97 Special Session: CRevolution 2: Cenozoic Landscape Evolution of the Colorado Plateau–Rocky Mountain Region and the Carving of Grand Canyon I

Monday, 28 October 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4CD

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  THE EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT ON THE EVOLUTION OF LOCO [THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER]: ALL AGREE THAT WATER WAS INVOLVED
  P. Kyle House, Flagstaff, AZ and Philip A. Pearthree, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Michael E. Perkins, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  228631 (Special Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  INSIGHTS INTO THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER FROM THE LATEST MIOCENE-EARLY PLIOCENE DEPOSITS AND PALEOGEOMORPHOLOGY OF COTTONWOOD AND MOHAVE VALLEYS
  Philip A. Pearthree, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and P. Kyle House, Flagstaff, AZ
  232699 (Special Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR A LACUSTRINE ORIGIN FOR THE PLIOCENE BOUSE FORMATION IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY
  Jon E. Spencer, Tucson, AZ and P. Jonathan Patchett, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jenifer A. Roskowski, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and David L. Dettman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  225351 (Special Sessions)
• 9:10 AM
  GEOCHEMISTRY OF SPRINGS, TRAVERTINES AND LACUSTRINE CARBONATES OF THE GRAND CANYON REGION OVER THE PAST 12 MILLION YEARS: THE IMPORTANCE OF GROUNDWATER IN INITIATING DOWNWARD INTEGRATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM
  Laura Crossey, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Karl E. Karlstrom, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Jessica Lopez Pearce, United States Forest Service, Ketchikan, AK
  229314 (Special Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  EVIDENCE FOR A MARINE INCURSION ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
  Kristin McDougall, Flagstaff, AZ and Adriana Yanet Miranda Martinez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, N/A
  229156 (Special Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  LAKE-ESTUARY HYPOTHESIS FOR THE BOUSE FORMATION: NEW LOOK AT AN OLD PROBLEM
  Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Laura Crossey, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Andrew Cohen, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Keith Howard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Karl E. Karlstrom, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Jordon Bright, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Mindy Homan, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Kristin McDougall, Flagstaff, AZ and Greg Retallack, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  225475 (Special Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  BOUSE FORMATION: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE BRISTOL BASIN, CALIFORNIA
  David M. Miller, Menlo Park, CA and Janet C. Harvey, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Jordon Bright, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Scott Starratt, Menlo Park, CA
  225503 (Special Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  A MAJOR PLIOCENE FLUVIAL AGGRADATION ALONG THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COLORADO RIVER EVOLUTION AND TECTONICS
  K.A. Howard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and P. Kyle House, Flagstaff, AZ and Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Philip A. Pearthree, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ
  224601 (Special Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  PROGRESSIVE MIO-PLIOCENE TO HOLOCENE FLUVIAL DENUDATION OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER CATCHMENT RECORDED BY DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE DISTRIBUTIONS
  Marty Grove, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and David L. Kimbrough, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
  234041 (Special Sessions)