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Session No. 75
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

T155. Cryptic Uplift of the Interior of the U.S. Cordilleran Orogen

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Rebecca Flowers, Craig H. Jones, Ian M. Miller and Katharine Huntington, Advocates
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1:30 PM
UPPER MANTLE SEISMIC STRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SUPPORT OF THE WESTERN U.S. CORDILLERAN UPLIFT
SCHMANDT, Brandon, Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and HUMPHREYS, Eugene D., Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, bschmand@uoregon.edu, bschmand@uoregon.edu
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1:45 PM
MANTLE CONVECTION AND THE LATE CENOZOIC EVOLUTION OF SOUTHWESTERN US TOPOGRAPHY
MOUCHA, Robert, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, FORTE, Alessandro M., Geotop, Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, CP 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C3P9, Canada, ROWLEY, David B., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, SIMMONS, Nathan A., Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550-9234 and GRAND, Stephen P., Department of Geological Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, rmoucha@syr.edu, rmoucha@syr.edu
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2:00 PM
AN INTEGRATED MODEL FOR THE POST-LARAMIDE EVOLUTION OF THE GRAND CANYON AND THE COLORADO PLATEAU
ROBERT, Xavier1, MOUCHA, Robert2, WHIPPLE, Kelin X.3, FORTE, Alessandro1 and REINERS, Peter W.4, (1)Geotop, Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, CP 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C3P9, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, xavier.robert01@gmail.com, xavier.robert01@gmail.com
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2:15 PM
POSSIBLE CLASTS OF SHINUMO QUARTZITE (EASTERN GRAND CANYON) IN LOWER MIOCENE CONGLOMERATES OF THE SESPE FORMATION (COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA), AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UPLIFT AND EROSION HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN US
WERNICKE, Brian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, RAUB, Timothy D., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Caltech 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, GROVER, Jeffrey A., Department of Physical Sciences, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106 and LANDER, E. Bruce, Paleo Environmental Associates, Inc, Altadena, CA 91001-3205, brian@gps.caltech.edu, brian@gps.caltech.edu
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2:30 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGIC AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS on THE CENOZOIC TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN US CORDILLERA AT ~36°N
LECHLER, Alex R. and NIEMI, Nathan A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, lechler@umich.edu, lechler@umich.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
THE ARAPAHOE CONGLOMERATE IN THE DENVER BASIN, COLORADO
RAYNOLDS, Robert and DECHESNE, Marieke, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, braynolds@dmns.org, braynolds@dmns.org
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3:15 PM
THE TALES OF LATE CRETACEOUS TO TERTIARY GRAVELS IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
GONZALES, David A. and GIANNINY, Gary L., Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, gonzales_d@fortlewis.edu, gonzales_d@fortlewis.edu
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3:30 PM
THE PALEOGENE CALIFORNIA RIVER: EVIDENCE OF MOJAVE-UINTA PALEODRAINAGE FROM U-PB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS
DAVIS, Steven J., Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Science, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, sjdavis@carnegie.stanford.edu, sjdavis@carnegie.stanford.edu
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3:45 PM
THE RENOVA FORMATION: A RECORD OF PALEOLANDSCAPE, PALEODRAINAGE, AND POST-COMPRESSIONAL BASIN DEVELOPMENT ATOP THE CORDILLERAN OROGENIC WEDGE, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
SCHWARTZ, Theresa M., Department of Geology, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and SCHWARTZ, Robert K., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, tschwartz@stanford.edu, tschwartz@stanford.edu
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4:00 PM
LATE PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE ACCELERATED LARAMIDE DEFORMATION, EXHUMATION, AND ELEVATION GAIN IN WYOMING
FAN, Majie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 and DECELLES, Peter G., Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, mfan@uta.edu, mfan@uta.edu
 
4:15 PM
Break
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4:30 PM
STABLE WATER ISOTOPES AND PALEOALTIMETRY IN A WARM CLIMATE
POULSEN, Christopher J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2434 C.C. Little Building, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, poulsen@umich.edu, poulsen@umich.edu
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4:45 PM
PALEOELEVATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS TO LATE EOCENE: AN INTEGRATED CLIMATE MODEL-OXYGEN ISOTOPE APPROACH
FRICKE, Henry, Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 and SEWALL, Jacob, Geology, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA 19530, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu
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5:00 PM
EVIDENCE FOR MODERATE TO HIGH ELEVATION OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS ‘NEVADAPLANO' IN THE NORTHERN BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE FROM CARBONATE CLUMPED ISOTOPE (Δ47) THERMOMETRY
SNELL, Kathryn E., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, KOCH, Paul L., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and EILER, John M., Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, ksnell@caltech.edu, ksnell@caltech.edu
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5:15 PM
ORGANIC MOLECULAR PROXIES FOR PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOELEVATION: APPLICATIONS, ADVANCES AND LIMITATIONS OF ORGANIC BIOMARKERS AS A RECORD OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, mhren@uconn.edu, mhren@uconn.edu
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