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

Session No. 123
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Tectonics; Neotectonics/Paleoseismology I

 

Julie C. Fosdick and Elisabeth S. Nadin, Chairs
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8:00 AM
TEMPORAL BIASES IN THE FORMATION OF AUTHIGENIC AND BIOGENIC MINERALS AND THEIR IMPACT ON STABLE ISOTOPE-BASED PALEOALTIMETRY
FRICKE, Henry, Dept of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu
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8:15 AM
STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOALTIMETRY IN COUPLED BASIN-DETACHMENT SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA
MULCH, Andreas, Institute of Geology, Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 30, Hannover, 30167, Germany, CHAMBERLAIN, C. Page, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Building 320 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, TEYSSIER, Christian, Géologie et Paléontologie, Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, Lausanne, CH-1015, WELLS, Michael L., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and PERKINS, Michael E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, mulch@geowi.uni-hannover.de, mulch@geowi.uni-hannover.de
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8:30 AM
PALEOALTIMETRY OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA IN THE OLIGOCENE USING HYDROGEN ISOTOPES IN HYDRATED VOLCANIC GLASS
CASSEL, Elizabeth J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604, GRAHAM, Stephan A., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and CHAMBERLAIN, C. Page, Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, elizabeth.cassel@fandm.edu, elizabeth.cassel@fandm.edu
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8:45 AM
ANCIENT ELEVATION OF NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS DETECTED FROM STOMATAL ANALYSES OF 16 – 21 MILLION YEAR OLD FOSSIL LEAVES
KOUWENBERG, Lenny1, BROUGHTON, Julie2, TIFFNEY, Bruce2 and MCELWAIN, Jennifer3, (1)Integrative Biology, University of california, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Science Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Bellfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, D4, Ireland, lenny.kouwenberg@berkeley.edu, lenny.kouwenberg@berkeley.edu
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9:00 AM
U-SERIES AGES FOR THE BISKRA PALMS ALLUVIAL FAN AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM SLIP-RATE OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY SEGMENT OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FLETCHER, Kathryn E., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94820, SHARP, Warren D., Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, KENDRICK, Katherine J., U.S. Geological Survey, 525 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, BEHR, Whitney M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and HUDNUT, Kenneth W., U. S. Geological Survey, 525 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, fletcher@eps.berkeley.edu, fletcher@eps.berkeley.edu
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9:15 AM
EARLY DISRUPTION OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, CALIFORNIA, BY THE KERN CANYON FAULT SYSTEM
NADIN, Elisabeth S., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and SALEEBY, Jason B., Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, enadin@gmail.com, enadin@gmail.com
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9:30 AM
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9:45 AM
SCALING OF EN ECHELON STEPS ALONG BASIN AND RANGE NORMAL FAULTS
DAWERS, Nancye H., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, ndawers@tulane.edu, ndawers@tulane.edu
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10:00 AM
DEXTRAL SHEAR AS A CATALYST FOR LITHOSPHERIC RUPTURE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA: KINEMATIC AND PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FROM COASTAL SONORA, MÉXICO
BENNETT, Scott E.K., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and OSKIN, Michael E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mitchell Hall, 104 South Road, Campus Box # 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu
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10:15 AM
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10:30 AM
PALEOZOIC PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF MEXICO: CONSTRAINTS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCON AGES
NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Departamento de Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF 04510, Mexico, MILLER, Brent V., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada and DOSTAL, Jaroslav, Department of Geology, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada, nance@ohiou.edu, nance@ohiou.edu
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10:45 AM
PROVENANCE IMPLICATIONS OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN JURASSIC EOLIANITES AND ASSOCIATED STRATA OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU
DICKINSON, William R., GEHRELS, G.E., AMAR, Joseph R., BRENNEMAN, Erin V., HURD, Owen V., ANDERSON, Carl E., SCHMIDT, Gregory R., MCGRAW, Jennifer L., EICHLER, Carla M. and OJHA, Jaika, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, wrdickin@dakotacom.net, wrdickin@dakotacom.net
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11:00 AM
PROVENANCE AND TIMING OF CRUST FORMATION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN CRYSTALLINE CORE: EVIDENCE FROM DETRITAL ZIRCON STUDIES
MERSCHAT, Arthur J.1, BREAM, Brendan R.2, HATCHER, Robert D.3, MILLER, Calvin F.2 and WOODEN, Joseph L.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 117 Sta B, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, 367 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com
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11:15 AM
STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATION OF THE MESOZOIC ISCHIGUALASTO BASIN, NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA
CURRIE, Brian S., Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and COLOMBI, Carina E., CONICET - Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad National de San Juan, Av. España 400 (Norte), San Juan, 5400, Argentina, curriebs@muohio.edu, curriebs@muohio.edu
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11:30 AM
LATE MIOCENE EXHUMATION OF THE MAGALLANES BASIN AND SUB-ANDEAN FOLD BELT, SOUTHERN CHILE: NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM APATITE U-TH/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY
FOSDICK, Julie C., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, julief@stanford.edu, julief@stanford.edu