Cordilleran Section - 115th Annual Meeting - 2019

Session No. 2
Wednesday, 15 May 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room B117-119 (Oregon Convention Center)

T1. Cordilleran Tectonics from the Basin and Range to Alaska and the Arctic I: A Celebration of Elizabeth Miller’s Career (2018 GSA Structure and Tectonics Division Career Contribution Award)

 

Jeff Lee and Victoria Pease, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
2-1
8:20 AM
STRUCTURAL AND KINEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS SUGGESTING A GENETIC LINKAGE BETWEEN THE MONTEREY PLATE AND THE TRANSVERSE RANGES UPPER MANTLE HIGH SEISMIC WAVE SPEED ANOMALY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SALEEBY, Jason, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125
2-2
8:40 AM
CENOZOIC EXTENSION IN THE GREAT BASIN: MUCH STILL UNKNOWN AND/OR DISPUTED
HENRY, Christopher D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
2-3
9:00 AM
SYN-EXTENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY, BASIN EVOLUTION AND MAGMATISM: THREE OVERLOOKED ASPECTS OF METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES
KONSTANTINOU, Alexandros, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway N4.2B.308, Spring, TX 77389
Handouts
  • GSA2019_16_9.pptx (30.5 MB)
  • 2-4
    9:20 AM
    NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE TIME-TRANSGRESSIVE EXTENSIONAL EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS-EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, NEVADA
    MCGREW, Allen J.1, METCALF, James R.2, CARTE, Alexander J.1 and JERUC, Joseph W.1, (1)Geology Department, The University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309
    2-5
    9:40 AM
    REGIONAL TECTONICS AND CONODONT CAIS INDICATE NORMAL BURIAL DEPTHS, NOT MESOZOIC THICKENING, IN THE PEQUOP MOUNTAINS, NE NEVADA
    THORMAN, Charles H.1, SANDBERG, Charles A.1, HENRY, Christopher D.2, ZUZA, Andrew V.2 and RESSEL, Michael W.2, (1)Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
     
    10:00 AM
    Break
    2-6
    10:15 AM
    THE CASE FOR LATE CRETACEOUS EXTENSION IN THE FUNERAL MOUNTAINS METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX
    WELLS, Michael L.1, HOISCH, Thomas2, MULLIGAN, Suzanne R.1, WRIGHT, Samuel3 and CRADDOCK, Suzanne D.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 S. Knoles Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (3)School of Earth & Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
    2-7
    10:35 AM
    THERMO-KINEMATIC MODELING OF DETACHMENT FAULTING: FUNERAL MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
    LUTZ, Brandon1, AXEN, Gary1 and KETCHAM, Richard A.2, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
    Handouts
  • Lutz_FMDS_GSA2.pptx (27.1 MB)
  • 2-8
    10:55 AM
    TWO-PHASE CENOZOIC EXTENSION IN THE STILLWATER RANGE AND DIXIE VALLEY, NEVADA
    COLGAN, Joseph P., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, JOHNSTONE, Samuel, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and SHUSTER, David L., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
    2-9
    11:15 AM
    CRETACEOUS BATHOLITHS OF THE PINE FOREST RANGE, NORTHWEST NEVADA: PETROLOGY, GEOCHRONOLOGY, AND REGIONAL RELATIONS
    WYLD, Sandra J., MapTect LLC, 196 Alps Rd, Suite 2-168, Athens, GA 30606 and WRIGHT, James E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
    11:35 AM
    AMPHIBOLITE INCLUSIONS WITHIN THE 2.65 GA PEND OREILLE GNEISS, PRIEST RIVER COMPLEX, NORTHERN IDAHO
    BUDDINGTON, Andrew M., Science Department, Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene Street, Spokane, WA 99217, WANG, Da, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 and ROGERS, Chris, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
    Handouts
  • Inclusions_talk_2019_final.pdf (6.1 MB)
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