Rocky Mountain Section - 57th Annual Meeting (May 23–25, 2005)

Session No. 16
Wednesday, 25 May 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T5. Precambrian Geology of the Rocky Mountains and High Plains Region

 

Karl E. Karlstrom, Advocates
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8:00 AM
PROTEROZOIC ROCKS OF THE SOUTHWEST: EPISODIC CRUSTAL GROWTH, LONG-LIVED (1.8 TO 1.0 GA) PLATE MARGIN ALONG SOUTHERN LAURENTIA, AND PRESERVATION OF PROTEROZOIC SUBDUCTION SCARS IN THE MODERN-DAY LITHOSPHERE
KARLSTROM, Karl E.1, WHITMEYER, Steven1 and JESSUP, Micah2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd. NE, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, micahjessup@hotmail.com, micahjessup@hotmail.com
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8:15 AM
GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT EVOLUTION AND QUARTZITE DEPOSITION, WEST NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, COLORADO
JONES III, James V.1, CONNELLY, James N.1 and ANDRONICOS, Christopher L.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, jvjones@mail.utexas.edu, jvjones@mail.utexas.edu
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8:30 AM
THE NATURE OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS IN THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE BASED ON MAPPING THE CULEBRA PEAK QUADRANGLE, COLORADO
PRICE, Jason B., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and KELLER, John, Colorado Geol Survey, 1313 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203, jprice@mines.edu, jprice@mines.edu
 
8:45 AM
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9:00 AM
AUTOCHTHONEITY OF THE PROTEROZOIC UNCOMPAGHRE GROUP, NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: INSIGHT INTO REGIONAL ~1.7 GA QUARTZITE DEPOSITION
ZINSSER, Austin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, austin@unm.edu, austin@unm.edu
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9:15 AM
A CASE STUDY OF A ~1.66 GA QUARTZITE-RHYOLITE SUCCESSION IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO: SIGNIFICANCE OF TWO QUARTZITE-RHYOLITE “EVENTS” DURING ASSEMBLY OF LAURENTIA
LUTHER, Amy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, aluther@unm.edu, aluther@unm.edu
 
9:30 AM
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9:45 AM
U/PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PROTEROZOIC ROCKS IN THE SIERRA NACIMIENTO REGION, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
KELLOGG, Karl S., U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 980, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and PREMO, W.R., USGS, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, kkellogg@usgs.gov, kkellogg@usgs.gov
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10:00 AM
CONTACT METAMORPHISM IN PELITIC GNEISS ADJACENT TO WOLF CREEK ULTRAMAFIC BODY, RUBY RANGE, SW MONTANA, EVIDENCE FOR HOT EMPLACEMENT
ALCOCK, J.1, MULLER, Peter D.2 and HAUGH, Joshua2, (1)Environmental Sciences, Penn State Abington College, 1600 Woodland Rd, Abington, PA 19001, (2)Earth Sciences Department, SUNY Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, jea4@psu.edu, jea4@psu.edu
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