Southeastern Section–55th Annual Meeting (23–24 March 2006)
Session No. 27 Friday, 24 March 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Marriott Hotel: Mississippi Ballroom

T2. Recent Advances in Western Blue Ridge Geology

Scott Southworth and Christopher M. Bailey, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
27-18:05 AM GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF DEPOSITION AND METAMORPHISM OF THE OCOEE SUPERGROUP: SHRIMP U-PB DATING OF XENOTIME AND MONAZITE OVERGROWTHS ON DETRITAL MINERALS: ALEINIKOFF, John N., U.S. Geol. Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov, SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926-A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
27-28:25 AM TECTONIC IMPORTANCE OF PALEOZOIC SEQUENCES IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN WESTERN BLUE RIDGE/TALLADEGA BELT: TULL, James F., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, tull@gly.fsu.edu
27-38:45 AM CONODONTS FROM THE WALDEN CREEK GROUP, SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: REPETSKI, J.E., US Geol Survey, 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192, jrepetski@usgs.gov, HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, SOUTHWORTH, C. Scott, U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, and THIGPEN, J. Ryan, Geosciences Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
27-49:05 AM DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPPING SOUTHWEST OF GSMNP, WESTERN BLUE RIDGE: REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE OCOEE SUPERGROUP: THIGPEN, J. Ryan, Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geological Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, thigpe05@vt.edu and HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
27-59:25 AM KINEMATIC AND PETROFABRIC ANALYSIS OF THE GREENBRIER DISCONTINUITY, GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: CLEMONS, Kristopher, Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 307 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, geoklem@uky.edu and MOECHER, D.P., Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 301 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053
27-69:45 AM THE POLYGENETIC GREENBRIER FAULT, GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, TN/NC: SOUTHWORTH, Scott1, SCHULTZ, Art1, KUNK, M.J.2, ALEINIKOFF, John N.3, CLEMONS, Kristopher M.4, NAESER, N.D.1, NAESER, C.W.1, and DENENNY, Danielle1, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926-A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, Ssouthwo@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Federal Center Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4) Geol. Sci, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506
 10:05 AM Break
27-710:15 AM THE CHATTAHOOCHEE-HOLLAND MOUNTAIN FAULT: A TERRANE BOUNDARY IN THE BLUE RIDGE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: CYPHERS, Shawna R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, scyphers@utk.edu and HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
27-810:35 AM PRELIMINARY U-PB, 40AR/39AR AND FISSION-TRACK AGES SUPPORT A LONG AND COMPLEX TECTONIC HISTORY IN THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE: KUNK, M.J.1, SOUTHWORTH, Scott2, ALEINIKOFF, John N.3, NAESER, N.D.2, NAESER, C.W.2, MERSCHAT, Carl E.4, and CATTANACH, Bart L.4, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Federal Center Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, mkunk@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926-A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3) U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4) North Carolina Geol Survey, 59 Woodfin Place, Asheville, NC 28801
27-910:55 AM TRACKING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: EASTERN TENNESSEE AND WESTERN CAROLINAS: NAESER, Charles W., NAESER, Nancy D., and SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, cnaeser@usgs.gov
27-1011:15 AM TRANSVERSE FAULTS IN THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE: A LEGACY OF MESOZOIC TECTONICS: BAILEY, Christopher M., HASTY, Brian A., and KAYSER, Colleen, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, cmbail@wm.edu
27-1111:35 AM EVIDENCE FOR LATE CENOZOIC UPLIFT IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS FROM ISOLATED SEDIMENT TRAPS: PROWELL, David C., 555 Spence Rd, Fairburn, GA 30213, dprowell@usgs.gov and CHRISTOPHER, Raymond A., Department of Geological Sciences, Clemson Univ, Clemson, SC 29634-1908
 11:55 AM Concluding Remarks

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