T147 Stratigraphic, Structural, Geomorphic, and Tectonic Evolution of the Lake Mead Region, Southwestern United States, from the Oligocene to the Present

Monday, 1 November 2010
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 607

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  HOW THE PIECES ALL FIT TOGETHER: A STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION OF THE CENTRAL BASIN AND RANGE
  W. Lansing Taylor, N/A, The Woodlands, TX and Ken McClay, Royal Holloway University, Egham, N/A
  181449 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  USING BASIN ANALYSIS TO TEST MODELS OF TRANSTENSIONAL FAULTING AND THE INCEPTION OF EXTENSION IN THE LAKE MEAD REGION
  Thomas Hickson, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN and Melissa A. Lamb, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and Paul J. Umhoefer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Linda Beard, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ
  180813 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  NEOGENE DEFORMATION OF THE WHEELER FAULT SYSTEM: APPLICATION OF HIGH-PRECISION GPS AND PHOTOGRAMMETRIC MAPPING TECHNIQUES
  Gustav Seixas, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT and Phillip Resor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
  182749 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  MIOCENE DEFORMATION PATTERNS IN THE LAKE MEAD REGION, BASIN AND RANGE: TECTONIC WEDGES AND BLOCK ROTATIONS IN A TRANSTENSIONAL SETTING
  Paul J. Umhoefer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Rachelle Wagner, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Rory M. San Filippo, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
  181891 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF A TILTING EXTENSIONAL FAULT BLOCK, AND TEMPLATES FOR TRANSITION TO INTEGRATED DRAINAGE ACROSS IT BY THE COLORADO RIVER, EASTERN LAKE MEAD AREA
  Keith Howard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  181237 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  CENOZOIC EXTENSION IN THE RIVER MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN NEVADA: INTERACTION OF THE SADDLE ISLAND DETACHMENT WITH THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY SHEAR ZONE AND LAKE MEAD FAULT SYSTEM
  William Rittase, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Wanda Taylor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  181618 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  DETERMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE AND SENSE OF OFFSET OF THE FRENCHMAN MOUNTAIN FAULT, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: A PAIRED STRUCTURAL AND BASIN ANALYSIS
  Laura M. Eaton, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Andrew D. Hanson, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  177705 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  THE FLUVIAL MUDDY CREEK FORMATION NEAR OVERTON, NEVADA: PROVENANCE, STRATIGRAPHY, AND MIOCENE-RECENT EVOLUTION OF THE MORMON BASIN
  Carl T. Swenberg, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Andrew D. Hanson, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Amy Brock-Hon, Univ Tennessee - ChattanoogaDept. Biology, Geology and Env. Sci., Chattanooga, TN
  178441 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE NEOGENE MUDDY CREEK FORMATION IN SOUTHERN NEVADA INDICATE A MIXED COLORADO PLATEAU-BASIN AND RANGE PROVENANCE
  Thomas W. Muntean, Adrian College, Adrian, MI and Andrew D. Hanson, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  178424 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  PROVENANCE OF THE MUDDY CREEK FORMATION NEAR MESQUITE NEVADA AND ITS BEARING on THE PALEO-COLORADO RIVER HYPOTHESIS
  Andrew D. Hanson, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Steven W. Forrester, Providence Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA
  180383 (Technical Sessions)