12 New advances in geological and geophysical research on the Appalachian orogen. (II)

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.

Sunday, 22 March 2026
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CCC, Room 22/23

Participants

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

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Why is Appalachian Crust Thinner than Grenville Crust?
  Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and James Bourke, Yale University, Hamden, CT and Roberto Masis Arce, Rutgers State UniversityDept Geological Sci, Piscataway, NJ and Yantao Luo, Yale University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, New Haven, CT and Kimberly Espinal, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Laura Webb, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  411406 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  Is surface geology along the western front of the New England Appalachians linked to the Moho overthrust?
  Laura Webb, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT and James Bourke, Yale University, New Have, CT and Heather Sheridan, Williams College, Geosciences, Williamstown, MA
  411275 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  The Nodal NEST: Imaging the Laurentia-Appalachian suture of northwestern Massachusetts and Vermont from the surface to mantle using a high-density nodal seismic transect
  James Bourke, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Laura Webb, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Heather Sheridan, Williams College and Clara Gulick, Yale University and Chrishera Smith, Florida Atlantic University and Lawrence Macleod, University of Vermont and Ciara Hagan, University of Vermont and Amelia Bohling, University of Vermont
  411376 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  Tectonostratigraphic Implications of Early Ediacaran Sedimentary Sequence in the Boston Basin, Eastern Massachusetts
  Margaret Thompson, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and James Crowley, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Jahan Ramezani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  411175 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  The nature and age of deformation along the Nashoba-Avalon terrane boundary in Eastern Massachusetts
  Nikhil Arolkar, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Yvette Kuiper, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Frederik Link, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  411184 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  Hot orogenic crust and extreme metamorphism: Insights from the Acadian-Neoacadian orogeny in New England, USA
  Estefania Henningsen, Yale University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, East Haven, CT and Jay Ague, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  411456 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  Evidence for Dynamic Mantle Topography Associated with the Northern Appalachian Upper Mantle Anomaly Uplifting the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York
  James Bourke, Yale University and Kimberly Espinal, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Maureen Long, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Max Bezada, University of Minnesota and Paul Karabinos, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Laura Webb, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT and Frederik Link, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  411425 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  Ediacaran-Early Cambrian Crustal Cycling in the Laurentian Interior: Ithaca Basin, New York
  David Valentino, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York and Alexander Gates, Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, New Jersey and Jeffrey Chiarenzelli, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York and Matt Severs, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ and Teresa Jordan, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and Sarah Brehm, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York
  411106 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  The Mohawk Valley in New York State was not in a Deep Trench During Late Taconic Convergence (455-450 Ma)
  Robert Jacobi, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY and Charles Mitchell, University at Buffalo,126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY and Margaret Thompson, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street , Wellesley, MA and James Crowley, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr. MS 1535 , Boise, ID and Robert Elias, University of Manitoba, 240 Wallace Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Stephen Leslie, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
  411234 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  CAMERON’S LINE and the ST. NICHOLAS THRUST in NEW YORK CITY (NYC)
  Charles Merguerian, Stone Ridge, NY 12484
  411232 (Technical Sessions)