GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 160
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 221AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T1. Grand Canyon, Colorado Plateau, and Rocky Mountain Debates and Their Global Reverberations, 150 Years after Powell II

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division

 

Karl E. Karlstrom, Andres Aslan, Laura J. Crossey, Ryan Crow, Carol M. Dehler, Rebecca Dorsey, P. Kyle House, Eugene Humphreys, G. Randy Keller and Shari Kelley, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
 
8:05 AM
Lightening Poster Presentations
8:20 AM
RETHINKING THE ICHNOLOGY OF THE LOWER PERMIAN COCONINO SANDSTONE, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, MARCHETTI, Lorenzo, Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP/Burg Lichtenberg (Pfalz), Burgstrasse 19, Thallichtenberg, NM 66871, Germany and FRANCISCHINI, Heitor, Laboratório de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Porto Alegre, NM, Brazil
8:35 AM
LONG-DISTANCE LATERAL VARIABILITY IN BIOTAS AND LITHOLOGIES OF THE CAMBRIAN BRIGHT ANGEL FORMATION (TONTO GROUP), GRAND CANYON, USA
FOSTER, John R.1, SUNDBERG, Fred A.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, SCHMITZ, Mark D.3, MOHR, Michael T.3 and HAGADORN, James W.2, (1)Paleo Solutions, 430 West 2800 South, Vernal, UT 84078, (2)Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (3)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
8:50 AM
THE FRENCHMAN MOUNTAIN DOLOSTONE: A NEW FORMATION WITHIN THE TONTO GROUP OF GRAND CANYON
ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and KOROLEV, Slava, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
9:05 AM
A GLIMPSE WITHIN THE GREAT UNCONFORMITY: PARSING THE MESOPROTEROZOIC RECORD OF EROSION, SEDIMENTATION AND DEFORMATION PRESERVED IN THE GRAND CANYON UNKAR GROUP
TIMMONS, J. Michael1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, LATHROP, Erin C.3, MOHR, Michael T.4, SCHMITZ, Mark D.4, DEHLER, Carol M.3, ANDERSON, Jordan C.2 and CROSSEY, Laura J.2, (1)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (4)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535
 
9:20 AM
Break
9:35 AM
PARSING GRAND CANYON’S GREAT UNCONFORMITY-- COMPOSITE EROSION SURFACE FROM AT LEAST THREE EPISODES BETWEEN 1,350 AND 508 MA
KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, SCHMITZ, Mark, Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, MOHR, Michael T., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, CROSSEY, Laura J., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, DEHLER, Carol M., Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, TIMMONS, J. Michael, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and HAGADORN, James W., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
9:50 AM
BAYESIAN AGE MODELING AND INTEGRATIVE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE CHUAR AND TONTO GROUPS OF THE GRAND CANYON
SCHMITZ, Mark D.1, TRAYLER, Robin B.2, MOHR, Michael T.3, DEHLER, Carol M.4, KARLSTROM, Karl E.5, CROSSEY, Laura J.5, HAGADORN, James W.6 and TIMMONS, J. Michael7, (1)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (2)Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 N Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, (3)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, (4)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (5)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (7)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801
10:05 AM
THE COLORADO PLATEAU'S LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE AND ANALOGIES WITH SIMILAR TECTONIC FEATURES
KELLER, G. Randy, College of Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Suite N131, Norman, OK 73019
10:20 AM
CATASTROPHIC SHEAR-REMOVAL OF SUBCONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE BENEATH THE COLORADO PLATEAU BY THE SUBDUCTED FARALLON SLAB
HERNÁNDEZ-URIBE, David and PALIN, Richard M., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
10:35 AM
OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE SURFACE UPLIFT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BASED ON VOLCANIC GLASS HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ZHU, Lu, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yate St., Arlington, TX 76016, FAN, Majie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, YANCEY, Thomas E., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3115, College Station, TX 77843-3115 and SMITH, Jon J., Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726
10:50 AM
THE HISTORY AND MECHANISMS FOR LITHOSPHERIC GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA SINCE LATE EOCENE
BAHADORI, Alireza, HOLT, William E. and RASBURY, Troy, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
11:05 AM
TRACING ANCIENT LANDSCAPES USING THERMOCHRONOLOGY AND DETRITAL ZIRCON AND SANIDINE STUDIES OF PALEORIVERS ON THE SOUTHERN COLORADO PLATEAU
WINN, Carmen, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KELLEY, Shari A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl., Socorro, NM 87801 and SHUSTER, David L., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
11:20 AM
AGE AND CARVING OF GRAND CANYON: TOWARDS A RESOLUTION OF 150 YEARS OF DEBATE
KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, CROSSEY, Laura J.1, HUMPHREYS, Eugene2, SHUSTER, David3 and WHIPPLE, Kelin4, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, 479 McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, ISTB 4, 781 S Terrace Rd, Tempe, AZ 85287
 
11:35 AM
Panel Discussion: Age and Carving of Grand Canyon
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