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

Session No. 330
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
116/117 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T29. Geologic Processes That Influence the Tectonic Development and Economic Resources of the Northern North American Cordillera

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

 

James V. Jones III, Emily S. Finzel, Brian A. Hampton and Jeffrey M. Trop, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
HOWARD'S PASS PB-ZN SEDEX MODEL NEEDS REVISITING: NEW INTERPRETATION OF DEFORMATION HISTORY
MARTEL, Edith, Government of Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9, Canada
1:15 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE JURASSIC - TERTIARY EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE CHUKCHI SHELF FROM APATITE FISSION TRACK DATA
CRADDOCK, William, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192 and HOUSEKNECHT, David W., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192
1:30 PM
APATITE FISSION TRACK EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD EOCENE EXHUMATION IN THE FORTYMILE DISTRICT OF EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA
DUSEL-BACON, Cynthia, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, O'SULLIVAN, Paul B., Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Rd, Viola, ID 83872-9709, DAY, Warren C., US Geological Survey, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and BACON, Charles R., USGS, Volcano Science Center, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025
1:45 PM
NATURE AND U-PB ZIRCON AGES OF MID-CRETACEOUS CALDERAS AND TUFFS IN EASTERN ALASKA AND WESTERN YUKON: IMPLICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE NORTHERN CORDILLERA
MORTENSEN, James K., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, 2020 - 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and DUSEL-BACON, Cynthia, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
2:00 PM
CRETACEOUS TO TERTIARY MAGMATISM AND ASSOCIATED MINERALIZATION IN THE LIME HILLS C-1 QUADRANGLE, WESTERN ALASKA RANGE
SICARD, Karri R.1, TWELKER, Evan1, FREEMAN, Lawrence K.1, WYPYCH, Alicja1, BENOWITZ, Jeff2 and KASS, M. Andy3, (1)State of Alaska, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709, (2)Geophysical Institute and Geochronology Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225
2:15 PM
 THE ROLE OF PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THE INBOARD UPPER PLATE RESPONSE TO FLAT SLAB SUBDUCTION OF A BUOYANT HIGH: YAKUTAT MICROPLATE, SOUTHERN ALASKA
BENOWITZ, Jeff, Geophysical Institute and Geochronology Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, ROESKE, Sarah M., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, TROP, Jeffrey M., Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, DAVIS, Kailyn N., Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, FITZGERALD, Paul G., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, GILLIS, Robert J., Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Geological Survey, 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709, ARMSTRONG, Phillip A., Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831, LAYER, Paul, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, PO 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and O'SULLIVAN, Paul B., Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Rd, Viola, ID 83872-9709
2:35 PM
PALEOZOIC-EARLY MESOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE ALEXANDER TERRANE: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
BERANEK, Luke P., Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 9 Arctic Avenue, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada, VAN STAAL, Cees R., Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, MCCLELLAND, William C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, ISRAEL, Steve A., Yukon Geological Survey, 2099 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, JOYCE, Nancy, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada and FRIEDMAN, Richard M., Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, Univ of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
2:55 PM
THE TERRANE CONCEPT – NEED IT EVOLVE OR HAS IT OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS?  A PERSPECTIVE FROM ALASKA
WILSON, Frederic H., Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
3:10 PM
ULTRAMAFIC ARC CUMULATES IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA AND NI-SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION: THE LATE CRETACEOUS GIANT MASCOT NI-CU-PGE DEPOSIT, HOPE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
MANOR, Matthew J., Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research - Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Room 2020 - Earth Sciences Building, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, SCOATES, James S., Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research - Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Room 2020 - Earth Sciences Building, Vancouver, BC V6T-1Z4, Canada, NIXON, Graham T., BC Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy and Mines, P.O. Box 9320, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W9N3, Canada and AMES, Doreen E., Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
IMAGING OVERTURNED FOLD LIMBS USING THE EXPERIMENTAL 2D SEISMIC LINE LOFF8
NEWSON, Andrew C., Moose Oils Ltd, 1927 10th Avenue. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1G4, Canada
Handouts
  • Loff8_EAGE.pdf (11.5 MB)
  • 3:55 PM
    CONTINENTAL-SCALE PALEODRAINAGE FOR THE APTIAN-ALBIAN MANNVILLE GROUP, EASTERN MARGINS OF THE ALBERTA FORELAND-BASIN SYSTEM, FROM DETRITAL ZIRCONS
    BLUM, Mike, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66047
    4:10 PM
    TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH: FABRIC ANALYSIS THROUGH TIME
    BYERLY, Ad, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53715, TIKOFF, Basil, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, GASCHNIG, Richard M., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, FAYON, Annia, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and VERVOORT, Jeffrey D., School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
    4:25 PM
    CENOZOIC TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS CONSTRAINED FROM STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
    FAN, Majie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019
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