Cordilleran Section - 111th Annual Meeting (11–13 May 2015)

Session No. 5
Monday, 11 May 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Lecture Hall (ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building)

S2. From Alaska and the Appalachians to Lithium Resources and Secular Trends in the Geologic Record: Honoring the Eclectic Geologic Career of Dwight Bradley

 

Kenneth D. Ridgway, James V. Jones III and Julie A. Dumoulin, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
LITHIUM BRINE RESOURCES
MUNK, LeeAnn, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 3101 Science Circle, Anchorage, AK 99508, lamunk@uaa.alaska.edu, lamunk@uaa.alaska.edu
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1:55 PM
THE GLOBAL AGE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANITIC PEGMATITES AND RARE-METAL PEGMATITES
MCCAULEY, Andrew, Apache Corporation, Houston, TX 77057 and BRADLEY, Dwight C., U.S. Geological Survey, 11 Cold Brook Rd, Randolph, NH 03593, andrew.mccauley@apachecorp.com, andrew.mccauley@apachecorp.com
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2:15 PM
GENESIS OF GIANT PROMONTORIES DURING STAGED CONTINENTAL BREAKUP AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY PALEOZOIC LAURENTIA AND ITS SURROUNDING OROGENS
BRADLEY, Dwight C., U.S. Geological Survey, 11 Cold Brook Rd, Randolph, NH 03593 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, dbradley@usgs.gov, dbradley@usgs.gov
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2:35 PM
TIKCHIK TERRANE (SW ALASKA) RECORDS PENNSYLVANIAN-EARLY PERMIAN COLLISION OF OCEANIC ARC WITH CONTINENTAL FAREWELL TERRANE
BOX, Stephen E., U.S. Geological Survey, 904 W. Riverside Ave, Room 202, Spokane, WA 99201, KARL, Susan M., USGS, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508-4626, BRADLEY, Dwight C., U.S. Geological Survey, 11 Cold Brook Rd, Randolph, NH 03593, MILLER, Marti L., U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508-4667, AYUSO, Robert A., U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and FRIEDMAN, Richard M., Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, sbox@usgs.gov, sbox@usgs.gov
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2:55 PM
LATE JURASSIC GLACIERS DURING THE MESOZOIC GREENHOUSE: EVIDENCE FROM THE LOWER NAKNEK FORMATION, SOUTHERN ALASKA
WARTES, Marwan A., Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707 and DECKER, Paul L., Alaska Division of Oil and Gas, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1100, Anchorage, AK 99501-3560, marwan.wartes@alaska.gov, marwan.wartes@alaska.gov
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF THE MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN ALASKA: EXPLORING SOME OF DWIGHT BRADLEY’S GEOLOGIC “BLACK HOLES”
RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.1, TROP, Jeffrey M.2, COLE, Ronald B.3, HAMPTON, Brian A.4, KALBAS, James L.5, BRENNAN, Patrick6, FINZEL, Emily S.7, BENOWITZ, Jeff8 and ALLEN, Wai K.1, (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Department of Geology, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (3)Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main St, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001, (5)ExxonMobil Development Company, Houston, TX 77381, (6)Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1400 Smith St, Houston, TX 77002, (7)Earth & Environmental Science Department, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, North Capitol Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, (8)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, ridge@purdue.edu, ridge@purdue.edu
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3:50 PM
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS AND PROVENANCE OF THE KUSKOKWIM GROUP: INSIGHTS INTO THE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS FORELAND BASIN SYSTEM OF SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA
KALBAS, James L., XTO Energy, 810 Houston St., Fort Worth, TX 76102, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, MILLER, Marti L., U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508-4667 and BRADLEY, Dwight C., U.S. Geological Survey, 11 Cold Brook Rd, Randolph, NH 03593, Jay_kalbas@xtoenergy.com, Jay_kalbas@xtoenergy.com
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4:10 PM
SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF PALEOGENE BASIN DEVELOPMENT, DEFORMATION, AND EXHUMATION DURING SPREADING RIDGE SUBDUCTION IN SOUTHERN ALASKA
TROP, Jeffrey M.1, IDLEMAN, Bruce2, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.3, SUNDERLIN, David4, COLE, Ronald B.5, DONAGHY, Erin E.6 and ROBERTSON, Peter B.3, (1)Department of Geology, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (2)Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (3)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (4)Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, (5)Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main St, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, (6)School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, P.O. Box: 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, jtrop@bucknell.edu, jtrop@bucknell.edu
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4:30 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF PALEOGENE SPREADING RIDGE SUBDUCTION IN SOUTHERN ALASKA AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON
DONAGHY, Erin E., School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, P.O. Box: 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, UMHOEFER, Paul J., School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and TROP, Jeffrey M., Department of Geology, Bucknell University, 701 Moore Avenue, Lewisburg, PA 17837, eed39@nau.edu, eed39@nau.edu
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4:50 PM
MID-EOCENE MAGMATISM ACROSS SOUTHERN ALASKA:  EVALUATING A SECULAR TREND TO MORE DEPLETED GEOCHEMICAL AFFINITY LEADING UP TO THE MODERN ALEUTIAN ARC
COLE, Ronald B., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main St, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, CHUNG, Sun-Lin, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, YANG, Jin-Hui, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing, 100029, China, BENOWITZ, Jeff, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and ROESKE, Sarah M., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, ron.cole@allegheny.edu, ron.cole@allegheny.edu
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5:10 PM
A FAR-TRAVELED MIGRATION HISTORY FOR THE YAKUTAT TERRANE, SOUTHERN ALASKA
WHITE, Timothy S., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 217 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802, BRADLEY, Dwight C., U.S. Geological Survey, 11 Cold Brook Rd, Randolph, NH 03593 and HAEUSSLER, Peter J., U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, tsw113@psu.edu, tsw113@psu.edu
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