T132. From Composition and Modal Space, to Biopyriboles, to the Thermodynamics of Metamorphism: The Influence of James B. Thompson, Jr., on Present and Future Mineralogy, Metamorphic Petrology, and Northern Appalachian Geology

Session No. 148
Tuesday, 6 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
208B (Charlotte Convention Center)

T132. From Composition and Modal Space, to Biopyriboles, to the Thermodynamics of Metamorphism: The Influence of James B. Thompson, Jr., on Present and Future Mineralogy, Metamorphic Petrology, and Northern Appalachian Geology

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Mineralogical Society of America

 

Robert J. Tracy, Jo Laird and Mark J. Caddick, Advocates
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8:00 AM
HOW JIM THOMPSON TAUGHT GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS TO THINK OBJECTIVELY ABOUT ROCKS (AND LOTS OF OTHER IMPORTANT PROBLEMS) (Invited Presentation)
RUMBLE III, Douglas, Geophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, rumble@gl.ciw.edu, rumble@gl.ciw.edu
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8:20 AM
A TRIBUTE TO JAMES B. THOMPSON, JR.: HIGHLY PRECISE ENTHALPIES OF K-NA MIXING FOR LOW ALBITE – MICROCLINE CRYSTALLINE SOLUTIONS (Invited Presentation)
HOVIS, Guy L., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, hovisguy@lafayette.edu, hovisguy@lafayette.edu
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8:40 AM
EQUATIONS OF STATE AND STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF ALKALI FELDSPARS AT HIGH PRESSURE
ROSS, Nancy L., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 1405 Perry Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ZHAO, Jing, Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and ANGEL, Ross J., Dipartimento di Geoscienze, University of Padova, Padova, 35131, Italy, nross@vt.edu, nross@vt.edu
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8:55 AM
BIOPYRIBOLES: A RETROSPECTIVE (Invited Presentation)
VEBLEN, David R., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 and BUSECK, Peter R., School of Earth and Space Exploration & Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, pbuseck@asu.edu, pbuseck@asu.edu
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9:15 AM
METAMORPHOSED MAFIC ROCKS IN THE AMPHIBOLE AND MODAL SPACES OF J.B. THOMPSON, JR. WITH EXAMPLES FROM VERMONT, USA
HONSBERGER, Ian W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 and LAIRD, Jo, Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, iwh@wildcats.unh.edu, iwh@wildcats.unh.edu
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9:30 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF TOURMALINE AT DIAGENETIC AND LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS: PETROLOGIC APPLICABILITY
HENRY, Darrell J. and DUTROW, Barbara L., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, glhenr@lsu.edu, glhenr@lsu.edu
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9:45 AM
IMPROVING PRESSURE ESTIMATION IN HIGH PRESSURE TERRANES WITH RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY: NEW CALIBRATION AND AN IMPLEMENTATION ON BLUESCHISTS FROM SIFNOS, GREECE
ASHLEY, Kyle T., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CADDICK, Mark J., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BODNAR, Robert J., Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ktashley@vt.edu, ktashley@vt.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
JAMES B. THOMPSON, JR.: INNOVATIVE THINKER, BRILLIANT TEACHER
BRADY, John B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, jbrady@smith.edu, jbrady@smith.edu
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10:30 AM
GARNET GROWTH ZONING IN METAPELITES: NOT SO SIMPLE AFTER ALL, AND REVEALING MORE THAN WE ONCE THOUGHT?
TRACY, Robert J., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CADDICK, Mark J., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and THOMPSON, Alan B., ETH-Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, rtracy@vt.edu, rtracy@vt.edu
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10:45 AM
MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM IN HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS: TOWARDS AN UNCONVENTIONAL BAROMETRY
TAJCMANOVA, Lucie1, POWELL, Roger2, PODLADCHIKOV, Yuri3, MOULAS, Evangelos4, VRIJMOED, Johannes3 and CONNOLLY, James A.D.5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, (2)School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia, (3)Minéralogie et géochimie, UNIL, Quartier UNIL-Dorigny, Bâtiment Anthropole, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, (4)Departement of Earth Sciences, ETH, Zurich, 8092, (5)Departement of Earth Sciences, ETH, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, lucataj@gmail.com, lucataj@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
MELTING OF METAPELITIC XENOLITHS IN MAFIC MAGMA, MELT REMOVAL, AND RESIDUUM FORMATION AT 0.8 GPA
DORFLER, Kristin M.1, TRACY, Robert J.1 and CADDICK, Mark J.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, kmdorf@vt.edu, kmdorf@vt.edu
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11:15 AM
BORON ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS IN GRANULITE-FACIES BOROSILICATE MINERALS FROM GRANULITE-FACIES PARAGNEISSES AND ANATECTIC PEGMATITES OF THE LARSEMANN HILLS, PRYDZ BAY, EAST ANTARCTICA – THE INFLUENCE OF ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION
MACGREGOR, JohnRyan1, GREW, Edward S.2, DE HOOG, Cees-Jan3, HARLEY, Simon L.3, HINTON, Richard W.4 and CARSON, Christopher J.5, (1)Orono, ME 04469, (2)Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, 5790 Bryand Center, Orono, ME 04469, (3)School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Rd, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, (4)Grant Institute of Earth Science, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, (5)Geoscience Australia, PO Box 378, Canberra, 2601, Australia, esgrew@maine.edu, esgrew@maine.edu
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11:30 AM
CALCULATED PHASE EQUILIBRIA FOR GRAPHITIC METAPELITE: A THEORETICAL APPRAISAL OF INTERNAL BUFFERING AND GRAPHITE PRECIPITATION
CHU, Xu and AGUE, Jay J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, xu.chu@yale.edu, xu.chu@yale.edu
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11:45 AM
COMPARING MEASURED OLIVINE OH CONCENTRATIONS WITH THOSE ESTIMATED FROM AMPHIBOLE EQUILIBRIA IN NINE MANTLE XENOLITHS FROM AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A
HUNT, Lindsey Elise, HOLYOKE III, Caleb, LAMB, William M. and POPP, Robert K., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, lehrocks@neo.tamu.edu, lehrocks@neo.tamu.edu
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