2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 344
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
122 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T234. Precambrian Geology of the North American Cordillera: An Exploration of New Developments in Laurentia’s Ancient History

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Justin V. Strauss, Marcus Kunzmann, Galen P. Halverson, Robert Rainbird and Alan D. Rooney, Advocates
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1:00 PM
THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT OF NORTHWEST LAURENTIA: CONSTRAINING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA
VERVOORT, Jeff1, FISHER, Christopher M.1, LEWIS, Reed S.2, WANG, Da1, JANSEN, Andrew C.3 and GASCHNIG, Richard M.4, (1)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, (2)Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS3014, Moscow, ID 83844-3014, (3)Newmont Mining Corporation, Twin Creeks Operations, Golconda, NV 89414, (4)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
1:15 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON AND METATUFF AGE CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF MESOPROTEROZOIC DEPOSITION AND OROGENESIS CA. 1.50-1.40 GA ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS WITH THE GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE BELT SUPERGROUP
DANIEL, Christopher G., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, DOE, Michael F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, BRISTOL, Isabelle M., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17889, REID, Mattie M., Department of Geology, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Leiwsburg, PA 17837, JONES III, James V., Geological Survey of Canada, 1500 - 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B5J3, Canada and MCFARLANE, Chris, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
1:30 PM
A GLIMPSE OF THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA DURING THE “BORING BILLION”: STRESS AND STRATA DURING EVOLUTION OF THE LATE PALEOPROTEROZOIC (STRATHERIAN) MUSKWA ASSEMBLAGE, NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
LONG, Darrel G.F., Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada and PRATT, Brian R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
1:45 PM
EXOTIC VOLCANIC CLASTS IN WERNECKE BRECCIA, YUKON, RECORD CLOSURE OF A LAURENTIAN-AUSTRALIAN SEAWAY IN THE LATE PALEOPROTEROZOIC
THORKELSON, Derek1, LAUGHTON, John R.1, NIELSEN, Alexander B.2, FURLANETTO, Francesca1, MEDIG, Kirsti P.R.1 and VERBAAS, Jaap1, (1)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
2:00 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCONS OF SOFT SEDIMENTS WITHIN THE WERNECKE BRECCIA REVEAL A LOCAL SOURCE OF 1.68 – 1.78 GA SEDIMENT IN NORTHWESTERN LAURENTIA
VERBAAS, Jaap1, NIELSEN, Alexander1, THORKELSON, Derek1, FURLANETTO, Francesca1, DAVIS, William J.2, CROWLEY, Jim L.3, GIBSON, H. Daniel1 and MARSHALL, Daniel D.1, (1)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (3)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
 
2:15 PM
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2:30 PM
EARLY EVOLUTION OF MACKENZIE AND AMUNDSEN BASINS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY
TURNER, Elizabeth C., Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, RAYNER, Nicole M., Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9, Canada, RAINBIRD, Robert, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room 499, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada and LONG, Darrel G.F., Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
2:45 PM
FEATURES OF RODINIA BREAK-UP IN THE MINTO INLIER WITH COMPARISONS TO THE NORTHERN CORDILLERA
RAINBIRD, Robert, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, JEFFERSON, Charlie W., Geological Survey of Canada Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada, Rm 659 - 601 Booth, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, HALVERSON, Galen P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada and THOMSON, Danielle, Department of Earth Sciences, GIT Shell, Calgary, AB K1A 5B6, Canada
3:00 PM
NEW U-PB CONSTRAINTS ON GUNBARREL VOLCANISM AND THE BREAK-UP OF RODINIA: THE 775 MA LITTLE DAL BASALTS
MILTON, Jack E.1, HICKEY, Kenneth A.1 and GLEESON, Sarah A.2, (1)Mineral Deposit Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E3, Canada
3:15 PM
AGE AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MID-NEOPROTEROZOIC CALLISON LAKE FORMATION OF YUKON, CANADA
STRAUSS, Justin V.1, ROONEY, Alan D.1, MACDONALD, Francis A.1, HALVERSON, Galen P.2 and BRANDON, Alan3, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77004
3:30 PM
THE 700 MA RAPITAN IRON FORMATION, A TALE FROM LAURENTIA’S LIPS
OOTES, Luke, Government of the Northwest Territories, NWT Geoscience Office, 4601b 52 avenue, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9, Canada
 
3:45 PM
Break
4:00 PM
ROTATING OUT OF RODINIA: PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR A 50 DEGREE CRYOGENIAN-EDIACARAN ROTATION OF THE YUKON STABLE BLOCK RELATIVE TO LAURENTIA
EYSTER, Athena E.1, MACDONALD, Francis A.2, WEISS, Benjamin P.3, HALVERSON, Galen P.4, ROOTS, Charles F.5 and FU, Roger R.3, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 54-724, Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada, (5)Geological Survey of Canada, Yukon Geological Survey, 2099 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, YT YIA 1B5, Canada
4:15 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE WINDERMERE SUPERGROUP AND HYLAND GROUP IN THE RACKLA BELT OF EAST-CENTRAL YUKON: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AGE OF SELWYN BASIN AND FORMATION OF THE LAURENTIAN PASSIVE MARGIN
MOYNIHAN, David P., Yukon Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2703 (K-14), Whitehorse, YT Y1A2C6, Canada, STRAUSS, Justin V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, COLPRON, Maurice, Yukon Geological Survey, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, ISRAEL, Steve A., Yukon Geological Survey, 2099 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada and ABBOTT, Grant, Yukon Geological Survey, Yukon Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2703 (K-14), Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada
4:30 PM
WINDERMERE AND ASSOCIATED STRATA IN THE STIBNITE-EDWARDSBURG AREA, CENTRAL IDAHO
LEWIS, Reed S., Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS3014, Moscow, ID 83844-3014, STEWART, David E., Huehuetenango Tech, Todos Santos, 13015, Guatemala, SCHWARTZ, Darin M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Dr MS 3022, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, STEWART, Eric D., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1692, ISAKSON, Vincent H., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725-1535 and VERVOORT, Jeffrey D., School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
4:45 PM
NEW CONSTRAINTS FROM LA-ICP-MS DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB DATA ON NEOPROTEROZOIC DEPOSITIONAL AGES AND CRETACEOUS METAMORPHISM IN THE CARIBOO ALP IN SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
VAN ROOYEN, Deanne, Mathematics, Physics, and Geology, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada and CARR, Sharon D., Ottawa Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
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