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

Session No. 18
Friday, 28 March 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Structural Geology and Tectonics

 

Adam Schoonmaker and Jeri L. Jones, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
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8:00 AM
GEOLOGICAL MAPS AS RELATIONAL DATABASES
DE PAOR, Declan G., Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Olin Hall, Worcester, MA 01609 and WHITMEYER, Steve, Geology and Environmental Sciences, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, declan@wpi.edu, declan@wpi.edu
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8:20 AM
USING A RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR FOR A LOOK THROUGH TIME IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND
JONES, Jeri L., York County Department of Parks and Recreation, 400 Mundis Race Road, York, PA 17406, JLJ276@aol.com, JLJ276@aol.com
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8:40 AM
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE TRANSYLVANIA FAULT ZONE IN THE APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT, BEDFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
DODSON, Elizabeth L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 and THOMAS, William A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, ldodson7@gmail.com, ldodson7@gmail.com
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9:00 AM
DIACHRONOUS TACONIAN DUCTILE DEFORMATION AND METAMORPHISM IN THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF PENNSYLVANIA
VALENTINO, David W.1, CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R.2 and SMITH, Steven T.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, (2)Geology, St. Lawrence University, 149 Brown Hall, St. Lawrence University 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, dvalenti@oswego.edu, dvalenti@oswego.edu
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9:20 AM
DOMAINS OF L-S AND L>S TECTONITE AND EVIDENCE FOR SINISTRAL SHEAR IN THE PISECO LAKE ZONE, SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS, NEW YORK
PETERSON, Robert1, VALENTINO, David W.1 and CHIARENZELLI, Jeffrey R.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, (2)Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, 147 Brown Hall, Canton, NY 13617, rpeterso@oswego.edu, rpeterso@oswego.edu
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9:40 AM
STRUCTURAL AND MINERALOGICAL VARIATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH-WESTERN CONTACT OF THE SEBAGO PLUTON WITH THE SEBAGO MIGMATITE DOMAIN, SW MAINE: RESULTS FROM NEW MAPPING
KALCZYNSKI, Michael J., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Smith Hall, Newark, NJ 07102 and SOLAR, Gary S., Laboratory for Orogenic Studies, Department of Earth Sciences, SUNY Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, mjkalz@gmail.com, mjkalz@gmail.com
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10:00 AM
STRUCTURAL AND PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRIAN UNITS AT BEAVERTAIL STATE PARK, RI
CARTER, Matthew J., Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 and MOSHER, Sharon, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, mjcarter@mail.utexas.edu, mjcarter@mail.utexas.edu
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10:20 AM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE GEOLOGY OF BAIE VERTE PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND: PART 1-TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF OPHIOLITES AND THEIR VOLCANIC COVER
SKULSKI, Thomas1, CASTONGUAY, Sébastien2, MCNICOLL, Vicki1 and VAN STAAL, Cees3, (1)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, (3)Pacific division, Geological Survey of Canada, 625 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6b 5J3, Canada, tskulski@nrcan.gc.ca, tskulski@nrcan.gc.ca
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10:40 AM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE GEOLOGY OF BAIE VERTE PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND: PART 2- STRUCTURE AND DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PACQUET HARBOUR GROUP AND POINTE ROUSSE COMPLEX
CASTONGUAY, Sébastien1, SKULSKI, Tom2, VAN STAAL, Cees R.3 and CURRIE, Maggie2, (1)Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, scastong@nrcan.gc.ca, scastong@nrcan.gc.ca
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11:00 AM
STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE FOR SOUTHWEST-DIRECTED SUBDUCTION IN THE EARLY ORDOVICIAN ROCKS OF THE CAUCOMGOMOC LAKE INLIER, NORTHERN MAINE
SCHOONMAKER, Adam, Geosciences, Utica College, 175 Gordon Hall, 1600 Burrstone Road, Utica, NY 13502, adschoonmaker@utica.edu, adschoonmaker@utica.edu
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11:20 AM
LATE PALEOZOIC DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSION DRIVEN BY OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE, SOUTHERN BRONSON HILL TERRANE, MASSACHUSETTS
MASSEY, Matthew A., Department of Geology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755 and MOECHER, D.P., Earth and Env. Sci, Univ. Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, moker@uky.edu, moker@uky.edu
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11:40 AM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT OF NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FROM THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODELING
GOTETI, Rajesh, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, River Campus, Rochester, NY 14627, MITRA, Gautam, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, SUSSMAN, Aviva, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and LEWIS, Claudia, EES: Seismic Hazards, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, gsrajesh@earth.rochester.edu, gsrajesh@earth.rochester.edu