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

Session No. 163
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 252 (Oregon Convention Center)

T125. Geochemical Approaches to Sedimentary Provenance Studies I

Geochemical Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Troy Rasbury and Sidney R. Hemming, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
USING DETRITAL GEOCHRONOLOGY TO ASSESS THE OPENING OF MARINE GATEWAYS
BARBEAU Jr., David L., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu
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8:25 AM
40AR/39AR THERMOCHRONOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA'S CONJUGATE MARGIN IN ANTARCTICA FROM ICE-RAFTED HORNBLENDE, BIOTITE AND FELDSPAR GRAINS
PIERCE, Elizabeth L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, WILLIAMS, Trevor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, VAN DE FLIERDT, Tina, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, HEMMING, Sidney R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, GOLDSTEIN, Steven L., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 and BRACHFELD, Stefanie, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, elp2116@columbia.edu, elp2116@columbia.edu
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8:40 AM
REVEALING THE SUBGLACIAL EROSION AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION HISTORY BELOW THE EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET USING DETRITAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY
THOMSON, Stuart N.1, HEMMING, Sidney R.2, REINERS, Peter1 and COX, Stephen E.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, thomson@email.arizona.edu, thomson@email.arizona.edu
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8:55 AM
EXPLORING WEATHERING AND ALTERATION TRENDS IN A-CN-K-FM THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
MODI, Aubrey L.1, FEDO, Christopher M.2, YOUNG, Grant M.3 and NESBITT, H. Wayne3, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37919, (2)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, amodi@utk.edu, amodi@utk.edu
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9:10 AM
USING AN ARRAY OF NE PACIFIC MARGIN SEDIMENT SAMPLES TO LINK LAND AND OCEAN RESPONSES TO GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY
WILSON, Kiya L., Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, PISIAS, Nicklas, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State Univeristy, 104 COAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331 and DUNCAN, Robert, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, wilsokiy@onid.orst.edu, wilsokiy@onid.orst.edu
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9:25 AM
SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE STUDIES USING A FREE ONLINE GEOCHEMICAL DATABASE: BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER WITH SEDDB
JOHANSSON, Annika K., Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Rt. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, LEHNERT, Kerstin A., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 and BLOCK, Karin, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, annika@ldeo.columbia.edu, annika@ldeo.columbia.edu
 
9:40 AM
Discussion
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
GLACIAL DISPERSAL AND TILL PROVENANCE IN NORTHERN QUEBEC – NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE LATE QUATERNARY GLACIAL RECORD OF THE EASTERN LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET
PARENT, Michel, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 490, de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, RASBURY, E. Troy, Geosciences, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, HEMMING, Sidney R., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, RHÉAUME, Pierre, Géologie Québec, Bureau de l'exploration géologique du Québec, 420, boulevard Lamaque, Val-d'Or, QC J9P 3L4, Cape Verde and BOISVERT, Eric, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, miparent@NRCan.gc.ca, miparent@NRCan.gc.ca
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10:30 AM
HEAVY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN VOLCANIC ASHES FROM THE MONO BASIN, CALIFORNIA
COX, Stephen E.1, HEMMING, Sidney R.1 and STEPONAITIS, Elena A.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College, 404 Altschul Hall, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, cox@ldeo.columbia.edu, cox@ldeo.columbia.edu
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10:45 AM
APPLICATION OF DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY IN BASIN ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE TECTONIC VS. CLIMATIC ORIGIN FOR WIDESPREAD CONGLOMERATES AT THE K/T BOUNDARY
MATHERS, Genevive R., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, gmather1@gmail.com, gmather1@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
WIDESPREAD BASEMENT EROSION IN LATE PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE IN THE LARAMIDE ROCKY MOUNTAINS INFERRED FROM 87SR/86SR RATIO OF BIVALVE FOSSILS
FAN, Majie1, QUADE, Jay2, DETTMAN, David L.2 and DECELLES, Peter G.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, mfan@uta.edu, mfan@uta.edu
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11:15 AM
AN EMPIRICAL PALEOCLIMATE MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF CARBONIFEROUS STRATA IN NORTH AMERICA
CECIL, C. Blaine, USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, cecilblaine@gmail.com, cecilblaine@gmail.com
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