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North-Central Section - 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)

Session No. 16
Tuesday, 19 May 2015: 1:30 PM-4:50 PM
Hall of Ideas H (Monona Terrace Convention Center)

New Insights into the Midcontinent Rift and Continental Rifting

 

Seth Stein and Carol A. Stein, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
PERCEPTION OF THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON IT: A VIEW OF PUBLIC EARTH SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE
ROSE, William I. and VYE, Erika C., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, raman@mtu.edu, raman@mtu.edu
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1:55 PM
­NORTH AMERICA’S MIDCONTINENT RIFT: WHEN RIFT MET LIP
STEIN, Carol A.1, KLEY, Jonas2, STEIN, Seth3, HINDLE, David2 and KELLER, G. Randy4, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, (2)Geoscience Center, University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany, (3)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, (4)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, cstein@uic.edu, cstein@uic.edu
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2:15 PM
HIGH-RESOLUTION CRUSTAL STRUCTURE NEAR AND OF THE MID-CONTINENT RIFT SYSTEM IN NORTH AMERICA USING P-WAVE RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
ZHANG, Hao, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130 and VAN DER LEE, Suzan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Tech F379, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, hzhang@earth.northwestern.edu, hzhang@earth.northwestern.edu
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2:35 PM
NICKEL ISOTOPES IN THE DULUTH COMPLEX: EVIDENCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION DURING THE FORMATION OF CU-NI-PGE SULFIDE DEPOSITS
ASP, Kristofer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1114 Kirby Drive, 229 Heller Hall, Duluth, MN 55812, SCHARDT, Christian, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1114 Kirby Drive, 213 Heller Hall, Duluth, MN 55812 and SPIVAK-BIRNDORF, Lev J., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Indiana, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, aspxx055@d.umn.edu, aspxx055@d.umn.edu
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2:55 PM
IS THERE A FRAGMENT OF THE LAURENTIAN MIDCONTINENT RIFT IN EAST ANTARCTICA?
DALZIEL, Ian W.D., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, ian@ig.utexas.edu, ian@ig.utexas.edu
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3:15 PM
ALTITUDE MATTERS: ASSESSMENT OF SO2 CLOUDS FROM THE 2006 ERUPTION OF NYAMURAGIRA VOLCANO (D.R. CONGO, AFRICA)
HEAD, Elisabet M., Earth Science, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 and CARN, Simon A., Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, e-head@neiu.edu, e-head@neiu.edu
 
3:35 PM
Break
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3:50 PM
AGE OF THE JACOBSVILLE SANDSTONE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT
STEIN, Carol A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, KLEY, Jonas, Geoscience Center, University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany, STEIN, Seth, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, CRADDOCK, John P., Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105 and MALONE, David H., Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761, cstein@uic.edu, cstein@uic.edu
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4:10 PM
MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND LARGE SAND STROMATOLITES IN THE TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE/LACUSTRINE-TRANSITIONAL BAYFIELD GROUP (PROTEROZOIC), WISCONSIN
STEWART, Esther K.1, HAVHOLM, Karen G.2, GALSTON, Lynn3, ZAMBITO IV, James1 and DEHLER, Carol M.4, (1)Wisconsin Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, (2)Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702, (3)Tiandi Energy, Ltd., Houston, TX 77042, (4)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, esther.stewart@wgnhs.uwex.edu, esther.stewart@wgnhs.uwex.edu
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4:30 PM
NEOPROTEROZOIC TRANSCONTINENTAL RIVERS AND A POSSIBLE JACOBSVILLE/BAYFIELD GROUP -- UINTA MOUNTAIN GROUP CONNECTION
LINK, Paul K., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, STEWART, Esther K., Wisconsin Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, DEHLER, Carol M., Geology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 and OSTERHOUT, Shannon, Pioneer Natural Resources Inc., Denver, CO 80225, linkpaul@isu.edu, linkpaul@isu.edu
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