South-Central Section - 47th Annual Meeting (4-5 April 2013)

Session No. 11
Thursday, 4 April 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Classroom 105 (AT&T Center)

T1. Tectonic Evolution of South-Central Laurentia I: Megacontinents and Exotic Terranes, Orogenic Belts and Rifts: Celebrating the Career of Wm. R. Muehlberger

 

Ian W.D. Dalziel, Staci L. Loewy and Patricia Wood Dickerson, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF LAURENTIA
THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, geowat@uky.edu
2:10 PM
TRANSCONTINENTAL GEOLOGIC SECTION THROUGH THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE NEAR 36° LATITUDE: ATLANTIC OCEAN CRUST TO PACIFIC OCEAN CRUST—A TRIBUTE TO BILL MUEHLBERGER
HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, MUEHLBERGER, William R., Geological Sciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station, C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, SALEEBY, Jason, Tectonics Observatory, California Institute Technology, Mail Stop 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001, SALEEBY, Zorka, Tectonics Observatory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, VAN DER LEE, Suzan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Tech F379, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208 and MARTINEZ, Cindy M., American Geological Institute, 4220 King St, Arlington, VA 22305, bobmap@utk.edu
2:30 PM
INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL AND TECTONIC STUDIES OF THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE IN THE SOUTHERN MID-CONTINENT REGION
KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, grkeller@ou.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:10 PM
SOUTHERN LAURENTIA IN RODINIA: A REVIEW AND SOME NEW OBSERVATIONS
LOEWY, Staci L., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712, sloewy@jsg.utexas.edu
3:30 PM
WHERE ON EARTH WAS LAURENTIA’S SOUTHERN MARGIN DURING THE NEOPROTEROZOIC AND EARLY PALEOZOIC?
DALZIEL, Ian W.D., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, ian@ig.utexas.edu
3:50 PM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF SOUTH-CENTRAL LAURENTIA - THE WEST TEXAS NEXUS
DICKERSON, Patricia Wood, American Geological Institute and University of Texas at Austin, Geological Sciences, C9000, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, patdickerson@earthlink.net
 
4:10 PM
Discussion
4:30 PM
PALEOPROTEROZOIC GNEISSES FROM THE QUITOVAC AREA IN NW MEXICO: ASSESSING MAGMA SOURCES ALONG THE SW MARGIN OF LAURENTIA USING IN-SITU HF ZIRCON MICROANALYSIS
IRIONDO, Alexander, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Juriquilla, 76230, Mexico, YANG, Zhaoping, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Government of Canada, Central Canada Division, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada and LASSITER, John C., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, iriondo@geociencias.unam.mx
4:50 PM
EVIDENCE FOR A CONTRACTIONAL MESOPROTEROZOIC (CA. 1.45 GA) OROGENY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: THE PICURIS OROGENY
DANIEL, Christopher G., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, PFEIFER, Lily S., Geology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73069, JONES III, James V., U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508 and MCFARLANE, Chris, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, cdaniel@bucknell.edu
5:10 PM
DECIPHERING THE TECTONIC SETTING OF THE PECOS MAFIC INTRUSIVE COMPLEX USING TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN ORTHOPYROXENE
OLINGER, Danielle1, BARNES, Melanie A.1, KARGI, Hulusi2 and BARNES, Calvin G.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, (2)Department of Geologic Engineering, Pamukkale University, Denizli, 20020, Turkey, (3)Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, danielle.olinger@ttu.edu
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