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Activity

2025

• TITANITE PETROCHRONOLOGY AND BORON-ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE TUOLUMNE INTRUSIVE SUITE, CA: INSIGHTS INTO PLUTONIC GROWTH AND EVOLUTION
  29 Evolution of Plutons and Batholiths at Different Crustal Levels
  Friday, 4 April 2025

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Fresno

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2023

• EVALUATING VOLCANIC-PLUTONIC CONNECTIONS IN THE GRIZZLY PEAK CALDERA: EVIDENCE FROM ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, AND HIGH-PRECISION GEOCHRONOLOGY
  T200 Creative Contributions in Volcanology and Petrology III: In Honor of Katharine V. Cashman, Recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Geological Career Award from the Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology and Volcanology Division
  Tuesday, 17 October 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  319

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2022

• PETROGENESIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF PEGMATITES IN THE CAROLINA TIN-SPODUMENE BELT, USA
  T257 The Geology and Environmental Impacts of Lithium Resources in North America and other Globally Significant Deposits II
  Wednesday, 12 October 2022

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  603

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2021

• THE ALABAMA HILLS AND DEXTRAL OFFSET IN OWENS VALLEY, CA
  16 Geology and Geophysics of the Coso Geothermal Field and Source Areas of the 2019 Ridgecrest and 2020 Lone Pine Earthquake Sequences: A Tribute to the Career of Francis C. (“Frank”) Monastero
  Friday, 14 May 2021

  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

  JohnNLouie.com Room
• MODERN DEFORMATION AND VOLCANISM IN OWENS VALLEY REACTIVATES A LARAMIDE-AGE SHEAR ZONE
  16 Geology and Geophysics of the Coso Geothermal Field and Source Areas of the 2019 Ridgecrest and 2020 Lone Pine Earthquake Sequences: A Tribute to the Career of Francis C. (“Frank”) Monastero
  Friday, 14 May 2021

  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

  JohnNLouie.com Room

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2020

• DEXTRAL OFFSET ACROSS OWENS VALLEY: A VIEW FROM THE ALABAMA HILLS TO THE COSO RANGE
  32 Geology and Geophysics of the Coso Geothermal Field and Source Area of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence II: A Tribute to the Career of Francis C. (“Frank”) Monastero
  Thursday, 14 May 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Madera Room
• MODERN DEFORMATION AND VOLCANISM IN OWENS VALLEY REACTIVATES A LARAMIDE-AGE SHEAR ZONE
  32 Geology and Geophysics of the Coso Geothermal Field and Source Area of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence II: A Tribute to the Career of Francis C. (“Frank”) Monastero
  Thursday, 14 May 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Madera Room
• THE GRANITE AQUEDUCT AND AUTOMETAMORPHISM OF PLUTONS
  3 Metamorphic Processes in Cordilleran Arc Systems
  Tuesday, 12 May 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Madera Room

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2019

• LEAD AWAY FROM THE PORPHYRY: UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCE OF HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS IN THE QUESTA PORPHYRY MO DEPOSIT
  T242 A Metal Rhythm: Understanding Cyclical Processes in Mineralization
  Wednesday, 25 September 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 126ABC, North Building
• THE PATH FROM A BIG TANK OF MAGMA TO SLOW INCREMENTAL GROWTH OF A PLUTON
  T95 Great Concepts and Controversies in Geosciences Since Steno’s Introduction of the Principles of Stratigraphy in 1669
  Monday, 23 September 2019

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 106BC, West Building

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2018

• ARE PLUTONS IGNEOUS OR METAMORPHIC ROCKS? YES. THEY ARE MELTAMORPHIC
  276 D55. From Argon to Zircon: New Approaches to Understanding Crustal Magmatism
  Wednesday, 7 November 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 240-241

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2016

• RB-SR ISOTOPE CHARACTERIZATION OF PEGMATITES FROM THE TUOLUMNE INTRUSIVE SUITE, CALIFORNIA, USA
  17 Undergraduate Research Posters (Posters)
  Tuesday, 5 April 2016

  8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

  Ballroom C

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2013

• CAN A SUPERVOLCANO ERUPTION ERADICATE EXISTING ZIRCON?
  T119 What Can We Learn About Plutons From Volcanic Rocks and What Can We Learn About Volcanoes From Plutonic Rocks?
  Wednesday, 30 October 2013

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 603
• GEOMETRY AND EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM OF LADDER DIKES IN THE CATHEDRAL PEAK GRANODIORITE, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
  8 Plutons: Evolution, Emplacement, and Deformation (Posters)
  Monday, 20 May 2013

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Salon B/C

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2012

• COMPARING SR ISOTOPIC TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS THE DEGREE OF ALTERATION IN SHELLS USED FOR STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY
  157 Geochemistry (Posters)
  Tuesday, 6 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B

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2010

• USING THE INTRUSIVE RECORD TO UNDERSTAND CALDERA MAGMATISM: THE GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE MT. AETNA CALDERA COMPLEX, CENTRAL COLORADO
  T281 Advances in the Geology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Isotope Geochemistry, Geophysics, Structural Geology, and Tectonics of Central Colorado
  Wednesday, 3 November 2010

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 205
• HIGH-PRECISION GEOCHRONOLOGY OF IGNIMBRITES AND ASSOCIATED PLUTONS OF TWO CALDERA SYSTEMS IN CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
  T263 EARTHTIME: In Honor of the Contributions of James Mattinson to High-Precision U-Pb Geochronology (Posters)
  Wednesday, 3 November 2010

  8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall D
• EVIDENCE FROM OUTCROPS AND SINGLE ZIRCONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MOJAVE CRUSTAL PROVINCE
  T169 Proterozoic Crustal Evolution of Southern Laurentia: Tectonic Settings, Petrology, Geochemistry, and Geochronology I
  Tuesday, 2 November 2010

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Room 302
• MODELING LARGE-VOLUME FELSIC ERUPTIONS FROM TRACE-ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY
  10 Debating the Connections Between the Plutonic and Volcanic Rock Record
  Thursday, 27 May 2010

  1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  Platinum 2
• THE ROOM NON-PROBLEM
  10 Debating the Connections Between the Plutonic and Volcanic Rock Record
  Thursday, 27 May 2010

  1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  Platinum 2

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2009

• LADDER DIKES IN THE CATHEDRAL PEAK GRANODIORITE: MIGRATING FINGERED DIKES?
  T16 Pluton Assembly: Duration, Mechanisms, and Structural Controls
  Sunday, 18 October 2009

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  A105

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2008

• RETHINKING HOW WE MAP AND DATE PLUTONS: JOHN MUIR INTRUSIVE SUITE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH
  14 Mafic-Silicic Magmatism: Crystallization Histories, Magma Interactions, and Eruption Mechanisms I
  Thursday, 20 March 2008

  8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
• DECLINING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MAFIC AND FELSIC MAGMAS DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUNT WHITNEY INTRUSIVE SUITE, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
  14 Mafic-Silicic Magmatism: Crystallization Histories, Magma Interactions, and Eruption Mechanisms I
  Thursday, 20 March 2008

  8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
• MODELING PREDICTS THERMAL EVOLUTION, GEOCHEMICAL, TEXTURAL AND FIELD RELATIONS OF THE ZONED INTRUSIVE SUITES OF THE SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, CALIFORNIA
  14 Mafic-Silicic Magmatism: Crystallization Histories, Magma Interactions, and Eruption Mechanisms I
  Thursday, 20 March 2008

  8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
• QUESTIONING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH-SILICA RHYOLITES AND APLITE DIKES
  16 Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Thursday, 20 March 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• ASSEMBLY AND RECYCLING OF COMPONENTS TO FORM THE MOJAVE CRUSTAL PROVINCE
  15 Proterozoic Tectonics of the Southwestern U.S.: Origin and History of the Lithosphere: From Continental Assembly, to Breakup, to Influence of Old Structures on Younger Tectonic Events.
  Thursday, 20 March 2008

  8:00 AM - 11:40 AM

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2007

• THE RATE PROBLEM OF EMPLACEMENT OF THE ALTA STOCK, WASATCH MOUNTAINS
  2 Shallow Level Magma Emplacement and Associated Extrusive Deposits
  Monday, 7 May 2007

  8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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2006

• U-PB DATES FROM MADAGASCAR DETRITAL ZIRCONS CONSTRAIN TECTONIC MODELS FOR GONDWANA ASSEMBLY
  T169 Using Detrital Zircon Geochronology to Answer Geologic Questions We Formerly Could Not Ask
  Tuesday, 24 October 2006

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• DECONSTRUCTING THE LATE-CALEDONIAN GALWAY BATHOLITH: P-T-T PERSPECTIVES OF GRANITE MAGMATISM IN CONNEMARA, WESTERN IRELAND
  29 Time Slices Across the Appalachians: Tectonic Settings of Silurian-Devonian Igneous Rocks in the Appalachian Orogen II
  Tuesday, 21 March 2006

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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2005

• SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE SIGNATURE ALONG A TRANSECT OF THE MODERN AMAZON RIVER
  T217 Recent Advances in the Application of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy to Tectonic Problems
  Wednesday, 19 October 2005

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF THE MID-CRETACEOUS FORT KNOX AND ASSOCIATED PLUTONS, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTRUSION-RELATED GOLD SYSTEMS
  235 Economic Geology II
  Wednesday, 19 October 2005

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• NO BIG TANK: SLOW INCREMENTAL GROWTH OF PLUTONS BY MAGMATIC CRACK-SEAL
  137 Research Opportunities, New Frontiers, and the Questioning of Paradigms in Structural Geology and Tectonics: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the SGT Division
  Tuesday, 18 October 2005

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• UNDERSTANDING ZIRCON TRANSPORT IN THE MODERN AMAZON RIVER
  37 Provenance and Tectonics: New Models and Recent Advances
  Sunday, 1 May 2005

  8:20 AM - 12:00 PM
• FIELD EVIDENCE FOR INCREMENTAL ASSEMBLY OF THE LAMARCK GRANODIORITE THROUGH DIKE INTRUSION, DUSY BASIN, KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
  26 Plutons and Their Host Rocks in the Sierra Nevada Batholith: A Forum and Discussion on Magma Emplacement, Magmatic Differentiation, and Pluton Solidification (Posters)
  Saturday, 30 April 2005

  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• FRACTURES IN THE CRETACEOUS PLUTONS OF LITTLE LAKES VALLEY, EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA: COOLING STRUCTURES OR THE RESULT OF REGIONAL TECTONIC STRESS?
  26 Plutons and Their Host Rocks in the Sierra Nevada Batholith: A Forum and Discussion on Magma Emplacement, Magmatic Differentiation, and Pluton Solidification (Posters)
  Saturday, 30 April 2005

  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• DISTINGUISHING PLUTON EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS
  4 Plutons and Their Host Rocks in the Sierra Nevada Batholith: A Forum and Discussion on Magma Emplacement, Magmatic Differentiation, and Pluton Solidification
  Friday, 29 April 2005

  8:15 AM - 12:00 PM

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2004

• HOW FAR DO ZIRCONS TRAVEL? EVALUATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE USING THE MODERN AMAZON RIVER FLUVIAL SYSTEM
  32 Paleontology and Sedimentary Geology
  Wednesday, 5 May 2004

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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2003

• MESOPROTEROZOIC MADAGASCAR-AFRICA CONNECTION BASED ON SHRIMP U-PB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE ITREMO GROUP AND SAHANTAHA SERIES IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MADAGASCAR
  T110 Testing Rodinia Using New Maps Compiled for Each Craton through IGCP 440
  Monday, 3 November 2003

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• LARGE LARAMIDE DEXTRAL SHEAR ACROSS OWENS VALLEY, EASTERN CALIFORNIA, AND EXTENSIONAL UNROOFING OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA
  T111 Exhumation Along Major Continental Strike-Slip Fault Systems I
  Monday, 3 November 2003

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• AN ICONOCLASTIC VIEW OF PLUTONS: WHY BIG FIERCE MAGMA CHAMBERS ARE RARE
  T54 Phase Relations, High P-T Terrains, P-T-ometry and Plate Pushing II: A Tribute to W.G. Ernst
  Sunday, 2 November 2003

  1:00 PM - 3:45 PM
• EVIDENCE FROM THE INDEPENDENCE DIKE SWARM FOR 65 KM OR MORE OF POST-JURASSIC DEXTRAL OFFSET ACROSS OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
  36 Origin and Displacements of Cordilleran Terranes: New Debates and Constraints I
  Thursday, 3 April 2003

  8:30 AM - 12:10 PM
• LATE CALEDONIAN MAGMATIC EVENTS FROM U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE GALWAY GRANITE, CONNEMARA, IRELAND -IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-ATLANTIC CORRELATIONS
  30 Processes in Felsic Magma Chambers—From Crystallization and Evolution to Emplacement II
  Friday, 28 March 2003

  1:40 PM - 5:00 PM

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2002

• TIMING OF PLUTONISM AND DEFORMATION IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
  223 Tectonics II: Convergent Margins
  Wednesday, 30 October 2002

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
• 87SR/86SR IN THE LANDSCAPE, DIET AND TEETH OF A MODERN MEXICAN RURAL POPULATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIETARY AND MIGRATION RECONSTRUCTIONS
  51 Archaeological Geology (Posters)
  Monday, 28 October 2002

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERING METHODS OF ALKALI-PROCESSING OF MAIZE IN PREHISTORIC MEXICO BASED ON 87SR/86SR IN BEDROCK, BONES AND TEETH
  81 Archaeological Geology
  Monday, 28 October 2002

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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2001

• THE ROLE OF BASALTIC WATER CONTENT IN FACILITATING MAGMA MIXING BY REDUCING DENSITY AND VISCOSITY CONTRASTS
  155 Igneous Petrology (Posters)
  Thursday, 8 November 2001

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Date Unknown

• JUNCTION FAULT ZONE, SIERRA NEVADA, CA, MAY TRANSFER DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN THE KERN CANYON AND OWENS VALLEY FAULTS
  27 Structural Geology/Tectonics (Posters)
• VOLCANOES OF JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  T92 Geology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management (Posters)
• MAPPING URANIUM AND LEAD CONTAMINATION THROUGH THE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF TREES
  185 Environmental Geoscience (Posters) III
• A New Look at the Virgin Islands Batholith
  T154 Late Jurassic to Recent Geodynamic Evolution of the Caribbean Region (Posters)
• A LATE-MIOCENE DELTA-LACUSTRINE SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN SOLIMÕES BASIN: PRELUDE TO THE MODERN AMAZON RIVER
  53 Sediments, Clastic (Posters)