Rocky Mountain Section - 57th Annual Meeting (May 23–25, 2005)
Session No. 16 Wednesday, May 25, 2005
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Mesa State College: Saccomanno Lecture Hall

T5. Precambrian Geology of the Rocky Mountains and High Plains Region

Karl E. Karlstrom, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
16-18:00 AM PROTEROZOIC ROCKS OF THE SOUTHWEST: EPISODIC CRUSTAL GROWTH, LONG-LIVED (1.8 TO 1.0 GA) PLATE MARGIN ALONG SOUTHERN LAURENTIA, AND PRESERVATION OF PROTEROZOIC SUBDUCTION SCARS IN THE MODERN-DAY LITHOSPHERE: KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, WHITMEYER, Steven1, and JESSUP, Micah2, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek1@unm.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, micahjessup@hotmail.com
16-28:15 AM GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT EVOLUTION AND QUARTZITE DEPOSITION, WEST NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: JONES, James V. III1, CONNELLY, James N.1, and ANDRONICOS, Christopher L.2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, jvjones@mail.utexas.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968
16-38:30 AM THE NATURE OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS IN THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE BASED ON MAPPING THE CULEBRA PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: PRICE, Jason B., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jprice@mines.edu and KELLER, John, Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203
 8:45 AM Break
16-49:00 AM AUTOCHTHONEITY OF THE PROTEROZOIC UNCOMPAGHRE GROUP, NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: INSIGHT INTO REGIONAL ~1.7 GA QUARTZITE DEPOSITION: ZINSSER, Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, austin@unm.edu and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
16-59:15 AM A CASE STUDY OF A ~1.66 GA QUARTZITE-RHYOLITE SUCCESSION IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO: SIGNIFICANCE OF TWO QUARTZITE-RHYOLITE “EVENTS” DURING ASSEMBLY OF LAURENTIA: LUTHER, Amy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, aluther@unm.edu and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
 9:30 AM Break
16-69:45 AM U/PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PROTEROZOIC ROCKS IN THE SIERRA NACIMIENTO REGION, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO: KELLOGG, Karl S., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, kkellogg@usgs.gov and PREMO, Wayne R., USGS, DFC, Denver, CO 80225
16-710:00 AM CONTACT METAMORPHISM IN PELITIC GNEISS ADJACENT TO WOLF CREEK ULTRAMAFIC BODY, RUBY RANGE, SW MONTANA, EVIDENCE FOR HOT EMPLACEMENT: ALCOCK, J.1, MULLER, Peter D.2, and HAUGH, Joshua2, (1) Environmental Sciences, Penn State Abington College, 1600 Woodland Rd, Abington, PA 19001, jea4@psu.edu, (2) Earth Sciences Department, SUNY Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820

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