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Southeastern Section - 61st Annual Meeting (1–2 April 2012)

Session No. 9
Sunday, 1 April 2012: 1:30 PM-4:10 PM
Grand Ballroom, Salon C1 (Marriott Rennaissance)

S1. Transcurrent Motion in the Southern Appalachians: Comparing Kinematics and Timing across the Orogen

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Cheryl Waters-Tormey and James Hibbard, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:50 PM
TRANSLATIONAL ODYSSEY OF CAROLINIA: PALEOZOIC BULK KINEMATIC REVERSAL IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
HIBBARD, James1, HUGHES, K. Stephen1, MILLER, Brent V.2, HAMES, Willis E.3 and WALDRON, John W.F.4, (1)Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Rm. 1125 Jordan Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (3)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (4)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, jphibbar@ncsu.edu, jphibbar@ncsu.edu
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2:10 PM
OROGEN-SCALE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEXTRAL STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS: LINKS BETWEEN TERRANE COLLISION, DEFORMATION AND CLASTIC WEDGE SEDIMENTATION
MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996 and HUEBNER, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, mhuebne1@utk.edu, mhuebne1@utk.edu
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2:30 PM
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF SUCCESSOR BASINS IN THE CHOPAWAMSIC TERRANE, CENTRAL VIRGINIA PIEDMONT: A CASE FOR TRANSPRESSION AND OROGEN-PARALLEL ELONGATION
BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and KOTEAS, G. Christopher, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, cmbail@wm.edu, cmbail@wm.edu
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2:50 PM
ALLEGHANIAN MAGMATISM IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PANGEAN TECTONIC MODELS
FOSTER, David A.1, MUELLER, Paul A.2, HEATHERINGTON, Ann3, WOODEN, Joseph L.4, FOSTER, David A.3 and MA, Chong3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (4)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, dafoster@ufl.edu, dafoster@ufl.edu
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3:10 PM
THE SUWANNEE-SABINE CONNECTION: UNITING THE ALLEGHANIAN AND OUACHITA OROGENS IN SOUTHERN LAURENTIA
MUELLER, Paul A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, HEATHERINGTON, Ann L., Geol. Sci, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, FOSTER, David A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and WOODEN, Joseph L., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, pamueller@ufl.edu, pamueller@ufl.edu
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3:30 PM
EVIDENCE FOR MESOZOIC-RECENT DEFORMATION ALONG AND ACROSS PALEOZOIC TERRANE BOUNDARIES : SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE AND PIEDMONT
HENIKA, Bill, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, bhenika@vt.edu, bhenika@vt.edu
 
3:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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