Northeastern Section - 47th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2012)

Session No. 4
Sunday, 18 March 2012: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Ballroom B (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

T15. Historical Perspectives: 250 Years of Geology in the Northeast

 

William R. Brice and Sally Newcomb, Advocates
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8:00 AM
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTINENTS, MOUNTAINS, OCEAN DEEPS, AS CONSIDERED BY ROSS GUNN (1947, 1949)
GALVIN, Cyril, Coastal Engineer, Box 623, Springfield, VA 22150, galvincoastal@juno.com, galvincoastal@juno.com
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8:20 AM
CONTROVERSIES OVER OVERTHRUSTS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA PEIDMONT
SCHARNBERGER, Charles K., Earth Sciences, Millersville University, Millersville, PA 17551 and JONES, Jeri L., Jones Geological Services, 2223 Stovertown Road, Spring Grove, PA 17362, Charles.Scharnberger@millersville.edu, Charles.Scharnberger@millersville.edu
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8:40 AM
STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE ROCKS UNDERLYING BOSTON HARBOR: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE AND ASSOCIATED DIAMICTITES AND DIABASE SILLS
THOMPSON, Peter J., Earth Sciences Dept, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, KOPERA, Joseph P., Massachusetts Geological Survey, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003 and SOLWAY, Daniel R., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, pjt3@cisunix.unh.edu, pjt3@cisunix.unh.edu
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9:00 AM
THE PETROSILEX PROBLEM
CREGGER, David M., AECOM Geotechnical Practice, Winchester, MA 01890, davidmcregger@aol.com, davidmcregger@aol.com
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9:20 AM
TWO DECADES OF OVERLAP BETWEEN PROFESSORS MARLAND P. BILLINGS AND JAMES B. THOMPSON, JR. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AND THE IMPACT ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF NEW ENGLAND BEDROCK GEOLOGY
RANKIN, Douglas W., US Geol Survey, Mail Stop 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001 and VAN BAALEN, M.R., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, dwrankin@usgs.gov, dwrankin@usgs.gov
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9:40 AM
THE STURGIS HOOPER PROFESSORS OF GEOLOGY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTHEASTERN GEOLOGY SINCE 1865
VAN BAALEN, M.R., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, mvb@harvard.edu, mvb@harvard.edu
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