Southeastern Section - 57th Annual Meeting (10–11 April 2008)
Session No. 13 Thursday, 10 April 2008
1:30 PM-5:35 PM, Hilton Charlotte University Place: Lakeshore Ballroom Salon II

T2. Isotopic and Chemical Geochronology of Metamorphic Terranes in the Southern Appalachian Blue Ridge and Piedmont Environs: Implications for Tectonic Mapping and Modeling

Clayton W. Loehn and Robert J. Tracy, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
13-11:35 PM NORTH AMERICAN AND GLOBAL PATTERNS OF CONTINENTAL CRUSTAL GROWTH RECORDED BY DETRITAL ZIRCONS: VOICE, Peter J., KOWALEWSKI, Michal, and ERIKSSON, Ken, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, voicep@vt.edu
13-21:55 PM DETRITAL-ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ACADIAN FORELAND BASIN STRATA OF WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA: PARK, Hyunmee1, RICKENBAKER, Alan1, BACHMANN-KRUG, Denise1, BARBEAU, David L.1, and GEHRELS, George E.2, (1) Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, columbia, SC 29208, hpark@geol.sc.edu, (2) Arizona LaserChron Cente, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
13-32:15 PM SHRIMP U-PB AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM PARAGNEISS IN THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR LATE MESOPROTEROZOIC-EARLY NEOPROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTATION: SOUTHWORTH, Scott1, ALEINIKOFF, John N.2, BURTON, William C.1, and BAILEY, Christopher3, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, Ssouthwo@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (3) Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187
13-42:35 PM TIMING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EMPLACEMENT OF THE PALEOZOIC VALE (CAT SQUARE) CHARNOCKITE AND WALKER TOP GRANITE, EASTERN INNER PIEDMONT, NORTH CAROLINA: BYARS, Heather1, MERSCHAT, Arthur1, HATCHER, Robert D. Jr1, and WOODEN, Joseph2, (1) Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, hbyars1@utk.edu, (2) USGS-Stanford Ion Microprobe Facility, Green Building, Rm 89, 367 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305-2220
13-52:55 PM TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE WESTERN NEWTON WINDOW, INNER PIEDMONT, NC: GILLIAM, William G.1, BYARS, Heather E.2, HATCHER, Robert D. Jr3, and MERSCHAT, Arthur J.3, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, wgillia1@utk.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3) Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
13-63:15 PM VORTICITY, STRAIN SYMMETRY, AND MONAZITE GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE BOWENS CREEK FAULT ZONE, NORTHEASTERN INNER PIEDMONT, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, VIRGINIA: HENIKA, William S.1, THIGPEN, J. Ryan2, PRINCE, Philip S.3, LOEHN, Clayton W.4, MCNEIL, Meaghan3, OHLSCHLAGER, Justin G.3, and LAW, Richard D.5, (1) Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, bhenika@vt.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3) Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4) Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
 3:35 PM Break
13-73:55 PM MID-PALEOZOIC MAGMATISM IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE AND INNER PIEDMONT: CONSTRAINTS FROM GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY: MAPES, Russell W., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, CB# 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, mapes@email.unc.edu, BREAM, Brendan R., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt Univ, VU Station B #351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, and MILLER, Calvin, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B #351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235
13-84:15 PM GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF BASEMENT ROCKS, DELLWOOD AREA, EASTERN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS (NC): ANDERSON, Eric D. and MOECHER, D.P., Earth & Env. Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, eric.anderson@uky.edu
13-94:35 PM GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, CAROLINA TERRANE, SOUTH CAROLINA: PRIVETT, Donald R., S.T.A.R. Environmental, 1 Circle Street, Great Falls, SC 29055, dprivett@truvista.net
13-104:55 PM FIELD RELATIONSHIPS AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL DATA: IMPLICATIONS FOR 3-D MODEL RESULTS OF NEOPROTEROZOIC DEPOSITION AND THE PALEOZOIC STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: THIGPEN, J. Ryan, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, thigpe05@vt.edu
13-115:15 PM DELIMITING THE SPATIAL EXTENT OF SUPERPOSED METAMORPHIC EVENTS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND INNER PIEDMONT WITH SHRIMP U-PB AGES OF ZIRCON RIMS: MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com, BREAM, Brendan R., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 117 Sta B, Nashville, TN 37235, HATCHER, Robert D. Jr, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, MILLER, Calvin, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, and CARRIGAN, Charles W., Dept. of Physical Sciences, Olivet Nazarene University, One University Ave, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

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