Northeastern Section - 51st Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 50
Tuesday, 22 March 2016: 1:30 PM-5:40 PM
Meeting Room 6 (Empire State Plaza Convention Center)

S1. Applications of Geochemistry and Geochronology to Understanding Tectonic Processes: In Honor of Raymond A. Coish

 

David P. West Jr., Peter C. Ryan and Jonathan Kim, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
THE PUNCTUATED SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN IGNIMBRITE FLARE-UP OF COASTAL AND CENTRAL MAINE
SEAMAN, Sheila, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant Street, 233 Morril Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, sjs@geo.umass.edu, sjs@geo.umass.edu
2:00 PM
MID-SILURIAN CAPE ANN PLUTON, NE MASSACHUSETTS: U-PB CA-TIMS GEOCHRONOLOGY AND LINGERING LITHOTECTONIC QUESTIONS
THOMPSON, Margaret D., Geosciences Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481 and RAMEZANI, Jahandar, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Bldg. 54-1126, Cambridge, MA 02139, mthompson@wellesley.edu, mthompson@wellesley.edu
2:20 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND PROVENANCE OF MAFIC DIKES, WESTERN MAINE
GIBSON, David and OSTHOFF, Donald W., Division of Natural Sciences - Geology, University of Maine - Farmington, Preble Hall, 173 High Street, Farmington, ME 04938, dgibson@maine.edu, dgibson@maine.edu
2:40 PM
AGE AND COMPOSITION OF THE CANNON POINT SYENITE, ESSEX, NY: WESTERNMOST EXPRESSION OF WHITE MOUNTAIN MAGMATISM
BAILEY, David G.1, LUPULESCU, Marian V.2, CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R.3 and TRAYLOR, Jonathan P.1, (1)Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (2)Research & Collections, New York State Museum, 3140 CEC, Albany, NY 12230, (3)Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, dbailey@hamilton.edu, dbailey@hamilton.edu
3:00 PM
A REVIEW OF EFFORTS TO DETERMINE THE TIMING OF MAFIC DIKE INTRUSION IN THE EASTERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS
SINTON, Christopher W., Env Studies and Sciences, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, csinton@ithaca.edu, csinton@ithaca.edu
3:20 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON CONSTRAINTS ON THE AGE OF THE GRANVILLE DOME MANTLING SEQUENCE
STAMP, Laura K., Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 and CROWLEY, James L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, lks3@williams.edu, lks3@williams.edu
3:40 PM
WHAT IS THE AGE OF THE FRONTENAC FORMATION, NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE?
DORAIS, Michael J.1, MARKERT, Kaleb1 and MARVINNEY, Robert G.2, (1)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Maine Geological Survey, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0093, dorais@byu.edu, dorais@byu.edu
4:00 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON AGES FROM CONGLOMERATE OF THE DOUGLAS ISLANDS, NARRAGUAGUS BAY, MAINE: A NEWLY RECOGNIZED NEOPROTEROZOIC-CAMBRIAN BASEMENT UNIT
GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union ST, Schenectady, NY 12308 and DAVIDSON, C., Department of Geology, Carleton College, One North College St, Northfield, MN 55057, garverj@union.edu, garverj@union.edu
4:20 PM
NEW U/PB ZIRCON AGES FROM NORTH ISLESBORO, WESTERN PENOBSCOT BAY, MAINE: STRATIGRAPHIC AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
REUSCH, Douglas N., Natural Sciences, Univ of Maine at Farmington, 173 High Street, Farmington, ME 04938, HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and SLACK, John F., U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, reusch@maine.edu, reusch@maine.edu
4:40 PM
THE CHETICAMP AREA, CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA: A GEOLOGICAL ENIGMA PARTLY RESOLVED BY MAPPING, U-PB (ZIRCON) GEOCHRONOLOGY, AND PETROLOGY
BARR, Sandra M.1, WHITE, Chris E.2, VAN ROOYEN, Deanne3, SLAMAN, Lisa R.1 and SHUTE, Jonathan M.1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P2R6, Canada, (2)Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J2T9, Canada, (3)Mathematics, Physics, and Geology, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca
5:20 PM
THE GHOST OF A CRATON'S PAST
GUEVARA, Victor1, DRAGOVIC, Besim1, 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, vguevara@vt.edu, vguevara@vt.edu
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