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Northeastern Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (27-29 March 2008)

Session No. 36
Saturday, 29 March 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S3. NEtectonics: Paleozoic Accretion of Arcs and Microcontinents in the Appalachians: In Honor of Douglas W. Rankin

 

Paul Karabinos and James P. Hibbard, Conveners
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8:00 AM
NEW DATA ON THE OPENING OF THE TACONIC SEAWAY IN NEWFOUNDLAND
VAN STAAL, C.R., Geological Survey of Canada, 625 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, MCNICOLL, V., Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, HIBBARD, J., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695 and SKULSKI, T., Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, cvanstaa@nrcan.gc.ca, cvanstaa@nrcan.gc.ca
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8:20 AM
EVOLUTION OF THE RHEIC OCEAN AND THE CONUNDRUM OF PANGEA
MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada and NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, bmurphy@stfx.ca, bmurphy@stfx.ca
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8:40 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM SYNTECTONIC SANDSTONES IN SCOTLAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND: SIMILARITIES AND CONTRASTS IN APPALACHIAN/CALEDONIDE CONVERGENCE HISTORY
WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, FLOYD, James D., British Geol Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, United Kingdom, VAN STAAL, C.R., Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, MCNICOLL, Vicki J., Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Otawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, SIMONETTI, Antonio, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 and HEAMAN, Larry M., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, john.waldron@ualberta.ca, john.waldron@ualberta.ca
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9:00 AM
MID-PALEOZOIC ARC ACCRETION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN, EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND ADJACENT AREAS
HEPBURN, J. Christopher, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3809, hepburn@bc.edu, hepburn@bc.edu
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9:20 AM
COMPOSITE ARC TERRAINS IN THE NEW ENGLAND APPALACHIANS
KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, pkarabin@williams.edu, pkarabin@williams.edu
 
9:40 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
PALEOZOIC TERRANES AND ACCRETIONARY PROCESSES IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS: TRIBUTE TO DOUG RANKIN—MY TEACHER, PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUE, AND FRIEND
HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee, 306 Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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10:20 AM
TECTONIC ACCRETION AT THE OUACHITA MARGIN OF LAURENTIA
THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, MICKUS, Kevin L., Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409 and KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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10:40 AM
SILURIAN EXTENSION IN CENTRAL PIEDMONT, SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE ORIGIN OF A MIDDLE PALEOZOIC BASIN IN CAROLINAS-GEORGIA SEGMENT OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC 29801-6309, dennis@sc.edu, dennis@sc.edu
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11:00 AM
IDENTIFYING SUSPECT TERRANES, DETERMINING THEIR TIMING OF ACCRETION, IDENTIFYING THEIR 'BIRTHPLACE', AND ASSESSING THEIR ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF CONTINENTAL CRUST: A GEOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVE
SAMSON, Scott D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, sdsamson@syr.edu, sdsamson@syr.edu
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11:20 AM
TRUNCATION AND TRANSLATION OF APPALACHIAN PROMONTORIES?
HIBBARD, James, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu
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11:40 AM
GEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS AND TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTION OF THE GLENS FALLS, NY 2-DEGREE SHEET
MCLELLAND, James M., Dept. Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drivee, Hamilton, NY 13346 and SELLECK, Bruce W., Dept. Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, jmclelland@citlink.net, jmclelland@citlink.net
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