27 Structural Geology, Metamorphism, and Geochronology of the Southern Appalachian Blue Ridge

Friday, 30 March 2007
8:00 AM - 12:20 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN SEVIER BASIN, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS?
  Jonathan C. Evenick, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Robert D. Hatcher, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN and S. Christopher Whisner, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  118627 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:20 AM
  DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN BLUE RIDGE CONTACT IN THE GREAT BALSAM MOUNTAINS, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  Arthur J. Merschat, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Robert D. Hatcher, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
  118685 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:40 AM
  THE GREAT BALSAM MOUNTAINS WINDOW AND RE-EVALUATION OF THE EXTENT OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE-HOLLAND MOUNTAIN FAULT
  Shawna R. Cyphers, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Donald W. Stahr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Robert D. Hatcher, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  118931 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:00 AM
  SYNKINEMATIC PLUTON EMPLACEMENT DURING ALLEGHANIAN REGIONAL DEFORMATION: EVIDENCE FROM DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  Donald W. Stahr, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Robert Hatcher, Univ Tennessee - Knoxville Room 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN
  119147 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:20 AM
  LASER 40AR/39AR AGES OF MUSCOVITE AND EVIDENCE FOR MISSISSIPPIAN (VISEAN) DEFORMATION NEAR THE THRUST FRONT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN BLUE RIDGE PROVINCE
  W.E. Hames, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and J.F. Tull, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL and D.L. Barbeau, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and W.M. McDonald, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and M.G. Steltenpohl, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  119333 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  SHRIMP U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF ZIRCON AND TITANITE AND 40AR/39AR OF HORNBLENDE AND MUSCOVITE FROM MESOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS OF THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE, GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK AREA, TN AND NC
  John N. Aleinikoff, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Scott Southworth, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Michael J. Kunk, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  118854 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:00 AM
  EVALUATION OF U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR THE NEOACADIAN IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS - A POSSIBLE CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
  Brent Miller, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
  119205 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:20 AM
  ALLEGHANIAN FAULT ZONES OF THE WESTERN BLUE RIDGE NEAR ASHEVILLE, NC
  Jacob B. Ball, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Charles H. Trupe, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  119090 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:40 AM
  HAFNIUM ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR PALEOPROTEROZOIC CRUST IN THE MARS HILL TERRANE AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER TERRANES
  Ann L. Heatherington, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Paul Mueller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and George Kamenov, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Katyayani Cherukumilli, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  119102 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:00 AM
  THE PATTERN OF TECTONIC OVERPRINTING IN THE WESTERN-CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE BY DEFORMATION PROPAGATING FROM EASTERN BLUE RIDGE-INNER PIEDMONT CONVERGENCE
  David P. Moecher, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Eric D. Anderson, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Kristopher Clemons, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Matthew A. Massey, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  118947 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:20 AM
  TECTONIC EVENTS RECORDED IN THE MT. HAY BLOCK, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETATION OF HIGH-GRADE TECTONIC EVENTS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE
  Cheryl Waters-Tormey, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  119079 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 11:40 AM
  ANDEAN SUBDUCTION INITIATION ALONG THE ALABAMA PROMONTORY CONTINENTAL MARGIN
  Clinton I. Barineau, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL and James F. Tull, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  119198 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 12:00 PM
  DEFORMATION MECHANISMS AND KINEMATICS OF THE HILLABEE SHEAR ZONE, ALABAMA BLUE RIDGE
  Elizabeth A. McClellan, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN
  119381 (THEME SESSIONS)