Cordilleran Section Meeting - 105th Annual Meeting (7-9 May 2009)

Session No. 12
Friday, 8 May 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T10. Pulling Apart the Cordilleran Orogen: Tectonic and Magmatic Processes Revealed within Extensional Terranes

 

H. Daniel Gibson, Derek Thorkelson and Sarah R. Brown, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:55 PM
OKANAGAN GNEISSES: INSIGHTS INTO PROTOLITH, GNEISS FORMATION, AND EOCENE EXTENSION
BROWN, Sarah R., Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, TASC 1 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada and GIBSON, H. Daniel, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, srbrown@sfu.ca, srbrown@sfu.ca
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2:15 PM
Withdrawn
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2:35 PM
INSIGHT INTO THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF A MAJOR OROGENIC STRUCTURE AND EVIDENCE FOR A LONG, HOT OROGEN WITHIN THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA
GIBSON, H. Daniel, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, hdgibson@sfu.ca, hdgibson@sfu.ca
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2:55 PM
STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURE AND METAMORPHISM OF THE ESPLANADE RANGE, SOUTHEASTERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA
PARKER, Erik N., Univ Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, SIMONY, Philip S. and GHENT, Edward D., Geoscience, Univ Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, ghent@ucalgary.ca, ghent@ucalgary.ca
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
GEOLOGIC AND THERMOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE SHAWAVE-NIGHTINGALE HORST BLOCK, NORTHWESTERN NEVADA
WHITEHILL, Caroline S., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, FAULDS, James, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557 and THOMPSON, George, Geophysics, Stanford University, 397 Panama Mall Mitchell Building 360, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2215, cwhitehill@gmail.com, cwhitehill@gmail.com
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3:55 PM
TECTONIC SETTING OF THE IGNIMBRITE FLARE-UP AND EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL (MEXICO): PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE FROM THE GUAZAPARES MINING DISTRICT, WESTERN CHIHUAHUA
MURRAY, Bryan P., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Webb Hall, BLDG 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, BUSBY, Cathy J., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630 and SIMS, Danny B., Senior Technical Advisor, Paramount Gold and Silver Corporation, 10838 N. 37th St, Phoenix, AZ 85028, bmurray@umail.ucsb.edu, bmurray@umail.ucsb.edu
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4:15 PM
CRETACEOUS-CENOZOIC LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE SW U.S.A.: UPLIFT AND EROSION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA
BUSBY, Cathy J., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and PUTIRKA, Keith, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University - Fresno, 2345 E. San Ramon Ave, MS/MH24, Fresno, CA 93720, busby@geol.ucsb.edu, busby@geol.ucsb.edu
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4:35 PM
CENOZOIC PALEOCANYON EVOLUTION, ANCESTRAL CASCADES ARC VOLCANISM, AND STRUCTURE OF THE CARSON PASS REGION, SIERRA NEVADA CALIFORNIA
HAGAN, Jeanette C., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, BUSBY, Cathy J., Earth Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PUTIRKA, Keith, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University - Fresno, 2345 E. San Ramon Ave, MS/MH24, Fresno, CA 93720 and RENNE, Paul, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211, hagan@umail.ucsb.edu, hagan@umail.ucsb.edu
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4:55 PM
THE SIERRA NEVADA FRONTAL FAULT SYSTEM: KINEMATICS AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
KEMP, Christopher, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, 2576 East San Ramon Ave, M/S ST24, Fresno, CA 93740 and WAKABAYASHI, John, 2027 E. Lester Ave, Fresno, CA 93720-3963, kemp@lettis.com, kemp@lettis.com
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