GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 200
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)

T202. Detrital Zircons on the North American Continental Interior II, and Sediment Dispersal

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
William A. Thomas, George Gehrels, Emily S. Finzel and Brian A. Hampton, Advocates
8:00 AM
WHAT CAUSED THE ‘GRENVILLE CURSE’ OF DETRITAL ZIRCON STUDIES? POTENTIAL MECHANISMS DRIVING EARTH’S MOST ZIRCON-FERTILE MAGMATIC EVENT
SAMSON, Scott D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and MOECHER, David P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, 121 Washington St, Lexington, KY 40506, sdsamson@syr.edu
8:15 AM
AGE AND HF ISOTOPIC PROVINCIALITY OF GRENVILLE CRUST IN LAURENTIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ZIRCON-BASED PROVENANCE STUDIES
MUELLER, Paul A.1, ALEINIKOFF, John N.2, KAMENOV, George1 and BERMUDEZ, Katherine1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, MS 963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, pamueller@ufl.edu
8:30 AM
SEDIMENTARY RECYCLING AND LIMITS ON ACCURACY OF DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS: INSIGHTS FROM DETRITAL MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY AND TEXTURES
MOECHER, D.P.1, SAMSON, S.D.2, HIETPAS, Jack2 and KELLY, Evan1, (1)Earth & Env. Sci, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Dept. Earth Sci, Syracuse Univ, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, moker@uky.edu
8:45 AM
U-PB DETRITAL GEOCHRONOLOGY AND HF ISOTOPIC ANALYSES FROM MESOPROTEROZOIC KEWEENAWAN SUPERGROUP STRATA OF THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT, NORTHERN MICHIGAN
BROWN, Mark J., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and HAMPTON, Brian A., Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, bhampton@nmsu.edu
9:00 AM
ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA, AND THREE IF BY AIR? SEDIMENT TRANSPORT INTO COLORADO BASINS
HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S.1, HAGADORN, James W.2, RAYNOLDS, Robert G.2 and NEYMARK, Leonid A.3, (1)Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, cholm-denoma@usgs.gov
9:15 AM
PALEODRAINAGE OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS MCMURRAY FORMATION, EASTERN MARGINS OF THE ALBERTA FORELAND BASIN SYSTEM
JENNINGS, Deserae L. and BLUM, Mike, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66047, desjennings@ku.edu
9:30 AM
CONTINENTAL-SCALE GLACIATION, SEDIMENT RECYCLING, AND UNROOFING SIGNATURES IN DETRITAL SEDIMENTS OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE MISSISSIPPI DEEP-SEA FAN
MCKAY, Matthew P., Geography, Geology and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, FILDANI, Andrea, Statoil ASA, Austin, TX 78730, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712 and HESSLER, Angela, Deep Time Institute, Austin, TX 78759, matthewpaulmckay@gmail.com
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
MISSISSIPPIAN TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT BASIN: INSIGHTS FROM COMPILATION OF A LARGE SUBSURFACE DATASET
TREXLER, James H., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, FRENCH, D., Ciannis Exploration, 3704 Hayden Drive, Billings, MT 59102, WALKER, Jerome P., Reno, NV 89509 and CASHMAN, Patricia H., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, trexler@unr.edu
10:15 AM
SUBSIDENCE PATTERNS AND TECTONIC DRIVERS OF DEFORMATION REVEALED FROM CARBONATE-CARBON ISOTOPES: THE CASE OF THE EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN ELY-BIRD SPRING BASIN
STURMER, Daniel M., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712, sturmer.dan@gmail.com
Handouts
  • sturmer_gsa16_200-9.ppt (6.6 MB)
  • 10:30 AM
    INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PROVENANCE, PALEOCLIMATE, AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE DEVONIAN MILLBORO SHALE, NORTH-CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
    HUPP, Brittany N., WEISLOGEL, Amy L. and DONOVAN, Joseph J., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, WV 26506, bnhupp@mix.wvu.edu
    200-11
    10:45 AM
    Withdrawn
    11:00 AM
    REFINING ESTIMATES AND UNCERTAINTIES IN PALEOSLOPE ANALYSIS
    MCELROY, Brandon1, HUZURBAZAR, Snehalata2, HAJEK, Elizabeth3 and TRAMPUSH, Sheila3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)University of Wyoming, Department of Statistics, Laramie, WY 82071, (3)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, bmcelroy@uwyo.edu
    11:15 AM
    MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING IN PROVENANCE STUDIES OF PLATFORM, BASIN, AND PASSIVE MARGIN SUCCESSIONS  OF NORTH AMERICA
    WISSINK, Gregory, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Lab, Syracuse, NY 13244, HOKE, Gregory D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and WILKINSON, Bruce, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 220 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, gkwissink@gmail.com
     
    11:30 AM
    Discussion
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