2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 233 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 332AD

T59. EarthScope: Bringing Geology and Geophysics Together to Study the 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere (GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Anne Trehu, G. Randy Keller and Ben van der Pluijm, Presiding
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233-18:00 AM Field Geology in the Time of Earthscope: Integrating Detailed Geologic Analysis with Earthscope-Scale Questions: WILLIAMS, M.L.1, DUMOND, Gregory2, JERCINOVIC, M.J.1, and MAHAN, Kevin3, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, mlw@geo.umass.edu, (2) Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (3) Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado AVE, Boulder, CO 80309
233-28:15 AM The 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere Recorded by Xenoliths, Isostasy, Volcanism and Other Thermally Related Data: MORGAN, Paul1, O'REILLY, Suzanne Y.2, and GRIFFIN, William L.2, (1) Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, 1095 Rosemary St, Denver, CO 80230, Paul.Morgan@nau.edu, (2) GEMOC, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
233-38:30 AM Plate Boundary Evolution and Mantle Plume Eruptions during the Last Billion Years: SCOTESE, Christopher, PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012, chris@scotese.com and DAMMROSE, Ryan, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019
233-48:45 AM The San Andreas Fault In Southern California Has a “Propeller” Shape—Implications for Tectonics and Seismic Hazard: FUIS, Gary S., Earthquake Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, fuis@usgs.gov, SCHEIRER, Daniel S., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, LANGENHEIM, Victoria, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, and KOHLER, Monica D., Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, 395 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
233-59:00 AM Structural Development of the Walker Lane: Neotectonics and Geodesy: WESNOUSKY, Steven G.1, HAMMMOND, W.C.2, KREEMER, C.W.2, and BORMANN, Jayne M.1, (1) Center for Neotectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia Ave, Reno, NV 89557, wesnousky@unr.edu, (2) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia Ave, Reno, NV 89557
233-69:15 AM Progressive Strain Reorganization in Late Neogene Structural Stepovers, Central Walker Lane, Western Great Basin: OLDOW, John S., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, oldow@uidaho.edu, GEISSMAN, John W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuqueruqe, NM 87131, and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
233-79:30 AM Archean Origins to the Lithospheric Architecture of the Wyoming Craton: A Test for Earthscope: CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin R., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Dept 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, kchamber@uwyo.edu, DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, 82071, and YUAN, Huaiyu, Berkeley Seismological Lab, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
233-89:45 AM Delamination of the Subcontinental Lithosphere of the Wyoming Craton Related to the Yellowstone Hot Spot: FOSTER, David A., RUSSO, Raymond M., and MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, dafoster@ufl.edu
233-910:00 AM Hydration and Deformation in the Lower Crust of Southern Wyoming: Evidence from Leucite Hills Crustal Xenoliths and Implications for the Evolution of Seismic Structure in the Wyoming Craton: MAHAN, K.H.1, BLACKBURN, T.2, SCHULTE-PELKUM, V.1, SHEEHAN, A.1, and BOWRING, S.A.2, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, mahank@colorado.edu, (2) Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
233-1010:15 AM Geochronology and Thermochronology of Lower Crustal Xenoliths: Creating a Temporal Record of North American Lithosphere Thermal Evolution: BLACKBURN, Terrence1, BOWRING, Samuel2, MAHAN, Kevin3, and BURDICK, Scott2, (1) Dept. Earth, Atm. & Plan Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, 54-1118, Cambridge, MA 02139, terrence@mit.edu, (2) Dept. Earth, Atm. & Planet. Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3) Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado AVE, Boulder, CO 80309
233-1110:30 AM Is the Wyoming Craton Being Decratonized?: KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, grkeller@ou.edu
233-1210:45 AM The Precambrian Geologic Framework and Crustal Structure of the North-Central United States: What We Know and What We Need to Learn: CHANDLER, Val W., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114, chand004@umn.edu and JIRSA, Mark A., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Ave, St. Paul, MN 55114
233-1311:00 AM Earthscope's USArray: Observations and Status: WOODWARD, Robert1, BUSBY, Robert2, ALVAREZ, Marcos3, VERNON, Frank4, and ANDERSON, Kent3, (1) IRIS, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, woodward@iris.edu, (2) IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (3) IRIS, 1200 New York Ave, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (4) Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225
 11:15 AM Discussion

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