Southeastern Section - 57th Annual Meeting (10–11 April 2008)
Session No. 27 Friday, 11 April 2008
1:30 PM-5:40 PM, Hilton Charlotte University Place: Lakeshore Ballroom Salons III&IV

S7. Tectonics of the Blue Ridge and Adjacent Areas II: A Session Honoring Professor Loren Raymond

Kevin G. Stewart and Arthur Merschat, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
27-11:30 PM ROCK DESCRIPTIONS, THE ZIG-ZAG METHOD, AND PETROTECTONIC ASSEMBLAGES: A THANK YOU TO PROFESSOR LOREN RAYMOND FOR HIS SERVICE AND RESEARCH: MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com
27-21:50 PM DIFFERENCES IN THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THRUST SHEETS IN THE BLUE RIDGE THRUST COMPLEX, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE: ADAMS, Mark, Mine Planning and Geology, Unimin Corporation, 107 Harris Mining Company Rd, Spruce Pine, NC 28777, lwadams@skybest.com, TRUPE, C.H., Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30461, and STEWART, K.G., Department of Geology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
27-32:10 PM THE ROLE OF CHLORITE IN THE TRANSITION FROM BRITTLE TO DUCTILE FAULTING: AN EXAMPLE FROM AN ALLEGHANIAN THRUST IN THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE: BORELLA, Josh, Borella Geology Inc, 1000 N. Coast Hwy Suite #1, Laguna Beach, CA 92651, kgstewar@email.unc.edu and STEWART, Kevin, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, kgstewar@email.unc.edu
27-42:30 PM SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN DIXIE: I. EVALUATING THE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR MARINOAN- VARANGIAN OR GASKIERS GLACIATION IN THE BATTLEGROUND AND BLACKSBURG FORMATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A: DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC 29801-6309, dennis@sc.edu
27-52:50 PM THRUST FAULTS, FALSE STRATIGRAPHY, AND FALSE FACING CRITERIA IN THE BLUE RIDGE IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA, SOUTHERNMOST APPALACHIANS: 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
27-63:10 PM RE-EXAMINATION OF THE GREENBRIER FAULT: POSTMETAMORPHIC SLIP ON A FAULTED STRATIGRAPHIC CONTACT: MOECHER, D.P., Earth and Env. Sci, Univ. Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, moker@uky.edu and CLEMONS, Kristopher M., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Browning Building - Room 606, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0011
27-73:30 PM THE TACONIC OROGENY: COLLISIONAL VS. ACCRETIONARY OROGENESIS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: BARINEAU, Clinton I., Department of Chemistry and Geology, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907-5645, barineau_clinton@colstate.edu
27-83:50 PM GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF ALLEGHANIAN AND 'ATYPICAL' ALLEGHANIAN GRANITES IN THE CAROLINA TERRANE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOURCES AND TERRANE ACCRETIONARY HISTORY: DASGUPTA, Tathagata, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 310 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, tdasgupt@syr.edu and SAMSON, Scott, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244
27-94:10 PM AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF BULK-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY IN DETERMINING IGNEOUS PROTOLITHS OF ROCKS FROM THE SOAPSTONE RIDGE COMPLEX, ATLANTA, GEORGIA: CHAUMBA, Jeff B. and SWANSON, Samuel E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, chaumba@uga.edu
27-104:30 PM COMPOSITIONAL ZONING IN AMPHIBOLES: EVIDENCE FOR SYNTECTONIC GROWTH AND DISSOLUTION CREEP IN THE ASHE METAMORPHIC SUITE, NC: STOKES, Rebecca, Geosciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47401, mrstokes@indiana.edu, WINTSCH, Robert, Geology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, and SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
27-114:50 PM CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION AND EMPLACEMENT OF THE BUCK CREEK COMPLEX AND OTHER BLUE RIDGE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR OPHIOLITE EMPLACEMENT IN COLLISIONAL OROGENS: PETERSON, Virginia, Geology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, petersvi@gvsu.edu and RYAN, Jeffrey, Department of Geology, SCA-528, Univ of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620
27-125:10 PM REFLECTIONS ON OLIVINE AND PYROXENE-RICH ROCKS FROM THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA: SWANSON, Samuel E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, sswanson@uga.edu
 5:30 PM Concluding Remarks

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