GEOL4717/5717 Topic List, Spring 2023
An asterisk indicates a 5717 topic
5717 students must choose either 1 5717 topic and 2 4717 topics, or 2 5717 topics; 4717 students choose only 2 of any topics.
Topics are in approximate order along the trip
| Topic | Presenter |
| Ancestral Gunnison River | Adeduni |
| Unaweep Canyon | Lauren |
| Salt Anticlines (Paradox Valley) | Judice |
| Induced seismicity (Paradox Valley) | Qianxi |
| Chinle Frm (+Triassic stratigraphy) | Isaac |
| Springerville volcanic field | Jadon |
| Paleo-Salt River Canyon | John |
| Orocopia schist (Arizona) (Cemetery Ridge, probably) | Desiree |
| *Rawhide/Buckskin core complex | Vanessa |
Second Half (post-Laughlin) |
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| Kingston Range detachment | Jadon |
| *Death Valley "Turtlebacks" | Vanessa |
| Death Valley/Furnace Creek Fault | Qianxi |
| Las Vegas Valley Shear Zone | Judice |
| Landslide deposits, Horse Spring Frm, Frenchman Mtn area | Adeduni |
| Grand Canyon incision (geothermometry) | Isaac |
| Grand Canyon volcanic field and xenoliths | Lauren |
| Monoclinal folding, Colorado Plateau (San Rafael Swell and Waterpocket Fold) | Desiree |
| Salt tectonics near Glenwood Springs, CO | John |
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.
GEOL4717/5717 Home | C. H. Jones | CIRES | Dept. of Geological Sciences | Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
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