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ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 229
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T7. Exploring Subsurface Terranes and Buried Basins of Eastern and Central North America—Geology, Geophysics, and Geochronology

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; EarthScope; U.S. Geological Survey

 

J. Wright Horton, Marion E. Bickford and Paul A. Mueller, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
SPREE: FIELD EXPERIMENT TO STUDY DEEP STRUCTURE OF THE MID-CONTINENT RIFT
VAN DER LEE, Suzan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Tech F379, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208 and SPREE, Team, Earth (and Planetary) Sciences, Northwestern U, Washington U, U Minnesota, U of Manitoba, U of Quebec, Minneapolis, 55455, suzan@earth.northwestern.edu, suzan@earth.northwestern.edu
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8:20 AM
PROTEROZOIC OROGENIC AND MAGMATIC DOMAINS IN THE MIDCONTINENT REGION, USA: GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE
VAN SCHMUS, W.R., Dept. of Geology, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613 and BICKFORD, M.E., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, rvschmus@ku.edu, rvschmus@ku.edu
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8:40 AM
GEOPHYSICAL IMAGES OF THE FORMATION AND DEFORMATION OF SOUTHERN LAURENTIA
KELLER, G. Randy, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, grkeller@ou.edu, grkeller@ou.edu
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9:00 AM
MID TO UPPER CRUSTAL VELOCITY STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE
POWELL, Christine A., Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis, 3890 Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152, capowell@memphis.edu, capowell@memphis.edu
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9:15 AM
CRUSTAL SCALE SHORTENING STRUCTURES BENEATH THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, NC, USA
WAGNER, Lara S., Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, STEWART, Kevin G., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, 122 Mitchell Hall, CB 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315 and METCALF, Kathryn, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, wagner@unc.edu, wagner@unc.edu
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9:30 AM
BREAKUP OF SUPERCONTINENT RODINIA - RIFT TO DRIFT ASSOCIATED MAGMATISM
SINHA, A. Krishna, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420 and HANAN, Barry B., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, pitlab@vt.edu, pitlab@vt.edu
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9:45 AM
ALLEGHANIAN THERMAL HISTORY OF BASEMENT-DERIVED TARGET ROCKS IN THE ICDP-USGS EYREVILLE-B CORE FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE
KUNK, Michael J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA USA, HORTON, J. Wright, U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, GIBSON, Roger L., School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, PO WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, ZACK, Thomas, Institut fuer Geowissenschaften, Universitaet Mainz, Becherweg 21, Mainz, 55128, Germany, MCALEER, Ryan J., Indiana Department of Geological Sciences, 1001 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405 and TOWNSEND, Gabrielle N., School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, PO Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, mkunk@usgs.gov, mkunk@usgs.gov
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
EXPLORING PRE-CRETACEOUS TERRANES AND BASINS BENEATH THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
HORTON, J. Wright1, DANIELS, David L.2, POWARS, David S.1 and KUNK, Michael J.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA USA, whorton@usgs.gov, whorton@usgs.gov
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10:30 AM
APPALACHIAN-OUACHITA BASINS AND TERRANES BENEATH THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN
THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, 420 Hackberry Lane, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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10:45 AM
THE EarthScope USArray IN THE MID-CONTINENT AND EASTERN US: STATUS AND RESULTS
WOODWARD, Robert1, BUSBY, Robert2, HAFNER, Katrin2, GRIDLEY, James1, SCHULTZ, Adam3 and FRASSETTO, Andy1, (1)IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, (2)IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, (3)College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 COAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, woodward@iris.edu, woodward@iris.edu
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11:00 AM
AEROMAGNETIC CLUES TO THE FINAL ASSEMBLY OF PANGEA: WAS FLORIDA THE LAST ADDITION?
HATCHER Jr., Robert D.1, HORTON, J. Wright2, ZIETZ, Isidore3, DANIELS, David L.3 and STELTENPOHL, Mark G.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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11:15 AM
LATE JURASSIC SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATHWAYS INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TERRANE CONFIGURATIONS
ROBINSON, Delores M.1, WEISLOGEL, Amy L.2, HUNT, Bryan W.1, LOVELL, Thomas R.3 and WILSON, K. Lance1, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 241 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, (3)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, dmr@geo.ua.edu, dmr@geo.ua.edu
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11:30 AM
TERTIARY-QUATERNARY REACTIVATION OF EARLY MESOZOIC FAULTS IN THE SOUTH GEORGIA RIFT
CHAPMAN, Martin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, BEALE, Jacob N., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Virignia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BUCKNER, Jesse C., BP Inc, 501 Westlake Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, mcc@vt.edu, mcc@vt.edu
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11:45 AM
REACTIVATION AND OVERPRINTING OF SOUTH GEORGIA RIFT EXTENSION
CLENDENIN Jr., C.W.1, WADDELL, Michael G.2 and ADDISON, A.D.2, (1)SCDNR-Earth Science Group, 5 Geology Road, Columbia, SC 29212, (2)Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, University of South Carolina, 1233 Washington St. Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29208, clendeninb@dnr.sc.gov, clendeninb@dnr.sc.gov
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