| Place |
Age |
Tectonic Issue |
Approach |
Author |
| Whole region |
Cenozoic |
Epiorogeny |
paleobotany+paleoaltimetry |
Kali Wallace |
| Whole region |
Cenozoic |
Epiorogeny |
paleoelevation
(isotopes) |
Katherine Dayem |
| Plates off
Pacific NW |
Neogene |
Spreading
evolution |
marine geophysics |
David Oliver |
| Cascadia Subduction
Zone |
Neogene |
subduction |
seismic tomography |
Gaspar Monsalve |
| British Columbia |
Paleogene-Cret. |
Exotic terranes |
paleomagnetism, detrital
zircons |
Naia Suszek |
| Gulf of California |
Neogene |
Plate capture |
magnetic anomalies |
James Stewart-Moore |
| San Andreas fault |
Neogene |
Transform development |
plate reconstruction |
Alex Tate |
| Cascades |
Cenozoic |
Arc development |
erosional dating |
Colin O'Rourke |
| Calif.
Coast Ranges |
Neogene |
Thrust
wedging |
Coulomb
wedge |
Maureen
Berlin |
| Mojave Desert |
Paleogene |
lithosphere removal |
age of lithosphere |
Chris Harig |
| Columbia Plateaus |
Neogene |
Flood basalts |
isotopic fractionation |
Heidi Reeg |
| Sierra Nevada |
Neogene |
Isostasy |
geophysical integration |
Charles Wilson |
| Sierra
Nevada |
Neogene |
Incision
and uplift |
erosion |
Brian
Yanites |
| Sierra Nevada |
Mesozoic |
batholith genesis |
siliceous magma
genesis |
Tanya Unger |
| Sierra Nevada |
Mesozoic |
Intra-arc shearing |
lineated mylonites |
Oliver Boyd |
| Sierra Nevada |
Mesozoic |
Gold mineralization |
nitrogen isotopes |
Aaron Hantsche |
| Basin and Range |
Cenozoic |
Extensional Denudation |
Core Complex theories |
Vicki Rystrom |
| Basin and Range |
Mesozoic |
Midcrustal contraction and extension |
Ar-Ar dating |
Andy Wickert |
| Basin and Range |
Precambrian |
Supercontinent Reconstruction |
Nd model ages |
Joya Tétreault |
| Colorado Plateau |
Neogene |
Isostasy |
Pn seismic refraction |
Linda Lastowka |
| Colorado Plateau |
Cenozoic |
Uplift/erosion |
He3/4 geochronology |
Joshua Johnson |
| Colorado Plateau |
Permian |
Salt tectonics |
Well logging |
Katherine Kravitz |
| Rio Grande Rift |
Neogene |
Rift initiation |
shallow geophysics + SKS
splitting |
Otina Fox |
| Rio Grande Rift |
Neogene |
Lithospheric rifting |
Deep seismic imaging |
Weisen Shen |
| Rio Grande Rift |
Neogene |
Sill emplacement |
InSAR |
Jenny Nakai |
| Wasatch
Front |
Paleogene |
Thrust
belt evolution |
flexural
foredeeps |
Tarka
Wilcox |
| Rockies, Wasatch
Front |
Paleogene |
Thrust style |
reflection seismology |
Tom de la Torre |
| Rockies |
Paleozoic |
intracratonic
tectonics |
sedimentary
facies |
Lauren Powell |
| Rockies |
Paleogene |
intracratonic
tectonics |
sedimentary
facies |
Ben Burger |
| Rockies |
Precambrian |
lithospheric mantle suture |
diatreme petrology |
David Brown |
| Rockies |
Precambrian |
crustal terrane suture |
monazite geochronology |
Dustin Ward |
| Rockies/Wyoming |
Modern |
lithospheric strength |
gravity techniques |
Will Levandowski |
| San Juan
Mtns |
Mid-Cenozoic |
Ignimbrite
volcanism |
petrogenesis
of melt |
Eric
Cannon |
| Colorado Mineral
Belt |
Paleogene |
Intracontinental
volcanism |
rare earth elements
in volcanics |
Treasure Bailley |
| Great Plains |
Paleogene |
Crustal flow |
lower crustal
flow |
Greg Benson |