Session: Arc Terranes in the Appalachians and Caledonides and their Role in Paleozoic Orogenesis II (GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001)

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HOW DO OROGENIES END? AN EXAMPLE FROM THE TACONIC OROGENY IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS

KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, pkarabin@williams.edu, pkarabin@williams.edu

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8:15 AM

IMPLICATIONS OF BONINITES FOR CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN ARC DEVELOPMENT IN THE NE APPALACHIANS

KIM, Jonathan, Vermont Geol Survey, 103 S. Main St, Waterbury, VT 05671 and JACOBI, Robert D., Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences Bldg, Buffalo, NY 14260, jonk@dec.anr.state.vt.us, jonk@dec.anr.state.vt.us

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8:30 AM

CONSTRAINTS ON ARC ACCRETION BASED ON ELECTRON MICROPROBE AGE MAPPING AND CHEMICAL DATING OF MONAZITE FROM ARENIG OR OLDER, HIGH-GRADE METASEDIMENTS FROM THE WATERBURY DOME, WESTERN CONNECTICUT

DIETSCH, Craig, Department of Geology, Univeristy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and JERCINOVIC, Michael J., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-5820, mjj@geo.umass.edu, mjj@geo.umass.edu

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8:45 AM

A LAURENTIAN PROVENANCE OF THE MERRIMACK BELT, NEW ENGLAND APPALACHIANS

DORAIS, Michael J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602 and WINTSCH, Robert P., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, dorais@byu.edu, dorais@byu.edu

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9:00 AM

THE SURRY COMPLEX (SURRY SLURRY): ROOT ZONE OF THE PENOBSCOT OROGEN?

REUSCH, Douglas N., Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 5790 Bryand Glb.Sci.Ctr, Orono, ME 04469-5790, VAN STAAL, Cees, Geological Survey of Canada, NRCAN, 614-615 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada and HIBBARD, James P., Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695, doug@iceage.umeqs.maine.edu, doug@iceage.umeqs.maine.edu

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KINEMATICS OF THE BOIL MTN. OPHIOLITE - CHAIN LAKES MASSIF CONTACT

GERBI, Christopher C., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and JOHNSON, Scott E., Univ Maine - Orono, 5790 Bryand Global Science Ctr, Orono, ME 04469-5790, gerbi@umit.maine.edu, gerbi@umit.maine.edu

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9:30 AM

TECTONIC SYNTHESIS OF RECENT GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL DATA IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN PIEDMONT OF SE PA AND N DEL

BOSBYSHELL, Howell¹, SROGI, Leeann², ALEINIKOFF, John N.³, PLANK, Margaret O.⁴, SCHENCK, W. S.⁴, CRAWFORD, Maria Luisa⁵ and WILLIAMS, Michael⁶, (1)Dept. of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, (2)West Chester Univ, 750 S Church St, West Chester, PA 19383-0001, (3)U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Delaware Geol Survey, Newark, DE 19716, (5)Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899, (6)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002, hbosbysh@brynmawr.edu, hbosbysh@brynmawr.edu

9:45 AM

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10:00 AM

WHERE IS THE ARC? DISCONTINUITIES IN TACONIAN ARC MAGMATISM IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS

THOMAS, Christopher W.¹, MILLER, C. F.¹, FULLAGAR, P. D.², MESCHTER MCDOWELL, S. M.¹, VINSON, S. B.¹ and BREAM, B. R.³, (1)Dept. of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Dept. of Geological Sciences CB# 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3)Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, cw.thomas@vanderbilt.edu, cw.thomas@vanderbilt.edu

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10:15 AM

MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF OLISTOSTROMAL ASSEMBLAGES OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN SW NC: INSIGHTS INTO CONVERGENT MARGIN PROCESSES OF THE PALEOZOIC

RYAN, J. G.¹, PETERSON, V. L.², YURKOVICH, S. P.², BURR, J. L.² and KRUSE, S. E.¹, (1)Geology, Univ of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Geosciences and Natural Resources Managment, Western Carolina Univ, Cullowhee, NC 28723, ryan@chuma.cas.usf.edu, ryan@chuma.cas.usf.edu

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10:30 AM

TIMING OF ARC ACCRETION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE LAURENTIAN MARGIN

KOHN, Matthew J., Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, Dept. Geol. Sci.; EWS 617, Univ. South Carolina; 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, mjk@geol.sc.edu, mjk@geol.sc.edu

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10:45 AM

THE SALLY FREE MAFIC COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED MAFIC ROCKS OF THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT: EVIDENCE OF ORDOVICIAN ARC VOLCANISM AND INTRUSION NORTHWEST OF DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA

SETTLES, David J., BREAM, Brendan R. and HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, dsettles@utk.edu, dsettles@utk.edu

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11:00 AM

IMPLICATIONS OF A CAMBRIAN (530 MA) TECTONOTHERMAL EVENT IN THE SMITH RIVER ALLOCHTHON, SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

TRACY, Robert J., Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, HIBBARD, J.P., MEAS, NCSU, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695 and HENIKA, W. S., Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, rtracy@vt.edu, rtracy@vt.edu

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WANDERING CAROLINA: TRACKING EXOTIC TERRANES WITH DETRITAL ZIRCONS

SAMSON, Scott D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY 13244, SECOR, Donald T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 and HAMILTON, Michael A., Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, sdsamson@syr.edu, sdsamson@syr.edu

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CONSTRAINTS ON ASSEMBLY OF THE CAROLINA COMPOSITE TERRANE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN PIEDMONT: ROLE OF ECLOGITE-HIGH-P GRANULITE FACIES ROCKS IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, Univ South Carolina - Aiken, 471 University Pkwy, Aiken, SC 29801-6309, SECOR, Donald T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, 617 Earth Water Science Bldg, Columbia, SC 29208 and SHERVAIS, John W., Dept Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, dennis@sc.edu, dennis@sc.edu

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Discussion

GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

T1. Arc Terranes in the Appalachians and Caledonides and their Role in Paleozoic Orogenesis II