Southeastern Section - 63rd Annual Meeting (10–11 April 2014)

Session No. 36
Friday, 11 April 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Assembly Hall (Inn and Conference Center at Virginia Tech)

S4. In Honor and Memory of Dr. Robert B. Neuman: New Directions in Southern Appalachian Geologic Research, Foreland to Hinterland

 

Mark W. Carter, Arthur Merschat, Elizabeth McClellan and Melissa Brett, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:05 PM
CLASTIC WEDGES AS RESPONSES TO CRUSTAL RELAXATION FOLLOWING OROGENIC LOADING: EXAMPLES FROM THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN
ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506, fettens@uky.edu, fettens@uky.edu
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1:25 PM
THE READS MILL OFFSET OF THE COOSA DEFORMED BELT ALONG THE ANNISTON TRANSVERSE ZONE, APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT, ALABAMA
THOMAS, William A., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, geowat@uky.edu, geowat@uky.edu
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1:45 PM
AGE OF THE WALDEN CREEK GROUP REVISITED, REHASHED AND FINALLY RESOLVED? EVIDENCE FROM AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCON, DETRITAL MONAZITE, AND METAMORPHIC/DIAGENETIC MONAZITE FROM THE WHILHITE, SANDSUCK, AND SHIELDS FORMATIONS, WESTERN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
KELLY, Evan A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508 and MOECHER, David P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, 121 Washington St, Lexington, KY 40506, moker@uky.edu, moker@uky.edu
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2:05 PM
STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHEAST END OF THE MOUNTAIN CITY WINDOW, VIRGINIA–NORTH CAROLINA–TENNESSEE
MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, SOUTHWORTH, Scott, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192-0001 and HOOPER, Seth I., Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 3484 Rosie Creek Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99708, amerschat@usgs.gov, amerschat@usgs.gov
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2:25 PM
PROVENANCE OF CONGLOMERATES IN THE MOUNT ROGERS FORMATION, SW VA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NEOPROTEROZOIC GEOLOGIC HISTORY IN THE BLUE RIDGE
MCCLELLAN, Elizabeth, BRETT, Melissa, BALDERAS, Raymundo and SUBLETT, David Matthew, Department of Geology, Radford Univ, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142, emcclellan@radford.edu, emcclellan@radford.edu
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2:45 PM
THE GEOLOGY OF THE CATOCTIN FORMATION AND POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED METAGABBROS IN THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, CENTRAL VIRGINIA
JOHNSON, Thomas A.1, BAILEY, Christopher2, OWENS, Brent E.3 and JENSEN, Andrea1, (1)Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, (2)Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, (3)Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, tajohnson02@email.wm.edu, tajohnson02@email.wm.edu
 
3:05 PM
Break
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3:20 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC LYNCHBURG GROUP AND ROCKFISH CONGLOMERATE, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, CENTRAL VIRGINIA
BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and FOSTER-BARIL, Zachary, Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, cmbail@wm.edu, cmbail@wm.edu
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3:40 PM
STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE: VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
CARTER, Mark W., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and MERSCHAT, Arthur J., U. S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, mcarter@usgs.gov, mcarter@usgs.gov
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4:00 PM
PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME PATHS FOR THE SMITH RIVER ALLOCHTHON AND LYNCHBURG GROUP, VIRGINIA APPALACHIANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE ORDOVICIAN RETROARC UNDERTHRUSTING
CARTER, Brad T., Department of 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 MILLER, Brent V., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, carterbt@guilford.edu, carterbt@guilford.edu
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4:20 PM
THE SEA OF JAPAN AS A CENOZOIC ANALOGUE FOR THE ORDOVICIAN WEDOWEE-EMUCKFAW-DAHLONEGA BACK-ARC BASIN: SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
BARINEAU, Clinton I., Earth and Space Sciences, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907-5645, TULL, James F., Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Dept. of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL 32306 and HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S., Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, United States Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, barineau_clinton@columbusstate.edu, barineau_clinton@columbusstate.edu
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4:40 PM
AVALONIAN/CAROLINA TERRANE EXOTIC CRYSTALLINE ROCK HORSES ALONG THE ALLEGHANIAN BREVARD FAULT IN SOUTH CAROLINA: INSIGHT INTO LATE PALEOZOIC BREVARD FAULT KINEMATICS AND DISPLACEMENT
HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, HUEBNER, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996 and REHRER, Justin R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, bobmap@utk.edu, bobmap@utk.edu
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