GEOL4717/5717 Topic List, Spring 2007

An asterisk(*) indicates a 5717 topic

5717 students must choose either 1 5717 topic and 2 4717 topics, or 2 5717 topics

4717 students must choose 2 topics.

Topics are in approximate order along the trip

Topics and presenters

Topic

Presenter

Eocene erosion surface, southern Front Range

Pilar Rojas Linero

Neogene tectonics, San Luis Valley

Tarka Wilcox

San Juan volcanic field

Monica Guerra

San Juan Basin

Monica Guerra

Hogsback monocline, NW New Mexico

Tarka Wilcox

Pennsylvanian-Permian stratigraphy, Four Corners area

Randy Caber

Bidahochi Formation (middle T Colorado Plateau)

Greg Diefenbach

Chinle Frm (+Triassic stratigraphy)

Randy Caber

Meteor Crater

Emery Mueller

San Francisco volcanic field

Farin Wilson

Bouse Formation (lower Colorado integration)

Scott McCoy

*Extensional accommodation zones, lower Colorado River area

Tarka Wilcox

Eastern California Shear Zone

Tim O’Neill

Garlock Fault

Pilar Rojas Linero

Ricardo (El Paso) Basin (Redrock Canyon)

Dan Lopez

Garlock Formation (or Series)

Chris Perez

*Geology of Panamint Range

Scott McCoy

Amargosa chaos

Dan Lopez

*Death Valley "Turtlebacks"

Monica Guerra

Death Valley/Furnace Creek Fault

Farin Wilson

Landslide deposits, Horse Spring Frm, Frenchman Mtn area

Chris Perez

South Virgin Mountains structural geology

Tim O’Neill

*Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range transition, Utah

Pilar Rojas Linero

Creation of Grand Canyon (the hole, not the walls)

Emery Mueller

Sevier Fault

Scott McCoy

Salt tectonics near Glenwood Springs, CO

Greg Diefenbach

 

Some general references:

J. P. Jenney and S. J. Reynolds, (editors), Geological Evolution of Arizona, Ariz. Geol. Soc. Digest, 17, Arizona Geol. Soc., 1989.

L. F. Hintze, Geologic History of Utah, Spec. Publ. 7 , Brigham Young Univ. Geol. Studies, 1988.

B. Wernicke (ed.), Basin and Range Extensional Tectonics near the Latitude of Las Vegas, Nevada, Geol. Soc. Am. Memoir, 176, 1990.

J. H. Stewart, Geology of Nevada, Nevada Bir. Mines Geol. Spec. Publ., 4, 1980.

Mack, G. H., and K. A. Giles (editors), The Geology of New Mexico: A Geologic History, New Mexico Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 11, 474 pp., 2004.


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