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Cordilleran Section - 101st Annual Meeting (April 29–May 1, 2005)

Session No. 16
Friday, 29 April 2005: 1:15 PM-5:20 PM

S2. Tectonics of the U.S. Cordillera, SWEAT Connection and Beyond I: A Session in Honor of Eldridge Moores

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Yildirim Dilek and John Wakabayashi, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:15 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:20 PM
THE NOBLE (BUT NEGLECTED) HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AS A SCIENCE: A TRIBUTE TO ELDRIDGE MOORES
ALVAREZ, Walter, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, platetec@berkeley.edu, platetec@berkeley.edu
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1:40 PM
SUBDUCTION RECYCLES CONTINENTAL CRUST TO THE MANTLE AT A RATE THAT IF APPLIED TO THE PAST BRINGS A CHALLENGING SWEAT TO SUPERCONTINENT RECONSTRUCTION
SCHOLL, David W., Geophysics, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 and VON HUENE, Roland, Geology, Univ of California Davis, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, dscholl@pangea.stanford.edu, dscholl@pangea.stanford.edu
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2:00 PM
NEOPROTEROZOIC RECONSTRUCTIONS
SMITH, Alan G., Earth Sciences, Univ of Cambridge, Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, ags1@esc.cam.ac.uk, ags1@esc.cam.ac.uk
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2:20 PM
SWEATING IT OUT IN ANTARCTICA, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO ELDRIDGE MOORES
STUMP, Edmund, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, ed.stump@asu.edu, ed.stump@asu.edu
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2:40 PM
ANALOGUE OF THE U.S. CORDILLERA ON THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF NEOPROTEROZOIC GONDWANA
NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 and KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF, 04510, nance@ohio.edu, nance@ohio.edu
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3:00 PM
TRANSFORMING THE SIBERIAN CRATON FROM SW LAURENTIA TO THE URAL MOUNTAINS AND ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANES FROM THE APPALACHIANS TO THE CORDILLERA
SEARS, Jim, Geology, The Univ of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59801 and WRIGHT, Jim, Geology, Univ of Georgia, GGS Bldg, Athens, GA 30602, jwsears@selway.umt.edu, jwsears@selway.umt.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON AND MONAZITE FROM THE HYLAND GROUP (NORTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA AND ALASKA): EVIDENCE FOR INTRACORDILLERAN “GRENVILLE” BASEMENT
ROSS, Gerald M.1, FRIEDMAN, Richard2 and MORTENSEN, James K.2, (1)Kupa'a Farm, Box 458, Kula, HI 96790, (2)Earth and Ocean Sciences, The Univ of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, lavaboy@verizon.net, lavaboy@verizon.net
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4:00 PM
REINTERPRETING THE SWEAT HYPOTHESIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EDIACARAN CYCLOMEDUSOIDS: THE BASK CONNECTION (BALTICA-ALASKA-SIBERIA-KLAMATH
LINDSLEY-GRIFFIN, Nancy, Griffin Resources, 1315 Westmont Drive, Jacksonville, OR 97530-9766, FARMER, Jack D., Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, GRIFFIN, John R., Geosciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and MANKINEN, Edward A., US Geol Survey, MS-937, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561, 4tusker@gmail.com, 4tusker@gmail.com
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4:20 PM
PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT IN THE PINACATE REGION OF NW SONORA, MEXICO: POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA?
NOURSE, Jonathan A., Department of Geological Sciences, California State Polytechnic Univ, Pomona, CA 91768 and PREMO, W.R., USGS, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, janourse@csupomona.edu, janourse@csupomona.edu
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4:40 PM
STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURE, AND U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC GNEISSES IN SIERRA HORNADAY AND CERRO EL AGUILA, NW SONORA, MEXICO: FINGERPRINTS AT THE TRUNCATED MARGIN OF LAURENTIA
ESPINOZA, Miguelangel1, NOURSE, J.A.1, PREMO, W.R.2 and IRIONDO, A.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, California State Polytechnic Univ, Pomona, CA 91768, (2)USGS, DFS, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Centro de Geosciences, UNAM, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, mespinoza@csupomona.edu, mespinoza@csupomona.edu
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5:00 PM
THE APPLICATION OF SWEAT METHODOLOGY TO NEOPROTEROZOIC RIFTING IN NORTHERN INDIA
OLIVER, Douglas H., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, dholiver@uark.edu, dholiver@uark.edu
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