2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 17 Sunday, November 7, 2004
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 108/110/112

T75. A Xenolith Perspective on the Physical and Chemical Evolution of Continental Lithosphere

Jane Selverstone and Roberta L. Rudnick, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
17-18:05 AM THE ROLE OF CHEMICAL BOUNDARY LAYERS IN REGULATING THE THERMAL THICKNESS OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS: LEE, Cin-Ty1, LENARDIC, Adrian2, COOPER, Catherine2, NIU, Fenglin1, and LEVANDER, Alan3, (1) Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS 126, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, ctlee@rice.edu, (2) Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS-126, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, (3) Department of Earth Science, Rice Univ - MS126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
17-28:25 AM PERSPECTIVES ON CONTINENTAL EVOLUTION FROM XENOLITHS AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA: JORDAN, Thomas H., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, tjordan@usc.edu.
17-38:45 AM ZIRCONS IN CRATONIC MANTLE ECLOGITES: INSIGHTS INTO SUBCONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE EVOLUTION AND METASOMATISM: SCHMITZ, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, markschmitz@boisestate.edu.
17-49:05 AM EVIDENCE FOR HIGH PRESSURE GARNET PYROXENITES IN THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE: RODEN, Michael1, PATIÑO-DOUCE, Alberto2, and LAZ'KO, E.E.2, (1) Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, mroden@gly.uga.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
17-59:20 AM A NEW MODEL FOR CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS: SILVER, P.G.1, BEHN, M.1, KELLEY, K.1, and SCHMITZ, M.2, (1) Carnegie Institution of Washington, DTM, 5241 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, silver@dtm.ciw.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, Math/Geo 205A, Boise, ID 83725
17-69:35 AM COMPOSITIONAL CONTROL OF WESTERN U.S. MAGMATISM, TECTONISM AND UPLIFT: HUMPHREYS, Eugene D., Eugene, OR 97403, gene@newberry.uoregon.edu.
17-79:55 AM Paper Withdrawn
17-810:10 AM CORRELATION OF MANTLE XENOLITH DATA WITH GEOPHYSICAL IMAGES OF THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND THE RIO GRANDE RIFT: SELVERSTONE, Jane, BREARLEY, A., PERKINS, G., PORRECA, C., SHARP, Z.D., CALLAHAN, C., and ROY, M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, selver@unm.edu
 10:25 AM Break
17-910:40 AM U-PB AND HF ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF ZIRCON IN LOWER CRUSTAL XENOLITHS FROM THE NAVAJO VOLCANIC FIELD: 1.4 GA MAFIC MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM BENEATH THE COLORADO PLATEAU: CROWLEY, James L., Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, jlcrowle@mit.edu, SCHMITZ, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, BOWRING, Samuel A., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, WILLIAMS, Michael, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
17-1010:55 AM THERMAL RECORDS OF LOWER CRUSTAL XENOLITHS AND GRANULITE EXPOSURES: A PERSPECTIVE FROM GRANULITES OF THE SNOWBIRD TECTONIC ZONE, NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN: FLOWERS, Rebecca M., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg. 54-1114, Cambridge, MA 02139, rflowers@mit.edu, BOWRING, Samuel A., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, and WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-5820
17-1111:10 AM CRUSTAL STRUCTURE INFERRED FROM GRANULITE-FACIES XENOLITHS FROM CENTRAL IRELAND: VAN DEN BERG, Riana and DALY, J Stephen, Department of Geology, Univ College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, rvdb@sun.ac.za
17-1211:25 AM ION MICROPROBE U-PB ZIRCON EVIDENCE FROM LOWER CRUSTAL XENOLITHS FOR PALAEOZOIC CRUST FORMATION AND CRUSTAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CALEDONIAN SUTURE ZONE IN CENTRAL IRELAND: DALY, J. Stephen, Department of Geology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, stephen.daly@ucd.ie and VAN DEN BERG, Riana, Department of Geology, Univ College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
17-1311:40 AM XENOLITH COLLECTIONS AT THE SMITHSONIAN: SCOPE, HISTORY, AND OUTLOOK FOR RESEARCH: SORENSEN, S.S., Dept. Min. Sci, Smithsonian Inst, PO Box 37012, NMNH MRC-119, Washington, DC 20013-7012, sorena@volcano.si.edu, HEARN, B. Carter, US Geol Survey, 954 National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, and LUHR, James F., Smithsonian Inst, NHB-119, Washington, DC 20560-0001

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