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

Session No. 305
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (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 (Posters)

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Mineralogical Society of America
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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291
HOW OLD IS THE OLDEST KNOWN GARNET AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM LOOKING AT THE PUBLISHED RECORDS OF GARNET GEOCHRONOLOGY?
MANEIRO, Kathryn A., Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 and BAXTER, Ethan F., Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215; Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Devlin Hall, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, keccles@bu.edu
292
LIMITATIONS AND UTILITY OF SM-ND GARNET GEOCHRONOLOGY OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WYOMING CRATON
DRAGOVIC, Besim1, GUEVARA, Victor1, CADDICK, Mark J.2 and BAXTER, Ethan F.3, (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, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, dragovic@vt.edu
293
THE ROLE OF FLUIDS IN MOBILIZING THE CRUSTAL COLUMN BENEATH THE RUBY MOUNTAINS-EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX
HETHERINGTON, Callum J.1, BACKUS, Ethan L.1 and BARNES, Calvin G.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, callum.hetherington@ttu.edu
294
PHASE DIAGRAM CALCULATIONS OF KYANITE-BEARING ECLOGITES FROM OIATABU DOME, D’ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
DESORMEAU, Joel W., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, MS 0172, Reno, NV 89557, GORDON, Stacia M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557, LITTLE, Timothy A., School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6000, New Zealand, DAVIES, Hugh Lucius, Earth Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, P. O. Box 414, University NCD, Papua New Guinea and CHATTERJEE, Nilanjan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, desormeau@nevada.unr.edu
295
MAGMATIC MICROTEXTURES IN MID-CRUSTAL, LATE SYNTECTONIC PLUTONS: A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING STRAIN LOCALIZATION, CENTRAL VERMONT APPALACHIANS
KOTEAS, G. Christopher and DEFELICE, Christopher J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, gkoteas@norwich.edu
296
TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF QUARTZ IN THE SKAGIT MIGMATITES
OLSEN, Ellen K., Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225 and RUSK, Brian, Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St. MS 9080, Bellingham, WA 98225, olsene20@gmail.com
297
ULTRA-FAST HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM: A POTENTIAL PETROLOGIC TEST FOR DEVIATIONS FROM LITHOSTATIC PRESSURE
CHU, Xu, AGUE, Jay J. and TIAN, Meng, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, xu.chu@yale.edu
298
TOO HOT FOR ZIRCONS? U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE ULTRAHIGH-TEMPERATURE (UHT) REGION OF THE CENTRAL MAINE TERRANE, CONNECTICUT, USA
AXLER, Jennifer A. and AGUE, Jay J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, jennifer.axler@yale.edu
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