2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 212
Wednesday, 30 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T111. Detrital Thermochronology—Dating of Exhumation and Landscape Evolution in Mountain Belts

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Matthias Bernet and Cornelia Spiegel, Advocates
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8:00 AM
A DECADE OF DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDIES
GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ggehrels@geo.arizona.edu, ggehrels@geo.arizona.edu
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8:15 AM
GROWTH AND EXHUMATION OF THE CORDILLERAN THRUST WEDGE (SOUTHWESTERN ALBERTA) INFERRED FROM DETRITAL MINERAL U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND ND ISOTOPES
ROSS, Gerald M.1, HAMILTON, Mike A.2, PATCHETT, P. Jonathan3 and ROSENBERG, Erin R.3, (1)Geol Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (2)Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (3)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, gmross@nrcan.gc.ca, gmross@nrcan.gc.ca
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8:30 AM
SILICICLASTIC RECORD OF RAPID DENUDATION IN RESPONSE TO CONVERGENT-MARGIN OROGENESIS, ROSS OROGEN, ANTARCTICA
GOODGE, J.W.1, WILLIAMS, I.S.2, PHILLIPS, D.3, MYROW, P.4 and FANNING, C.M.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, (2)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, (3)School of Earth Sciences, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia, (4)Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, jgoodge@d.umn.edu, jgoodge@d.umn.edu
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8:45 AM
SINGLE CRYSTAL HELIUM-LEAD DATING OF DETRITAL ZIRCON
REINERS, Peter W.1, CAMPBELL, Ian S.2, NICOLESCU, Stefan1, ALLEN, Charlotte2, GARVER, John I.3 and PALIN, J. Michael4, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, (2)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, 0200, Australia, (3)Geology Department, Union College, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, (4)Department of Geology, Univ of Otago, Dunedin, 9001, New Zealand, peter.reiners@yale.edu, peter.reiners@yale.edu
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9:00 AM
(U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY OF DETRITAL ZIRCON IN THE EOLIAN NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
RAHL, Jeffrey M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and REINERS, Peter W., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, jeffrey.rahl@yale.edu, jeffrey.rahl@yale.edu
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9:15 AM
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EVOLUTION DETERMINED FROM U-TH/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY: LATE STAGE DEFORMATION IN THE APPALACHIANS
PAZZAGLIA, Frank J.1, ZEITLER, Peter K.1, IDELMAN, Bruce D.1, AULT, Amanda L.1, BECKER, Thomas2 and RODEN-TICE, Mary3, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, 31 Williams, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (3)Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, Hudson 102, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, fjp3@lehigh.edu, fjp3@lehigh.edu
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9:30 AM
DETRITAL U-TH/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY: THE ALPHA EJECTION NON-PROBLEM
CROWLEY, Peter D., Amherst College, PO Box 5000, Amherst, MA 01002-5000, pdcrowley@amherst.edu, pdcrowley@amherst.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
LOOKING AT THE ALPINE RANGES OF EUROPE IN THE PAST: 40AR/39AR DATING OF WHITE MICAS FROM CLASTIC SEDIMENTS TELL A TALE OF PROVENANCE AND EXHUMATION
WIJBRANS, Jan R.1, CARRAPA, Barbara1 and VON EYNATTEN, Hilmar2, (1)Isotope Geochemistry, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1085 de Boelelaan, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands, (2)Institut für Geowissenschaften, FSU Jena, Burgweg 11, Jena, D-07749, Germany, wijj@geo.vu.nl, wijj@geo.vu.nl
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10:15 AM
EPISODIC EXHUMATION IN THE EUROPEAN WESTERN ALPS
CARRAPA, Barbara1, WIJBRANS, Jan1 and BERTOTTI, Giovanni2, (1)Isotope Geochemistry, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1085 de Boelelaan, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands, (2)Structural Geology/Tectonics, Vrije Univ, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands, carb@geo.vu.nl, carb@geo.vu.nl
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10:30 AM
FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS: A KEY TOOL FOR DISCERNING SEDIMENT PROVENANCE
CARTER, Andrew, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 75x, United Kingdom, a.carter@ucl.ac.uk, a.carter@ucl.ac.uk
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10:45 AM
THE EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL ALPS: A COMBINED APPROACH OF ZIRCON FISSION TRACK DATING, ND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY, AND THE SEDIMENT BUDGET OF THE FORELAND BASINS
SPIEGEL, Cornelia1, SIEBEL, Wolfgang2, KUHLEMANN, Joachim3 and FRISCH, Wolfgang3, (1)School of Earth Sciences, Univ of Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne, 3010, Australia, (2)Mineralogisches Institut, Universitaet Tuebingen, Wilhelmstr.56, Tuebingen, D-72074, Germany, (3)Geologisches Institut, Universitaet Tuebingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, D-72076, Germany, cornelia.spiegel@uni-tuebingen.de, cornelia.spiegel@uni-tuebingen.de
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11:00 AM
PREFERENTIAL THERMAL RESETTING OF FISSION TRACKS IN RADIATION-DAMAGED DETRITAL ZIRCON GRAINS: CASE STUDY FROM THE LARAMIDE OF ARIZONA
RILEY, Brook C.D., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences (C1140), Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, bcdr@mail.utexas.edu, bcdr@mail.utexas.edu
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11:15 AM
FISSION-TRACK AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM THE EUROPEAN ALPS
BERNET, Matthias, Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, GARVER, John, Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311 and BRANDON, Mark, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, matthias.bernet@yale.edu, matthias.bernet@yale.edu
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11:30 AM
MIOCENE SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITS OF NAXOS ISLAND: GEODYNAMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN AEGEAN SEA (GREECE)
KUHLEMANN, Joachim1, FRISCH, Wolfgang2, DUNKL, Istvan2, KÁZMÉR, Miklos3 and SCHMIEDL, Gerhard4, (1)Geol. Inst, Univ. Tuebingen, Germany, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany, (2)Geol. Inst, Univ. Tuebingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany, (3)Dept. of Paleontology, Eötvös Univ, Ludovika tér 2, Budapest, 1083, Hungary, (4)Inst. of Geophysics and Geology, Univ. Leipzig, Talstrasse 35, Leipzig, 04103, Germany, kuhlemann@uni-tuebingen.de, kuhlemann@uni-tuebingen.de
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