Geological Society of America

8:05 AM

X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY OF CROSS-TROUGH LAMINATED SANDSTONE: APPLICATIONS IN SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY AND HYDROGEOLOGY

Jonathan M. Lincoln, Montclair State Univ, Upper Montclair, NJ and Christin E. Cifelli, Montclair State Univ, Upper Montclair, NJ and Huan E. Feng, Montclair State Univ, Upper Montclair, NJ and Christine M. Scarda, Montclair State Univ, Upper Montclair, NJ

31918 (THEME)

8:25 AM

USING EBSD ANALYSIS TO INTERPRET GARNET MICROSTRUCTURES

Rachel J. Beane, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and David J. Prior, Univ of Liverpool, Liverpool, N/A

31123 (THEME)

8:45 AM

A TECHNIQUE FOR AVOIDING IMAGING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONATE MINERALS ON SEM-BASED CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SYSTEMS

Robert M. Reed, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Kitty L. Milliken, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

31783 (THEME)

9:05 AM

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR) STUDIES OF WATER IN VOLCANIC MATERIALS

Sheila J. Seaman, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and M. Darby Dyar, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA and Nebojsa Marinkovic, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY

32249 (THEME)

9:55 AM

MONAZITE DATING ON THE ELECTRON MICROPROBE: INSTRUMENT SYSTEMATICS

Frank S. Spear, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Joseph M. Pyle, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and David Wark, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Lara C. Storm, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and John T. Cheney, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

31814 (THEME)

10:15 AM

COMPARATIVE ION AND ELECTRON MICROPROBE DATING OF WYOMING PROVINCE MONAZITE, WITH TECTONIC AND ANALYTICAL IMPLICATIONS

P. S. Dahl, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH and M. A. Hamilton, Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON and M. P. Terry, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and H. J. Roberts, The Open Univ, Milton Keynes, N/A and S. P. Kelley, The Open Univ, Milton Keynes, N/A and R. Frei, Univ of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, N/A and M. J. Jercinovic, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and M. L. Williams, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

31867 (THEME)

10:35 AM

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DATING MONAZITES USING XRF-MICROPROBE, ELECTRON MICROPROBE AND LASER-ABLATION MASS SPECTROMETRY

Edwin Gnos, Univ of Bern, Bern, N/A and Nadim C. Scherrer, N/A and Martin Engi, N/A and Alfons Berger, N/A and Randy R. Parrish, N/A and Andriy Cheburkin, N/A

31903 (THEME)

10:55 AM

INSIGHTS INTO THE CHEMICAL NATURE AND ISOTOPIC BEHAVIOUR OF METAMORPHIC MONAZITE; INTEGRATION OF ID-TIMS AND SHRIMP GEOCHRONOLOGY WITH BSE AND Y-TH-U X-RAY MAPPING TECHNIQUES

H. Daniel Gibson, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON and Sharon D. Carr, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON and Mike A. Hamilton, Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON and Michael J. Jercinovic, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and Richard L. Brown, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, ON

32155 (THEME)

11:15 AM

MONAZITE MICROPROBE AGES FROM A STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX OUTCROP, CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: EXPLORATION OF “ACADIAN” TECTONOTHERMAL EVENTS

Robert J. Tracy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Peter Robinson, Geol Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N/A

31693 (THEME)

11:35 AM

U-TH-PB MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY IN KYANITE GNEISSES, NORDØYANE, NORWAY: IMPLICATIONS CONCERNING THRUSTING, EXTENSION AND AGE OF OUTBOARD BASEMENT IN PRE-SCANDIAN BALTICA

Michael P. Terry, Bowdoin, Brunswick, ME and Peter Robinson, Geol Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N/A and Michael A. Hamilton, Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON

32021 (THEME)

5 New Frontiers in Geologic Microanalysis

Presentations