| Start Time |
| 8:30 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 8:40 AM | TERRANES AND TERRANE ACCRETION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: AN EVOLVED WORKING HYPOTHESIS: HATCHER, Robert D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bobmap@utk.edu. |
| 9:00 AM | THE TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF 460 MA ECLOGITE ALONG THE TACONIAN SUTURE IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA: STEWART, Kevin G. and MILLER, Brent V., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, kgstewar@email.unc.edu |
| 9:20 AM | MAFIC ROCKS IN THE ASHE METAMORPHIC SUITE ADJACENT TO THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW, NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA–SUBDUCTION OF A SEAMOUNT?: ABBOTT, Richard N., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, abbottrn@appstate.edu. |
| 9:40 AM | THE PERSIMMON CREEK GNEISS, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, NC-GA: EVIDENCE FOR THE MISSING ARC?: MESCHTER, Susanne M., Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, susannemeschter@hotmail.com, MILLER, Calvin F., Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, P.O. Box 35-1805 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235, and FULLAGAR, Paul D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Campus Box 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:20 AM | GEOCHEMISTRY AND PROVENANCE OF INNER PIEDMONT PARAGNEISSES, NC AND SC: EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERNAL TERRANE BOUNDARY?: BREAM, Brendan R.1, HATCHER, Robert D.1, MILLER, Calvin F.2, and FULLAGAR, Paul D.3, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bbream@utk.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, P.O. Box 35-1805 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Campus Box 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 |
| 10:40 AM | TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS THAT DEFINE A FUNDAMENTAL APPALACHIAN TERRANE BOUNDARY WITHIN THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH GEORGIA: SETTLES, David J., HATCHER, Robert D., and BREAM, Brendan R., Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, dsettles@utk.edu |
| 11:00 AM | THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT AND HILLABEE GREENSTONE: EVIDENCE FOR FAST-PACED TACONIC TECTONISM IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE?: GILLON, Kenneth A., RMT, Inc, 100 Verdae Blvd, Greenville, SC 29607-3825, ken.gillon@rmtinc.com. |
| 11:20 AM | ORIGINS OF MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS: THOMAS, Christopher W.1, MILLER, C. F.1, BREAM, B. R.2, and FULLAGAR, P. D.3, (1) Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, cw.thomas@vanderbilt.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3) Geological Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 |
|