Session: Structural Geology & Tectonics (Southeastern Section - 58th Annual Meeting (12-13 March 2009))

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8:30 AM

DETRITAL-ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN STRATA IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: THE CHANGES OF SEDIMENTARY SOURCES FROM THE TACONIC THROUGH THE ALLEGHANIAN

PARK, Hyunmee¹, BARBEAU Jr, David L.¹, RICKENBAKER, Alan¹, BACHMANN-KRUG, Denise¹ and GEHRELS, G.E.², (1)Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, hpark@geol.sc.edu, hpark@geol.sc.edu

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8:50 AM

CONTRASTING MODES OF STRAIN ACCOMMODATION AND INTRABLOCK DEFORMATION ZONES (IDZs) IN THE MARION—SALTVILLE REGION OF THE VALLEY AND RIDGE STRUCTURAL BELT, SW VIRGINIA, USA

RAYMOND, Loren A., NA, Geology•Services International, Inc, 321 Perkins Street, Boone, NC 28607, WEBB Jr, Fred, Departement of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608 and WHITLOCK, William W., DMME, Commonwealth of Virginia, Abingdon, VA 24210, raymondla@bellsouth.net, raymondla@bellsouth.net

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9:10 AM

STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY, AND DEFORMATION HISTORY OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC SWIFT RUN FORMATION, CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE

GATTUSO, Adam P., Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, apgatt@wm.edu, apgatt@wm.edu

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9:30 AM

PALEOGEOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE OF IAPETAN SYNRIFT DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE PROMONTORY, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: A U-PB AND HF ISOTOPIC STUDY

ALLEN, John Stefan¹, THOMAS, William A.², MUELLER, Paul A.³, KAMENOV, George D.³ and HYACINTH, Leeanna³, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, john-allen@uky.edu, john-allen@uky.edu

9:50 AM

Break

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10:10 AM

INVESTIGATION OF QUATERNARY DISPLACEMENT ON THE UNIONTOWN FAULT, WESTERN KENTUCKY

COUNTS, Ronald C., Kentucky Geological Survey, 1401 Corporate Court, Henderson, KY 42420, VAN ARSDALE, Roy B., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 001 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152 and WOOLERY, Edward W., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, rcounts@uky.edu, rcounts@uky.edu

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10:30 AM

SHALLOW GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF TRAIL RIDGE, GEORGIA

BREZINA, Thomas M.¹, PUJOL, Jose¹, BARTHOLOMEW, Mervin J.¹ and RICH, Fredrick J.², (1)Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, (2)Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, tbrezina@memphis.edu, tbrezina@memphis.edu

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10:50 AM

PROVENANCE OF THE MIDDLE–LATE ORDOVICIAN CLASTIC WEDGE IN THE ARGENTINE PRECORDILLERA

THOMAS, William A.¹, ASTINI, Ricardo A.², MUELLER, Paul A.³, MCCLELLAND, William C.⁴, KAMENOV, George D.³, ALLEN, John S.⁵ and HYACINTH, Leeanna³, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (2)Cátedra de Estratigrafía y Geología Histórica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, X5016GCA, Argentina, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (4)Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (5)Deptartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu

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11:10 AM

A NORWEGIAN MICROCONTINENT? EVIDENCE FROM TRACE-ELEMENT AND ISOTOPIC CHEMISTRY OF CLASTIC METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS

MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth A., Dept. of Geology, Geography, and Physics, University of Tennessee at Martin, 215 Johnson EPS Bldg, Martin, TN 38238, bethmc@utm.edu, bethmc@utm.edu