2019 GSC Annual Meeting
Keynote Speaker - William C. Burton, USGS Research Geologist
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Along with a cocktail hour (cash bar), catered dinner, and lecture by William C. Burton, USGS Research Geologist, entitled Tempest in a teapot: how a small area in the western highlands reflects the wondrous complexity of Connecticut geology, we will hold our annual business meeting, and announce election results for the GSC Board of Directors.
WHEN:
Friday, November 15
WHERE:
Heritage Hotel (https://www.heritagesouthbury.com) in Southbury, CT.
A block of rooms at the discounted rate of $129/night has been set aside for the GSC the night of the dinner meeting. You can take advantage of this by registering clicking here or by calling the hotel directly and asking to be placed in the Geological Society Room block.
The hotel info is:
WHEN:
Friday, November 15
WHERE:
Heritage Hotel (https://www.heritagesouthbury.com) in Southbury, CT.
A block of rooms at the discounted rate of $129/night has been set aside for the GSC the night of the dinner meeting. You can take advantage of this by registering clicking here or by calling the hotel directly and asking to be placed in the Geological Society Room block.
The hotel info is:
SCHEDULE:
5 – 6 PM happy hour
6 – 7 PM dinner
7 – 7:30 PM business meeting, J.W Peoples award, raffle prizes
7:30 – 8:30 lecture by William C. Burton
SPEAKER:
William C. Burton, USGS Research Geologist
ABOUT THE TALK:
“Tempest in a teapot: how a small area in the western highlands reflects the wondrous complexity of Connecticut geology.”
Mapping of crystalline rocks in the Woodbury, Roxbury and Waterbury 7.5-minute quadrangles has revealed several lithotectonic slices that were assembled along low-angle thrust faults during the Taconic orogeny, closely followed by intrusion of a granite that "stitched" two of these slices together. The slices are distinguished both by lithology and metamorphic grade. We are currently using petrography, geochemistry, and U-Pb dating of both igneous and detrital zircons to learn more about the origin and tectonic juxtaposition of these western Connecticut rocks. Incongruously, perched on top of these Paleozoic metamorphic rocks is an early Mesozoic sedimentary/volcanic rift basin that is a miniature version of the much larger Hartford basin 25 km to the east. The small Pomperaug basin has a well-defined stratigraphy that outlines a pattern of offsets along normal faults during and after basin formation. Why this basin is located where it is is an intriguing topic of study.
5 – 6 PM happy hour
6 – 7 PM dinner
7 – 7:30 PM business meeting, J.W Peoples award, raffle prizes
7:30 – 8:30 lecture by William C. Burton
SPEAKER:
William C. Burton, USGS Research Geologist
ABOUT THE TALK:
“Tempest in a teapot: how a small area in the western highlands reflects the wondrous complexity of Connecticut geology.”
Mapping of crystalline rocks in the Woodbury, Roxbury and Waterbury 7.5-minute quadrangles has revealed several lithotectonic slices that were assembled along low-angle thrust faults during the Taconic orogeny, closely followed by intrusion of a granite that "stitched" two of these slices together. The slices are distinguished both by lithology and metamorphic grade. We are currently using petrography, geochemistry, and U-Pb dating of both igneous and detrital zircons to learn more about the origin and tectonic juxtaposition of these western Connecticut rocks. Incongruously, perched on top of these Paleozoic metamorphic rocks is an early Mesozoic sedimentary/volcanic rift basin that is a miniature version of the much larger Hartford basin 25 km to the east. The small Pomperaug basin has a well-defined stratigraphy that outlines a pattern of offsets along normal faults during and after basin formation. Why this basin is located where it is is an intriguing topic of study.