BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:104aca47-ef2d-424d-9c1c-984e0c3b1de1.194877@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20190114T193423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T193423Z LOCATION:Roy Blunt Hall 345 SUMMARY:GGP Seminar: Jacob O. Thacker - "The what\, where\, when and why o f the Laramide orogeny" DESCRIPTION:"The what\, where\, when and why of Laramide orogeny"\n\n\nEpi sodes of deformation thousands of kilometers into continental interiors r emains a major topic for furthering our understanding of plate tectonic p rocesses. One such event\, the Laramide orogeny\, is responsible for stru ctural arches and deep intermontane basins of the U.S. Rocky Mountains th at formed 90 to 45 million years ago within the stable cratonic interior. This mountain building phase has long perplexed geologists due to an aty pical "thick-skinned" deformation style and its far field strain. Signifi cant strides have been made to understand the Laramide ("what and where") \, though confusion and controversy still persist on its extent\, time fr ame\, and mechanisms. These topics will be discussed in this talk\, with a focus on time frame by examining the detailed spatiotemporal distributi on ("where and when") of Laramide deformation. Interpretations on the tec tonic processes responsible ("why") will also be discussed in light of th ese and other data.\n\n\nJacob Thacker is a PhD. candidate at the Univers ity of New Mexico studying intraplate deformation in the western U.S. (Sa n Andreas-related and Rocky Mountains). He formally began working on Lara mide structure and tectonics during his master's degree at Montana State University\, and holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from Cleveland Stat e University. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s trong>"The what\, where\, when and why of Laramide orogeny"</strong></p>\ n<p>Episodes of deformation thousands of kilometers into continental inte riors remains a major topic for furthering our understanding of plate tec tonic processes. One such event\, the Laramide orogeny\, is responsible f or structural arches and deep intermontane basins of the U.S. Rocky Mount ains that formed 90 to 45 million years ago within the stable cratonic in terior. This mountain building phase has long perplexed geologists due to an atypical "thick-skinned" deformation style and its far field strain. Significant strides have been made to understand the Laramide ("what and where")\, though confusion and controversy still persist on its extent\, time frame\, and mechanisms. These topics will be discussed in this talk\ , with a focus on time frame by examining the detailed spatiotemporal dis tribution ("where and when") of Laramide deformation. Interpretations on the tectonic processes responsible ("why") will also be discussed in ligh t of these and other data.</p>\n<p>Jacob Thacker is a PhD. candidate at t he University of New Mexico studying intraplate deformation in the wester n U.S. (San Andreas-related and Rocky Mountains). He formally began worki ng on Laramide structure and tectonics during his master's degree at Mont ana State University\, and holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from Clev eland State University.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190322T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190322T153000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://www.geosciences.missouristate.edu CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR