GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 291
Wednesday, 25 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 229B, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T56. New Developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan Orogen II

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Yvette Kuiper, R. Damian Nance, J. Brendan Murphy and Rob Strachan, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
THE BASEMENT GEOLOGY OF THE PORCUPINE HIGH – A KEY TRANSATLANTIC LINK BETWEEN THE CALEDONIDES AND APPALACHIANS (Invited Presentation)
CHEW, David1, TYRRELL, Shane2, DALY, J. Stephen3, COGNÉ, Nathan4, SUN, Kerryming2 and BADENSZKI, Eszter5, (1)Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland, (2)Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS), National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland, (3)UCD School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, (4)Géosciences Rennes UMR 6118, Université Rennes 1, Rennes, 35042, France, (5)UCD School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, D04 N2E5, Ireland
1:50 PM
WHERE DOES THE HEAT COME FROM? CONTINUOUS PALEOZOIC MAGMATIC ACTIVITY ALONG THE FORMER NORTHERN GONDWANA MARGIN RECORDED IN GNEISS DOMES OF THE CENTRAL PYRENEES (WESTERN EUROPEAN VARISCAN BELT)
MEZGER, Jochen E.1, SCHNAPPERELLE, Stephan2, STIPP, Michael2, HOFMANN, Mandy3, GÄRTNER, Andreas3 and LINNEMANN, Ulf3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1930 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)Institute of Geosciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, von-Seckendorff-Platz 3, Halle, 06120, Germany, (3)Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Königsbrücker Landstraße 159, Dresden, 01109, Germany
2:05 PM
FROM PERI-GONDWANA TO PRESENT DAY EUROPE: CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF THE BALKAN AS A CASE STUDY FOR THE CONTINENT
ABBO, Avishai, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel, AVIGAD, Dov, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel and GERDES, Axel, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe Universität, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, D-60438, Germany
2:20 PM
TECTONIC SYNTHESIS OF THE TACONIC OROGENY FROM NEW ENGLAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND
MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth Science, UCSB, 2111 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93109, HODGIN, Eben Blake, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, CROWLEY, Jim L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 and KARABINOS, Paul, Department of Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main St., Williamstown, MA 01267
2:35 PM
PROVENANCE OF EASTERN BLUE RIDGE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS, NC–VA: IMPLICATIONS FOR A PERI-GONDWANAN SOURCE
MERSCHAT, Arthur1, CARTER, Mark W.2, HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S.3 and PIANOWSKI, Laura S.3, (1)US Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, MS 926A, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
2:50 PM
EXOGENIC CONTROL ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ENDOGENIC SN-W-TA, AU, AND U MINERALIZATION IN THE APPALACHIANS AND THE VARISCIDES
ROMER, Rolf L., GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany and KRONER, Uwe, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, 09599, Germany
3:05 PM
KEISERHJELMEN DETACHMENT FAULT ROCK DEVELOPMENT, NW SPITSBERGEN
MAHER Jr., Harmon, Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, PARCHER, Sara, Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182, BRAATHEN, Alvar, Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 1, Oslo, 0316, Norway, GANERØD, Morgan, Geological Survey of Norway, Tromsø, N-7491, Norway, OSMUNDSEN, P.T., Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, N7491, Norway and REDFIELD, Tim F., Norwegian Geological Survey, Leiv Eirikessens, vei 39, Trondheim, 7491 Lade, Norway
Handouts
  • 2019GSAKeiserhjelmenDetachPart1.pptx (36.7 MB)
  • 2019GSAKeiserhjelmenDetachPart2.pptx (23.8 MB)
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    3:20 PM
    Break
    3:35 PM
    RISE AND FALL OF THE ACADIAN ALTIPLANO
    HILLENBRAND, Ian W.1, WILLIAMS, Michael L.2, LI, Cong2 and GAO, Haiying3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003-9354, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003
    3:50 PM
    ASSESSING THE PROVENANCE OF THE LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN POTTSVILLE FORMATION FROM NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN IN PENNSYLVANIA
    MONAMI, Shifat, UDDIN, Ashraf and HAMES, Willis, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
    4:05 PM
    STRUCTURAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EARLY VARISCAN EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN MOROCCAN MESETA
    ACCOTTO, Cristina, MARTINEZ POYATOS, David Jesús, AZOR, Antonio and JABALOY-SÁNCHEZ, Antonio, Geodynamics Department, University of Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Fuentenueva, Avenida Fuentenueva s/n, Granada, 18071, Spain
    Handouts
  • Paper_332308_presentation_2997_0.pdf (3.9 MB)
  • 4:20 PM
    SUPERIMPOSED STRUCTURES DURING PROLONGED PLATE CONVERGENCE – EXAMPLES FROM THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN VARISCIDES
    KRONER, Uwe1, HALLAS, Peter1, STEPHAN, Tobias1 and ROMER, Rolf L.2, (1)Geological Department, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Bernhard-von-Cotta Straße 2, Freiberg, 09599, Germany, (2)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, 14473, Germany
    4:35 PM
    RETHINKING LATE STAGE ALLEGHANIAN TECTONICS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CAROLINA-MISSISSIPPI FAULT IN PANGEA RECONSTRUCTION MODELS FOR THE EARLY PERMIAN
    HERMAN, David J. and KNAPP, James H., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
    4:50 PM
    THE PANGEAN TRANSCURRENT FAULT ZONE
    KNAPP, James H. and HERMAN, David J., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
    5:05 PM
    DELAMINATION OF OPHIOLITE-INTERSPERSED CRUST OF THE VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE
    VAN WIJK, Jolante, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and MEYER, Romain, Service géologique du Luxembourg, Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 23, rue du Chemin de Fer, Bertrange, L-8057, Luxembourg
     
    5:20 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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