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Rocky Mountain Section - 69th Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 1
Friday, 9 June 2017: 9:00 AM-12:10 PM
Roderick Mah Centre, Ross Glen Hall, EC1040 (Mount Royal University)

T2. Proterozoic Evolution of Western North America

 

Brian R. Pratt, Advocates
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Start Time
 
9:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1-1
9:05 AM
PROTEROZOIC WILSON CYCLICITY AND ITS APPLICATION TO LAURENTIA-AUSTRALIA INTERACTIONS
THORKELSON, Derek, VERBAAS, Jacob, MEDIG, Kirsti P.R. and FURLANETTO, Francesca, Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, dthorkel@sfu.ca, dthorkel@sfu.ca
1-2
9:30 AM
SEDIMENTATION AND DEFORMATION OF THE GEORGE FORMATION, A PALEOPROTEROZOIC CARBONATE PLATFORM IN THE MUSKWA ASSEMBLAGE OF NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
PRATT, Brian R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and LONG, Darrel G.F., Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, brian.pratt@usask.ca, brian.pratt@usask.ca
1-3
9:50 AM
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AGE AND PETROLOGY OF THE TRIMBLE GRANITE, NEEDLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
DEMBROWSKI, Tracy and GONZALES, David A., Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, tldembrowski@fortlewis.edu, tldembrowski@fortlewis.edu
1-4
10:10 AM
HORODYSKIA: NOT A FOSSIL BUT DUE TO SEDIMENT–MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE APPEKUNNY FORMATION (BELT SUPERGROUP, CA. 1.46 GA, WESTERN NORTH AMERICA)
RULE, Roy, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7H5E2, Canada and PRATT, Brian R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, roy.rule@usask.ca, roy.rule@usask.ca
 
10:30 AM
Break
1-5
10:45 AM
SIMILARITIES AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF PROTEROZOIC TERRESTRIAL SANDSTONE DEPOSITS ON THE CANADIAN SHIELD: PRODUCTS OF SUPERCONTINENT ASSEMBLY
RAINBIRD, Robert, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8 and IELPI, Alessandro, Laurentian University, Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, rob.rainbird@canada.ca, rob.rainbird@canada.ca
1-6
11:10 AM
SEDIMENTARY DYNAMICS OF THE GRINNELL FORMATION (BELT SUPERGROUP, CA 1.45 GA), WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: NOT ARID PLAYAS CROSSED BY CREEKS BUT SUBAQUEOUS MUDS ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKES AND SWEPT BY TSUNAMIS
PRATT, Brian R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and PONCE, Juan Jose, Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Av. Roca 1242, General Roca, Argentina, brian.pratt@usask.ca, brian.pratt@usask.ca
1-7
11:30 AM
PEPERITE IN THE PURCELL LAVA AND A REVISED AGE OF THE UPPER PROTEROZOIC BELT-PURCELL SUPERGROUP
CONSTENIUS, Kurt N., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, MCGIMSEY, Robert G., Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 4230 University Drive, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99508, VALENCIA, Victor, School of Earth and Enviromental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, IBANEZ-MEJIA, Mauricio, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 and DOMANIK, Kenneth J., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, kconstenius@comcast.net, kconstenius@comcast.net
1-8
11:50 AM
CONSTRAINING RODINIAN RIFT-RELATED MAGMATISM FROM ZIRCON U-PB AGES AND TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS
MADRONICH, Lauren I.1, GUEST, B.2 and MATTHEWS, William A.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, lauren.madronich@ucalgary.ca, lauren.madronich@ucalgary.ca
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