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 1 topic to do themselves and 1 topic to do jointly with another class member.
Topics are in approximate order along the trip. Signups as of 5 pm Friday 1/28
| Topic | Presenter(s) |
Eocene erosion surface, southern Front Range |
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Sangre de Cristo Fault neotectonics |
Clay Roehner |
Structural geology, east side San Luis Valley |
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San Juan volcanic field |
Kendra French |
San Juan Basin |
Hannah Wasserman |
*Shiprock (Tertiary volcanism and xenoliths, Four Corners) |
Will Yeck |
Pennsylvanian-Permian stratigraphy, Four Corners area |
Rosalyn Adler |
Entrenched meanders, Colorado Plateau |
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Bidahochi and Chuska Formations (middle T Colorado Plateau) |
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Chinle Frm (+Triassic stratigraphy) |
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Meteor Crater |
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San Francisco volcanic field |
Ben Thompson |
*Chino Valley xenoliths/volcanism |
Jessica Stanley |
Rim gravels (NE of Kingman) |
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Bouse Formation (lower Colorado integration) |
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* Colorado River extensional corridor (incl. Sacramento detachment) |
Leif Anderson |
Dish Hill (Amboy) volcanics and xenoliths |
Clay Roehner and Hannah Wasserman |
Eastern California Shear Zone (Calico Fault) |
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*Central Mojave Extensional Belt (Waterman Hills detachment) |
Shannon Leslie |
Rand Schist |
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Garlock fault |
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Ricardo (El Paso) Basin (Redrock Canyon) |
Kevin Smerud and Liz van Diepen |
Garlock Formation (or Series) (exotic terrane) |
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Coso volcanic field tectonics |
Chava Bobb and Roz Adler |
East Sierran thrust system |
Liz van Diepen |
*Neogene tectonics, Panamint Valley |
Shannon Leslie |
*Geology of Panamint Range |
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Extensional markers in Death Valley region (Eagle Valley Frm, etc |
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Amargosa chaos |
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*Death Valley "Turtlebacks" |
Will Yeck |
Death Valley/Furnace Creek Fault |
Ben Thompson & Kara Epple |
Mesozoic decompression/extension (Funeral Mtns/Old Woman Mtns |
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Pahrump group (Precambrian) |
Kara Epple |
*pC - Cambrian strata, SW Nevada (initiation of miogeocline) |
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Kingston Range detachment |
Emily Longano |
Mesoproterozoic magmatic event (incl. Mountain Pass REE deposit) |
Mike Berger |
Thrust Faults, Spring Mtns (Sevier orogeny) |
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Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone |
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Landslide deposits, Horse Spring Frm, Frenchman Mtn area |
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Lake Mead Fault system |
(Kevin Smerud)? |
Muddy Mountains Thrust+foredeep deposits |
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*South Virgin Mountains structural geology |
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Grand Wash fault |
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*Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range transition, Utah |
Jessica Stanley |
Hurricane Fault |
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*Creation of Grand Canyon (the hole, not the walls) |
Leif Anderson |
Grand Canyon volcanic field and xenoliths |
Chava Bobb |
Sevier/Toroweap Fault |
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Bryce Canyon Tertiary thrusts (Paunsaugunt Plateau) |
Amber Cain and Mike Berger |
Cretaceous stratigraphy, Utah to Colorado |
Amber Cain |
Monoclinal folding, Colorado Plateau (San Rafael Swell and Waterpocket Fold) |
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Henry Mtns laccoliths |
Kevin Smerud |
Grizzly Creek shear zone (1.4 Ga fault) |
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Penn-Permian stratigraphy, Eagle Basin, CO |
Kendra French and Emily Langano |
Salt tectonics near Glenwood Springs, CO |
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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.
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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