T7 Precambrian Evolution and Mineral Resources of the Midcontinent Rift Region I: In Honor of William J. Hinze

Sunday, 25 September 2016
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 407

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  ALMOST AN OCEAN–THE EVOLUTION OF THE 1.1 GA MIDCONTINENT RIFT
  Klaus J. Schulz, Reston, VA and Suzanne W. Nicholson, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Laurel Woodruff, US Geological Survey Eastern Mineral Resources, Mounds View, MN and William Cannon, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA
  279056 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  REFLECTIONS ON THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT SYSTEM
  William J. Hinze, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  279057 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  NEW GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND PALEOMAGNETIC CONSTRAINTS ON MIDCONTINENT RIFT DEVELOPMENT
  Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Jahandar Ramezani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and Luke M. Fairchild, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Ian Rose, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  284544 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:10 AM
  THE END OF MIDCONTINENT RIFT MAGMATISM AND THE PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF LAURENTIA
  Luke M. Fairchild, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Jahandar Ramezani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and Courtney J. Sprain, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Samuel A. Bowring, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  283146 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  GLIMPCE SEISMIC REFLECTION EVIDENCE OF DEEP-CRUSTAL AND UPPER MANTLE INTRUSIONS AND MAGMATIC UNDERPLATING ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT SYSTEM (MRS) OF NORTH AMERICA – ANOTHER LOOK
  John C. Behrendt, University of Colorado (also USGS Boulder), Boulder, CO
  280033 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:10 AM
  A COMPREHENSIVE SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MID-CONTINENT RIFT FROM USARRAY AND SPREE
  Weisen Shen, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO and Emily Wolin, USGS, Pasadena, CA and Trevor Bollmann, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Douglas Wiens, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO and Ghassan Aleqabi, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO and Suzan van der Lee, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Seth Stein, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO and Andrew Frederiksen, University of Manitoba Geological Sciences, Winnipeg, MB and Fiona Darbyshire, Université du Québec à Montréal GEOTOP, Montréal, QC and Hao Zhang, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  286267 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  DISTINCT CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MID-CONTINENT RIFT FROM P WAVE RECEIVER FUNCTIONS
  Hao Zhang, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO and Seth Stein, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Donna Jurdy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Suzan van der Lee, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Emily Wolin, USGS, Pasadena, CA and Trevor Bollmann, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and Justin Revenaugh, Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Douglas Wiens, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO and Andrew Frederiksen, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB and Fiona Darbyshire, Université du Québec à Montréal GEOTOP, Montréal, QC and Ghassan Aleqabi, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO
  287598 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  AN ALGORITHM TO COMBINE GRAVITY, TOPOGRAPHY, SEISMIC VELOCITY, AND HEAT FLOW APPLIED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROTEROZOIC EVOLUTION AND MODERN STRUCTURE OF THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT
  Will Levandowski, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Denver, CO
  285202 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  PASSIVE RIFTING – TIME TO RETHINK THE PLUME PARADIGM FOR THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT
  Pete Hollings, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON and Geoff Heggie, Thunder Bay, ON
  283286 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:10 AM
  MAKING IT AND BREAKING IT IN THE UPPER MIDWEST: CONSTRAINTS ON CONTINENTAL ASSEMBLY AND RIFTING FROM EARTHSCOPE
  Paul Bedrosian, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  285914 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:25 AM
  LITHOSPHERIC BLOCKS AND RIFTING IN CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA: STRUCTURE, TECTONICS, AND GLOBAL ANALOGS
  G. Randy Keller, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  283174 (Technical Sessions)