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

Session No. 85
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
204 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

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

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christopher M. Fedo, John Grotzinger and Edward L. Simpson, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
ARCHEAN CONGLOMERATES IN JHARKHAND (E INDIA) OPEN THE GATE TO TERRA INCOGNITA
VAN LOON, Antonius, Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Makow Polnych 16, Poznan, 61-606, Poland and DE, Shuvabrata, Department of Geology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
1:15 PM
ARCHEAN (2.7 GA) GLACIOMARINE  SEDIMENTATION, WESTERN DHARWAR CRATON, SOUTHERN INDIA
OJAKANGAS, Richard W.1, SRINIVASAN, R.2, HEGDE, V.S.3, SRIKANTIA, S.V.4 and CHADRAKANT, S.M.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, (2)INSA Senior Scientist, IISC, Bangalore, Bangalore, (3)SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad – 580 002, Dharwad, 580-002, India, (4)201 A-Block Ushas Apmt. 26 Cross, 16th Main, IV Block,Jayanagar, Bengaluru, 560 011, India
1:30 PM
WHEN, WHY, AND HOW OF THE GREAT OXIDATION EVENT
BEKKER, Andrey, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521
1:45 PM
THE MOODIES GROUP (3.22-3.21 GA), BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARCHIVE OF ARCHEAN INFORMATION
HEUBECK, Christoph, Jena University, Department of Geosciences, Burgweg 11, Jena, 07749, Germany
2:00 PM
SURFACE PROCESSES ON THE EARLY PRECAMBRIAN EARTH – A RETROSPECTIVE
ERIKSSON, Kenneth A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
2:15 PM
FLUVIAL-LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY, GALE CRATER, MARS
GROTZINGER, John, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 and SCIENCE TEAM, MSL, JPL, Pasadena, CA 91125
 
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
REVISITING THE STRATIGRAPHIC SETTING OF THE ~3 GA BUHWA GREENSTONE BELT, ZIMBABWE
FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 and BRENGMAN, Latisha Ashley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37922
3:00 PM
FROM SOURCE TO SINK: SILICON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF BEDROCK, DETRITAL QUARTZ ARENITES, CHERT, AND BIF FROM THE ~3 GA BUHWA GREENSTONE BELT, ZIMBABWE
BRENGMAN, Latisha Ashley, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37922, FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J., Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden
3:15 PM
PRIMARY SILICA GRANULES — INSIGHTS INTO SILICA PRECIPITATION MECHANISMS IN EARLY ARCHEAN SEAWATER
STEFURAK, Elizabeth J.T., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, LOWE, Donald R., Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, ZENTNER, Danielle B., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
3:30 PM
NEW GEOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE BOOLGEEDA BIF AND WOONGARRA RHYOLITE, HAMERSLEY GROUP (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
SIMONSON, Bruce M.1, O'BRIEN, Maura1, BUCHWALDT, Robert2, BOWRING, Samuel A.3, HASSLER, Scott W.4 and BEUKES, Nicolas J.5, (1)Geology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, (2)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)The Wilderness Society, San Francisco, CA 94104, (5)Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa
3:45 PM
THE ORIGIN OF GREENALITE IN ARCHEAN AND PALEOPROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTS: NEW INSIGHT INTO THE CHEMISTRY OF FERRUGINOUS WATERS
TOSCA, Nicholas, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, GUGGENHEIM, Stephen, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607 and PUFAHL, Peir K., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, 12 University Ave, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada
4:00 PM
MARINE DIAGENESIS OF MESOPROTEROZOIC DEEP-WATER SEEP MOUNDS
HAHN, Katherine, Department of Earth Science, Laurentian University, 244 Hyland Dr, Sudbury, ON P3E1R9, Canada and TURNER, Elizabeth C., Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
4:15 PM
3D VISUALIZATION OF DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES BENEATH ILLINOIS BASIN PALEOZOIC: CLUES TO ORIGIN OF PROTEROZOIC CRUST IN USA MID-CONTINENT
MCBRIDE, J.H., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, P. O. Box 24606, Provo, UT 84602, KEACH II, R. William, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 and LEETARU, Hannes E., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
4:30 PM
RECONFIGURING SUPERCONTINENT COLUMBIA: PINNING NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA TO NORTHWESTERN LAURENTIA USING A NEAR-UNIMODAL DETRITAL ZIRCON POPULATION
MEDIG, Kirsti P.R.1, THORKELSON, Derek1, DAVIS, William J.2, RAINBIRD, Robert2, GIBSON, H. Daniel1, TURNER, Elizabeth C.3 and MARSHALL, Daniel D.1, (1)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
4:45 PM
INTEGRATED CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF UPPER VINDHYAN SEQUENCE CARBONATES, CENTRAL INDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEPOSITIONAL AGE AND GLOBAL CORRELATIONS
GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey J.1, SAHOO, Swapan K.2, KAH, Linda C.3, HENDERSON, Miles A.3, FREI, Robert4 and KAUFMAN, Alan J.5, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 550 East Tyler Mall, PSF Room 686, Tempe, AZ 85287, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, (5)University of Maryland, Department of Geology, Geology Building (#237), College Park, MD 20742-4211
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