Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 204
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christopher M. Fedo, John Grotzinger and Edward L. Simpson, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
MODERN CONTINENTAL MICROBIAL MAT STRUCTURES: ANALOGS FOR PRECAMBRIAN LANDSCAPES
SIMPSON, Edward L., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, 424 Boehm Hall, Kutztown, PA 19530, simpson@kutztown.edu and SIMPSON, Wendy S., Parkland High School, 2700 North Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18104
8:30 AM
FLOODPLAIN ENVIRONMENTS BEFORE THE EVOLUTION OF LAND PLANTS: COMMON GROUNDS TO IDENTIFY FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS IN PRE-VEGETATION SETTINGS
MARCONATO, Andre, Institute of Geosciences, University of Sao Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil, andre.marconato@usp.br, ALMEIDA, Renato, Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo, Av. Professor Luciano Gualberto, 1289, edifício materiais, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-010, Brazil, TURRA, Bruno B., Intitute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil, JANIKIAN, Liliane, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1226, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil, CARRERA, Simone C., Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-080, Brazil, and STERN, Andre, Geosciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Rua Dr Gabriel dos Santos 242/61B, Santa Cecilia, São Paulo, 01231010, Brazil
8:45 AM
DEPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE, DRAINAGE PATTERNS AND GEOMORPHIC VARIABILITY OF A PALEOPROTEROZOIC FLUVIAL-COASTAL PLAIN: THE ELLICE FORMATION OF ELU BASIN (NUNAVUT, CANADA)
IELPI, Alessandro, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON J9B1S3, Canada, ielpi@dal.ca and RAINBIRD, Robert, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room 499, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
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2.17-2.07 GA EOLIANITES AND EVAPORITIC CONTINENTAL PLAYA SEDIMENTARY ROCKS FROM THE DEWERAS GROUP, ZIMBABWE: THE WORLD’S OLDEST DESERT? (Withdrawn)
9:30 AM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROTEROZOIC STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA: INSIGHTS INTO REGIONAL TECTONICS AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION
MCKENZIE, N. Ryan1, HUGHES, Nigel C.2, MYROW, Paul M.3, SINGH, Birendra P.4, BANERJEE, Dhiraj M.5, JIANG, Ganqing6, PLANAVSKY, Noah J.7, DEB, Mihir5, and STOCKLI, Daniel F.8, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78752, rmckenzie@jsg.utexas.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 1242 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, (3) Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (4) Center for Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, (5) Department of Geology, Delhi University, Delhi, 110007, (6) Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (7) Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, (8) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
9:45 AM
EVIDENCE FOR SYN-SEDIMENTARY TECTONISM IN A PALEOPROTEROZOIC RIFT BASIN: THE ESPANOLA FORMATION, LOWER HURONIAN SUPERGROUP, CANADA
AL-HASHIM, Mansour H.M. and CORCORAN, Patricia L., Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, malhashi@uwo.ca
10:00 AM
INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL CLIMATIC CYCLES IN GLACIALLY-INFLUENCED RHYTHMITES OF THE UPPER GOWGANDA FORMATION
HOWE, Timothy, CORCORAN, Patricia L., LONGSTAFFE, Fred J., and WEBB, Elizabeth, Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, thowe3@uwo.ca
10:15 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF QUARTZ-RICH DEPOSITS OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC GORDON LAKE AND BAR RIVER FORMATIONS, UPPER HURONIAN SUPERGROUP, CANADA
CORCORAN, Patricia L., ARANHA, Rohan, HILL, Carolyn M., and LONGSTAFFE, Fred J., Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, pcorcor@uwo.ca
10:30 AM
SIMILARITIES AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF LATE PALEOPROTEROZOIC TERRESTRIAL SANDSTONE DEPOSITS ON THE CANADIAN SHIELD: PRODUCT OF HUDSONIAN OROGENESIS
RAINBIRD, Robert, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room 499, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, rob.rainbird@nrcan.gc.ca, IELPI, Alessandro, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON J9B1S3, Canada, LONG, Darrel G.F., Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, and DONALDSON, John Allan, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Carleton University, Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
 
10:45 AM
Break
11:15 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF EASTERN LAURENTIA: EVIDENCE FROM U-PB DATING OF ZIRCON FROM RHYOLITE CLASTS IN MOUNT ROGERS FORMATION CONGLOMERATES, SW VA, USA
MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142, emcclellan@radford.edu and HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046
11:30 AM
THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC COVER SEQUENCE IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, VIRGINIA: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF IAPETAN RIFTING
BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, cmbail@wm.edu
11:45 AM
THREE EPISODES OF VOLCANISM AND EROSION DURING NEOPROTEROZOIC EXTENSION IN EASTERN LAURENTIA REVEALED BY U-PB DATING OF ZIRCON FROM CLASTS OF RHYOLITE AND DETRITAL ZIRCON FROM SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE MOUNT ROGERS FORMATION, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, cholm-denoma@usgs.gov, MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142, and SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001
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