Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)

Session No. 38
Friday, 26 March 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T25. Peri-Gondwanan Terranes of the Appalachians I

 

James Hibbard and J. Wright Horton, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
DETRITAL-ZIRCON AGES CONFIRM LAURENTIAN AFFINITIES OF THE ARGENTINE PRECORDILLERA
THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, ASTINI, Ricardo A., Cátedra de Estratigrafía y Geología Histórica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, X5016GCA, Argentina, MUELLER, Paul A., Geological Sciences, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, WOODEN, Joseph L., U.S. Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and GEHRELS, George, Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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8:30 AM
NEW U-PB ZIRCON DATES FROM THE ACATLAN COMPLEX, MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AGES OF TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS AND OROGENIC EVENTS
KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F, 04510, Mexico, MILLER, B.V., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27588-3315, NANCE, R.D., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701, MURPHY, J.B., Dept. of Geology, St. Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada and DOSTAL, Jarda, Earth Sciences, St. Mary's Univ, Halifax, NS, Canada, duncan@servidor.unam.mx, duncan@servidor.unam.mx
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8:50 AM
THE APPALACHIAN PERI-GONDWANAN REALM: A PALEOGEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SOUTH
HIBBARD, J.P.1, MILLER, B.V.2, TRACY, R.J.3 and CARTER, B.T.1, (1)MEAS, NC State U, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, UNC-CH, CB 3315 Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3)Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu
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9:10 AM
USING EBSD ANALYSIS OF OMPHACITE TO EVALUATE ECLOGITE EXHUMATION MECHANISMS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
SYVERTSEN, Kara A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3315 Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, STEWART, Kevin, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, CB# 3315 Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, DAVIS, Peter, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and WHITNEY, Donna, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 103 Pillsbury Dr, 108 Pillsbury Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55414, syver@email.unc.edu, syver@email.unc.edu
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9:30 AM
PRELIMINARY REASSESSMENT OF THE TECTONOTHERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE SMITH RIVER ALLOCTHON, VA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TERRANE AFFINITY
CARTER, Brad T.1, HIBBARD, James P.1, TRACY, Robert J.2 and HENIKA, William S.2, (1)Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27606, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, btcarter@ncsu.edu, btcarter@ncsu.edu
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9:50 AM
DID THE WILMINGTON COMPLEX ORIGINATE AS A PERI-GONDWANAN ARC?
BOSBYSHELL, Howell, Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester Univ, 750 South Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383 and SROGI, LeeAnn, Department of Geology/Astronomy, West Chester Univ, 720 S Church St, West Chester, PA 19383-0001, hbosbyshel@wcupa.edu, hbosbyshel@wcupa.edu
 
10:10 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
MIDDLE TO LATE PALEOZOIC ACCRETION OF THE CAROLINA TERRANE: EVIDENCE FROM THE BRINDLE CREEK THRUST SHEET, INNER PIEDMONT, NORTH CAROLINA
MERSCHAT, Arthur J.1, HATCHER Jr, Robert D.1, BREAM, Brendan R.1 and MAPES, Russell W.2, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geological Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#3315, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com
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10:40 AM
CA. 626 MA TO 619 MA PEN BRANCH/DEEP ROCK VOLCANIC ARC TERRANE UNDERLYING THE U.S. D.O.E. SAVANNAH RIVER SITE, SOUTH CAROLINA
DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, Univ South Carolina - Aiken, 471 University Pkwy, Aiken, SC 29801-6309 and SHERVAIS, John W., Geology Dept, Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322-4505, dennis@sc.edu, dennis@sc.edu
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11:00 AM
BRITTLE AND DUCTILE DEFORMATION ALONG THE CHARLOTTE/CAROLINA TERRANE BOUNDARY IN 6 QUADRANGLES IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
BARKER, Chris A. and HALPIN Jr, Michael A., Dept. of Geology, Stephen F. Austin State Univ, Box 13011, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, cbarker@sfasu.edu, cbarker@sfasu.edu
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11:20 AM
INTRA-ARC LITHOTECTONIC RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CAROLINA ZONE, EASTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
BLAKE, David E., Dept. of Earth Sciences, UNC–Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 and STODDARD, Edward F., Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, blaked@uncwil.edu, blaked@uncwil.edu
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11:40 AM
SIGNIFICANT SOUTHWESTWARD TRANSPORT OF THE GOOCHLAND TERRANE ALONG THE SPOTSYLVANIA HIGH-STRAIN ZONE, VIRGINIA PIEDMONT
BAILEY, Christopher M., Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, cmbail@wm.edu, cmbail@wm.edu
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