40 Evolution of the East Laurentia Continental Margin, Eastern United States–Canada: From Late Proterozoic Rifting to Devonian Collisions II

Saturday, 29 March 2003
1:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  EARLY PALEOZOIC TECTONISM OF THE WESTERN MARGIN OF GONDWANA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE TECTONICS OF EASTERN LAURENTIA
  Steven J. Whitmeyer, Boston Univ, Boston, MA and Carol Simpson, Boston Univ, Boston, MA
  51457 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 1:40 PM
  COMPARATIVE STRUCTURAL, METAMORPHIC, AND GEOCHEMICAL TRANSECTS ACROSS THE DUNNAGE AND INTERNAL HUMBER ZONES IN THE NORTHERN VERMONT AND SOUTHERN QUEBEC APPALACHIANS
  Jonathan Kim, Vermont Geol Survey, Waterbury, VT and Sebastien Castonguay, Geol Survey of Canada, Quebec City, QC and Alain Tremblay, Univ of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC and Peter Thompson, Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH and Jean Bedard, Geol Survey of Canada, Quebec City, QC
  50840 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:00 PM
  40AR/39AR GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS FOR THE TACONIAN OROGENY IN THE HUMBER ZONE OF THE GASPÉ PENINSULA, QUÉBEC
  Alix Pincivy, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ste-Foy, QC and Michel Malo, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ste-Foy, QC and Gilles Ruffet, CNRS-Universite de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes Cedex and Alain Tremblay, Quebec Geoscience Ctr, Sainte Foy, QC
  50848 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:20 PM
  TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE DASHWOOD MICROCONTINENT AND ITS ACCRETION TO THE LAURENTIAN MARGIN
  Sally Pehrsson, Geol Survey of Canada, Otawa, ON and Cees R. van Staal, Geol Survey of Canada, Otawa, ON and Vicki McNicoll, Geol Survey of Canada, Otawa, ON and Joseph B. Whalen, Geol Survey of Canada, Otawa, ON
  49782 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  CONSTRAINTS ON TIMING OF DEFORMATION IN THE CABOT FAULT ZONE AND ON THE LITTLE GRAND LAKE FAULT IN WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
  A.G. Brem, Univ of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON and S. Lin, Univ of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON and C. van Staal, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON and D.W. Davis, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON and V.J. McNicoll, Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  50591 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  LATE ORDOVICIAN TO MIDDLE DEVONIAN TECTONO-SEDIMENTARY HISTORY OF THE GASPÉ BELT IN NORTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK
  Reginald A. Wilson, New Brunswick Dept. of Nat Rscs and Energy, Bathurst, NB
  50388 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 3:40 PM
  A DELTAIC REGIME RECORDED BY THE LOWER DEVONIAN COMPTON FORMATION IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC: REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS
  Denis Lavoie, Geol Survey of Canada - Quebec Office, Quebec City, QC
  48855 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  DEVONIAN K-BENTONITES, APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN: A RELIABLE PROXY FOR ACADIAN VOLCANISM?
  Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
  51184 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:20 PM
  ACADIAN TRANSPRESSION, EXTRUSION, AND GNEISS DOME FORMATION IN THE NEW ENGLAND APPALACHIANS
  Paul Karabinos, Williams College Dept Geosciences, Williamstown, MA
  51377 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 4:40 PM
  DEVONIAN COLLISION ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN MARGIN OF LAURENTIA, GREENLAND CALEDONIDES
  Jane A. Gilotti, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Allen P. Nutman, Australian National Univ, Canberra, N/A and Hannes K. Brueckner, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY and William C. McClelland, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  50905 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)