11 Geology of Death Valley: Old versus New Ideas, Hypotheses, and Theories

Tuesday, 15 March 2022
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CBC-A 110

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  PETROGENESIS OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC MOUNTAIN PASS IGNEOUS SUITE, CALIFORNIA
  Tapani Ramo, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, CA and James P. Calzia, Menlo Park, CA
  373843 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  PALEOMAGNETISM AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MESOPROTEROZOIC DIABASE SILLS FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA: EVALUATING THE BIFURCATING PLUME HYPOTHESIS FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
  Nicolas Anderson, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Michael T. Mohr, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Yiming Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Eben Hodgin, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Francis A. Macdonald, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA and Mark Schmitz, Boise State University, Boise, ID
  373614 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  A NEW LOOK AT THE DIABASE OF THE SOUTHWEST LAURENTIA LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE (SWLLIP): SPEEDING LAURENTIA AND STAGNANT SLABS
  Janet Gordon, Pasadena City College, Emerita, Pasadena, CA and James Calzia, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Tapani Ramo, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, CA
  373610 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  3-D PHOTOGRAMMETRY MODELS FROM NEAR DEATH VALLEY, CA: A NEW PARADIGM FOR GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
  Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Terry Pavlis, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  373607 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  MESOZOIC SYN-METAMORPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF NEOGENE EXTENSION
  Terry Pavlis, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
  373480 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  TIMING AND AMOUNT OF RIGHT-LATERAL OFFSET ON THE SHEEPHEAD FAULT ZONE: EARLYDEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINA RANCH BASIN
  Christopher Davidson, San Francisco, CA and John Caskey, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA and James P. Calzia, Menlo Park, CA and John H. Niles, Oakland, CA
  375109 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  A REEXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE AGAINST RECENT SLIP ON THE LOW-ANGLE TOWNE PASS FAULT AT WILDROSE CANYON, PANAMINT VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
  Fred Phillips, New Mexico Inst Mining and TechnologyDept. Earth & Environmental Science, Socorro, NM
  373679 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  HYDROGEOLOGY, SPRINGS, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES. ARE THERE SIMILAR PATTERNS ACROSS A DESERT LANDSCAPE?
  Donald Sada, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV and Ariel D. Friel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and John Umek, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV and Brian P. Hedlund, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  374153 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY AQUATIC LIFE IN SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN SPRING SYSTEMS’
  John Umek, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV and Donald Sada, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
  374356 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  PLIOCENE DEVELOPMENT AND MIS-4 FRESHWATER LAKE DEPOSITS OF DEEP SPRINGS VALLEY, WESTERN GREAT BASIN, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL TECTONICS AND PALEOCLIMATE
  Jeffrey Knott, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Shannon Mahan, Denver, CO and Jordon Bright, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Lindsey Langer, Anaheim, CA and Adam Ramirez, Phoenix, AZ and Kyle McCarty, Pomona College, Claremont, CA and Anna Garcia, Lahontan - Region 6, Victorville, CA
  373765 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  EIGHTY YEARS OF EROSION AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY DIVERSION OF FURNACE CREEK WASH INTO GOWER GULCH, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
  Arthur Sylvester, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA and Allen Glazner, Univ North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  373832 (Theme Sessions)