Southeastern Section–55th Annual Meeting (23–24 March 2006)
Session No. 3 Thursday, 23 March 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Marriott Hotel: Kentucky Ballroom

S2. Frontiers of Appalachian Tectonics I

Robert D. Hatcher and William A. Thomas, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
3-18:05 AM DETRITAL-ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN AND ITS SOURCE ROCKS: BARBEAU, David L. Jr1, RUSSELL, Marc1, BRENNEMAN, Erin2, and GEHRELS, George3, (1) Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu, (2) Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Box 210077, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
3-28:25 AM ACCRETION OF A VOLCANIC COMPLEX ALONG THE PALEOZOIC LAURENTIAN MARGIN: POTENTIAL LINKS BETWEEN THE HILLABEE GREENSTONE, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE OF ALABAMA, AND PALEOZOIC EVENTS IN THE FORELAND: BARINEAU, Clinton I., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, 108 Carraway Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, barineau@gly.fsu.edu, TULL, James F., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, and MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611
3-38:45 AM FAULT-RELATED FOLDING: A SIMPLE UNIFYING MODEL FOR FAULT-BEND AND FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDING: SPANG, John H., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, spang@geo.tamu.edu
3-49:05 AM GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORELAND FOLD-THRUST BELT: A REVIEW OF NEW INTERPRETATIONS BY THE TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY: LEMISZKI, Peter J., Tennessee Division of Geology, 2700 Middlebrook Pike, Suite 230, Knoxville, TN 37921, Peter.Lemiszki@state.tn.us
3-59:25 AM ROLE OF THE BIRMINGHAM BASEMENT FAULT IN THIN-SKINNED THRUSTING OF THE BIRMINGHAM ANTICLINORIUM, ALABAMA: THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, geowat@uky.edu
 9:45 AM Break
3-610:00 AM THERMAL FOOTPRINT OF AN ERODED THRUST SHEET IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLACK WARRIOR BASIN, ALABAMA, USA: O'HARA, Kieran, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, geokoh@uky.edu, KANDA, Ravi, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, and THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
3-710:20 AM STRUCTURAL RESPONSES OF THE PELL CITY THRUST SHEET TO AN OBLIQUE LATERAL RAMP IN THE FOOTWALL, APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT, ALABAMA: COOK, Brian S., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, b.cook@uky.edu and THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053
3-810:40 AM THE APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT BENEATH THE COVER OF THE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC COASTAL PLAIN IN WESTERN ALABAMA AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI: SURLES, Matthew and THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, dmsurl2@uky.edu
3-911:00 AM CROSS-FAULT COMPLICATION OF AN IMBRICATE THRUST STACK IN THE CARTERSVILLE DISTRICT, GEORGIA: COSTELLO, John O., 16530 Hopewell Road, Alpharetta, GA 30004, John_Costello@dnr.state.ga.us
3-1011:20 AM A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN WESTERN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA: HIGGINS, Michael W., The Geologic Mapping Institute, 1752 Timber Bluff Drive, Clayton, GA 30525-6011, mhiggins@mindspring.com and CRAWFORD, Ralph F., The Geologic Mapping Institute, 1297 Briardale Lane, Atlanta, GA 30306
3-1111:40 AM PALINSPASTIC RESTORATION OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT: LINKS BETWEEN THE ACADIAN CLASTIC WEDGE AND HIGH–TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION IN THE CRYSTALLINE CORE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com and HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410

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