Session No. 290
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)

T178. A Review of Old and New Concepts in Laramide Basin Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP)

 

Peter E. Barkmann, J.L. Aschoff, Jeremiah B. Workman and Marieke Dechesne, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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LARAMIDE BENEATH THE PRAIRIES:  GEOMETRIES AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CHADRON DOME, HARTVILLE UPLIFT AND BLACK HILLS UPLIFT TO THE POWDER RIVER AND DENVER-JULESBURG BASINS
LISENBEE, Alvis L. and TEKLE, Micheal J., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, alvis.lisenbee@sdsmt.edu
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1:25 PM
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF PALEOGENE RED BEDS TO REVEAL THE LOCATION OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM AND THE TIMING OF LARAMIDE DEFORMATION, NORTHWESTERN WYOMING
NESER, Laura, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, 104 South Road, Mitchell Hall, Campus Box #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and STEWART, Kevin G., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, 122 Mitchell Hall, CB 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, neser@live.unc.edu
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FLEXURAL MODELING OF LARAMIDE BASINS IN WYOMING: A TEST OF PALEOALTIMETRIC AND RIGIDITY ESTIMATES
WANG, Shidi, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xian, 710069, China, HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, JONES, Nick, Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, University of Wyoming, 1000 E Univeristy Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and FAN, Majie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, heller@uwyo.edu
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BASIN AND CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAIN REGION FROM TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTION AND SURFACE WAVE ANALYSIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE KINEMATICS OF LARAMIDE SHORTENING
YECK, William Luther1, STACHNIK, Josh2, BALL, Justin1, SHEEHAN, Anne F.1, ANDERSON, Megan3, ERSLEV, Eric A.4, MILLER, Kate5 and SIDDOWAY, Christine S.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (3)Geology Department, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (4)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (5)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843, yeck@colorado.edu
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FORMATION AND FRACTURING OF LARAMIDE BASINS
ERSLEV, Eric A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071 and KENNEDY, Laura E., Weatherford Laboratories, Golden, CO 80403, erslev@warnercnr.colostate.edu
 
2:30 PM
Break
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THE LONGMONT DETACHMENT EAST OF BOULDER, COLORADO
KITTLESON, Kendall L., 1996 South Nome Street Aurora, Colorado 80014, Aurora, CO 80014, kenkittleson@gmail.com
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EVIDENCE OF EASTWARD MIGRATION OF DYNAMIC SUBSIDENCE DURING THE SEVIER-LARAMIDE TRANSITION: A STRATIGRAPHIC COMPARISON OF 3 LARAMIDE SUB-BASINS IN A WEST-EAST TRANSECT ACROSS THE ROCKIES
ASCHOFF, Jennifer, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jaschoff@mines.edu
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3:35 PM
EARLY UPLIFT PRIOR TO SUBSIDENCE OF THE NORTH PARK-MIDDLE PARK BASIN, NORTHERN COLORADO, SHOWS COMPLEX LARAMIDE HISTORY
COLE, James C., Gecsc, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and DECHESNE, Marieke, USGS, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Lakewood, CO 80225, jimcole@usgs.gov
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3:50 PM
BASIN EVOLUTION AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF AN AXIAL LARAMIDE BASIN, NORTH PARK-MIDDLE PARK, COLORADO
DECHESNE, Marieke, USGS, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Lakewood, CO 80225, COLE, James C., Gecsc, 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 CASHMAN, Patricia H., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, mdechesne@usgs.gov
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LARAMIDE VS. NEOGENE STRUCTURAL STYLE ACROSS THE NORTH PARK REGION OF NORTHERN COLORADO
WORKMAN, Jeremiah B., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, jworkman@usgs.gov
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4:20 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS THROUGH TERTIARY STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN FLANK OF THE SAND WASH BASIN, MOFFAT AND ROUTT COUNTIES, COLORADO
BARKMANN, Peter, Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 Sherman Street #715, Denver, CO 80203, peter.barkmann@state.co.us
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"LARAMIDE STYLE" DEFORMATION CONTROLLED BY MIOCENE TO QUATERNARY COMPRESSIONAL INVERSION OF INHERITED BASEMENT FAULTS WEST OF THE ALPINE FAULT PLATE BOUNDARY (SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND)
GHISETTI, Francesca, Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, PB 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand and SIBSON, Richard H., Geology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand, francesca.ghisetti@terrageologica.com
 
4:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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