Rocky Mountain Section - 64th Annual Meeting (9–11 May 2012)

Session No. 10
Wednesday, 9 May 2012: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Alvarado D&E (Hotel Albuquerque)

T9. Cenozoic Landscape Evolution in the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau: Deciphering the Interplay between Mantle Buoyancy and Surface Processes (Posters)

GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology & Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology & Tectonics Division

Authors will be present from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.

 

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MULTI-STAGE EVOLUTION OF GRAND CANYON'S SURPRISE VALLEY LANDSLIDES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH CARVING OF GRAND CANYON
ROBERTSON, Jesse1, HUNTOON, Peter2, DARLING, Andy3, CROW, Ryan4, KARLSTROM, Karl E.5, WARME, John E.6, SAVAGE, Jill7, CROSSEY, Laura J.5 and CHANNER, Michael8, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)1403 Garnet Ave, Boulder City, NV 89005, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (5)Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (6)Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (7)Shell Exploration and Production, Denver, CO 80237, (8)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hil, Logan, UT 84322, jesserobertson@unm.edu, jesserobertson@unm.edu
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TWO-STAGE CRETACEOUS-EOCENE DEFORMATION HISTORY IN NORTH PARK, JACKSON COUNTY, COLORADO
CASHMAN, Patricia H., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, DECHESNE, Marieke, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, COLE, James C., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, TREXLER Jr, James H., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557 and MURRAY, Jeramy D., University of Nevada, Reno, Geological Science and Engineering, 1680 Sky Mountain Drive, APT E222, Reno, NV 89523, pcashman@unr.edu, pcashman@unr.edu
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DIACHRONOUS EPISODES OF CENOZOIC EROSION IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ROCK UPLIFT, PALEOCLIMATE, AND PALEOALTIMETRY
CATHER, Steven M., CHAPIN, Charles E. and KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, steve@gis.nmt.edu, steve@gis.nmt.edu
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LARAMIDE STRUCTURES AT SHEEP MOUNTAIN AND DELANEY BUTTE, JACKSON COUNTY, CO
MURRAY, Jeramy D.1, CASHMAN, Patricia H.1, TREXLER, James H.2, COLE, James C.3, DECHESNE, Marieke4 and PETERSON, Christopher D.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, (3)U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)USGS, Denver, CO 80225, jeramyd.murray@gmail.com, jeramyd.murray@gmail.com
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ELEVATED CENOZOIC GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS AND LATER POST-6 MA INCISION OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND UNAWEEP CANYON (WESTERN COLORADO) REVEALED BY LOW TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY
THOMSON, Stuart N.1, SOREGHAN, Gerilyn S.2 and ECCLES, Thaddeus M.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Conoco-Phillips School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, thomson@email.arizona.edu, thomson@email.arizona.edu
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DECIPHERING ISOSTATIC AND TECTONIC UPLIFT ALONG THE WASATCH USING A GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) APPROACH
KELLUM, Lawrence T., Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058 and TOKE, Nathan A., Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, pedras86@gmail.com, pedras86@gmail.com
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TRANSIENT INCISION IN LAYER-CAKE STRATIGRAPHY: COSMOGENIC RATES AND DATES IN THE CONTEXT OF GLEN CANYON
DARLING, Andy, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, WHIPPLE, Kelin X., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, NICHOLS, Kyle K., Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, GRANGER, Darryl, Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and BIERMAN, Paul, Geology and School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, aldarlin@asu.edu, aldarlin@asu.edu
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PROVENANCE OF MIDDLE JURASSIC HIGH-K RHYOLITE VOLCANIC CLASTS FROM THE TERTIARY RIM GRAVELS, COLORADO PLATEAU, ARIZONA
TILLQUIST, Brian P.1, KIMBROUGH, David L.1, ABEID, John A.2 and YOUNG, Richard A.3, (1)Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, (2)Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, (3)Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, btillquist@gmail.com, btillquist@gmail.com
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FORMATION, DEFORMATION, AND INCISION OF COLORADO RIVER TERRACES UPSTREAM OF MOAB, UTAH
JOCHEMS, Andrew P. and PEDERSON, Joel L., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, andrew.jochems@aggiemail.usu.edu, andrew.jochems@aggiemail.usu.edu
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