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2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 342
Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T62. Recent Advances in the Study of the Laramide Orogeny and Related Processes in Mexico and the Southern United States

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Mariano Cerca, Martin Valencia and Gabriel Chávez-Cabello, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Style and Timing of Laramide Deformation in Northeastern Mexico
LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and ROWAN, Mark G., Rowan Consulting Inc, 850 8th St, Boulder, CO 80302, tlawton@nmsu.edu, tlawton@nmsu.edu
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8:20 AM
Evidence of Basement Inversion during the Laramide Orogeny in the Sabinas Basin Area, Coahuila, Mexico
CHÁVEZ, Gabriel1, ARANDA, Jorge2, IRIONDO, Alex3, ARANDA, Mario4, PETERSON, Rolando4 and EGUILUZ, Samuel5, (1)Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, km 8 Carretera Linares-Cerro Prieto, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Linares, N.L, Linares, N.L, 67700, Mexico, (2)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, (3)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, (4)PEMEX, Exploración y Producción, Villahermosa, Mexico, (5)Consultor, Independiente, Mexico, gabchave@hotmail.com, gabchave@hotmail.com
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8:35 AM
Structure and Stratigraphy within the Evaporite Décollement of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeastern México
CROSS, Gareth E. and MARRETT, Randall, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, gecross@mail.utexas.edu, gecross@mail.utexas.edu
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8:50 AM
A Thermochronologic Transect of Basement Rocks across Central Sonora, Mexico: Implications for Laramide Tectonics and Cenozoic Extension
WONG, Martin S., Geology Department, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346 and GANS, Phillip B., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, mswong@colgate.edu, mswong@colgate.edu
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9:05 AM
Insights on the Origin of the Laramide Porphyry Copper Deposits of Northwestern Mexico
VALENCIA-MORENO, Martín, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, L.D. Colosio y Madrid S/N, Hermosillo, 83240, Mexico, LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, Margarita, Lab. de Geocronologia, CICESE, Km. 107, carr. Tij-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico and OCHOA-LANDÍN, Lucas, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Blvd. Rosales y L.D. Colosio S/N, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, valencia@geologia.unam.mx, valencia@geologia.unam.mx
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9:20 AM
Folding on the Flanks of the Southernmost Laramide Uplift, Big Bend Region, Texas
SATTERFIELD, Joseph I.1, BARKER, Chris A.2, NIELSON, R. LaRell2, SONNTAG, Ryan3, SCHREINER III, Henry F.1 and DYESS, Jonathan4, (1)Physics Department, Angelo State University, ASU Station #10904, San Angelo, TX 76909, (2)Dept. of Geology, Stephen F. Austin State Univ, Box 13011, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, (3)Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1114 Kirby Dr, 229 Heller Hall, Duluth, MN 55812, joseph.satterfield@angelo.edu, joseph.satterfield@angelo.edu
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9:35 AM
High Resolution, Ground-Based Magnetic Surveys Over Exposed and Buried Tertiary Intrusions within Laramide Folds and Faults, Big Bend Region, TX
POPPELIERS, Christian, PARHAM, Christopher W., ALLISON, John, NADOLSKY, Michael W. and SAWYER, Rebecca L., Dept. of Chemistry and Physics, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904, cpoppeli@aug.edu, cpoppeli@aug.edu
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:05 AM
Santonian-Maastrichtian Arc Related Basins: Age Constraints on Deformation in Western Mexico, Colima and Michoacán States
CENTENO GARCÍA, Elena, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F, 04510, Mexico, BUSBY, Cathy, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and BENAMMI, Mouloud, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F, 04510, centeno@servidor.unam.mx, centeno@servidor.unam.mx
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10:25 AM
Concurrent Cretaceous-Paleogene Deformation, Basin Development, Magmatism, and Shallow Angle Subduction in the Laramide Province of the SW US and Northern Mexico
MCMILLAN, Nancy, Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and LAWTON, Timothy, Dept. of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, nmcmilla@nmsu.edu, nmcmilla@nmsu.edu
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10:40 AM
Laramide Sedimentation and Deformation along Papalutla Fault System
SILVA-ROMO, Gilberto and MENDOZA-ROSALES, Claudia C., Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, silvarg@servidor.unam.mx, silvarg@servidor.unam.mx
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10:55 AM
Mechanical Response of the Southern Mexico Lithosphere to Laramide Shortening
CERCA, Mariano, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apdo. Postal. 1-742, Queretaro, 76001, Mexico and FERRARI, Luca, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, mcerca@geociencias.unam.mx, mcerca@geociencias.unam.mx
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11:10 AM
The Acapulco Granite, Southern Mexico: New Geochemical and Geochronological Data for New Interpretations
HERNANDEZ PINEDA, Guillermo A.1, SOLARI, Luigi2, GÓMEZ-TUENA, Arturo2, MÉNDEZ CÁRDENAS, Doris L.3, PÉREZ ARBIZU, Ofelia2 and SOLIS, Gabriela4, (1)Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, (2)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, (3)Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, (4)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, gahp@exalumno.unam.mx, gahp@exalumno.unam.mx
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11:25 AM
The Laramide Orogeny in Mexico: An Updated Revision
CHÁVEZ, Gabriel, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, km 8 Carretera Linares-Cerro Prieto, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Linares, N.L, Linares, N.L, 67700, Mexico, CERCA, Mariano, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apdo. Postal. 1-742, Queretaro, 76001, Mexico and VALENCIA, Martin, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM-ERNO, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico, gabchave@hotmail.com, gabchave@hotmail.com
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11:40 AM
Plate Tectonics of the North American Continent at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary and Implications for a Terrestrial Cause In the Great KT Extinction Controversy
CROOK, Paula J., Geography and the Environment, University of Texas Austin, 1411 Old Sayers Rd, Bastrop, TX 78602, paulacrook@email.com, paulacrook@email.com
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