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

Session No. 29
Monday, 15 March 2010: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Liberty B (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T3. Tectonic Significance of Buried Terranes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains

 

J. Wright Horton and Paul A. Mueller, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
ORDOVICIAN TO DEVONIAN MAGMATISM ASSOCIATED WITH TACONIC COLLISIONAL TECTONICS IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS: AN EXAMPLE OF AN OROGENIC CYCLE
SINHA, A. Krishna, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, 420 Hackberry Lane, P. O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999 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, pitlab@vt.edu, pitlab@vt.edu
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8:25 AM
GEODYNAMICS OF SUPERCONTINENT DISPERSAL: GEOCHEMICAL TRACERS FROM LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES, EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
HANAN, Barry, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 and SINHA, A. Krishna, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, barry.hanan@sdsu.edu, barry.hanan@sdsu.edu
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8:45 AM
BASEMENT TERRANES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION – EVIDENCE FROM BOREHOLE SAMPLES AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
HORTON, J. Wright, U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, DANIELS, David L., U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, MALINCONICO, MaryAnn L., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, GIBSON, Roger L., School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, PO WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa and TOWNSEND, Gabrielle N., School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, whorton@usgs.gov, whorton@usgs.gov
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9:05 AM
THE SUWANNEE SUTURE: WHAT IS IT AND WHERE IS IT?
MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, HEATHERINGTON, Ann, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 and STELTENPOHL, Mark, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, pamueller@ufl.edu, pamueller@ufl.edu
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9:25 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE LITHOSPHERIC SUTURE BETWEEN LAURENTIA AND GONDWANA: A PASSIVE SEISMIC EXPERIMENT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S
FISCHER, Karen M.1, WAGNER, Lara S.2, FORSYTH, Donald W.1 and HAWMAN, Robert B.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, rob@seismo.gly.uga.edu, rob@seismo.gly.uga.edu
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9:45 AM
DETAILED ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUB-COASTAL PLAIN SOUTH GEORGIA BASIN AS REVEALED BY GEOPHYSICAL DATA
PEAVY, Samuel T., Geology & Physics, Georgia Southwestern State University, 800 Georgia Southwestern State Univ. Drive, Americus, GA 31709, speavy@canes.gsw.edu, speavy@canes.gsw.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
7
10:25 AM
MESOZOIC HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF PALEOZOIC APPALACHIAN MYLONITE ZONES
DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC 29801-6309, dennis@sc.edu, dennis@sc.edu
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10:45 AM
BURIED EARLY MESOZOIC RIFT BASINS OF THE US MID-ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN
BENSON, Richard N., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, rbenson6@comcast.net, rbenson6@comcast.net
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11:05 AM
EVIDENCE FOR BASEMENT-ROOTED COASTAL PLAIN FAULTS IN THE POTOMAC RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION
POWARS, David S.1, HORTON, J. Wright2, HARRISON, R.W.1, SCHINDLER, J. Stephen1 and NEWELL, Wayne L.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U. S. Geological Survey, MS926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, dpowars@visuallink.com, dpowars@visuallink.com
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11:25 AM
THE FAULT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE: A STUDY OF LATE CENOZOIC TECTONISM IN WASHINGTON, D.C
PROWELL, David Cureton, 555 Spence Rd, Fairburn, GA 30213 and CHRISTOPHER, Raymond A., Clemson University (retired), 615 Laurel Lake Dr, Columbus, NC 28722, dcprowell@comcast.net, dcprowell@comcast.net
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11:45 AM
THE 1886 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE: FAULT REACTIVATION IN A MESOZOIC EXTENSIONAL TERRANE
CHAPMAN, Martin C. and BEALE, Jacob N., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Virignia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, mcc@vt.edu, mcc@vt.edu
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