SESE Surface Processes Spring 2012 seminar

Earth Surface Processes Groups of the Schools of Earth and Space Exploration and Geography and Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University

SESE Surface Processes seminar Fall 2012

The Earth Surface Processes Seminar (called "Geomorphology Seminar" in the GLG courses list) runs every term, for one unit credit (repeatable any number of times, and we prefer students do enroll) on a different theme each term. The theme for this term's focus is "The North American Cordillera". We will focus on surface processes and the evolution of landscapes of the Cordillera, placing particular emphasis on the North American Cordillera.

In a typical session we discuss a single research paper or two short ones. One or a pair of students have the charge to lead the discussion each session. Guiding a discussion, pointing out interesting angles to discuss and keeping the discussion on track are the main tasks. Usually this involves leading the group through the paper, but with an aim to highlighting discussion points rather than a report/summary of all points. Sometimes digging up essential background material from previous papers is essential to either understanding of the paper, or for drawing out key discussion points. Determining whether such ancillary material is needed is up to the student leaders. As always, input for specific topics/papers folks would like to cover are greatly appreciated!

We're looking forward to a vibrant set of discussions this semester! Encouragement from Arjun and Ramón.

Schedule

Date and location	Discussion Leader(s)	Reading/topic
Thursday, September 13; at Arjun Heimsath's house: 3223 E Mitchell in Phoenix 85018	n/a	We'll be reading a review paper this week that will provide a comprehensive geologic history of the Cordillera. Please note that this article was chosen to help direct where this semester's seminar is going. The article presents enough information to dissect for an entire semester--I urge you to simply focus on coming to seminar with a broad sense of the evolution of the NA Cordillera -- specifically, use the article to help engage yourself in the thought of what aspects of it you'd most like to see covered this semester. W.R. Dickinson, Evolution of the North American Cordillera Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. , 2004
Thursday, September 20; at Marina's house: 7701 E Avalon Dr. Scottsdale 85251	Matt(s) and Byron	Chamberlain, C. P., et al., 2012, The Cenozoic climatic and topographic evolution of the western North American Cordillera: American Journal of Science, v. 312, no. 2, p. 213-262. Supplemental Reading: Reiners, P. W., 2012, Paleotopography in the western U.S. Cordillera: American Journal of Science, v. 312, no. 2, p. 81-89.
Thursday, September 27; at Arjun's house	Marina and Scott	Wakabayashi, J., and Sawyer, T. L., 2001, Stream incision, tectonics, uplift, and evolution of topography of the Sierra Nevada, California: Journal of Geology, v. 109, no. 5, p. 539-562. Wakabayashi paper powerpoint slides
Thursday, Oct 4; at Ed Stump's house: 430 E. Wesleyan Dr, Tempe	Andy and Erin	Braun, J., 2002, Estimating exhumation rate and relief evolution by spectral analysis of age–elevation datasets: Terra Nova, v. 14, p. 210-214 and: House, M. A., Wernicke, B. P., and Farley, K. A., 1998, Dating topography of the Sierra Nevada, California, using apatite (U-Th)/He ages: Nature, v. 396, no. 6706, p. 66-69 a link to the powerpoint (converted to pdf for easy viewing): Braun & House papers powerpoint Slides (thanks to Erin and Andy for putting together)
Thursday,October 11;	n/a	Seminar Cancelled
Thursday,October 18; at Mary's house: 124 East Bonita Way, Tempe 85281	Barrett and Mary	Stock, et al., 2005, Rates of erosion and topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada, California, inferred from cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be concentrations: Earth Surf. Process. Landforms v. 30, p.985–1006
Thursday,October 25; at Kelin's house: 235 E Dawn Dr, Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona 85284	Byron and Rossi	Epis, R.C. and Chapin, C.E., 1975, Geomorphic and Tectonic Implications of the Post-Laramide, Late Eocene Erosion Surface in the Southern Rocky Mountains: Geological Society of America, Memoir 144
Thursday,November 1; at Mark's house:	Jungers and Mark	McMillan, M. E., Heller, P. L., and Wing, S. L., 2006, History and causes of post-Laramide relief in the Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, no. 3-4, p. 393-405.
Thursday, November 8; at Ed Stump's house: 430 E. Wesleyan Dr, Tempe	Marina and Barrett	Riihimaki et al., Longevity and progressive abandonment of the Rocky Flats surface, Front Range, Colorado, Geomorphology, 2006 additional/supplemental info available in Miriam Duhnforth's paper--she was a postdoc w Bob Anderson at the time: http://czo.colorado.edu/pub/2012/duhnforth_incision_2012.pdf
Thursday, November 22;	(no seminar)	HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Thursday, December 13; at Arjun Heimsath's house: 3223 E Mitchell in Phoenix 85018	Scott & Dom & Mark	Pazzaglia, F.J., and Kelley, S.A., Large-scale geomorphology and fission-track thermochronology in topographic and exhumation reconstructions of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 33, no. 2, p. 229-257.

Reading List Suggestions (Email your suggestions to mhbf@asu.edu):
Cordillera-scale Papers
Chamberlain, C. P., et al., 2012, The Cenozoic climatic and topographic evolution of the western North American Cordillera: American Journal of Science, v. 312, no. 2, p. 213-262.
Karlstrom, K. E., et al., Mantle-driven dynamic uplift of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau and its surface response: Toward a unified hypothesis: Lithosphere, v. 4, no. 1, p. 3-22.
Reiners, P. W., 2012, Paleotopography in the western U.S. Cordillera: American Journal of Science, v. 312, no. 2, p. 81-89.
Sierra-Nevada Papers
Clark, M. K., Maheo, G., Saleeby, J., and Farley, K. A., 2005, The non-equilibrium landscape of the southern Sierra Nevada, California: GSA Today, v. 15, no. 9, p. 4-10.
House, M. A., Wernicke, B. P., and Farley, K. A., 1998, Dating topography of the Sierra Nevada, California, using apatite (U-Th)/He ages: Nature, v. 396, no. 6706, p. 66-69.
McPhillips, D., and Brandon, M. T., 2012, Topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada measured directly by inversion of low-temperature thermochronology: American Journal of Science, v. 312, no. 2, p. 90-116.
Mulch, A., Graham, S. A., and Chamberlain, C. P., 2006, Hydrogen isotopes in Eocene river gravels and paleoelevation of the Sierra Nevada: Science, v. 313, no. 5783, p. 87-89.
Wakabayashi, J., and Sawyer, T. L., 2001, Stream incision, tectonics, uplift, and evolution of topography of the Sierra Nevada, California: Journal of Geology, v. 109, no. 5, p. 539-562.
Rockies Papers
Gregory, K. M., and Chase, C. G., 1994, Tectonic and climatic significance of a late Eocene low-relief, high-level geomorphic surface, Colorado: Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 99, no. B10, p. 20141-20160.
McMillan, M. E., Heller, P. L., and Wing, S. L., 2006, History and causes of post-Laramide relief in the Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, no. 3-4, p. 393-405.
Small and Anderson, Pleistocene relief production in Laramide mountain ranges, Geology, 1998
Anderson, R. S. (2002) Modeling the tor-dotted crests, bedrock edges, and parabolic profiles of high alpine surfaces of the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Geomorphology, 46, 35-58. Riihimaki et al., Impact of rock uplift on rates of late Cenozoic Rocky Mtn river incision, JGR, 2007
Riihimaki et al., Longevity and progressive abandonment of the Rocky Flats surface, Front Range, Colorado, Geomorphology, 2006
Sierra-Madre Papers
Ferrari, L., Valencia-Moreno, M., and Bryan, S., 2007, Magmatism and tectonics of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its relation with the evolution of the western margin of North America: Special Papers-Geological Society of America, v. 422, p. 1.
Henry, C. D., and Arandagomez, J. J., 1992, The real southern Basin and Range - Mid Cenozoic to late Cenozoic extension in Mexico: Geology, v. 20, no. 8, p. 701-704.
Montgomery, D. R., and Lopez-Blanco, J., 2003, Post-Oligocene river incision, southern Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico: Geomorphology, v. 55, no. 1-4, p. 235-247.
General idea/Modeling papers
Phillips, J. D. (2002) Erosion, isostatic response, and the missing peneplains. Geomorphology, 45, 225-241.

GLG 591 Geomorphology Seminar Fall 2012 - Course #78734

Past seminars
Spring 2012 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Fall 2011 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Spring 2011 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Fall 2010 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Spring 2010 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Fall 2009 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Spring 2009 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Fall 2008 SESE Geomorphology Seminar
Spring 2008 SESE Geomorphology Seminar

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