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

Session No. 21
Tuesday, 15 May 2018: 3:30 PM-5:15 PM
Coconino Room (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T1. Miocene to Recent Evolution of the Lower Colorado River Corridor and the Northern Gulf of California III

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

 

Ryan S. Crow, Kristin McDougall, Scott E.K. Bennett and Michael H. Darin, Advocates
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Start Time
 
3:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
3:35 PM
EVIDENCE FOR AN OFF-LAP SEQUENCE BETWEEN THE BOUSE FORMATION AND BULLHEAD ALLUVIUM IN SOUTHERN BLYTHE BASIN, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA
GOOTEE, Brian F.1, PEARTHREE, Philip A.1, HOUSE, P. Kyle2, BRIGHT, Jordon3 and YOUBERG, Ann M.1, (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)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
3:55 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDY OF PRE-COLORADO-RIVER DEPOSITS IN COTTONWOOD VALLEY, AZ: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIMING OF RIVER INTEGRATION
CROW, Ryan1, PEARTHREE, Philip A.2, HOUSE, P. Kyle1, STELTEN, Mark3, HEIZLER, Matthew4, SCHWING, Jonathan E.5, CHAMPION, Duane3, HOWARD, Keith A.3 and HILLHOUSE, John W.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr. 86001, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Arizona Geological Survey, 1955 E 6th St, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (4)New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (5)ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, SEC 710, Norman, OK 73019
4:15 PM
DETRITAL SANIDINE GEOCHRONOLOGY: BREAKTHROUGH METHOD FOR DATING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
4:35 PM
PALAEO-DRAINAGE OF THE SW US: THE EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO-GILA-SALT RIVER SYSTEM
MACDONALD, David1, NICHOLSON, Uisdean2 and MCGILL, Paula1, (1)School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, (2)School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot Watt University, Enterprise Oil Building, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
4:55 PM
GENOMIC DATA OFFERS AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER REGION
DOLBY, Greer A., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
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