2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 107 Monday, 29 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 401/402

T117. The Track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot I: What Do Neotectonics, Climate Indicators, Volcanism, and Petrogenesis Reveal about Subsurface Processes?

Lisa A. Morgan, Kenneth L. Pierce and Henrietta E. Cathey, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
107-11:35 PM MELTING OF COLUMBIA RIVER FLOOD BASALT SOURCE COMPONENTS BY DELAMINATION ABOVE THE YELLOWSTONE MANTLE-PLUME HEAD: CAMP, Victor and HANAN, Barry, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, vcamp@geology.sdsu.edu
107-21:55 PM THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT TRACK—INTEGRATED PARAMETERS FAVOR MODEL OF A DEEP-SEATED PLUME HEAD FOLLOWED BY A PLUME TAIL: PIERCE, Kenneth L., NRMSC, US Geological Survey, Box 173492, Bozeman, MT 59717-3492, kpierce@usgs.gov, MORGAN, Lisa A., MS 973, US Geological Survey, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and SALTUS, Richard W., MS 964, US Geological Survey, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046
107-32:10 PM LITHOSPHERIC TOPOGRAPHY, TILTED PLUMES, AND THE TRACK OF THE SNAKE RIVER-YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT: SHERVAIS, John W., Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505, shervais@cc.usu.edu, HANAN, Barry B., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, and VETTER, Scott, Dept. of Geology, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA 71134
107-42:25 PM A SIMPLE GEOCHEMISTRY-BASED MODEL FOR CRB VOLCANISM AND ITS RELATION TO SNAKE RIVER PLAIN MAGMATISM: WOLFF, John A.1, RAMOS, Frank C.2, PATTERSON, James D.2, HART, Garret L.1, and ECKBERG, Alison E.1, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State Univ, PO Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99163-2812, jawolff@mail.wsu.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 East University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926
107-52:40 PM MORE THAN JUST MCDERMITT AND STEENS MOUNTAIN: TEMPORAL-SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF MID-MIOCENE MAGMATISM ON THE OREGON PLATEAU: BRUESEKE, Matthew E., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, brueseke@ksu.edu
107-62:55 PM METALLOGENY AND MAGMATISM IN THE EARLY YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT: HAMES, Willis E.1, SAUNDERS, James2, UNGER, Derick L.1, and KAMENOV, George D.3, (1) Geology & Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, hameswe@auburn.edu, (2) Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611
 3:10 PM Break
107-73:25 PM DEFLECTION OF THE YELLOWSTONE PLUME IN LARGE-SCALE MANTLE FLOW: STEINBERGER, Bernhard M., Center for Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, 7491, Norway, bernhard.steinberger@ngu.no and O'CONNELL, Richard J., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, oconnell@geophysics.harvard.edu
107-83:45 PM GEODYNAMIC MODELING OF PLUME-LITHOSPHERE INTERACTION BENEATH THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT TRACK: MANEA, Vlad Constantin1, MANEA, Marina1, LEEMAN, William P.2, and SCHUTT, Derek L.3, (1) Computational Geodynamics Laboratory, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Juriquilla, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, vlad@geociencias.unam.mx, (2) Earth Science Division, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230, (3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3006
107-94:00 PM EFFECTS OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT AND ITS MANTLE PLUME ON THE WESTERN U.S. INTERIOR: SMITH, Robert B.1, PUSKAS, Christine1, SETTLES, Katrina1, and FARRELL, Jamie2, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 S., 1460 E, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, rbsmith@mines.utah.edu, (2) Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 S. 1460 E, Room 706, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111
107-104:15 PM RECENT TECTONO-VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND YELLOWSTONE INFERRED FROM SAR INTERFEROMETRY: RODGERS, David W., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83201-8072, rodgdavi@isu.edu, ALY, Mohamed H., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, HUGHES, Scott S., Dept. of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, GLENN, Nancy F., Boise Center, Idaho State Univ, 12301 W. Explorer Drive, Suite 102, Boise, ID 83713, and THACKRAY, Glenn D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209
107-114:30 PM SEQUENTIAL DOMING AND FAULTING ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOT SPOT TRACK IN SW MONTANA: PARAMETERS TO TEST THE PLUME HYPOTHESIS FROM NEOGENE SIXMILE CREEK FORMATION: SEARS, James W., Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, james.sears@umontana.edu, HENDRIX, Marc S., Geosciences, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, THOMAS, Robert C., Environmental Sciences, Univ of Montana-Western, Dillon, MT 59725, and FRITZ, William J., Geology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30330
107-124:45 PM TRANSTENSION ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: MAJEROWICZ, Christina N.1, HARKINS, Nathan W.2, REGALLA, Christine A.2, TROY, Joanna K.1, PAZZAGLIA, Frank J.1, and ANASTASIO, David J.1, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, cnm206@lehigh.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
 5:00 PM Discussion

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