Northeastern Section - 44th Annual Meeting (22–24 March 2009)

Session No. 1
Sunday, 22 March 2009: 7:50 AM-12:00 PM

S2. Orogenesis and Arc Collisions: From Models to Observations of Modern and Ancient Orogens

 

Timothy Byrne, Cees van Staal and Peter Koons, Conveners
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Start Time
 
7:50 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:00 AM
FOOTWALL GEOMETRY AND TOPOGRAPHY IN THE TAIWAN ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION
BYRNE, Timothy, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Univ of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269-2045, DANIELS, Melinda, Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 and MILLER, Jason, Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Storrs, CT 06269, tim.byrne@uconn.edu, tim.byrne@uconn.edu
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8:20 AM
CLIMATE AND RHEOLOGICAL CONTROL IN CONVERGENT MARGINS FROM A GEOCHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
ZEITLER, Peter, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015 and KOONS, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469, peter.zeitler@lehigh.edu, peter.zeitler@lehigh.edu
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8:40 AM
SUPERCONTINENT RECONSTRUCTION FROM ACCRETIONARY HISTORY AT LEADING CONTINENTAL EDGES
MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, GUTIERREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel, Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, Spain and KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Departamento de Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF 04510, Mexico, bmurphy@stfx.ca, bmurphy@stfx.ca
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9:00 AM
ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION IN THE SOUTHERN URALS
BROWN, Dennis, Strucutre of the Earths Lithosphere, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra "Jaume Almera", CSIC, c/Lluis Sole i Sabaris s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, dbrown@ija.csic.es, dbrown@ija.csic.es
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9:20 AM
PUNCTUATED MONAZITE GROWTH: A KEY TO METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION AND OROGENIC RATES DURING THE 1.8 GA TRANS-HUDSON OROGENY, MANITOBA
GROWDON, Martha L., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, JERCINOVIC, Mike, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, RAYNER, Nicole, Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, PERCIVAL, John, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Rue Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada and WINTSCH, Robert, Geology, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, mgrowdon@indiana.edu, mgrowdon@indiana.edu
 
9:40 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
TACONIC ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION CONFIRMED IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND APPALACHIANS
VAN STAAL, Cees R.1, CASTONGUAY, Sébastien2, MCNICOLL, Vicki3, BREM, Arjan4, HIBBARD, James5, SKULSKI, Tom3 and JOYCE, Nancy6, (1)Geological Survey of Canada, 625 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (4)Shell International Exploration and Production B.V, Kessler Park 1, Rijswijk, 2288 GS, Netherlands, (5)Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, (6)Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, cvanstaa@NRCan.gc.ca, cvanstaa@NRCan.gc.ca
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10:20 AM
THE RIVIERE-DES-PLANTE OPHIOLITIC MELANGE, SOUTHERN QUEBEC : ORIGIN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CHAIN LAKES MASSIF
DE SOUZA, Stéphane, Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8 and TREMBLAY, Alain, Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC G7H 2B1, Canada, de_souza.stephane@courrier.uqam.ca, de_souza.stephane@courrier.uqam.ca
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10:40 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BLUE RIDGE AND WESTERN INNER PIEDMONT ORDOVICIAN PLUTONIC AND VOLCANIC ASSEMBLAGES
HATCHER Jr, Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and BREAM, Brendan R., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Station B 35-1805, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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11:00 AM
A PETROLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE AMPHIBOLITES AND GREENSTONES IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY SYNCLINORIUM
JONES, Laura K.Z.1, WINTSCH, Robert P.1 and GROWDON, Martha L.2, (1)Geological Sciences, Indiana University - Bloomington, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, lkj@indiana.edu, lkj@indiana.edu
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11:20 AM
ACADIAN SLAB DETACHMENT RECORDED IN THE SILURO-DEVONIAN GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN MAINE
SCHOONMAKER, Adam, Geosciences, Utica College, 175 Gordon Hall, 1600 Burrstone Road, Utica, NY 13502 and KIDD, William, Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222-0100, adschoonmaker@utica.edu, adschoonmaker@utica.edu
 
11:40 AM
Poster Introductions and Discussion
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