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

Session No. 34
Monday, 19 March 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Capital Rooms 2 & 3 (Hartford Marriott Downtown)

T1. Future Directions in Appalachian Tectonics: Building on Recent Lithotectonic Syntheses II

 

Sandra M. Barr, James P. Hibbard and Margaret D. Thompson, Advocates
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1:30 PM
POLYMETAMORPHISM OF MAFIC AND PELITIC ROCKS SURROUNDING ULTRAMAFICS IN STOCKBRIDGE, VERMONT
HONSBERGER, Ian W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, iwh@wildcats.unh.edu, iwh@wildcats.unh.edu
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1:50 PM
TACONIAN OROGENESIS, SEDIMENTATION AND MAGMATISM IN THE SOUTHERN QUEBEC – NORTHERN VERMONT APPALACHIANS : STRATIGRAPHIC AND DETRITAL MINERAL RECORD OF IAPETAN SUTURING
DE SOUZA, Stéphane, Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, TREMBLAY, Alain, Sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, 201 President-Kennedy Av, PO Box 8888, Montreal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada and RUFFET, Gilles, Geosciences Rennes, CNRS-Universite de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes Cedex, 35042, France, de_souza.stephane@courrier.uqam.ca, de_souza.stephane@courrier.uqam.ca
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2:10 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCON AGES FROM THE WISSAHICKON FORMATION, SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN DELAWARE: REGIONAL TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS
BOSBYSHELL, Howell, Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University, 750 South Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383, BLACKMER, Gale, Dcnr, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, SROGI, LeeAnn, Department of Geology/Astronomy, West Chester Univ, 720 S Church St, West Chester, PA 19383-0001, MATHUR, Ryan, Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652, CRAWFORD, M., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, VALENCIA, Victor, School of Earth and Enviromental Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164-2812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 8 and SCHENCK, William S., Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716-7501, hbosbyshell@wcupa.edu, hbosbyshell@wcupa.edu
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2:30 PM
WENTWORTH DOME: NEWLY CONFIRMED GNEISS DOME OF THE BRONSON HILL ANTICLINORIUM, WEST-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
MALINCONICO, MaryAnn L.1, ALEINIKOFF, J.N.2, ROBINSON, Peter3, BOTHNER, W.a.4 and THOMPSON, Peter J.4, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, (2)USGS, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Geol Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, (4)Earth Sciences Dept, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, lovem@lafayette.edu, lovem@lafayette.edu
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2:50 PM
HOW DOES NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTACH TO VERMONT? NEW INFORMATION ON A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM IN WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
VALLEY, Peter M., US Geological Survey, Box 628, Montpelier, VT 05602 and WALSH, Gregory J., Research Geologist, pvalley@usgs.gov, pvalley@usgs.gov
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3:10 PM
NEW APPROACHES TO LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS: EXAMPLES FROM THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS
LUDMAN, Allan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367-1597, allan.ludman@qc.cuny.edu, allan.ludman@qc.cuny.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:50 PM
THE DOG BAY-LIBERTY LINE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR SILURIAN TECTONICS OF THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN OROGEN
REUSCH, Douglas N., Natural Sciences, Univ of Maine at Farmington, 173 High Street, Farmington, ME 04938 and VAN STAAL, Cees R., Geological Survey of Canada, 625 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, reusch@maine.edu, reusch@maine.edu
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4:10 PM
THE LOWER COVERDALE PLUTONIC SUITE: CA. 975 MA FE-TI-P FERRONORITE AND ALKALI ANORTHOSITE IN THE GANDERIAN BROOKVILLE TERRANE, SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA
BARR, Sandra M.1, TESFAI, Feseha1, MILLER, Brent V.2 and WHITE, Chris E.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P2R6, Canada, (2)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (3)Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J2T9, Canada, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca
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4:30 PM
THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF MODERN BEDROCK MAPPING IN TECTONIC INTERPRETATIONS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE ANTIGONISH HIGHLANDS, NORTHERN MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
WHITE, Chris E., Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J2T9, Canada and BARR, Sandra M., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P2R6, Canada, whitece@gov.ns.ca, whitece@gov.ns.ca
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4:50 PM
AVALONIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NEOPROTEROZOIC PALEOGEOGRAPHY: EVIDENCE FROM SM-ND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY AND DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY IN SE NEW ENGLAND
THOMPSON, M.D., Geosciences Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481, BARR, S.M., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P2R6, Canada and GRUNOW, A.M., Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, mthompson@wellesley.edu, mthompson@wellesley.edu
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5:10 PM
INHERITED LITHOSPHERIC CONTRAST BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
HIBBARD, James, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Rm. 1125 Jordan Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 and KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, jphibbar@ncsu.edu, jphibbar@ncsu.edu
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