2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 201 Wednesday, 31 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 401/402

T116. Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita Salients and Recesses from Reentrants [Embayments] and Promontories in the Continental Margin I: Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of Advances Derived from Bill Thomas’ 1977 American Journal of Science Paper

Allen J. Dennis and Jim Hibbard, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
201-18:10 AM ORDOVICIAN CANYONS, SHALES, AND THE DEFORMATION OF THE APPALACHIAN CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN CARBONATE SHELF MARGIN: WASHINGTON, Paul A., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530, paul.washington@gmail.com and CHISICK, Steven A., 9549 Prairie Ave, Ste. 2, Highland, IN 46322
201-28:25 AM DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURVED SEGMENTS OF THE US APPALACHIANS: A COMPARISON OF THE PENNSYLVANIA AND TENNESSEE SALIENTS: HNAT, James S., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, jhnat@umich.edu, VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A., Geological Sciences/Environment, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, and VAN DER VOO, Rob, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
201-38:40 AM VARIATION IN GEOMETRY OF THE APPALACHIAN ALLOCHTHON ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA SALIENT-NEW YORK RECESS: BREWER-LAPORTA, Margaret C., Natural and Social Sciences, SUNY Purchase and LaPorta and Associates, L.L.C., Geological Consultants, 5 First Street #73, Warwick, NY 10990, mbrewer-laporta@laportageol.com and LAPORTA, Philip C. Jr, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Graduate Ctr, City Univ of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309
201-48:55 AM PUZZLING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SEGMENTS OF THE SINUOUS APPALACHIAN FORELAND FOLD-THRUST BELT IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA: MARSHAK, Stephen, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Illinois, 1301 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, smarshak@uiuc.edu, HARRISON, Michael, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, PO Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505, and BURMEISTER, Kurtis C., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ. of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211
 9:10 AM Discussion
201-59:25 AM DID VARISCAN EUROPE BEHAVE AS AN OROCLINALLY BENT RIBBON CONTINENT DURING THE LATEST CARBONIFEROUS?: WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, aweil@brynmawr.edu and GUTIERREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel, Univ Salamanca, Facultad de Ciencias, Salamanca, 37008
201-69:40 AM APPALACHIAN SALIENTS AND REENTRANTS: SECONDARY FEATURES ATTRIBUTABLE TO BENDING OF AN ORIGINALLY LINEAR OROGEN: JOHNSTON, Stephen T. and MONAHAN, Adam H., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Petch 187, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada, stj@uvic.ca
201-79:55 AM THE PENNSYLVANIA SALIENT: SEISMIC AND OTHER EVIDENCE FOR AN IAPETAN ARCUATE RIFT INFLUENCE ON THE ARCUATE MAP PATTERN: JACOBI, Robert D.1, LOEWENSTEIN, Stuart2, SMITH, Gerald2, MARTIN, John3, and MROZ, Thomas4, (1) UB Rock Fracture Group, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, rdjacobi@geology.buffalo.edu, (2) Nornew, 1404 Sweet Home Rd, Suite 12, Amherst, NY 14228, (3) NYSERDA, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203, (4) USDOE/NETL, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, PO Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880
201-810:10 AM ORIGIN OF A MAJOR APPALACHIAN TRANSVERSE ZONE AND INFLECTION IN OROGENIC CURVATURE: CONSEQUENCE OF AN OBLIQUE RAMP INHERITED FROM A RIFTED-MARGIN TRANSFORM FAULT: HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-1758, holm@gly.fsu.edu and TULL, James F., Geological Sciences, Florida State University, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306
 10:25 AM Discussion
201-910:40 AM POSSIBLE PRESERVATION OF SALINIC CLEAVAGES IN THE PENNSYLVANIA EMBAYMENT: 40AR/39AR EVIDENCE FOR BOTH EARLY SILURIAN AND LATE DEVONIAN CLEAVAGES IN THE WESTMINSTER TERRANE, MARYLAND: KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, mkunk@usgs.gov, MULVEY, B.K., Department of Geology, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405, SOUTHWORTH, C.S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926-A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, and WINTSCH, R.P., Department of Geological Scineces, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, 47405
201-1010:55 AM A TEST OF THE ACADIAN THRUST-NAPPE MODEL IN NEW ENGLAND USING 40AR/39AR COOLING AGES OF MUSCOVITE: MCWILLIAMS, Cory K.1, KUNK, Michael J.2, and WINTSCH, Robert P.1, (1) Department of Geoloical Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, ckmcwill@indiana.edu, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
201-1111:10 AM Paper Withdrawn
201-1211:25 AM FROM RIFTED MARGIN GEOMETRY TO ARC SYSTEM COMPLEXITY: REFINING OUR TECTONIC MODELS WITH BILL THOMAS IN MIND: MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth A., Dept. of Geology, Geography, and Physics, University of Tennessee at Martin, 215 Johnson EPS Bldg, Martin, TN 38238, bethmc@utm.edu
201-1311:40 AM ROLES OF TRANSFORM FAULTS ALONG THE LAURENTIAN RIFTED MARGIN: THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, geowat@uky.edu

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