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

Session No. 146
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
118 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T6. Birth and Death of Supercontinents

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; IGCP 597—Amalgamation and Breakup of Pangaea: The Type Example of the Supercontinent Cycle

 

Daniel Pastor-Galán, J. Brendan Murphy and William J. Collins, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
146-1
1:00 PM
GENESIS OF THE SUPERCONTINENT CYCLE
NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 and MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada
Handouts
  • GSA Vancouver 2014 slides.pdf (2.5 MB)
  • GSA Vancouver 2014 text.pdf (112.1 kB)
    • 146-2
    1:20 PM
    TRUE POLAR WANDER AND SUPERCONTINENT CYCLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARTH PROPERTIES
    MITCHELL, Ross N., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology / Yale University, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 99125
    146-3
    1:35 PM
    ARCHEAN MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM OF EASTERN HALL PENINSULA, BAFFIN ISLAND: IMPLICATIONS OF REGIONAL CRUSTAL CORRELATIONS USING U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY
    FROM, Richard1, RAYNER, Nicole M.2, CAMACHO, A.3 and ST-ONGE, M.R.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 125 Dysart Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9, Canada, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
    146-4
    1:50 PM
    A SHORT SUPERCONTINENT CYCLE: RELICTS OF EARLY TO MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN CLOSURE OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN IN THE NEW ENGLAND APPALACHIANS
    MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, CROWLEY, James L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535 and KARABINOS, Paul M., Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267
    146-5
    2:05 PM
    HOW WAS THE IAPETUS OCEAN INFECTED WITH SUBDUCTION?
    WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, SCHOFIELD, David I., British Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, United Kingdom, MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada and THOMAS, C.W., British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Keyworth, Edinburgh, EH93LA, Scotland
    146-6
    2:20 PM
    A NEW LOOK AT SOUTHERN LAURENTIA IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC; RIFTING OF CUYANIA AND SABINIA, AND THE OUACHITA ‘SOFT CLOSURE’
    EWING, Thomas E., Frontera Exploration Consultants, 19240 Redland Road, Ste 250, San Antonio, TX 78259
    146-7
    2:35 PM
    REVISITING PANGEA AMMALGAMATION
    PASTOR-GALÁN, Daniel, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Paleomagnetic Laboratory "Fort Hoofddijk", Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands
     
    2:50 PM
    Break
    146-8
    3:05 PM
    EARTH EVOLUTION AND SUPERCONTINENTS
    CAWOOD, Peter A., Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, HAWKESWORTH, Chris J., Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, College Gate, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom and DHUIME, Bruno, Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom
    146-9
    3:25 PM
    EMERGING DATA ON RODINIA RIFTING FROM MARATHON OROGENIC BELT, SOUTHERN LAURENTIA
    DICKERSON, Patricia Wood, American Geological Institute and Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, HANSON, Richard, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 298830, Fort Worth, TX 76129 and ROBERTS, Jonathon M., XTO Energy, 810 Houston St, Ft. Worth, TX 76102
    Handouts
  • Dickerson_GSA_Talk_for_Web.ppt (4.3 MB)
    • 146-10
    3:40 PM
    MID-CONTINENT RIFT: RIFT, LIP, OR BOTH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RODINIA RECONSTRUCTIONS
    STEIN, Carol A.1, STEIN, Seth2, KLEY, Jonas3, HINDLE, David3 and KELLER, G. Randy4, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, (3)Geoscience Center, University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany, (4)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
    146-11
    3:55 PM
    THE WERNECKE SUPERGROUP AND ITS ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN LAURENTIA, EAST AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH CHINA AS PART OF WESTERN COLUMBIA
    FURLANETTO, Francesca1, THORKELSON, Derek2, RAINBIRD, Robert3, DAVIS, William J.4, GIBSON, H. Daniel2 and MARSHALL, Daniel D.1, (1)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (3)Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room 499, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (4)Geochronology Laboratory, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
    146-12
    4:10 PM
    MAGMATIC PULSES IN IBERIA DURING PANGEA AMALGAMATION: COLLISION, EXHUMATION AND OROCLINE DEVELOPMENT IGNEOUS FINGERPRINTS
    GUTIERREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel1, LÓPEZ-MORO, F.J.2, LÓPEZ-PLAZA, M., FERNANDEZ-SUAREZ, Javier4, MERINO-TOMÉ, Oscar A.5, LÓPEZ-CARMONA, A.4, HOFMANN, Mandy6 and FERNÁNDEZ-LOZANO, J.1, (1)Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, Spain, (2)Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, (3)Departmento de Petrologia y Geoquimica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 28040, (4)Department of Geology, University of Oviedo, c/ Arias de Velasco s/n, Oviedo, 33005, Spain, (5)Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, Dresden, 01109, Germany
    146-13
    4:25 PM
    GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES AS PROXIES FOR SOURCE MANTLE COMPOSITION IN A POST-COLLISIONAL TECTONIC SETTING: AN EXAMPLE FROM SW ENGLAND
    DUPUIS, Nicolle E.1, BRAID, James A.1, MURPHY, J. Brendan2 and SHAIL, Robin K.3, (1)Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, (3)College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom
    146-14
    4:40 PM
    ND ISOTOPES AS A TEST FOR THE EPISODIC GROWTH OF CONTINENTAL CRUST
    CONDIE, Kent C., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, ARNDT, N., ISTerre, Universite de Grenoble, 38400 Grenoble, France and DAVAILLE, A., FAST (CNRS / Univ. Paris-Sud), Bat.502, rue Andre Riviere, Campus Universitaire, Orsay, 91400, France
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