2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 113
Monday, 29 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T55. Landscape Evolution and Land Use Practices in Western Colorado (Posters)

Colorado Geological Survey; Mesa State College

Authors will be present from 2:30 to 4:30 PM.

 

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LATE HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ONSET OF ARROYO INCISION ALONG THE LITTLE DOLORES RIVER, WESTERN COLORADO
HAYDEN, Anne1, MORGAN, Patrick2, COBIN, Patrice F.3, HESS, Anya4, PRYOR, Austin L.5, YOUNG, Erin M.6, DARLING, Andrew1, HOUGHTON, Jesse1 and ASLAN, Andres7, (1)Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, (2)Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, Watertown, NY 14454, (3)Geological/Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, (4)Geology, Bucknell College, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (5)Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23186, (6)Geological Sciences, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (7)Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, aehayden76@hotmail.com, aehayden76@hotmail.com
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INCISION HISTORY OF THE COLORADO RIVER IN WESTERN COLORADO AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE VS. TECTONIC DRIVEN INCISION
BROWN, Elizabeth, Dept. of Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, GRANT, Daniel, Dept. of Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, PENDLETON, Matthew W., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219 and ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, ebrown@oxy.edu, ebrown@oxy.edu
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LONG PROFILE ANALYSIS OF THE PLEISTOCENE BOSTWICK RIVER, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INCISION OF THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON
KELLEY, Samuel E., Climate Change Institiute, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, HUDSON, Adam M., Dept. of Geology, University of Montana, Bozeman, MT 59715, KAPROTH, Bryan M., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Penn State University, State College, 16802, LANDMAN, Rachel L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309 and ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, Sekelley@dal.ca, Sekelley@dal.ca
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LATE QUATERNARY INCISION RATES AND DRAINAGE EVOLUTION OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE AND GUNNISON RIVERS BASED ON TERRACES DATED WITH LAVA CREEK B ASH, WESTERN COLORADO
DARLING, Andrew, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, BETTON, Charles W., 217 Country Club Pk, Grand Junction, CO 81503, COLE, Rex D., Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501 and KARLSTROM, Karl, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, MSCO3-2040; 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, kearbtihs@yahoo.com, kearbtihs@yahoo.com
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CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY OF NO THOROUGHFARE CANYON, COLORADO
BECKER, Aaron, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, DIPERNA, Lauren, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Berkley, Berkley, CA 94720, LADIG, Kathryn, Dept. of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN 56082, WELLIK, John, Department of Geosciences, Depauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135 and RICHARD, Gigi, Dept. of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 8.1501, aaron_becker@brown.edu, aaron_becker@brown.edu
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QUATERNARY ABANDONMENT AND SEDIMENTARY FILL HISTORY OF CACTUS PARK AND UNAWEEP CANYON, UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU, COLORADO
SCHOEPFER, Shane D., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, MARTIN, Season, Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, BENAGE, Mary, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, BOCK, David, Geological Sciences, Geneseo, NY 14454, NOBLE, J.R., Geological Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14225, CROMPTON, Octavia, Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 09212 and COLE, Rex D., Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, shanedms@uw.edu, shanedms@uw.edu
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SEDIMENTOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF LATE CENOZOIC GRAVEL-ARMORED SURFACES ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FLANK OF GRAND MESA, WESTERN COLORADO
DARLING, Andrew, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, RIDER, Kristi, Department of Geology, Utah State Univeristy, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, GLOYD, Jennifer, Department of Geology, Austin Peay State University, 601 College Street, Clarksville, TN 37044 and COLE, Rex D., Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, adarling@mesastate.edu, adarling@mesastate.edu
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THE GRAND MESA BASALT FIELD, WESTERN COLORADO
COLE, Rex D., Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501 and WESTON, Ken, 1164 21 3/4 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505, rcole@coloradomesa.edu, rcole@coloradomesa.edu
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LARAMIDE-AGE STRUCTURE OF LITTLE PARK ROAD MONOCLINE, NORTHERN UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU, WESTERN COLORADO
SCHOOLMEESTERS, Nicole, Department of Geology, Winona State University, Winona, MN 55987, HAWES, Eric, Department of Geology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, BONNER, Whitney, Dept. of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, KELLEY, John, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesviille, FL 32612, BRUCE, Loryn, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 and LIVACCARI, Richard, Department of Physical and Environmental Science, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, naschool2068@winona.edu, naschool2068@winona.edu
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