GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T63. From Mantle to Landscape: Cenozoic Evolution of the Rocky Mountain

Session No. 129
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 503 (Colorado Convention Center)
GEODYNAMIC MODELS OF FARALLON PLATE SUBDUCTION:  CREATING AND REMOVING A FLAT SLAB
Abstract ID#: 283647
CURRIE, Claire A., Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, Canada and COPELAND, Peter, Earth and Atmos. Sci, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, claire.currie@ualberta.ca
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: THE VARIABLE LIFESPAN OF THE LARAMIDE OROGENY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANCIENT GRAND CANYON HYPOTHESIS
Abstract ID#: 284975
COPELAND, Peter1, CURRIE, Claire A.2, LAWTON, Timothy L.3 and MUPHY, Michael A.1, (1)Earth and Atmos. Sci, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, (2)Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, Canada, (3)Geological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, copeland@uh.edu
TIMING OF EXHUMATION OF LARAMIDE RANGES IN MONTANA AND WYOMING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FLAT-SLAB SUBDUCTION PROCESSES
Abstract ID#: 284129
CARRAPA, Barbara1, ROMERO, Mariah2, DECELLES, Peter G.1 and CONSTENIUS, Kurt3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, (3)Petro Matad Limited, 34 Sambuu Street, 4th microdistrict, Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, bcarrapa@email.arizona.edu
EVALUATION OF THE PALEOGENE TECTONIC, TOPOGRAPHIC, AND CLIMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE SEVIER-LARAMIDE OVERLAP ZONE, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
Abstract ID#: 282081
SCHWARTZ, Theresa M., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, GRAHAM, Stephan A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and CHAMBERLAIN, C. Page, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm 140, Stanford, CA 94305, tschwartz@allegheny.edu
RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEOALTIMETRY AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF BIGHORN MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING RANGES IN NORTHEAST WYOMING WITH 3D BASIN MODELING
Abstract ID#: 287090
HU, Xiaoni1, HELLER, Paul L.1 and JONES, Nick2, (1)Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept 3006, Geology, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI), University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, xhu3@uwyo.edu
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 288186
CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE INTERACTIONS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA
Abstract ID#: 284222
SEWALL, Jacob O., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 and RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A., Council on Science and Technology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, sewall@kutztown.edu
GLOBAL COOLING INDUCED DIACHRONOUS ARIDIFICATION IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS DURING THE LATEST EOCENE-EARLIEST OLIGOCENE
Abstract ID#: 285312
FAN, Majie, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept., University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, FENG, Ran, National Center for Atmospheric research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305, GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080 and POULSEN, Christopher J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, mfan@uta.edu
EVIDENCE FROM THREE ISOTOPIC PROXIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH RELIEF BEFORE NEOGENE IN THE UPPER STREAM DRAINAGE OF THE COLORADO RIVER
Abstract ID#: 286778
ZHU, Lu, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, FAN, Majie, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept., University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, TRIPATI, Aradhna, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and KIRBY, Eric, Corvallis, OR, lu.zhu@uta.edu
CONSTRAINTS ON MINIMUM RATES OF IGNEOUS EMPLACEMENT FROM PALEOMAGNETIC DATA, TRACHYTE MESA LACCOLITH, HENRY MOUNTAINS, UT
Abstract ID#: 283423
ROST, Rebecca1, GIORGIS, Scott1 and HORSMAN, Eric2, (1)Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, rr17@geneseo.edu
QUATERNARY TECTONICS ALONG THE FLANK OF YELLOWSTONE FROM TERRACES ALONG THE HOBACK AND SNAKE RIVER
Abstract ID#: 285501
BUFE, Aaron, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PEDERSON, Joel L., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 and TUZLAK, Daphnee, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84321, joel.pederson@usu.edu
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