Session No. 189
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 304 (Colorado Convention Center)

T257. Regional to Global Perspectives on the Formation, Assembly, and Tectonic Evolution of Western North America from the Neoarchean through the Mesoproterozoic

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; Geochemical Society

 

Christopher G. Daniel, Christopher L. Andronicos, James V. Jones III, Karl E. Karlstrom, Colin A. Shaw, Jeffrey D. Vervoort and Michael L. Williams, Advocates
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PROTEROZOIC PLUTONISM AND REGIONAL DEFORMATION – NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
LINDLINE, Jennifer, CEDILLO, Danielle and ROMERO, Andrew, Natural Resources Management Department, New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM 87701, lindlinej@nmhu.edu
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SYNTECTONIC EMPLACEMENT OF THE 1.7 GA HERMIT'S PEAK PLUTON, SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
CEDILLO, Danielle1, LINDLINE, Jennifer1 and BOSBYSHELL, Howell2, (1)Natural Resources Management Department, New Mexico Highlands University, P.O. Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM 87701, (2)Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, 750 South Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383, dcedillo@live.nmhu.edu
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TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CA. 1.6 GA DEFORMATION IN SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA - PROTRACTED MAZATZAL OROGENY OR PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED EVENT?  A PROGRESS REPORT
DUEBENDORFER, Ernest, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, WILLIAMS, Michael, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9297 and HAMLIN, Jeffre, Kodiak Oil and Gas, 1625 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202, ernie.d@nau.edu
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TIMING OF DEFORMATION AT FOUR PEAKS, CENTRAL ARIZONA
MAKO, Calvin Andrew, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts- Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, DOE, Michael F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, cmako@geo.umass.edu
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DETRITAL ZIRCON CHARACTERISTICS OF UNCONFORMITY-BOUND PROTEROZOIC METASEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS IN CENTRAL ARIZONA: RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED SYNTECTONIC BASINS AS KEY ELEMENTS IN THE PROTEROZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIA
DOE, Michael F.1, KARLSTROM, Karl E.2, HOLLAND, Mark Edward3, JONES III, James V.4, GEHRELS, George E.5 and PECHA, Mark5, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR 72204, (5)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, mdoe@mines.edu
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NEW U–PB ZIRCON AGE CONSTRAINTS FOR CA. 1520 TO 1450 MA SEDIMENTATION AND VOLCANISM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CA. 1480–1400 MA PICURIS OROGENY
DANIEL, Christopher G.1, JONES III, James V.2, REID, Mattie M.3, TOFT, Meghan E.3, WALLACE, Daniel P.3 and MCFARLANE, Chris4, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (3)Department of Geology, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, cdaniel@bucknell.edu
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MESOPROTEROZOIC FERROAN MAGMATISM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN USA
FROST, B. Ronald, Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Department 3006, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and FROST, Carol D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, rfrost@uwyo.edu
 
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WAS THERE A MAZATZAL OROGENY? A TEST OF CONFLICTING MODELS FOR ASSEMBLY OF LAURENTIA
KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, WILLIAMS, M.L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 N Pleasant ST, Amherst, MA 01003, HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, GASTON, Lisa Anne, Earth and Environmental Science, NM Tech, 801 Leroy Place NM Tech, Socorro, NM 87801 and MAKO, Calvin Andrew, Geosciences, University of Massachusetts- Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, kek1@unm.edu
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LU-HF GARNET GEOCHRONOLOGY CONSTRAINS THE BOUNDARIES OF THE YAVAPAI, MAZATZAL, AND PICURIS OROGENIES
ARONOFF, Ruth F., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Dept, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, VERVOORT, Jeffery D., School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, ANDRONICOS, Christopher L., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and HUNTER, Robert A., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 4154 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, raronoff@purdue.edu
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HIGH-PRECISION U-PB BADDELEYITE DATES FROM DIABASE IN THE SOUTHWEST U.S.: IMPLICATIONS OF COEVAL SILICIC AND MAFIC MAGMATISM IN A MESOPROTEROZOIC LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
AMATO, Jeffrey M.1, BRIGHT, Ryan M.1, DENYSZYN, Steven W.2, ERNST, Richard E.3 and BLEEKER, Wouter4, (1)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001/MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (2)School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway M004, Perth, 6009, Australia, (3)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, and Ernst Geosciences, 43 Margrave Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1T 3Y2, Canada, (4)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A0E8, Canada, amato@nmsu.edu
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ARCHEAN, PALEOPROTEROZOIC AND MESOPROTEROZOIC CRUST OF CENTRAL EAST ANTARCTICA: NEW INSIGHTS ON SUBGLACIAL GEOLOGY STRENGTHEN RODINIA TIES TO WESTERN LAURENTIA
GOODGE, John W.1, FANNING, C. Mark2, VERVOORT, Jeffery D.3 and FISHER, Christopher M.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, (2)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, (3)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, jgoodge@d.umn.edu
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BREAKUP OF NORTH CHINA CRATON, A PART OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC–MESOPROTEROZOIC SUPERCONTINENT COLUMBIA /NUNA
ZHAO, Yue1, ZHANG, Shuanhong2, YANG, Zhenyu1 and PEI, Junling3, (1)Institute of Geomechanics, CAGS, 11# Min-Da-Nan-Lu, Beijing, 100081, China, (2)Institute of Geomechanics, 11# Zhong-Yang-Min-Zu-Da-Xue-Nan-Lu, Beijing, 100081, China, (3)Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 11 Minzu-Daxue Nan Lu Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China, yue_zhao@cags.ac.cn
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TESTING THE TWINS HYPOTHESIS: WERE GREATER NORTH CHINA AND WESTERN LAURENTIA LINKED IN THE ARCHEAN AND PROTEROZOIC?
ZUZA, Andrew V., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Drive, East, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and YIN, An, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, azuza@ucla.edu
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