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

Session No. 46
Wednesday, 5 May 2004: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

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

 

Kenneth L. Pierce and Lisa Morgan, Advocates
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1:00 PM
NEW 40AR/39AR DATA FROM PLEISTOCENE BASALTS ON THE EAST SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO, AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE OF THE BIG LOST TROUGH
HELM-CLARK, Catherine M., Geoscience Research, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab, PO Box 1625, MS 2107, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2107 and RODGERS, David W., Department of Geoscience, Idaho State Univ, Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, helmcc@inel.gov, helmcc@inel.gov
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1:20 PM
BASALTIC VOLCANISM OF THE CENTRAL SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO
SHERVAIS, John W., Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505, VETTER, Scott, Dept. of Geology, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA 71134 and HANAN, Barry B., Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 9218, shervais@cc.usu.edu, shervais@cc.usu.edu
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1:40 PM
TEMPERATURE-PRESSURE (DEPTH) ESTIMATES OF MAGMAS FROM THE CRATERS OF THE MOON AND NEARBY LAVA FIELDS, ID, BASED ON MINERAL-MELT EQUILIBRIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
PUTIRKA, Keith Daniel, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, California State Univ, Fresno, CSU-Fresno Dept. Earth & Env. Sci, 2345 E. San Ramon Ave, MS/MH24, Fresno, CA 93740-8031 and KUNTZ, Mel A., Earth Surface Processes Team, U. S. Geol Survey, U. S. G.S., Earth Surface Processes Team, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, kputirka@csufresno.edu, kputirka@csufresno.edu
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2:00 PM
EVIDENCE FOR MIXED ASTHENOSPHERE-LITHOSPHERE SOURCES FOR BASALTS OF THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO
VETTER, Scott, Dept. of Geology, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA 71134, SHERVAIS, John, Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505 and HANAN, Barry B., Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 9218, svetter@centenary.edu, svetter@centenary.edu
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2:20 PM
COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY IN COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP FLOWS
REIDEL, Stephen P., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, MS6-81, PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99320, sp.reidel@pnl.gov, sp.reidel@pnl.gov
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2:40 PM
EXPLORING WESTERN NORTH AMERICA WITH EARTHSCOPE: THE BEST PLACE TO STUDY PLATE BOUNDARY PROCESSES
SMITH, Robert B., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 So. 1460 East, Rm. 702, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and VAN DER VINK, Gregory E., EarthScope, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 710, Washington, DC 20005, rbsmith@mines.utah.edu, rbsmith@mines.utah.edu
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3:00 PM
INTERMEDIATE DEPTH DRILLING OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: TRACKING THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT (?) THROUGH SPACE AND TIME: A CALL TO ACTION
SHERVAIS, John W., Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505, GEIST, Dennis J., Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, P.O. Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, HUGHES, Scott S., Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, VETTER, Scott, Dept. of Geology, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA 71134 and HANAN, Barry B., Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 9218, shervais@cc.usu.edu, shervais@cc.usu.edu
 
3:20 PM
Wrap-up Comments, Ken Pierce and Lisa Morgan
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