Cordilleran Section (104th Annual) and Rocky Mountain Section (60th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 March 2008)
Session No. 20 Thursday, 20 March 2008
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Student Union 213

T14. Detrital Zircon Studies in Western North America

William R. Dickinson and Paul K. Link, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
20-11:35 PM DETRITAL ZIRCON DATA FROM NORTHERN ALASKA: A SUMMARY OF INITIAL RESULTS: MOORE, Thomas E., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, tmoore@usgs.gov, POTTER, Christopher J., U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, O'SULLIVAN, Paul B., Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Rd, Viola, ID 83872-9709, and ALEINIKOFF, John N., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
20-21:55 PM DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB PROVENANCE OF THE UPPER PURCELL SUPERGROUP, SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA; IMPLICATIONS FOR BELT-PURCELL BASIN MODELS AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONS: GARDNER, David W.1, JOHNSTON, Stephen T.1, and DAVIS, William J.2, (1) School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Petch 187, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada, dgardner@uvic.ca, (2) Geochronology Laboratory, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
20-32:15 PM DETRITAL ZIRCON POPULATIONS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC (CRYOGENIAN) UINTA MOUNTAIN GROUP: THE LAURENTIAN BARCODE: KINGSBURY, Esther M., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Dept. of Geosciences, Mail stop 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, kingesth@isu.edu, LINK, Paul K., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, FANNING, Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and DEHLER, Carol M., Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
20-42:35 PM DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF LATE ORDOVICIAN SANDSTONE IN WYOMING SUGGEST TALSON-THELON OROGEN WAS A MAJOR SOURCE OF SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENT ALONG THE TRANSCONTINENTAL ARCH: POPE, Michael, Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, mcpope@wsu.edu
20-52:55 PM U-PB AGES OF DETRITIAL ZIRCONS FROM SANDSTONE IN THE LATE DEVONIAN GUILMETTE FORMATION OF SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA: ANDERSON, Julia R.1, TAPANILA, Leif1, LINK, Paul1, and FANNING, C. Mark2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, andejuli@isu.edu, (2) Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
 3:15 PM Break
20-63:35 PM POTENTIAL IMPACT OF DIFFERENTIAL ZIRCON FERTILITY OF GRANITOID SOURCE ROCKS ON CORDILLERAN DETRITAL ZIRCON POPULATIONS: DICKINSON, William R., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, wrdickin@dakotacom.net
20-73:55 PM DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE OF CRETACEOUS TO EOCENE STRATA IN THE SEVIER HINTERLAND, CENTRAL NEVADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONICS AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY: DRUSCHKE, Peter, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, druschke@unlv.nevada.edu, HANSON, Andrew D., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 So. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, and WELLS, Michael, Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
20-84:15 PM LASER ABLATION U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION AND THE INTIAL EXPRESSION OF FLEXURAL SUBSIDENCE IN THE CORDILLERA OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: BRITT, Brooks B.1, CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H.1, KOWALLIS, Bart J.1, GREENHALGH, Brent2, SCHWANKE, Garrett A.1, and BURTON, Darrin3, (1) Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, brooks_britt@byu.edu, (2) Wexpro Company, 180 E 100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84139, (3) Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713
20-94:35 PM PROVENANCE OF EOCENE TO OLIGOCENE SANDSTONES OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA: EVIDENCE FROM DETRITAL ZIRCONS: STROUP, Caleb N., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State Unviersity, 921 S. 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, strocale@isu.edu, LINK, Paul K., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, JANECKE, Susanne U., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4505, FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and BERANEK, Luke P., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
20-104:55 PM IDAHO SOURCES FOR DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN LATE MIOCENE SIXMILE CREEK FORMATION, SW MONTANA: STROUP, Caleb N., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State Unviersity, 921 S. 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, strocale@isu.edu, SEARS, James W., Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, james.sears@umontana.edu, and LINK, Paul K., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209

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