30 New advances in geological and geophysical research on the Appalachian orogen. (Posters)

We invite contributions that discuss new research on the Appalachian orogen. Submissions should include, but are not limited to, geological or geophysical studies or works comprising a combination of both methods.

Monday, 23 March 2026
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CCC, Ballroom C

Participants

• Chair Nikhil Arolkar
• Chair Yvette Kuiper
• Chair Maureen Long

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  New Earth MRI airborne magnetic and radiometric data collected over southern New England
  Anjana Shah, USGS, Denver, CO and Dylan Connell, USGS, Denver, CO and Gregory Walsh, USGS, Montpelier, VT and Meghan Seremet, Connecticut Geological Survey, Hartford, CT and Brian Yellen, Massachusetts Geological Survey, Amherst, MA and Ben DeJong, Vermont Geological Survey, WATERBURY, VT and Shane Csiki, NH Dept of Environmental Services, New Hampshire Geological Survey, Concord, NH and Brian Savage, Rhode Island Geological Survey, Kingston, RI
  411113 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  Rapid Propagation of Subduction Initiation Throughout the Iapetus Ocean
  Daniel Viete, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Naomi Becker, Virginia Polytechnical Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia and James Crowley, Boise State University, Boise, ID
  411138 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  Using a High-density Nodal Deployment to Measure Regional Seismic-wave Propagation Across the Laurentia-Appalachian Suture of Northwestern Massachusetts
  Heather Sheridan, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts and James Bourke, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Laura Webb, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  411306 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  New Constraints on Crustal Anisotropy and Deformation in the Nashoba Terrane of Eastern Massachusetts, USA, from the GENESIS Seismic Experiment
  Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Frederik Link, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Yvette Kuiper, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Nikhil Arolkar, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
  411349 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  Geologic Mapping and Kinematic Analysis of a ~330 Ma Gabbro and Adjacent Migmatitic Shear Zone, Androscoggin Riverlands State Park, South Central Maine
  Claire Williams, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY and Nicolas Roberts, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY and Amber Whittaker, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine
  411366 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  Southern Appalachian Orogen Basement Mapping Using High Resolution USGS Aeromagnetic Data, Gravity, and Seismic Profiles - South Carolina - Major Terrane Boundaries and Intrusive Plutons
  James KELLOGG, Florida International University, Miami, FL and Ashley BRYAN, Florida International University, Miami, FL and Brandon SAVELA, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and Scott HOWARD, Geological Survey, Columbia, SC and Robert MORROW, Geological Survey, Columbia , SC
  411397 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  Investigating crustal anisotropy beneath Newfoundland and surrounding areas via receiver function analysis
  Clara Gulick, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  411472 (Technical Sessions)