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

Session No. 74
Tuesday, 16 March 2010: 1:30 PM-5:35 PM
Liberty A (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

Structural Geology and Tectonics

 

Mark W. Carter and James F. Tull, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
DETAILED STRUCTURE STUDY OF THE UTICA, SCHENECTADY, AND TRENTON-BLACK RIVER IN CORE 75-NY-2 IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY, NY
HANSON, Stacey1, JACOBI, Robert, D.2, MITCHELL, Charles, E.3 and ROLOSON, Melissa3, (1)Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14226, (2)Norse Energy Corp, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Buffalo, NY 14219, (3)Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, shanson2@buffalo.edu, shanson2@buffalo.edu
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1:55 PM
TECTONICS IMPLICATIONS OF BEDROCK STUDIES AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE (WTC), NYC
MERGUERIAN, Charles, Geology Department, Hofstra University, 141 Gittleson Hall, Hempstead, NY 11549, geocmm@hofstra.edu, geocmm@hofstra.edu
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2:15 PM
PRE-ALLEGHANIAN CONTRACTIONAL DEFORMATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
WASHINGTON, Paul A., Salona Exploration LLC, Mill Hall, PA 17751, paul.washington@gmail.com, paul.washington@gmail.com
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2:35 PM
COMPLETE IDENTIFICATION OF SEDIMENT DONOR TERRANES… CAREFUL WHOM YOU ASK
HIETPAS, Jack, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, SAMSON, Scott D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and MOECHER, David P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, 121 Washington St, Lexington, KY 40506, jhietpas@syr.edu, jhietpas@syr.edu
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2:55 PM
INSIGHTS INTO SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN METAMORPHISM FROM AGES OF DETRITAL MONAZITE AND ZIRCON IN MODERN ALLUVIUM AND BEDROCK SOURCES
MOECHER, D.P., Earth & Env. Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, HIETPAS, Jack, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, SAMSON, S.D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and CHAKRABORTY, Suvankar, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University Of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, moker@uky.edu, moker@uky.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
MESOPROTEROZOIC GEOLOGY OF THE BUENA VISTA, VA 1:100,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE: LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR USGS MAPPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN VIRGINIA
CARTER, Mark W., US Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mailstop 926A, Reston, VA 20192-0002 and SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001, mcarter@usgs.gov, mcarter@usgs.gov
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3:55 PM
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN UNCONFORMITIES, FAULTS, AND FAULTS REINTERPRETED AS UNCONFORMITIES
HATCHER, Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Science Alliance Center of Excellence, Knoxville, TN 37996, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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4:15 PM
METACHERT VS. MYLONITE: CONSEQUENCES OF MISINTERPETATION, TALLADEGA BELT, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
TULL, James F., Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, tull@gly.fsu.edu, tull@gly.fsu.edu
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4:55 PM
USING THE LOCATIONS OF M≥4 EARTHQUAKES TO DELINEATE THE EXTENTS OF THE RUPTURES OF PAST MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN INTRAPLATE REGIONS
EBEL, John E., Weston Observatory, Boston College, 381 Concord Rd, Weston, MA 02493, ebel@bc.edu, ebel@bc.edu
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5:15 PM
EVIDENCE FOR PERSISTENT AND CATASTROPHIC FAULT-CONTROLLED FLUID FLOW ON MARS
DAVATZES, Alexandra K., Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, DAVATZES, Nicholas C., Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and GULICK, Virginia, SETI/NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 239-20, Moffett Field, CA 94035, alix@temple.edu, alix@temple.edu