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. 167
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

T33. Mesozoic Sedimentary Basins as Archives of Mexican Magmatic History and Paleogeography

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Elena Centeno García, Timothy F. Lawton and Ira A. Bradford, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Detrital-zircon geochronology of Triassic fluvial and submarine fan deposits from northeastern Mexico: Stratigraphy, paleogeography and tectonic implications
BARBOZA-GUDIÑO, Rafael, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Manuel Nava 5, zona universitaria, San Luis Potosí, Juarez 20, Villa Hidalgo S.L.P, San Luis Potosí, 78240, Mexico, rbarboza@uaslp.mx, rbarboza@uaslp.mx
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1:45 PM
Sandstone Provenance and Tectonic Setting of Volcanic and Sedimentary Units of the Mesozoic Zacatecas Volcanic Complex, Sierra De Zacatecas, Mexico
ESCALONA-ALCÁZAR, Felipe de Jesús.1, DELGADO-ARGOTE, Luis Alberto1, VELASCO-TAPIA, Fernando2, GARCÍA Y BARRAGÁN, Juan Carlos3, NEBEL, Oliver4 and WEBER, Bodo5, (1)Departmento de Geología, CICESE, km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860, Mexico, (2)Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Carretera a Cerro Prieto km 8, Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe, Linares, 67700, Mexico, (3)Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Aptdo Postal 1039, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, (4)Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, (5)Departamento de Geología, CICESE, Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Palyitas, Ensenada, B.C, 22860, Mexico, papiesca@yahoo.com, papiesca@yahoo.com
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2:00 PM
Detrital Zircon Ages from the El Chilar Accretionary Complex and Volcaniclastic Rocks of the San Juan De La Rosa Formation, Toliman, Queretaro, Mexico
DÁVILA-ALCOCER, Víctor Manuel, GEOLOGIA REGIONAL, INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGIA, UNAM, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, COYOACÁN, Mexico, 04510, Mexico, CENTENO-GARCIA, Elena, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegacion Coyoacan, 04510, Mexico, BARBOZA-GUDIÑO, Rafael, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Manuel Nava 5, zona universitaria, San Luis Potosí, Juarez 20, Villa Hidalgo S.L.P, San Luis Potosí, 78240, Mexico, VALENCIA, Victor, School of Earth and Enviromental Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164-2812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 8 and FITZ-DIAZ, Elisa, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, davilal@servidor.unam.mx, davilal@servidor.unam.mx
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2:15 PM
Reconnaissance Geology of the Boquillas and Ocuca Hills, Northern Sonora, Mexico
MCLAURIN, Brett T., Department of Geography and Geosciences, Bloomsburg University, 400 East 2nd Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, bmclauri@bloomu.edu, bmclauri@bloomu.edu
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2:30 PM
Age of the Altar Schist and Cretaceous Deformation in the Caborca – Altar Region of Northwestern Sonora
BARTH, Andrew P., Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, JACOBSON, Carl E., Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-3212, JACQUES-AYALA, Cesar, ERNO, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Blvd.. Colosio s/n y Madrid, Apartado Postal 1039, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, ROLDAN, J., UNAM-CRN, Hermosillo, Mexico and PEDRICK, Jane N., Dept of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011-3212, jacques@servidor.unam.mx, jacques@servidor.unam.mx
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2:45 PM
New U-Pb and Structural Data Constraining the Mesozoic Paleogeography and Tectonic Evolution of the Guerrero Terrane in Southern Mexico
MARTINI, Michelangelo1, FERRARI, Luca2, LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, Margarita3, CERCA MARTINEZ, Mariano2 and VALENCIA, Victor4, (1)Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, 76230, (2)Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Campus Juriquilla, Queretaro, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, (3)Geology Department, Earth Sciences Division, CICESE, Km. 107 carr. Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C, 22860, Mexico, (4)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, Michelangelo_Martini@libero.it, Michelangelo_Martini@libero.it
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3:00 PM
Mesozoic Evolution of the Northern Region of the Jalisco Block, Mexico Based on U-Pb Geochronology
VALENCIA, Victor A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, RIGHTER, Kevin, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Houston, TX 77058, GEHRELS, G.E., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, RUIZ, Joaquin, Dean, College of Science, University of Arizona, PO BOX 210077, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, ROSAS-ELGUERA, Jose, Geologia, Univ de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico and BARRA, Fernando, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, victorv@email.arizona.edu, victorv@email.arizona.edu
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3:15 PM
The Cuicateco Terrane: Z a Oceanic Basin with Subduction Influence in the Upper Cretaceous in the Southern Mexico? New Structural, Geochemical and Geochronological Data
PEREZ GUTIERREZ, Rosalva1, SOLARI LOVATI, Luigi2, GOMEZ TUENA, Arturo2 and VALENCIA, Victor3, (1)Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Mexico city, 04510, Mexico, (2)Magmatismo y Petrogenesis, Centro de Geociencias, UNAM, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, (3)School of Earth and Enviromental Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164-2812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 8, perezr@geologia.unam.mx, perezr@geologia.unam.mx
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3:30 PM
Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks of the Chivillas Formation: Evidence of Jurassic-Cretaceous Alkaline OIB Volcanism in Eastern Mexico
MENDOZA-ROSALES, Claudia C.1, CENTENO-GARCIA, Elena2 and SILVA-ROMO, Gilberto1, (1)Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México, 04510, Mexico, (2)Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegacion Coyoacan, 04510, Mexico, claus@servidor.unam.mx, claus@servidor.unam.mx
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3:45 PM
Late Triassic Paleo-Oceanic Basement Framework of the Peninsular Ranges Batholith of Baja California; New Evidence from the El Arco-Calmalli District
KIMBROUGH, David L., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 and LEDESMA-VAZQUEZ, Jorge, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Univ. Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, CA 22800, Mexico, dkimbrou@geology.sdsu.edu, dkimbrou@geology.sdsu.edu
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4:00 PM
Sedimentary Record of Multiple Mesozoic Arc Events in Western Guerrero Terrane, Mexico
CENTENO GARCÍA, Elena, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, México D. F, 04510, Mexico, BUSBY, Cathy, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and BUSBY, Michel, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, centeno@servidor.unam.mx, centeno@servidor.unam.mx
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4:15 PM
Evidence for basement type distribution from zircon U/Pb age spectra from Jurassic and Cretaceous sandstones, greater Monterrey area, Mexico
GRAY, Gary G., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252 and LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences/MSC 3AB, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, gary.g.gray@exxonmobil.com, gary.g.gray@exxonmobil.com
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4:30 PM
Provenance of the Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene Difunta Group in the foreland basin system of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico, and its implication for sediment fairways in the Gulf of Mexico
BRADFORD, Ira, Integrated Reservoir Solutions, Core Labs, 6316 Windfern, Houston, TX 77040 and LAWTON, Timothy F., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, ira.bradford@corelab.com, ira.bradford@corelab.com
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