68 Devonian Orogenesis in the Appalachian-Caledonian Mountain Belt—Where, When, and What Caused It?

Tuesday, 22 March 2011
1:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Frick

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  CONSTRAINTS ON THE TECTONIC SETTING OF DEVONIAN MAGMATISM AND OROGENESIS
  C.R. van Staal, Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver, BC and S.M. Barr, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS and Joseph B. Whalen, Ottawa, ON and C.E. White, Halifax, NS
  183915 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  ORIGIN OF THE QUINEBAUG-MARLBORO BELT IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND
  Gregory J. Walsh, N/A and John N. Aleinikoff, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Robert Wintsch, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT and Robert A. Ayuso, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  184582 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  EVIDENCE FOR A LATE ACADIAN ARRIVAL OF THE EXTREME WESTERN MARGIN OF AVALON TERRANE
  Robert Wintsch, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN and Keewook Yi, Chungbuk and Michael Dorais, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  185374 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  NEW STRUCTURAL FINDINGS AND 40Ar/39Ar WHITE MICA AGES IN THE CLASSIC BARROVIAN SEQUENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  Brooks Proctor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Ryan J. McAleer, Indiana Department of Geological Sciences, Bloomington, IN and M.J. Kunk, Reston, VA and R.P. Wintsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  186324 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  CONFIRMATION OF THE ACADIAN–NEOACADIAN OROGENY DRIVEN BY MID-PALEOZOIC ACCRETION OF THE CAROLINA SUPERTERRANE IN THE SOUTHERN–CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
  Robert D. Hatcher, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN and Arthur Merschat, USGS, Zionville, NC and Matthew T. Huebner, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
  185830 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  A CROSS-BORDER GEOCHRONOLOGICAL COMPILATION FOR LATE SILURIAN-DEVONIAN GRANITOID ROCKS IN MAINE (USA) AND NEW BRUNSWICK (CANADA): MAGMATIC PULSES OR A CONTINUUM?
  Jean-Luc Pilote, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS and Sandra Barr, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS and David Gibson, University of Maine - Farmington, Farmington, ME
  185700 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  HIGHLY DEPLETED OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE IN THE RHEIC OCEAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOZOIC PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS
  Brendan Murphy, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS and Brian L. Cousens, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON and James A. Braid, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS and Rob Strachan, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, N/A and Jaroslav Dostal, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS and J. Duncan Keppie, Instituto de Geología, México, N/A and R. Damian Nance, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  185333 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  TECTONIC SETTING(S) OF DEVONIAN MAGMATIC ROCKS IN SE NEW ENGLAND AND THE GULF OF MAINE
  Margaret D. Thompson, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and Sandra Barr, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS and James K. Mortensen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC and Chris E. White, Halifax, NS and O. Don Hermes, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
  185002 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  THE TUNK LAKE PLUTON REVISITED
  Sheila J. Seaman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  186467 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  AGE CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEPOSITION AND PROVENANCE OF META-SEDIMENTARY UNITS OF THE NASHOBA TERRANE
  MaryEllen L. Loan, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and J. Christopher Hepburn, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Yvette Kuiper, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA and Mike N. Tubrett, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF
  185548 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  LITHODEMES, PSEUDOTACHYLYTE, ULTRAMYLONITE, MYLONITE AND STRIPED GNEISS WITHIN THE NORUMBEGA FAULT SYSTEM, SOUTH–CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MAINE
  S.G. Pollock, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME and Nancy Price, University of Maine, Orono, ME
  186076 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF A REVISED BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAP OF EAST-CENTRAL MAINE
  Allan Ludman, Queens College, Flushing, NY and John Hopeck, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta, ME
  185621 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:05 PM
  AN EMSIAN AGE FOR THE GOSHEN FORMATION IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY- GASPE TROUGH IN MASSACHUSETTS
  Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and John N. Aleinikoff, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  184704 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:20 PM
  NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN SEDIMENTATION AND THE TIMING OF ACADIAN OROGENIC EVENTS
  Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum/Geological Survey, Albany, NY
  186098 (Theme Sessions)