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Southeastern Section–55th Annual Meeting (23–24 March 2006)

Session No. 3
Thursday, 23 March 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S2. Frontiers of Appalachian Tectonics I

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Robert D. Hatcher Jr and William A. Thomas, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
DETRITAL-ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN AND ITS SOURCE ROCKS
BARBEAU Jr, David L.1, RUSSELL, Marc1, BRENNEMAN, Erin2 and GEHRELS, George3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, (2)Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Box 210077, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu
2
8:25 AM
ACCRETION OF A VOLCANIC COMPLEX ALONG THE PALEOZOIC LAURENTIAN MARGIN: POTENTIAL LINKS BETWEEN THE HILLABEE GREENSTONE, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE OF ALABAMA, AND PALEOZOIC EVENTS IN THE FORELAND
BARINEAU, Clinton I., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, 108 Carraway Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, TULL, James F., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 and MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, barineau@gly.fsu.edu, barineau@gly.fsu.edu
3
8:45 AM
FAULT-RELATED FOLDING: A SIMPLE UNIFYING MODEL FOR FAULT-BEND AND FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDING
SPANG, John H., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, spang@geo.tamu.edu, spang@geo.tamu.edu
4
9:05 AM
GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FORELAND FOLD-THRUST BELT: A REVIEW OF NEW INTERPRETATIONS BY THE TENNESSEE DIVISION OF GEOLOGY
LEMISZKI, Peter J., Tennessee Division of Geology, 2700 Middlebrook Pike, Suite 230, Knoxville, TN 37921, Peter.Lemiszki@state.tn.us, Peter.Lemiszki@state.tn.us
5
9:25 AM
ROLE OF THE BIRMINGHAM BASEMENT FAULT IN THIN-SKINNED THRUSTING OF THE BIRMINGHAM ANTICLINORIUM, ALABAMA
THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
6
10:00 AM
THERMAL FOOTPRINT OF AN ERODED THRUST SHEET IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLACK WARRIOR BASIN, ALABAMA, USA
O'HARA, Kieran, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, KANDA, Ravi, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 and THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, geokoh@uky.edu, geokoh@uky.edu
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10:20 AM
STRUCTURAL RESPONSES OF THE PELL CITY THRUST SHEET TO AN OBLIQUE LATERAL RAMP IN THE FOOTWALL, APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT, ALABAMA
COOK, Brian S., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 and THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, b.cook@uky.edu, b.cook@uky.edu
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10:40 AM
THE APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT BENEATH THE COVER OF THE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC COASTAL PLAIN IN WESTERN ALABAMA AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
SURLES, Matthew and THOMAS, William A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, dmsurl2@uky.edu, dmsurl2@uky.edu
9
11:00 AM
CROSS-FAULT COMPLICATION OF AN IMBRICATE THRUST STACK IN THE CARTERSVILLE DISTRICT, GEORGIA
COSTELLO, John O., 16530 Hopewell Road, Alpharetta, GA 30004, John_Costello@dnr.state.ga.us, John_Costello@dnr.state.ga.us
10
11:20 AM
A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN WESTERN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
HIGGINS, Michael W., The Geologic Mapping Institute, 1752 Timber Bluff Drive, Clayton, GA 30525-6011 and CRAWFORD, Ralph F., The Geologic Mapping Institute, 1297 Briardale Lane, Atlanta, GA 30306, mhiggins@mindspring.com, mhiggins@mindspring.com
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11:40 AM
PALINSPASTIC RESTORATION OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT: LINKS BETWEEN THE ACADIAN CLASTIC WEDGE AND HIGH–TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION IN THE CRYSTALLINE CORE OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996 and HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com, arthurmerschat@hotmail.com
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