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

Session No. 49
Wednesday, 16 May 2018: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Coconino Room (DoubleTree by Hilton)

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

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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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
THE SURPRISE VALLEY LANDSLIDE COMPLEX: 3 MILLION YEARS OF ROTATIONAL BEDROCK LANDSLIDING AND RIVER DIVERSIONS IN THE CENTRAL GRAND CANYON
ROBERTSON, Jesse, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and KARLSTROM, Karl, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
1:55 PM
THE RABBIT VALLEY SALIENT, A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE DEPOSIT AT THE COLORADO PLATEAU’S WESTERN MARGIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL UTAH
BAILEY, Christopher M.1, FLEMING, Zachariah D.2, BARTRAM, Hanna C.2, BIEK, Robert F.3 and MARCHETTI, David W.4, (1)Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, (2)Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, (3)Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (4)Geology Program, Western Colorado University, 600 N. Adams St, Gunnison, CO 81231
2:15 PM
BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF THE VIRGIN RIVER: POST 5 MA UPLIFT OF THE WESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU
WALK, Cory J., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, CROW, Ryan S., U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, NM Tech, Socorro, NM 87801
2:35 PM
DRAINAGE REVERSAL AND INCISIONAL HISTORY OF THE SALT RIVER
ANDERSON, Jordan C.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, CROSSEY, Laura J.2, HEIZLER, Matthew3 and SCUDERI, Louis A.4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
 
2:55 PM
Discussion
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