Geological Society of America

1:05 PM

GEOCHEMISTRY AND SM-ND ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE OF THE 0.76 GA BURIN GROUP: A COMPOSITIONAL EQUIVALENT OF THE BASEMENT FOR LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC AVALONIAN MAGMATISM?

J. Brendan Murphy, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS and Phil J.A. McCausland, University of Western Ontario, London, ON and Sean J. O'Brien, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, St. John's, NF and Sergei Pisarevsky, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A and Michael Hamilton, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

134365 (THEME SESSIONS)

1:25 PM

AVALONIA'S FOUNDATION? PRELIMINARY PALEOMAGNETISM AND U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MID-NEOPROTEROZOIC BURIN GROUP, NEWFOUNDLAND

Phil J.A. McCausland, University of Western Ontario, London, ON and J. Brendan Murphy, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS and Michael A. Hamilton, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Sergei Pisarevsky, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A and Sean J. O'Brien, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, St. John's, NF

134364 (THEME SESSIONS)

1:45 PM

THE PENOBSCOTTIAN ARC SYSTEM OF COASTAL MAINE AND SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK

Leslie R. Fyffe, Geological Surveys Branch, Fredericton, NB and Susan C. Johnson, Geological Surveys Branch, Sussex, NB and Malcolm J. McLeod, Geological Surveys Branch, Sussex, NB

134146 (THEME SESSIONS)

2:05 PM

REFINED AGES OF PALEOZOIC PLUTONS AS CONSTRAINTS ON AVALONIAN ACCRETION IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND

Margaret D. Thompson, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and Jahandar Ramezani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

134500 (THEME SESSIONS)

2:25 PM

ZIRCON-BASED PROVENANCE STUDIES: GOING ALL THE WAY REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST A DATE

Jack Hietpas, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Scott Samson, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Suvankar Chakraborty, University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and David Moecher, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

134723 (THEME SESSIONS)

3:05 PM

PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME CONDITIONS, ND AND PB ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS AND DETRIAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE MASSABESIC GNEISS COMPLEX, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Michael Dorais, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Robert P. Wintsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Michael J. Kunk, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and John Aleinikoff, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Christine Underdown, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Charles M. Kerwin, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

134902 (THEME SESSIONS)

3:25 PM

SIGNIFICANCE OF DETRITAL ZIRCON AGES FROM THE WESTBORO QUARTZITE, AVALON TERRANE, EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

J. Christopher Hepburn, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Javier Fernández-Suárez, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, N/A and George A. Jenner, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF and Elena A. Belousova, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, N/A

134762 (THEME SESSIONS)

3:45 PM

PROVENANCE OF THE MEGUMA TERRANE, NOVA SCOTIA

Chris E. White, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Halifax, NS and John Waldron, University of Alberta Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB and Sandra Barr, Acadia University Dept Earth & Environmental Science, Wolfville, NS and Antonio Simonetti, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and Larry M. Heaman, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

134961 (THEME SESSIONS)

4:05 PM

PROVENANCE AND TECTONIC SETTING OF LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC AND CAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN AVALONIA OF SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK

Aaron M. Satkoski, Acadia Univ, Wolfville, NS and Sandra M. Barr, Acadia Univ, Wolfville, NS and Scott D. Samson, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

134184 (THEME SESSIONS)

4:25 PM

PROVENANCE STUDIES OF CAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN AVALONIA, SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK AND CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

Sandra M. Barr, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS and Chris E. White, Halifax, NS and Michael A. Hamilton, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Peter H. Reynolds, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS and Aaron M. Satkoski, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS

135466 (THEME SESSIONS)

4:45 PM

DETRITAL ZIRCON CONSTRAINTS ON THE PALEOZOIC PROVENANCE OF PERI-GONDWANAN TERRANES IN SOUTHERN MEXICO

R. Damian Nance, Ohio University, Athens, OH and Brent Miller, Texas A&M University Dept Geology & Geophysics, College Station, TX and J. Duncan Keppie, Instituto de Geología, México, N/A and J. Brendan Murphy, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS and Jaroslav Dostal, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS

134345 (THEME SESSIONS)

10 Evidence for Provenance of Peri-Gondwanan Terranes

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