13 Recent Developments in Understanding Carbonate Geology of the Midcontinent

Friday, 2 April 2004
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  HIGH-RESOLUTION SULFUR ISOTOPE RECORDS OF EARLY AND MIDDLE PALEOZOIC SEAWATER AS RECORDED IN LIMESTONES AND DOLOSTONES OF MIDCONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
  Benjamin C. Gill, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO and Timothy Lyons, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Matthew R. Saltzman, Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Anne M. Gellatly, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  71816 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:20 AM
  INCREASED REMOVAL OR DECREASED DELIVERY OF 12C: INTERPRETING THE LOWER SHEINWOODIAN (SILURIAN) POSITIVE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION FROM THE MIDCONTINENT
  Bradley D. Cramer, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Matthew R. Saltzman, Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH
  68548 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:40 AM
  SILURIAN-DEVONIAN CARBONATES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK AND THE ROLE OF ENHANCED ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL IN A CARBON ISOTOPIC EXCURSION
  Matthew J. Williams, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and Matthew R. Saltzman, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH
  71133 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:00 AM
  SEARCH FOR MICROBIAL CARBONATES IN THE SILURIAN OF THE CINCINNATI ARCH REGION
  David A. Schmidt, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and William I. Ausich, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH
  71394 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:20 AM
  TIMING OF LATE GIVETIAN-EARLY FRASNIAN (MIDDLE AND LATE DEVONIAN) SEA LEVEL EVENTS SUBTROPICAL CRATONIC CARBONATE PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT: CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA
  James Day, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
  71700 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  STRATAL ARCHITECTURE WITHIN OSAGEAN (MISSISSIPPIAN) CARBONATE SEQUENCES, MIDCONTINENT SHELF OF IOWA
  Brian J. Witzke, Iowa Geol Survey, Iowa City, IA
  71676 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:00 AM
  MECHANICAL STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WARSAW AND SALEM FORMATIONS, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
  Layaan Mohammed Al Kharusi, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL and Eugene Rankey, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL and Gregor P. Eberli, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL
  71557 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 10:20 AM
  WHERE WAS THE HADLEY CELL BOUNDARY IN THE MID-CRETACEOUS AMERICAS?: CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY TERRESTRIAL CARBONATES OF THE MIDCONTINENT UNITED STATES
  G.A. Ludvigson, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and D.F. Ufnar, Univ of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS and L.A. Gonzalez, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and S.J. Carpenter, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and B.J. Witzke, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and R.L. Brenner, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and R.L. Cifelli, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  71522 (THEME SESSIONS)