T181 The Rio Grande Rift: New Insights on the Evolution of Faulting, Magmatism, Sedimentation, and Landscape

Monday, 28 October 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 505

Presentations

• 1:15 PM
  THE RIO GRANDE RIFT IN NORTHERN COLORADO
  Paul Morgan, Golden, CO
  226324 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT, GORE RANGE, COLORADO FROM (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RIFT PROPAGATION MODELS
  Rachel L. Landman, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Rebecca M. Flowers, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO
  226590 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  INSIGHTS INTO THE STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY: THE INFLUENCE OF PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF BASIN GEOMORPHOLOGY
  Richard P. Smith, N/A, Nathrop, CO
  230081 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  TALES OF THE DEADMAN THRUST: NORTHEAST VERGING FOLDS, INJECTION BRECCIAS, AND HIGH-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS IN THE RIFT-FLANKING BASEMENT OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
  Jonathan Saul Caine, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Vivian Grauch, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and David A. Lindsey, Denver, CO
  225990 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  SUBSURFACE VIEWS OF A RIFT TRANSFER ZONE:  INTEGRATION OF GEOPHYSICAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND BOREHOLE INFORMATION AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE EMBUDO FAULT ZONE NEAR TAOS, NEW MEXICO
  Vivian Grauch, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Paul W. Bauer, New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM and Benjamin Drenth, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  227297 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  OBLIQUE EXTENSION AND BASINWARD TILTING ALONG THE CAñONES FAULT ZONE, WEST MARGIN OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT
  Yiduo Liu, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Michael A. Murphy, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Kevin O'Keeffe, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Anna Khadeeva, University of Houston, Houston, TX
  230698 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TECTONISM AND ITS CONTROLS ON SEDIMENT PRESERVATION IN THE SOUTHERN ESPAÑOLA BASIN, RIO GRANDE RIFT, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  Daniel J. Koning, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and David E. Broxton, Newport News Nuclear, Los Alamos, NM and Peggy S. Johnson, New Mexico Bureau of Geology, Socorro, NM
  225480 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  "ELEPHANT TRACKS"...IN SEARCH OF A POSSIBLE "GIANT"
  Bruce A. Black, Black Exploration, LLC, Farmington, NM and Bruce H. Black, Black Exploration, LLC, Farmington, NM
  230211 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  UPDATED MODELS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: EMBRYONIC CORE COMPLEXES, FLUID-ENHANCED QUATERNARY EXTENSION, AND APATITE (U-TH)/HE CONSTRAINTS FOR LARGE- MAGNITUDE 18-15 MA FAULT SLIP
  Jason W. Ricketts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Karl E. Karlstrom, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Shari A. Kelley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  231063 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  EARTHQUAKES OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT USING TRANSPORTABLE ARRAY AND CREST DATA
  Jenny Nakai, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO and Anne F. Sheehan, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO and Susan L. Bilek, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
  230482 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF WARM SPRINGS AND WELLS IN THE HILLSBORO-LAKE VALLEY-PALOMAS BASIN AREA
  Shari A. Kelley, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Mussie Tewelde, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and James Witcher, Las Cruces, NM and Mark Person, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
  228906 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  THE AGE AND DURATION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOTHERMAL/HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE RIFT
  Virgil W. Lueth, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Lisa Peters, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  228711 (Technical Sessions)