Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

THE EASTATOEE FAULT: RECOGNITION OF A REGIONAL THRUST-SHEET BOUNDING FAULT IN THE INNER PIEDMONT THRUST STACK OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

J.M. Garihan, Furman University, Greenville, SC and C.W. Clendenin, South Carolina Geological Survey, Columbia, SC

117405 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:20 AM

BACKFOLDING, PARTITIONED TRANSPRESSION, AND FAULT REACTIVATION IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA

C.W. Clendenin, SCDNR-Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and J.M. Garihan, Furman University, Greenville, SC

118694 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:40 AM

CAROLINIA: DEFINITION AND RECENT FINDINGS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

James Hibbard, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC and Brent V. Miller, Texas A & M, College Station, TX and Willis Hames, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and John Allen, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC and Issac Standard, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC

117682 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:00 AM

AN OVERVIEW OF NEW GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH AND EFLAND 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, CAROLINA TERRANE, NORTH CAROLINA

Philip J. Bradley, North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC and Kenny Gay, North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC

118591 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:20 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC, FOSSIL AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC EVIDENCE FROM CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AGE OF THE ALBEMARLE GROUP

Matthew P. Brennan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

118989 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:40 AM

BODY VS. TRACE FOSSILS: A PRELIMINARY REASSESSMENT OF SQUIGGLES, RODS AND CLUSTERS ON NEOPROTEROZOIC BEDDING PLANES FROM THE CAROLINA TERRANE, STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

R. Chris Tacker, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Patricia G. Weaver, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC

117888 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:00 AM

SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS ALONG THE CHARLOTTE-CAROLINA TERRANE BOUNDARY: EVIDENCE FOR THE TIMING OF DEFORMATION IN THE GOLD HILL FAULT ZONE NEAR WAXHAW, NC

John Stefan Allen, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Brent Miller, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and James Hibbard, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC and Irene Boland, Winthrop Univ, Rock Hill, SC

118942 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:20 AM

AN EARLY CAMBRIAN AGE OF RIFTING OF CAROLINIA FROM GONDWANA: GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM THE STONY MOUNTAIN GABBRO, NORTH CAROLINA

Jeff Pollock, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC and James P. Hibbard, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC

117891 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:40 AM

DUCTILE-BRITTLE EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION ALONG THE NORTHERN DEEP RIVER RIFT BASIN TERMINATION IN THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT

David E. Blake, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Richard M. Wooten, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and David B. Parnell, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Kenneth R. Robitaille, Clark Environmental Services, Castle Hayne, NC and Jememy D. Pesicek, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

119255 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:00 AM

SOUTHEAST-DIRECTED BACKTHRUSTING AND CRUSTAL THICKENING IN THE MASSANUTTEN SYNCLINORIUM, ROCKINGHAM AND PAGE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA

Matthew J. Heller, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Christopher Holland, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and David Arnette, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Mark W. Carter, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and Lorrie V. Coiner, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA

118558 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:20 AM

THE PROBLEM OF PALINSPASTIC RECONSTRUCTION AROUND A THRUST BELT RECESS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE APPALACHIAN THRUST BELT IN GEORGIA

Brian S. Cook, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and William A. Thomas, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

119159 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:40 AM

PALEOZOIC STRESS ORIENTATION IN THE SOUTHEAST OZARKS

Kasey R. Hundt, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and David Lumsden, Univ. of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Randy Cox, Univ. of Memphis, Memphis, TN

118894 (THEME SESSIONS)

12:00 PM

TIMING OF MAGMATISM AND METAMORPHISM DURING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEAST ANATOLIAN OROGEN, TURKEY

Osman Parlak, Cukurova University, Adana, N/A and Tamer Rizaoglu, Aksaray University, Aksaray, N/A and Faith Karaoglan, Cukurova University, Adana, N/A and Zeki Billor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Willis Hames, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

119166 (THEME SESSIONS)

6 Recent Developments in Piedmont Geology and Beyond

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