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

 

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Session No. 10
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200DE (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T15. Sedimentary Provenance and Evolution of the Continental Crust: Precambrian to Present

 

Todd LaMaskin, Advocate
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE URANIFEROUS PALEOPROTEROZOIC MATINENDA FORMATION (HURONIAN SUPERGROUP), ELLIOT LAKE, ONTARIO
EASTON, R. Michael, Ontario Geological Survey, Precambrian Geoscience Section, B7064, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada and HEAMAN, Larry M., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mike.easton@ontario.ca, mike.easton@ontario.ca
2
8:20 AM
PROVENANCE ANALYSIS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN LOWER PALEOPROTEROZOIC SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS - INDICATIONS FOR CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF THE BALTIC SHIELD
GÄRTNER, Claudia1, BAHLBURG, Heinrich1, BERNDT, Jasper2 and GERDES, Axel3, (1)Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, Münster, D-48149, Germany, (2)Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, Münster, D-48149, Germany, (3)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, D-60438, Germany, claudiagaertner@uni-muenster.de, claudiagaertner@uni-muenster.de
3
8:35 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN THE PALEOZOIC SUCCESSION OF NOVAYA ZEMLYA -- EVIDENCE OF GRENVILLE - SVECONORWEGIAN BASEMENT IN THE CALEDONIAN HINTERLAND OF THE HIGH ARCTIC
GEE, David G.1, LORENZ, Henning1 and FREI, Dirk2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 752 36, Sweden, (2)Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa, david.gee@geo.uu.se, david.gee@geo.uu.se
4
8:50 AM
AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE MERRIMACK TERRANE, SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND: A DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY STUDY
SOROTA, Kristin J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, HEPBURN, J. Christopher, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, KUIPER, Yvette D., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401 and TUBRETT, Mike N., CREAIT Network, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1C 5S7, Canada, kristin.sorota@bc.edu, kristin.sorota@bc.edu
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9:05 AM
PRELIMINARY PROVENANCE TRENDS FROM UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA OF THE MICHIGAN BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTINENT-SCALE SEDIMENT DISPERSAL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
BOOTHROYD, Jeremy J., Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, HAMPTON, Brian A., Dept. of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, VELBEL, Michael A., Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115 and FUJITA, Kazuya, Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, boothro3@msu.edu, boothro3@msu.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
6
9:35 AM
DETAILED PROVENANCE OF THE HORNBROOK FORMATION, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA: UNDERSTANDING A CRITICAL LINK IN CRETACEOUS CORDILLERAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY
SURPLESS, Kathleen DeGraaff, Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212 and BEVERLY, Emily J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, ksurples@trinity.edu, ksurples@trinity.edu
7
9:55 AM
SEQUENTIAL REGULARITY OF DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGES IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN TERRANES: SECOND-ORDER TECTONIC CONTROL ON SEDIMENT PROVENANCE
LAMASKIN, Todd, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin, 3817 Mineral Pt. Road, Madison, WI 53705, tlamaskin@gmail.com, tlamaskin@gmail.com
8
10:15 AM
MINERALOGIC STUDY OF COASTAL BELT FRANCISCAN FELDSPATHIC SANDSTONES, NW CALIFORNIA: DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGES
ERNST, W.G., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, MCLAUGHLIN, R.J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Mail Stop 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and BLAKE Jr, M. Clark, Emeritus, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, wernst@stanford.edu, wernst@stanford.edu
9
10:30 AM
DID THE EOCENE TYEE RIVER TRANSPORT DETRITUS FROM EXTENSIONAL HIGHLANDS AROUND THE IDAHO BATHOLITH AND BITTERROOT CORE COMPLEX TO THE FRANCISCAN TRENCH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
DUMITRU, Trevor A.1, ERNST, W. Gary1, WRIGHT, James E.2, WOODEN, Joseph L.3, WELLS, Ray E.4 and GEHRELS, George E.5, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, (2)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (3)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (5)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, tdumitru@stanford.edu, tdumitru@stanford.edu
10
10:45 AM
SLAB FLATTENING TRIGGER FOR ISOTOPIC DISTURBANCE AND MAGMATIC FLARE-UP IN THE SOUTHERNMOST SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, CALIFORNIA
CHAPMAN, Alan D., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, SALEEBY, Jason, Tectonics Observatory, California Institute Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001 and EILER, John M., Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, adchapman@email.arizona.edu, adchapman@email.arizona.edu
11
11:05 AM
COMPOSITION OF MODERN AND CRETACEOUS SAND(STONE) DERIVED FROM THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, USA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR CENOZOIC AND MESOZOIC UPLIFT AND DISSECTION
INGERSOLL, Raymond V., Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, ringer@ess.ucla.edu, ringer@ess.ucla.edu
12
11:20 AM
REEVALUATION OF THE BUTANO-POINT OF ROCKS CROSS-FAULT TIE USING DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR EOCENE PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND EARLY DISPLACEMENT ON THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
SHARMAN, Glenn R., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 9305 and GRAHAM, Stephan A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, gsharman@stanford.edu, gsharman@stanford.edu
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11:35 AM
THE RECORD OF EARLY CRUSTAL EVOLUTION PRESERVED IN DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM MOUNT MURCHISON METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SYLVESTER, P.J., Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NF A1B3X5, Canada, SOUDERS, A.K., Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada and MYERS, J.S., Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia, psylvester@mun.ca, psylvester@mun.ca
 
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks
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