27 Bentonites in the Geologic Record

Wednesday, 16 March 2005
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  GEOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INDICATING COMPLEX DEPOSITIONAL AND ERUPTIVE HISTORIES FOR DEVONIAN K-BENTONITES OF THE APPALACHIAN FORELAND BASIN
  Lucas J. Benedict, SUNY Univ at Albany, Albany, NY and Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
  83168 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:20 AM
  COMPARISON OF TWO DEVONIAN ASHES: KASHONG-WINDOM BOUNDARY AND LOWER RHINESTREET SHALE, WESTERN NEW YORK STATE
  Matthew John Wilcott, State Univ of New York at Geneseo, Cheektowaga, NY and D. Over, SUNY - College at Geneseo Dept Geological Sciences, Geneseo, NY
  83670 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 8:40 AM
  REGIONAL CORRELATION OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TIOGA K-BENTONITES USING APATITE TRACE ELEMENT FINGERPRINTING
  Michael K. DeSantis, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  82895 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:00 AM
  EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO MUDROCK GENESIS
  Warren D. Huff, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  83018 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:20 AM
  VOLCANIC ASH PRESERVATION/STRATINOMY IN MARINE AND LACUSTRINE SETTINGS: BIASES OF PROCESSES AND SCALE
  Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
  83473 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  DETRITAL COMPONENT IN BENTONITE, A TEST USING TRACE ELEMENT CHEMISTRY OF APATITE
  George H. Shaw, Union College, Schenectady, NY
  82503 (THEME SESSIONS)