Rocky Mountain Section - 65th Annual Meeting (15-17 May 2013)

Session No. 11
Thursday, 16 May 2013: 9:15 AM-11:30 AM
North Conference Room (University Center)

T7. Tectonic Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift, Southern Rocky Mountains

 

Rachel L. Landman and Daniel Feucht, Advocates
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9:15 AM
HEAT FLOW AND ISOSTASY REVISITED FOR THE RIO GRANDE RIFT AND SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN COLORADO
MORGAN, Paul, Colorado Geological Survey, 1095 Rosemary St, Denver, CO 80230-7090, morgan@mines.edu, morgan@mines.edu
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9:35 AM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A MAGNETOTELLURIC PILOT STUDY OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT AND SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWEST USA
FEUCHT, Daniel, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, BEDROSIAN, Paul A., US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and SHEEHAN, Anne F., Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, daniel.feucht@colorado.edu, daniel.feucht@colorado.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
STRAIN TRANSFER FROM THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT TO THE UINTA ARCH ALONG THE CRESTED BUTTE LINEAMENT
WAWRZYNIEC, Timothy F., Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Western State Colorado University, 31C Hurst Hall, Gunnison, CO 81231, twawrzyniec@western.edu, twawrzyniec@western.edu
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10:35 AM
PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF A RIO GRANDE RIFT SUB-BASIN, SUNSHINE VALLEY-COSTILLA PLAIN, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO
RULEMAN, C.A., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 980, Denver, CO 80225, cruleman@usgs.gov, cruleman@usgs.gov
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10:55 AM
LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TERTIARY COOLING AND UNROOFING HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, NEW MEXICO
LANDMAN, Rachel L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, FLOWERS, Rebecca, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New MexicoTech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, rachel.landman@colorado.edu, rachel.landman@colorado.edu
 
11:15 AM
Discussion
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