GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 61
Sunday, 22 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 131ABC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T66. Life and Death of a Craton: Implications of Archean Crust-Keel Systems for Crustal Growth, Crustal Preservation, and Mantle Evolution

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division

 

Paul A. Mueller, Carol D. Frost, Jennifer N. Gifford and David W. Mogk, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
DENSITY STRUCTURE OF CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE MANTLE: A TALE OF FOUR CRATONS (Invited Presentation)
ARTEMIEVA, Irina M., Geology Section, IGN, University of Copenhagen, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, SHULGIN, Alexey, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, NO-0315, Norway, XIA, Bing, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 470034, China; Geology Section, IGN, University of Copenhagen, Oester Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, CHEREPANOVA, Yulia, Wardell Armstrong International Ltd., London, xxxxxx, United Kingdom and THYBO, Hans, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak Campus, Istanbul, Turkey
1:55 PM
SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS, CONTINENTAL COLLISION AND THE FORMATION OF CRATONS
MORESI, Louis1, BEALL, Adam2, COOPER, Catherine M.3, BETTS, Peter4, MILLER, Meghan S.1 and WILLIS, David5, (1)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Building 142 Mills Road, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, (2)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, (3)Washington State University, School of the Environment, Pullman, WA 99164, (4)School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Australia, (5)Earth and Environmental Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508
2:10 PM
THE GROWTH OF CRATONS – A VIEW FROM THE LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE
PEARSON, D. Graham, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
2:30 PM
THE TRANSITION FROM HADEAN CRUSTAL WORKING TO ARCHEAN CRATON GROWTH: THE EXAMPLE FROM THE SLAVE CRATON (Invited Presentation)
CARLSON, Richard1, REIMINK, Jesse1, SHIREY, Steven B.1, PEARSON, D. Graham2 and KETCHUM, John W.F.3, (1)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution for Science, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (3)Northwest Territories Geological Survey, Yellowknife, NT X1A1K3, Canada
2:50 PM
ON THE DESTRUCTIVE TENDENCIES OF CRATONS: INSIGHTS FROM 3D GEODYNAMIC MODELING
COOPER, Catherine M., Washington State University, School of the Environment, Pullman, WA 99164, FARRINGTON, Rebecca, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia and MILLER, Meghan S., Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Building 142 Mills Road, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
3:05 PM
MODELS OF THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF MELT MIGRATION AT PLATE INTERIORS, WITH APPLICATIONS TO THE EDGES OF CONTINENTAL KEELS
ROY, Mousumi, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, MSC 07-4220, 1919 Lomas Blvd. NE,, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
3:20 PM
COMPARING THE PHANEROZOIC THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE PROTEROZOIC TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN WITH THAT OF THE ARCHEAN SUPERIOR AND SLAVE CRATONS, CANADA
STURROCK, Colin, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and FLOWERS, Rebecca, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309
 
3:35 PM
Break
3:50 PM
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WYOMING CRATON: 4 BILLION YEARS OF CRUSTAL GENESIS AND EVOLUTION
MOGK, D.W., Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, MUELLER, P.a., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, HENRY, D.J., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and FROST, C.D., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071
4:05 PM
PRESERVED 2.8 GA ARC SECTION IN THE NORTHERN WYOMING PROVINCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRECAMBRIAN PLATE TECTONICS
HENRY, Darrell J., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, MOGK, David W., Dept. Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717 and MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
4:20 PM
THE MEDICINE HAT BLOCK AND THE ASSEMBLY OF LAURENTIA: NEW INTERPRETATIONS FROM SINGLE-GRAIN ZIRCON ANALYSES
LADOUCEUR, Blake Oswell1, GIFFORD, Jennifer1, DAVIS, William J.2 and MALONE, Shawn J.3, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, The University of Mississippi, University, Oxford, MS 38677, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (3)Department of the Environment, Geology, and Natural Resources, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave., Muncie, IN 47306
4:35 PM
PB PARADOXES SHINE LIGHT ON THE DARK AGES OF CRATONS AND KEELS
MUELLER, Paul A., Gainesville, FL 32601 and WOODEN, J.L., U.S. Geological Survey, Retired, Menlo Park, CA 94025
4:50 PM
DOES NORTHERN LIBYA MARK THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF REMOBILIZED SAHARAN METACRATON? INSIGHTS FROM ZIRCON U–PB GEOCHRONOLOGY, HF ISOTOPES COMPOSITION AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF BASEMENT UNDERNEATH THE SIRTE BASIN, LIBYA
MAHAR, Munazzam Ali, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W, University Av, El Paso, TX 79968 and GOODELL, Philip C., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968
5:05 PM
UNDERSTANDING A TTG STRUCTURAL DOME USING ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (AMS): REVEALING SOLID STATE FLOW PATTERNS WITHIN THE 3.5-3.2 GA MT EDGAR DOME, EAST PILBARA
ROBERTS, Nicolas M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, TIKOFF, Basil, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, SALERNO, Ross, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 and VERVOORT, Jeffrey D., Dept of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163
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