GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 44
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 307/308 (Washington State Convention Center)

T92. Tectonics and Sedimentation, Avulsion, and Experimental Stratigraphy, and History of Western North America: A Celebration of Paul Heller's Career

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Brady Z. Foreman, Majie Fan and Elizabeth Hajek, Advocates
1:30 PM
PAUL HELLER AND THE GROWTH OF ANALYTICAL STRATIGRAPHY
PAOLA, Chris, Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 116 Church Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, cpaola@umn.edu
1:50 PM
REPRODUCING THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY USING COUPLED MANTLE-LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION MODELING
CHANG, Ching and LIU, Lijun, Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, ljliu@illinois.edu
2:05 PM
STABLE ISOTOPE EVIDENCE (δ18O AND δD) FOR LATE EOCENE–LATE MIOCENE TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE IN THE NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
LI, Lin, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, FAN, Majie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019 and HANNEMAN, Debra L., Whitehall Geogroup, Inc, 107 Whitetail Road, Whitehall, MT 59759, li.lin8611@gmail.com
2:20 PM
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FOREARC BASIN STRATIGRAPHY AND ACCRETIONARY WEDGE GROWTH UNDER THE CRITICAL TAPER THEORY
NODA, Atsushi, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 7, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, a.noda@aist.go.jp
2:35 PM
USING GEOHISTORY ANALYSIS TO UNRAVEL THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF LATE PALEOZOIC BASINS AND TECTONICS IN SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA
STURMER, Daniel M., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, Daniel.Sturmer@uc.edu
2:50 PM
CENOZOIC COLLAPSE OF THE EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND DRAINAGE EVOLUTION OF THE UINTA MOUNTAIN REGION
ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, BORAAS-CONNORS, Marisa, Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 400 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80523, SPRINKEL, Douglas A., Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, BECKER, Thomas P., ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Spring, TX 77389, LYNDS, Ranie, Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, aaslan@coloradomesa.edu
3:05 PM
CRUSTAL DEFORMATION, BASIN SUBSIDENCE, AND PALEO-RIVER RESPONSE TO EOCENE ACCRETION OF SILETZIA, SW OREGON (Invited Presentation)
DORSEY, Rebecca J.1, WELLS, Ray E.2, GROVE, Marty3, BRUTZKUS, Pamela1, MORTIMER-LAMB, Megan1 and HUMPHREYS, Eugene D.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Ave., Portland, OR 97201, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, rdorsey@uoregon.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT STORAGE IN ANCIENT DEPOSITS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE BLACKHAWK-CASTLEGATE FORMATION BOUNDARY (CRETACEOUS, UTAH, USA)
CHAMBERLIN, Ellen P.1, SPRANGER, Annabel1 and HAJEK, Elizabeth2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Denison University, 100 West College St, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, (2)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, chamberline@denison.edu
3:55 PM
BRAIDING MECHANISMS AND BAR GEOMETRIES IN RIVERS AND SUBMARINE DENSITY CURRENT CHANNELS
SUTHERLAND, Grace M., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, LAI, Steven, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, LIMAYE, Ajay, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2 SE Third Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55414, GRIMAUD, Jean-Louis, MINES ParisTech, Centre de Geosciences, PSL Research University, Fontainebleu, France and KOMATSU, Yuhei, Japan Oil Engineering Co. Ltd, Tokyo, gsutherl13@gmail.com
4:10 PM
EARLY PALEOGENE SHIFTS IN FLUVIAL DEPOSITION WITHIN THE HUERFANO BASIN, COLORADO, USA: EVALUATION OF TECTONIC AND CLIMATIC CONTROL
RASMUSSEN, Dirk, Colorado Mountain College, Natural Resource Management, 901 South US-24, Leadville, CO 80461, FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225 and FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, dmrasmussen@coloradomtn.edu
4:25 PM
RECONSTRUCTING PALEOCHANNEL MOBILITY CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE PALEOCENE EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
HAJEK, Elizabeth1, GREENBERG, Evan2, CHAMBERLIN, Ellen P.3 and BAISDEN, Tramond2, (1)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Department of Geosciences, Denison University, 100 West College St, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, hajek@psu.edu
4:40 PM
ADVANCES IN MEASURING AUTOGENIC DYNAMICS IN FLUVIO-DELTAIC STRATIGRAPHY
TRAMPUSH, Sheila1, HAJEK, Elizabeth1, STRAUB, Kyle2 and CHAMBERLIN, Ellen P.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, (3)Department of Geosciences, Denison University, 100 West College St, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023, smt254@psu.edu
4:55 PM
ARCHITECTURAL BIMODALITY IN FLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MORRISON FORMATION, USA
MCELROY, Brandon, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, bmcelroy@uwyo.edu
5:10 PM
RIO GRANDE SHELF-EDGE DELTA AND SUBMARINE SLOPE SYSTEM, OFFSHORE TEXAS, USA: TARANTIAN – EARLY HOLOCENE SEDIMENTATION OVERWHELMS TECTONICS (Invited Presentation)
MOHRIG, David and SWARTZ, John M., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1722, mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu
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