16 Ordovician Tectonics of the Appalachians: New Ideas on an Ancient Orogen

Thursday, 19 March 2015
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Roberts

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  A POSSIBLE SEISMITE FROM AN UPPER ORDOVICIAN (ROCKLANDIAN) CARBONATE STRANDLINE
  Clay D. Harris, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
  252086 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:25 PM
  DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE UPPER TONGUE OF THE TANGLEWOOD MEMBER, UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, BLUEGRASS REGION, CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A
  Dibya Koirala, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Frank R. Ettensohn, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Marta L. Clepper, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  253269 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  PETROGRAPHIC SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FRAMEWORK GRAINS IN ORDOVICIAN ARENITES FROM THE BLOUNT AND QUEENSTON MOLASSE OF THE TACONIC OROGENY, VIRGINIA APPALACHIANS
  John Haynes, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Thomas R. Durst, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA and Lynn S. Fichter, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  253671 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIATIONS IN LITHOLOGY OF THE WILHITE FORMATION EXPOSED ALONG ROADS BY THREE RIVERS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TENNESSEE BLUE RIDGE
  Habte G. Churnet, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
  252628 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  TACONIAN OROGENESIS AND ALLEGHANIAN OVERPRINTING IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA PIEDMONT AS REVEALED BY NEW 40AR/39AR DATA
  William Burton, Reston, VA and Michael J. Kunk, Reston, VA and David B. Spears, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and Nick H. Evans, Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and Ryan J. McAleer, Reston, VA
  253434 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  DIACHRONOUS METAMORPHISM BETWEEN AMPHIBOLITE AND ECLOGITE OF THE ASHE METAMORPHIC SUITE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  James L. Bridgeman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC and Kevin G. Stewart, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  253212 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  ORDOVICIAN EVENTS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS: SYNTHESIZING THE IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC RECORD OF THE TACONIC OROGENY
  Clinton Barineau, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA and James Tull, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL and Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  253717 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ZANA GRANITE AND KOWALIGA GNEISS, EASTERN BLUE RIDGE, ALABAMA
  Douglas A. Sagul, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Paul Mueller, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Clinton Barineau, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
  253725 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  ALLEGHANIAN DISASSEMBLY OF THE EASTERN BLUE RIDGE ORDOVICIAN BACK-ARC BASIN: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE MULBERRY ROCK RECESS (34°N), NORTHWEST GEORGIA
  James Tull, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL and Chris Holm-Denoma, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  252550 (Theme Sessions)