Session No. 63
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

P5. Evolution of the North American Cordilleran Lithosphere

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Anne F. Sheehan, Christine Siddoway and Basil Tikoff, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:05 PM
2 GA OF SEDIMENT PROVENANCE AND CRUSTAL EVOLUTION IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
GEHRELS, G.E.1, PECHA, Mark2, DICKINSON, William R.2, KARLSTROM, Karl E.3, DOE, Michael F.4 and BLAKEY, Ronald5, (1)Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (5)Geology, Northern Arizona University, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, ggehrels@email.arizona.edu
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1:30 PM
EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN CORDILLERA MARGIN: THROUGH THE SEVIER AND INTO THE LARAMIDE
WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and YONKEE, Adolph, Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408, aweil@brynmawr.edu
 
2:25 PM
Break
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2:40 PM
THE PAST AS A KEY TO THE PRESENT: ROLE OF INHERITED CRUSTAL STRENGTH IN THE DIFFUSE ALASKAN PLATE BOUNDARY ZONE
ROESKE, Sarah M., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, SALTUS, Richard W., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and TILL, Alison B., USGS, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, smroeske@ucdavis.edu
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3:05 PM
ACTIVE DEFORMATION AND LITHOSPHERE RHEOLOGY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA
BÜRGMANN, Roland, Univ California - Berkeley, 385 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4768, THATCHER, Wayne, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and SIMPSON, Robert W., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, burgmann@seismo.berkeley.edu
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3:30 PM
INTEGRATING RESULTS FROM USARRAY TO IMAGE THE DYNAMIC NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA
PORRITT, Robert W., University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089, rporritt@usc.edu
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3:55 PM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NW MEXICO: LITHOSPHERIC EVOLUTION IN THE POST-SUBDUCTION REGIME
STOCK, Joann M., Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, MC 252-21, Pasadena, CA 91125, jstock@gps.caltech.edu
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4:20 PM
CENOZOIC MAGMATISM IN THE CORDILLERAN: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
CARLSON, Richard W., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC, DC 20015-1305, rcarlson@ciw.edu
 
4:45 PM
Concluding Remarks