Cordilleran Section - 103rd Annual Meeting (4–6 May 2007)

Session No. 21
Saturday, 5 May 2007: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM

S2. Paleogeographic Reconstructions of Cordilleran Terranes II: In Honor of David L. Jones

 

Clark Blake and Jim Monger, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
NORTH AMERICAN AFFINITY OF SOUTHWEST CORDILLERAN MESOZOIC TERRANES IMPLIED BY DETRITAL ZIRCON U/PB AGES
KIMBROUGH, David L., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, GROVE, Marty, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, MAHONEY, J. Brian, Geology, Univ. Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004, MOORE, Thomas E., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, GEHRELS, G.E., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, MORGAN, J.R., Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92020 and WRIGHT, James E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, dkimbrough@geology.sdsu.edu, dkimbrough@geology.sdsu.edu
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1:55 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF TERRANES IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS – NORTHWEST CASCADES THRUST SYSTEM, WASHINGTON
BROWN, Edwin H., Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225 and GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ehbrown@geol.wwu.edu, ehbrown@geol.wwu.edu
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2:15 PM
WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CORDILLERAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY?
JOHNSTON, Stephen Thomas, School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P2, Canada, stj@uvic.ca, stj@uvic.ca
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2:35 PM
THE NORTHERN CORDILLERAN PERI-LAURENTIAN TERRANES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS THROUGH TIME
NELSON, JoAnne1, COLPRON, Maurice2 and MURPHY, Don2, (1)B.C. Geological Survey Branch, Box 9333, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada, (2)Yukon Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2703 (K-10), Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, JoAnne.Nelson@gov.bc.ca, JoAnne.Nelson@gov.bc.ca
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2:55 PM
LATE JURASSIC TRANSFORM FAULTING AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF TERRANES ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF NORTH AMERICA
ANDERSON, Thomas H., Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, taco@pitt.edu, taco@pitt.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:55 PM
PALEOZOIC TECTONICS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: A CARIBBEAN MODEL
WRIGHT, James, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Geography-Geology Building, Athens, GA 30602, GROVE, Marty, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and GEHRELS, G.E., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jwright@gly.uga.edu, jwright@gly.uga.edu
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4:15 PM
A MOBILIST ARGUMENT FOR THE APPALACHIAN ORIGIN OF INBOARD CORDILLERAN TERRANES
HARMS, Tekla A., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, taharms@amherst.edu, taharms@amherst.edu
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4:35 PM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF MEXICO: A TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC UPDATE
CENTENO GARCÍA, Elena, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F, 04510, Mexico and ORTEGA-GUTIÉRREZ, Fernando, Geología Regional, UNAM, Instituto de Geología, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, México, 04510, Mexico, fortega@servidor.unam.mx, fortega@servidor.unam.mx
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4:55 PM
CORRELATIVE GEOLOGIC AND TECTONIC EVENTS IN THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST, ALASKA, AND THE NORTHERN CANADIAN CORDILLERA
NOKLEBERG, Warren J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, PARFENOV, Leonid M., Institue of Diamond and Noble Metal Geology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 39, Lenin Avenue, Yakutsk, 677980, MONGER, James W.H., Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, STONE, David B., Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 903 Koyukuk Drive, P.O.Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775, SCOTESE, Christopher R., Geology, U. Texas at Arlington, PALEOMAP Project, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012 and SCHOLL, David W., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, wnokleberg@usgs.gov, wnokleberg@usgs.gov
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5:15 PM
PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE UPPER PURCELL SUPERGROUP, NORTHERN PURCELL BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
GARDNER, David W., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Petch 187, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada and JOHNSTON, Stephen T., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada, dgardner@uvic.ca, dgardner@uvic.ca
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