Cordilleran Section - 108th Annual Meeting (29–31 March 2012)

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PERMIAN MAGMATIC ARC RELATED TO THE OUACHITA SUTURE ZONE IN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
FRANCO-RUBIO, Miguel1, CABALLERO-MIRANDA, Cecilia I.2, ALVA-VALDIVIA, Luis M.3, OVIEDO, Angelica1, URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, Jaime4, MARTÍNEZ-REYES, Fernando1, TORRES-KNIGHT, Ricardo1, RIGGS, N.R.5, GONZÁLEZ-LEÓN, Carlos M.6 and LÓPEZ-SANTILLÁN, Roberto1, (1)Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Nuevo Campus Universitario, Circuito Universitario No. 1, Campus II, Chihuahua, CP 31125, Mexico, (2)Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo y Geofisica Nuclear, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria Del. Coyoacan, México, D.F, 04510, Mexico, (3)Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo y Geofisica Nuclear, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria Del. Coyoacan, México D.F, 04510, Mexico, (4)Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito exterior, Ciudad Universitaria Delegación Coyoacan, Distrito Federal, 04510, Mexico, (5)School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, (6)Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Apartado Postal 1039, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico, mfranco@uach.mx


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  • MFR_Permian magmatic arc-GSA.pdf (6.6 MB)
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    TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF LA MONTAÑA GROUP: A NEW LOWER CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHIC UNIT IN THE PUZZLING TRUNCATED CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF SOUTHERN MEXICO
    ELIAS-HERRERA, Mariano1, ORTEGA-GUTIÉRREZ, Fernando1, MACÍAS ROMO, Consuelo2, SÁNCHEZ-ZAVALA, José Luis3, SOLARI, Luigi4 and MARTÍNEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, Enrique5, (1)Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, México D.F, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, (2)Geoquímica, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, México D. F, 04510, Mexico, (3)Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacan, México D. F, 04510, Mexico, (4)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Santiago de Querétaro, 76001, Mexico, (5)Paleontología, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, México, D. F, 04510, Mexico, elias@unam.mx


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  • Copy and pasted html document 1.html (3.6 kB)
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    FLANK COLLAPSE AND NEW RELATIVE INSTABILITY ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO VOLCÁN DE COLIMA AND MT. ST. HELENS
    BORSELLI, Lorenzo and SAROCCHI, Damiano, Instituto de Geología /Fac. Ingeniería, UASLP, Dr. M. Nava No 5, Zona Universitaria, San Luis Potosí, 78240, Mexico, lborselli@gmail.com


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  • flank collapse and new relative instability analaysis techniques - GSA queretaro 30 march 2012.pdf (2.6 MB)
  • Abstract_GSA2012_Borselli&Sarocchi.docx (28.5 kB)
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    LATE MIOCENE EXTENSION IN THE SIERRA BACHA, COASTAL SONORA, MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE PROTO-GULF OF CALIFORNIA
    DARIN, Michael H.1, DORSEY, Rebecca J.1, BENNETT, Scott E.K.2, OSKIN, Michael E.2 and IRIONDO, Alex3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (2)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (3)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, mhd@uoregon.edu


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  • GSA 2012 talk_GSA website.pdf (7.2 MB)
  • Geologic Map of the Sierra Bacha_30k.pdf (8.3 MB)
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    THE CHORTÍS BLOCK - SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO CONNECTION DURING THE LATE MESOZOIC - CENOZOIC: U-PB ZIRCON CONSTRAINTS
    TORRES DE LEÓN, Rafael, Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F, 04510, Mexico, SOLARI, Luigi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Santiago de Querétaro, 76001, Mexico, ORTEGA-GUTIÉRREZ, Fernando, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F, 04510, Mexico and MARTENS, Uwe, Tectonic Analysis Ltd, 1315 Alma Ave, Ste 134, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, rafaeltdel@yahoo.com.mx


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  • PresentGSA-RTL.pdf (3.4 MB)
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    SILICIC TO BIMODAL OLIGOCENE VOLCANISM IN THE ZIMAPÁN AREA, MEXICO: STRATIGRAPHY, AGE AND DEFORMATION
    REYES-OROZCO, Violeta Mirthala, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, UANL, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Carr. a Cerro Prieto Km. 8, Linares, 67700, Mexico, OROZCO-ESQUIVEL, Teresa, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Blvd Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, FERRARI, Luca, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, VELASCO-TAPIA, Fernando, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Carretera a Cerro Prieto km 8, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Linares, 67700, Mexico and LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ, Margarita, Lab. de Geocronologia, CICESE, Km. 107, carr. Tij-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C, 83000, Mexico, reyvi11_11@hotmail.com


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  • Poster.pdf (12.8 MB)
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    COLD SEEPS IN THE SONORA MARGIN BASIN AT GUAYMAS BASIN, GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
    FIGUEROA-ALBORNOZ, Leonardo1, MORTERA-GUTIERREZ, Carlos A.2, ESCOBAR-BRIONES, Elva3, GODFROY, Anne4, BANDY, William L.2, PONCE-NÚÑEZ, Francisco2, TARAN, Yuri A.5 and BERNARD-ROMERO, Ruben A.2, (1)Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Laboratorio de Geofisica Marina, Instituto de Geofisica, Coyoacan, DF, 04510, Mexico, (2)Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacan, DF, 04510, Mexico, (3)Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacan, DF, 04510, Mexico, (4)Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, IFREMER, Plouzane, 29280, France, (5)Volcanology, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, leonardo@geofisica.unam.mx


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  • Poster GSA Cordilleran_26-03-2012-LEO.pptx (9.3 MB)
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    SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF FE, MN, AND BA OF SEDIMENTS WITHIN THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT, MEXICO
    GUTIERREZ, Melida, Geography, Geology and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, mgutierrez@missouristate.edu


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  • GSAQRO_2012.pdf (3.8 MB)
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    PRESENCE OF EXOTIC LAURUSSIAN CRUSTAL BLOCKS WITHIN, AND SOUTH OF, THE RHEIC SUTURE ZONE IN SW IBERIA
    BRAID, James A., Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, QUESADA, Cecilio, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Ríos Rosas 23, Madrid, 28003, Spain, MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada and MORTENSEN, James K., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, c.quesada@igme.es


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  • CQ-Querétaro 2012.pdf (4.9 MB)
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    PROGRESSIVE LOCALIZATION OF DEXTRAL SHEAR IN THE LATE PROTO-GULF OF CALIFORNIA
    BENNETT, Scott E.K.1, OSKIN, Michael E.1 and IRIONDO, Alex2, (1)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu


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  • Bennett etal_2012_Prog Localization Proto-Gulf of CA_GSA-Cordillera.pdf (49.9 MB)
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    VOLCANIC ROCKS AND MICROFOSSILS CONFIRM A LATE MIOCENE AGE FOR MARINE STRATA ON ISLA TIBURON, GULF OF CALIFORNIA
    BENNETT, Scott E.K.1, OSKIN, Michael E.1, DORSEY, Rebecca J.2 and IRIONDO, Alex3, (1)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (3)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu


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  • Bennett etal_2012_Tiburon Marine Rx_GSA-Cordillera.pdf (136.0 MB)
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    TERTIARY-CARIBBEAN MOLLUSKS AND THE ANCIENT GULF OF CALIFORNIA
    SMITH, Judith Terry, Department of Paleobiology, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, 2330 14th St. N, #401, Arlington, VA 22201-5867, redcloud1@earthlink.net


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  • Judy Smith's Cordilleran Talk 2012.pdf (27.7 MB)
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    THE GIL MARQUEZ PLUTON, SOUTHERN IBERIA: MAGMATISM DURING CONTINENTAL COLLISION AND THE AMALGAMATION OF PANGEA
    GLADNEY, Evan R., Earth Sciences, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G1K5, evan.r.gladney@gmail.com


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  • EvanGladney_GSA_2012_Website.ppt (31.1 MB)
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    KRAFLA ZIRCON: INSIGHTS INTO GENERATION OF SILICIC MAGMA AT AN ICELANDIC CENTRAL VOLCANO
    RUSSELL, Kathleen M.1, CARLEY, Tamara L.1, MILLER, Calvin F.1, WOODEN, Joseph L.2, SCHMITT, Axel K.3, ECONOMOS, Rita3, FISHER, Christopher M.4 and HANCHAR, John M.4, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)USGS-Stanford Ion Microprobe Facility, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (4)Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada, kathleen.m.russell@vanderbilt.edu


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  • KR_Presentation_GSA.pdf (16.7 MB)
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    MID-OCEAN RIDGE AND SUPRA-SUBDUCTION ZONE PETROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE NEHBANDAN OPHIOLITIC COMPLEX, EASTERN IRAN
    DELAVARI, Morteza and AMINI, Sadaraddin, Geology, Tarbiat Moallem University, 49 Mofateh St, Tehran, 15614, Iran, amini@tmu.ac.ir


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  • GSA pptSA- MDP 7 English 03.28. 2012.ppt (18.5 MB)
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    ORIGIN OF FAULTS, FISSURES AND VOLCANIC VENT ALIGNMENTS AT A STRUCTURAL TRIPLE JUNCTION, NEWBERRY VOLCANO, CENTRAL OREGON
    GRASSO, Kyla A.1, MEIGS, Andrew1 and CLADOUHOS, Trenton T.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, (2)AltaRock Energy, Inc, 4010 Stone Way North, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98103, grassok@onid.orst.edu


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  • GSA_Poster.pdf (12.6 MB)
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    HIGH PRESSURE KLIPPE ON THE ACTIVE WESTERN MARGEN OF PANGEA DURING INITIAL STAGES OF ITS AMALGAMATION
    GALAZ-ESCANILLA, Gonzalo, Departamento Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F, 04510, Mexico, KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Departamento de Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF 04510, Mexico, MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, LEE, James K.W., Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Bruce Wing 325, Miller Hall, Kingston, K7L 3N6, Canada and ORTEGA-RIVERA, Amabel, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, L.D. Colosio y Madrid S/N, Campus UNISON, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, ggalaz@ing.uchile.cl


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  • GSA 2012-Galaz presentation.ppt (13.0 MB)
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    THE CENOZOIC IGNIMBRITE FLAREUP IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: DISTRIBUTION, TIMING, VOLUME, AND TECTONIC RELATIONS
    HENRY, Christopher D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, MCINTOSH, William C., Socorro, NM 87801, MCDOWELL, Fred W., Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, LIPMAN, Peter W., U.S. Geological Survey, MS910, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and CHAPIN, Charles E., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, chenry@unr.edu


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  • 2012GSAHenryForGSA.ppt (22.6 MB)
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    RECONSTRUCTING THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA-SALTON TROUGH OBLIQUE RIFT
    BENNETT, Scott E.K.1, OSKIN, Michael E.1, DORSEY, Rebecca J.2 and DARIN, Michael H.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu


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  • Bennett etal_2012_Northern Gulf of CA Reconstruction_GSA Cordillera.pdf (14.3 MB)
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    DRYING INDUCED ACIDITY AT THE MINERAL-WATER INTERFACE: ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY
    AGUILAR-CARRILLO, Javier1, CLARKE, Cathy E.1 and ROYCHOUDHURY, Alakendra N.2, (1)Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cnr Ryneveld and Merriman Streets, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa, (2)Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa, jaguilar.postdoc@gmail.com


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  • Javier Aguilar - GSA Meeting 2012.pdf (2.0 MB)
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    TECTONICS AND ENVIRONMENT AT THE WESTERN END OF THE BAIKAL RIFT: PALEOLAKE SEDIMENT RECORD FROM DARHAD BASIN, NORTHERN MONGOLIA
    BATBAATAR, J., GILLESPIE, Alan R. and SCHREIBER, B. Charlotte, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, bataa@uw.edu


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  • Batbaatar-etal_Darhad_GSA-Cordilleran2012.pdf (11.8 MB)