29 Tectonic Significance of Buried Terranes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains

Monday, 15 March 2010
8:00 AM - 12:05 PM
Liberty B

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  ORDOVICIAN TO DEVONIAN MAGMATISM ASSOCIATED WITH TACONIC COLLISIONAL TECTONICS IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS: AN EXAMPLE OF AN OROGENIC CYCLE
  A. Krishna Sinha, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and William A. Thomas, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Robert D. Hatcher, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
  169525 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  GEODYNAMICS OF SUPERCONTINENT DISPERSAL: GEOCHEMICAL TRACERS FROM LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES, EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
  Barry Hanan, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and A. Krishna Sinha, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  169874 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  BASEMENT TERRANES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION – EVIDENCE FROM BOREHOLE SAMPLES AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
  James Horton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and David L. Daniels, Reston, VA and MaryAnn Love Malinconico, Easton, PA and Roger L. Gibson, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Gabrielle N. Townsend, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, N/A
  169604 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  THE SUWANNEE SUTURE: WHAT IS IT AND WHERE IS IT?
  Paul Mueller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Ann Heatherington, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Mark Steltenpohl, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
  170040 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  UNDERSTANDING THE LITHOSPHERIC SUTURE BETWEEN LAURENTIA AND GONDWANA: A PASSIVE SEISMIC EXPERIMENT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S
  Karen Fischer, Brown University Earth, Env. & Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI and Lara S. Wagner, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and Donald W. Forsyth, Brown University, Providence, RI and Robert Hawman, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  169923 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  DETAILED ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUB-COASTAL PLAIN SOUTH GEORGIA BASIN AS REVEALED BY GEOPHYSICAL DATA
  Samuel T. Peavy, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, GA
  169618 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  MESOZOIC HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF PALEOZOIC APPALACHIAN MYLONITE ZONES
  Allen J. Dennis, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC
  169112 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  BURIED EARLY MESOZOIC RIFT BASINS OF THE US MID-ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN
  Richard N. Benson, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  168480 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:05 AM
  EVIDENCE FOR BASEMENT-ROOTED COASTAL PLAIN FAULTS IN THE POTOMAC RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION
  David S. Powars, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and James Horton, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and R.W. Harrison, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and J. Stephen Schindler, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Wayne L. Newell, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  169907 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:25 AM
  THE FAULT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE: A STUDY OF LATE CENOZOIC TECTONISM IN WASHINGTON, D.C
  David Cureton Prowell, N/A, Fairburn, GA and Raymond A. Christopher, Clemson University (retired), Columbus, NC
  168712 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:45 AM
  THE 1886 CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA EARTHQUAKE: FAULT REACTIVATION IN A MESOZOIC EXTENSIONAL TERRANE
  Martin C. Chapman, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Jacob N. Beale, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  168790 (Theme Sessions)