2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 85
Monday, 17 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T144. The Edges of Extension: Boundaries of the Basin and Range Province as Natural Laboratories for Studying Tectonic and Structural Processes

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Phillip Resor, Joseph Colgan and Eric Flodin, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
MAGMATIC AND TECTONIC INFLUENCES ON THE MARGINS OF THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE, WESTERN USA
FAULDS, James E. and HENRY, Christopher D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557, jfaulds@unr.edu, jfaulds@unr.edu
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8:25 AM
STRAIN PARTITIONING ACROSS THE CENTRAL WALKER LANE: GEODETIC AND GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS
SURPLESS, Benjamin E., Department of Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 and MILLER, Elizabeth, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, bsurples@trinity.edu, bsurples@trinity.edu
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8:40 AM
SECULAR CRUSTAL DEFORMATION OF THE WESTERNMOST BASIN AND RANGE AS INFERRED FROM MAGNET AND OTHER GPS NETWORKS
HAMMOND, William, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0088, BLEWITT, Geoffrey, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557 and KREEMER, Corné, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, whammond@unr.edu, whammond@unr.edu
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8:55 AM
EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND COSO RANGE FOR MIOCENE INITIATION OF THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
KAMOLA, Diane L.1, WALKER, J. Douglas1, MONASTERO, Francis C.2 and STOCKLI, Daniel F.1, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Geothermal Program Office, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA 93555, jdwalker@ku.edu, jdwalker@ku.edu
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9:10 AM
BASIN ANALYSIS OF OLIGOCENE AND LOWER MIOCENE STRATA IN THE GRAPEVINE AND FUNERAL MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA-NEVADA
GUTENKUNST, Michele L., Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafauette, IN 47907-2051, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D., Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and STAMATAKOS, John A., Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute®, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, mgutenku@purdue.edu, mgutenku@purdue.edu
 
9:25 AM
Break
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9:40 AM
LATE MIOCENE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHWESTERN MARGIN OF THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE IN NORTHWESTERN NEVADA AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
COLGAN, Joseph1, DUMITRU, Trevor A.2 and MILLER, Elizabeth1, (1)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, (2)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, jcolgan@pangea.stanford.edu, jcolgan@pangea.stanford.edu
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9:55 AM
DRILL CORE DATA FROM THE WARNER RANGE AND SURPRISE VALLEY
MILLER, Elizabeth L.1, COLGAN, Joseph P.1, SURPLESS, Benjamin2, RIEDEL-BASH, Shauna1, STRICKLAND, Ariel1, EGGER, Anne E.1 and BENOIT, Dick3, (1)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, (2)Geosciences, Trinity University, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, (3)Reno, NV 89503, bsurples@trinity.edu, bsurples@trinity.edu
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10:10 AM
MULTIPLE PHASES OF TERTIARY EXTENSION AND SYNEXTENSIONAL DEPOSITION IN AN EVOLVING SUPRADETACHMENT BASIN, MALAD RANGE, SOUTHEAST IDAHO
LONG, Sean P., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID 83209, LINK, Paul K., Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID 83209, JANECKE, Susanne U., Dept. of Geology, 4505 Old Main Hill, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505, PERKINS, Michael E., Dept of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, longsean@isu.edu, longsean@isu.edu
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10:25 AM
THE MONUMENT HILL FAULT ZONE AS A NATURAL LABORATORY FOR STUDYING THE BOUNDARY OF BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSION NORTH OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, RED ROCK VALLEY, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
REGALLA, Christine A., ANASTASIO, David J., NEWTON, Michael L. and PAZZAGLIA, Frank J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, car3@lehigh.edu, car3@lehigh.edu
 
10:40 AM
Break
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10:55 AM
TESTING HYPOTHESES ABOUT GEOLOGIC PROCESSES IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU-BASIN AND RANGE TRANSITION ZONE USING AN INTEGRATED GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEM
ARROWSMITH, J. Ramon, Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu, ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu
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11:15 AM
NON-UNIFORM EXTENSIONAL PROCESSES ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TO COLORADO PLATEAU TECTONIC TRANSITION, UTAH, REVEALED THROUGH DEEP MT RESISTIVITY SURVEYING
WANNAMAKER, Philip E., Energy & Geoscience Institute, University of Utah, 423 Wakara Way, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, HASTEROK, Derrick P., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 717 W B Browning Bldg, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, JOHNSTON, Jeffery M., Geometrics, Inc, 2190 Fortune Dr, San Jose, CA 95131 and DOERNER, William M., Quantec Geoscience, 8565 White Fir St, Reno, NV 89523, pewanna@egi.utah.edu, pewanna@egi.utah.edu
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11:30 AM
CRITIQUING THE INTERPRETATION OF THE HURRICANE NORMAL FAULT AS A REACTIVATED LARAMIDE MONOCLINE, WESTERN GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA
RAUCCI, Jason, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, PO BOX 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, UMHOEFER, Paul, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and KELLEY, Shari, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, jjr6@dana.ucc.nau.edu, jjr6@dana.ucc.nau.edu
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11:45 AM
FRACTURING IN A REVERSE DRAG FOLD, PARASHANT CANYON, AZ
RESOR, Phillip G. and WELSH, Patrick, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459, presor@wesleyan.edu, presor@wesleyan.edu
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