GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 129
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)

T63. From Mantle to Landscape: Cenozoic Evolution of the Rocky Mountain

GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Robert Moucha, Jolante W. van Wijk and Majie Fan, Advocates
1:30 PM
GEODYNAMIC MODELS OF FARALLON PLATE SUBDUCTION:  CREATING AND REMOVING A FLAT SLAB (Invited Presentation)
CURRIE, Claire A., Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada and COPELAND, Peter, Earth and Atmos. Sci, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, claire.currie@ualberta.ca
1:50 PM
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: THE VARIABLE LIFESPAN OF THE LARAMIDE OROGENY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANCIENT GRAND CANYON HYPOTHESIS
COPELAND, Peter1, CURRIE, Claire A.2, LAWTON, Timothy L.3 and MUPHY, Michael A.1, (1)Earth and Atmos. Sci, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, (2)Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada, (3)Geological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, copeland@uh.edu
2:05 PM
TIMING OF EXHUMATION OF LARAMIDE RANGES IN MONTANA AND WYOMING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION PROCESSES (Invited Presentation)
CARRAPA, Barbara1, ROMERO, Mariah2, DECELLES, Peter G.1 and CONSTENIUS, Kurt3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, (3)Petro Matad Limited, 34 Sambuu Street, 4th microdistrict, Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, bcarrapa@email.arizona.edu
2:25 PM
EVALUATION OF THE PALEOGENE TECTONIC, TOPOGRAPHIC, AND CLIMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE SEVIER-LARAMIDE OVERLAP ZONE, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
SCHWARTZ, Theresa M., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, GRAHAM, Stephan A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and CHAMBERLAIN, C. Page, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm 140, Stanford, CA 94305, tschwartz@allegheny.edu
2:40 PM
RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEOALTIMETRY AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING RANGES IN NORTHEAST WYOMING WITH 3D BASIN MODELING
HU, Xiaoni1, HELLER, Paul L.1 and JONES, Nick2, (1)Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept 3006, Geology, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI), University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, xhu3@uwyo.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE INTERACTIONS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA (Invited Presentation)
SEWALL, Jacob O., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 and RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A., Council on Science and Technology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, sewall@kutztown.edu
3:30 PM
GLOBAL COOLING INDUCED DIACHRONOUS ARIDIFICATION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATEST EOCENE-EARLIEST OLIGOCENE
FAN, Majie, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept., University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, FENG, Ran, National Center for Atmospheric research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305, GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080 and POULSEN, Christopher J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, mfan@uta.edu
3:45 PM
EVIDENCE FROM THREE ISOTOPIC PROXIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH RELIEF BEFORE NEOGENE IN THE UPPER STREAM DRAINAGE OF THE COLORADO RIVER
ZHU, Lu, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, FAN, Majie, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept., University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, TRIPATI, Aradhna, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and KIRBY, Eric, Corvallis, OR, lu.zhu@uta.edu
4:00 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON MINIMUM RATES OF IGNEOUS EMPLACEMENT FROM PALEOMAGNETIC DATA, TRACHYTE MESA LACCOLITH, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UT
ROST, Rebecca1, GIORGIS, Scott1 and HORSMAN, Eric2, (1)Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, rr17@geneseo.edu
4:15 PM
QUATERNARY TECTONICS ALONG THE FLANK OF YELLOWSTONE FROM TERRACES ALONG THE HOBACK AND SNAKE RIVER
BUFE, Aaron, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PEDERSON, Joel L., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 and TUZLAK, Daphnee, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84321, joel.pederson@usu.edu
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