| Week | Date | Topic | Reading |
| 1 | Sept. 28 | Introduction, Logistics, Arm-waving | |
| 2 | Oct. 5 | Cordilleran Mesozoic tectonics | Burchfiel et al. (1992) |
| 3 | 12 | Cordilleran post-Laramide tectonics | Christiansen and Yeats (1992) |
| 4 | 19 | Vic Camp - Columbia River basalts and plumes | Camp and Ross (2004), Hooper et al. ms (in press?) |
| 5 | 26 | Sandra Wyld - Reconstructing western North America | Wyld and Wright (2001) and Wyld (2002) |
| 6 | Nov. 2 | Basil Tikoff - Western Idaho Shear Zone (when things fall apart) | McClelland et al (2000) and Giorgis et al (2005) |
| 7 | 9 | Group Discussion - Developing a chronology for the Blue Mountains through time | no new reading |
| 8 | 16 | Tracy Vallier (Insights from Hells Canyon); Allan Kays (Klamaths) | Vallier (1995); Vallier (1998) |
| 9 | 23 | No Class: Thanksgiving | |
| 10 | 30 | Darrel Cowan - Age and provenance of lower Tertiary fluvial strata, Elkhorn Mountains, E. Oregon | Cowan and Reiners (2004 abstract) |