T84 The Yellowstone Hotspot: Integrated Field, Geochemical, and Geophysical Studies

Monday, 17 October 2005
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  DOES HOTSPOT MELTING PACE GREAT BASIN EXTENSION?
  Jonathan M.G. Glen, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and David A. Ponce, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  94636 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  THE GREAT VOLCANIC OUTBURST INITIATING THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT
  Victor E. Camp, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA and Martin E. Ross, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA and Peter R. Hooper, Washington State Univ, Pullman, Washington, N/A
  92655 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  IMPLICATIONS OF THE GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS IN THE WANAPUM BASALT FORMATION (COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP) FOR A PLUME SOURCE
  Bart S. Martin, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
  93632 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:10 AM
  ORIGINS OF CENOZOIC SILICIC VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND GREAT BASIN, WESTERN UNITED STATES
  Eric H. Christiansen, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Michael McCurry, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID
  95162 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  SILICIC VOLCANISM OF THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT – A LITHOSPHERIC PROBE
  Barbara P. Nash, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Michael E. Perkins, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  96397 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:00 AM
  ORIGIN OF SNAKE RIVER PLAIN - YELLOWSTONE (SRPY) BASALTIC MAGMAS: LITHOSPHERIC VS. ASTHENOSPHERIC CONTRIBUTIONS
  William P. Leeman, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
  95967 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  BASALTIC VOLCANISM OF THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND ITS RELATION TO THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT: AN OVERVIEW
  John W. Shervais, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT and Scott Vetter, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA and Barry B. Hanan, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
  92138 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  LAVA FLOW-FIELD EMPLACEMENT AT ROCK CORRAL BUTTE, EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO: A NEW MECHANISM FOR “TUMULI” FORMATION
  Tracy K.P. Gregg, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY and Susan E.H. Sakimoto, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and Scott Hughes, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
  95279 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  A NEW MODEL FOR BASALTIC LAVA POND AND FLOW FIELD FORMATION
  Susan E.H. Sakimoto, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and Tracy Gregg, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY and Scott Hughes, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
  97616 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  THE YELLOWSTONE PLUMEHEAD, MID-SIZED IGNEOUS PROVINCES, AND CENOZOIC STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: A SINGLE, PROLONGED TECTONIC EVENT
  Phillip D. Ihinger, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI and James M. Watkins, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI and Breck R. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  97008 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT (SRP-SDP): TRACKING THE YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
  John W. Shervais, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT and Dennis Geist, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Scott Hughes, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID and M.J. Branney, Univ of Leicester, Leicester, N/A and Barry B. Hanan, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and Scott Vetter, Centenary College, Shreveport, LA and Douglas Williams, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and Alexander Prokopenko, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  92193 (Technical Sessions)