Northeastern Section - 53rd Annual Meeting - 2018

Session No. 29
Monday, 19 March 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Emerald Ballroom III (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T28. Petrologic, Structural, and Tectonic Interpretations in Northern New England I: A Session Honoring the Work of Jo Laird and Peter J. Thompson

 

Ian W. Honsberger, Wallace A. Bothner and Peter Robinson, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
8:00 AM
THE "ME-NH" TRANSECT FROM THE MIGMATIZED CENTRAL MAINE BELT IN WESTERN MAINE TO THE BRONSON HILL ANTICLINORIUM IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
EUSDEN Jr., J. Dykstra1, HILLENBRAND, Ian W.2, MERRILL, Thorn K.3, NIILER, Kurt A.3, O'SULLIVAN, Paul B.4 and WHEATCROFT, Audrey1, (1)Department of Geology, Bates College, Carnegie Science, 44 Campus Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240, (2)Department of Geology, Bates College, 44 Campus Ave, Carnegie Science Building, Lewison, ME 04240, (3)Bates College, Department of Geology, 44 Campus Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240, (4)GeoSep Services, 1521 Pine Cone Road, Moscow, ID 87872-9709
8:20 AM
REEVALUATION AFTER 50 YEARS OF NAPPES IN WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE: ARE THE SKITCHEWAUG AND CORNISH NAPPES ONE AND THE SAME?
THOMPSON, Peter J., New Hampshire Geological Survey, Post Mills, VT 05058 and STRAUSS, Justin V., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755
Handouts
  • NE GSA 2018.pptx (33.1 MB)
  • PJT NE GSA 2018 notes.docx (16.7 kB)
  • 8:40 AM
    THE PRESCOTT PLUTONIC COMPLEX OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS: GEOCHEMISTRY AND NEW INTERPRETATIONS RECONCILING AGE DATES AND CONTACT RELATIONS
    HOLLOCHER, Kurt, Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union St., Geology Department, Schenectady, NY 12308, ROBINSON, Peter, Geological Survey of Norway, TRONDHEIM, N-7491, Norway, LUCAS, Benjamin, Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, 807 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308 and MABEE, Stephen B., Massachusetts Geological Survey, Univ. Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003
    9:00 AM
    THE MAIN BODY OF MONSON GNEISS, A MAJOR QUABOAGIAN (370-350 MA) NORTH-DIRECTED FOLD NAPPE: SECRETS OF ITS ROOT ZONE IN SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS
    ROBINSON, Peter, Geological Survey of Norway, TRONDHEIM, N-7491, Norway and PETERSON, Virginia L., Geology Department, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401
    9:20 AM
    STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE CAMBRIDGE FORMATION, BOSTON BASIN, MASSACHUSETTS: NEWS FROM UNDERGROUND
    THOMPSON, M.D., Geosciences Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481
     
    9:40 AM
    Acknowledgment of Peter Thompson
     
    9:50 AM
    Acknowledgment of Jo Laird
     
    10:00 AM
    Break
    10:15 AM
    BENITOITE AND BLUESCHIST: KEEPING UP WITH JO LAIRD
    VAN BAALEN, M.R., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
    Handouts
  • Van Baalen T28.pdf (37.6 MB)
  • 10:35 AM
    SERPENTINIZATION IN THE MODERN OCEAN: A NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND PERSPECTIVE
    JOHNSON, Joel E., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, James Hall, Durham, NH 03824
    10:55 AM
    FROM METAMORPHISM IN NEW ENGLAND TO RED-OX REACTIONS IN THE SOLAR NEBULA: A LONG AND WINDING ROAD THROUGH REACTION SPACE
    FAGAN, T.J. and ENDO, Y., Earth Sciences Dept., Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan
    11:35 AM
    REVISITING ALUMINOUS ENCLAVES IN GEDRITE-CORDIERITE-GNEISS FROM SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA
    SCHUMACHER, John C., Department of Geology, Portland State University, P. O. Box 571, Portland, OR 97207 and ROBINSON, Peter, Geological Survey of Norway, TRONDHEIM, N-7491, Norway
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