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2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 201
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T116. Evolution of Appalachian-Ouachita Salients and Recesses from Reentrants [Embayments] and Promontories in the Continental Margin I: Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration of Advances Derived from Bill Thomas’ 1977 American Journal of Science Paper

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Allen J. Dennis and James P. Hibbard, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
ORDOVICIAN CANYONS, SHALES, AND THE DEFORMATION OF THE APPALACHIAN CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN CARBONATE SHELF MARGIN
WASHINGTON, Paul A., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530 and CHISICK, Steven A., 9549 Prairie Ave, Ste. 2, Highland, IN 46322, paul.washington@gmail.com, paul.washington@gmail.com
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8:25 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURVED SEGMENTS OF THE US APPALACHIANS: A COMPARISON OF THE PENNSYLVANIA AND TENNESSEE SALIENTS
HNAT, James S., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A., Geological Sciences/Environment, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and VAN DER VOO, Rob, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, jhnat@umich.edu, jhnat@umich.edu
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8:40 AM
VARIATION IN GEOMETRY OF THE APPALACHIAN ALLOCHTHON ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA SALIENT-NEW YORK RECESS
BREWER-LAPORTA, Margaret C., Natural and Social Sciences, SUNY Purchase and LaPorta and Associates, L.L.C., Geological Consultants, 5 First Street #73, Warwick, NY 10990 and LAPORTA Jr, Philip C., LaPorta and Associates, L.L.C., Geological Consultants, 5 First Street #73, Warwick, NY 10990, mbrewer-laporta@laportageol.com, mbrewer-laporta@laportageol.com
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8:55 AM
PUZZLING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SEGMENTS OF THE SINUOUS APPALACHIAN FORELAND FOLD-THRUST BELT IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA
MARSHAK, Stephen, School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, HARRISON, Michael, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, PO Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505 and BURMEISTER, Kurtis C., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ. of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95211, smarshak@uiuc.edu, smarshak@uiuc.edu
 
9:10 AM
Discussion
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9:25 AM
DID VARISCAN EUROPE BEHAVE AS AN OROCLINALLY BENT RIBBON CONTINENT DURING THE LATEST CARBONIFEROUS?
WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and GUTIERREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel, Univ Salamanca, Facultad de Ciencias, Salamanca, 37008, aweil@brynmawr.edu, aweil@brynmawr.edu
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9:40 AM
APPALACHIAN SALIENTS AND REENTRANTS: SECONDARY FEATURES ATTRIBUTABLE TO BENDING OF AN ORIGINALLY LINEAR OROGEN
JOHNSTON, Stephen T., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada and MONAHAN, Adam H., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Petch 187, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada, stj@uvic.ca, stj@uvic.ca
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9:55 AM
THE PENNSYLVANIA SALIENT: SEISMIC AND OTHER EVIDENCE FOR AN IAPETAN ARCUATE RIFT INFLUENCE ON THE ARCUATE MAP PATTERN
JACOBI, Robert D., UB Rock Fracture Group, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, LOEWENSTEIN, Stuart, Norse Energy Corp. USA, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Suite 700, Buffalo, NY 14219, SMITH, Gerald, Nornew, 1404 Sweet Home Rd, Suite 12, Amherst, NY 14228, MARTIN, John, NYSERDA, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203 and MROZ, Thomas, USDOE/NETL, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, PO Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880, rdjacobi@geology.buffalo.edu, rdjacobi@geology.buffalo.edu
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10:10 AM
ORIGIN OF A MAJOR APPALACHIAN TRANSVERSE ZONE AND INFLECTION IN OROGENIC CURVATURE: CONSEQUENCE OF AN OBLIQUE RAMP INHERITED FROM A RIFTED-MARGIN TRANSFORM FAULT
HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405-1758 and TULL, James F., Geological Sciences, Florida State University, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306, holm@gly.fsu.edu, holm@gly.fsu.edu
 
10:25 AM
Discussion
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10:40 AM
POSSIBLE PRESERVATION OF SALINIC CLEAVAGES IN THE PENNSYLVANIA EMBAYMENT: 40AR/39AR EVIDENCE FOR BOTH EARLY SILURIAN AND LATE DEVONIAN CLEAVAGES IN THE WESTMINSTER TERRANE, MARYLAND
KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, MULVEY, B.K., Department of Geology, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405, SOUTHWORTH, C.S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926-A National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and WINTSCH, R.P., Department of Geological Scineces, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, 47405, mkunk@usgs.gov, mkunk@usgs.gov
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10:55 AM
A TEST OF THE ACADIAN THRUST-NAPPE MODEL IN NEW ENGLAND USING 40AR/39AR COOLING AGES OF MUSCOVITE
MCWILLIAMS, Cory K.1, KUNK, Michael J.2 and WINTSCH, Robert P.1, (1)Department of Geoloical Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, ckmcwill@indiana.edu, ckmcwill@indiana.edu
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11:10 AM
Withdrawn
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11:25 AM
FROM RIFTED MARGIN GEOMETRY TO ARC SYSTEM COMPLEXITY: REFINING OUR TECTONIC MODELS WITH BILL THOMAS IN MIND
MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth A., Dept. of Geology, Geography, and Physics, University of Tennessee at Martin, 215 Johnson EPS Bldg, Martin, TN 38238, bethmc@utm.edu, bethmc@utm.edu
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11:40 AM
ROLES OF TRANSFORM FAULTS ALONG THE LAURENTIAN RIFTED MARGIN
THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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