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

Session No. 211
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 252 (Oregon Convention Center)

T125. Geochemical Approaches to Sedimentary Provenance Studies II

Geochemical Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Troy Rasbury and Sidney R. Hemming, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
DETRITAL RUTILE GEOCHEMISTRY, THERMOMETRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY AS GUIDES TO PROVENANCE OF JURASSIC-PALEOCENE SANDSTONES OF THE NORWEGIAN SEA
MORTON, Andrew, HM Research Associates, 2 Clive Road, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7DW, United Kingdom, CHENERY, Simon, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, MEINHOLD, Guido, Casp, University of Cambridge, 181a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DH, United Kingdom and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, a.c.morton@heavyminerals.fsnet.co.uk, a.c.morton@heavyminerals.fsnet.co.uk
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1:55 PM
GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL INDICATORS OF STRATIGRAPHY AND PROVENANCE OF THE KAROO SUPERGROUP IN SOUTHERN BOTSWANA
DISKIN, Sorcha1, WENDORFF, Marek2, COETZEE, Stephan3 and LASARWE, Reneilwe2, (1)Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, University of Botswana, Private Bag 285, Maun, Botswana, (2)Dept. of Geology, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0704, Gaborone, Botswana, (3)EMU, University of Botswana, Private Bag 0704, Gaborone, Botswana, diskins@mopipi.ub.bw, diskins@mopipi.ub.bw
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2:10 PM
SEDIMENTARY PROVENENCE OF THE GRUPO CONSUELO IN THE TLAXIACO ANTICLINORIUM, AT ROSARIO NUEVO, OAXACA, MEXICO
RUEDA-GAXIOLA, Jaime, Geology, ESIA-IPN Ciencias de la Tierra, Avenida Ticomán No. 600, Del. Gustavo A. Madero, México, D. F, Mexico and DE ANDA-GARCÍA, Alejandro, Ingenieria de Yacimientos, Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo, Av. de los 100 Metros No.152, México, D. F, 07730, Mexico, jaime_rueda@cablevision.net.mx, jaime_rueda@cablevision.net.mx
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2:25 PM
PROVENANCE OF UPPER TRIASSIC STRATA IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA AS SUGGESTED BY ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS AND CHEMISTRY OF ZIRCON CRYSTALS
RIGGS, Nancy, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona Univ, PO Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, BARTH, Andrew P., Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, GONZÁLEZ-LEÓN, Carlos M., Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Estación Regional del Noroeste, Apartado Postal 1039, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico, WALKER, J. Douglas, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and WOODEN, J.L., Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, nancy.riggs@nau.edu, nancy.riggs@nau.edu
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2:40 PM
USE AND ABUSE OF HF MODEL AGES
VERVOORT, Jeffery D., School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 and BLICHERT-TOFT, Janne, Laboratoire de Sciences de la Terre, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, 46, Allée d'Italie, Lyon, 69364, France, vervoort@wsu.edu, vervoort@wsu.edu
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2:55 PM
DISTINCTIVE LOW LU SIGNATURES IN A DATABASE OF U-PB DATED ZIRCONS FROM THE WORLD'S MAJOR RIVERS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
ALLEN, Charlotte M. and CAMPBELL, Ian H., Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, 0200, Australia, charlotte.allen@anu.edu.au, charlotte.allen@anu.edu.au
 
3:10 PM
Discussion
 
3:25 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
207Pb/206Pb SHRIMP AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN THE MESOPROTEROZOIC CHHATTISGARH BASIN, CENTRAL INDIA, AID IN IDENTIFYING RELATIVE LOW-STAND AND HIGH-STAND SANDSTONES
BASU, Abhijit1, BICKFORD, Marion E.2, PATRANABIS-DEB, Sarbani3 and DHANG, Pratap3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10 Street, Bloomington, IN 47408, (2)Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, (3)Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, 700108, India, basu@indiana.edu, basu@indiana.edu
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3:55 PM
DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC CHHATTISGARH BASIN, CENTRAL INDIA: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW SHRIMP ZIRCON AGES
BICKFORD, M.E.1, BASU, Abhijit2, PATRANABIS-DEB, Sarbani3 and DHANG, Pratap3, (1)Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10 Street, Bloomington, IN 47408, (3)Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, 700108, India, mebickfo@syr.edu, mebickfo@syr.edu
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4:10 PM
HYDRODYNAMIC FRACTIONATION OF ZIRCON AGE POPULATIONS
COX, Rónadh1, LAWRENCE, Rebecca L.1, MAPES, Russell W.2 and COLEMAN, Drew S.3, (1)Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, CB# 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, rcox@williams.edu, rcox@williams.edu
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4:25 PM
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE AGE AND PROVENANCE OF DETRITAL MINERALS FROM SANGDANLIN, SOUTHERN TIBET AND LADAKH, NW INDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INDIA-ASIA COLLISION
BAXTER, Alan T.1, AITCHISON, Jonathan C.2 and ALI, Jason R.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, (2)School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Madsen Blg F09, Sydney, NSW, Australia, alantbaxter@gmail.com, alantbaxter@gmail.com
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4:40 PM
SURPRISING PREDOMINANCE OF 1.84 GA AND >2.5 GA DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN THE 1.75 GA VISHNU SCHIST, UPPER GRANITE GORGE, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA
SHUFELDT, Owen P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall Room 141 MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131, KARLSTROM, Karl, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 and GEHRELS, G.E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, shufelop@unm.edu, shufelop@unm.edu
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4:55 PM
PROVENANCE OF VOLCANIC CLASTS AS A GUIDE TO TECTONIC EVOLUTION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SANTA FE GROUP, SAN LUIS BASIN, COLORADO
ARMSTRONG, Corine K.1, DUTROW, Barbara L.1, HENRY, Darrell J.1 and THOMPSON, Ren A.2, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, DFC, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, dutrow@lsu.edu, dutrow@lsu.edu
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5:10 PM
U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC ORTHOQUARTZITES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR REGIONAL CORRELATION, TECTONIC STUDIES, AND MORE
JONES III, James V., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR 72204, KARLSTROM, Karl, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 and CONNELLY, James N., Dept. Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, jvjones@ualr.edu, jvjones@ualr.edu
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