47 Strike-Slip and Transpressional Tectonics in the Appalachians and Beyond

Monday, 15 March 2010
1:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Carroll

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  OROGEN-PARALLEL AND OROGEN-OBLIQUE STRIKE SLIP-FAULTS AND THE DEVONIAN-PENNSYLVANIAN EVOLUTION OF THE MARITIMES BASIN, ATLANTIC CANADA
  John W.F. Waldron, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and James Hibbard, North Carolina State U, Raleigh, NC
  169434 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  TIMING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DEXTRAL TRANSPRESSION IN CENTRAL MAINE: IT'S EARLY AND IMPORTANT
  Heather A. Short, John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
  169710 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  CARBONIFEROUS TRANSPRESSION AND SCALE-DEPENDENT STRAIN HETEROGENEITY IN THE SOUTHERN BRONSON HILL ZONE, NEW ENGLAND AS A RESULT OF DEXTRAL OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE WITH THE CENTRAL MAINE ZONE
  Matthew Massey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and David P. Moecher, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  169432 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  EVIDENCE FOR ALLEGHANIAN TRANSPRESSIVE TELESCOPING OF AN ACADIAN METAMORPHIC FIELD GRADIENT, SOUTH-CENTRAL CONNECTICUT
  Martha Growdon, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Michael J. Kunk, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Robert Wintsch, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
  169517 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  THE NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEM (NFS): LONG-LIVED TRANSCURRENT FAULTING IN EASTERN AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MAINE
  Chunzeng Wang, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME and David P. West, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Allan Ludman, Queens College, Flushing, NY
  168533 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  HETEROGENEOUS WRENCH-DOMINATED TRANSPRESSION IN THE DEEP CRUST RECORDED BY THE BURNSVILLE FAULT AND RELATED STRUCTURES, BLUE RIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ACADIAN OROGENY IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  Cheryl Waters-Tormey, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Kevin Stewart, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  169349 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  EXTENT, KINEMATICS, AND MESOZOIC REACTIVATION OF THE ALLEGHANIAN TOWALIGA FAULT, CENTRAL GEORGIA APPALACHIANS
  Matthew T. Huebner, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN and Robert D. Hatcher, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN and Brittany Allison Davis, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
  169581 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING IN THE GREENLAND CALEDONIDES – OBLIQUE COLLISION OR ESCAPE TECTONICS?
  Jane A. Gilotti, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Bill McClelland, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  169808 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  CALEDONIAN TRANSPRESSION FROM THE PERI-GONDWANAN MARGIN OF WALES, UK
  D.I. Schofield, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland and E. Burt, British Geological Survey, Cardiff, N/A and J.R. Davies, British Geological Survey, Cardiff, N/A and Graham Leslie, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, N/A and P.R. Wilby, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, N/A and D. Wilson, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, N/A
  168448 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:55 PM
  HIMALAYAN-STYLE ESCAPE TECTONICS ALONG THE SUPERIOR PROVINCE MARGIN IN MANITOBA, CANADA
  Yvette D. Kuiper, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Shoufa Lin, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON and Christian O. Böhm, Geological Survey, Winnipeg, MB
  170024 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  USING ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION TO CONSTRAIN THE STRAIN AND KINEMATICS OF A TRANSPRESSIONAL FAULT ZONE, CENTRAL RANGE, TRINIDAD
  Scott Giorgis, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY and Jenna Hojnowski, Kent State University, Kent, OH and William Pierce, SUNY Geneseo, Ballston Spa, NY and John Weber, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and Stephen Zdan, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
  169312 (Theme Sessions)