Recent Presentations by Bob Hatcher, Former Graduate Students, and other Professional Colleagues at Professional Meetings (* invited paper)
Thomas, W. A., and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1995, Derivation of the Argentine Precordillera from the Ouachita embayment: Rifting history and kinematics: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 27, no. 6, p. 457.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Thomas, W. A., and Astini, R., 1995, Derivation of the Argentine Precordillera from the Ouachita embayment: Stratigraphic and tectonic constraints: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 27, no. 6, p. 458.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Carter, M. W., Clark, G. M., and Mills, H. H., 1996, Large landslides in western Blue Ridge of Tennessee and North Carolina: Normal mass-wasting phenomena, products of late Pleistocene climates, or smoking gun for earthquake(s) in East Tennessee?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 28, no. 7, p. A-299.
Miller, C. F., Gorish, E. B., Harrison, T. M., Coath, C., and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1996, Elucidating complex crustal histories through combined zoning and U-Th-Pb ion probe studies of zircon and monazite: An example from the Blue Ridge, NC-GA: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 77, p. 819.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Lemiszki, P. J., 1997, Clues about emplacement mechanics from 3-D reconstruction of the southern Appalachian Foreland and fold-thrust belt: A progress report: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 29, no. 3, p. 22.
*Miller, C. F., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Gorisch, E. B., Harrison, T. M., and Coath, C., 1997, Ages of plutonism, granulite facies metamorphism, and oldest basement in the southern Appalachian orogen, NC-GA: High resolution ion probe dating of zircon and monazite: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 29, no. 3, p. 58.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1997, Value of structural maps to solve large-scale problems in complex terranes: Emplacement trajectories of plastic thrusts in the Appalachian Inner Piedmont from subhorizontal mineral lineations: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 29, p. 424.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1997, Clues about reservoir-scale deformation from 3-D reconstruction of the southern Appalachian foreland fold-thrust belt: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Research Conference.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Lemiszki, P. J., and Montes, C., 1998, Boundary conditions of foreland fold-thrust belt deformation from 3-D reconstruction of a curved segment of the southern Appalachian basement surface and base of the Blue Ridge-Piedmont thrust sheet: Progress report and initial results: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Extended Abstracts, v. 1, p. A281-A284.
Miller, C.F., Ayers, J. C., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Coath, C.D. & Harrison, T. M., 1998, Age and inheritance of eastern Blue Ridge plutons, SW North Carolina-NE Georgia, by high-resolution ion microprobe: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 30, p. 51.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1998, Structure of the Appalachian Inner Piedmont : Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 30, p. 17.
Costain, J. K., and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1998, Potential new major source of ground water in the Appalachian Blue Ridge and Piedmont: Clemson, SC, Clemson University Hydrogeology Symposium.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Milici, R. C., and Whisner, J. B., 1998, The southern-central Appalachian triangle zone: An unexplored potential hydrocarbon play from Alabama to Pennsylvania: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Eastern Section).
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1998, Flow paths and evolution of crystalline thrust sheets in the internides of orogens: End members and a newly recognized transitional (T) class of thrusts: Geological Association of Canada International Conference.
Giorgis, S. D., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Riedel, J. J., 1998, Evolution of thrust sheets in the western Inner Piedmont, NC: Geological Society of America
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Bream, B. R., Hill, J. C., Giorgis, S. D., and Williams, S. T., 1999, Transect through the Acadian orogen in the Carolinas and NE Georgia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 31, p. A-19.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1999, Digital geologic map of the eastern Blue Ridge in NE Georgia, NW South Carolina, and SW North Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 31, p. A-20.
*Miller, C. F., Vinson, S. B., Fullagar, P. D., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Coath, C. D., 1999, Ages of Precambrian zircon from the Blue Ridge and Inner Piedmont, North Carolina-South Carolina-Georgia — an ion microprobe study: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 31, p. A-30.
Vinson, S. B., Miller, C. F., Fullagar, P. D., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Coath, C. D., 1999, Constraints on timing of Inner Piedmont plutonism, NC-SC, from ion microprobe U-PB zircon analysis: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 31, p. A-73.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1999, Development of Triangle Zones in the Evolution of Foreland Fold-Thrust Belts: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio.
Costain, J.K., and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1999, Detection and consequences of open fracture networks in the crystalline southern Appalachians of the southeastern United States: Clemson University Hydrology Symposium, May.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 1999, Upper bounds for the size of thrust sheets: Thrust Tectonics 99, Egham, England, p.31.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Whisner, J. B., 1999, Structural Development and Hydrocarbon Occurrence in the Southern Appalachian Foreland Fold-Thrust Belt: Petroleum Tectonology Transfer Council Workshop, Pittsburgh.
Stow, S., Abbott, D., Cronin, V., Dunn, D., Hatcher, R., Holzer, T., and Melrose, T., 1999, Guidelines for ethical professional conduct issued by the American Geological Institute: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 31, p. A136.
Carrigan, C. W., Miller, C. F., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Fullagar, P. D., and Coath, C. D., 2000, Grenville basement of the southern Appalachians, NC-GA — Geochemistry and zircon ion microprobe geochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 32, p. A-9.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2000, The southern Appalachians: A thrust-dominated orogen: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 32, p. A-24.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Settles, D. J., 2000, Tectonics of the central-eastern Blue Ridge in NE Georgia, NW South Carolina, and SW North Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 32, p. A-25.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2000, Facts that delimit southern Appalachian plate models and tectonic implications: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 32, p. A-25.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2000, Rheological partitioning during multiple reactivation of the Paleozoic Brevard fault zone, southern Appalachians, USA: Geological Society of London, Weak Faults Meeting, London, March.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2000, Properties of orogens illustrated by the Canadian Cordillera and Southern-Central Appalachians: GeoCanada 2000, Calgary, Alberta.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2000, Taconian, Acadian, and Alleghanian (Variscan) Structural Styles and Accretionary Processes in the Southern and Central Appalachians: 15th International Conference on Basement Tectonics, A Coruña, Spain, July.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Whisner, J. B., and Lemiszki, P. J., 2000, Quantitative Facies and Bank-Edge Restoration and Evolution of Carbonate Reservoirs in the Appalachian Foreland Fold-Thrust Belt—An Interactive Petroleum System: American Associatrion of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Whisner, J. B., and McCown, M. W., 2001, 3-D structure beneath the Middle Ordovician Tellico-Sevier synclinorium, SE and NE Tennessee: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 33, p. A-18.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2001, Terranes and terrane accretion in the southern Appalachians: An evolved working hypothesis: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 33, p. A-65.
McBride, J. H., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Stephenson, W. J., 2001, Toward a reconciliation of seismic reflection and field geologic mapping from the Pine Mountain belt: Preliminary results: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 33, p. A-74.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and McBride, J. H., 2001, The Pine Mountain window, Georgia-Alabama: Product of buttressing by the Ouachita orogen: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Rocky Mtn and S-C Sections), v. 33, p. A-18.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2001, Appalachian terranes and terrane accretion: Perspective from the southern Appalachians: Geological Association of Canada and Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, Abstracts v. 26, p. 60.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2001,Additional factors brought into play in hydrocarbon exploration in the southern Appalachian foreland fold-thrust belt: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Easter Section Meeting (Kalamazoo, Michigan) Abstracts, p. 19.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Bream, B. R., Miller, C., Eckert, J. O., Jr., and Carrigan, C. W., 2002, Structure of southern Appalachian Blue Ridge internal massifs of Grenvillian basement: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 34, p. A-17.
Hatcher, R. D. Jr., and Isidore Zietz , 2002, Crustal Structure of the U.S. East of the Rockies from Gravity and Magnetic Data and Possible Correlations with Modern Intraplate Seismicity: International Basement Tectonics Association Meeting, Rolla Missouri, May.
Bream, B. R. and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2002, Southern Appalachian terranes amended: Timing of accretion and delimiting provenance ffrom new detrital zircon and Nd isotopic data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 34, no. 6, p. 41.
Hooper, R. J., Antonowicz, L., Iwanowska, E., and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2002, The limit of Variscan deformation in southeastern Poland and the origin of the Lublin syncline: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 34, no. 6, p. 77-78.
McBride, J. H., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Stephenson, W. J., 2002, Toward a reconciliation of seismic reflection and geological observations across an internal basement massif, southern Appalachians, USA: The Pine Mountain window: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 34, no. 6, p. 21.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Bream, B. R., Fullagar, P. D., Miller, C. F., and Carrigan, C. W., 2002, Hints of the Mid-Continent beyond the Grenville orogen and Gondwanan interitance in Appalachian terranes: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 34, no. 6, p.78.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Hooper, R. J., and McBride, John H., 2003, Emplacement Kinematics of the exotic Pine Mountain block, Georgia-Alabama: No misinterpretation of existing data: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 1., p. 9.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Bream, B. R., and Eckert, J. O., Jr., 2003, Southern Blue Ridge Terranes and Problems with rock units ages and timing of events: Read the detailed geologic maps: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 1., p. 20.
Eckert, J. O., Jr., and Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2003, Defining the Hayesville fault and terrane boundary between the Central-Eastern Blue Ridge, Georgia-North Carolina: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 1., p. 20.
Berquist, P. J., Miller, Fullagar, Carrigan, Ownby, Bream, Hatcher, and Wooden, 2003, Anomalous ancient crust in the southeastern USA: Implications for the assembly of North America and Rodinia: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 639.
Karlstrom, K. E., Sears, Holm, Williams, Wooden, Hatcher, Finn, Price, Miller, and Berquist, 2003, Southern Laurentia in Rodinia: Collaborative compilation of a tectonic map for IGCP 440: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 342.
McBride, J. H., Pugin, A.J.M., and Hatcher, R.D., Jr., 2003, Scale independence of décollement thrusting: Orogen to meter scale: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 6, p. 15.
Hatcher, R. D. Jr., Thomas, W. A., Zietz, I., Wilson, G. V., Steltenpohl, M. G., 2004, New 1:500,000- and 1:1,000,000-Scale Aeromagnetic Maps of Alabama: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 45.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Whisner, S. C., Bream, B. R., Miller, C. F., Heath, M. A., II,, 2004, Sediments Derived from Mountain Chains do not Always Land in Foredeeps: Southern Appalachian Sevier-Blountian Basin Dynamics: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 92.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Bream, B. R., 2004, New tectonic map of the southern and central Appalachians (v. 2.0): Oak Ridge, TN, 17th International Basement Tectonics Conference, Abstracts with Programs, p. 17-18.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2004, Southern-Central Appalachian crust: Product of Ordovician B subduction and obduction, Devonian-Mississippian, A subduction, and Carboniferous-Permian continent-continent collision: Oak Ridge, TN, 17th International Basement Tectonics Conference, Abstracts with Programs, p. 87-90.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2004, Southern and Central Appalachian Sutures and Comparison with the TESZ: Central European Geophysics and Crustal Structure Consortium Meeting, Zakopane. Poland, May.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Stow, S. H., 2004, Nuclear facilities in the Oak Ridge Reservation: Influences of bedrock geology and structure on siting and 50+ years of performance: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 180.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Lemiszki, P. J., and Whisner, J. B., 2004, Boundary conditions and internal deformation in the curved southern Appalachian foreland fold-thrust belt: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 269.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., and Bream, B. R., 2004, New tectonic map of the southern and central Appalachians (v. 3.5): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Annual Meeting), v. 36, no. 5, p. 502.
*Hatcher, R.D., and Merschat, A. J., 2004, The Appalachian Inner Piedmont, II: An exhumed orogenic channel: Geological Society of London Meeting December 6-7, Abstracts p. 40.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Bream, B. R., Miller, C. F., Mapes, R. W., Fullagar, P. D., and Carrigan, C. W., 2005, Value of modern geochronology in understanding southern Appalachian accretionary history: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (NE Section), v. 37, no. 1, p. 66.
Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Bream, B. R., Merschat, A. J., Mapes, R. W., and Miller, C. F., 2005, Evidence for the (neo-) Acadian orogeny in the southern Appalachians: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 37, no. 2, p. 5.
Bream, B. R., Mapes, R. W., Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Miller, C., and Fullagar, P. D., 2005, Laurentian and exotic components of the southern Appalachian Inner Piedmont: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (SE Section), v. 37, no. 2, p. 6.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Thomas, W. A. and Sinha, A. K., 2005, Lithospheric structure of eastern North America: Unique EarthScope opportunities: EarthScope National Meeting, March 28-30, p. 143.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2005, Non-Survey Non-Digital Completed Geologic Maps in File Drawers and Theses: How Can They be Transformed into Useful, Available, Digital Geospatial Data?: 05 Digital Mapping Techniques Workshop, Baton Rouge, April 25-26.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., 2005, Recovering Non-Digital and Digital Geospatial Data that are Not Becoming Part of Organized Databases: A GEON Opportunity: GEON National Meeting, San Diego, May 5-6.
*Hatcher, R. D., Jr., Grad, M., and Keller, G. R., 2005, 35 km-thick Avalonian crust in Europe and eastern North America: Normal thickness or extended crust: Polish Academy of Sciences Central European Geophysics and Crustal Structure Consortium Meeting, Zakopane, May 29-June 3.
Robert D. Hatcher, Jr.
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