T172. Appalachian-Ouachita-Marathon Fold-Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins: Their Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Structural Evolution, and Economic Significance

Session No. 227
Wednesday, 7 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
207D (Charlotte Convention Center)

T172. Appalachian-Ouachita-Marathon Fold-Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins: Their Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Structural Evolution, and Economic Significance

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division

 

Ibrahim Çemen, Jack Pashin, Andrew Goodliffe and Delores Robinson, Advocates
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8:00 AM
MULTIPLY DEFORMED LATE MESOZOIC-EARLY CENOZOIC FORELAND FOLD-THRUST BELT OF THE BALKAN OROGEN, NORTHERN BULGARIA (Invited Presentation)
BURCHFIEL, B. Clark, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, 54-1010, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 and NAKOV, Radoslav, Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 24, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria, bcburch@mit.edu, bcburch@mit.edu
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8:20 AM
QUASI-FLEXURAL FOLDING OF PSEUDO-BEDDING
DAVIS, George H., Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson 326, Tucson, AZ 85721, gdavis@email.arizona.edu, gdavis@email.arizona.edu
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8:35 AM
STRUCTURAL AND TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE OUACHITA AND APPALACHIAN THRUST BELTS BENEATH THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN (Invited Presentation)
THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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8:55 AM
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS UNDERCOVER: PERSPECTIVES ON TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND EROSIONAL HISTORY FROM ITS CLASTIC COVER (Invited Presentation)
WEISLOGEL, Amy L., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506, Amy.Weislogel@mail.wvu.edu, Amy.Weislogel@mail.wvu.edu
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9:15 AM
TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS ON DEFORMATION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FOLD-THRUST BELT, USA: INSIGHTS FROM RADIOMETRIC DATING OF FAULT ROCKS AND PALEOMAGNETISM
HNAT, James S., Shell Exploration & Production, Warrendale, PA 15086, VAN DER PLUIJM, Ben A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and VAN DER VOO, Rob, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, j.hnat@shell.com, j.hnat@shell.com
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9:30 AM
THERMAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF GAS-CHARGED MUSHWADS IN THE CONASAUGA FORMATION (CAMBRIAN), SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT, ALABAMA
PASHIN, Jack C., KOPASKA-MERKEL, David C., WILLIAMS, Ashley and THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, jpashin@gsa.state.al.us, jpashin@gsa.state.al.us
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9:45 AM
COMPETING DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS: 40AR/39AR DETRITAL MUSCOVITE AGE AND SANDSTONE COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS IN DETERMINING PALEODRAINAGE PATTERNS AND PROVENANCE OF THE POTTSVILLE FORMATION IN THE GREATER BLACK WARRIOR BASIN
MOORE, Mitchell Forrest1, HAMES, Willis E.1, PASHIN, Jack C.2 and UDDIN, Ashraf3, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, (3)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, mfm0007@auburn.edu, mfm0007@auburn.edu
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10:00 AM
INTEGRATING FACIES ANALYSIS AND SANDSTONE PETROGRAPHY OF THE POTTSVILLE FORMATION IN THE CAHABA SYNCLINORIUM, ALABAMA: RECOGNITION OF A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC MODEL
GOMES, Sonnet W.1, UDDIN, Ashraf2, PASHIN, Jack C.3 and HAMES, Willis E.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (3)Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, swg0003@tigermail.auburn.edu, swg0003@tigermail.auburn.edu
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10:15 AM
ARKOMA FORELAND BASIN OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN OUACHITA OROGENY, EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS
ÇEMEN, Ibrahim, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, icemen@as.ua.edu, icemen@as.ua.edu
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10:30 AM
VOLCANIC CLASTS WITHIN ORDOVICIAN STRATA IN THE MARATHON FOLD-THRUST BELT, WEST TEXAS, REVEAL EVIDENCE FOR NEOPROTEROZOIC (~706 MA) ALKALINE INTRAPLATE MAGMATISM ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAURENTIAN MARGIN
HANSON, Richard E., School of Geology, Energy, and the Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, ROBERTS, Jonathon M., School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, DICKERSON, Patricia W., American Geological Institute and Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and FANNING, C. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, r.hanson@tcu.edu, r.hanson@tcu.edu
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10:45 AM
STRUCTURE AND DEFORMATION HISTORY OF THE APPALACHIAN THRUST FRONT IN WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
WHITE, Shawna E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, sewhite@ualberta.ca, sewhite@ualberta.ca
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11:00 AM
OROCLINES OF THE IBERIAN VARISCAN BELT: PALEOCURRENT ANALYSIS, U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE DATING, AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
SHAW, Jessica1, JOHNSTON, Stephen T.2, GUTIÉRREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel3, WEIL, Arlo Brandon4 and PASTOR GALÁN, Daniel3, (1)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, CA V8W 2Y2, (2)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada, (3)Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, (4)Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, jesshaw@uvic.ca, jesshaw@uvic.ca
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11:15 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC THICKNESS UNCERTAINTY AND ERRORS IN BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS
ALLMENDINGER, Richard W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504 and JUDGE, Phoebe A., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, rwa1@cornell.edu, rwa1@cornell.edu
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