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Rocky Mountain Section - 61st Annual Meeting (11-13 May 2009)

Session No. 10
Tuesday, 12 May 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T13. Magmatism from the Mesozoic to the Present in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateaus: A Tribute to the Career of Myron G. Best

 

Eric H. Christiansen, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
VOLCANISM ON THE FISH LAKE PLATEAU, CENTRAL UTAH
BALL, Jessica L., Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, jlball@buffalo.edu, jlball@buffalo.edu
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8:25 AM
LATE CENOZOIC VOLCANISM NEAR COVE FORT, CENTRAL UTAH: IMPLICATIONS FROM TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY
BETTS, William S. and CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, wmbetts@gmail.com, wmbetts@gmail.com
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8:45 AM
USING THERMODYNAMIC MODELING TO PREDICT FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION PATHS OF ANDESITE TO TRACHYDACITE
ALLEN, Tara L. and CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, tara.albertson@gmail.com, tara.albertson@gmail.com
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9:05 AM
INSIGHT INTO MIDDLE TERTIARY CRUSTAL EXTENSION AND MANTLE MAGMATISM ALONG THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN AT THE ONSET OF VOLCANISM IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
GONZALES, David A., Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, gonzales_d@fortlewis.edu, gonzales_d@fortlewis.edu
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9:25 AM
THE CENTRAL COLORADO PLATEAU LACCOLITHS: A TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL LINK TO VOLUMINOUS MID-TERTIARY MAGMATISM IN COLORADO AND THE GREAT BASIN
NELSON, Stephen T., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, stn@geology.byu.edu, stn@geology.byu.edu
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9:45 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF WIDESPREAD, PALEOVALLEY-FILLING ASH-FLOW TUFFS OF THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN FOR PALEOTOPOGRAPHY, REGIONAL TECTONICS, AND TUFF VOLUMES
HENRY, Christopher D.1, FAULDS, James E.1, HINZ, Nicholas H.1, GARSIDE, Larry J.2 and BODEN, David R.3, (1)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada Reno, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557, (3)Physical Sciences, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV 89512, chenry@unr.edu, chenry@unr.edu
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10:05 AM
THE GREAT BASIN ALTIPLANO DURING THE MIDDLE CENOZOIC IGNIMBRITE FLAREUP: INSIGHTS FROM VOLCANIC ROCKS
BEST, Myron G.1, CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H.2, BARR, Deborah L.3, GROMME, Sherman4, DEINO, Alan5 and TINGEY, David1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (3)U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Las Vegas, NV 89134, (4)420 Chaucer St, Palo Alto, CA 94301-2201, (5)Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, eric_christiansen@byu.edu, eric_christiansen@byu.edu
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