T61 Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution (Posters)

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  A DYNAMIC, INTERNET BASED DIGITAL TAXONOMIC ATLAS OF MESOZOIC PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA
  Brian T. Huber, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State Univ Science & Technology Dep. Geol & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA and Doug Fils, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA
  73908 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GIS DATABASE FOR TESTING OF THE IDEAS: (1) THAT ALKALINE IGNEOUS ROCKS AND CARBONATITES (ARCS) ERUPT IN RIFTS, (2) THAT THEIR DEFORMATION TO FORM DARCS IS CONCENTRATED IN SUTURE ZONES AND (3) THAT ARCS IN RIFTS MAY RESULT FROM DECOMPRESSION MELTING OF DARCS ON SUTURES IN THE UNDERLYING MANTLE LITHOSPHERE
  Kevin Burke, Univ of Houston, Houston, TX and Shuhab Khan, Univ of Houston, Houston, TX
  74714 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  BUILDING THE CHRONOS SYSTEM DATABASES: A PARTNERSHIP PROCESS
  Patrick L. Diver, DivDat Consulting, Houston, TX and Douglas Fils, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Geoff Bohling, Lawrence, KS and Douglas Greer, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Josh Reed, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA
  74882 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  THE SPATIAL-TEMPORAL INFORMATION MATRIX (STIM CUBE): AN EFFICIENT WAY TO STORE GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION
  Christopher R. Scotese, Univ of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and P. McAllister Rees, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  75247 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PALEOSTRAT - A PARTNER AND DATABASE ENGINE FOR THE CHRONOS SYSTEM
  Vladimir I. Davydov, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID and Tyson Taylor, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID and Mark D. Schmitz, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID and John Groves, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA and Clyde J. Northrup, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID and Tamra A. Schiappa, Slippery Rock Univ, Slippery Rock, PA and Bruce R. Wardlaw, US Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  75691 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PALEOSTRAT – AN “EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH”
  Tyson Taylor, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID
  75872 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  ENSURING THE FUTURE OF CHRONOS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF MICROPALEONTOLOGISTS
  Timothy J. Bralower, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA and John Firth, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and John Barron, Menlo Park, CA and R. Mark Leckie, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and Annika Sanfilippo, Univ of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Ellen Thomas, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT
  76172 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  CHIRON: A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING WEB INTERFACES
  Josh A. Reed, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Douglas Fils, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Pat Diver, DivDat Consulting, Houston, TX and Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State Univ Science & Technology Dep. Geol & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA
  76199 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  CHRONOS AGE-DEPTH PLOT: A JAVA APPLICATION FOR STRATIGRAPHIC DATA ANALYSIS
  Geoffrey C. Bohling, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  76441 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  USING THE NEPTUNE DATABASE TO EXPLORE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND THE DEEP SEA MICROFOSSIL RECORD
  R. Mark Leckie, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State Univ Science & Technology Dep. Geol & Atmospheric Sciences, Ames, IA and Brian T. Huber, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Kendra Clark, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and Pat Diver, DivDat Consulting, Houston, TX and Kris Hooks, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  78119 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  CHRONOS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE CENTERS
  Robert M. Ross, Paleontological Rsch Institution, Ithaca, NY and Warren D. Allmon, Paleontological Rsch Institution, Ithaca, NY
  78479 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  CHRONOS-CLIMATE CYCLES: A THEMATIC DOMAIN OF THE CHRONOS INTEGRATED CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATABASES PROJECT FOR EARTH SYSTEM HISTORY RESEARCH
  Linda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD and Kelly Reeves, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD and Dominique Tamburrino, Brown Univ, Providence, RI
  78797 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  DATASETS, RESEARCHERS, MUSEUMS AND EDUCATORS: USING HIGH END TECHNOLOGY TO BRING AFFORDABLE VISUALIZATION TO THE CLASSROOM
  Benjamin Friesen, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN and James Roe, Sci Museum of Minnesota, St Paul, MN and Karen Campbell, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN and Paul Morin, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Kent Kirkby, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Carrie E. Jennings, Univ of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Nikki Strong, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Michal Tal, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Jeff Marr, National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN and Patrick Hamilton, Sci Museum of Minnesota, St Paul, MN
  79189 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PREDICTING PLANT PRESENCE/ABSENCE ACROSS LANDSCAPES: A MORPHOMETRICALLY BASED MODEL USING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA AND THE GEOWALL
  Miki Hondzo, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Peter Guth, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD and Paul Morin, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Mary Power, Univ of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  79329 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  PAST (PALEONTOLOGICAL STATISTICS) - COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PACKAGE FOR PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS
  Oyvind Hammer, Univ of Oslo, Oslo, N/A
  79755 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC TIME SLICE PROJECT OF CHRONOS: A REFINED CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE EXTINCTION AND RECOVERY
  Bruce R. Wardlaw, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and Vladimir I. Davydov, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID
  79815 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  LOCATING GEOSCIENCE DATA AND TOOLS THROUGH NASA'S GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY
  Heather Weir, Sci Systems and Applications, Inc, Lanham, MD and Gene Major, Sci Systems and Applications, Inc, Lanham, MD
  79910 (Technical Sessions)