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

Session No. 19
Monday, 2 April 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Windsor Ballroom (Marriott Rennaissance)

T1. Terranes of the Southern Appalachian Blue Ridge and Piedmont: Insights into Their Tectonic Heritage and Incorporation into the Orogen from Recent Geochronologic, Isotopic, Provenance, and Field Studies I

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Arthur Merschat, Brendan R. Bream and Richard Tollo, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
BASIS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC TERRANE ANALYSIS
HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and BREAM, Brendan R., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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8:25 AM
AMALGAMATION AND BREAKUP OF EASTERN RODINIA, PART I: THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
BREAM, Brendan R., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Station B 35-1805, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, MERSCHAT, Arthur, US Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20191 and HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, bbream@msn.com, bbream@msn.com
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8:45 AM
Withdrawn
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9:05 AM
EVIDENCE FOR POST-GRENVILLE RIFTING AT ~960 MA IN THE SAMS CREEK VOLCANICS/WAKEFIELD CARBONATES COMPLEX, WESTERN PIEDMONT, MD
GRAYBILL, Elizabeth, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, GANIS, G. Robert, Consulting Geologist, Southern Pines, NC 28387, MATHUR, Ryan, Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652, BOSBYSHELL, Howell, Department of Geology and Astronomy, West Chester Univ, 750 South Church Street, West Chester, PA 19383 and KIDDER, David L., Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701-2979, lizgraybill@gmail.com, lizgraybill@gmail.com
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9:25 AM
FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR AN OLD CRUSTAL COMPONENT IN SOUTHEAST LAURENTIA BASEMENT FROM U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY, EASTERN GREAT SMOKY MTNS
QUINN, R.J., Earth & Env. Sci, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, MOECHER, D.P., Earth & Env. Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, SAMSON, S.D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and TOHVER, E., School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Australia, ryan-joel-quinn@uky.edu, ryan-joel-quinn@uky.edu
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9:45 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC ALLUVIAL FAN SEDIMENTATION IN THE MOUNT ROGERS FORMATION, SW VIRGINA
MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth1, JESSEE, Marcus1, YONTS, Jason2 and GREGORY, Sarah1, (1)Dept. of Geology, Radford University, P.O. Box 6939, 101 Reed Hall, Radford, VA 24142, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, 101 Graham Building, Greenville, NC 27858, emcclellan@radford.edu, emcclellan@radford.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:25 AM
PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC RAZOR RIDGE VOLCANIC CENTER IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
RUBIN, Allison E., Geological Sciences Program, The George Washington University, 2029 G St NW, Washington, DC 20052 and TOLLO, Richard, Geological Sciences Program, George Washington University, 2029 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, aerubin@ucdavis.edu, aerubin@ucdavis.edu
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10:45 AM
HELPING DEFINE BLUE RIDGE TERRANES USING AMPHIBOLITE CHEMISTRIES – AN EXPERIMENT IN THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
RYAN, Jeffrey, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave. SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, PETERSON, Ginny, Geology Department, Grand Valley State University, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401 and COLLINS, Nathan C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3001, ryan@usf.edu, ryan@usf.edu
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11:05 AM
GROWING EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF LAURENTIAN MARGIN ORDOVICIAN BACK-ARC BASIN(S) IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
BARINEAU, Clinton I., Earth and Space Sciences, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907-5645, HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and TULL, James, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL 32306, barineau_clinton@columbusstate.edu, barineau_clinton@columbusstate.edu
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11:25 AM
IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE INNER PIEDMONT FROM THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE CAT SQUARE TERRANE, CENTRAL GEORGIA
HUEBNER, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996 and MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, mhuebne1@utk.edu, mhuebne1@utk.edu
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