Northeastern Section - 48th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2013)

Session No. 2
Monday, 18 March 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Madison Room (Omni Mount Washington Resort)

S3. The Northern Appalachians I: What Have We Learned in the Past 40 Years? A Symposium in Honor of J. Christopher Hepburn

NE Tectonics Session

 

Yvette Kuiper, Douglas W. Rankin and Paul Karabinos, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
WILL WE EVER UNDERSTAND AVALONIA?
BARR, Sandra M., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P2R6, Canada and WHITE, Chris E., Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J2T9, Canada, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca, sandra.barr@acadiau.ca
2
8:25 AM
THE POPELOGAN-VICTORIA ARC — TETAGOUCHE-EXPLOITS BACKARC BASIN AND SALINIC OROGENESIS
VAN STAAL, Cees, Geological Survey of Canada, 1500-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, WILSON, Reginald, New Brunswick Geological Survey, PO Box 50, 495 Riverside Drive, Bathurst, NB E2A 3Z1, Canada, KAMO, Sandra L., Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, MCCLELLAND, William C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 and MCNICOLL, Vicki, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, cvanstaa@NRCan.gc.ca, cvanstaa@NRCan.gc.ca
3
8:40 AM
THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC GREENDALE COMPLEX, AVALON TERRANE, NOVA SCOTIA: AN EXAMPLE OF FEEDBACK BETWEEN IGNEOUS AND TECTONIC PROCESSES
MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, bmurphy@stfx.ca, bmurphy@stfx.ca
4
8:55 AM
THE TACONIAN OROGENY IN THE QUÉBEC APPALACHIANS: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SINCE ST-JULIEN & HUBERT (1975)?
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, tremblay.a@uqam.ca, tremblay.a@uqam.ca
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9:10 AM
6
9:25 AM
THE MORETOWN FORMATION: EVIDENCE FOR THE DASHWOODS TERRAIN IN THE NEW ENGLAND APPALACHIANS
KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, pkarabin@williams.edu, pkarabin@williams.edu
7
9:40 AM
STRUCTURAL AND PETROLOGIC ANALYSIS OF/IN THE MORETOWN FM, WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS: CONSTRAINING REGIONAL TECTONICS AND ILLUMINATING DEFORMATION PROCESSES
WILLIAMS, M.L., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 611 N Pleasant ST, Amherst, MA 01003, MACHEK, A., Geosciences, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), 611 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, JERCINOVIC, M.J., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, NAUS-THIJSSEN, Felice, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 and JOHNSON, Scott, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, mlw@geo.umass.edu, mlw@geo.umass.edu
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9:55 AM
REVISITING THE "CHICKEN YARD LINE" AND THE "WHATELY FAULT", MASSACHUSETTS AND VERMONT
TRZCIENSKI Jr, W.E., Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, THOMPSON Jr, J.B., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, ROSENFELD, John, Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, 90095-1567 and HEPBURN, J. Christopher, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, walter.trzcienski@mcgill.ca, walter.trzcienski@mcgill.ca
 
10:10 AM
Break
9
10:40 AM
THE ERVING FORMATION, WEST-CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED IN THE LAST HALF CENTURY?
ROBINSON, Peter, Geol Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway and HEPBURN, J. Christopher, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, peter.robinson@ngu.no, peter.robinson@ngu.no
10
10:55 AM
THE EMSIAN PISCATAQUIS MAGMATIC BELT IN THE UPPER CONNECTICUT VALLEY, NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT
RANKIN, Douglas W., US Geol Survey, Mail Stop 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, TUCKER, Robert D., US Geol Survey, Mail Stop 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192 and BUCHWALDT, R., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 54-1126, Cambridge, MA 02139, dwrankin@usgs.gov, dwrankin@usgs.gov
11
11:10 AM
REVISITING THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF VOLCANIC ROCKS FROM THE COASTAL VOLCANIC BELT IN THE MACHIAS-EASTPORT AREA: EVIDENCE FOR A PRE-ACADIAN ARC?
PINAN-LLAMAS, Aranzazu, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, pinana@ipfw.edu, pinana@ipfw.edu
12
11:25 AM
NEOTECTONICS AND THE ACCRETED TERRANES OF NEW ENGLAND
EBEL, John E., Weston Observatory, Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 381 Concord Rd, Weston, MA 02493, ebel@bc.edu, ebel@bc.edu
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11:40 AM
THE NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEM: FORTY YEARS OF STUDY DIRECTED AT UNDERSTANDING 250 MILLION YEARS OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY
WEST Jr., David P., Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 and LUDMAN, Allan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367-1597, dwest@middlebury.edu, dwest@middlebury.edu
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