2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 233
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T59. EarthScope: Bringing Geology and Geophysics Together to Study the 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere

GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Anne Trehu, G. Randy Keller and Ben van der Pluijm, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
Field Geology in the Time of Earthscope: Integrating Detailed Geologic Analysis with Earthscope-Scale Questions
WILLIAMS, M.L.1, DUMOND, Gregory2, JERCINOVIC, M.J.1 and MAHAN, Kevin3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado AVE, Boulder, CO 80309, mlw@geo.umass.edu, mlw@geo.umass.edu
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8:15 AM
The 4-D Evolution of the Lithosphere Recorded by Xenoliths, Isostasy, Volcanism and Other Thermally Related Data
MORGAN, Paul1, O'REILLY, Suzanne Y.2 and GRIFFIN, William L.2, (1)Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, 1095 Rosemary St, Denver, CO 80230, (2)GEMOC, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia, Paul.Morgan@nau.edu, Paul.Morgan@nau.edu
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8:30 AM
Plate Boundary Evolution and Mantle Plume Eruptions during the Last Billion Years
SCOTESE, Christopher, PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012 and DAMMROSE, Ryan, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates, Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76019, chris@scotese.com, chris@scotese.com
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8:45 AM
The San Andreas Fault In Southern California Has a “Propeller” Shape—Implications for Tectonics and Seismic Hazard
FUIS, Gary S., Earthquake Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, SCHEIRER, Daniel S., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, LANGENHEIM, Victoria, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and KOHLER, Monica D., Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, 395 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, fuis@usgs.gov, fuis@usgs.gov
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9:00 AM
Structural Development of the Walker Lane: Neotectonics and Geodesy
WESNOUSKY, Steven G.1, HAMMMOND, W.C.2, KREEMER, C.W.2 and BORMANN, Jayne M.1, (1)Center for Neotectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia Ave, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia Ave, Reno, NV 89557, wesnousky@unr.edu, wesnousky@unr.edu
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9:15 AM
Progressive Strain Reorganization in Late Neogene Structural Stepovers, Central Walker Lane, Western Great Basin
OLDOW, John S., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, GEISSMAN, John W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuqueruqe, NM 87131 and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, oldow@uidaho.edu, oldow@uidaho.edu
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9:30 AM
Archean Origins to the Lithospheric Architecture of the Wyoming Craton: A Test for Earthscope
CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin R., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Dept 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, DUEKER, Ken G., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, 82071 and YUAN, Huaiyu, Berkeley Seismological Lab, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, kchamber@uwyo.edu, kchamber@uwyo.edu
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9:45 AM
Delamination of the Subcontinental Lithosphere of the Wyoming Craton Related to the Yellowstone Hot Spot
FOSTER, David A., RUSSO, Raymond M. and MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, dafoster@ufl.edu, dafoster@ufl.edu
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10:00 AM
Hydration and Deformation in the Lower Crust of Southern Wyoming: Evidence from Leucite Hills Crustal Xenoliths and Implications for the Evolution of Seismic Structure in the Wyoming Craton
MAHAN, K.H.1, BLACKBURN, T.2, SCHULTE-PELKUM, V.3, SHEEHAN, A.1 and BOWRING, S.A.2, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, mahank@colorado.edu, mahank@colorado.edu
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10:15 AM
Geochronology and Thermochronology of Lower Crustal Xenoliths: Creating a Temporal Record of North American Lithosphere Thermal Evolution
BLACKBURN, Terrence, Dept. Earth, Atm. & Plan Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, 54-1118, Cambridge, MA 02139, BOWRING, Samuel, EARTHTIME, 77 Moss Ave, MIT54-1120, Cambridge, MA 02139, MAHAN, Kevin, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado AVE, Boulder, CO 80309 and BURDICK, Scott, Dept. Earth, Atm. & Planet. Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, terrence@mit.edu, terrence@mit.edu
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10:30 AM
Is the Wyoming Craton Being Decratonized?
KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, grkeller@ou.edu, grkeller@ou.edu
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10:45 AM
The Precambrian Geologic Framework and Crustal Structure of the North-Central United States: What We Know and What We Need to Learn
CHANDLER, Val W., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114 and JIRSA, Mark A., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Ave, St. Paul, MN 55114, chand004@umn.edu, chand004@umn.edu
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11:00 AM
Earthscope's USArray: Observations and Status
WOODWARD, Robert1, BUSBY, Robert2, ALVAREZ, Marcos3, VERNON, Frank4 and ANDERSON, Kent3, (1)IRIS, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (2)IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, (3)IRIS, 1200 New York Ave, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (4)Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, woodward@iris.edu, woodward@iris.edu
 
11:15 AM
Discussion
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