An asterisk indicates a 5717 topic
5717 students must choose either 2 5717 topics, or one 5717 topic and 2 non-5717 topics.
4717 students choose two topics (you can choose a *'d topic, just be aware it is likely more challenging)
Topics are in approximate order along the trip
| Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|
Eocene erosion surface, southern Front Range |
|
Northern Rio Grande Rift (Arkansas River Valley) |
Peter M. |
*West Elk Mountains laccoliths/volcanic field |
Mitchell R. |
San Juan volcanic field |
|
Black Canyon of the Gunnison |
Joshua R. |
Ancestral Gunnison River |
Joshua R. |
Unaweep Canyon |
Kelsey R. |
Honaker Trail/Curtis Frm |
|
Salt anticlines (Paradox Valley) |
Stephen S. |
Induced seismicity (Paradox Valley) |
|
La Sal/Abajo Mtn laccoliths |
Edward R. |
Morrison Formation |
|
Entrenched meanders, Colorado Plateau |
|
*Agathla Peak (Tertiary volcanism and xenoliths, Four Corners-Navajo Volcanic Field) |
|
Chinle Frm (+Triassic stratigraphy) |
Catherine H. |
Crooked Ridge Frm (Miocene river deposits) |
|
San Francisco volcanic field |
Mitchell R. |
| Meteor Crater | Colleen F. |
Mogollon Rim (near Sedona) |
Lane D. |
*Chino Valley xenoliths/volcanism |
|
Mazatzal Peak Formation (near Chino Valley) |
|
Cave markers of Grand Canyon incision |
Cici F. |
Music Mtn Frm/Buck and Doe Conglomerate (NE of Kingman) |
|
Bouse Formation (lower Colorado integration) |
|
* Colorado River extensional corridor (incl. Sacramento detachment) |
|
*Mojavia |
Mel Z. |
*Dish Hill (Amboy) volcanics and xenoliths |
|
Eastern California Shear Zone (Calico Fault) |
Kelsey R. |
*Central Mojave Extensional Belt (Waterman Hills detachment) |
|
Rand Schist |
Colleen F. |
Garlock fault |
Lane D. |
Garlock Formation (or Series) (Pz exotic terrane) |
|
Ricardo (El Paso) Basin (Redrock Canyon) |
Joel R. |
Ridgecrest (2019) earthquake |
Stephen S. |
Coso volcanic field tectonics |
Joel R. |
East Sierran thrust system |
|
*Neogene tectonics, Panamint Valley |
|
*Geology of Panamint Range |
Vanessa G. |
Mesozoic decompression/extension (Funeral Mtns/SEmost Sierra Nevada) |
|
Death Valley/Furnace Creek Fault |
|
*Death Valley "Turtlebacks" |
|
Amargosa chaos |
Edward R. |
Extensional markers in Death Valley region (Eagle Valley Frm, etc) |
|
Pahrump group (Precambrian) |
|
*pC - Cambrian strata, SW Nevada (initiation of miogeocline) |
|
Kingston Range detachment |
|
Thrust Faults, Spring Mtns (Sevier orogeny) |
|
Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone |
|
Landslide deposits, Horse Spring Frm, Frenchman Mtn area |
|
*Grand Canyon origin: sedimentary constraints (Muddy Creek Frm) |
Vanessa G. |
Lake Mead Fault system |
|
Muddy Mountains Thrust+foredeep deposits |
Cici F. |
*South Virgin Mountains structural geology |
|
Grand Wash fault |
|
*Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range transition, Utah |
Mel Z. |
Hurricane Fault |
|
Grand Canyon low-temperature geochronology |
|
*Grand Canyon (Uinkaret) volcanic field and xenoliths |
Riff D. |
Sevier/Toroweap Fault |
|
Bryce Canyon Tertiary thrusts (Paunsaugunt Plateau) |
Catherine H. |
Early Tertiary drainages north of Grand Canyon |
|
Cretaceous stratigraphy, Utah to Colorado |
|
Monoclinal folding, Colorado Plateau (San Rafael Swell and Waterpocket Fold) |
|
Henry Mtns laccoliths |
Riff D. |
Grizzly Creek shear zone (1.4 Ga fault) |
|
Penn-Permian stratigraphy, Eagle Basin, CO |
Peter M. |
Salt tectonics near Glenwood Springs, CO |
Some general references:(should be on reserved at the library or available online)
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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