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

Session No. 43
Thursday, 17 March 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
CBC-A 110 (UNLV Classroom Building Complex A)

T3. Unraveling the History of the Rio Grande Rift: From Contraction to Extension and Evolution of the Rift

 

Theresa Schwartz, Amy Gilmer, Jens-Erik Lund Snee, Jeremy Rugenstein and Jason Ricketts, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT SYSTEM FROM ASSESSMENT OF SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS IN FAULTING AND MAGMATISM
ABBEY, Alyssa, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, 1250 N Bellflower Blvd, Hall of Science room 320, Long Beach, CA 90810 and NIEMI, Nathan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
1:50 PM
CHARACTERISTICS AND ORIGIN OF HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHISM OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN MINTURN FORMATION IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN COLORADO
MALAVARCA, Samantha1, SINGLETON, John2, SITAR, Michael1, BYARS, Benjamin1, MAGLOUGHLIN, J.F.3 and RAHL, Jeffrey4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, MO 80523-1482, (3)Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, 400 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (4)Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, 204 W Washington St, Lexington, VA 24450-2116
2:10 PM
ASSESSING CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION IN ~25 MA MAFIC ROCKS IN THE DULCE SWARM WITH ND-SR ISOTOPIC DATA, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
MCCORMICK, W. Mathew and GONZALES, David, Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301
2:30 PM
GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE BRITTLE-PLASTIC INDEPENDENCE MINE SHEAR ZONE IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE, SOUTHERN COLORADO: OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE EXTENSIONAL REACTIVATION OF A LARAMIDE REVERSE FAULT
SITAR, Michael1, SINGLETON, John2, RAHL, Jeffrey3, CAINE, Jonathan4 and KING, Jacob1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, MO 80523-1482, (3)Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, 204 W Washington St, Lexington, VA 24450-2116, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
AGE AND FLUVIAL EVOLUTION OF THE PALEO-RIO CHAMA, THE MAIN HEADWATER OF THE LATE MIOCENE AXIAL RIVER IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT, USA
KONING, Daniel, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, WOLDEGABRIEL, Giday, 6 Salako Way, Santa Fe, NM 87506 and BROXTON, David E., Tech2 Solutions, Newport News Nuclear, BWXT (N3B), Los Alamos, NM 87544
3:25 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE TRENDS FROM PLIO-PLEISTOCENE, AXIAL-FLUVIAL STRATA OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: A ~4 M.Y. HISTORY OF THE ANCESTRAL RIO GRANDE FLUVIAL SYSTEM, NEW MEXICO
RIDL, Shay, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and HAMPTON, Brian A., Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003
3:45 PM
THE HYDROCLIMATE RESPONSE TO WARMING IN THE SOUTHWESTERN US: A STUDY ACROSS THE MID-MIOCENE CLIMATE OPTIMUM
SPAUR, Siânin, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Colins, CO 80521; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, RUGENSTEIN, Jeremy, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, KONING, Daniel, 6 Salako Way, Santa Fe, NM 87506, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, Socorro, NM 87801, ABY, Scott B., Muddy Spring Geology, Ojo Sarco, NM 87521 and DRISCOLL, Elizabeth, Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604
4:05 PM
THE CENTRAL COLORADO ICEFIELD AND MIS 12-11 (~480-370 KA): A MECHANISM FOR PROTRACTED FLUVIAL INTEGRATION OF FRAGMENTED WATERSHEDS, AND ~250-300 METERS OF LANDSCAPE RELIEF, NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO, U.S.A
RULEMAN, Cal1, HUDSON, Adam2, SORTOR, Rachel3, GOEHRING, Brent M.4, BRUGGER, Keith5, CAFFEE, Marc W.6, GOEHRING, Tanya4, FROTHINGHAM, Michael7, NICOVICH, Sylvia8, ROGERS, John B.9, REHEIS, Marith, PhD10, TURNER, Kenzie J.11 and THOMPSON, Ren11, (1)US Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change, P.O.Box 25046, Denver Federal Center MS 980, Lakewood, CO 80225, (2)US Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change, P.O.Box 25046, Denver Federal Center MS 980, Lakewood, CO 80225; Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, MS-980, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Tulane University, 6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118-5665, (4)Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, (5)101 W. Goodwin Street #3849, Prescott, AZ 86302, (6)Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (7)University of Colorado, Boulder, UCB 399 Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO 80309-0001, (8)Bureau of Reclamation, (9)Central New Mexico Community College, 525 Buena Vista SE, Albuquerque, NM 87016, (10)Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, MS-980, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225; U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, PO Box 25046 MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, (11)U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO 80225
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