Session No. 198
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 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 III

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
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
organize session
 
8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
RATES OF RIVER INCISION AND SCARP RETREAT IN EASTERN GRAND CANYON'S HERMIT-BOUCHER AREA DETERMINED USING U-SERIES DATING OF TRAVERTINE
ABBOTT, Lon D., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309, LUNDSTROM, Craig, Department of Geology, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 245 Natural History Bldg, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 and TRAUB, Chance, Environmental Studies Program, Prescott College, 220 Grove Ave, Prescott, AZ 86303, lon.abbott@colorado.edu
2
8:30 AM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF GRAND CANYON AND UPLIFT OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU
CROW, Ryan S., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, crow.ryan@gmail.com
3
8:45 AM
LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE GRAND CANYON REGION: INSIGHTS FROM EROSION RATES AND TRIBUTARY STREAM PROFILES
DARLING, Andrew, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, WHIPPLE, Kelin X., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, NICHOLS, Kyle K., Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 and BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, aldarlin@asu.edu
4
9:00 AM
A GEOMORPHOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEBATE OVER THE ANTIQUITY OF GRAND CANYON
WHIPPLE, Kelin X., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 and DARLING, Andrew, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, kxw@asu.edu
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9:15 AM
LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ON RETREAT OF THE VERMILLION CLIFFS AND CARVING OF MARBLE CANYON
WARNEKE, Nadine Lynne, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, 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, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and FOX, Matthew, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, nadine.warneke@gmail.com
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9:30 AM
RECONCILING THERMOCHRONOMETRIC EVIDENCE FOR GRAND CANYON INCISION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
FOX, Matthew, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709 and SHUSTER, David L., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, 479 McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, matthew.fox@berkeley.edu
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9:45 AM
THE EARLY NEOGENE CROOKED RIDGE PALEORIVER—A VIEW FROM WHITE MESA, NORTHEAST ARIZONA
HEREFORD, Richard, AMOROSO, Lee, BEARD, Sue and HOUSE, P. Kyle, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, rhereford@usgs.gov
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:30 AM
GRAND CANYON: A SIMPLY-FORMED, EQUILIBRIUM LANDSCAPE SINCE THE CRETACEOUS
WERNICKE, Brian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, brian@gps.caltech.edu
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10:45 AM
A PALEOCANYON SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATION AND CARVING OF THE 5-6 MA GRAND CANYON
KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, 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, CROW, Ryan S., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, CROSSEY, Laura J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, YOUNG, Richard A., Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, LAZEAR, Greg, Grand Junction Geological Society, 20508 Brimstone Rd, Cedaredge, CO 81413, BEARD, L. Sue, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1637 and RICKETTS, Jason W., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek@unm.edu
 
11:00 AM
Discussion: moderated by Karl Karlstrom and Brian Wernicke
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