Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 59
Tuesday, 16 March 2010: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Liberty B (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T2. Laurentian-Gondwanan Interactions in the Paleozoic I

 

James Hibbard, Cees van Staal, Sandra Barr and William A. Thomas, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
THE RHEIC OCEAN: FROM GONDWANA AND LAURUSSIA TO PANGEA
NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, GUTIÉRREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, KEPPIE, J. Duncan, Departamento de Geología Regional, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF 04510, Mexico, LINNEMANN, Ulf, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, Dresden, D-01109, Germany, MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, QUESADA, Cecilio, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Ríos Rosas 23, Madrid, 28003, Spain, STRACHAN, Rob, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, United Kingdom and WOODCOCK, Nigel H., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, nance@ohio.edu, nance@ohio.edu
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8:25 AM
WHAT CAUSED THE MAIN OROGENIC PULSES ALONG THE CALEDONIAN – APPALACHIAN MARGIN OF LAURENTIA DURING THE PALEOZOIC?
VAN DER VOO, Rob, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, voo@umich.edu, voo@umich.edu
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8:45 AM
LAURENTIAN-GONDWANAN INTERACTIONS ALONG THE APPALACHIAN MARGIN
HIBBARD, J.P., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, VAN STAAL, C.R., Geological Survey of Canada, 625 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B5J3, Canada and RANKIN, D.W., US Geol Survey, Mail Stop 926, Reston, VA 20192, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu, jim_hibbard@ncsu.edu
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9:05 AM
OXYGEN-ISOTOPE MAPPING OF THE PERI-GONDWANAN TERRANES IN THE APPALACHIAN OROGEN: AN INSIGHT INTO ROCK-WATER INTERACTION AND TECTONICS
POTTER, Joanna, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, LONGSTAFFE, Fred J., Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, Biological and Geological Sciences Building, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, BARR, Sandra, Department of Geology, Acadia University, 12 University Avenue, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada and HIBBARD, James, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State U, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, jpotter6@uwo.ca, jpotter6@uwo.ca
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9:25 AM
TRUNCATION OF THE IAPETAN RIFTED MARGIN ON THE ALABAMA PROMONTORY BY THE SUWANNEE-WIGGINS SUTURE
THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, 420 Hackberry Lane, P. O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999 and STELTENPOHL, Mark G., Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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9:45 AM
STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS, PETROGRAPHY, AND BULK-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE RUSSELL LAKE ALLOCHTHON, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
CHAUMBA, Jeff B. and RODEN, Michael F., Department of Geology, University fo Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, chaumba@uga.edu, chaumba@uga.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:25 AM
A REVIEW OF THE FIELD RELATIONSHIPS AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE CAT SQUARE TERRANE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MIDDLE PALEOZOIC ACCRETION OF THE CAROLINA SUPERTERRANE
MERSCHAT, Arthur J., U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and 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, amerschat@usgs.gov, amerschat@usgs.gov
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10:45 AM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ARVONIA FORMATION, CHOPAWAMSIC TERRANE, VIRGINIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOURCE AREA WEATHERING AND PROVENANCE
OWENS, Brent E.1, KING, Sarah E.1 and SAMSON, Scott D.2, (1)Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, beowen@wm.edu, beowen@wm.edu
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11:05 AM
40AR/39AR TIMING CONSTRAINTS ON THE PALEOZOIC ASSEMBLY OF THE MID-ATLANTIC PIEDMONT, USA
KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, WINTSCH, Robert P., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001, FLEMING, Anthony H., 2275 E300S, Albion, IN 46701 and DRAKE, Avery Ala, Jr, U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001, mkunk@usgs.gov, mkunk@usgs.gov
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11:25 AM
CONSTRAINTS ON DEPOSITIONAL AGES OF MARYLAND PIEDMONT ROCKS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCON U/PB DATING
MARTIN, Aaron J.1, SOUTHWORTH, Scott2, COLLINS, Jennifer C.1, KINGMAN III, Edward R.1 and RAUM, Joseph T.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001, martinaj@geol.umd.edu, martinaj@geol.umd.edu
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