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

Session No. 11
Tuesday, 15 March 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
CBC-A 110 (UNLV Classroom Building Complex A)

T7. Geology of Death Valley: Old versus New Ideas, Hypotheses, and Theories

 

Jeffrey R. Knott and James Calzia, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
11-1
1:35 PM
PETROGENESIS OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC MOUNTAIN PASS IGNEOUS SUITE, CALIFORNIA
RAMO, Tapani, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Geology and Geophysics Research Program, University of Helsinki, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a, Helsinki, CA FI-00014, Finland and CALZIA, James P., U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025
11-2
1:55 PM
PALEOMAGNETISM AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MESOPROTEROZOIC DIABASE SILLS FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: EVALUATING THE BIFURCATING PLUME HYPOTHESIS FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
ANDERSON, Nicolas1, MOHR, Michael T.2, ZHANG, Yiming1, SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas1, HODGIN, Eben B.1, MACDONALD, Francis A.3 and SCHMITZ, Mark2, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (3)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
11-3
2:15 PM
A NEW LOOK AT THE DIABASE OF THE SOUTHWEST LAURENTIA LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE (SWLLIP): SPEEDING LAURENTIA AND STAGNANT SLABS
GORDON, Janet, Natural Science, Pasadena City College, Emerita, 220 Patrician Way, Pasadena, CA 91105-1026, CALZIA, James, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and RAMO, Tapani, Deptarment of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Gustav Halstromin katu 2a, Helsinki, CA FI-00014, Finland
Handouts
  • Hammond-Gordon SWLLIP diabase.pdf (3.3 MB)
    • 11-4
    2:35 PM
    3-D PHOTOGRAMMETRY MODELS FROM NEAR DEATH VALLEY, CA: A NEW PARADIGM FOR GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
    SERPA, Laura, Earth, Environmental and Resource Science, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968 and PAVLIS, Terry, Earth Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968
    11-5
    2:55 PM
    MESOZOIC SYN-METAMORPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF NEOGENE EXTENSION
    PAVLIS, Terry and SERPA, Laura, Earth Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968
    11-6
    3:15 PM
    TIMING AND AMOUNT OF RIGHT-LATERAL OFFSET ON THE SHEEPHEAD FAULT ZONE: EARLYDEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINA RANCH BASIN
    DAVIDSON, Christopher, 391 Lakeshore Dr., San Francisco, CA 94132, CASKEY, John, Department of Earth & Climate Science, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, CALZIA, James P., U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and NILES, John H., 7801 Greenly Dr, Oakland, CA 94605
     
    3:35 PM
    Break
    11-7
    3:50 PM
    A REEXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE AGAINST RECENT SLIP ON THE LOW-ANGLE TOWNE PASS FAULT AT WILDROSE CANYON, PANAMINT VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
    PHILLIPS, Fred, New Mexico Inst Mining and TechnologyDept. Earth & Environmental Science, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801-4681
    11-8
    4:10 PM
    HYDROGEOLOGY, SPRINGS, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES. ARE THERE SIMILAR PATTERNS ACROSS A DESERT LANDSCAPE?
    SADA, Donald1, FRIEL, Ariel D.2, UMEK, John1 and HEDLUND, Brian P.2, (1)Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, (2)School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004
    11-9
    4:30 PM
    ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY AQUATIC LIFE IN SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN SPRING SYSTEMS’
    UMEK, John and SADA, Donald, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512
    11-10
    4:50 PM
    PLIOCENE DEVELOPMENT AND MIS-4 FRESHWATER LAKE DEPOSITS OF DEEP SPRINGS VALLEY, WESTERN GREAT BASIN, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL TECTONICS AND PALEOCLIMATE
    KNOTT, Jeffrey, Department of Geological Sciences, MH 327B, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, MAHAN, Shannon, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, BRIGHT, Jordon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, LANGER, Lindsey, EarthCon Consultants, Inc., 1500 S. Sunkist Street, Suite D, Anaheim, CA 92806, RAMIREZ, Adam, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc., 4600 E. Washington St #600, Phoenix, AZ 85034, MCCARTY, Kyle, Geology Department, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711 and GARCIA, Anna, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan - Region 6, 15095 Amargosa Road, Bldg 2, Suite 210, Victorville, CA 92394
    11-11
    5:10 PM
    EIGHTY YEARS OF EROSION AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY DIVERSION OF FURNACE CREEK WASH INTO GOWER GULCH, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
    SYLVESTER, Arthur, Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and GLAZNER, Allen, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Univ North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315
    Handouts
  • GowerGulch_GSA_talk.pptx (55.8 MB)
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