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

Session No. 281
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 317 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T167. Metamorphic, Metasomatic, and Igneous Processes in the Mid- and Deep Continental Crust: Mechanisms and Processes That Impact Mass Transport and Rheology

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Mineralogical Society of America
G. Christopher Koteas and Callum J. Hetherington, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
PUSHING THE LIMITS OF ULTRAMETAMORPHISM – IMPACT-INDUCED UHT-LP METAMORPHISM IN EXHUMED LOWER CRUST IN THE VREDEFORT DOME (SOUTH AFRICA)
GIBSON, Roger L., OGILVIE, Paula and HORVATH, Peter, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, PO WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, roger.gibson@wits.ac.za
8:30 AM
RAPID EXHUMATION HISTORY OF THE (U)HP PAPUA NEW GUINEA TERRANE: INSIGHT FROM ZIRCON AND PSEUDOSECTION ANALYSIS
GORDON, Stacia M.1, DESORMEAU, Joel W.2, LITTLE, Tim3, BOWRING, Samuel A.4, HACKER, Bradley R.5, SCHOENE, Blair6 and SAMPERTON, Kyle M.6, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, MS 0172, Reno, NV 89557, (3)School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand, (4)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (6)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, staciag@unr.edu
8:45 AM
ORIENTED RUTILE NEEDLES IN GARNET AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTREME METAMORPHIC CONDITIONS
AGUE, Jay J. and AXLER, Jennifer A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, jay.ague@yale.edu
9:00 AM
OLIVINE FABRIC TRANSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HYDRATION, DEHYDRATION AND SHEAR ABOVE THE FARALLON FLAT SLAB
BEHR, Whitney M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and SMITH, Douglas, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin, TX 78731, behr@utexas.edu
9:20 AM
PORTRAIT OF A GIANT MAGMATIC CONDUIT SYSTEM AT THE ROOTS OF THE CRUST: THE SEILAND IGNEOUS PROVINCE, NORTHERN NORWAY
LARSEN, R.B., Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, GRANT, Thomas B., Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim and SORENSEN, Bjorn Eske, NTNU, Trondheim, 7491, Norway, rune.larsen@ntnu.no
9:35 AM
COUPLED REACTION DRIVEN DEFORMATION, STRAIN SOFTENING AND CO2 METASOMATISM IN PERIDOTITES FROM THE REINFJORD ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX, NORTHERN NORWAY
SØRENSEN, Bjørn Eske, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, SEM SEELANDSVEG 1, N-7491 Trondheim, Trondheim, 7491, Norway, GRANT, Thomas B., Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, LARSEN, R.B., Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, N-7491, Norway and RAANES, Morten Peder, Department of Materials Science, NTNU, Alfred Getz vei 2, Bergbygget*F-390, Trondheim, 7491, Norway, bjorn.sorensen@ntnu.no
9:50 AM
THE TECTONICS OF SLOW-COOLED OROGENS CHARACTERIZED BY COUNTER-CLOCKWISE P–T–T PATHS AND UHT METAMORPHISM
BROWN, Michael, Laboratory for Crustal Petrology, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, CLARK, Chris, Department of Applied Geology, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia and KORHONEN, Fawna J., Department of Mines and Petroleum, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6004, Australia, mbrown@umd.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
TEMPORAL RELATIONS AMONG THICKENING, HEATING, MELTING, AND EXHUMATION IN A LARGE, HOT OROGEN: INSIGHTS FROM HP MAFIC ROCKS IN THE CANADIAN GRENVILLE PROVINCE
MARSH, Jeff, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367, jmarsh@qc.cuny.edu
10:40 AM
DECONVOLVING ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM USING LARGE ZIRCON GEOCHEMICAL DATASETS, AN EXAMPLE FROM THE NAPIER COMPLEX, EAST ANTARCTICA
CLARK, Chris1, TAYLOR, Richard2, KYLANDER-CLARK, Andrew3 and HACKER, Brad3, (1)Department of Applied Geology, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia, (2)Applied Geology, Curtin University, Perth, 6845, Australia, (3)Geological Sciences, UC, Santa Barbara, Department of Geological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara—Building 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, c.clark@curtin.edu.au
10:55 AM
MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT PROCESSES IN MIGMATITE DOMES
WHITNEY, Donna L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, TEYSSIER, Christian, Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and REY, Patrice F., Earthbyte Research Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, Australia, dwhitney@umn.edu
11:10 AM
METAMORPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONTEXT OF MAGNETISM WITHIN THE LOWER CONTINENTAL CRUST, OBSERVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FROM THE CANADIAN SHIELD
WEBBER, Jeffrey R.1, BROWN, Laurie L.2, WILLIAMS, Michael L.1, JERCINOVIC, Michael J.3 and MAHAN, Kevin H.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, (3)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Avenue, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, jwebber@geo.umass.edu
11:25 AM
INTERACTION BETWEEN IGNEOUS, METAMORPHIC, AND STRUCTURAL PROCESSES FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE CONTINENTAL CRUST: INSIGHTS FROM TWO ISOBARIC TERRANES
REGAN, Sean P.1, WILLIAMS, Michael L.1, JERCINOVIC, Michael J.2, MAHAN, Kevin H.3, CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R.4, DUMOND, Gregory5, WALSH, Greg J.6, GEER, Phillip S.1, WEBBER, Jeffrey R.1 and ORLANDINI, Omero F.7, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Avenue, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, (4)Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, (5)Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (6)US Geological Survey/Indiana University, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, sregan@geo.umass.edu
11:45 AM
P-T PATH OF SHORT-LIVED NEOARCHEAN GRANULITE FACIES METAMORPHISM OF THE WYOMING CRATON
GUEVARA, Victor1, DRAGOVIC, Besim1 and CADDICK, Mark J.2, (1)Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, vguevara@vt.edu
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