30 Applications of Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, and Geochronology to Understanding Earth and Other Planetary Systems

This session invites contributions that explore igneous systems through traditional and nontraditional methods. Studies that link crustal evolution, planetary formation, resource potential, and comparative planetology across temporal and spatial scales are especially encouraged.

Tuesday, 10 March 2026
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
RCC, 104

Participants

• Chair Claire McLeod
• Chair Danielly Aguirre
• Chair Jordan Bell
• Chair Ken Brown

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  It’s not Bermuda: Geochemical and petrologic support for The Southeast American Hotspot Track of Cretaceous volcanics in the Mississippi Embayment.
  Maxwell Pizarro, University of Mississippi, University, MS and Jennifer Gifford, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Oxford, MS and Hunter Parry, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Oxford, MS
  411627 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  The Waycross Caldera Complex: Late Jurassic Magmatism in the Southeastern U.S. During Continental Breakup
  James Knapp, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and William Glathar, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Brandon Spencer, Oklahoma State University, Edmond, OK and Camelia Knapp, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Ian Kallenberg, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
  411581 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  Inside Andean Large Silicic Domes: Magma Storage and Timescales
  Bezali Danso, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO and Gary Michelfelder, Missouri State University, Springfiled, Missouri
  411554 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  A Geochemical and Petrological Analysis of the Basement Rocks of the Mexican Hill Quadrangle, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, USA.
  Jennifer Gifford, University of Mississippi, University, MS and Jessica Johns, University of Mississippi, University, MS and Inoka Widanagamage, University of Mississippi, University, MS and Brian Platt, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
  411704 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  Fe-Ti oxide infiltration and fluid pumping in mid-ocean ridge gabbros
  Jeremy Deans, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
  411842 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  Sequential Extraction for Altered Ultramafic Rocks: Investigating Metal Mobility of Oman Altered Peridotites
  Lucas Abernathy, Miami University, Oxford, OH and James Leong, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
  411524 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  Carbonate Mineralization and REE Distribution in Altered Ultramafic Lamprophyres of the Illinois–Kentucky Fluorspar District
  Zachary Walton, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky and Georgina Lukoczki, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  411599 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  Fluid Source Determination for Miocene Low Sulfidation Epithermal Deposits in the Northern Great Basin with Noble Gas Isotopes
  Kevin Ochola, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Willis Hames, Auburn University, AUBURN, AL
  411788 (Technical Sessions)