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Northeastern Section - 50th Annual Meeting (23–25 March 2015)

Session No. 1
Monday, 23 March 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom South (Omni Mount Washington Resort)

S1. Contributions to New England Stratigraphy & Structure I: In Honor of Robert Moench and Douglas Rankin

 

Gregory J. Walsh, Wallace A. Bothner and M.R. Van Baalen, Conveners
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8:00 AM
NEW SHRIMP U-PB ZIRCON AGES FOR FELSIC AMMONOOSUC VOLCANICS, NORTHERN NH-VT
ALEINIKOFF, J.N., USGS, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, RANKIN, D.W., USGS, Mail Stop 926, Reston, VA 20192, MOENCH, R.H., 350 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303 and WALSH, G.J., USGS, 87 State St., Montpelier, VT 05602, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov
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8:20 AM
NEW U-PB ZIRCON AGES FROM THE BRONSON HILL ARC, WEST-CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
VALLEY, Peter M.1, WALSH, Greg J.2 and MCALEER, Ryan J.2, (1)Weatherford Laboratories, 5200 North Sam Houston Pkwy West, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77086, (2)US Geological Survey/Indiana University, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, pvvalley@gmail.com, pvvalley@gmail.com
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8:40 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON CONSTRAINTS ON THE AGE OF THE POPLAR MOUNTAIN GNEISS IN THE PELHAM DOME: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONIC SETTING OF THE BRONSON HILL ARC
KARABINOS, Paul, Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, CROWLEY, James L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, pkarabin@williams.edu, pkarabin@williams.edu
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9:00 AM
RELATING ‘QUABOAGIAN’ AND ‘NORTHFIELDIAN’ GEOCHRONOLOGY TO DEFORMATION/METAMORPHISM FIELDS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND ADJACENT STATES
ROBINSON, Peter, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, TUCKER, Robert D., U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, PETERSON, Virginia L., Geology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, BERRY IV, Henry N., Maine Geological Survey, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 and THOMPSON, Peter J., Earth Sciences Dept, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, peter.robinson@ngu.no, peter.robinson@ngu.no
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9:20 AM
40AR/39AR CONSTRAINTS ON THE PALEOZOIC COOLING HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ADJACENT VERMONT
MCALEER, Ryan J., US Geological Survey/Indiana University, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, KUNK, Michael J., US Geological Survey, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, VALLEY, Peter M., Weatherford Laboratories, 5200 North Sam Houston Pkwy West, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77086, WALSH, G.J., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 628, Montpelier, VT 05602 and WINTSCH, Robert P., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, rmcaleer@usgs.gov, rmcaleer@usgs.gov
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9:40 AM
TWO DISTINCT OCEANIC TRACTS PRESERVED BETWEEN PERI-LAURENTIAN AND PERI-GONDWANAN TERRANES IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
DEASY, Ryan T., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and WINTSCH, Robert P., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, rdeasy@indiana.edu, rdeasy@indiana.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
EVIDENCE FROM U-PB SHRIMP AGES OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FOR EVOLVING PROVENANCES FOR PERI-GONDWANAN FOREARC METASEDIMENTS, WESTERN CONNECTICUT
WINTSCH, Robert P.1, YI, Keewook2 and HAN, Daik2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, (2)Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang, Chungbuk, 363-883, South Korea, wintsch@indiana.edu, wintsch@indiana.edu
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10:35 AM
UNRAVELLING THE PROLONGED HISTORY OF THE GANDERIAN MARGIN OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND
WALSH, Gregory J., Research Geologist, ALEINIKOFF, John N., US Geological Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, WINTSCH, Robert P., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, AYUSO, Robert A., U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, MCALEER, Ryan J., Indiana Department of Geological Sciences, 1001 East 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405 and MERSCHAT, Arthur J., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, gwalsh@usgs.gov, gwalsh@usgs.gov
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10:55 AM
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN MARGIN OF THE MERRIMACK BELT IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
KUIPER, Yvette D.1, CHARNOCK, Robert2, MCMASTER, Kaleb2 and HEPBURN, J. Christopher3, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, ykuiper@mines.edu, ykuiper@mines.edu
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11:15 AM
CAPE ELIZABETH FORMATION:  RETROSPECTIVE AND NEW INSIGHTS
POLLOCK, S.G., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038 and HUSSEY II, A.M., Geology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, pollock@usm.maine.edu, pollock@usm.maine.edu
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11:35 AM
A REVIEW OF THE CASCO BAY GROUP AND FALMOUTH-BRUNSWICK SEQUENCES OF SOUTHERN MAINE: REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF AN EXTENSIVE MIDDLE TO LATE ORDOVICIAN PERI-GONDWANAN VOLCANIC ARC TERRANE
WEST Jr., David P., Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, HUSSEY II, A.M., Geology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011 and BOTHNER, W.A., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, dwest@middlebury.edu, dwest@middlebury.edu
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