2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 80
Monday, 19 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
B110/111/112 (Oregon Convention Center)

T52. Sixth Columbia River Basalt Symposium I: Volcanism, Tectonism, Petrology, and Hydrogeology 2009

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Stephen P. Reidel, Terry Tolan, Victor Camp, John Wolff, Ray E. Wells, Martin E. Ross and Barton S. Martin, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
ERUPTION AND EMPLACEMENT RATES OF CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT LAVA FLOW FIELDS
SELF, Stephen, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Milton Keynes, MK76AA, United Kingdom, KESZTHELYI, Laszlo, Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geol Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and THORDARSON, Thor, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, stephen.self@open.ac.uk, stephen.self@open.ac.uk
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8:20 AM
STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP (CRBG) BENEATH THE WALLA WALLA BASIN (WWB) OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON - SOME INITIAL FINDINGS
TOLAN, Terry L., GSI Water Solutions, Inc, 1020 North Center Parkway, Ste F, Kennewick, WA 99336, LINDSEY, Kevin A., GSI Water Solutions, Inc, 1020 North Center Parkway, Suite F, Kennewick, WA 99336, REIDEL, Stephen P., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University-TriCities, 2710 University Drive, Richland, WA 99354 and MAYER, Brian M., Watermaster District 12, Oregon Water Resources Department, 513 Center Street, Lakeview, OR 97630, ttolan@gsiwatersolutions.com, ttolan@gsiwatersolutions.com
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8:35 AM
EMPLACEMENT OF WILBUR CREEK , LAPWAI , AND ASOTIN FLOWS, COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP
SMITH, Shane V., School of Environmental & Sustainability Sciences, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083 and WOLFF, John A., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, svsmith1997@gmail.com, svsmith1997@gmail.com
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8:50 AM
REGIONAL SYNTHESIS OF STEENS BASALT, COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP
CAMP, Victor E., Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 and ROSS, Martin E., Earth and Envi Sci, Northeastern Univ, 14 Holmes, Boston, MA 02115, vcamp@mail.sdsu.edu, vcamp@mail.sdsu.edu
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9:05 AM
EVALUATING THE ORIGIN OF COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS: INSIGHTS FROM MINERAL SCALE ISOTOPE VARIATIONS
RAMOS, Frank C.1, WOLFF, John2, TOLLSTRUP, Darren L.3 and STARKEL, William A.2, (1)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (2)School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, (3)Earth and Marine Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, framos@nmsu.edu, framos@nmsu.edu
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9:25 AM
PETROGENESIS OF THE GRANDE RONDE LAVAS: HIGH-P MELTING OF BASALTIC ROCK OR CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION?
WOLFF, John A., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 and RAMOS, Frank C., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, jawolff@mail.wsu.edu, jawolff@mail.wsu.edu
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9:40 AM
THE PETROGENESIS, ASSEMBLY AND PLUMBING SYSTEM OF A SINGLE FLOOD BASALT ERUPTION
VYE, Charlotte1, SELF, Steve2, BARRY, Tiffany2, BURTON, Kevin3, CHARLIER, Bruce4 and GANNOUN, Abdelmouhcine5, (1)Volcanology team, British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, England, (5)Earth Sciences, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont Ferrand, 63006, France, cvye@bgs.ac.uk, cvye@bgs.ac.uk
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
CONNECTING THE YAKIMA FOLD AND THRUST BELT TO ACTIVE FAULTS IN THE PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON: EVIDENCE FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION AEROMAGNETIC AND REGIONAL GRAVITY ANOMALIES
BLAKELY, Richard J.1, WELLS, Ray E.2, SHERROD, Brian L.3 and WEAVER, Craig S.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, blakely@usgs.gov, blakely@usgs.gov
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10:30 AM
STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS IN THE WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER FLOOD BASALT PROVINCE, OREGON AND WASHINGTON
ANDERSON, James Lee, Department of Geology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720 and TOLAN, Terry L., GSI Water Solutions, 1020 N. Center Parkway, Kennewick, WA 99336, jamesa@hawaii.edu, jamesa@hawaii.edu
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10:45 AM
NEW EVIDENCE FOR THE NATURE OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAINS FAULT ZONE
TINCHER, Christopher R., EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc, 370 17th St, Suite 1700, Denver, CO 80202 and REIDEL, Stephen P., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University-TriCities, 2710 University Drive, Richland, WA 99354, Kit.Tincher@encana.com, Kit.Tincher@encana.com
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11:00 AM
THE TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN COLUMBIA RIVER FLOOD-BASALT PROVINCE
REIDEL, Stephen P., School of EES, Washington State University-TriCities, Richland, WA 99352, TOLAN, Terry, GSI Water Solutions, Inc, 1020 North Center Parkway, Ste F, Kennewick, WA 99336, KAUFFMAN, John D., Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 3rd Floor Morrill Hall, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3014 and GARWOOD, Dean L., Idaho Geological Survey, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 3014, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3014, sreidel@wsu.edu, sreidel@wsu.edu
 
11:15 AM
Discussion
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