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Cordilleran Section - 109th Annual Meeting (20-22 May 2013)

Session No. 13
Tuesday, 21 May 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Salon A2 (Radisson Hotel and Conference Center)

T10. Reconstructing the Pacific-North America Plate Boundary Through Late Cenozoic Time I

 

Scott E.K. Bennett, Rebecca Dorsey, Michael Oskin and Michael H. Darin, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE HISTORY OF THE LATE CENOZOIC PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICAN PLATE BOUNDARY FROM MARINE MAGNETIC ANOMALIES AND GLOBAL PLATE CIRCUITS
ATWATER, Tanya M., Earth Science Department, Univ. California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and STOCK, Joann, Div. Geological and Planetary Sciences, Calif. Inst. Tech, MC 252-21, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, atwater@geol.ucsb.edu, atwater@geol.ucsb.edu
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8:25 AM
EVOLUTION OF THE SALTON TROUGH-GULF OF CALIFORNIA PART OF THE PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA PLATE BOUNDARY: AN UPDATE
STOCK, Joann M., Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, MC 252-21, Pasadena, CA 91125 and MARTIN-BARAJAS, Arturo, Div. Ciencias de la Tierra, CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Ensenada, B.C, C.P. 22860, Mexico, jstock@gps.caltech.edu, jstock@gps.caltech.edu
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8:45 AM
LATE OLIGOCENE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE RIFTING AND SYN-EXTENSIONAL MAGMATISM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL, MEXICO: THE BEGINNING OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA RIFT
FERRARI, Luca1, MARTINEZ-LOPEZ, Margarita2, OROZCO ESQUIVEL, Maria Teresa3, BRYAN, Scott4, DUQUE, Jose3 and LONSDALE, Peter5, (1)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito Investigacion Cientifica, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, (2)Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico, (3)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Campus Juriquilla, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, (4)Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Australia, (5)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, luca@unam.mx, luca@unam.mx
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9:05 AM
LATE MIOCENE (12-6 MA) TRANSTENSIONAL FAULTING, BLOCK ROTATIONS, AND VOLCANISM DURING INCEPTION OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA OBLIQUE RIFT, SOUTHWESTERN SONORA, MEXICO
GANS, Phillip B.1, HERMAN, Scott1 and MACMILLAN, Ian2, (1)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, (2)Long Beach, CA 90831, gans@geol.ucsb.edu, gans@geol.ucsb.edu
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9:25 AM
TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF TRANSFORM FAULTING IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR OBLIQUE RIFT LOCALIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA PLATE BOUNDARY
BENNETT, Scott E.K.1, OSKIN, Michael E.1 and IRIONDO, Alexander2, (1)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, 76230, Mexico, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
EXTENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE NEW CRUST BENEATH RIFT BASINS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MARTÍN, Arturo1, HURTADO, Juan Carlos1, CAÑÓN, Edgardo1, WEBER, Bodo2 and SCHMITT, A.K.3, (1)Geología, CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Ensenada, 22860, Mexico, (2)Departamento de Geología, CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Palyitas, Ensenada, B.C, 22860, Mexico, (3)Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, 595 Charles Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095, amartin@cicese.mx, amartin@cicese.mx
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10:20 AM
HOW DOES THE EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE PROJECT INTO SONORA, MEXICO?
NOURSE, Jonathan A., Geological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 West Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, janourse@csupomona.edu, janourse@csupomona.edu
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10:40 AM
POST-MIDDLE MIOCENE DEXTRAL FAULTING IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER EXTENSIONAL CORRIDOR: INSIGHTS FROM THE BUCKSKIN-RAWHIDE CORE COMPLEX, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA
SINGLETON, John, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, jsing@gmu.edu, jsing@gmu.edu
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11:00 AM
CUMULATIVE DEXTRAL STRAIN ACROSS THE MIOCENE-PRESENT PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA PLATE BOUNDARY: EASTERN CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE TO THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
DARIN, Michael H.1, BENNETT, Scott E.K.2, OSKIN, Michael E.2 and DORSEY, Rebecca J.3, (1)ConocoPhillips Co, 600 North Dairy Ashford Rd, 3064 Dubai, Houston, TX 77079, (2)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, mike.h.darin@conocophillips.com, mike.h.darin@conocophillips.com
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11:20 AM
RECONSTRUCTING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA-SALTON TROUGH OBLIQUE PLATE BOUNDARY WITH GIS MAPS SINCE 12 MA
UMHOEFER, Paul J.1, BENNETT, Scott E.K.2, SKINNER, Lisa A.3, DARIN, Michael H.4, OSKIN, Michael E.2 and DORSEY, Rebecca J.5, (1)School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (3)School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Geology Program, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (4)ConocoPhillips Co, 600 North Dairy Ashford Rd, 3064 Dubai, Houston, TX 77079, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, paul.umhoefer@nau.edu, paul.umhoefer@nau.edu
 
11:40 AM
Discussion
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