Joint 118th Annual Cordilleran/72nd Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2022

Session No. 16
Wednesday, 16 March 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
CBC-A 106 (UNLV Classroom Building Complex A)

S3. The Tectono-Magmatic Evolution of the Basin and Range Province I: A Session in Honor of Ernie Anderson

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Paul Umhoefer, L. Sue Beard, James Faulds and David Miller, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
REMEMBERING R. ERNEST ANDERSON: A PIONEER IN BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS
BEARD, L. Sue, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, ANDERSON, Vera Rose, Kernville Rotary Club, Kernville, Kernville, CA 93238, UMHOEFER, Paul, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, FAULDS, James, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and MILLER, David, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy & Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
8:30 AM
EARLY EVOLUTION OF TECTONIC CONCEPTS IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE
OSBORN, Gerald, Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada and GRIFFITH, Martin, Reno, NV 89434
Handouts
  • gsa22powerpoint.pptx (42.2 MB)
  • 8:50 AM
    MAGMATIC-TECTONIC INTERACTIONS IN THE COLORADO RIVER EXTENSIONAL CORRIDOR (CREC)
    GANS, Phil, University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept of Earth Science, Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
    9:10 AM
    UNRAVELING THE DETAILED STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSION NORTH OF LAKE MEAD: AN EXAMPLE OF BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF ERNIE ANDERSON
    LAMB, Melissa, Department of Earth, Environment and Society, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, UMHOEFER, Paul J., School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, BEARD, L. Sue, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and HICKSON, Thomas, Ph.D., Earth, Environment and Society, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105
     
    9:30 AM
    Break
    9:45 AM
    PALEOMAGNETIC DATA FROM THE MIOCENE TUFF OF HOOVER DAM STRONGLY SUPPORT ERNIE ANDERSON'S ARGUMENT HE PRESENTED TO ME IN MY CSM OFFICE IN EARLY 1981 AS A VERY WET BEHIND THE EARS NEW MEMBER OF THE PROFESSORIATE
    GEISSMAN, Professor, Geosciences ROC 21, Universitry of Texas at Dallas, 800, Richardson, TX 75080; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico Main Campus, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131
    10:05 AM
    HIGH-RESOLUTION TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE
    M LUTZ, Brandon, Earth & Environmental Science Dept, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801-4681
    10:45 AM
    CORRELATION OF THE MORMON PEAK AND PETROGLYPH DETACHMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN MORMON MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN NEVADA
    POLCINO, Christina1, HOUCHIN, Shane2, SINHA, Simmi3, JORY, Billyjack4 and WERNICKE, B.P.2, (1)Pasadena City College, 1570 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
    11:05 AM
    A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY: LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS VERSUS GRAVITY SLIDES IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE OF SOUTHWEST UTAH
    HACKER, David1, BIEK, Robert2, ROWLEY, Peter3, GRIFFITH, William4, BRAUNAGEL, Michael4, MALONE, David5 and RIVERA, Tiffany6, (1)Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, (2)Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (3)Geologic Mapping Inc, P.O. Box 651, New Harmony, UT 84757, (4)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 359B Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (5)Department of Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Bloomington, IL 61701, (6)Westminster College, 1840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84105-3617
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