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GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 343
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Tahoma 2 (The Conference Center)

T214. Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Tectono-Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the NW Pangea Margin: In Dedication to Jim Trexler

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Walter S. Snyder, Charles M. Henderson and Scott Ritter, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
343-1
1:40 PM
SETTING THE STAGE IN NW PANGEA – EARLY TO MID-PALEOZOIC TRANSLATION OF TERRANES AND ONSET OF THE CORDILLERAN CONVERGENT MARGIN (Invited Presentation)
COLPRON, Maurice, Yukon Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2703 (K-14), Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada and NELSON, JoAnne L., British Columbia Geological Survey, P.O. Box 9333 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada, maurice.colpron@gov.yk.ca
343-2
2:00 PM
THE SUB-GUADALUPIAN (SUB-MIDDLE PERMIAN) UNCONFORMITY IN ARCTIC CANADA AND ALONG NW PANGEA: A MAJOR PLATE REORGANIZATION LINKED TO THE URALIAN OROGENY
BEAUCHAMP, Benoit, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, ES118, 2500 University Drive Northwest, CALGARY, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, bbeaucha@ucalgary.ca
343-3
2:15 PM
PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND CORRELATION OF LATE PALEOZOIC CRATONIC MARGIN TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS FROM NEVADA TO WESTERN CANADA
HENDERSON, Charles M., Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, cmhender@ucalgary.ca
343-4
2:30 PM
LATE PALEOZOIC OF THE WESTERN U.S.: AN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN
SNYDER, Walter S., Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, DAVYDOV, Vladimir, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kremlevskaya St., 4/5, Kazan, Russian Federation, SCHIAPPA, Tamra A., Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057-1326 and SPINOSA, Claude, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, wsnyder@boisestate.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
343-5
3:00 PM
USING LATE PALEOZOIC AMMONOIDS AS PROXIES FOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE UNITED STATES
SCHIAPPA, Tamra A.1, SPINOSA, Claude2, SNYDER, Walter2 and DAVYDOV, Vladimir3, (1)Department of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057-1326, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, (3)Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kremlevskaya St., 4/5, Kazan, Russian Federation, tamra.schiappa@sru.edu
343-6
3:15 PM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CARBONIFEROUS-PERMIAN BOUNDARY STRATA IN WESTERN UTAH
RITTER, Scott M., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, scott_ritter@byu.edu
343-7
3:30 PM
STRUCTURE AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON FOLD AND THRUST BELT (NEWAFT)
BOYER, Steven E., 5726 Overlook Ave NE, Tacoma, WA 98422 and CHENEY, Eric S., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, boyersteve@me.com
Handouts
  • 2017_GSA_BoyerCheney.pptx (33.5 MB)
    • 343-8
    3:45 PM
    LINKING LATE PALEOZOIC PLATE-TECTONIC SETTING WITH GEOLOGIC EVENTS, SOUTHWEST NORTH AMERICA
    BLAKEY, Ronald, Colorado Plateau Geosystems, 1663 Chamisal ct, Carlsbad, CA 92011, rblakey@deeptimemaps.com
     
    4:00 PM
    Discussion
    343-9
    4:15 PM
    “LAST CHANCE” INTERPRETATION OF THE PERMIAN LAST CHANCE THRUST, EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
    STEVENS, Calvin H., Geology, San José State University, 1 Washington Square, San José, CA 95192 and STONE, Paul, U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, calvin.stevens@sjsu.edu
    Handouts
  • Mississippian abstract Last Chance Thrust.docx (14.9 kB)
  • mMiss LAST CHANCE INTERPRETATION OF.pptx (8.1 MB)
    • 343-10
    4:30 PM
    SOUTHEAST END OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIAN BORDERLAND: ¿QUÉ PASÓ? (Invited Presentation)
    LAWTON, Timothy F., Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla No. 3001, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, CASHMAN, Patricia H., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557 and TAYLOR, Wanda J., Geoscience, UNLV, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, tlawton@geociencias.unam.mx
     
    4:50 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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