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Tuesday, October
12, 2004 at 7:00 pm -
Opening Reception at Inn on the Park Hotel (Centennial Ballroom)
1100 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto
Thursday, October
14, 2004 at 7:00 pm -
LITHOPROBE Banquet at Inn on the Park Hotel (Centennial Ballroom)
1100
Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto
3-Day Program
[Final Program - Includes Session Chairs]
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Day
One - Wednesday, October 13, 2004
| 09:00
– 12:15 |
MEDIA
MORNING
CHAIR: Hugh Morris, Padre Resources,
Delta, BC |
| 08:30
– 09:00 |
Pressroom
and conference area opens.
Posters can be put up throughout morning
|
| 09:00
– 09:20 |
INTRODUCTION: A New View of the Continent Beneath Our Feet:
LITHOPROBE's Scientific, Economic and Social Benefits
Ron Clowes, Director, LITHOPROBE,
U. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
| 09:20
– 09:40 |
The
NSERC perspective on LITHOPROBE
Janet
Walden, VP, Research Partnerships Program,
NSERC , Ottawa, ON
LITHOPROBE
and the Geological Survey of Canada: A productive partnership
Murray Duke, Director-General, Minerals and Regional Geoscience
Branch, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
A
Few Words from the Original LITHOPROBE Steering Committee
William Fyfe, U. of Western Ontario, London, ON
|
| 09:40
– 09:55 |
The
Ancient Earth: Development of the Canadian Shield, the oldest
parts of North America – building a continental foundation
from 4000 to 2500 million years ago
John Percival, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON
|
| 09:55
– 10:10 |
The
Middle Earth I: Ancient oceanic crust in the middle of the Prairies
and formation of the Canadian Shield 2000 to 1800 million years
ago
Abstract
David Corrigan, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 10:10
– 10:25 |
The
Middle Earth II: A Himalayan-scale mountain range through southern
Ontario and Quebec – colliding continents enlarge proto-North
America from 1100 – 1000 Ma
Abstract
Andrew Hynes, McGill U., Montreal,
QC |
| 10:25
– 10:45 |
BREAK |
| 10:45
– 11:00 |
The
Late Earth I: The story of the Appalachians – Opening
and closure of ocean basins and the arrival of south American
and African pieces in Atlantic Canada
Abstract
Cees van Staal, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 11:00
– 11:15 |
The
Late Earth II: The story of the Canadian Cordillera –
British Columbia grows westward and the Rocky Mountains are
formed during the period 200 – 50 Ma
Fred Cook, U. of Calgary, Calgary,
AB |
| 11:15
– 11:30 |
LITHOPROBE
and the Mining Industry: Diamonds, Earth's mantle and the roots
of continents
Herman Grutter, Mineral Services Canada,
North Vancouver, BC |
| 11:30
– 11:45 |
LITHOPROBE
and the Petroleum Industry: New contributions to regional geological
frameworks and exploration for oil and gas deposits
Gary Taylor, Past-president, Canadian
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Calgary, AB |
| 11:45
– 12:00 |
LITHOPROBE
and the International Community – a Canadian project,
considered the best of its kind in the world, influences scientific
approaches in other countries
Maarten J. de Wit, U. of Cape Town,
South Africa |
| 12:00
– 12:15 |
“The
Big One!”: Megathrust earthquakes and LITHOPROBE on the
west coast – contributions to understanding of seismic
hazards
Roy Hyndman, GSC Pacific, Sidney,
BC |
| 12:15
– 13:10 |
LUNCH
at Ontario Science Centre; POSTER viewing |
| 13:10
– 16:50 |
THE
EARLY EARTH – ESTABLISHING THE CRATONS |
| 13:10 - 14:50 |
CHAIR: Bill Davis, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 13:10
– 13:50 |
Recombining
the fragmented structure and memory of cratons
Abstract
Maarten J. de Wit, U. of Cape Town,
South Africa |
| 13:50
– 14:20 |
The
Slave craton from on top: The crustal view
Abstract
Wouter Bleeker, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 14:20
– 14:50 |
The
Slave craton from underneath: The mantle view
Abstract
Alan Jones, Dublin Inst. Adv. Studies
& GSC Ottawa |
14:50
– 15:20
|
BREAK |
| 15:20 - 16:50 |
CHAIR: Gordon West, U. of Toronto,
Toronto, ON |
| 15:20
– 15:50 |
The
Superior craton – What have we learned from geological,
geochemical and geochronological studies? Lessons on the development
of the Archean Earth and processes involved
Abstract
Herb Helmstaedt, Queen’s U.,
Kingston, ON |
| 15:50
– 16:20 |
The
Superior craton – What we have learned from reflection,
refraction, teleseismic, magnetotelluric and heat flow studies?
Lessons on development of the Archean Earth and processes involved
Abstract
Don White, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
|
|
16:20 – 16:50 |
Orogenic
framework for the Superior Province: Dissection of the "Kenoran
Orogeny"
Abstract
John Percival, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 16:50
– 18:20 |
POSTER
SESSION [with refreshments] |
Day
Two - Thursday, October 14, 2004
| 08:20
– 14:00 |
THE
MIDDLE EARTH – STITCHING THE CRATONS AND OTHER EVENTS |
| 08:20 - 10:00 |
CHAIR: David Symons, U. of Windsor,
Windsor, ON |
| 08:20
– 09:00 |
Progressive
proterozoic growth of southern Laurentia by magmatic stabilization
of lithosphere, and preservation of proterozoic suture scars
in the modern-day lithosphere
Abstract
Karl Karlstrom, U. of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM |
| 09:00
– 09:30 |
Probing
the Lithosphere of the Wopmay orogen
Abstract
Fred Cook, U. of Calgary, Calgary,
AB |
| 09:30
– 10:00 |
The
Trans-Hudson and East Alberta orogens of western Canada –
geophysical characteristics of complex collisional processes
and delineation of the Sask craton
Abstract
Zoli Hajnal, U. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
SK |
| 10:00
– 10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
CHAIR: Aphrodite Indares, Memorial
U., St. John's, NL |
| 10:30
– 11:00 |
Evolutionary Tectonic Development of the Trans-Hudson orogen
- a tale of three cratons, a large ocean, accretionary and collisional
tectonics
Abstract
David Corrigan, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 11:00
– 11:30 |
Evolution
of the Southeastern Churchill Province and development of the
Torngat orogen in northeastern Labrador – results from
extensive geological and geophysical studies
Abstract
Jeremy Hall, Memorial U., St. John’s,
NL |
| 11:30
– 12:00 |
The ascendency of a late paleoproterozoic and mesoproterozoic
tectonic dynasty: An eastern Laurentian perspective
Abstract
Charlie Gower, Geological Survey Mines
and Energy,
St. John’s, NL |
| 12:00
– 13:00 |
LUNCH
at Ontario Science Centre; POSTER viewing |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
CHAIR: Sandra Barr, Acadia U., Wolfville,
NS |
| 13:00
– 13:30 |
Architecture
and tectonic evolution of the Grenville Province: Part of a
hot wide orogen that developed over 200 M.y. on the southeastern
margin of Laurentia
Abstract
Toby Rivers, Memorial U., St. John’s,
NL |
| 13:30
– 14:00 |
The
Grenville orogen of Ontario and New York – A Himalayan-Scale
Mountain Belt: Significance of along-strike variations
Abstract
Sharon Carr, Carleton U., Ottawa,
ON |
| 14:00
– 16:40 |
THE
LATE EARTH – YOUNG OROGENIC BELTS (I) |
| 14:00
– 14:30 |
The
Northern Appalachian orogen – From rifting and ocean
opening to accretion of oceanic terranes and collisional events
Abstract
Cees
van Staal, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa, ON |
| 14:30
15:00 |
BREAK |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
CHAIR: Paul Williams, U. of New Brunswick,
Fredericton,NB |
| 15:00
– 15:30 |
The northern Canadian Cordillera - a synthesis of new geological
and geophysical results for the Yukon and surrounding areas
Abstract
Jim Mortensen, U. of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC |
| 15:30
– 16:00 |
The
evolving Cordilleran lithosphere
Abstract
Fred Cook, U. of Calgary, Calgary,
AB |
| 16:00
– 17:30 |
POSTER
SESSION [with refreshments] |
Day Three - Friday, October 15, 2004
| 08:30
– 09:30 |
THE
LATE EARTH – YOUNG OROGENIC BELTS (II) |
| 08:30 - 10:00 |
CHAIR: John Waldron, U. of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB |
| 08:30
– 09:00 |
Probing
the Cordilleran lithosphere with mafic lavas and mantle xenoliths
Abstract
Don Francis, McGill U., Montreal,
QC |
| 09:00
– 09:30 |
Some
recurring themes in Cordilleran orogenic evolution: Tectonic
heredity, tectonic wedging, and retrograde mantle flow
Abstract
Ray Price, Queen’s U., Kingston,
ON |
| 09:30
– 12:00 |
PROCESSES
IN EARTH – HOW THE PLANET WORKS (I) |
| 09:30
– 10:00 |
An
1800-km cross section of the lithosphere through the northwestern
North American plate: Lessons from 4.0 billion years of Earth's
history
Abstract
Fred Cook, U. Calgary, Calgary, AB |
| 10:00
– 10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
CHAIR: Charlotte Keen, GSC Atlantic,
Dartmouth, NS |
| 10:30
– 11:00 |
Geodynamical
modeling of collisional orogens: from small-cold to large-hot
orogens and applications to LITHOPROBE problems
Abstract
Chris Beaumont, Dalhousie U. , Halifax,
NS |
| 11:00
– 11:30 |
Coupled
mantle-crust dynamics and its relevance for tectonic processes
– Effect of mantle dynamics and properties on lithospheric
structure
Abstract
Russ Pysklywec, U. Toronto, Toronto,
ON |
| 11:30
– 12:00 |
Metamorphic-tectonic
interactions in large hot orogens: Lower crustal flow in the
central Gneiss Belt, western Grenville Province
Abstract
Becky Jamieson, Dalhousie U., Halilfax,
NS |
| 12:00
– 13:00 |
LUNCH
at Ontario Science Centre; POSTER viewing |
| 13:00
– 14:00 |
PROCESSES
IN EARTH – HOW THE PLANET WORKS (II) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 |
CHAIR: Henry Halls, U. of Toronto,
Toronto, ON |
| 13:00
– 13:30 |
Precambrian
mafic magmatism: An overview
Abstract
Larry Heaman, U. of Alberta, Edmonton,
AB |
| 13:30
– 14:00 |
Secular
changes in tectonic evolution and the growth of continental
lithosphere
Abstract
Tom
Skulski, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa, ON |
| 14:00
– 16:00 |
THE
RESOURCEFUL EARTH – SUSTAINING AND ENDANGERING LIFE ON
THE PLANET |
| 14:00
– 14:30 |
Enhancing
base metal exploration through seismic reflection studies adapted
for the crystalline rock environment
Abstract
David Eaton, U. Western Ontario, London,
ON |
| 14:30
– 15:00 |
BREAK |
| 15:00 - 16:30 |
CHAIR: Walter Mooney, US Geological
Survey,
Menlo Park, CA |
| 15:00
– 15:30 |
Diamonds
and kimberlite intrusions – contributions from LITHOPROBE
and related geophysical, geochemical and petrological studies
Abstract
David Snyder, GSC Ottawa, Ottawa,
ON |
| 15:30
– 16:00 |
Giant
earthquakes beneath Canada's west coast
Abstract
Roy Hyndman, GSC Pacific, Sidney,
BC |
| 16:00
– 16:30 |
LITHOPROBE
- A legacy of benefits to Canada
Abstract
Ron Clowes,
Director, LITHOPROBE
U.
of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
|
| 16:30
– 18:00 |
POSTER
SESSION [with refreshments] |
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