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

Session No. 46
Wednesday, 16 May 2018: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Canyon Room (DoubleTree by Hilton)

S2. Cordilleran Core Complexes and Arizona Geology III: A Celebration of Jon Spencer's Career

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

John S. Singleton, Stephen J. Reynolds and Kurt N. Constenius, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
SOME PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES (MCC'S) OF THE NORTHERN BASIN AND RANGE
MILLER, Elizabeth L.1, GOTTLIEB, E.S.1, HOILAND, Carl W.1, KONSTANTINOU, Alex2, LUND SNEE, Jens-Erik3 and RUKSZNIS, Abigail4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)47 Birch Canoe Drive, Tomball, TX 77375, Cyprus, (3)Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4)TPL, 100M St SE # 700, Washington, DC 20003
1:50 PM
EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN SNAKE RANGE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, NEVADA: INTEGRATING FIELD, STRUCTURE, GEOCHRONOLOGIC, AND THERMOCHRONOLOGIC DATA SETS
LEE, Jeff, Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 East University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, BLACKBURN, Terrence J., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street EMS A232, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and JOHNSTON, Scott M., Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
2:10 PM
HOW THE WHIPPLE DETACHMENT FAULT FORMED IN THE CONTINENTAL BRITTLE-PLASTIC TRANSITION
AXEN, Gary, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
2:30 PM
ORTHOGONAL (N-S) EXTENSION AT THE LEADING EDGE OF A PROPAGATING CONTINENTAL RIFT: A REASSESSMENT OF HOMER MOUNTAIN AND ENVIRONS, LOWER COLORADO RIVER EXTENSIONAL CORRIDOR (CREC)
GANS, Phillip B., NEWMANN, Justin, MONROE, Evan and KYLANDER-CLARK, Andrew, Dept. of Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630
2:50 PM
COLORADO RIVER EXTENSIONAL CORRIDOR: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM DETACHED ROCKS IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
HOWARD, Keith A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS/973, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and FERGUSON, Charles A., Arizona Geological Survey, PO Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721
 
3:10 PM
Discussion
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