Geological Society of America Conference: Portland 2009

Australian Scientific Instruments will be attending the 2009 Geological Society of America conference in Portland, Oregon from 18 to 21 October. Dr. Ed Roberts and Dr. Chuck Magee will be demonstrating remote control of the SHRIMP instrument. The ASI exhibit is located in booth 301, in between NASA and Gems & Minerals Unlimited.

Many scientists will be presenting research that used data collected on a SHRIMP instrument. Several examples of SHRIMP research are listed below:

Sunday morning

MAGMATIC PLUMBING OF A "SUPERVOLCANO" EXPOSED TO A DEPTH OF 25 KM. Quick et al.; Session No. 15, OCC B117-119; Sunday 9:10-9:25 AM.

DETAILED FIELD, GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SENTINEL GRANODIORITE, SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, USA. Kruijer et al.; Session No. 16, OCC A105, Sunday, 9:20-9:35 AM.

THE INITIATION OF OROGENESIS IN THE PATAGONIAN ANDES BY THE COMPRESSIONAL INVERSION OF THE EXTENSIONAL ROCAS VERDES BASIN. Klepeis et al.; Session No. 13, OCC E147-148, Sunday, 10:05-10:20 AM.

INCREMENTAL PLUTONIC ASSEMBLY OVER TENS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS? U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GHOST STRATIGRAPHY IN PEGMATITIC GRANITE, RUBY MOUNTAINS, NEVADA. Howard et al.; Session No. 16, OCC A105, Sunday, 10:20-10:35 AM.

MELT TRANSFER AND GNEISS DOME EMPLACEMENT DURING OBLIQUE DILATION. McFadden et al.; Session No. 16, OCC A105; Sunday, 11:10-11:25 AM.

EVALUATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SETTING OF A MESOPROTEROZOIC ICE AGE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF LIPID BIOMARKERS. Miller et al.; Session No. 10, OCC C124, Sunday, 11:35-11:50 AM.

Sunday afternoon

PLUTONIC BEHAVIOR OF A CASCADE ARC VOLCANO: THE ZIRCON RECORD OF THE MOUNT ST. HELENS MAGMATIC SYSTEM. Claiborne et al.; Session No. 65, OCC E143-144, Sunday, 1:45-2:00 PM.

OVERVIEW OF JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS MAGMATISM IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS PROVINCE (NE OREGON & W IDAHO ): INSIGHTS FROM NEW PB/U (SHRIMP-RG) AGE DETERMINATIONS. Johnson and Schwartz; Session 61; OCC B110-112; Sunday 4:00-4:15 PM.

Sunday posters

HIGH PRECISION U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE FANGSHAN PLUTON, BEIJING, CHINA: IMPLICATION FOR THE INCREMENTAL GROWTH OF ZONED PLUTONS. Zhang et al.; Session No. 33--Booth# 194, OCC Hall A; Sunday 9:00 AM-6:00 PM.

THERMAL AND MAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF A CALC-ALKALIC BATHOLITH RECORDED IN ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF SILICATE MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: BIG BEAR LAKE INTRUSIVE SUITE, SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA. Barth et al.; Session No. 33--Booth# 199, OCC Hall A; Sunday 9:00AM-6:00 PM

ASSEMBLY AND FRAGMENTATION OF THE PROTEROZOIC SUPERCONTINENTS COLUMBIA AND RODINIA: NEW U-PB AGE DATA FROM THE EASTERN GHATS BELT, INDIA. Kumar et al.; Session No. 33--Booth# 210, OCC Hall A; Sunday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

Monday morning

ISOTOPIC PERSPECTIVES ON 150 MA OF SUBDUCTION-RELATED CRUSTAL GROWTH IN THE SOUTH PATAGONIAN BATHOLITH. Fanning et al.; Session No. 79, OCC A107-109; Monday 10:40-11:00 AM.

THE RECORD OF EAST GONDWANA MARGIN CYCLES IN WEST ANTARCTICA: EVIDENCE FROM MARIE BYRD LAND. Siddoway et al.; Session No. 79, OCC A107-109; Monday 11:15-11:30 AM.

RECONSTRUCTING CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND DRAINAGE PATTERNS OF CENTRAL AFRICA.
Roberts et al.; Session No. 87, OCC Portland ballroom 255; Monday, 11:20 AM-11:35 AM.

Monday afternoon

GEOCHRONOLOGIC-GEOCHEMICAL DOCUMENTATION OF A PALEOPROTEROZOIC OPHIOLITE FROM SE INDIA. Kumar et al.; Session No. 123, OCC E145; Monday 1:45-2:00 PM

NEW GEOLOGIC MAP AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK REGION, VIRGINIA. Southworth et al.; Session No. 136, OCC C123; Monday 1:55-2:10 PM.

MANTLE DRIP FROM THE RISING LEMHI ARCH: 500 MA PLUTONS AND DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN UPPER CAMBRIAN SANDSTONES, EASTERN IDAHO. Link and Janecke; Session No. 61, OCC B110-112; Sunday 2:45-3:00 PM.

TIME SCALES OF LOWER CRUSTAL GRANULITE FACIES METAMORPHISM DURING THE TRANS-HUDSON OROGEN, NORTHERN MANITOBA. Growdon et al.; Session No. 132, OCC E143/144; Monday 2:50-3:05 PM

COEVAL DEEPENING OF SUPRACRUSTAL SEDIMENTS AND ECLOGITE-FACIES METAMORPHISM OF SIALIC CRUST: RECORD OF CAMPANIAN COLLISION AT THE CARIBBEAN-NORTH AMERICAN PLATE BOUNDARY. Martens et al.; Session No. 130, OCC A107-109; Monday 3:10-3:25 PM.

INSIGHTS INTO SOURCE VARIATION FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CORDILLERAN GRANITES VS. GRANODIORITES THROUGH ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY, THERMOMETRY, AND TRACE ELEMENT CHEMISTRY: A CASE STUDY IN JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. Economos et al.; Session No. 130, OCC A107-109; Monday 4:30-4:45 PM

Monday posters

AN EXAMPLE OF RAPID, IN-SITU CONTINENTAL GROWTH IN THE ARCHEAN, WYOMING PROVINCE, USA. Mueller et al.; Session No. 98--Booth# 57, OCC Hall A; Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

AGE AND PROVENANCE OF PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN THE PIONEER METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX, SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LOWER BELT SUPERGROUP, THE GROUSE CREEK BLOCK, AND HINTS OF A PROXIMAL GRENVILLE SOURCE IN THE NORTHERN CORDILLERA. Link and Fanning; Session No. 98--Booth# 59, OCC Hall A; Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

THE ANGEL LAKE GNEISS COMPLEX REVISITED: PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. McGrew et al.; Session No. 98, booth #60, OCC Hall A; Monday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM.

GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE SAHWAVE INTRUSIVE SUITE. Van Buer; Session No. 101--Booth# 137, OCC Hall A; Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

GEOLOGIC MAP AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK REGION, TN/NC. Southworth et al.; Session No. 101--Booth# 163 OCC Hall A; Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

AGE AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE ELKAHATCHEE QUARTZ DIORITE, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, USA. Tull et al.; Session No. 101--Booth# 167, OCC Hall A; Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

PAN-AFRICAN GRANITOID MAGMATISM IN CENTRAL DRONNING MAUD LAND CAUSED BY DELAMINATION? Kleinhanns et al.; Session No. 104--Booth# 186, OCC Hall A, Monday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM.

U-PB ZIRCON AND WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY OF BASEMENT SAMPLES FROM BORE HOLES AND XENOLITHS: AGE AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT FALLS TECTONIC ZONE. Gifford et al.; Session No. 105--Booth# 194, OCC Hall A, Monday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM.

EARLY TERTIARY EXHUMATION OF THE FLANK OF A FOREARC BASIN, SOUTHWEST TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, ALASKA. Bleick et al.; Session No. 108--Booth# 250, OCC Hall A; Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF CRETACEOUS-OLIGOCENE SEDIMENTARY STRATA FROM THE MATANUSKA VALLEY-TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS FOREARC BASIN, SOUTHERN ALASKA. Trop et al.; Session No. 108--Booth# 253; Monday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM.

130 MILLION YEARS OF PALEOPROTEROZOIC HISTORY RECORDED BY U-PB MONAZITE AND ZIRCON AGES FROM THE IVANPAH MOUNTAINS, EASTERN CALIFORNIA. Strickland et al.; Session No. 98, OCC Hall A; Monday Monday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

Tuesday morning

GRANITE, PORPHYRIES, HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY AND VOLCANISM IN THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEVADA. Proffett et al.; Session No. 158, OCC E143-144; Tuesday 9:25-9:40 AM.

EUROPIUM ANOMALIES IN ZIRCON FROM GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS AT THE EL SALVADOR PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, CHILE. Lee et al.; Session No. 158, OCC E143/144; Tuesday 10:25-10:40 AM.

IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SHRIMP U-PB ZIRCON CRYSTALLIZATION AGES FOR THE ORIGIN OF CARBONATE REPLACEMENT AND SKARN MINERALIZATION IN THE WESTERN FORTYMILE MINING DISTRICT, EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA. Dusel-Bacon et al.; Session 158; OCC E143/144; Tuesday 10:55-11:10 AM.

SUBDUCTION INITIATION, MANTLE FLOW, GENESIS AND RISE OF THE YAKUSHIMA GRANITE PLUTON, SW JAPAN. Anma; Session No. 162, OCC B116; Tuesday 11:00 AM-11:15 AM.

Tuesday afternoon

DETRITAL RUTILE GEOCHEMISTRY, THERMOMETRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY AS GUIDES TO PROVENANCE OF JURASSIC-PALEOCENE SANDSTONES OF THE NORWEGIAN SEA. Morton et al.; Session No. 211, OCC Portland Ballroom 252; Tuesday 1:35-1:55 PM.

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF ARCHEAN ROCKS FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY: CONSTRAINTS FROM HF ISOTOPES. Satkoski et al.; Session No. 206, OCC B116; Tuesday 2:20-2:35 PM.

PROVENANCE OF UPPER TRIASSIC STRATA IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA AS SUGGESTED BY ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS AND CHEMISTRY OF ZIRCON CRYSTALS. Riggs et al.; Session No. 211, OCC Portland Ballroom 252; Tuesday 2:25-2:40 PM.

IMPORTANCE OF PREDECESSOR BASIN HISTORY ON PROVENANCE OF THE MAGALLANES RETROARC FORELAND BASIN, CHILE (50°S-52°S). Romans et al.; Session No. 200, OCC A107-109; Tuesday, 3:35-3:50 PM.

207Pb/206Pb SHRIMP AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS IN THE MESOPROTEROZOIC CHHATTISGARH BASIN, CENTRAL INDIA, AID IN IDENTIFYING RELATIVE LOW-STAND AND HIGH-STAND SANDSTONES. Basu et al.; Session 211; OCC Portland Ballroom 252; Tuesday 3:40-3:55 PM.

DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE GREAT VALLEY GROUP, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE KLAMATH MOUNTAIN/COAST RANGE BOUNDARY. Wright and Izsak; Session No. 201, OCC B110-112, Tuesday 3:50-4:10 PM.

DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE MESOPROTEROZOIC CHHATTISGARH BASIN , CENTRAL INDIA : CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW SHRIMP ZIRCON AGES. Bickford et al.; Session 211; OCC Portland Ballroom 252; Tuesday 3:55-4:10 PM.

Tuesday posters

IN-SITU U-PB AND AR-AR AGE CONSTRAINTS ON UHT METAMORPHISM IN THE BRASILIA FOLD BELT: A CASE STUDY FOR THE DOMINANCE OF POST-PEAK ZIRCON IN HIGH GRADE ROCKS. Moller et al.; Session No. 185--Booth# 283, OCC Hall A; Tuesday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

HIGH-PRECISION GEOCHRONOLOGICAL TEST OF BIG TANK: MAGMATIC EVOLUTION OF UPWARDLY ZONED WOOLEY CREEK BATHOLITH WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR ZIRCON RESIDENCE TIMES. Chamberlain et al.; Session No. 186, OCC Hall A; Tuesday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

Wednesday morning

DRASTIC PROVENANCE CHANGE BETWEEN NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATA IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WASATCH RANGE, UTAH: CONSTRAINING PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF NEWLY FORMED RIFT BASINS. Keeley et al.; Session No. 232, OCC E145; Wednesday, 8:30-8:45 AM.

GETTING BETTER WITH AGE: NEW U-PB SHRIMP DATA FROM THE "STURTIAN" SCOUT MOUNTAIN DIAMICTITE-CAP-CARBONATE SEQUENCE, POCATELLO FM, IDAHO. Dehler et al.; Session 232; OCC E145; Wednesday 8:45-9:00 AM.

JURASSIC OROGENESIS IN NW NEVADA: TIMING, KINEMATICS AND RELATION (IF ANY?) TO THE SEVIER OROGENY. Wyld and Wright; Session No. 231, OCC A107-109, Wednesday, 8:35-8:55 AM.

SHRIMP U-PB DATING OF RECURRENT CRYOGENIAN AND LATE CAMBRIAN-EARLY ORDOVICIAN ALKALIC MAGMATISM IN CENTRAL IDAHO : IMPLICATIONS FOR RODINIAN RIFT TECTONICS. Lund et al.; Session 232; OCC E145; Wednesday 10:00-10:20 AM.

MID-CARBONIFEROUS CONGLOMERATES IN SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE RECORD EARLY VARISCAN INTRACONTINENTAL CONVERGENCE: EVIDENCE THAT CHANNELS WERE EXHUMED BEFORE THERMAL WEAKENING OF THE LITHOSPHERE. Martinez et al.; Session No. 230, OCC B110-112; Wednesday, 10:35-10:50 AM

Wednesday Afternoon

ACCESSORY MINERALS IN VOLCANIC SEQUENCES: ELUCIDATING MAGMA CHAMBER PROCESSES AND THE LINKAGE BETWEEN PLUTONS AND VOLCANISM. Miller et al.; Session No. 276, OCC A106; Wednesday 1:50-2:10 PM

IS THE CHEYENNE BELT REALLY A PALEOSUBDUCTION ZONE?: TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND U-PB AGES FROM THE BIG CREEK GNEISS. Jones and Snoke; Session No. 266, OCC B117-119; Wednesday 2:15-2:30 PM.

THE TONALA SHEAR ZONE AND CAPTURE OF THE CHORTIS BLOCK BY THE CARIBBEAN PLATE SYSTEM. Wawrzyniec et al.; Session 268; OCC A107-109; Wednesday 2:15-2:30 PM.

PROVENANCE OF THE UPPER BELT SUPERGROUP AND LEMHI GROUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM HF AND ND ISOTOPES. Stewart et al.; Session No. 266, OCC B117-119, Wednesday, 2:45-3:00 PM.

U-PB ZIRCON AGES AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC OPHIOLITE ASSEMBLAGES FROM WADI ALLAQI, SOUTH EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT. Ali et al.; Session No. 266, OCC B117-119; Wednesday 3:00-3:15 PM.

CONTINUATION OF THE LAURENTIAN GRENVILLE PROVINCE IN WESTERN EAST ANTARCTICA. Goodge et al.; Session No. 266, OCC B117-119, Wednesday, 3:45-4:00 PM.

NATURE OF SHAWINIGAN DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHWEST ADIRONDACK LOWLANDS. Baird and Shrady; Session No. 268, OCC A107-109; Wednesday 3:45-4:00 PM.

Wednesday posters

SIGNIFICANCE OF U-PB ZIRCON AGES FROM THE PESCADERO AND CAMBRIA FELSITES, WEST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST RANGES. Ernst et al.; Session No. 248, OCC Hall A; Wednesday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

SHORTENING UNDER EXTENDED CIRCUMSTANCES: REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE CRETACEOUS-NEOGENE PATAGONIAN FOLD-THRUST BELT AND MAGALLANES BASIN, CHILE AND ARGENTINA (51°30' S). Fosdick et al.; Session No. 253, OCC Hall A; Wednesday 9:00AM-6:00 PM.

Anyone presenting SHRIMP data at the GSA conference who does not see their abstract listed here can contact ASI for inclusion in this listing.