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

Session No. 25
Friday, 11 April 2008: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM

Economic Geology/Stratigraphy/Structure/History of Geology

 

Donald W. Neal, Chair
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
EMERALD CRYSTAL POCKETS OF THE HIDDENITE DISTRICT, ALEXANDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
SPEER, Wade E., Speer Minerals, Inc., 3947 Mudcut Road, Marion, NC 28752, ed@speerminerals.com, ed@speerminerals.com
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1:50 PM
OIL AND GAS IN VIRGINIA
MILICI, Robert C., U.S. Geol Survey, 956 National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192, rmilici@usgs.gov, rmilici@usgs.gov
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2:10 PM
STRATIGRAPHY AND GAS PRODUCTION FROM UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES, WYOMING COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
NEAL, Donald W., Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, neald@ecu.edu, neald@ecu.edu
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2:30 PM
APPLYING GOOGLE EARTH TO GEOLOGIC STUDIES: STRATIGRAPHY AND PETROLOGY OF A BASALT FIELD IN CENTRAL ARIZONA
SINGER, Kaitlin I., Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 and FODOR, R.V., Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, kisinger@ncsu.edu, kisinger@ncsu.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
STRAIN VARIATION IN KM-SCALE STRUCTURES WITH MAP PATTERNS OF SUBHORIZONTAL SHEATH FOLDS: EXAMPLES FROM THE WESTERN INNER PIEDMONT, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, AND THE GRENVILLE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
SCHWERDTNER, Walfried Martin, Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Russell St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, fried.schwerdtner@utoronto.ca, fried.schwerdtner@utoronto.ca
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3:30 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF 3-D VORTICITY AND STRAIN SYMMETRY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN INNER PIEDMONT: AN EXHUMED OROGENIC HINTERLAND
PRINCE, Philip S.1, THIGPEN, J. Ryan2, HENIKA, William S.3, OHLSCHLAGER, Justin G.4, MCNEIL, Meaghan1 and LAW, Richard D.5, (1)Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, (4)Geology, Portland State University, 17 Cramer Hall, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, (5)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, psprince@vt.edu, psprince@vt.edu
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3:50 PM
THE ‘MOUNTAIN UPLIFT THEORY OF C.T. TRECHMANN IN CONTEXT: TECTONIC THEORY IN THE NINETEEN FIFTIES
DONOVAN, Stephen K., Department of Geology, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Postbus 9517, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, donovan@naturalis.nnm.nl, donovan@naturalis.nnm.nl
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4:10 PM
HOW GEOLOGY WAS TAUGHT AT SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, YALE, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN 1821-1838
STEARNS, Richard G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Box 1615, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235 and CORGAN, James X., Department of Geosciences, Austin Peay State Univ, Clarksville, TN 37044, Dick.Stearns@vanderbilt.edu, Dick.Stearns@vanderbilt.edu