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Rocky Mountain Section - 67th Annual Meeting (21-23 May)

Session No. 10
Friday, 22 May 2015: 10:00 AM-11:45 AM
South Ballroom (Best Western Ramkota Hotel)

Mountain Building and Basin Response: New Insights to the Bighorn Mountains and Associated Basins

 

Ranie Lynds, Erin Campbell-Stone and Eric Erslev, Advocates
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Start Time
 
10:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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10:05 AM
BASEMENT-INVOLVED LARAMIDE THRUSTING AND LOWER-CRUSTAL DETACHMENT IN THE ROCKIES: RESULTS FROM THE NSF/EARTHSCOPE BIGHORN PROJECT
ERSLEV, Eric A.1, WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe2, AYDINIAN, Karen1, MILLER, Kate C.3, SHEEHAN, A.4, YECK, William5, O'ROURKE, Colin6, SIDDOWAY, Christine S.7, ANDERSON, Megan8 and HARDER, Steve9, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (4)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (5)Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, (6)Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (7)Geology Department, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (8)Geology Dept, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (9)Geology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, eric.erslev@colostate.edu, eric.erslev@colostate.edu
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10:25 AM
ESTIMATING TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF SURFACE UPLIFT IN THE GREATER BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AREA, WYOMING, USING BASIN SUBSIDENCE MODELING
HU, Xiaoni, Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept 3006, Geology, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 and JONES, Nick, Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, University of Wyoming, 1000 E Univeristy Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, xhu3@uwyo.edu, xhu3@uwyo.edu
3
10:45 AM
LINKING THE SURFACE TO THE SUBSURFACE: ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY OF THE FRONTIER FORMATION, POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING, USA
RHODES, Rebekah, MCELROY, Brandon and CAMPBELL-STONE, Erin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, rrhodes2@uwyo.edu, rrhodes2@uwyo.edu
4
11:05 AM
PROTEROZOIC RIFT SYSTEMS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS-EARLY CENOZOIC WYOMING SALIENT
PEARSON, David M., Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, STOP 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209 and BECKER, Thomas P., Petroleum Geochemistry, Hydrocarbon Systems Division, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77098, pearson@isu.edu, pearson@isu.edu
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11:25 AM
THE LATE CRETACEOUS MAJOR REORGANIZATION EVENT OF PACIFIC PLATE, AGE 87-89 MA (LATE TURONIAN/ CONIACIAN): INSIGHT FROM EASTERN ASIA AND IMPLICATION TO THE LARAMIDE OROGENY IN WESTERN INTERIOR IN NORTH AMERICA
SONG, Ying, Geology Dept., Geoscience School, China University of Petroleum (East China), No.66, West Changjiang Road, Huangdao Area, Qingdao, 266580, China, STEPASHKO, Andrei, Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk, 680000, Russia, REN, Jianye, Faculty of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China and QI, Ying, MBA Office, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China, psuywwg@gmail.com, psuywwg@gmail.com
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