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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 301
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A (Colorado Convention Center)

T51. CRevolution 2.5: Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System and Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of the Colorado Plateau-Rocky Mountain Region II

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Ryan S. Crow, L. Sue Beard, Rebecca Dorsey, Andres Aslan, Eric Kirby, Brandon Schmandt, Lijun Liu, Richard A. Young, P. Kyle House, David L. Shuster and Karl Karlstrom, Advocates
301-1
1:30 PM
A PERSPECTIVE ON LAKE FILLING, SPILLING, RIVER INCISION AND AGGRADATION, AND DEFORMATION DURING THE EARLY PLIOCENE IN THE BLYTHE BASIN, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA
PEARTHREE, Philip A., Arizona Geological Survey, 1955 E 6th St, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721, HOUSE, P. Kyle, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, GOOTEE, Brian F., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701-1381, CROW, Ryan S., U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, YOUBERG, Ann, Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress St, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85701, BRIGHT, Jordon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and HOWARD, Keith A., Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, phil.pearthree@azgs.az.gov
301-2
1:45 PM
PUNCTUATED SEDIMENT DISCHARGE DURING EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER: EVIDENCE FROM REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY
DORSEY, Rebecca J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, MCDOUGALL, Kristin, U. S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, O’CONNELL, Brennan, Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, HOWARD, Keith A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS/973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, HOMAN, Mindy B., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and BYKERK-KAUFFMAN, Ann, Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State Univ, Chico, 400 W. 1st St, Chico, CA 95929-0205, rdorsey@uoregon.edu
301-3
2:00 PM
A SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF THE UPPER BIOCLASTIC UNIT CAPPING THE BOUSE FORMATION IN THE CIBOLA AREA, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA
GOOTEE, Brian F.1, PEARTHREE, Philip A.1, HOUSE, P. Kyle2, O'CONNELL, Brennan3 and BRIGHT, Jordon4, (1)Arizona Geological Survey, 1955 E 6th St, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (3)Geology, Colorado College, 6392 S. Zenobia Ct, Littleton, CO 80123, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, bgootee@email.arizona.edu
301-4
2:15 PM
AGE OF BOUSE FORMATION ESTIMATED BY AUTHIGENIC 10BE/9BE DATING
SEONG, Yeong Bae, Department of Geography Education, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 02841, Korea, Republic of (South), JEONG, Ara, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Coor Hall, 975 S. Myrtle Ave., Fifth Floor, Room 5643A, Tempe, AZ 85287-5302, DORN, Ronald I., School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, GOOTEE, Brian F., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701-1381, HOUSE, P. Kyle, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and PEARTHREE, Philip A., Arizona Geological Survey, 1955 E 6th St, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721, ybseong@korea.ac.kr
301-5
2:30 PM
DECIPHERING LOWER COLORADO RIVER INTEGRATION PROCESSES THROUGH GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDIES OF THE BOUSE FORMATION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
CROW, Ryan S.1, HOUSE, P. Kyle1, HOWARD, Keith A.2, KARLSTROM, Karl E.3, HEIZLER, Matthew T.4, POLYAK, Victor J.5, ASMEROM, Yemane5, PEARTHREE, Philip A.6, O'CONNELL, Brennan7, CROSSEY, Laura J.5, CHAMPION, Duane2, BEARD, L. Sue1, DORSEY, Rebecca7 and MCDOUGALL, Kristin1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (6)Arizona Geological Survey, 1955 E 6th St, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, rcrow@usgs.gov
 
2:45 PM
Panel Discussion on the Bouse
 
3:00 PM
Break
301-6
3:15 PM
EFFECTS OF STRATIGRAPHIC VARIATION IN ROCK STRENGTH ON EROSION RATE PATTERNS IN LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION FROM NUMERICAL MODELS AND COSMOGENIC SAMPLING IN GRAND CANYON AND GRAND STAIRCASE
DARLING, Andrew, Geosciences Department, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, WHIPPLE, Kelin X., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, CO 85287, CLARKE, Brian, Earth Science, University of California - Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, FORTE, Adam M., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 871 E Terrace Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287 and BIERMAN, Paul R., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05405, aldarlin@asu.edu
301-7
3:30 PM
SEDIMENT YIELDS OF GRAND CANYON TRIBUTARIES CALCULATED OVER MILLENNIA AND MILLIONS OF YEARS
NICHOLS, Kyle K., Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, BIERMAN, Paul R., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405 and ROOD, Dylan H., Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, knichols@skidmore.edu
301-8
3:45 PM
OLIGOCENE ROCK COOLING OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO PLATEAU REGION: EROSION OR A VARIABLE GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT?
MURRAY, Kendra E.1, REINERS, Peter W.2 and THOMSON, Stuart N.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St., Tucson, AZ 85721, murrayke@umich.edu
301-9
4:00 PM
DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION: GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS FOR GEODYNAMIC MODELS AND VICE VERSA
KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, LIU, Lijun2, ZHOU, Quan2, CROW, Ryan S.3, ASLAN, Andres4 and SCHMANDT, Brandon5, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, 221 Yale Blvd NE, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 605 E Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (4)Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, (5)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek1@unm.edu
301-10
4:15 PM
LATE CENOZOIC MANTLE DYNAMICS, INTRA-PLATE VOLCANISM, AND TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION WITHIN THE WESTERN U.S
ZHOU, Quan and LIU, Lijun, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, qzhou11@illinois.edu
 
4:30 PM
Panel Discussion - Future Direction of CRevolution research
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