Session: Tectonics of the Blue Ridge and Adjacent Areas I: A Session Honoring Professor Loren Raymond (Southeastern Section

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8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

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8:05 AM

SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE (AND INNER PIEDMONT) GEOLOGY IN PRE- AND SYN-RAYMOND TIME

HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu

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8:25 AM

STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES AND DEFORMATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND VALLEY AND RIDGE BOUNDARY REGION, PAGE VALLEY, VIRGINIA

SHUFELDT, Owen¹, KIRBY, Joshua B.¹ and WHITMEYER, Steve², (1)Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, (2)Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, shufelop@jmu.edu, shufelop@jmu.edu

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8:45 AM

RECOGNITION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PALEOSEISMITES FROM SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA

WEBB Jr, Fred, Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608 and RAYMOND, Loren A., Geology Services International, Inc, Boone, NC 28607, fwebbjr@charter.net, fwebbjr@charter.net

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9:05 AM

IMPLICATIONS OF INTRACRATONIC SYNRIFT FAULTS FOR LITHOSPHERIC ROLE OF TRANSFORM FAULTS ALONG THE IAPETAN LAURENTIAN 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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9:25 AM

STRUCTURE OF THE APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT UNDER THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN SEDIMENTS

ROBINSON, Delores M., BAILEY, Ryan M. and GOODLIFFE, Andrew M., Dept of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, dmr@geo.ua.edu, dmr@geo.ua.edu

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9:45 AM

CHILHOWEE-EQUIVALENT OUTER PASSIVE-MARGIN SHELF DEPOSITS ALONG SOUTHEAST LAURENTIA

TULL, James F., Florida State Univ, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, ALLISON, David T., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688 and GROSZOS, Mark S., Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698, tull@gly.fsu.edu, tull@gly.fsu.edu

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10:05 AM

CONSTRAINTS ON BLUE RIDGE AND INNER PIEDMONT PARAGNEISS PROVENANCE: SYNTHESIS OF DETRITAL ZIRCON AND WHOLE-ROCK PB ISOTOPIC DATA

BREAM, Brendan R.¹, LOEWY, Staci L.², MERSCHAT, Arthur J.³, HATCHER Jr, Robert D.⁴ and MILLER, Calvin¹, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Station B 35-1805, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, (2)Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, brendan.bream@vanderbilt.edu, brendan.bream@vanderbilt.edu

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10:25 AM

LIMITS ON TIMING OF DEFORMATION AND PLUTONISM IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, FROM GEOLOGIC MAPPING AND U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY

VARNELL, Mary, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, MERSCHAT, Arthur, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth & Planetary Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996 and WOODEN, Joseph, USGS-Stanford Ion Microprobe Facility, Green Building, Rm 89, 367 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305-2220, mvarnell@utk.edu, mvarnell@utk.edu

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10:45 AM

GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON GRENVILLIAN DEFORMATIONAL EVENTS IN THE BLUE RIDGE, BALDWIN GAP QUADRANGLE, NW NORTH CAROLINA

HEATHERINGTON, Ann L., Geol. Sci, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120 and BARTHOLOMEW, Mervin J., Earth Sciences, Univ of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, jbrthlm1@memphis.edu, jbrthlm1@memphis.edu

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11:05 AM

A WORKING HYPOTHESIS FOR THE RECORD OF TACONIAN AND ALLEGHANIAN METAMORPHISMS AND ASSOCIATED RADIOMETRIC AGES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN BLUE RIDGE

HAMES, Willis¹, TULL, James F.² and MCDONALD, Wayne¹, (1)Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Florida State Univ, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, hameswe@auburn.edu, hameswe@auburn.edu

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11:25 AM

DECIPHERING THE PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME-DEFORMATION HISTORY OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE: INTEGRATED PETROLOGICAL, GEOCHRONOLOGICAL, AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSES FROM SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

STAHR III, Donald W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, dstahr@utk.edu, dstahr@utk.edu

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11:45 AM

USING MINERALOGIC VARIATIONS TO RECONSTRUCT STRATIGRAPHIC AND FAULT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE METASEDIMENTARY PINELOG FORMATION NEAR THE CARTERSVILLE FAULT ZONE, GEORGIA: PART II

RAINES, Daniel M., Department of Geology & Physics, Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Wheatley St, Americus, GA 31709, draines5@hotmail.com, draines5@hotmail.com

Southeastern Section - 57th Annual Meeting (10–11 April 2008)

S7. Tectonics of the Blue Ridge and Adjacent Areas I: A Session Honoring Professor Loren Raymond