27 Tectonics of the Blue Ridge and Adjacent Areas II: A Session Honoring Professor Loren Raymond

Friday, 11 April 2008
1:30 PM - 5:40 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  ROCK DESCRIPTIONS, THE ZIG-ZAG METHOD, AND PETROTECTONIC ASSEMBLAGES: A THANK YOU TO PROFESSOR LOREN RAYMOND FOR HIS SERVICE AND RESEARCH
  Arthur J. Merschat, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  136861 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 1:50 PM
  DIFFERENCES IN THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THRUST SHEETS IN THE BLUE RIDGE THRUST COMPLEX, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
  Mark Adams, Unimin Corporation, Spruce Pine, NC and C.H. Trupe, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Kevin Stewart, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  136601 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:10 PM
  THE ROLE OF CHLORITE IN THE TRANSITION FROM BRITTLE TO DUCTILE FAULTING: AN EXAMPLE FROM AN ALLEGHANIAN THRUST IN THE NORTH CAROLINA BLUE RIDGE
  Josh Borella, N/A, Laguna Beach, CA and Kevin Stewart, Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill Dept Earth, Chapel Hill, NC
  136293 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN DIXIE: I. EVALUATING THE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR MARINOAN- VARANGIAN OR GASKIERS GLACIATION IN THE BATTLEGROUND AND BLACKSBURG FORMATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A
  Allen J. Dennis, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC
  134383 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:50 PM
  THRUST FAULTS, FALSE STRATIGRAPHY, AND FALSE FACING CRITERIA IN THE BLUE RIDGE IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA, SOUTHERNMOST APPALACHIANS
  Michael W. Higgins, The Geologic Mapping Institute, Clayton, GA and Ralph F. Crawford, The Geologic Mapping Institute, Atlanta, GA
  136716 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:10 PM
  RE-EXAMINATION OF THE GREENBRIER FAULT: POSTMETAMORPHIC SLIP ON A FAULTED STRATIGRAPHIC CONTACT
  David Moecher, Dept Earth and Environmental Sciences 304 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY and Kristopher M. Clemons, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  135818 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  THE TACONIC OROGENY: COLLISIONAL VS. ACCRETIONARY OROGENESIS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  Clinton I. Barineau, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
  136059 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:50 PM
  GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF ALLEGHANIAN AND 'ATYPICAL' ALLEGHANIAN GRANITES IN THE CAROLINA TERRANE, SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOURCES AND TERRANE ACCRETIONARY HISTORY
  Tathagata Dasgupta, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Scott Samson, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  136852 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:10 PM
  AN EVALUATION OF THE USE OF BULK-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY IN DETERMINING IGNEOUS PROTOLITHS OF ROCKS FROM THE SOAPSTONE RIDGE COMPLEX, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
  Jeff B. Chaumba, Athens, GA and Samuel E. Swanson, Athens, GA
  135982 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:30 PM
  COMPOSITIONAL ZONING IN AMPHIBOLES: EVIDENCE FOR SYNTECTONIC GROWTH AND DISSOLUTION CREEP IN THE ASHE METAMORPHIC SUITE, NC
  Rebecca Stokes, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Robert Wintsch, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN and Scott Southworth, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  136684 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:50 PM
  CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION AND EMPLACEMENT OF THE BUCK CREEK COMPLEX AND OTHER BLUE RIDGE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR OPHIOLITE EMPLACEMENT IN COLLISIONAL OROGENS
  Virginia Peterson, Grand Valley State Univ Geology Dept/118 Padnos Hall, Allendale, MI and Jeffrey Ryan, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  136726 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 5:10 PM
  REFLECTIONS ON OLIVINE AND PYROXENE-RICH ROCKS FROM THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE OF NORTH CAROLINA
  Samuel E. Swanson, Athens, GA
  136481 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)