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

Session No. 27
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
204 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T239. Precambrian Sedimentology: From the Field to the Laboratory I

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christopher M. Fedo, John Grotzinger and Edward L. Simpson, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
27-1
8:15 AM
MODERN CONTINENTAL MICROBIAL MAT STRUCTURES: ANALOGS FOR PRECAMBRIAN LANDSCAPES
SIMPSON, Edward L., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, 424 Boehm Hall, Kutztown, PA 19530 and SIMPSON, Wendy S., Parkland High School, 2700 North Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18104
27-2
8:30 AM
FLOODPLAIN ENVIRONMENTS BEFORE THE EVOLUTION OF LAND PLANTS: COMMON GROUNDS TO IDENTIFY FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS IN PRE-VEGETATION SETTINGS
MARCONATO, Andre, Institute of Geosciences, University of Sao Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil, ALMEIDA, Renato, Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo, Av. Professor Luciano Gualberto, 1289, edifício materiais, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-010, Brazil, TURRA, Bruno B., Intitute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil, JANIKIAN, Liliane, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil, CARRERA, Simone C., Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil and STERN, Andre, Geosciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Rua Dr Gabriel dos Santos 242/61B, Santa Cecilia, São Paulo, 01231010, Brazil
27-3
8:45 AM
DEPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE, DRAINAGE PATTERNS AND GEOMORPHIC VARIABILITY OF A PALEOPROTEROZOIC FLUVIAL-COASTAL PLAIN: THE ELLICE FORMATION OF ELU BASIN (NUNAVUT, CANADA)
IELPI, Alessandro, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON J9B1S3, Canada and RAINBIRD, Robert, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room 499, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
27-4
9:00 AM
UPPER FLOW REGIME PLANE BED, STANDING WAVE, AND BREAKING WAVE, SHEETFLOOD DEPOSITS IN THE MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC REVETT FORMATION, BELT SUPERGROUP, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA
WINSTON, Don, Professor Emeritus, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
27-5
9:15 AM
Withdrawn
27-6
9:30 AM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROTEROZOIC STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA: INSIGHTS INTO REGIONAL TECTONICS AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION
MCKENZIE, N. Ryan1, HUGHES, Nigel C.2, MYROW, Paul M.3, SINGH, Birendra P.4, BANERJEE, Dhiraj M.5, JIANG, Ganqing6, PLANAVSKY, Noah J.7, DEB, Mihir5 and STOCKLI, Daniel F.8, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78752, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (4)Center for Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, (5)Department of Geology, Delhi University, Delhi, 110007, (6)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (7)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, (8)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
27-7
9:45 AM
EVIDENCE FOR SYN-SEDIMENTARY TECTONISM IN A PALEOPROTEROZOIC RIFT BASIN: THE ESPANOLA FORMATION, LOWER HURONIAN SUPERGROUP, CANADA
AL-HASHIM, Mansour H.M. and CORCORAN, Patricia L., Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada
Handouts
  • Al-Hashim_GSA 2014_ Vancouver_Canada.pptx (19.4 MB)
    • 27-8
    10:00 AM
    INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL CLIMATIC CYCLES IN GLACIALLY-INFLUENCED RHYTHMITES OF THE UPPER GOWGANDA FORMATION
    HOWE, Timothy, CORCORAN, Patricia L., LONGSTAFFE, Fred J. and WEBB, Elizabeth, Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada
    27-9
    10:15 AM
    SIGNIFICANCE OF QUARTZ-RICH DEPOSITS OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC GORDON LAKE AND BAR RIVER FORMATIONS, UPPER HURONIAN SUPERGROUP, CANADA
    CORCORAN, Patricia L., ARANHA, Rohan, HILL, Carolyn M. and LONGSTAFFE, Fred J., Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada
    27-10
    10:30 AM
    SIMILARITIES AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF LATE PALEOPROTEROZOIC TERRESTRIAL SANDSTONE DEPOSITS ON THE CANADIAN SHIELD: PRODUCT OF HUDSONIAN OROGENESIS
    RAINBIRD, Robert, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room 499, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, IELPI, Alessandro, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON J9B1S3, Canada, LONG, Darrel G.F., Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada and DONALDSON, John Allan, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Carleton University, Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
     
    10:45 AM
    Break
    27-11
    11:00 AM
    DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE CAROLINA TERRANE AS AN EXAMPLE FROM A WORLDWIDE RIVER SAND DATABASE: HOW U-PB DATING AND LU-HF AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES ON DETRITAL ZIRCON INFORM PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTIONS
    ALLEN, Charlotte M., Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George St, Brisbane QLD, 4000, Australia
    27-12
    11:15 AM
    NEOPROTEROZOIC GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF EASTERN LAURENTIA: EVIDENCE FROM U-PB DATING OF ZIRCON FROM RHYOLITE CLASTS IN MOUNT ROGERS FORMATION CONGLOMERATES, SW VA, USA
    MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142 and HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046
    27-13
    11:30 AM
    THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC COVER SEQUENCE IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IAPETAN RIFTING
    BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
    27-14
    11:45 AM
    THREE EPISODES OF VOLCANISM AND EROSION DURING NEOPROTEROZOIC EXTENSION IN EASTERN LAURENTIA REVEALED BY U-PB DATING OF ZIRCON FROM CLASTS OF RHYOLITE AND DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE MOUNT ROGERS FORMATION, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
    HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142 and SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001
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