Northeastern Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (12–14 March 2007)
Session No. 3 Monday, 12 March 2007
8:15 AM-12:00 PM, University of New Hampshire: Memorial Union Building, Theater II

T1. From Rodinia to Pangea—The Lithotectonic Record of Plate Convergence in Eastern North America I

Richard P. Tollo and Paul Karabinos, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:15 AM Introductory Remarks
3-18:20 AM THE APPALACHIANS: AN ACCRETIONARY AND COLLISIONAL OROGEN: HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Aliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bobmap@utk.edu
3-28:40 AM ND ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR THE CENTRAL METASEDIMENTARY BELT (GRENVILLE PROVINCE) AS A BACK-ARC RIFT ZONE: DICKIN, Alan and MCNUTT, Robert, School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, dickin@mcmaster.ca
3-39:00 AM DELINEATING THE GEOMETRY OF THE CENTRAL METASEDIMENTARY BELT BOUNDARY ZONE: ND ISOTOPE EVIDENCE OF A BACK-ARC RIFT ZONE: MORETTON, Katherine L. and DICKIN, Alan P., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, morettk@mcmaster.ca
3-49:20 AM ND ISOTOPE MAPPING OF LARGE SCALE FOLDING AND THRUSTING IN THE LAC DUMOINE AREA OF THE GRENVILLE PROVINCE, WESTERN QUEBEC: ZELEK, Mark J. and DICKIN, Alan P., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, zelekmj@mcmaster.ca
3-59:40 AM TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF QUASI-CYLINDRICAL S/Z FOLDS IN HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE WESTERN GRENVILLE PROVINCE AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: A COMPARATIVE STRUCTURAL STUDY: SCHWERDTNER, Walfried Martin, Geology, University of Toronto, 22 Russell St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, fried.schwerdtner@utoronto.ca and LANDA, Daniel, Lassonde Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, 170 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3E3, Canada
 10:00 AM Break
3-610:15 AM DECIPHERING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPOSITIONAL TRENDS IN GRANITOIDS: INSIGHT FROM LATE-SYN TO POST-OROGENIC MESOPROTEROZOIC PLUTONIC ROCKS OF THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE: TOLLO, Richard P. and KENTNER, Adrienne E., Geological Sciences Program, George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052, rtollo@gwu.edu
3-710:35 AM SHRIMP U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ZIRCON AND MONAZITE FROM CA. 1.3 GA ARC-RELATED ROCKS, NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS: ALEINIKOFF, John N., U.S. Geol. Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov, VOLKERT, Richard A., New Jersey Geological Survey, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, NJ 08625, and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
3-810:55 AM 1.3 GA CONTINENTAL-MARGIN MAGMATIC ARC AND BACK ARC IN THE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF ZINC + IRON DEPOSITS: VOLKERT, Richard, New Jersey Geological Survey, Trenton, NJ 08625, Rich.Volkert@dep.state.nj.us and ALEINIKOFF, John, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225
3-911:15 AM SYNRIFT STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LAURENTIAN RIFTED MARGIN: RUSSELL, Neil E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, nerussell23@yahoo.com and THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053
3-1011:35 AM INTRACRUSTAL WEDGING AND EMPLACEMENT OF EXTERNAL BASEMENT MASSIFS IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS: KARABINOS, Paul1, MORRIS, David J.1, GORDON, Ryan P.2, and PYLE, Joseph M.3, (1) Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, pkarabin@williams.edu, (2) Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180
 11:55 AM Discussion

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