CAMPUS CONNECTION

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San Diego State University – Sue Tanges, Alumni
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ABSTRACTS

 

YELLOWSTONE PLUME CATALYST FOR BASIN AND RANGE EXTENSION

CAMP, Victor E., Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020

 

NEW TRENCHING EXTENDS PREVIOUS RECORD OF PALEOSEISMIC EVENTS ON THE CLAREMONT FAULT AT MYSTIC LAKE, SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE, CALIFORNIA

ONDERDONK, Nate, Department of Geological Sciences, Cal State Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, MCGILL, Sally, Geological Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407, WARBRITTON, Matthew J., Earth and Atmospheric Science Department, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63103, mwarbrit@slu.edu, and ROCKWELL, Thomas K., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182

 

LARAMIDE DEFORMATION OF FOREARC BASIN-ACCRETIONARY PRISM STRATA REFLECTED IN DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB PROVENANCE OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS GREAT VALLEY GROUP

KIMBROUGH, David L., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, dkimbrough@mail.sdsu.edu, GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, MAHONEY, J. Brian, Department. of Geology, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702, and SURPLESS, Kathleen, Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

 

CAUSE AND EFFECT: LATE CRETACEOUS TECTONIC INVERSION AND BASIN HISTORY IN THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA

MAHONEY, J.B., University of Wisconsin, Eau Clare, Eau Claire,  54701, mahonej@uwec.edu, HAGGART, James W., Geol Survey Canada, 625 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, KIMBROUGH, David L., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, and GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

 

DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE FOR AND AGAINST FLOWAGE OF AN ANCESTRAL MIOCENE COLORADO RIVER INTO THE VIRGIN DEPRESSION

DICKINSON, William R.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, GROVE, Marty J.3, HANSON, Andrew D.4, GEHRELS, George E.1, PECHA, Mark1, CATHER, Steven M.5, CROSSEY, Laura J.2, KIMBROUGH, David L.6, and MUNTEAN, Thomas7, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, wrdickin@dakotacom.net, (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3) Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4) Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 So. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-7003, (5) New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, (6) Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, (7) Geology, Adrian College, Adrian, MI 49221

 

PROGRESSIVE MIO-PLIOCENE TO HOLOCENE FLUVIAL DENUDATION OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER CATCHMENT RECORDED BY DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE DISTRIBUTIONS

GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, mjgrove@stanford.edu and KIMBROUGH, David L., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020

 

DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM MIDDLE CRETACEOUS THROUGH MIOCENE STRATA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDICATE THAT THE PACIFIC DRAINAGE DIVIDE DID NOT MIGRATE EAST OF THE MOGOLLON HIGHLANDS PRIOR TO THE PLIOCENE

INGERSOLL, Raymond V., Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, ringer@ess.ucla.edu, GROVE, Marty, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, JACOBSON, C.E., Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-3212, KIMBROUGH, D.L., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, and HOYT, Johanna F., Aera Energy LLC, 10000 Ming Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93311

 

THE FARMINGTON CANYON COMPLEX, UTAH: AN OBDUCTION MELANGE ON THE MARGIN OF THE WYOMING PROVINCE

SHERVAIS, John W., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hall, Logan, UT 84322-4505, john.shervais@usu.edu, ANDREASEN, Kyle, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, BUCHWALDT, Robert, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, and HANAN, Barry B., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020

 

SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF A DOME DUNE COMPLEX IN HOLOCENE EOLIAN CALCARENITES, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS

CAPUTO, Mario V., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, mvcaputo@earthlink.net and GLUMAC, Bosiljka, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

 

RELATION BETWEEN STRATIFICATION AND SURFICIAL VS. PENETRATIVE ORIGIN OF CALICHE CRUSTS IN CARBONATE EOLIANITES ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS

GLUMAC, Bosiljka1, CAPUTO, Mario V.2, and BRISSON, Sarah1, (1) Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, mvcaputo@earthlink.net

 

SESSIONS

 

T197.  Sevier to Laramide Tectonism along the Western Laurentian Margin: Sedimentologic and Stratigraphic Constraints on Cretaceous-Tertiary Magmatism, Deformation, and Orogenic Exhumation

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
J. Brian Mahoney, Kathleen Surpless, David L. Kimbrough and Catherine I. Smith, Presiding