Technical Program
The abstracts deadline has now passed. If you have a question about your abstract, please contact Sarah Crump at +1-303-357-1018 or .
Theme Sessions
- T1. 21st Century Geoscience Education for K–16 Students: Novel Approaches and Current Research.
- Amy Ellwein, Western State Colorado University, aellwein
western.edu; Matt Nyman, Oregon State University, matt.nyman
oregonstate.edu. - T2. Advances in Chronology, Correlation, and Stratigraphy of the San Luis Valley and the Rio Grande Rift Zone.
- Andrew Valdez, Great Sand Dunes National Park, andrew_valdez
nps.gov; Cal Ruleman, USGS, cruleman
usgs.gov; Shannon Mahan, USGS, smahan
usgs.gov. - T3. Quaternary Glaciations, Paleoclimates and Landscape Evolution of the Greater Rocky Mountains.
- Keith Brugger, University of Minnesota–Morris, bruggeka
morris.umn.edu; Dave Marchetti, Western State Colorado University, dmarchetti
western.edu. - T4. Basement Structure in the Colorado Rockies: Assembly and Reactivation.
- Colin Shaw, Montana State University, cashaw
montana.edu; Joseph Allen, Concord University, allenj
concord.edu. - T5. Ancestral Rockies to the Laramide: Developing Structural Styles of the Southern Rockies.
- Dave Lageson, Montana State University, lageson
montana.edu; Tim Wawrzyniec, Western State Colorado University, twawrzyniec
western.edu. - T6. The Late Paleozoic Structural, Stratigraphic, and Climatic Evolution of Ancestral Rocky Mountain Basins.
- Gary Gianinny, Fort Lewis College, gianniny_g
fortlewis.edu; Tim Lawton, New Mexico State University, tlawton
nmsu.edu. - T7. Tectonic Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift, Southern Rocky Mountains.
- Rachel Landman, University of Colorado Boulder, rachel.landman
colorado.edu; Daniel Feucht, University of Colorado Boulder, dwfeucht
gmail.com. - T8. Cenozoic Evolution of the Rocky Mountains: Toward an Improved Understanding of Mantle-Surface Processes Interactions.
- Andres Aslan, Colorado Mesa University, aaslan
coloradomesa.edu; Magdalena Sandoval-Donahue, University of New Mexico, magdalena.donahue
gmail.com. - T9. Reconstructing the Paleogene Topography of the Rocky Mountains.
- Emmett Evanoff, University of Northern Colorado, emmett.evanoff
unco.edu. - T10. Cenozoic Magmatism of the San Juan Mountains: Plutons to Volcanoes.
- Dave Gonzales, Fort Lewis College, gonzales_d
fortlewis.edu; Allen Stork, Western State Colorado University, astork
western.edu. - T11. REEs and Related Deposits in the Rocky Mountain-High Plains Region and Beyond.
- Kevin Mahan, University of Colorado Boulder, mahank
colorado.edu; Julien Allaz, University of Colorado Boulder, julien.allaz
colorado.edu; Chuck Stern, University of Colorado Boulder, charles.stern
colorado.edu; Lang Farmer, University of Colorado Boulder, lang.farmer
colorado.edu; Rebecca Flowers, University of Colorado Boulder, rebecca.flower
colorado.edu. - T13. Dust and Soil Geomorphological Research of the Intermountain West and Colorado Plateau: Applications and Approaches.
- Les McFadden, University of New Mexico, lmcfadnm
unm.edu; Amy Ellwein, Western State Colorado University, aellwein
western.edu. - T14. Climate Change, Water Resources, and Hydrologic Partitioning throughout the Upper Colorado River Basin.
- Chris Shope, USGS, shope
usgs.gov. - T15. Mapping in the Rocky Mountains: Results from STATEMAP and EDMAP Project (Posters).
- Dave Noe, Colorado Geological Survey, dave.noe
state.co.us; Michael Timmons, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, mtimmons
nmbg.nmt.edu; Grant Willis, Utah Geological Survey, grantwillis
utah.gov. - T16. Undergraduate Research in the Rocky Mountains (Posters).
- Kim Hannula, Fort Lewis College, hannula_k
fortlewis.edu; Steve Semkin, Arizona State University, semken
asu.edu.

