Cordilleran Geology & Tectonics

March 10, 2020

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Regional topics covering the complex geologic evolution of the Basin and Range are welcomed in this session

Details

Monday, May 18th @ 8:30 am to 10:10 am in Nugget 1/2

Presentations

Reconstruction of Late Paleozoic basins in Nevada: A Summary - Daniel M. Sturmer
Orogenesis in Nevada: Inferred Relations to Plate Interactions and Mantle Flow - Thomas H. Anderson
Along-Strike Variations in Initial Shortening in the Sevier Fold-Thrust Belt and Implications for Hinterland Shortening - Michael L. Wells
The Isotopic Record of Magmatism in the U.S. Cordillera: The Importance of Mantle Lithosphere - James (Jay) B. Chapman
A Revised Cooling and Extensional Exhumation History for the Harrison Pass Pluton, Southern Ruby Mountains Metamorphic Core Complex, Elko County, Nevada - Allen J. McGrew Eric Seedorff