2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Paper No. 210-5
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM

NEW U-PB AGES FROM PLUTONS IN THE SOUTHERN COAST MOUNTAINS BATHOLITH, BRITISH COLUMBIA


TRAUTMAN, Marshall, Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus RD, Los Angeles, CA 90041, CECIL, M. Robinson, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91130-8266, RUSMORE, Margaret E., Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 and WOODSWORTH, Glenn J., Geological Survey of Canada, 101-605 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, mtrautman@oxy.edu

This study seeks to better understand the tempo and distribution of magmatism in the southern Coast Mountains batholith through U-Pb geochronology and spatial analysis of magmatic ages. New zircon U-Pb ages are 149-59 Ma; planned work will expand on this dataset and include titanite U-Pb ages. Spatial analysis of new ages, combined with published ages, reveal magmatic patterns in the southern batholith unlike those of the well-studied northern and central batholith. In contrast to the northern batholith, Late Cretaceous magmatic ages in the southern arc vary significantly along strike of the batholith, and appear substantially wider.