V54C:
Using Sediments to Understand the Evolution of the Earth II

Friday, 19 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Richard M Gaschnig, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States and Marion Garcon, Carnegie Inst Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Conveners:  Marion Garcon, Carnegie Inst Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States
Co-conveners:  Jeffrey D. Vervoort, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, Eduardo Garzanti, University of Milano-Bicocca, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milan, Italy and Richard M Gaschnig, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Eduardo Garzanti, University of Milan - Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
 
Continental Growth and the Sedimentary Record
Bruno Dhuime1, Chris J Hawkesworth1,2, Ruth A J Robinson3 and Peter A. Cawood2, (1)University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (2)University of St Andrews, School of Earth Sciences, St Andrews, United Kingdom, (3)University of St Andrews, School of Earth Sciences, St Andrews, KY16, United Kingdom
4:15 PM
 
Reconciling the detrital zircon record and crustal growth within juvenile accretionary orogens
Christopher J Spencer, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, United Kingdom, Peter A. Cawood, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom and Nick M W Roberts, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, NG12, United Kingdom
4:30 PM
 
Recognizing the Geochemical Consequences of Zircon Alteration at Jack Hills, Western Australia
Elizabeth A Bell, Patrick Boehnke and T. Mark Harrison, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
4:45 PM
 
Multi-Method Provenance Analysis of Namibian Desert Sand
Pieter Vermeesch, University College London, London, United Kingdom and Eduardo Garzanti, University of Milan - Bicocca, Milan, Italy
5:00 PM
 
Using Zircon Chemistry as a Discriminating Tool for Geodynamical Context of Magma Formation
Denise Bussien Grosjean1, Gilles Chazot1, Claire Bollinger1, Jessica Langlade1, Pierre Vonlanthen2, Marcel Guillong3, Olivier Bachmann3, Marie-Laure Rouget1 and Céline Liorzou1, (1)IUEM Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Plouzané, France, (2)University of Lausanne, Institut des sciences de la Terre, Lausanne, Switzerland, (3)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
5:15 PM
 
Trace Element Composition of Quartz as a Tool for Sedimentary Provenance: A Case Study from the Bega River Catchment
Michael R Ackerson1, Nicholas D Tailby2 and E Bruce Watson1, (1)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States, (2)Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy, NY, United States
5:30 PM
 
Using Ancient Glacial Diamictites to Track the Compositional Evolution of the Upper Continental Crust
Richard M Gaschnig1, Roberta L Rudnick1, William F McDonough1, Alan Jay Kaufman1, John W Valley2, Zhaochu Hu3 and Shan Gao3, (1)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geology, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Univ Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (3)China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
5:45 PM
 
Using Archean and Paleoproterozoic Shales and Tillites as a Window into Crustal Evolution and Surface Conditions
Ilya N Bindeman1, Andrey Bekker2 and David O Zakharov1, (1)Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States, (2)University of California Riverside, Earth Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States