Northeastern Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (12–14 March 2007)

Session No. 44
Wednesday, 14 March 2007: 8:35 AM-12:00 PM

T5. Mesozoic Extension, Exhumation, Sedimentation and Magmatism in the Northern Appalachians II

 

Mary Roden-Tice and J. Gregory McHone, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:35 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:40 AM
INTERACTIVE DATA LANGUAGE MAPPING FOR QUANTITATIVE PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION: PALISADES FERRO-BASALTS AND GRANOPHYRES
STEINER, Jeffrey C.1, STEINER, Nicholas1, BLOCK, Karin2 and PUFFER, John3, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Science, City College of New York, 138th and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, (2)Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall, Newark, NJ 07102, steiner@sci.ccny.cuny.edu, steiner@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
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9:00 AM
IRON ENRICHMENT IN BASALTIC ROCKS OF THE NEWARK BASIN: CRYSTALLIZATION IN AN OPEN SYSTEM
BLOCK, Karin A.1, STEINER, Nicholas C.2, STEINER, Jeffrey C.2 and PUFFER, John H.3, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue MR 106, New York, NY 10031, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The City College of New York, 138th St. and Convent Ave. MR-106, New York, 10031, (3)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall, Newark, NJ 07102, kblock@ccny.cuny.edu, kblock@ccny.cuny.edu
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9:20 AM
CORRELATION OF FOUR PALISADES MAGMAS WITH OVERLYING BASALT FLOWS, NEWARK BASIN, NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK
PUFFER, John H., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, BLOCK, Karin A., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue MR 106, New York, NY 10031 and STEINER, Jeffrey C., Earth and Atmospheric Science, City College of New York, 138th and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, jpuffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu, jpuffer@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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9:40 AM
A LA-ICP-MS SEARCH FOR THE PRIMARY MAGMA COMPOSITION OF THE HIGGANUM DIKE SYSTEM, CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCE
DORAIS, Michael J., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 and TUBRETT, Michael, CREAIT Network, Memorial University, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada, dorais@byu.edu, dorais@byu.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
EFFECTS OF METASOMATISM AND HOST ROCK FUSION ON THE CHEMISTRY OF EARLY JURASSIC PALISADES DIABASE IN THE NEWARK BASIN
BENIMOFF, Alan I., Executive Secretary, New York State Geological Association, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314 and PUFFER, John H., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, benimoff@mail.csi.cuny.edu, benimoff@mail.csi.cuny.edu
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10:35 AM
IGNEOUS AND TECTONIC STRUCTURES IN NORTH MOUNTAIN BASALT, GRAND MANAN ISLAND, NB
MCHONE, J. Gregory, Earth Sci Education and Rsch, P.O. Box 647, Moodus, CT 06469-0647, gregmchone@snet.net, gregmchone@snet.net
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10:55 AM
LATE JURASSIC TO EARLY CRETACEOUS EXHUMATION IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT BASED ON APATITE FISSION TRACK AGE GRADIENTS AND DISCONTINUITIES
RODEN-TICE, Mary K., Center for Earth and Environmental Science, Plattsburgh State University of New York, 101 Broad St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 and WINTSCH, Robert P., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, mary.rodentice@plattsburgh.edu, mary.rodentice@plattsburgh.edu
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11:15 AM
FAULT OFFSET OF THE ATLANTIC UPLANDS PENEPLANE: NEW LOOK AT AN OLD CONCEPT
STEA, Ralph R. and HORNE, Richard J., Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Government, 1701 Hollis St, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, Canada, rjhorne@gov.ns.ca, rjhorne@gov.ns.ca
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11:35 AM
THE ST.LAWRENCE RIFT SYSTEM IN EASTERN CANADA – FIELD AND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR PALEOZOIC TO MESOZOIC(?) REACTIVATIONS OF IAPETUS FAULTS
TREMBLAY, Alain, Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada, SASSEVILLE, Christian, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888 succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada, CLAUER, Norbert, Centre de Géochimie de la Surface, CNRS/Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 67084, France and ZENTILLI, Marcos, Dalhousie Univ, Dept Earth Sciences, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, tremblay.a@uqam.ca, tremblay.a@uqam.ca
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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