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

Session No. 232
Wednesday, 21 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E145 (Oregon Convention Center)

T66. New Insights Into Development of the Upper Neoproterozoic—Lower Paleozoic Western Laurentian Passive Margin

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Michael Pope and Christopher M. Fedo, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE REQUIRES REVISION OF BELT STRATIGRAPHY IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
BALGORD, Elizabeth, Geology, University of Arizona, 242 E 5th St, Tucson, AZ 85705, MAHONEY, J. Brian, Department. of Geology, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702 and GINGRAS, Murray, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, balgord@email.arizona.edu, balgord@email.arizona.edu
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8:30 AM
DRASTIC PROVENANCE CHANGE BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATA IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WASATCH RANGE, UTAH: CONSTRAINING PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF NEWLY FORMED RIFT BASINS
KEELEY, Joshua A., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 619 N. Arthur, Pocatello, ID 83204, LINK, Paul K., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, Australia, keeljosh@isu.edu, keeljosh@isu.edu
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8:45 AM
GETTING BETTER WITH AGE: NEW U-PB SHRIMP DATA FROM THE “STURTIAN” SCOUT MOUNTAIN DIAMICTITE-CAP-CARBONATE SEQUENCE, POCATELLO FM, IDAHO
DEHLER, Carol M., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, Australia and LINK, Paul Karl, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, ISU Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, carol.dehler@usu.edu, carol.dehler@usu.edu
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9:00 AM
RIFTING OF SOUTHWEST LAURENTIA DURING THE STURTIAN-MARINOAN INTERGLACIAL AND ITS CONSTRAINTS ON INITIATION OF THE PASSIVE MARGIN
PETTERSON, Ryan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, WERNICKE, Brian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125 and PRAVE, Anthony, Geosciences, Univ of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, ryanpetterson@gmail.com, ryanpetterson@gmail.com
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9:15 AM
MODELING NEOPROTEROZOIC FREEBOARD
LORENTZ, Nathaniel J., Chemistry and Earth Science, Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029, FISCHER, Adam D., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall of Science, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, nate.lorentz@gmail.com, nate.lorentz@gmail.com
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
RECONSTRUCTION OF A METAMORPHOSED NEOPROTEROZOIC TO DEVONIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA, AND ITS ORIGIN
TILL, Alison B., USGS, 4200 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, DUMOULIN, Julie A., N/a, U.S. Geol Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 and AYUSO, Robert A., 954 National Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, atill@usgs.gov, atill@usgs.gov
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10:00 AM
SHRIMP U-PB DATING OF RECURRENT CRYOGENIAN AND LATE CAMBRIAN-EARLY ORDOVICIAN ALKALIC MAGMATISM IN CENTRAL IDAHO: IMPLICATIONS FOR RODINIAN RIFT TECTONICS
LUND, K., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, ALEINIKOFF, J.N., USGS, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, EVANS, K.V., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 905 Federal Center Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, DU BRAY, E.A., U.S. Geological Survey-MS 973, Box 25046, DFC, Lakewood, CO 80225 and DEWITT, E.H., Central Mineral Resources Team, US Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO 80225, klund@usgs.gov, klund@usgs.gov
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10:20 AM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BASAL SAUK SEQUENCE ACROSS A CRATON HINGE ZONE, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA
HOGAN, Eric G., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, ehogan1@utk.edu, ehogan1@utk.edu
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10:35 AM
EARLY CAMBRIAN EXTENSION IN THE SELWYN BASIN, CANADA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WESTERN LAURENTIAN CORDILLERA
DILLIARD, Kelly, Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Wayne State College, 1111 Main Street, Wayne, NE 68787, POPE, Michael C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, CONIGLIO, Mario, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and HOLLINGSWORTH, J. Stewart, Institute for Cambrian Studies, 729 25 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505, kedilli1@wsc.edu, kedilli1@wsc.edu
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10:50 AM
CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN STRATA IN WASHINGTON-IDAHO-MONTANA INDICATE SEDIMENTATION ON AN ACTIVELY EXTENDING PASSIVE MARGIN
POPE, Michael C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, BUSH Jr, John H., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844 and THOMAS, Robert C., Environmental Sciences Department, University of Montana Western, 710 S. Atlantic St., Box 83, Dillon, MT 59725, mcpope@geo.tamu.edu, mcpope@geo.tamu.edu
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11:05 AM
LASER ABLATION ICPMS GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MIDDLE-LATE ORDOVICIAN KINNIKINIC QUARTZITE
BAAR, Eric E., Barrick Gold Mining Ltd, Elko, NV 89801 and POPE, Michael C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, ericbaar@gmail.com, ericbaar@gmail.com
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