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 |
*Neogene tectonics, Rio Grande Rift and San Luis Valley |
Rachel Landman |
San Juan volcanic field |
Laurence Healy |
San Juan Basin |
Patrick Aschwanden |
Hogsback monocline, NW New Mexico |
Daniel Eldridge |
Pennsylvanian-Permian stratigraphy, Four Corners area |
Andrew Gordon |
Entrenched meanders, Colorado Plateau |
Daniel Eldridge |
*Unroofing of the Colorado Plateau |
Rachel Landman |
Apache Group (Precambrian) |
Chris Ballantine |
*Cenozoic volcanism and caldera structures, Superstition Mountains |
Katy Barnhart |
Little Maria fold-and-thrust belt |
Chris Ballantine |
Rawhide/Buckskin core complex |
Mark Robbins |
| *Early Cenozoic Peraluminous Granitoids | Katy Barnhart |
Cima volcanic field |
Devin Girtin |
Extensional markers in Death Valley region (Eagle Valley Frm, etc.) |
Travis Kelsay |
Death Valley/Furnace Creek Fault |
Laurence Healy |
Kingston Range detachment |
Mark Robbins |
Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone |
Edwin Kerr |
Muddy Mountains Thrust+foredeep deposits |
Andrew Gordon |
*Mormon Mountains structural geology |
Nathan Rogers |
Hurricane Fault |
Nathan Rogers |
Creation of Grand Canyon (the hole, not the walls) |
Patrick Aschwanden |
Bryce Canyon Tertiary thrusts (Paunsaugunt Plateau) |
Edwin Kerr |
Henry Mtns laccoliths |
Nathan Rogers |
Penn-Permian stratigraphy, Eagle Basin, CO |
Devin Girtin |
Salt tectonics near Glenwood Springs, CO |
Travis Kelsay |
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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