Cordilleran Section - 112th Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 20
Wednesday, 6 April 2016: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM
Meeting Room 203 C (Ontario Convention Center)

Structural Geology and Tectonics

 

John S. Singleton, Chair
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POLYPHASE MYLONITIZATION IN THE HARCUVAR AND BUCKSKIN-RAWHIDE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES, WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA
SINGLETON, John S., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and WONG, Martin S., Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, john.singleton@colostate.edu, john.singleton@colostate.edu
Handouts
  • GSA talk.pptx (10.7 MB)
  • 9:30 AM
    EARLY PLIOCENE SEDIMENT PULSE DOWN THE NEWLY INTEGRATED COLORADO RIVER — A RESPONSE TO DOWNCUTTING THAT DESTABILIZED THE MIOCENE COLORADO PLATEAU LANDSCAPE
    HOWARD, Keith A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, HOUSE, P. Kyle, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, DORSEY, Rebecca J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and PEARTHREE, Philip A., Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress, #100, Tucson, AZ 85701-1381, khoward@usgs.gov, khoward@usgs.gov
    Handouts
  • Howard2016GSAseds.ppt (35.4 MB)
  • 9:50 AM
    EOCENE ACTIVITY ON THE WESTERN SIERRA FAULT SYSTEM AND ITS ROLE INCISING KINGS CANYON, CALIFORNIA
    SOUSA, Frank J.1, SALEEBY, Jason B.2, FARLEY, Kenneth A.1 and CLARK, Marin K.3, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, fsousa@gps.caltech.edu, fsousa@gps.caltech.edu
     
    10:10 AM
    Break
    10:25 AM
    MESOZOIC DUCTILE DEFORMATION IN THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS: SEVIER CONTRACTION OVERPRINTED BY LARAMIDE AGE HINTERLAND-VERGENT FOLDING
    PAVLIS, Terry L., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, BRUSH, Jade Ashley, Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave., Geological Sciences, El Paso, TX 79902 and COBB, Joshua, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968, tlpavlis@utep.edu, tlpavlis@utep.edu
    10:45 AM
    NEW GARNET PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE PATHS FROM THE CHLORIDE CLIFF AREA, FUNERAL MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, REVEAL A HISTORY OF LATE JURASSIC BURIAL FOLLOWED BY EXHUMATION
    CRADDOCK, Suzanne D., Dept. of Geology, Northern Arizona Univeristy, 625 S. Knoles Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, HOISCH, Thomas D., School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and WELLS, Michael L., Dept. of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, sc2439@nau.edu, sc2439@nau.edu
    11:05 AM
    THE PIÑON OROGENY, A NEWLY DEFINED PENNSYLVANIAN TECTONIC EVENT RECORDED IN THE BASIN AND RANGE
    CASHMAN, Patricia, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, TREXLER, James H., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, TAYLOR, Wanda J., Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and STURMER, Daniel M., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, pcashman@unr.edu, pcashman@unr.edu
    11:25 AM
    STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF THE CHICAGO PASS-SHAW THRUST SYSTEM IN THE NOPAH-RESTING SPRING RANGE:  A KEY FOR RESOLVING EXTENSIONAL MODELS IN THE DEATH VALLEY REGION
    RUTKOFSKE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968 and PAVLIS, Terry L., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, jerutkofske@miners.utep.edu, jerutkofske@miners.utep.edu
     
    11:45 AM
    Concluding Remarks
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