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

Session No. 25
Monday, 2 April 2012: 1:30 PM-3:30 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 II

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Arthur Merschat, Brendan R. Bream and Richard Tollo, Advocates
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1:30 PM
PALEOZOIC ASSEMBLY OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND INNER PIEDMONT RECORDED BY METAMORPHIC ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY
MERSCHAT, Arthur J.1, BREAM, Brendan R.2, HATCHER Jr., Robert D.3 and HUEBNER, Matthew T.2, (1)Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, amerschat@usgs.gov, amerschat@usgs.gov
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1:50 PM
LONG-TERM MID-CRUSTAL RESIDENCE TIME OF THE NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN BLUE RIDGE
STAHR III, Donald W., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, dstahr@vt.edu, dstahr@vt.edu
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2:10 PM
ARGON THERMOCHRONOLOGY IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE AND PIEDMONT
JENKINS, Chelsea, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and KUNK, M.J., US Geological Survey, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, jenkins@uga.edu, jenkins@uga.edu
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2:30 PM
METAMORPHIC AND 40AR/39AR MUSCOVITE THERMOCHRONOLOGY STUDIES IN THE SMITH RIVER ALLOCHTHON AND LYNCHBURG GROUP, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN LAURENTIAN MARGIN
CARTER, Brad T., Geology, Guilford College, 5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410, HAMES, Willis E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 and STODDARD, Edward F., North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC 27699-1620, carterbt@guilford.edu, carterbt@guilford.edu
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2:50 PM
NUCKOLS ANORTHOSITE: REDISCOVERY- REDEFINITION OF A GOOCHLAND TERRANE PLUTON
FARRAR, Stewart S., Geosciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 103 Roark, Richmond, KY 40475, stewart.farrar@eku.edu, stewart.farrar@eku.edu
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