Northeastern Section - 53rd Annual Meeting - 2018

Session No. 51
Tuesday, 20 March 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Diamond Ballroom II (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T24. Orogenic Sutures—Recognition, Characterization, and Tectonic Implications

 

Alain Tremblay and Laura E. Webb, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
EASTERN- AND WESTERN-TYPE ULTRAMAFIC MASSIFS OF THE MIRDITA OPHIOLITE, ALBANIA: INTRAOCEANIC DETACHMENT FAULT SYSTEM OR COMPRESSIONAL OROGENIC SUTURE?
BOGATU, Adina1, SAUVÉ, Giselle1, TREMBLAY, Alain1, MESHI, Avni2 and BÉDARD, Jean H.3, (1)University of Quebec at Montreal, (2)Faculty of Geology, Polytechnic University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, 490 rue de la Couronne, Quebec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
8:25 AM
TRACING SUTURES IN AN ACCRETIONARY OROGEN: DIACHRONOUS PALAEOZOIC ACCRETION OF PERI-GONDWANAN TERRANES IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS AND CALEDONIDES
WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, SCHOFIELD, David I., British Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, United Kingdom and MURPHY, J. Brendan, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada
8:45 AM
STRIKE-SLIP ALLOCHTHONEITY OF TACONIC SUTURES IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND APPALACHIANS
VAN STAAL, Cees R., Emeritus Pacific Division, Geological Survey of Canada, 1500-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B5J3, Canada
9:05 AM
REASSESSING THE MAIN IAPETAN SUTURE IN WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: NEW GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF DASHWOODS AND CORNER BROOK
HODGIN, Eben Blake and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
9:25 AM
RECOGNIZING CRYPTIC OROGENIC SUTURES IN COLLISIONAL OROGENS: THE EXAMPLE OF CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
BARR, Sandra M., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P2R6, Canada, WHITE, Chris E., Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J2T9, Canada and VAN ROOYEN, Deanne, Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Geology, Cape Breton University, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada
9:45 AM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF META-IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN TACONIAN PERI-LAURENTIAN AND OCEANIC COLLISIONAL MARGIN, VERMONT TO NEW YORK
RATCLIFFE, N.M., USGS retired, Box 189, Waterford, VA 20197, DIETSCH, Craig, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, MERGUERIAN, Charles, Duke Labs, 55Spongia Rd, Stone Ridge,NY, 12484-5510, WALSH, G.J., USGS, 87 State St., Montpelier, VT 05602 and MICHEL, Andrew, Geology Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013
 
10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
APPALACHIAN SUTURES
HATCHER Jr., Robert D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
10:40 AM
LOW TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOLOGY CONSTRAINTS ON EXHUMATION ALONG AND ACROSS THE EAST-CENTRAL DENALI FAULT, ALASKA
WARFEL, Thomas S.1, FITZGERALD, Paul G.1, BENOWITZ, Jeffrey A.2, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.3 and ALLEN, Wai K.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Geophysical Institute and Geochronology Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907
11:00 AM
OROGENIC SUTURES IN THE ARCHEAN SUPERIOR PROVINCE, CANADA – A COUNTEREXAMPLE FROM NORTHERN QUEBEC
TREMBLAY, Alain, Sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, 201 President-Kennedy Av, PO Box 8888, Montreal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada, DAOUDENE, Yannick, Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles, Gouvernement du Québec, Québec city, QC, RUFFET, Gilles, Geosciences Rennes, CNRS-Universite de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes Cedex, 35042, France and LECLERC, François, Ministère de l'Energie et des Ressources naturelles, Gouvernement du Québec, Val d'Or, QC
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