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Rocky Mountain (56th Annual) and Cordilleran (100th Annual) Joint Meeting (May 3–5, 2004)

Session No. 37
Wednesday, 5 May 2004: 8:20 AM-12:00 PM

T17. The Track of the Yellowstone Hot Spot: What is the Geology Telling Us About the Processes Below? I

 

Kenneth L. Pierce and Lisa Morgan, Advocates
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8:20 AM
YELLOWSTONE PLUMEHEAD MEETS FARALLON SLAB: A PLAUSIBLE MECHANISM DRIVING NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL TECTONICS FOR 80 MY
IHINGER, Phillip D., WATKINS, James M., BERNHARDT, Jesse E. and JOHNSON, Breck R., Geology, Univ of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701, ihinger@uwec.edu, ihinger@uwec.edu
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8:40 AM
MANTLE HYDRATION AND SR-ND ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS IN THE YELLOWSTONE REGION
ADAMS, David C., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, dadams@onewest.net, dadams@onewest.net
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9:00 AM
ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OREGON HIGH LAVA PLAINS AND YELLOWSTONE-SNAKE RIVER PLAIN VOLCANIC SYSTEMS
JORDAN, Brennan T., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691 and GRUNDER, Anita L., Department of Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331, bjordan@wooster.edu, bjordan@wooster.edu
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9:20 AM
EARLY HISTORY OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT: THE ASH FALL TUFF RECORD
NASH, Barbara P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and PERKINS, Michael E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South, 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, bpnash@mines.utah.edu, bpnash@mines.utah.edu
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9:40 AM
CONSTANT SILICIC ERUPTION AND MIGRATION RATES OF YELLOWSTONE-SNAKE RIVER PLAIN VOLCANISM: EVIDENCE FOR A CLASSICAL HOTSPOT MODEL?
ANDERS, Mark H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000 and HEMMING, Sidney R., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, manders@ldeo.columbia.edu, manders@ldeo.columbia.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT: PLUME OR PLUM
SMITH, Robert B., Univ Utah, 135 S 1460 E Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, rbsmith@mines.utah.edu, rbsmith@mines.utah.edu
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10:40 AM
GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A MANTLE PLUME ORIGIN FOR YELLOWSTONE: THE HISTORICAL PATTERN AND SCALE OF VOLCANISM, FAULTING, AND UPLIFT ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT TRACK
PIERCE, Kenneth L., Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, U.S. Geol Survey, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 and MORGAN, Lisa A., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, kpierce@usgs.gov, kpierce@usgs.gov
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11:00 AM
RE-EVALUATING THE "OWYHEE-HUMBOLDT" ERUPTIVE CENTER: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VOLUMINOUS MIDDLE MIOCENE SILICIC VOLCANISM AND THE OWYHEE PLATEAU
BRUESEKE, Matthew E.1, HART, William K.1 and SHOEMAKER, Kurt A.2, (1)Geology Dept, Miami Univ, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056-2473, (2)Geology Dept, Saint Joseph's College, PO Box 877, US 231 South, Rensselaer, IN 47978, brueseme@muohio.edu, brueseme@muohio.edu
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11:20 AM
MID-MIOCENE THOLEIITIC BASALT IN THE ANCESTRAL CASCADES ARC: GEOLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LOVEJOY BASALT
BUSBY, Cathy J.1, GARRISON, Noah1, GANS, Phillip1 and WAGNER, David2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)California Div of Mines and Geology, 801 K St. MS 12-31, Sacramento, CA 95814, busby@geol.ucsb.edu, busby@geol.ucsb.edu
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11:40 AM
A TWO-STAGE SPREADING MODEL FOR THE YELLOWSTONE MANTLE PLUME HEAD
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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