Session No. 2
Monday, 25 March 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Tuttle Room (Hilton Garden Inn Manhattan )
T8. Cenozoic Magmatic and Tectonic Processes of Colorado–New Mexico: Understanding Voluminous Volcanism during the Transition from Laramide Contraction to Rio Grande Rift Extension
Gary S. Michelfelder, Jacob O. Thacker, Conor O’Dowd, Brooke E. Benz, Shari Kelley, Jason W. Ricketts and Jesse Kelsch, Advocates
8:00 AM
EVIDENCE OF LATE PALEOZOIC LATERAL-SLIP FAULTING, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
PUCKETTE, James O., 105 NRC, Stillwater, OK 74078 and WALLACE, Chester, 6456 Timber Springs Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409
8:20 AM
REGIONAL LARAMIDE DEFORMATION TIMING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE TECTONIC PROCESSES
THACKER, Jacob O.1, KELLEY, Shari2, KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, KENDALL, Jerry1 and CROW, Ryan S.3, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
8:40 AM
LARAMIDE DEFORMATION IN THE FRA CRISTOBAL RANGE, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104
9:55 AM
ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF GRANULITE XENOLITHS FROM THE GERONIMO VOLCANIC FIELD AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER CRUST OF THE SW UNITED STATES
RADER, Mikaela A.1, KEMPTON, Pamela D.1 and MÖLLER, Andreas2, (1)Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
10:35 AM
PATTERNS OF CONGLOMERATE DEPOSITION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNROOFING OF THE SOLITARIO DOME, PRESIDIO AND BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS
CARSRUD, Corbin T., The Department of Biology, Geology, and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University, WSB 216, Box-64, Alpine, TX 79832
10:55 AM
FAULT KINEMATICS AND PALEOSTRAIN ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CENTRAL RIFT
RODRIGUEZ-GONZALEZ, Georgina, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79902 and RICKETTS, Jason W., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79902