Northeastern Section - 40th Annual Meeting (March 14–16, 2005)

Session No. 7
Monday, 14 March 2005: 1:00 PM-5:30 PM

T12. Late Ordovician Taconian Orogenesis: Structural Evolution and Foreland Basin History

ES-SEPM

 

Gordon Baird, Jean M. Crespi, Art Goldstein and Charles E. Mitchell, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1
1:00 PM
A CAROLINA-GANDERIA LINK IN THE APPALACHIAN PERI-GONDWANAN REALM: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TERMINAL TACONIC PLATE CONFIGURATION
HIBBARD, James, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695 and VAN STAAL, Cees, Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu
2
1:20 PM
EVIDENCE FOR ONSET AND WESTWARD PROGRESSION OF TACONIAN OROGENESIS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
WASHINGTON, Paul A., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209 and CHISICK, Steven A., 9549 Prairie Ave, Ste. 2, Highland, IN 46322, pwashington@ulm.edu, pwashington@ulm.edu
3
1:40 PM
A REAPPRAISAL OF THE ALLOCHTHONOUS NATURE OF THE STANBRIDGE NAPPE OF SOUTHERN QUEBEC
SCHOONMAKER, Adam, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ at Albany, ES 317, Albany, NY 12222 and KIDD, William S.F., Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222, schoonm@atmos.albany.edu, schoonm@atmos.albany.edu
4
2:00 PM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARTINSBURG/ HAMBURG FORELAND SEGMENT
GANIS, G. Robert, Department of Earth Sciences, Millersville Univ, Millersville, PA 17551, bobganis@aol.com, bobganis@aol.com
5
2:20 PM
GRAPTOLITES AS INCREMENTAL STRAIN MARKERS IN LOW-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS
CRESPI, Jean M., Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, jean.crespi@uconn.edu, jean.crespi@uconn.edu
 
2:40 PM
Break
6
3:00 PM
INITIATION OF THE TACONIC FORELAND BASIN, EASTERN ONTARIO: A NOT SO PASSIVE BEEKMANTOWN PLATFORM
DIX, George R., AL RODHAN, Zuhor and BOYD, Chris, Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton Univ, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, gdix@ccs.carleton.ca, gdix@ccs.carleton.ca
7
3:20 PM
DO FORELAND BASIN SEDIMENTS ACCURATELY RECORD THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE OROGENIC HINTERLAND?
SAMSON, Scott D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, sdsamson@syr.edu, sdsamson@syr.edu
8
3:40 PM
PETROLOGY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF QUARTZ ARENITES AND CONGLOMERATES IN THE ORDOVICIAN BLOUNT MOLASSE FROM VIRGINIA TO ALABAMA, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
HAYNES, John T., Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Connnecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-2045, MELSON, William G., Smithsonian Inst, NHB-119, Washington, DC 20560-0119 and GOGGIN, Keith E., 713 Willow Oak Lane, Mandeville, LA 70471, john.haynes@uconn.edu, john.haynes@uconn.edu
9
4:00 PM
SNAKE HILL FORMATION—SYNTECTONIC FACIES OF THE EASTERNMOST TACONIC FORELAND BASIN IN EASTERN NEW YORK
ENGLISH, Adam M., Geosciences, State Univ of New York College at Fredonia, 16 Pine Robin Road, Greenfield Center, NY 12833, LANDING, Ed, New York State Museum, State Education Department, Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230 and BAIRD, Gordon C., Geosciences, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, engl2815@fredonia.edu, engl2815@fredonia.edu
10
4:20 PM
DYNAMIC RECORD OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CONTROLS IN THE EVOLVING EARLY LATE ORDOVICIAN TACONIAN FORELAND BASIN, EASTERN NEW YORK STATE: NEW INFORMATION CONCERNING THE STEUBEN – DOLGEVILLE EVENT
BAIRD, Gordon C.1, MITCHELL, Charles2, BRETT, Carlton E.3 and ENGLISH, Adam M.1, (1)Geosciences, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, (2)Dept. of Geology, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, (3)Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/ Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, Gordon.Baird@fredonia.edu, Gordon.Baird@fredonia.edu
11
4:40 PM
THE AGE OF THE BEOTHUKA TERRANOVA RADIOLARIAN ASSEMBLAGE (ORDOVICIAN, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND)
MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 and BRUTON, David L., Paleontologisk Museum, Boks 1172 Blindern, Oslo, N-0318, Norway, jorgm@acsu.buffalo.edu, jorgm@acsu.buffalo.edu
12
5:00 PM
OCEANOGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON GRAPTOLITE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN THE TACONIC AND CENTRAL ANDEAN FORELAND BASIN SUCCESSIONS
MITCHELL, Charles E., Dept. of Geology, Univ. at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, BRUSSA, Edsel D., CONICET Cátedra de Paleontología I, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Uruguay 151, Santa Rosa, 6300, Argentina and MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, cem@geology.buffalo.edu, cem@geology.buffalo.edu
See more of: Technical Sessions