Geological Society of America

8:35 AM

KEYNOTE: THE OPENING OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA: TEMPORAL VS SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN RIFT KINEMATICS

John Fletcher, CICESE, San DIego, CA

201383 (Theme Sessions)

9:05 AM

CONTINENTAL RUPTURE DELAYED BY SEDIMENTATION AND LOW-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA: ANALYSIS OF SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES IN THE TIBURON AND DELFIN BASINS

Arturo Martin-Barajas, CICESE, Ensenada, N/A and Mario González-Escobar, CICESE, Ensenada, N/A and John Fletcher M, CICESE, San DIego, CA and Martín Pacheco, CICESE, Ensenada, N/A

201665 (Theme Sessions)

9:25 AM

LATE MIOCENE EXTENSION IN THE SIERRA BACHA, COASTAL SONORA, MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE KINEMATIC EVOLUTION OF THE PROTO-GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Michael H. Darin, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Scott E.K. Bennett, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Michael E. Oskin, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Alex Iriondo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, N/A

201501 (Theme Sessions)

9:45 AM

PROGRESSIVE LOCALIZATION OF DEXTRAL SHEAR IN THE LATE PROTO-GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Scott E.K. Bennett, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Michael E. Oskin, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Alex Iriondo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, N/A

201827 (Theme Sessions)

10:05 AM

MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF PERALKALINE VOLCANISM IN SIERRA LIBRE, SONORA, MEXICO

Angel Enrique Olguin Villa, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A and Joann Stock, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Jesus R. Vidal Solano, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, N/A

201757 (Theme Sessions)

10:45 AM

KEYNOTE: THE HISTORY AND CAUSES OF THE RIFTING, SHEARING AND SPREADING THAT OPENED THE MOUTH OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Peter Lonsdale, UCSD, La Jolla, CA

201856 (Theme Sessions)

11:15 AM

25 MILLION YEARS TO BREAK A CONTINENT: EARLY TO MIDDLE MIOCENE RIFTING AND SYN-EXTENSIONAL MAGMATISM IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Luca Ferrari, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro and Teresa Orozco-Esquivel, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro, N/A and Margarita López Martínez, Ensenada, Baja California Norte, N/A and Jose Duque, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro, N/A and Scott Bryan, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane and Mariano Cerca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro, N/A

201405 (Theme Sessions)

11:35 AM

RECONSTRUCTING THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA-SALTON TROUGH OBLIQUE RIFT

Scott E.K. Bennett, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Michael E. Oskin, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Michael H. Darin, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

201870 (Theme Sessions)

11:55 AM

TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE LANDSCAPE RESPONSE TO RIFTING IN THE LORETO REGION OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO

Chris Mark, Imperial College London, London, N/A and Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College London, London and Andrew Carter, Birkbeck, University of London, London and Darren F. Mark, (SUERC), East Kilbride and Cécile Gautheron, N/A, Paris, N/A and Arturo Martin-Barajas, CICESE, San Diego, CA

201584 (Theme Sessions)

12:15 PM

ANALOGUE MODELS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA RIFT

Rodrigo Portillo-Pineda, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Queretaro, N/A and Mariano Cerca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro, N/A and Luca Ferrari, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro, N/A and Giacomo Corti, National Research Council of Italy, Firenze, N/A

201456 (Theme Sessions)

12:35 PM

PULLING APART THE MID TO LATE CENOZOIC MAGMATIC RECORD OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA: NO ROOM FOR THE COMONDÚ ARC

Scott Bryan, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane and Luca Ferrari, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Queretaro and Teresa Orozco-Esquivel, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Juriquilla, N/A and Margarita López-Martínez, Ensenada, Baja California Norte, N/A

201422 (Theme Sessions)

3 Lithosphere Stretching and Magmatism Leading to the Gulf of California

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