Initial Publication Date: June 2, 2006

Volunteered Abstracts and Poster Session


LA RISTRA: Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of the Rio Grande Rift

Rick Aster, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Jim Ni, Dave Wilson, Wei Gao, Steve Grand, W. Scott Baldridge, Steve Semken and Michael West
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Is the Arc Accretion Model for the Crustal Evolution of Southern Laurentia Correct? Let's Look at the Rocks!

M. E. Bickford and Barbara M. Hill, Syracuse University
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Overview of the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP)

Colleen Elliot, Montana Tech

Has the Wyoming Craton lost its keel?

John Facer and Hilary Downes, School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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A Geologic-GIS Database for the Yellowstone-Teton Volcanic and Tectonic Region

Jamie Farrell and Robert B. Smith, University of Utah
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Origin and tectonic implications of across strike geochemical variations in the Eocene Absaroka Volcanic Province, USA

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Todd C. Feeley, Montana State University
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Proterozoic Evolution of the Western Margin of the Wyoming Craton: Implications for the Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Northern Rockies

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David A. Foster, Paul A. Mueller, University of Florida
David W. Mogk, Montana State University
James Vogl, University of Florida
Joseph Wooden, US Geological Survey
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A Transect Across Alaska, from Pacific to Arctic Margins

Gary S. Fuis, Thomas E. Moore, Bruce C. Beaudoin, Thomas M. Brocher, Nikolas I. Christensen, Michael A. Fisher, Alan R. Levander, Warren J. Nokleberg, Robert A. Page, and George Plafker
download poster file (Acrobat (PDF) 801kB Oct20 05)

New 40Ar/ 39Ar dates from alkaline intrusions in the northern Crazy Mountains, Montana: Implications for the timing and duration of alkaline magmatism in the Central Montana Alkalic Province

Thumbnail image of Steve Harlan Stephen S. Harlan, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
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Paleomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Folded Sills in the Lombard Thrust Sheet, South Central Montana: Implications for the Timing of Fold and Thrust Deformation and Vertical Axis Rotations along the Southern Margin of the Helena Salient

thumbnail image of poster, titled Paleomagnetism and 40Ar/ 39Ar Dating of Folded Sills in the Lombard Thrust Sheet, South Central Montana Stephen S. Harlan, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
John Wm. Geissman, University of New Mexico
Chris Whisner, University of Tennessee
Christopher J. Schmidt, Western Michigan University
download poster file (Acrobat (PDF) 629kB Nov3 05)

Geochronological Evidence for Meso- And Neoproterozoic Mafic Magmatism along the Western Margin of the Wyoming Craton

thumbnail image of poster, titled Geochronological Evidence for Meso- And Neoproterozoic Mafic Magmatism along the Western Margin of the Wyoming Craton Stephen S. Harlan, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
Wayne R. Premo, Daniel M. Unruh, Lawrence W. Snee, US Geological Survey
John W. Geissman, University of New Mexico
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Cenozoic Sedimentary and Tectonic Evolution of the Flint Creek Basin, West-Central Montana

thumbnail image of Marc Hendrix Marc Hendrix and Ryan Portner, University of Montana
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The middle crust of the Wyoming Province: ground-truthing above 2000 meters elevation in the Beartooth Mountains, Montana and Wyoming

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Darrell J. Henry, Louisiana State University
David W. Mogk, Montana State University
Paul A., Mueller, University of Florida
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Tectonic and Thermal Architecture of the Sevier Orogen in Western Montana

Thomas J. Kalakay, Rocky Mountain College
David A. Foster, University of Florida
Jeff Lonn, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Warren C. Grice Jr., University of Florida

The Big Faults in Northern Idaho and What We Know About Them

Reed S. Lewis, Idaho Geological Survey, Univ. of Idaho
Russell F. Burmester, Western Washington University
download poster file (Acrobat (PDF) 917kB Oct10 05)

The 26 July 2005 Dillon, Montana earthquake

thumbnail image of Mike Stickney Michael Stickney, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
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Mapping the extent of the Archean craton in the deep crust of the Northwest U.S.

MAPPING THE EXTENT OF THE ARCHEAN CRATON IN THE DEEP CRUST OF THE NORTHWEST U.S. Jeffrey D. Vervoort, Washington State University
William P. Leeman, National Science Foundation
David E. Wolf, Washington State University
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Structure of the Belt Basin: A tentative hypothesis for consideration

thumbnail image of Don Winston Don Winston (ret), University of Montana
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