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

Session No. 47
Monday, 15 March 2010: 1:30 PM-5:35 PM
Carroll (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T4. Strike-Slip and Transpressional Tectonics in the Appalachians and Beyond

 

Charles H. Trupe, Kevin G. Stewart and David P. West, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
OROGEN-PARALLEL AND OROGEN-OBLIQUE STRIKE SLIP-FAULTS AND THE DEVONIAN-PENNSYLVANIAN EVOLUTION OF THE MARITIMES BASIN, ATLANTIC CANADA
WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada and HIBBARD, James, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State U, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, john.waldron@ualberta.ca, john.waldron@ualberta.ca
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1:55 PM
TIMING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSION IN CENTRAL MAINE: IT'S EARLY AND IMPORTANT
SHORT, Heather A., Geoscience, John Abbott College, 21 275 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3L9, Canada, heather.short@johnabbott.qc.ca, heather.short@johnabbott.qc.ca
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2:15 PM
CARBONIFEROUS TRANSPRESSION AND SCALE-DEPENDENT STRAIN HETEROGENEITY IN THE SOUTHERN BRONSON HILL ZONE, NEW ENGLAND AS A RESULT OF DEXTRAL OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE WITH THE CENTRAL MAINE ZONE
MASSEY, Matthew A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 and MOECHER, David P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, 121 Washington St, Lexington, KY 40506, matthew.massey@uky.edu, matthew.massey@uky.edu
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2:35 PM
EVIDENCE FOR ALLEGHANIAN TRANSPRESSIVE TELESCOPING OF AN ACADIAN METAMORPHIC FIELD GRADIENT, SOUTH-CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
GROWDON, Martha, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and WINTSCH, Robert P., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, mgrowdon@indiana.edu, mgrowdon@indiana.edu
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2:55 PM
THE NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEM (NFS): LONG-LIVED TRANSCURRENT FAULTING IN EASTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MAINE
WANG, Chunzeng, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769, WEST, David P., Geology, Middlebury College, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 and LUDMAN, Allan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367-1597, dwest@middlebury.edu, dwest@middlebury.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
HETEROGENEOUS WRENCH-DOMINATED TRANSPRESSION IN THE DEEP CRUST RECORDED BY THE BURNSVILLE FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURES, BLUE RIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ACADIAN OROGENY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
WATERS-TORMEY, Cheryl, Geosciences & Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723 and STEWART, Kevin, Department of Geological Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, cherylwt@wcu.edu, cherylwt@wcu.edu
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3:55 PM
EXTENT, KINEMATICS, AND MESOZOIC REACTIVATION OF THE ALLEGHANIAN TOWALIGA FAULT, CENTRAL GEORGIA APPALACHIANS
HUEBNER, Matthew T.1, HATCHER Jr, Robert D.2 and DAVIS, Brittany Allison1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, mhuebne1@utk.edu, mhuebne1@utk.edu
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4:15 PM
STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING IN THE GREENLAND CALEDONIDES – OBLIQUE COLLISION OR ESCAPE TECTONICS?
GILOTTI, Jane A. and MCCLELLAND, William C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, jane-gilotti@uiowa.edu, jane-gilotti@uiowa.edu
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4:35 PM
CALEDONIAN TRANSPRESSION FROM THE PERI-GONDWANAN MARGIN OF WALES, UK
SCHOFIELD, D.I.1, BURT, E.2, DAVIES, J.R.3, LESLIE, Graham4, WILBY, P.R.1 and WILSON, D.1, (1)British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (2)British Geological Survey, Columbus House, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, CF15 7NE, (3)British Geological Survey, Tongwnlais, Cardiff, CF15 7NE, United Kingdom, (4)British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, United Kingdom, dis@bgs.ac.uk, dis@bgs.ac.uk
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4:55 PM
HIMALAYAN-STYLE ESCAPE TECTONICS ALONG THE SUPERIOR PROVINCE MARGIN IN MANITOBA, CANADA
KUIPER, Yvette D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, LIN, Shoufa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada and BÖHM, Christian O., Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines, Geological Survey, 360 – 1395 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3G 3P2, Canada, kuipery@bc.edu, kuipery@bc.edu
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5:15 PM
USING ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION TO CONSTRAIN THE STRAIN AND KINEMATICS OF A TRANSPRESSIONAL FAULT ZONE, CENTRAL RANGE, TRINIDAD
GIORGIS, Scott1, HOJNOWSKI, Jenna2, PIERCE, William3, WEBER, John4 and ZDAN, Stephen4, (1)Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Geological Sciences, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, (3)Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 236 Hop City Rd, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, (4)Geology, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, 125 Padnos, Allendale, MI 49401-9403, giorgis@geneseo.edu, giorgis@geneseo.edu
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