Session No. 17 Friday, March 14, 2003

8:10 AM-12:00 PM, University of Memphis Conference Center: Fogelman Executive Center 315
T4. Connections and Timing in the Appalachian-Ouachita Orogen
Kent C. Nielsen and William A. Thomas, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:10 AM Introductory Remarks
17-18:20 AM STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS IN THE MURPHY BELT OF NORTH GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: GROSZOS, Mark S., Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, msgroszo@valdosta.edu and TULL, James F., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
17-28:40 AM CORRELATIONS OF PALEOZOIC SEQUENCES IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE: INSIGHTS INTO TECTONIC EVOLUTION: TULL, James F., Department of Geological Sciences, The Florida State Univ, 108 Carraway Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, tull@gly.fsu.edu and GROSZOS, Mark S., Department of Physics Astronomy, and Earth Science, Valdosta State Univ, Valdosta, GA
17-39:00 AM DETRITAL ZIRCON EVIDENCE OF PROXIMAL SOURCES FOR THE ALLEGHANIAN CLASTIC WEDGE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE: BECKER, Thomas P.1, THOMAS, William A.1, SAMSON, Scott D.2, and HAMILTON, Michael A.3, (1) Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univesity of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506, tpbeck2@uky.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3) Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
17-49:20 AM BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS BASED ON SEISMIC INTERPRETATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN APPALACHIANS IN ALABAMA: HARRY, Dennis L., GROSHONG, Richard H. Jr, and MAHER, C. Jr, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, dharry@wgs.geo.ua.edu
 9:40 AM Break
17-510:00 AM STRUCTURAL STYLES AND EXTENSIONAL HISTORY OF THE ALABAMA APPALACHIANS INTERPRETED FROM SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES: GROSHONG, Richard H. Jr, HARRY, Dennis L. Jr, MAHER, C. Jr, and HAWKINS, W.B. Jr, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, rgroshon@wgs.geo.ua.edu
17-610:20 AM STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON ORDOVICIAN AND DEVONIAN STRATIGRAPHY: APPALACHIAN VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE NEAR PIEDMONT ALABAMA: SOLIS, Michael P., Department of Geological Siences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, solis10@hotmail.com and THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053
17-710:40 AM APPALACHIAN-OUACHITA THRUST BELT: ALONG-STRIKE CHANGES IN STRATIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURAL STYLE: THOMAS, William A., Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, geowat@pop.uky.edu.
17-811:00 AM NANICHITO THRUST: DEFORMED UNCONFORMITY IN THE CENTRAL ZONE OF THE OUACHITA MOUNTAINS?: WILLIAMSON, David B. and NIELSEN, Kent C., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, david.williamson@eudoramail.com
17-911:20 AM EPISODIC OROGENESIS IN THE OUACHITA FOLD AND THRUST BELT: NIELSEN, Kent C. and WILLIAMSON, David B., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, knielsen@utdallas.edu
17-1011:40 AM THE BREVARD ZONE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND THE MEERS FAULT OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: CONJUGATE WRENCH FAULTS FORMED UNDER CONTRASTING TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS: RAYMER, John H., Jordan Jones & Goulding, 6801 Governors Lake Parkway, Norcross, GA 30071, jraymer@jjg.com.

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