2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 74 Monday, 29 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 703

T82. The Structure, Composition and Evolution of the Lithosphere of Western North America I

Walter D. Mooney, Catherine M. Snelson, Eugene Humphreys and Richard C. Aster, Presiding
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74-18:00 AM INTRODUCTION TO "THE LITHOSPHERE OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA": MOONEY, Walter D.1, ASTER, Richard C.2, SNELSON, Catherine M.2, and HUMPHREYS, Eugene3, (1) Earthquake Hazards, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, mooney@usgs.gov, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
74-28:15 AM GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC FRAMEWORK OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AT LITHOSPHERIC SCALE: SALTUS, Richard W., MS 964, US Geological Survey, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, saltus@usgs.gov, BLAKELY, Richard J., USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, and PILKINGTON, Mark, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 615 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9, Canada
74-38:30 AM GEOTHERMAL TRANSITIONS IN THE CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE ALONG SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRANSECTS: REITER, Marshall A., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, mreiter@nmt.edu
74-48:45 AM PLUME-RELATED MODIFICATION OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AT 1.1. GA - A RECIPE FOR MAKING CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE: DUCEA, Mihai N., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, ducea@geo.arizona.edu
74-59:05 AM K-FELDSPAR 40AR/39AR THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF WESTERN USA PRECAMBRIAN LITHOSPHERE: IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF SYSTEMATICS TOWARDS MORE ACCURATE GEOLOGICAL MODELS: HEIZLER, Matthew T.1, PARSONS, Ian2, SANDERS, Robert E.1, HEIZLER, Lynn L.3, and KARLSTROM, Karl E.4, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sci, NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, matt@nmt.edu, (2) Grant Institute of Earth Sci, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, (3) NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place, 801 Leroy Place, socorro, NM 87801, (4) Department of Earth and Planetary Sci, University of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
74-69:20 AM RECEIVER FUNCTION IMAGES OF THE LITHOSPHERE IN THE WESTERN U.S: LEVANDER, Alan, NIU, Fenglin, and MILLER, Meghan S., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, alan@rice.edu
74-79:40 AM EFFECTS OF DATA VARIANCE AND PARAMETERIZATION ON A NEW NORTH AMERICAN 3D UPPER-MANTLE MODEL: BEDLE, Heather and VAN DER LEE, Suzan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208, heather@earth.northwestern.edu
 9:55 AM Break
74-810:10 AM LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE MELTING AND THE ORIGIN OF THE MID-TERTIARY IGNIMBRITE FLARE-UP, SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS: FARMER, G. Lang, Dept. of Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, farmer@colorado.edu, BAILLEY, Treasure L., Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, and ELKINS-TANTON, Linda T., Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
74-910:25 AM GEODYNAMICS OF THE WESTERN U.S. INTERIOR: PUSKAS, C.M.1, SMITH, R.B.1, FLESCH, L.M.2, SETTLES, K.1, and POLLITZ, F.3, (1) Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 1460 E 135 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, cmpuskas@mines.utah.edu, (2) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, (3) USGS, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025
74-1010:40 AM TECTONICS, LITHOSPHERE STRENGTH AND THERMAL STRUCTURE OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: CURRIE, Claire A.1, HYNDMAN, Roy D.2, and MAZZOTTI, Stephane2, (1) Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, claire.currie@dal.ca, (2) Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada
74-1110:55 AM THICK-SKINNED PALEOPROTEROZOIC SHEAR-FOLD COUPLED DEFORMATION ALONG THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA: ALLARD, Stephen T., Department of Geoscience, Winona State University, P.O. Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987, sallard@winona.edu and PORTIS, Douglas H., Department of Geosciences, Winona State University, PO Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987
74-1211:10 AM TIMING AND DURATION OF HIGH-P GRANULITE FACIES METAMORPHISM IN THE NORTHERN TETON RANGE, WYOMING: FROST, B. Ronald1, MCFARLANE, Chris2, SWAPP, Susan M., FROST, Carol D., CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin R., ALLEN, Charlotte M., and FITZGERALD, Braden1, (1) Laramie, 82071, rfrost@uwyo.edu, (2) Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, 61 Mills Road, Canberra, 0200, Australia
74-1311:25 AM IMAGE OF YELLOWSTONE MAGMATIC HISTORY AND LOWER CRUSTAL OUTFLOW: DUEKER, Ken, STACHNIK, Josh, YUAN, Huaiyu, and SCHUTT, Derek, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, dueker@uwyo.edu
74-1411:40 AM CENOZOIC UPLIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASPEN ANOMALY, CENTRAL COLORADO, AND UPDATE ON THE CREST COLORADO ROCKIES EXPERIMENT AND SEISMIC TRANSECTS: KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kek@unm.edu, DUEKER, Ken, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Laramie, WY 82071, ASTER, Richard C., Department of Earth and Enviromenal Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, KELLEY, Shari, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, CROSSEY, Laura J., Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KIRBY, Eric, Department of Geoscience, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, HILTON, David R., Geosciences Research Div, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92037, COBLENTZ, David, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, FARMER, G. Lang, Dept. of Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, and MACCARTHY, Jonathan K., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131

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