2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 53
Sunday, 2 November 2003: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T134. The Columbia River Flood Basalts: New Insights into the Volcanism, Petrology, and Tectonism of a Large Igneous Province: Dedicated to Peter Hooper on His Retirement

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Heather L. Petcovic, Bart S. Martin and Stephen P. Reidel, Advocates
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1:00 PM
THE TECTONIC SETTING AND SOURCE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP (CRBG)
HOOPER, Peter R., Geology, Washington State Univ, Pullman, Washington, WA 99164, prhooper@mail.wsu.edu, prhooper@mail.wsu.edu
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1:15 PM
EXTENDING THE CRB PROVINCE INTO SOUTHEASTERN OREGON: A REEVALUATION OF FLOOD-BASALT VOLUME, EFFUSION RATES, REGIONAL CORRELATIONS, AND VOLCANIC MIGRATIONS
CAMP, Victor E., San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 and ROSS, Martin E., Geology, Northeastern Univ, 14 Holmes Hall, 325 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, vcamp@geology.sdsu.edu, vcamp@geology.sdsu.edu
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1:30 PM
MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SAMPLES OF POMONA MEMBER, SADDLE MOUNTAINS BASALT
CAPRARELLI, Graziella, Dept Environmental Sciences, Univ of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, 2007 and REIDEL, Stephen P., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, MS6-81, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99320, Graziella.Caprarelli@uts.edu.au, Graziella.Caprarelli@uts.edu.au
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1:45 PM
ISOTOPIC HETEROGENEITY AND CRYSTAL ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY OF FLOOD BASALT LAVAS: THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP
TOLLSTRUP, D.L., WOLFF, J.A. and RAMOS, F.C., Dept. of Geology, Washington State Univ, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99163, jawolff@mail.wsu.edu, jawolff@mail.wsu.edu
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2:00 PM
SILICEOUS XENOLITHS IN THE SAND HOLLOW BASALT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, WA
MARTIN, Bart S., Geology and Geography, Ohio Wesleyan Univ, Delaware, OH 43015 and GIBBONEY, Clinton W.H., Grove City, OH 43123, bsmartin@owu.edu, bsmartin@owu.edu
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2:15 PM
CRYSTAL-MUSH COMPACTION IN THE COHASSETT FLOW, HANFORD, WASHINGTON
PHILPOTTS, Anthony R., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, REIDEL, Stephen, Applied Geology and Geochemistry, Pacific Northwest National Lab, PO Box 999, Mail Stop K6-81, Richland, WA 99320 and PHILPOTTS, Doreen E., 41 Ellise Road, Storrs, CT 06268, Anthony.Philpotts@uconn.edu, Anthony.Philpotts@uconn.edu
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2:30 PM
BASALTIC RING STRUCTURES IN THE CHANNELED SCABLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS
JAEGER, Windy L.1, BURR, Devon M.2, KESZTHELYI, Laszlo P.2, EMERY, Joshua P.3, MCEWEN, Alfred S.1, BAKER, Victor R.4, MIYAMOTO, Hideaki1 and BEYER, Ross A.1, (1)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Univ of Arizona, 1629 E. University Dr, Tucson, AZ 85721-0092, (2)Astrogeology Research Program, U. S. Geol Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (3)NASA Ames Rsch Ctr, Moffett Field, CA 94034, (4)Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, jaeger@lpl.arizona.edu, jaeger@lpl.arizona.edu
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2:45 PM
PALEOMAGNETIC TEST OF THE LOVEJOY FLOOD BASALT HYPOTHESIS
COE, Robert S., Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, rcoe@es.ucsc.edu, rcoe@es.ucsc.edu
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3:00 PM
QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MODELS FOR THE EMPLACEMENT OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT LAVA FLOWS
KESZTHELYI, Laszlo1, THORDARSON, Thorvaldur2 and SELF, Stephen2, (1)Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geol Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology, Univ of Hawaii, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 1680 East West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, laz@usgs.gov, laz@usgs.gov
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3:15 PM
ONGOING DEFORMATION AND STATE OF STRESS IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER FLOOD BASALTS
ROHAY, Alan C., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Box 999, MS K6-81, Richland, WA 99352, alan.rohay@pnl.gov, alan.rohay@pnl.gov
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3:30 PM
COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS: DO THEY LEAK? A RETROSPECTIVE OF BWIP PROGRAM DATA
SPANE, Frank, Pacific Northwest National Lab, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99320, REIDEL, Stephen P., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, MS6-81, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99320 and JOHNSON, Vernon G., Fluor Hanford, P.O. Box 1000, Richland, WA 99352, Frank.Spane@pnl.gov, Frank.Spane@pnl.gov
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