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

	SUNDAY 13 May	MONDAY 14 May		TUESDAY 15 May		WEDNESDAY 16 May		THURSDAY 17 May		FRIDAY 18 May
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Discipline Sessions				D8. Exciting New Interdisciplinary Themes in the Geosciences 8:20 AM-10:20 AM D1. Volcanology / Petrology / Ore Mineralization (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM D4. Sedimentary Geochemistry (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM		D2. Geology of the Sierra Nevada (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM D3. Hydrology/Aqueous Chemistry (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM D7. Paleontology (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM	D5. Geomorphology 3:30 PM-5:15 PM	D5. Geomorphology (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM D6. Structural Geology (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Events	FT1. Silver Creek Caldera and Peach Spring Tuff 7:30 AM-11:55 PM	FT2. Informal Geoscience Education on the Trail of Time at Grand Canyon National Park 7:30 AM-4:30 PM SC1. Digital Geology Teaching Tools 8:00 AM-12:00 PM SC2. Prospective UAV Users for Geologic Purposes 8:00 AM-12:00 PM SC5. Assessing Contaminant Sources and Aquifer Continuity in Soil/Groundwater using Stable Isotopes of Strontium (Sr) and Lead (Pb) -- CANCELED 8:00 AM-5:00 PM	SC3. Digital Field Methods for Sed/Strat and Structural Geology: Use of Tablet-Based Apps for Mapping and Measurements in Undergraduate Courses 1:00 PM-4:30 PM SC4. UAV Geologic Applications 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Exhibitor Set Up 3:00 PM-5:00 PM Registration 3:00 PM-7:30 PM Speaker Ready Room 4:00 PM-7:00 PM Exhibits 5:00 PM-7:00 PM Welcome Reception and Map Blast 5:00 PM-7:00 PM	Registration 7:00 AM-4:30 PM Speaker Ready Room 7:00 AM-5:30 PM Exhibits 8:00 AM-6:30 PM Geoscience GeoCareer Program Workshop Part 1. Career Planning and Informational Interviewing 9:00 AM-10:00 AM Geoscience GeoCareer Program Workshop Part 2. Geoscience Career Exploration 10:00 AM-11:00 AM	Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geosciences 12:15 PM-1:15 PM	Rocky Mountain GSA Section Business Meeting 7:00 AM-8:00 AM Registration 7:00 AM-4:30 PM Speaker Ready Room 7:00 AM-5:30 PM Exhibits 8:00 AM-6:30 PM Geoscience GeoCareer Program Workshop Part 3. Cover Letters, Resumes, and CVs 9:00 AM-10:00 AM	Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geosciences 12:15 PM-1:15 PM Cordilleran GSA Section Business Meeting 4:30 PM-5:30 PM Banquet for Symposia Honorees 7:30 PM-10:00 PM	GSA Strategic Planning Meeting 7:00 AM-8:00 AM Registration 7:00 AM-2:00 PM Speaker Ready Room 7:00 AM-2:00 PM Exhibits 8:00 AM-5:00 PM	John Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology 12:15 PM-1:15 PM Exhibits Tear Down 5:00 PM-6:00 PM	FT3. Oligocene Incision of Grand Canyon, Grandview Trail to Horseshoe Mesa 7:30 AM-4:30 PM FT5. Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Snake Range Metamorphic Core Complex, East Central Nevada 7:30 AM-11:55 PM FT4. The Holey Tour: Planetary Analog Sites of Northern Arizona 8:00 AM-5:00 PM SC6. Collecting Geological Field Data Using the StraboSpot Data System - Canceled 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Symposia Sessions				Tectonics of the Death Valley Region I: A Tribute to Bennie Troxel and Lauren Wright 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Jurassic to Cenozoic Geology of Southern California, Southwest Arizona, and Sonora: A Session Honoring Gordon Haxel and Carl Jacobson (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Recent Advances in Basin-and-Range and Proterozoic Geology of the Western U.S.: A Session Honoring Ernie Duebendorfer (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Cordilleran Core Complexes and Arizona Geology: A Celebration of Jon Spencer's Career (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Tectonics of the Death Valley Region II: A Tribute to Bennie Troxel and Lauren Wright 10:20 AM-12:05 PM	Tectonics of the Death Valley Region III: A Tribute to Bennie Troxel and Lauren Wright 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Tectonics of the Death Valley Region IV: A Tribute to Bennie Troxel and Lauren Wright 3:30 PM-5:15 PM	Cordilleran Core Complexes and Arizona Geology I: A Celebration of Jon Spencer's Career 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Cordilleran Core Complexes and Arizona Geology II: A Celebration of Jon Spencer's Career 10:20 AM-12:05 PM Recent Advances in Basin-and-Range and Proterozoic Geology of the Western U.S. I: A Session Honoring Ernie Duebendorfer 10:20 AM-12:05 PM	Cordilleran Core Complexes and Arizona Geology III: A Celebration of Jon Spencer's Career 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Recent Advances in Basin-and-Range and Proterozoic Geology of the Western U.S. II: A Session Honoring Ernie Duebendorfer 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Recent Advances in Basin-and-Range and Proterozoic Geology of the Western U.S. III: A Session Honoring Ernie Duebendorfer 3:30 PM-5:15 PM	Jurassic to Cenozoic Geology of Southern California, Southwest Arizona, and Sonora I: A Session Honoring Gordon Haxel and Carl Jacobson 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Tectonics of the Death Valley Region: A Tribute to Bennie Troxel and Lauren Wright (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Jurassic to Cenozoic Geology of Southern California, Southwest Arizona, and Sonora II: A Session Honoring Gordon Haxel and Carl Jacobson 10:20 AM-12:05 PM	Jurassic to Cenozoic Geology of Southern California, Southwest Arizona, and Sonora III: A Session Honoring Gordon Haxel and Carl Jacobson 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Theme Sessions				Seismic and Geophysical Perspectives: New Insights into the Structure of the Shallow Crust of the Rocky Mountains and Cordillera 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Plate Margin Processes and Tectonics during the Cretaceous, Western North America 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Paleoclimate Records and Future Climate Trends in the American Southwest I 8:20 AM-10:20 AM The Happy Marriage of Geology and Art (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Undergraduate Research Session (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Post-Wildfire Hazards: From New Research to Assessments, Prediction, and Mitigation (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Miocene to Recent Evolution of the Lower Colorado River Corridor and the Northern Gulf of California I 10:20 AM-12:05 PM Paleomagnetic, Structural, and Geophysical Data Applied to Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Systems, Tectonic Applications, and Paleoclimate Studies 10:20 AM-12:05 PM Paleoclimate Records and Future Climate Trends in the American Southwest II 10:20 AM-12:05 PM	Miocene to Recent Evolution of the Lower Colorado River Corridor and the Northern Gulf of California II 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau and Environs I 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Recent Advances in Understanding the Geology of Northwestern Mexico I 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Miocene to Recent Evolution of the Lower Colorado River Corridor and the Northern Gulf of California III 3:30 PM-5:15 PM Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau and Environs II 3:30 PM-5:15 PM Recent Advances in Understanding the Geology of Northwestern Mexico II 3:30 PM-5:15 PM	Colorado Plateau Landscape Evolution -- Grand Canyon- and Upper Basin-Focused Colorado River Evolution I 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Recent Advances in Planetary Geoscience 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Recent Advances in Understanding the Geology of Northwestern Mexico (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Pennsylvanian to Early Triassic Tectonics of Southwest Laurentia (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Understanding Water Resources related to Mineralized Uranium Deposits in the Southwestern United States (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Plate Margin Processes and Tectonics during the Cretaceous, Western North America (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Cenozoic Extension in Western North America (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Advances in River Science in the Intermountain West (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Chemical and Isotopic Tracers of Water Sources in Semiarid Regions: From the Mantle to the Atmosphere (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau and Environs (Posters) 8:30 AM-6:30 PM Understanding Basin Environments and Evolution Beyond Earth 10:20 AM-12:00 PM Colorado Plateau Landscape Evolution -- Grand Canyon- and Upper Basin-Focused Colorado River Evolution II 10:20 AM-12:05 PM Geologic and Structural Evolution of the Transition Zone 10:20 AM-12:20 PM	Colorado Plateau Landscape Evolution -- Grand Canyon- and Upper Basin-Focused Colorado River Evolution III 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Laramide Tectonics in the Southwest North American Cordilleran Interior I 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Integrating Composition and Morphology: Keys to Constraining Planetary Surface Processes from Spacecraft Data 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Laramide Tectonics in the Southwest North American Cordilleran Interior II 3:30 PM-5:15 PM Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of Western North America: Correlations across the International Border 3:30 PM-5:15 PM	Advances in River Science in the Intermountain West I 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Understanding Water Resources related to Mineralized Uranium Deposits in the Southwestern United States 8:20 AM-10:05 AM Emerging Ideas on the Ancestral Rocky Mountain System 8:20 AM-10:20 AM Miocene to Recent Evolution of the Lower Colorado River Corridor and the Northern Gulf of California (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM New Insights into the Development and Evolution of the Colorado River System from Geologic Mapping (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Geoscience and Environmental Science Education in the Cordillera and Rockies: Research and Practice (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Paleoclimate Records and Future Climate Trends in the American Southwest (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Geologic Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Recent Advances in Planetary Geoscience (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Paleomagnetic, Structural, and Geophysical Data Applied to Intrusive and Extrusive Igneous Systems, Tectonic Applications, and Paleoclimate Studies (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Seismic and Geophysical Perspectives: New Insights into the Structure of the Shallow Crust of the Rocky Mountains and Cordillera (Posters) 8:30 AM-4:30 PM Advances in River Science in the Intermountain West II 10:20 AM-12:05 PM Chemical and Isotopic Tracers of Water Sources in Semiarid Regions: From the Mantle to the Atmosphere I 10:20 AM-12:05 PM Genetic Links between the Magmatism, Tectonism, and Metallogeny of the Southwestern USA and Northern Mexico 10:20 AM-12:20 PM	Post-Wildfire Hazards: From New Research to Assessments, Prediction, and Mitigation I 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Chemical and Isotopic Tracers of Water Sources in Semiarid Regions: From the Mantle to the Atmosphere II 1:30 PM-3:15 PM Cenozoic Extension in Western North America 1:30 PM-3:30 PM