERSLEV, Eric A., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO 80523, erslev@cnr.colostate.edu, erslev@cnr.colostate.edu
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2:30 PM
COUPLING BETWEEN CRUSTAL FLOW AND DETACHMENT TECTONICS DURING EXHUMATION OF THE NORTHERN CORDILLERAN METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES
TEYSSIER, Christian1, WHITNEY, Donna L.1, KRUCKENBERG, Seth1, FERRÉ, Eric2 and VANDERHAEGHE, Olivier3, (1)Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (2)Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, Carbondale, IL 62901, (3)UMR 7566 G2R, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, BP 239, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, 54506, France, teyssier@umn.edu, teyssier@umn.edu
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2:45 PM
PALEO-SUBDUCTION AND MODERN BASALT EXTRACTION STRUCTURES IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: MULTI-BAND IMAGES FROM THE CD-ROM EXPERIMENT
LEVANDER, Alan1, MAGNANI, Maria Beatrice1, DUEKER, Ken2 and MILLER, Kate3, (1)Department of Earth Science, Rice Univ - MS126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, (3)Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, alan@esci.rice.edu, alan@esci.rice.edu
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3:00 PM
SURFACE WAVE TOMOGRAPHY OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT AND WYOMING CRATON
SCHUTT, Derek L., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, 82071 and DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, 82071, schutt@uwyo.edu, schutt@uwyo.edu
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3:15 PM
NEOGENE FAULTING IN COLORADO’S HIGH PLAINS
MATTHEWS III, Vincent, Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman Street # 715, Denver, CO 80203 and MORGAN, Matthew L., Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman St. #715, Denver, CO 80203, vince.matthews@state.co.us, vince.matthews@state.co.us
 
3:30 PM
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3:45 PM
DETERMINING PALEOELEVATION OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND COLORADO PLATEAU: A CHALLENGE FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHY
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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4:00 PM
HOW HIGH WAS THE CORDILLERA? EOCENE ELEVATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA RECORDED IN STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF DETACHMENT MYLONITES
MULCH, Andreas, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, TEYSSIER, Christian, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, CHAMBERLAIN, Page, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, VENNEMANN, Torsten, Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Univ of Lausanne, BFSH-2, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, COSCA, Mike, Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Univ of Lausanne, BFSH-2, Lausanne, 1015 and WELLS, Michael, Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, mulch001@umn.edu, mulch001@umn.edu
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4:15 PM
LARAMIDE UPLIFT, OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION, AND BASIN-MARGIN RAINFORESTS: AN EARLY PALEOCENE TEST CASE FROM THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE
JOHNSON, Kirk R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, BARCLAY, Richard S., Earth Sciences Department, Denver Mus. of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and REYNOLDS, Michele L., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, KJohnson@dmns.org, KJohnson@dmns.org
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4:30 PM
TESTING THE IMPACT OF LATE CENOZOIC ROCK UPLIFT ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A., Dept. of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences, INSTAAR, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450 and SAFRAN, Elizabeth B., 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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4:45 PM
DRAINAGE INTEGRATION AS A FIRST-ORDER CONTROL ON THE EROSIONAL EXHUMATION OF THE INTERIOR WEST—THE EXAMPLE OF THE GREEN RIVER AND THE UINTA MOUNTAINS
PEDERSON, Joel, Geology, utah state univeristy, 4505 old main hill, logan, UT 84322, bolo@cc.usu.edu, bolo@cc.usu.edu
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5:00 PM
GRAVITY MODELS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN AND TULAROSA BASIN IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, NEW MEXICO
PETERSON, Chloe L., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and ROY, Mousumi, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, chloebug@unm.edu, chloebug@unm.edu
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5:15 PM
MIDDLE TERTIARY BUOYANCY MODIFICATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ROCK EXHUMATION, COOLING, AND SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION AT THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU
ROY, Mousumi, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KELLEY, Shari, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, PAZZAGLIA, Frank, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015, CATHER, Steve, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and HOUSE, Martha, Natural Sciences Division, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA 91106, mroy@unm.edu, mroy@unm.edu
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