Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 18
Sunday, 19 March 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Lawrence Welk Room, Mezzanine Level (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T27. Precambrian Assembly of a Continent from the Northeast to the Mid-Continent to the Southwest: Modern Approaches to Study Ancient Crust

GSA Geophysics Division

 

Benjamin W. Hallett and Christopher Daniel, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
FORMATION OF THE MOJAVE CRUSTAL PROVINCE IN A BACK ARC BASIN: DISCERNING TECTONIC PROCESSES WITH PAIRED U-PB-HF ANALYSES FROM DETRITAL AND PLUTONIC ZIRCON
HOLLAND, Mark E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, KARLSTROM, Karl E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and PECHA, Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, medwardholland89@gmail.com, medwardholland89@gmail.com
1:55 PM
MESOPROTEROZOIC CA. 1.5–1.45 GA DEPOSITION AND VOLCANISM IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATE: ONSET OF THE PICURIS OROGENY
DANIEL, Christopher G., Geology and Env. Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, ANDRONICOS, Christopher L., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, ARONOFF, Ruth F., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613, DOE, Michael F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, MCFARLANE, Christopher R.M., Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada and JONES III, James V., Geological Survey of Canada, 1500 - 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B5J3, Canada, cdaniel@bucknell.edu, cdaniel@bucknell.edu
2:15 PM
PETROLOGIC CONSTRAINTS FROM A DISCONTINUOUS REGIONAL METAMORPHIC FIELD GRADIENT DURING THE PICURIS OROGENY IN THE RINCON RANGE, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
HALLETT, Benjamin W.1, KOTLOWSKI, Evan1 and DANIEL, Christopher G.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901, (2)Geology and Env. Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, hallettb@uwosh.edu, hallettb@uwosh.edu
2:35 PM
THE PICURIS OROGENY PART 1: A CONTINENT SCALE CONVERGENT MARGIN
ARONOFF, Ruth F., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, SC 29613, ANDRONICOS, Christopher L., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and VERVOORT, Jeffrey, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Webster Physical Science Building 1228, Pullman, WA 99164, ruth.aronoff@furman.edu, ruth.aronoff@furman.edu
2:55 PM
THE PICURIS OROGENY, PART 2: 1.50 TO 1.35 GA METAMORPHISM AND DEFORMATION IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
ANDRONICOS, Christopher L.1, ARONOFF, Ruth1, VERVOORT, Jeff D.2 and DANIEL, Christopher3, (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)School of the Environment, Washington State University, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164, (3)Department of Geology, Bucknell University, Leiwsburg, PA 17837, candroni@purdue.edu, candroni@purdue.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
3D ANALYSIS OF GARNET PORPHYROBLAST ORIENTATION IN THE HONEY BROOK ANORTHOSITE OF PENNSYLVANIA
HIGGINS, Ian Rodger, Geology, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19123, LUTZ, Tim, Geology & Astronomy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383 and BOSBYSHELL, Howell, Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester Univ, 750 South Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383, ih777823@wcupa.edu, ih777823@wcupa.edu
3:50 PM
NEW EVIDENCE FOR LATE TO POST-SHAWINIGAN INTRUSION OF THE HAWKEYE GRANITE GNEISS AND LYON MOUNTAIN GRANITE GNEISS, ADIRONDACK HIGHLANDS, NY
ALEINIKOFF, John N., U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, MS 963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and WALSH, Gregory J., U. S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, Box 628, Montpelier, VT 05602, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov
4:10 PM
IS THE EAST CONTINENT RIFT BASIN REALLY A RIFT BASIN, OR IS IT A FORELAND BASIN? AND DID THE GRENVILLE OROGENY ‘TAKE A BREATHER’ DURING MIDCONTINENT RIFTING? NEW EVIDENCE FROM ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE RUN FM. AND BASEMENT ORTHOGNEISS IN DRILL CORE FROM KENTUCKY
MOECHER, David P.1, BOWERSOX, J. Richard2 and HICKMAN, John B.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, 121 Washington St, Lexington, KY 40506, (2)Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, moker@uky.edu, moker@uky.edu
4:30 PM
SEISMIC PROFILING NEAR MIDDLETOWN, OHIO: AN INTERPRETATION OF PRE-MT. SIMON DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY IN THE EASTERN MIDCONTINENT
PETERMAN, David1, WATTS, Doyle R.1, HAUSER, Ernest C.2 and PARENT, Andrew1, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, peterman.10@wright.edu, peterman.10@wright.edu
4:50 PM
UPPER CRUSTAL SEISMIC SEQUENCES BELOW WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA: LOCAL INTERPRETATION AND REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
PARENT, Andrew, HAUSER, Ernest C., WATTS, Doyle R. and PETERMAN, David, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, parent.7@wright.edu, parent.7@wright.edu
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