Southeastern Section - 50th Annual Meeting (April 5-6, 2001)

Session No. 31
Friday, 6 April 2001: 8:30 AM-11:40 AM

S9. Terrane Boundaries and Paleosubduction Zones in the Inner Piedmont and Blue Ridge: Where are They, What is Their History? (Part A)

 

Calvin Miller and Robert D. Hatcher, Jr, Conveners
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8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:40 AM
TERRANES AND TERRANE ACCRETION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: AN EVOLVED WORKING HYPOTHESIS
HATCHER, Robert D., Jr, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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9:00 AM
THE TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF 460 MA ECLOGITE ALONG THE TACONIAN SUTURE IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA
STEWART, Kevin G., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 and MILLER, Brent V., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, kgstewar@email.unc.edu, kgstewar@email.unc.edu
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9:20 AM
MAFIC ROCKS IN THE ASHE METAMORPHIC SUITE ADJACENT TO THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW, NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA–SUBDUCTION OF A SEAMOUNT?
ABBOTT, Richard N., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, abbottrn@appstate.edu, abbottrn@appstate.edu
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9:40 AM
THE PERSIMMON CREEK GNEISS, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, NC-GA: EVIDENCE FOR THE MISSING ARC?
MESCHTER, Susanne M., Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, MILLER, Calvin F., Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, P.O. Box 35-1805 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235 and FULLAGAR, Paul D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Campus Box 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, susannemeschter@hotmail.com, susannemeschter@hotmail.com
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND PROVENANCE OF INNER PIEDMONT PARAGNEISSES, NC AND SC: EVIDENCE FOR AN INTERNAL TERRANE BOUNDARY?
BREAM, Brendan R.1, HATCHER, Robert D., Jr1, MILLER, Calvin F.2 and FULLAGAR, Paul D.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, P.O. Box 35-1805 Station B, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Campus Box 3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, bbream@utk.edu, bbream@utk.edu
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10:40 AM
TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS THAT DEFINE A FUNDAMENTAL APPALACHIAN TERRANE BOUNDARY WITHIN THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH GEORGIA
SETTLES, David J., HATCHER, Robert D., Jr and BREAM, Brendan R., Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Geology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, dsettles@utk.edu, dsettles@utk.edu
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11:00 AM
THE DAHLONEGA GOLD BELT AND HILLABEE GREENSTONE: EVIDENCE FOR FAST-PACED TACONIC TECTONISM IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE?
GILLON, Kenneth A., RMT, Inc, 100 Verdae Blvd, Greenville, SC 29607-3825, ken.gillon@rmtinc.com, ken.gillon@rmtinc.com
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11:20 AM
ORIGINS OF MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEXES OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: GEOCHRONOLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS
THOMAS, Christopher W.1, MILLER, C. F.1, BREAM, B. R.2 and FULLAGAR, P. D.3, (1)Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3)Geological Sciences, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, cw.thomas@vanderbilt.edu, cw.thomas@vanderbilt.edu
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