Session: Exhumation and Uplift of the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains (Cordilleran Section - 116th Annual Meeting

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Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

2-1

8:05 AM

HISTORY OF EXHUMATION AND RELATED STRUCTURAL RELIEF GENERATION FOR THE SOUTHERNMOST SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, AND TECTONIC FORCING INTERPRETATIONS

SALEEBY, Jason, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125 and CHAPMAN, Alan D., Geology Department, Macalester College, Olin-Rice Science Center, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105

2-2

8:25 AM

REGIONALLY EXTENSIVE 85-70 MA COOLING OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND NORTHWEST MOJAVE DESERT BATHOLITH: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIATION OF SHALLOW SUBDUCTION

SHULAKER, Danielle Ziva¹, GROVE, Marty², VAN BUER, Nicholas J.³, JACOBSON, Carl E.⁴, NOURSE, Jonathan A.³ and LOVERA, Oscar M.⁵, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, (4)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA 19383; Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, (5)Dept. of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567

2-3

8:45 AM

CENOZOIC TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN SALINIAN BLOCK FROM LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY

SOWERS, Theron and SHIMABUKURO, David H., Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819

2-4

9:05 AM

PALEOMAGNETIC ANALYSIS OF A POTENTIAL ERUPTIVE SOURCE FOR KENNEDY TABLE

WERLYKLEIN, Elijah J. and PLUHAR, Christopher J., Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740

2-5

9:25 AM

UPLIFT OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST BASED ON REEVALUATION OF DATA FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DRAINAGE

PHILLIPS, Fred M.¹, WAKABAYASHI, John², HILDRETH, Wes³ and FIERSTEIN, Judy³, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University Fresno, 2576 E San Ramon Ave, M/S ST24, Fresno, CA 93740, (3)Volcano Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-910, Menlo Park, CA 94025

9:45 AM

Break

2-6

10:00 AM

MIOCENE SLIP ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA RANGE FRONT NORMAL FAULT: PRELIMINARY LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY RESULTS

LEE, Jeff, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Green Center, Rm 283, 924 16th St., Golden, CO 80401, BLYTHE, Ann E., Dept. of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, WA 90041 and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712

2-7

10:20 AM

MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF TECTONIC SIGNALS FROM NEOGENE COVER STRATA IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA

MITCHELL, Scott C. and PLUHAR, Christopher J., Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740

2-8

10:40 AM

FURTHER SUPPORT FOR A MIOCENE PALEOCHANNEL ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA CREST BETWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND HETCH HETCHY, CA

PLUHAR, Christopher J.¹, JONES-CERVANTES, Shelby A.², SCHUBERT, Rosalie¹, RODRIGUEZ, Nathan¹, SHIELDS, Jessie E.¹, NEPTUNE, Chad K.¹, MITCHELL, Scott C.¹, BAUTISTA, Jose¹, VALOV, Gabriel¹ and TETER, Feng¹, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 8622 Kennel Way, La Jolla, CA 92037

2-9

11:00 AM

EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE FROM LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY

BIDGOLI, Tandis S.¹, LEE, John P.², STOCKLI, Daniel F.³, COSCA, Michael A.⁴ and WALKER, J. Douglas², (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Blvd, Ritchie Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (4)United States Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center MS 963, Denver, CO 80225

2-10

11:20 AM

UPLIFT IN THE SIERRA NEVADA: EXTENSIVE GEOLOGIC FIELD EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE RANGE SUPPORTS MAJOR LATE CRETACEOUS UPLIFT PLUS MAJOR INCISION INTO THE EOCENE

SCHAFFER, Jeffrey P., Science Math and Engineering - Retired, Napa Valley College, 2277 Napa Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558, PEPPIN, William A., None - Retired, 1107 Meridian Circle, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 and MIGGINS, Daniel P., College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Admin Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503

Cordilleran Section - 116th Annual Meeting - 2020

T8. Exhumation and Uplift of the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains