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

Session No. 26
Thursday, 10 May 2012: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM
Alvarado A&B (Hotel Albuquerque)

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

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

 

Richard A. Young, Andres Aslan, Karl E. Karlstrom and Eric Kirby, Advocates
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TESTING THE ARIZONA RIVER HYPOTHESIS: DETRITAL ZIRCON SPECTRA FROM ORTHOQUARTZITE CLASTS IN THE MID-TERTIARY SESPE FORMATION OF COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WERNICKE, Brian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, RAUB, Timothy D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St. Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, LANDER, E. Bruce, Paleo Environmental Associates, Inc, Altadena, 91001-3205 and GROVER, Jeffrey A., Department of Physical Sciences, Cuesta College, Sasn Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106, brian@gps.caltech.edu, brian@gps.caltech.edu
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1:45 PM
EVALUATING EVIDENCE: THE CALIFORNIA/ARIZONA PALEORIVER MODEL FOR AN OLD GRAND CANYON
KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, LEE, John P., United States Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New MexicoTech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and CROW, Ryan, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek1@unm.edu, kek1@unm.edu
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2:00 PM
MOGOLLON RIM GRAVELS, DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE FOR NORTH-NORTHWEST-FLOWING EARLY MIOCENE STREAMS DURING EXHUMATION OF THE CHUSKA ERG
POTOCHNIK, Andre R.1, DICKINSON, William R.2 and PECHA, Mark2, (1)18 E Juniper Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, andrepotochnik@gmail.com, andrepotochnik@gmail.com
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2:15 PM
PALEOGENE EMERGENCE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN MARGIN OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AS A TOPOGRAPHIC BARRIER: EVIDENCE FOR PRE-BASIN AND RANGE, LATE EOCENE(?)-EARLY OLIGOCENE TECTONISM
YOUNG, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, young@geneseo.edu, young@geneseo.edu
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2:45 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
EVIDENCE FOR A LATE MIOCENE COLORADO-GUNNISON RIVER SYSTEM IN WESTERN COLORADO
ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Science, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KIRBY, Eric, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 and DONAHUE, Magdalena S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, MSCO3-2040; 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, aaslan@coloradomesa.edu, aaslan@coloradomesa.edu
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3:30 PM
SPATIAL VARIATION IN GRAND CANYON INCISION: NEW GEOCHRONOLOGY ON RIVER TERRACES AND THE SURPRISE VALLEY LANDSLIDE
CROW, Ryan S.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, CROSSEY, Laura J.2, DARLING, Andy3, POLYAK, Victor J.2, GRANGER, Darryl E.4 and ASMEROM, Yemane2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (4)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, rcrow@unm.edu, rcrow@unm.edu
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3:45 PM
PANCHO'S RADICAL RUNUP: NEW INSIGHTS INTO AN UNUSUAL GRAND CANYON LANDSLIDE
WARME, John E.1, HERRING, Alan2, DARLING, Andy3, CROW, Ryan S.4, KARLSTROM, Karl E.5, CROSSEY, Laura J.5, GRANGER, Darryl6, HUNTOON, Peter7 and SAVAGE, Jill8, (1)Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Morrison, CO 80465, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (4)Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (5)Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (6)Earth & Atmospheric Science, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (7)P. O. Box 60850, Boulder City, NV 8906, (8)Shell Exploration and Production, Denver, CO 80237, jwarme@mines.edu, jwarme@mines.edu
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4:00 PM
ABRUPT 17-19 MA MIOCENE VOLCANIC EPISODE ALONG THE HUALAPAI PLATEAU MARGIN IN WESTERN ARIZONA: PROXY FOR THE ONSET OF LOCAL BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSION
DOMINGUEZ, Katherine, SCHARFSCHWERDT, Peter R., GIORGIS, Scott D. and YOUNG, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, kd5@geneseo.edu, kd5@geneseo.edu
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4:15 PM
CAVES AND KARST PROCESSES, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA, USA
HILL, Carol A., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, POLYAK, Victor J., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and BUECHER, Robert H., Cave Research Foundation, 7050 East Kachina Ct, Tucson, AZ 85715, Carolannhill@aol.com, Carolannhill@aol.com
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