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Session No. 78
Monday, 1 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1CD (Colorado Convention Center)

Recent Advances in Precambrian Geology

 

Vimal Roy Pradhan and Mercedes Belica, Chairs
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8:00 AM
REASSESSING AND RECLASSIFYING THE ROLE OF THE APEX CHERT IN ASTROBIOLOGY
EMRY, Julienne R.1, OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison2 and MARSHALL, Craig P.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, jremry@ku.edu, jremry@ku.edu
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8:15 AM
NEW CONSTRAINTS FOR THE OXIDIZATION OF DEEP OCEANS
DE KOCK, Michiel O.1, BEUKES, Nicholas J.1, GUTZMER, Jens2 and MUKHOPADHYAY, Joydip3, (1)Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, (2)Department of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie, Freiberg, D-09596, Germany, (3)Geology, Presidency College, Kolkata, 700073, India, mdekock@uj.ac.za, mdekock@uj.ac.za
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8:30 AM
RE-OS GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC – CAMBRIAN DALRADIAN SUPERGROUP OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATIGRAPHY, GLACIATIONS AND RE-OS SYSTEMATICS
ROONEY, Alan D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, CHEW, David M., Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland and SELBY, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, alanrooney@fas.harvard.edu, alanrooney@fas.harvard.edu
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8:45 AM
THE ORIGIN OF ROLL-UP STRUCTURES AND SYNDEPOSITIONAL FOLDS IN A STURTIAN CAP CARBONATE, THE RASTHOF FORMATION, NORTHERN NAMIBIA
PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, BOSAK, Tanja, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, MACDONALD, Francis A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and HOFFMAN, Paul F., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, spruss@smith.edu, spruss@smith.edu
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9:00 AM
NEW U-PB SHRIMP AGES AND THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CHHATTISGARH BASIN, BASTAR CRATON, CENTRAL INDIA: SIGNIFICANCE FOR GLOBAL STUDIES OF MESOPROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTARY ASSEMBLAGES
BASU, Abhijit1, BICKFORD, Marion E.2, MUKHERJEE, Arunangshu3, PATRANABIS-DEB, Sarbani4, SCHIEBER, Juergen5, GUHEY, Rajeeva6, RAY, Ranjan7, BHATTACHARYA, Purbasha8 and DHANG, Pratap4, (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)Central Ground Water Board, Bhujal Bhawan NH-IV, Faridabad, India, (4)Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, 700108, India, (5)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, (6)Department of Geology, Government Science College, Raipur, India, (7)Central Ground Water Board, Reena Apartment, Pachpedi, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, (8)Geological Studies Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T.Road, Kolkata, 700108, India, basu@indiana.edu, basu@indiana.edu
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9:15 AM
TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF CA. 1000 MA MAGMATIC EVENTS IN CENTRAL INDIA
BICKFORD, M.E., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070 and BASU, Abhijit, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10 Street, Bloomington, IN 47408, mebickfo@syr.edu, mebickfo@syr.edu
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9:30 AM
A DETRITAL ZIRCON TRANSECT ACROSS THE SON VALLEY SECTOR OF THE VINDHYAN BASIN, INDIA: FURTHER CONSTRAINTS ON BASIN EVOLUTION
TURNER, Candler C.1, MEERT, Joseph G.1, KAMENOV, G.D.2 and PANDIT, M.K.3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, ccturner@ufl.edu, ccturner@ufl.edu
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9:45 AM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE PRECAMBRIAN BUNDELKHAND CRATON, CENTRAL INDIA: INSIGHTS FROM THE PALEOMAGNETIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC STUDIES ON THE MAFIC DYKE SWARMS
PRADHAN, Vimal Roy, Department of Geological Sciences, 241 Williamson Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, MEERT, Joseph G., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, PANDIT, M.K., Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, KAMENOV, George D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and MONDAL, Md. Erfan Ali, Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India, vimalroy@ufl.edu, vimalroy@ufl.edu
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10:00 AM
OH MY! MALANI PALEOMAGNETISM AGAIN?
MEERT, Joseph G., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, BELICA, Mercedes, Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, PANDIT, Manoj K., Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India and PRADHAN, Vimal R., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, jmeert@geology.ufl.edu, jmeert@geology.ufl.edu
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