Northeastern Section - 59th Annual Meeting - 2024

Session No. 1
Sunday, 17 March 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Pemigewasset Room (Doubletree by Hilton)

S2. Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Geological Connections Among Northwest Africa, Europe, and Eastern North America I – A Session Honoring the Career of Sandra M. Barr

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

 

Yvette Kuiper, Margaret Thompson, Chris E. White, Belkacim Saïd, Faouziya Haissen and Pilar Montero, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1-1
8:05 AM
FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF SANDRA BARR: MY WORK IN THE CANADIAN APPALACHIANS
LIN, Shoufa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
1-2
8:25 AM
STRUCTURAL AND METAMORPHIC HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SALINIAN AND ACADIAN OROGENIES
VAN ROOYEN, Deanne, WHITE, Chris E., BARR, Sandra M. and SUNATORI, Évelyne, Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada
1-3
8:45 AM
U-PB AGE, TRACE ELEMENT AND HF ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF ZIRCON FROM SILURIAN AND EARLY DEVONIAN GRANITE, GABBRO, AND PYROXENITE IN(?) THE BLAIR RIVER INLIER, NORTHERN CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
MILLER, Brent, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and BARR, Sandra M., Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada
1-4
9:05 AM
THE PROVENANCE AND TECTONIC HISTORY OF DASHWOODS
ZAGOREVSKI, Alex, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A0E8, CANADA, VAN STAAL, Cees R., Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6b 5J3, Canada and JOYCE, Nancy L., Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
1-5
9:25 AM
TREKKING THROUGH AVALONIA: NEWFOUNDLAND'S EAST COAST TRAIL AS A SCENIC WINDOW INTO NEOPROTEROZOIC STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONICS
KERR, Andrew, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada
 
9:45 AM
Break
1-6
10:00 AM
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF SALINIC AND ACADIAN HIGH GRADE METAMORPHIC TECTONITES OF THE MEELPAEG NAPPE NEAR PORT AUX BASQUES, SOUTHWESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: SILURIAN SALINIC UNDERTHRUSTING OF THE GANDER MARGIN BENEATH COMPOSITE LAURENTIA AND LOCHKOVIAN EDUCTION, FOLLOWED BY BI-VERGENT NAPPE FORMATION AND DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSION DURING THE ACADIAN OROGENY
VAN STAAL, Cees, Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6b 5J3, Canada; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada, LIN, Shoufa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, VALVERDE-VAQUERO, Pablo, Instituto Geolo´gico y Minero de Espan˜a,, La Calera 1, Tres Cantos, Madrid, 28760, Spain, DUNNING, Greg, Earth Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Alexander Murray Building, St. John's, NS A1B 3X5, Canada, BURGESS, Jerry, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, SCHOFIELD, D.I., The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK, British Geological Survey, Research Avenue South, Edinburgh, Scotland EH14 4AP, United Kingdom and JOYCE, Nancy, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada
1-7
10:20 AM
BASE AND TOP OF THE BOTWOOD GROUP, NEWFOUNDLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR SLAB BREAKOFF, NET SLAB PULL, AND CLIMATE
REUSCH, Douglas N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine Farmington, Farmington, ME 04938-6821
1-8
10:40 AM
TIMING OF ORDOVICIAN VOLCANISM IN NORTHEASTERN MAINE: RETHINKING REGIONAL TECTONIC MODELS
LUDMAN, Allan, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367, WANG, Chunzeng, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769, WHITTAKER, Amber, Maine Geological Survey, 17 Elkins Ln, 93 SHS, Augusta, ME 04333, O'SULLIVAN, Paul, GeoSep Services, 1521 Pine Cone Road, Moscow, ID 83843 and MCFARLANE, Chris, Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
Handouts
  • 2024 NEGSA PRESENTATION FINAL 2-28.pdf (2.7 MB)
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    11:00 AM
    WEST AVALONIAN AFFINITY OF PLUTONS IN SOUTHEASTERN-MOST MASSACHUSETTS, USA
    THOMPSON, Margaret, Geosciences Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481 and CROWLEY, James L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
    11:20 AM
    AN ACADIAN-ALLEGHANIAN-MESOZOIC STRETCHING FAULT, SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND,LOCALIZED BY RODINIAN STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE
    WINTSCH, Robert, Dept Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St., Middletown, CT 06459, MCALEER, Ryan, US Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192-0002, WATHEN, Bryan, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, WALTERS, Jesse, Institüt fur Geowissenschaften, Goethe Universität, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany, GROWDON, Martha, 2360 Camelot Way,, Reno, NV 89509, MATTHEWS, Jessica A., US Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20191 and DEASY, Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
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