CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 74
Monday, 10 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T3. The Archean of North America: The Core of a Continent

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Mineralogical Society of America; Geological Association of Canada

 

M.E. Bickford, Paul A. Mueller and Joseph L. Wooden, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
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8:00 AM
INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL-COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CALCULATION OF BULK ELASTIC PROPERTIES AND SEISMIC WAVE SPEEDS IN POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
VEL, Senthil S.1, JOHNSON, Scott E.2, COOK, Alden C.1, GOUPEE, Andrew J.1, SONG, Won Joon3 and OKAYA, David4, (1)Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5711, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, (4)Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, senthil.vel@maine.edu, senthil.vel@maine.edu
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8:15 AM
FACTORS FOR THE USE OF SEISMIC ANISOTROPY TO EXAMINE CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM WITHIN CRATONS
OKAYA, David, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, JOHNSON, Scott, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, VEL, Senthil S., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5711 and CHRISTENSEN, Nikolas I., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, okaya@usc.edu, okaya@usc.edu
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8:30 AM
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF SHEAR ZONE DEVELOPMENT ON SEISMIC ANISOTROPY IN THE DEEP CRATONIC CRUST: NATURAL EXAMPLES AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
JOHNSON, Scott E.1, VEL, Senthil S.2, GERBI, Christopher C.3, COOK, Alden C.4, SONG, Won Joon3 and OKAYA, David5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469, (2)Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5711, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, (4)Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5711, (5)Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, johnsons@maine.edu, johnsons@maine.edu
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8:45 AM
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY PATTERNS IN DEEP CONTINENTAL CRUST: EXAMPLES FROM AN EXHUMED HIGH PRESSURE TERRANE IN THE WESTERN CANADIAN SHIELD
MAHAN, K.H.1, LESLIE, S.2, SCHULTE-PELKUM, V.1, REGAN, Sean P.3 and WILLIAMS, M.L.4, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 N Pleasant ST, Amherst, MA 01003, mahank@colorado.edu, mahank@colorado.edu
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9:00 AM
THE ARCHEAN-PALEOPROTEROZIC BOUNDARY IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION: ITS FORMATION AND INFLUENCE ON CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE
HOLM, Daniel, Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242 and CHANDLER, Val, Minnesota Geological Survey, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, dholm@kent.edu, dholm@kent.edu
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9:15 AM
VERTICAL TECTONISM SYNCHRONOUS WITH HORIZONTAL TECTONISM IN THE NEOARCHEAN: STRUCTURAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE NORTHWESTERN SUPERIOR PROVINCE, CANADA
LIN, Shoufa, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, PARKS, Jen, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, HEAMAN, Larry M., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-23 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada and SIMONETTI, Antonio, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, shoufa@uwaterloo.ca, shoufa@uwaterloo.ca
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9:30 AM
SEISMIC ANISOTROPY IN THE MID- AND LOWER-CRUST
BROWNLEE, Sarah J.1, ERDMAN, Monica2, WAGNER, Kelsey3, HACKER, Bradley R.2 and SEWARD, Gareth2, (1)Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall - MC 9630, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, (2)Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59718, brownlee.sj@gmail.com, brownlee.sj@gmail.com
 
9:45 AM
Break
8
10:00 AM
THE MYTH OF PRE-NEOPROTEROZOIC PLATE TECTONICS
HAMILTON, Warren B., Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, whamilto@mines.edu, whamilto@mines.edu
9
10:15 AM
SCLM AND CRUSTAL EVIDENCE FOR 3 GA ONSET OF PLATE TECTONICS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SUPERIOR PROVINCE
SHIREY, Steven B., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, VAN KRANENDONK, Martin, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, 6004, Australia and RICHARDSON, Stephen H., Department of Geosciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa, sshirey@carnegiescience.edu, sshirey@carnegiescience.edu
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10:35 AM
THE SLAVE CRATON OF NORTH AMERICA: AN OVERVIEW
BLEEKER, Wouter, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, wbleeker@nrcan.gc.ca, wbleeker@nrcan.gc.ca
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10:55 AM
A REMNANT OF HADEAN CRUST PRESERVED IN THE NUVVUAGITTUQ GREENSTONE BELT
O'NEIL, Jonathan1, CARLSON, Richard W.2, MOSER, Desmond E.3, DARLING, James3, HEAMAN, Larry4 and FRANCIS, Donald Michael5, (1)Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, 5 rue Kessler, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France, (2)5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, 20015-1305, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. North, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, (4)Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, joneil@dtm.ciw.edu, joneil@dtm.ciw.edu
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11:10 AM
NEW GEOCHEMICAL DATA FOR ARCHEAN CRUST IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY: EVIDENCE FOR CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL RECYCLING IN THE PALEOARCHEAN?
SATKOSKI, A.M., SAMSON, S.D. and BICKFORD, M.E., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, amsatkos@syr.edu, amsatkos@syr.edu
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11:25 AM
THE ARCHEAN WYOMING PROVINCE: NUCLEUS OF NORTH AMERICA
FROST, Carol D.1, FANNING, C. Mark2, FROST, B. Ronald1, SWAPP, Susan M.1 and MCLAUGHLIN, J. Fred3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, (3)Carbon Management Institute, University of Wyoming, 1020 E. Lewis Street, Energy Innovation Center, Dept.4902, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, frost@uwyo.edu, frost@uwyo.edu
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11:45 AM
TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MESOARCHEAN SACAWEE BLOCK, CENTRAL WYOMING PROVINCE
MCLAUGHLIN, J. Fred1, FROST, Carol D.2, SWAPP, Susan M.2 and FROST, B. Ronald2, (1)Carbon Management Institute, University of Wyoming, 1020 E. Lewis Street, Energy Innovation Center, Dept.4902, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, derf1@uwyo.edu, derf1@uwyo.edu
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