GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE

IAT IN NORTH AMERICA

Jim

Hibbard

IAT Annual Meeting

Millinocket, Maine

06/06/14

Hiram ‘Hank’ Williams

1923-1953

• Introduce you to Hank Williams

Harold ‘Hank’ Williams

1934-2010

GONDWANA

LAURENTIA

AP

PALA

CH

IAN

CYC

LE

CONTINENTAL

MARGIN with

extensive reef

system

VOLCANIC ARC

Ashe Metamorphic Suite N. Carolina

Moreton’s Hrbr. Volcanics Newfoundland

Moho - ~500 m.y.a. Table Mtn.,

NL

MICROCONTINENT

or

RIBBON CONTINENT

Flow banded volcanics Dunn Pt., N.S.

Precambrian seds. Malignant Cove, N.S.

Flat Rock thrust near Flat Rock, NL

Traveler rhyolite The Ledges, Maine

Gile Mtn. Formation northern Vermont

Bay of Exploits 1974

The Cabox Lewis Hills, NL

Tilting, Fogo Is. C. 1957

Northern Manitoba late 1950’s

Coachman’s Cove c. 1975

Twillingate kitchen c. 1982

Gander Hotel 2001

Gros Morne Nat’l Park 1987

Coachman’s Cove 2001