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

Session No. 287
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 308 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T213. Integrating Perspectives on the Formation, Evolution, and Destruction of Continental Crust: From 0 to 4600 Ma

Geochemical Society; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Mineralogical Society of America; Geological Association of Canada; Mineralogical Association of Canada; GSA Planetary Geology Division
Paul A. Mueller, Robert Stern, David Snyder, M.B. Magnani and M.E. Bickford, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
WHEN DID PLATE TECTONICS BEGIN? TEN YEARS AFTER THE LANDER PENROSE CONFERENCE
CONDIE, Kent C., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, kcondie@nmt.edu
8:25 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF SEDIMENTS FROM THE BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROVENANCE AND TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONS
DRABON, Nadja, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Rm 118, Stanford, CA 94305 and LOWE, Donald R., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, drabon@stanford.edu
8:40 AM
WEAKENING OF KAAPVAAL SCLM BY PLUME RELATED METASOMATISM AT ~2.06 GA: HF ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FROM THE BUSHVELD LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
ZIRAKPARVAR, N. Alex, American Museum of Natural History, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, CHOE, Saebyul, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, American Museum of Natural History, CPW at 79th st, New York, NY 10024 and MATHEZ, Edmond A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, nzirakparvar@amnh.org
8:55 AM
FORMATION OF PALEOARCHEAN CONTINENTAL CRUST IN THE CENTRAL WYOMING PROVINCE
FROST, Carol D.1, FROST, B. Ronald1, MCLAUGHLIN, J. Fred2, SWAPP, Susan M.1 and FANNING, C. Mark3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Carbon Management Institute, University of Wyoming, 1020 E. Lewis Street, Energy Innovation Center, Dept.4902, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (3)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, frost@uwyo.edu
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9:10 AM
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9:25 AM
FORMATION OF BASALTIC - SILICIC CRUST ABOVE THE AFAR PLUME
BASU, Asish R., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St, 107 Geoscience Building, Arlington, TX 76019, GHOSH, Nilotpal, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates St., Geoscience Bldg, Room 107, Arlington, TX 76019, GREGORY, Robert T., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, RICHARDS, Ian, Stable Isotope Laboratory, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75275, GHATAK, Arundhuti, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, 462023, India, GEORG, R.Bastian, Water Quality Center, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9J7B8, Canada, EBINGER, Cynthia, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and ZOU, Haibo, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, abasu@uta.edu
9:40 AM
METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR LINKING PLATE TECTONICS AND MANTLE OXIDATION USING CE AND EU OXIDATION STATES ZIRCONS
FUNDERBURG, Rebecca, University of Oklahoma, School of Geology & Geophysics, Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 E Boyd St, Suite 710, Norman, OK 73019, AREVALO, Ricardo, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Code 699 Bldg 33, Greenbelt, MD 20771, LOCMELIS, Marek, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, PICCOLI, Philip, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 237 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742, RENO, Barry L., Northern Territory Geological Survey, Department of Mines and Energy, GPO Box 4550, Darwin, NT 0800, Canada and ADACHI, Tomoko, Greenbelt, MD 20771, rfunderburg@ou.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
CONTINENTAL CRUST FORMATION AS CONSTRAINED BY MODERN ARC PROCESSES
JAGOUTZ, Oliver, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, jagoutz@mit.edu
10:30 AM
GROWTH OF CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE BY ACCRETION OF ARC TERRANES ALONG THE LAURENTIAN MARGIN THROUGHOUT THE PROTEROZOIC: EVIDENCE FROM HF ISOTOPES
HOLLAND, Mark Edward, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, DOE, Michael F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, GRAMBLING, Tyler A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, PECHA, Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, GRIFFIN, William L., Macquarie University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) and GEMOC National Key Centre, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia, BELOUSOVA, Elena, GEMOC Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia, BEGG, Graham C., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Herring Rd, North Ryde, 2109, Australia and MAKO, Calvin A., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blackburg, VA 24061, medwardholland89@gmail.com
10:45 AM
ONTOGENY AND OROGENY: HADEAN TO HOLOCENE EVOLUTION IN WESTERN LAURENTIA
MUELLER, Paul A.1, MOGK, D.W.2, HENRY, D.J.3, FOSTER, David A.1, DUTROW, Barbara L.4 and GIFFORD, Jennifer5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, (3)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (4)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101, (5)Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, pamueller@ufl.edu
11:00 AM
A NEW INTERPRETATION FOR THE AGES OF ADIRONDACK PLUTONISM:  IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NATURE AND TIMING OF MESOPROTEROZOIC DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM
ALEINIKOFF, John N., US Geological Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225 and WALSH, Gregory J., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 628, Montpelier, VT 05602, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov
11:15 AM
PROTEROZOIC TO EARLY PALEOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT: STRUCTURAL, PETROLOGICAL, AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS
EL-SHAZLY, Aley K., Geology Department, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755 and KHALIL, Khalil I., Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, 21511, Moharam Bek, Alexandria, +203, Egypt, elshazly@marshall.edu
 
11:30 AM
Concluding Remarks
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