Joint 70th Rocky Mountain Annual Section / 114th Cordilleran Annual Section Meeting - 2018

Session No. 29
Wednesday, 16 May 2018: 8:20 AM-10:05 AM
Coconino Room (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T6. Colorado Plateau Landscape Evolution -- Grand Canyon- and Upper Basin-Focused Colorado River Evolution I

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

L. Sue Beard, Andres Aslan, Richard Young and Karl E. Karlstrom, Advocates
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8:20 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:25 AM
ONGOING MANTLE-DRIVEN UPLIFT OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU-ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, LIU, Lijun2, ASLAN, Andres3, QUAN, Zhou2 and HEIZLER, Matthew T.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, (3)Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, (4)New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, Socorro, NM 87801
8:45 AM
MIS 12-11 (478-374 KA) ~ MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN-COLORADO PLATEAU REGION: LINKS TO LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF MAJOR WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS
RULEMAN, Cal, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, HUDSON, Adam M., US Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change, P.O.Box 25046, Denver Federal Center MS 980, Lakewood, CO 80225, CAFFEE, Marc W., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and BRUGGER, Keith A., Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 E. 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267
9:05 AM
THE BROWNS PARK FORMATION IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO AND SOUTH-CENTRAL WYOMING: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE CENOZOIC SEDIMENTATION AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY
BUFFLER, Richard T., 11 Juan de Gabaldon Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87506 and ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
9:25 AM
CONTROLS ON PATTERNS OF UPPER COLORADO RIVER BEDROCK INCISION
ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, HEIZLER, Matthew, New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, KIRBY, Eric, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331, GRANGER, Darryl E., Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907, HANSON, Paul R., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, 612 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, FEATHERS, James K., Anthropology, University of Washington, Raitt Hall Room 206, Seattle, WA 98117 and MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 974, Denver, CO 80225
9:45 AM
YOUTHFUL, TRANSIENT RIVER INCISION OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN IS CAPTURED IN CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY AROUND MOAB, UTAH
PEDERSON, Joel L.1, TURLEY, Michael B.2, MAUCH, James3, RITTENOUR, Tammy M.3 and HIDY, Alan J.4, (1)Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (2)Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322; Logan, UT 84321, (3)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (4)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550
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