GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 35
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)

T39. Go Small or Go Home: Microbeam Techniques Applied to Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Petrology of Earth and Planetary Materials

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division
Kate Souders and Paul J. Sylvester, Advocates
1:30 PM
SIZE MATTERS:  HOW SMALL IS TOO SMALL FOR ISOTOPE RATIO ANALYSIS? (Invited Presentation)
VALLEY, John W.1, BLUM, Tyler B.1 and REINHARD, David2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, (2)CAMECA, 5500 Nobel Dr., Madison, WI 53711, valley@geology.wisc.edu
Handouts
  • Valley2016GSA.talkSep23.pdf (4.1 MB)
  • 1:50 PM
    HIGH ENERGY SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROSPECTROSCOPY FOR GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLES
    LANZIROTTI, Antonio, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Bldg. 434A, Lemont, IL 60439, SUTTON, Stephen R., CARS, University of Chicago, Buldg 434A, APS, 9700 S.Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, NEWVILLE, Matt, Consortium for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Argonne, IL 60439, FITTS, Jeffrey P., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Engineering Quad, E430, Princeton, NJ 08544 and HEAD, Elisabet, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625, lanzirotti@uchicago.edu
    2:05 PM
    AN INTEGRATED NANO-AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM:  SURFACE TO BULK CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS
    MOGK, D.W., Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717 and AVCI, R., Dept. of Physics, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717, mogk@montana.edu
    2:20 PM
    THE APPLICATION OF EBSD AND MELTS MODELLING TO PLUTONIC LITHICS: A NEW MODEL FOR MAGMATIC PROCESSES AND CRYSTAL DEFORMATION TIMESCALES
    BERTOLETT, Elisabeth1, PRIOR, David J.2, GRAVLEY, Darren1 and DEERING, Chad D.3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8041, New Zealand, (2)Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand, (3)Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technologial University, Houghton, MI 49931-1295, elisabeth.bertolett@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
    2:35 PM
    INVESTIGATING MAGMATIC PROCESSES WITH FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING
    SEAMAN, Sheila and WILLIAMS, Michael L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant Street, 233 Morril Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, sjs@geo.umass.edu
    2:50 PM
    TRACE ELEMENT ZONING IN HORNBLENDE: TRACKING AND MODELLING CRYSTALLIZATION OF CALC-ALKALINE ARC PLUTONS (Invited Presentation)
    BARNES, Calvin G., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, BERRY, Ryan, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, COINT, Nolwenn, Norwegian Geological Survey, P.O. box 6315, Sluppen, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway, ERNST, W.G., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and BARNES, M.A., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, cal.barnes@ttu.edu
    3:10 PM
    HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? DETECTING TRACE ELEMENTS IN NATURAL QUARTZ CRYSTALS BY SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY (SIMS)
    HERVIG, Richard L., BRANSCOMB, S. and REGIER, Margo E., School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 550 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, hervig@asu.edu
    3:25 PM
    IN SITU VERSUS BULK ANALYSES OF OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS: IMPROVED THERMOMETRY FOR CORUNDUM AND CALCITE AT NAXOS, GREECE
    TURNIER, Rachelle B.1, KATZIR, Yaron2, KITAJIMA, Kouki1, ORLAND, I.J.1, SPICUZZA, M.J.1 and VALLEY, John W.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, 8410501, Israel, turnier@wisc.edu
    3:40 PM
    SOLUTION-LASER ABLATION MC-ICPMS COMPARISONS OF CONODONT APATITE FOR 87SR/86SR
    GRIFFIN, Julie M.1, CHEN, Jitao1, MONTAÑEZ, Isabel P.1, GLESSNER, Justin2 and OSLEGER, Dillon J.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Interdisciplinary Center for Plasma Mass Spectrometry, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616, jmgriffin@ucdavis.edu
    3:55 PM
    GSA MINERALOGY GEOCHEMISTRY, PETROLOGY, AND VOLCANOLOGY DIVISION EARLY CAREER AWARD: APPLICATION OF SINGLE SHOT LASER ABLATION SPLIT STREAM TO ACCESSORY PHASE PETROCHRONOLOGY
    COTTLE, John M., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and STEARNS, Michael A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, cottle@geol.ucsb.edu
    4:20 PM
    ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE FOR U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY BY LA-ICPMS: ET_REDUX
    MCLEAN, Noah M., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, BOWRING, James F., Department of Computer Science, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424 and GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, noahmc@ku.edu
    4:35 PM
    IMPROVING LA-ICPMS DATING TECHNIQUES: EXPERIMENTS ON ZIRCON FROM A 3.51 GA DIORITIC GNEISS, EAST PILBARA TERRANE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    ALLEN, Charlotte M.1, WIEMER, Daniel2 and MURPHY, David T.2, (1)Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George St, Brisbane QLD, 4000, Australia; Department of Earth, Environment and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George St, Brisbane QLD, 4000, Australia, (2)Department of Earth, Environment and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George St, Brisbane QLD, 4000, Australia, cm.allen@qut.edu.au
    4:50 PM
    INTEGRATED LASER ABLATION AND RAMAN MICROPROBE U/PB, (U-TH)/HE, AND RADIATION DAMAGE CHRONOLOGY OF DETRITAL MINERALS (Invited Presentation)
    HODGES, K.V., VAN SOEST, M.C., HORNE, A.M. and ANDERSON, A.J., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, kvhodges@asu.edu
    5:10 PM
    SHRIMP U-PB SYSTEMATICS OF ZIRCON FROM ANORTHOSITE, NELSONITE, AND ILMENITE-MAGNETITE ORE AT THE TAHAWUS MINE, ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NY: EVIDENCE FOR A YOUNGER EPISODE OF EMPLACEMENT
    ALEINIKOFF, John N., U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, MS 963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and WALSH, Gregory J., U. S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, Box 628, Montpelier, VT 05602, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov
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