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

Session No. 260
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
122 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T235. Some New Gloss on Old Lips: Implications for Continental Reconstructions and Metallogeny I

Geological Association of Canada; Large Igneous Provinces Commission

 

Richard E. Ernst, Wouter Bleeker and Kevin R. Chamberlain, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:10 PM
DATING LAYERED INTRUSIONS
SCOATES, James S., Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, 2020, Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T-1Z4, Canada and WALL, Corey J., Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, 2020, Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada
1:30 PM
AGES OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX
WALL, Corey J., Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, 2020, Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada, SCOATES, James S., PCIGR, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T-1Z4, Canada, FRIEDMAN, Richard M., Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, VANTONGEREN, Jill, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and MATHEZ, Edmond A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192
1:45 PM
THE GEOMETRY OF THE NORTHERN LOBE OF THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTRUSION VOLUMES AND FEEDER LOCATIONS
FINN, Carol A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, COLE, Janine, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, KHOZA, Tshepo David, University of Witwatersrand, Wits, 2050, South Africa, WEBB, Susan J., School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa and BEDROSIAN, Paul A., Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225
2:00 PM
GEOPHYSICAL IDENTIFICATION OF MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS IN PLUME CENTER REGIONS
BLANCHARD, Jennifer1, ERNST, Richard E.2, SAMSON, Claire1 and KING, Alan3, (1)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, (3)Geoscience North, 2245 Salo Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 4M9, Canada
2:15 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION RELATED TO MAGMATIC NI-CU-PGE MINERALIZATION AT THE NICKEL RIM SOUTH DEPOSIT, SUDBURY, ONTARIO
STEWART, R. Craig, Department of Earth Science, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, KONTAK, Daniel, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada and SWEENY, Mike, Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, A Glencore Company, 6 Edison Road, Falconbridge, ON P0M 1S0, Canada
2:30 PM
GEOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE BEAVER RIVER DIABASE AND GREENSTONE FLOW: TESTING A POSSIBLE INTRUSIVE-VOLCANIC CORRELATION IN THE 1.1 GA MIDCONTINENT RIFT
DOYLE, Michael S., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 229 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812 and MILLER Jr, James D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 230 Heller Hall, Duluth, MN 55812
2:45 PM
U-PB ZIRCON AGES IN LOWER CRUSTAL XENOLITHS FROM THE SOUTHERN SUPERIOR PROVINCE:  EVIDENCE FOR ONSET OF SUPERCONTINENT BREAKUP AT 1.4 GA BENEATH THE UPPER MICHIGAN PENINSULA? 
KEMPTON, Pamela, Dept. of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, ZARTMAN, Robert E., Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Building 54-1124, Cambridge, MA 02139, DOWNES, Hilary, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom and PACES, J.B., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
 
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
USING U/PB GEOCHRONOLOGY TO DETERMINE THE TIMING AND TEMPO OF THE SIBERIAN TRAPS LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE MAGMATISM
BURGESS, Seth D., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 and BOWRING, Samuel A., EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
3:35 PM
GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS ON THE EARLY CRETACEOUS HIGH ARCTIC LIP
KINGSBURY, Cole G., Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, ERNST, Richard E., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, COUSENS, Brian, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada and WILLIAMSON, Marie-Claude, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
4:05 PM
PICRITIC PORPHYRITES AND ASSOCIATED BASALTS FROM THE REMNANT COMEI LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE IN SE TIBET: RECORDS OF A MANTLE PLUME ACTIVITY
XIA, Ying1, ZHU, Di-Cheng1, WANG, Qing1, ZHAO, Zhi-Dan1, LIU, Dong1, WANG, Li-Quan2 and MO, Xuan-Xue1, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes amd Mineral Resources, and School of Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, 29 Xue-Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China, (2)Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chengdu, 610082, China
4:20 PM
THE ENIGMATIC ORIGIN OF THE GIANT SEMI-CIRCULAR LAKE VICTORIA DYKE SWARM
KLAUSEN, Martin B., Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa, MÄKITIE, Hannu, Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, FI- 02151, Finland and ERNST, Richard E., Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
4:35 PM
GIANT CIRCUMFERENTIAL MAFIC DYKE SWARMS ON EARTH, MARS AND VENUS
ERNST, Richard E.1, BUCHAN, Kenneth L.2, MÄKITIE, Hannu3, KLAUSEN, Martin B.4, SAMSON, Claire1 and GROSFILS, Eric B.5, (1)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (3)Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, FI- 02151, Finland, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa, (5)Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. 6th Street, Rm. 232, Claremont, CA 91711
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