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Session No. 181
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 505 (Colorado Convention Center)

T191. The Rio Grande Rift: New Insights on the Evolution of Faulting, Magmatism, Sedimentation, and Landscape

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Geochemical Society

 

Mark R. Hudson and V.J.S. Grauch, Advocates
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1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:15 PM
THE RIO GRANDE RIFT IN NORTHERN COLORADO
MORGAN, Paul, Colorado Geological Survey, 1095 Rosemary St, Denver, CO 80230-7090, morgan@mines.edu
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1:30 PM
EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT, GORE RANGE, COLORADO FROM (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RIFT PROPAGATION MODELS
LANDMAN, Rachel L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309 and FLOWERS, Rebecca M., Dept of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Box 399, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, rachel.landman@colorado.edu
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1:50 PM
INSIGHTS INTO THE STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY: THE INFLUENCE OF PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF BASIN GEOMORPHOLOGY
SMITH, Richard P., Smith Geologic and Photographic Services LLC, 13786 Schoger Road, Nathrop, CO 81236, rps3@ridgeviewtel.us
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2:05 PM
TALES OF THE DEADMAN THRUST: NORTHEAST VERGING FOLDS, INJECTION BRECCIAS, AND HIGH-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS IN THE RIFT-FLANKING BASEMENT OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
CAINE, Jonathan Saul, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, GRAUCH, V.J.S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and LINDSEY, David A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jscaine@usgs.gov
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2:25 PM
SUBSURFACE VIEWS OF A RIFT TRANSFER ZONE:  INTEGRATION OF GEOPHYSICAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND BOREHOLE INFORMATION AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE EMBUDO FAULT ZONE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO
GRAUCH, V.J.S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, BAUER, Paul W., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and DRENTH, Benjamin J., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, tien@usgs.gov
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2:40 PM
OBLIQUE EXTENSION AND BASINWARD TILTING ALONG THE CAñONES FAULT ZONE, WEST MARGIN OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT
LIU, Yiduo, MURPHY, Michael A., O'KEEFFE, Kevin and KHADEEVA, Anna, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Rm.312, Science & Research Bldg.1, University of Houston-Main Campus, Houston, TX 77204, liu.yiduo@gmail.com
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2:55 PM
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TECTONISM AND ITS CONTROLS ON SEDIMENT PRESERVATION IN THE SOUTHERN ESPAÑOLA BASIN, RIO GRANDE RIFT, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
KONING, Daniel J., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, BROXTON, David E., Earth Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and JOHNSON, Peggy S., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, dkoning@nmbg.nmt.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:25 PM
"ELEPHANT TRACKS"...IN SEARCH OF A POSSIBLE "GIANT"
BLACK, Bruce A., Black Exploration, LLC, 206 W. 38th St, Farmington, NM 87401 and BLACK, Bruce H., Black Exploration, LLC, 104 E. Twilight, Farmington, NM 87401, koko16@earthlink.net
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3:40 PM
UPDATED MODELS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: EMBRYONIC CORE COMPLEXES, FLUID-ENHANCED QUATERNARY EXTENSION, AND APATITE (U-TH)/HE CONSTRAINTS FOR LARGE- MAGNITUDE 18-15 MA FAULT SLIP
RICKETTS, Jason W., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, jwricketts8@gmail.com
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3:55 PM
EARTHQUAKES OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT USING TRANSPORTABLE ARRAY AND CREST DATA
NAKAI, Jenny S.1, SHEEHAN, Anne F.1 and BILEK, Susan L.2, (1)Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Geophysics, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, jenny.nakai@colorado.edu
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4:10 PM
STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF WARM SPRINGS AND WELLS IN THE HILLSBORO-LAKE VALLEY-PALOMAS BASIN AREA
KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New MexicoTech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, TEWELDE, Mussie, Department of Hydrology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87544, WITCHER, James, Witcher and Associates, P.O. Box 3142, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and PERSON, Mark, Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, sakelley@gis.nmt.edu
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4:25 PM
THE AGE AND DURATION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOTHERMAL/HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
LUETH, Virgil W., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and PETERS, Lisa, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, vwlueth@nmt.edu
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