GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 120
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 604 (Washington State Convention Center)

T252. Cratonic Assembly in the Precambrian: Forming the Core of Modern and Ancient Landmasses

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Anthony F. Pivarunas, Joseph G. Meert and Scott R. Miller, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
THE GENERATION AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF NEOARCHEAN CRUST IN THE VERMILION GRANITIC COMPLEX, SUPERIOR PROVINCE OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA
SALERNO, Ross1, GOODGE, John W.2 and VERVOORT, Jeff D.1, (1)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, (2)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, ross.salerno@wsu.edu
8:30 AM
NEW PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS FROM THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC KILOHIGOK BASIN, SLAVE CRATON, CANADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INITIAL ASSEMBLY OF LAURENTIA
GONG, Zheng and EVANS, David, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, z.gong@yale.edu
8:45 AM
RIDDLE OF RODINIA: PALEOMAGNETISM OF THE CHUAR GROUP AND EVALUATION OF THE 780-720 MA LAURENTIAN APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH
EYSTER, Athena E.1, WEISS, Benjamin P.2, KARLSTROM, Karl E.3, KREMERS, Jacob1 and MACDONALD, Francis A.4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 54-724, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, aeyster@fas.harvard.edu
9:00 AM
SHOULD THE "GRENVILLE FRONT" IN THE CENTRAL U.S. BE ERASED FROM GEOLOGIC MAPS?
STEIN, Carol A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, STEIN, Seth, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, ELLING, Reece, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208, KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, Norman, OK 73019 and KLEY, Jonas, Geoscience Center, University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany, cstein@uic.edu
9:15 AM
LATE MESOPROTEROZOIC TECTONIC HISTORY OF LAURENTIA AND THE ASSEMBLY OF RODINIA (Invited Presentation)
SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas L.1, FAIRCHILD, Luke M.1, RAMEZANI, Jahandar2 and ROSE, Ian1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, swanson-hysell@berkeley.edu
 
9:35 AM
Break
9:50 AM
PRECAMBRIAN PALEOMAGNETISM; STILL A DAUNTING, BUT OFTEN A HIGHLY REWARDING ENDEAVOR (Invited Presentation)
GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Geosciences, ROC 21, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico Main Campus, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131, geissman@utdallas.edu
10:10 AM
ANCIENT HIT-AND-RUN: A TRANSIENT PALEOPROTEROZOIC PALEOMAGNETIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VESTFOLD HILLS AND PROTO-INDIA
PIVARUNAS, Anthony F., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, NY 32601, PANDIT, M.K., Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India and MEERT, Joseph G., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, afp5@ufl.edu
10:25 AM
A PALEOARCHAEAN CRATONIC NUCLEI NEIGHBORING THE ARCHAEAN VESTFOLD BLOCK, EAST ANTARCTICA: IMPLICATION FOR RECONSTRUCTIONS OF COLUMBIA AND RODINIA
ZHAO, Yue, WANG, Wei-(RZ), LIU, Jian, ZHANG, Shuanhong and LIU, Xiaochun, Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geologcial Sciences, 11 Min Zu Da Xue Nan Lu, Beijing, 100081, China, yue_zhao@cags.ac.cn
10:40 AM
AGE AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS FOR THE PROTEROZOIC EVOLUTION OF CENTRAL EAST ANTARCTICA AND RELATIONSHIP TO AUSTRALIA AND LAURENTIA IN THE COLUMBIA AND RODINIA SUPERCONTINENTS
GOODGE, John W., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55812, FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, FISHER, Christopher M., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and VERVOORT, Jeff D., School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, mark.fanning@anu.edu.au
10:55 AM
PROTEROZOIC CRATONIC FRAGMENTS IN MONGOLIA: SIGNIFICANCE IN THE INITIATION OF FORMATION OF THE CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT
BOLD, Uyanga, Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, ISOZAKI, Yukio, Department of General System Studies, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, uyangabold@gmail.com
11:10 AM
PALEOMAGNETISM AND GEOCHRONOLOGY IN THE EASTERN DHARWAR CRATON
MILLER, Scott R.1, MEERT, Joseph G.2, PIVARUNAS, Anthony F.1, SINHA, Anup K.3 and PANDIT, M.K.4, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, NY 32601, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Indian Institute Of Geomagnetism, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory, Chamanganj Bazaar, Jhunsi, PO-Hanumanganj, Via-Hetapur, Allahabad, 221505, India, (4)Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, scottrimiller@ufl.edu
11:25 AM
5 EASY PIECES: THE ASSEMBLY OF PENINSULAR INDIA
MEERT, Joseph G.1, PIVARUNAS, Anthony F.2, MILLER, Scott R.2, PANDIT, M.K.3, SINHA, Anup K.4 and KATUSIN, Karastin Daun5, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, NY 32601, (3)Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, (4)Indian Institute Of Geomagnetism, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory, Chamanganj Bazaar, Jhunsi, PO-Hanumanganj, Via-Hetapur, Allahabad, 221505, India, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, GAINESVILLE, FL 32611-2120, jmeert@ufl.edu
 
11:40 AM
Discussion
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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