Northeastern Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (12–14 March 2007)

Session No. 45
Wednesday, 14 March 2007: 8:40 AM-12:00 PM

T6. Isotopic and Other Indicators of Sediment Provenance and Basement Character

 

Sandra M. Barr and S.D. Samson, Advocates
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8:40 AM
DO SEDIMENTS LIE (OR ARE THEY JUST COY)? NEW APPROACHES IN ADVANCING PROVENANCE STUDIES
SAMSON, Scott D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse Univeristy, Syracuse, NY 13244, sdsamson@syr.edu, sdsamson@syr.edu
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9:00 AM
SM-ND ISOTOPIC AND WHOLE-ROCK CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS OF LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC AND CAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE CALEDONIAN HIGHLANDS (AVALONIA), SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK
SATKOSKI, Aaron1, BARR, Sandra1 and SAMSON, Scott2, (1)Department of Geology, Acadia University, 12 University Avenue, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 310 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, aaron.satkoski@acadiau.ca, aaron.satkoski@acadiau.ca
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9:20 AM
PROVENANCE STUDIES IN THE MEGUMA TERRANE, SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
BARR, Sandra M.1, WHITE, Chris E.2, WALDRON, John W.F.3, SAMSON, Scott D.4, SATKOSKI, Aaron M.1, HEAMAN, Larry M.5, SIMONETTI, Antonio6, REYNOLDS, Peter7 and TOOLE, Ryan M.1, (1)Department of Geology, Acadia Univ, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada, (2)Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, Canada, (3)Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244, (5)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-23 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, (6)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, (7)Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca
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9:40 AM
REINTERPRETING THE PROVENANCE OF EASTERN LAURENTIAN LATE PROTEROZOIC RIFT FILL: NEW WHOLE-ROCK PB ISOTOPIC CONTRAINTS
BREAM, Brendan R.1, LOEWY, Staci2, HATCHER Jr, Robert D.3 and MILLER, Calvin1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B #351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, brendan.bream@vanderbilt.edu, brendan.bream@vanderbilt.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
GRAPTOLITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND K-BENTONITE TEPHROCHRONOLOGY FROM A CORE SECTION THROUGH THE UTICA, TRENTON, AND BLACK RIVER GROUPS NEAR BALSTON SPA, NEW YORK
ROLOSON, Melissa1, MITCHELL, C.E.1, SELL, B.K.2, SAMSON, S.D.2, BAIRD, G.3 and LESLIE, S.A.4, (1)Dept. of Geology, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3)Dept. of Geoscience, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, roloson2@buffalo.edu, roloson2@buffalo.edu
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10:35 AM
AVALONIA: A NEOPROTEROZOIC LOW-18O TERRANE
POTTER, Joanna1, LONGSTAFFE, Frederick J.1 and BARR, Sandra M.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, (2)Department of Geology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada, jpotter6@uwo.ca, jpotter6@uwo.ca
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10:55 AM
MAGMA SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CAMBRIAN VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE ELLSWORTH TERRANE, PENOBSCOT BAY AREA, MAINE
SCHULZ, Klaus J., U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, STEWART, David B., 926A National Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192 and POLLOCK, Jeff, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, kschulz@usgs.gov, kschulz@usgs.gov
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11:15 AM
U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF AVALONIA: CONSTRAINTS ON THE OPENING OF THE RHEIC OCEAN
POLLOCK, Jeff, Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, HIBBARD, Jim P., Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 and O'BRIEN, Seán, Geological Survey of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 4J6, jpolloc@ncsu.edu, jpolloc@ncsu.edu
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11:35 AM
ANCIENT LAURENTIAN DETRITAL ZIRCON IN THE SOUTHERN UPLANDS TERRANE, BRITISH CALEDONIDES
WALDRON, John W.F.1, FLOYD, James D.2, HEAMAN, Larry M.1 and SIMONETTI, Antonio3, (1)Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (2)British Geol Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, john.waldron@ualberta.ca, john.waldron@ualberta.ca
 
11:55 AM
Discussion & Concluding Remarks
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