Session No. 161
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4CD (Colorado Convention Center)

Special Session: CRevolution 2: Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of the Colorado Plateau–Rocky Mountain Region and the Carving of Grand Canyon II

Arizona Geological Survey; U.S. Geological Survey; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Grand Canyon National Park

 

Karl E. Karlstrom, Chair
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1:00 PM
VIRTUAL FIELD EXPLORATION OF GRAND CANYON GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGIC HISTORY
BRUCE, Geoffrey1, SEMKEN, Steven1, ANBAR, Ariel D.2, KARLSTROM, Karl E.3 and CROSSEY, Laura J.4, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (2)School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, gbruce@asu.edu
 
1:10 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:15 PM
QUANTIFYING DEFORMATION ACROSS THE BASIN AND RANGE -- COLORADO PLATEAU TRANSITION OVER THE LAST ~12 MA
RESOR, Phillip G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459, SEIXAS, Gustav B., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Braun Hall, Building 320, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, PEARCE, Jessica Lopez, Tongass National Forest, United States Forest Service, 648 Mission St, Federal Building, Ketchikan, AK 99901-6591, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and CROSSEY, Laura J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, presor@wesleyan.edu
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1:30 PM
THICK MIO-PLIOCENE NON-MARINE SALT DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE SYSTEM
FAULDS, James E.1, SHAW, Thomas H.2, HINZ, Nicholas H.1 and PERKINS, Michael E.3, (1)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, (2)LK Energy, Houston, TX 77098, (3)2025 E. White Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84109, jfaulds@unr.edu
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1:45 PM
PROVENANCE OF THE MUDDY CREEK FORMATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO COLORADO RIVER EVOLUTION
HANSON, Andrew D., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 So. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7003, MUNTEAN, Thomas W., Geology Department, Adrian College, 110 S. Madison St, Adrian, MI 49221 and FORRESTER, Steven W., Providence Engineering, 1201 Main St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, andrew.hanson@unlv.edu
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2:00 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE FOR AND AGAINST FLOWAGE OF AN ANCESTRAL MIOCENE COLORADO RIVER INTO THE VIRGIN DEPRESSION
DICKINSON, William R.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, GROVE, Marty J.3, HANSON, Andrew D.4, GEHRELS, G.E.1, PECHA, Mark1, CATHER, Steven M.5, CROSSEY, Laura J.6, KIMBROUGH, David L.7 and MUNTEAN, Thomas8, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)N/a, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 So. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7003, (5)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, (6)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, (8)Geology, Adrian College, Adrian, MI 49221, wrdickin@dakotacom.net
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2:15 PM
MIOCENE GRAND CANYON WITH BASE LEVEL IN PRECAMBRIAN STRATA?  TESTING A SHINUMO SOURCE SCENARIO FOR SEEMINGLY SPECIAL SESPE CLASTS USING PALEOMAGNETISM
RAUB, Timothy D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St. Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, timraub@st-andrews.ac.uk
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2:30 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM MIDDLE CRETACEOUS THROUGH MIOCENE STRATA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDICATE THAT THE PACIFIC DRAINAGE DIVIDE DID NOT MIGRATE EAST OF THE MOGOLLON HIGHLANDS PRIOR TO THE PLIOCENE
INGERSOLL, Raymond V., Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, JACOBSON, C.E., Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-3212, KIMBROUGH, D.L., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 and HOYT, Johanna F., Aera Energy LLC, 10000 Ming Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93311, ringer@ess.ucla.edu
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2:45 PM
GEOMORPHIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE PROHIBITS ANCESTRAL PALEOGENE WESTERN GRAND CANYON
YOUNG, Richard A., Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, young@geneseo.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
DETERMINING THE GEOLOGIC AGE OF THE DUFF BROWN TANK CONTINENTAL MOLLUSK LOCAL FAUNA (COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA): AN IMPROVING SCIENCE (OR, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD?)
HARTMAN, Joseph H., Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Drive, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, GUNNELL, Gregg F., Division of Fossil Primates, Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705 and YOUNG, Richard A., Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, joseph.hartman@engr.und.edu
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3:45 PM
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4:00 PM
Discussion, Moderators Dick Young and Karl Karlstrom
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