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Rocky Mountain (63rd Annual) and Cordilleran (107th Annual) Joint Meeting (18–20 May 2011)

Session No. 22
Thursday, 19 May 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Cottonwood (Riverwoods Conference Center)

T2. Interactions of Climate, Tectonics, and Sedimentation in Cenozoic Basins of the Basin and Range

 

Thomas A. Hickson, Melissa A. Lamb and Paul J. Umhoefer, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
STATUS OF RESEARCH ON CLIMATE, TECTONICS, AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN CENOZOIC BASINS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BASIN AND RANGE
HICKSON, Thomas A., Geology, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105, UMHOEFER, Paul J., School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and LAMB, Melissa A., Geology Department, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, tahickson@stthomas.edu, tahickson@stthomas.edu
2
1:55 PM
CLIMATIC VERSUS TECTONIC CONTROLS ON SEDIMENTARY FACIES IN THE OLIGOCENE - MIOCENE HORSE SPRING FORMATION, LAKE MEAD DOMAIN, NEVADA
UMHOEFER, Paul J., School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, HICKSON, Thomas A., Geology, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105 and LAMB, Melissa A., Geology Department, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, paul.umhoefer@nau.edu, paul.umhoefer@nau.edu
3
2:15 PM
OLIGO-MIOCENE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LAKE MEAD REGION: THE RAINBOW GARDENS MEMBER OF THE HORSE SPRING FORMATION RECORDS PRE-EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS OF THE CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE
LAMB, Melissa A.1, BEARD, L. Sue2, HICKSON, Thomas1, UMHOEFER, Paul J.3, SCHLEICHER, Jillian1, KOPP, Jessie4 and SITTON, Mark E.5, (1)Geology Department, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1637, (3)School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (4)Geology Department, University of St Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105, (5)Edmond, OK 73013, malamb@stthomas.edu, malamb@stthomas.edu
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2:35 PM
ANALYSIS OF BRECCIA LANDSLIDES WITHIN THE LOWER HORSE SPRING FORMATION, FRENCHMAN MOUNTAIN, LAKE MEAD, NEVADA
WAGNER, Rachelle, School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Geology - 4099, Building 12, Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, SITTON, Mark E., Edmond, OK 73013 and UMHOEFER, Paul J., School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, terranewreck@gmail.com, terranewreck@gmail.com
 
2:55 PM
Break
5
3:10 PM
‘SAGLEK SUPER-RIVER' AND THE EARLY MIOCENE (22-17 MA) BEGINNING OF THE GRAND CANYON
SEARS, James, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296, james.sears@umontana.edu, james.sears@umontana.edu
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3:30 PM
Withdrawn
7
3:50 PM
WASATCH LINE (NEOGENE)/EAST PACIFIC RISE PLATE TECTONIC MODEL: VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO SLAB GAP?
BAIRD, Joseph H., Baird Hanson Williams LLP, 2117 Hillway Drive, Boise, ID 83702 and WILLIAMS, W. Kirk, Baird Hanson Williams LLP, 5428 S. Broadwing Way, Boise, ID 83702, jhbaird@bhwlaw.com, jhbaird@bhwlaw.com
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