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Session No. 273
Tuesday, 29 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 IV

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
 
1:00 PM
Virtual Field Exploration of Grand Canyon Geology and Geologic History
 
1:10 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:15 PM
PATTERNS OF INCISION, KNICKZONES, AND DEFORMATION IN THE CENTRAL COLORADO PLATEAU
PEDERSON, Joel L., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, joel.pederson@usu.edu
2
1:30 PM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING AND RATES OF FLUVIAL INCISION AND CHANNEL PROFILE FORM ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE ROCKIES
ROSENBERG, Russell H., Dept of Geosciences, Penn State Univeristy, University Park, PA 16802, KIRBY, Eric, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331, ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Science, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, russell.rosenberg@gmail.com
3
1:45 PM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING AND RATES OF INCISION ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR RIFLE, CO: IMPLICATIONS FOR DRIVERS OF LATE CENOZOIC LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
KIRBY, Eric, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331, ASLAN, Andres, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, ROSENBERG, Russell, Dept of Geosciences, Penn State Univeristy, University Park, PA 16802, KELLEY, Shari, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801-4796, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and FURLONG, Kevin P., Geosciences, Penn State Univ, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, eric.kirby@geo.oregonstate.edu
4
2:00 PM
TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE OF THE EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND DRAINAGE CAPTURE OF THE GREEN RIVER BY THE COLORADO RIVER, WYOMING, UTAH, AND COLORADO
BECKER, Thomas P., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77067, LYNDS, Ranie, Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073 and SPRINKEL, Douglas, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, thomas.p.becker@exxonmobil.com
5
2:15 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES RECYCLED EUREKA CLASTS IN THE POWDER RIM GRAVEL (LATE MIOCENE) OF SOUTHERN WYOMING
FERGUSON, Charles A., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 West Congress, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85719 and WALDRIP, William Ross, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, caf@email.arizona.edu
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2:30 PM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF GREEN RIVER INTEGRATION, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO
ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Science, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, KIRBY, Eric, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, DARLING, Andrew, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, ROSENBERG, Russell, Dept of Geosciences, Penn State Univeristy, University Park, PA 16802, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and BORAAS, Marisa, Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 400 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80523, aaslan@coloradomesa.edu
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2:45 PM
NORTH-FLOWING OUTLET FOR 23-17 MA GRAND CANYON? EVIDENCE FROM NEVADA, IDAHO, MONTANA, AND CANADA
SEARS, James, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296, james.sears@umontana.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
8
3:30 PM
MULTI-STAGE UPLIFT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: USING THERMOCHRONOLOGY DATA TO UNRAVEL MECHANISMS AND DISCRETE EPISODES OF UPLIFT AND INTERVENING TECTONIC QUIESCENCE
DONAHUE, Magdalena, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and RICKETTS, Jason W., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mmsd@unm.edu
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3:45 PM
LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE OF THE COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TOPOGRAPHIC SUPPORT AND CENOZOIC EVOLUTION
HANSEN, Steven M., Cires, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, STACHNIK, Josh, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, ASTER, Richard C., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, steven.hansen@colorado.edu
 
4:00 PM
Discussion, Moderated by Kelin Whipple, Eric Kirby, Brandon Schmandt
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