Rocky Mountain (53rd) and South-Central (35th) Sections, GSA, Joint Annual Meeting (April 29–May 2, 2001)

Session No. 11
Tuesday, 1 May 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S10. Meso to Neoproterozoic of the Western US: Record of Supercontinent Assembly and Breakup, and a Snowball Earth?

 

Carol M. Dehler and Karl E. Karlstrom, Conveners
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8:00 AM
TECTONIC HISTORY OF RODINIA: CONSTRAINTS FROM STRONTIUM AND CARBON ISOTOPES AND CONTINENTAL CRUST PRODUCTION RATES
CONDIE, Kent C., Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, kcondie@nmt.edu, kcondie@nmt.edu
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8:15 AM
PROVENANCE OF THE BELT BASIN: A SNAPSHOT OF PRE-RODINIA WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
ROSS, Gerald M., Geol Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd Street N.W, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada and VILLENEUVE, Mike, Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, gmross@nrcan.gc.ca, gmross@nrcan.gc.ca
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8:30 AM
CONJECTURED GEOLOGY OF THE RIFTED, WESTERN PART OF THE BELT BASIN BASIN
WINSTON, Don, Geology Department, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, winston@selway.umt.edu, winston@selway.umt.edu
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8:45 AM
MESOPROTEROZOIC STRATA SOUTHWEST OF SALMON IDAHO
LINK, Paul Karl, Geology, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID 83209 and WINSTON, Don, Geology Department, Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, linkpaul@isu.edu, linkpaul@isu.edu
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9:00 AM
ICOSAHEDRAL TESSELLATIONS OF EARLY MESOPROTEROZOIC LAURENTIA AND PHANEROZOIC HOTSPOTS: FUNDAMENTAL GENETIC LINK?
SEARS, James W., Geology Department, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, jwsears@selway.umt.edu, jwsears@selway.umt.edu
 
9:15 AM
Poster Summaries: Seeley, Gellaty, Skotnicki
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9:30 AM
SEDIMENTARY RESPONSES TO CHANGING TECTONIC PATTERNS, MESOPROTEROZOIC APACHE GROUP/TROY QUARTZITE, CENTRAL ARIZONA
MIDDLETON, Larry T. and MONTGOMERY, Michael W., Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, larry.middleton@nau.edu, larry.middleton@nau.edu
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9:45 AM
A SYNTHESIS FROM THE UNKAR GROUP OF GRAND CANYON, AND INFERENCES ON LATE MESOPROTEROZOIC INTRACRATONIC SEDIMENTATION AND DEFORMATION IN THE WESTERN U.S
TIMMONS, J. Michael, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 141 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1116, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau Mines, Campus Station, Socorro, NM 87801 and BOWRING, Samuel A., EAPS, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, mtimm@unm.edu, mtimm@unm.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
LINKING MID-NEOPROTEROZOIC SUCCESSIONS IN THE WESTERN U.S.: THE CHUAR GROUP-UINTA MOUNTAIN GROUP-PAHRUMP GROUP CONNECTION (CHUMP)
DEHLER, Carol M.1, PRAVE, Anthony R.2, CROSSEY, Laura J.3, KARLSTROM, Karl E.3, ATUDOREI, Viorel3 and PORTER, Susannah M.4, (1)Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (2)Univ St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, (3)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, chuaria@cc.usu.edu, chuaria@cc.usu.edu
 
10:30 AM
Poster Summaries: Ashby, Crossey, Vogel
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10:45 AM
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CHUAR GROUP, GRAND CANYON- INSIGHTS INTO PROVENANCE FROM GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SHALES
BLOCH, John D.1, CROSSEY, Laura J.1 and DEHLER, Carol M.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Utah State Univ, UT, jdbloch@concentric.net, jdbloch@concentric.net
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11:00 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC DIAMICTITE-CAP CARBONATE SUCCESSION FROM EASTERN SONORA, MEXICO
CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, STEWART, John H., U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and HAGADORN, James W., Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, fcorsett@earth.usc.edu, fcorsett@earth.usc.edu
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11:15 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC RODINIAN EPICONTINENTAL STRATA IN SONORA, MEXICO
STEWART, John H., U.S. Geol Survey, MS-901, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and AMAYA-MARTÍNEZ, Ricardo, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, stewart@usgs.gov, stewart@usgs.gov
 
11:30 AM
Poster Summaries: Langenburg, McKenney, Bekker
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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