GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 48
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Skagit 3 (The Conference Center)

T159. Teasing New Information out of (Old) Zircon: In Honor of Dustin Trail, 2017 MSA Recipient

Mineralogical Society of America; Collaborative for Research in Origins (CRiO), the John Templeton Foundation–FfAME Origins Program
Stephen J. Mojzsis, E. Bruce Watson, Calvin F. Miller and T. Mark Harrison, Advocates
1:30 PM
ESTIMATING HADEAN MAGMA COMPOSITIONS USING IMPROVED ZIRCON/MELT KDS: COOL PETROGENESIS, ARCHEAN CONNECTIONS? (Invited Presentation)
CARLEY, Tamara L., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, MILLER, Calvin F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 and CLAIBORNE, Lily L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Pl., Nashville, TN 37235, carleyt@lafayette.edu
1:50 PM
NEW INFORMATION FROM OLD LUNAR ZIRCON – INTEGRATING U-PB AND (U-TH)/HE CHRONOMETRY
KELLY, Nigel M.1, METCALF, James R.2, FLOWERS, Rebecca M.2 and MOJZSIS, Stephen3, (1)CRiO, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)CRiO, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, nigel.kelly@colorado.edu
2:05 PM
SMALL-VOLUME LU-HF AND U-PB ISOTOPE DETERMINATION OF COMPLEX ZIRCONS BY SOLUTION AND LASER ABLATION MC-ICP-MS
BAUER, Ann, Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave Bldg 54-1124, Cambridge, MA 02139 and HORSTWOOD, Matthew, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, ann.melissa.bauer@gmail.com
2:20 PM
MINERAL INCLUSION ASSEMBLAGE AND COMPOSITION FOR DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE (Invited Presentation)
BELL, Elizabeth Ann, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Dr. East, 3806 Geology Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095, BOEHNKE, Patrick, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, HARRISON, Mark, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, UCLA, P.O. Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and WIELICKI, Matthew, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, ebell21@ucla.edu
 
2:40 PM
Break
 
2:55 PM
Discussion
3:10 PM
ON THE TRAIL OF METAMORPHIC ZIRCON GROWTH (Invited Presentation)
KOHN, Matthew J., Dept. of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725 and KELLY, Nigel M., CRiO, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, mattkohn@boisestate.edu
3:30 PM
COMBINED ZIRCON MINERAL CHEMISTRY AND U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ARCHEAN GRANITOID GNEISSES AND SUPRACRUSTAL ENCLAVES OF THE SOUTHERN INUKJUAK DOMAIN, QUEBEC (CANADA)
MOJZSIS, Stephen, CRiO, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, GREER, Jennika, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, KELLY, Nigel M., CRiO, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, CARO, Guillaume, CNRS and Université de Lorraine, Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques (CRPG), 15 rue Notre Dame des Pauvres, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, 54500, France and BLEEKER, W., Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, mojzsis@colorado.edu
3:45 PM
CAN ZIRCONS REALLY RECORD THE THERMAL HISTORY OF MAGMAS?
KENT, Adam J.R., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 and COOPER, Kari M., Geology, UC Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, adam.kent@geo.oregonstate.edu
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4:00 PM
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4:15 PM
THE TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF (OLD) ZIRCON IN OCEANIC MANTLE PERIDOTITES AND CHROMITITES
ROBINSON, Paul T.1, YANG, Jingsui1, LI, Jianwei2, DUAN, Zhang3, TIAN, Yazhou4, HUANG, Zhu1 and XIONG, Fahui1, (1)CARMA, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing, China, Beijing, 100037, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Faculty of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)School of Earth Resources, Wuhan, China, China University of Geosciences,, Wuhan, 430074, China, (4)Guizhou University, Guiyang, China, paulrobinson94@hotmail.com
 
4:30 PM
Break
4:45 PM
THE ZIRCON RECORD IN DOMINICA: FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS
FREY, Holli M.1, MANON, Matthew R.F.1, KITTROSS, Sarah2, BREHM, Sarah3, BABIAK, Rebecca4 and POPE, Mollie1, (1)Department of Geology, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308, (2)Department of Geology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4)Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, freyh@union.edu
5:00 PM
USE OF ZIRCON U-PB AGES AND BULK TRACE ELEMENT AND ND AND HF ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS TO DETERMINE SOIL PROVENANCE IN A LIMESTONE TERRANE, MIDDLE TN, USA
AYERS, John C.1, WANG, Xiaomei2, KATSIAFICAS, Nathan J.1 and LIU, Xiaoming3, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, (2)China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China, (3)Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, john.c.ayers@vanderbilt.edu
Handouts
  • 2017SoilProvenanceAyersGSA.pdf (3.8 MB)
  • 5:15 PM
    LOW-TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION OF QUARTZ IN GRANITIC ROCKS FROM THE TUOLUMNE INTRUSIVE SUITE
    ACKERSON, Michael1, MYSEN, Bjorn1 and WATSON, E. Bruce2, (1)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015-1305, (2)Earth and Environmetal Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jonsson-Rowland Science Center 1W19, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180-3590, mackerson@carnegiescience.edu
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